Storm run riot
The Storm thrashed the Eels 52–4 at AAMI Park in front of 18,264 in Round 1. They led 18–4 at half-time and never looked back. It ended the Eels' 3-game winning run.
Harry Grant scored 2 tries and Sualauvi Faalogo scored 2 tries. Ativalu Lisati (Storm) was the standout with 74 fantasy points, 152 run metres and 1 try. The Storm won the metres battle 2,178 to 1,310 and made fewer errors (8 to 17).
Our Final Tip had the Storm at 67% (a Lean) and got it right.
Storm
LLWWW
Eels
WWWLW
Game flow
Storm · above
Eels · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4' | Eels | Sean Russell | Try | 0–4 |
| 10' | Storm | Will Warbrick | Try | 4–4 |
| 11' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 6–4 |
| 14' | Storm | Harry Grant | Try | 10–4 |
| 16' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 12–4 |
| 26' | Storm | Jack Howarth | Try | 16–4 |
| 27' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 18–4 |
| 46' | Storm | Joe Chan | Try | 22–4 |
| 47' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 24–4 |
| 50' | Storm | Harry Grant | Try | 28–4 |
| 52' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 30–4 |
| 55' | Storm | Moses Leo | Try | 34–4 |
| 57' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 36–4 |
| 63' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 40–4 |
| 64' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 42–4 |
| 66' | Storm | Ativalu Lisati | Try | 46–4 |
| 76' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 50–4 |
| 77' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 52–4 |
Team stats
Better on the day
StormEels
59%
Possession
41%
85%
Completion rate
63%
2,178
Run metres
1,310
693
Post-contact metres
397
13
Line breaks
3
38
Tackle breaks
29
9
Offloads
11
428
Kick metres
280
86.2%
Effective tackle %
88.5%
29
Missed tackles
38
8
Errors
17
6
Penalties conceded
4
| MEL | PAR | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| 2nd Effort | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Other | ||
| Late Tackle | ||
| Offside General | ||
| Professional Foul | ||
| Slow Peel | ||
| Total | 11 | 12 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
PAR 57-55
Faalogo
Iongi
197
Run metres
159
45
Kick return metres
48
2
Tackle breaks
7
0
Line breaks
0
Halves
MEL 107-49
Munster, Hughes
Pezet, Moses
4
Try assists
0
2
Line-break assists
1
362
Kick metres
280
0
Errors
5
Hookers
MEL 63-24
Grant
Smith
28
Tackles
41
86
Run metres
13
114
Passes
51
0
Errors
1
Middles
PAR 136-88
Utoikamanu, King, MacDonald
Hopgood, Paulo, De Belin
363
Run metres
176
139
Post-contact metres
74
43
Tackles
131
2
Missed tackles
7
Back row
MEL 143-91
Chan, Lisati
Williams, Kautoga
341
Run metres
216
1
Tackle breaks
2
69
Tackles
74
4
Missed tackles
4
Outside backs
MEL 183-148
Warbrick, Howarth, Leo, Meaney
Simonsson, Penisini, Kelly, Russell
565
Run metres
514
7
Line breaks
3
3
Tries
1
4
Errors
5
Best performers
MEL
Ativalu Lisati
74
MEL
Joe Chan
69
MEL
Cameron Munster
69
MEL
Moses Leo
68
MEL
Harry Grant
63
PAR
Isaiah Iongi
57
MEL
Sualauvi Faalogo
55
PAR
Jack Williams
55
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ativalu Lisati | Storm | 74 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| Joe Chan | Storm | 69 | 189 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Cameron Munster | Storm | 69 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| Moses Leo | Storm | 68 | 171 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Harry Grant | Storm | 63 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Isaiah Iongi | Eels | 57 | 159 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Sualauvi Faalogo | Storm | 55 | 197 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Williams | Eels | 55 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Head-to-head
2025 R22Eels home
MEL
16
10
PAR
Storm by 6
2025 R1Storm home
MEL
56
18
PAR
Storm by 38
2024 R21Eels home
MEL
32
14
PAR
Storm by 18
2024 R11Storm home
MEL
48
16
PAR
Storm by 32
2023 R22Storm home
MEL
46
16
PAR
Storm by 30
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Storm · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:15:59 UTC