It may be his fifth NRL season, but for Nick Meaney, his 2022 has been filled with firsts.
A first finals campaign, first season in Melbourne, first long-term injury and, more personally, first season as a dad.
88 appearances deep into his first-grade career, on Saturday Meaney will finally run out onto an NRL field in a finals series when Melbourne Storm face the Canberra Raiders at AAMI Park in week one of the 2022 Telstra Premiership Finals Series.
“I'm pretty excited,...