Losing cool cost Storm

CAMERON Smith believes Melbourne Storm played a “hot-headed” brand of footy in its preliminary final loss to Penrith.

Coming off an extra week’s break and virtually at full strength, Storm was tipped to breeze past the Panthers and into the grand final.

Instead, the supposedly burnt-out mountain men ambushed the Melburnians, who were uncharacteristically sloppy with the ball in the 10-6 loss.

Smith said he would have tried to calm the troops down had he been on the park.

“I feel as though there were moments when they probably played a little bit too hotheaded,” he said on SEN.