MATCH CENTRE
MATCH CENTRE
ROUND 26, 2017

STORM

V

RAIDERS

StormMEL WIN BY 26
32
FT
6
AAMI Park
2017-09-02T09:30:00Z

Preview

The Storm was clinical and ruthless last week against the Bunnies and will look to build on that again this week as they prepare themselves for a home run deep into the finals series.

While they may not be able to better themselves offensively, it's consistency that they'll be after and will face a Raiders side determined to end their season on a high.

Despite being in top form of late, they simply left their run too late in 2017. Ricky Stuart's side will take plenty of confidence out of the back end of the season however and will look to disrupt Melbourne's plans this Saturday.

The Storm is unchanged while Iosia Soliola comes back into the Raiders side after being suspended for a high shot on Billy Slater five weeks ago.

Melbourne will have their hands will defensively with Jack Wighton and Nick Cotric in sublime form while Joseph Leilua and Jordan Rapana need no introduction about what they can do.

In what's set to be Cooper Cronk's final home and away game in Melbourne, the Storm will be determined to chalk up another win. Suliasi Vunivalu (coming off a hat-trick) needs just one try to claim the mantle of the league's leading try scorer in 2017 while Rapana (20) and Josh Addo-Carr (19) are also hot on his heels.

While Ricky Stuart will be determined to get one over his good mate Craig Bellamy, the Storm is almost at a robotic stage and will roll to victory.

Storm by 10.

Team Lists

Team Stats


Storm

Raiders

All Runs
MATCH
187.6
2025 AVG.
5064
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
181
2025 AVG.
4707
2025 TOTAL
All Run Metres
MATCH
1687.5
2025 AVG.
45562
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
1660.7
2025 AVG.
43177
2025 TOTAL
Line Breaks
MATCH
4.7
2025 AVG.
126
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
5.2
2025 AVG.
136
2025 TOTAL
Offloads
MATCH
10.5
2025 AVG.
284
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
10.8
2025 AVG.
280
2025 TOTAL
Kick Metres
MATCH
609.5
2025 AVG.
16457
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
571.5
2025 AVG.
14858
2025 TOTAL
Forty Twenty Kicks
MATCH
0.3
2025 AVG.
7
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
0.1
2025 AVG.
3
2025 TOTAL
Tackles Made
MATCH
329.6
2025 AVG.
8898
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
349.1
2025 AVG.
9077
2025 TOTAL
Missed Tackles
MATCH
28.6
2025 AVG.
772
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
31.3
2025 AVG.
815
2025 TOTAL
Penalties
MATCH
5.7
2025 AVG.
153
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
5.5
2025 AVG.
144
2025 TOTAL
Errors
MATCH
11.3
2025 AVG.
305
2025 TOTAL
2025 AVG.
2025 TOTAL
10.3
2025 AVG.
268
2025 TOTAL

Player Stats