Melbourne Storm prop Bryan Norrie sorry for cannonball tackles against Brisbane Broncos Brisbane's Corey Parker was the unlucky victim of two cannonball tackles during his side's loss to Melbourne, first from Sisa Waqa and then Bryan Norrie shortly after. MELBOURNE'S defensive tactics are again under the spotlight after prop Bryan Norrie offered an apology following a series of cannonball tackles on Broncos forward Corey Parker. Parker reacted angrily after twice having a Melbourne player spear into his knees on Friday night. Winger Sisa Waqa appeared to execute a cannonball tackle on Parker and the Maroons ironman took offence when Norrie cannoned into his legs during the second half of Brisbane's 32-0 NRL round 17 loss. Both tackles are likely to be scrutinised today by the league's match review panel. The Storm are no strangers to defensive inquisitions, having been accused of introducing the grapple tackle and mastering wrestling around the rucks. But when the dust settled yesterday, Parker said there was no bad blood between him and Storm players over the cannonball incidents at Melbourne's AAMI Park. Melbourne utility Ryan Hinchcliffe says the cannonball tackle can be used fairly after the Storm were penalised for a nasty hit on the legs of Brisbane' Corey Parker. "Bryan Norrie is not that sort of guy, I'm sure it wasn't intentional," he said. At the time, I fired up, as you do ... I was frustrated with the way we were going. But he apologised to me on the run and after the game he sought me out again to apologise for what happened. I don't think Norrie is one of those antagonistic players, so I'm happy to leave it at that. While Parker escaped injury, the same cannot be said for Broncos colleague Jack Reed, who could be sidelined for a month after injuring his left shoulder in the heavy loss. The Storm's Bryan Norrie apologised to Bronco Corey Parker for his cannonball tackle on Friday night. Reed will have scans tomorrow but is unlikely to face the Sharks at home in round 18 this Friday night. Jordan Kahu is a possible replacement. The rookie utility is due to return this week from a broken thumb. "I'm not too sure how bad it is," said Reed, who injured his shoulder diving for a ball seconds before crashing into an advertising board. It looks like it might have dislocated and maybe there's a slight fracture in there. I will wait and see the scans on Monday. The Broncos' Corey Parker has left Storm prop Bryan Norrie's cannonball run on the field. Picture: Hannah Johnston/Getty It happened when I hit the ball back and just landed on it and slid through. I could feel it popping back in and out so I knew straight away I was in trouble. I was hoping it would burn away but it didn't and unfortunately a bit of traffic went my way so I had to get out of there as quickly as possible.