Storm come home strong
The Storm thrashed the Dragons 46–20 at WIN Stadium in front of 11,511 in Round 2. They led 18–14 at half-time and never looked back.
Valentine Holmes scored 2 tries. Sualauvi Faalogo (Storm) was the standout with 80 fantasy points, 160 run metres, 10 tackle breaks and 3 tries. The Storm won the metres battle 1,718 to 1,667 and made fewer errors (7 to 11).
Our Final Tip had the Storm at 61% (a Lean) and got it right.
Dragons
LLLLL
Storm
WLLWW
Game flow
Dragons · above
Storm · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Penalty goal | 0–2 |
| 12' | Storm | Will Warbrick | Try | 0–6 |
| 13' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 0–8 |
| 15' | Storm | Jack Howarth | Try | 0–12 |
| 19' | Dragons | Christian Tuipulotu | Try | 4–12 |
| 28' | Dragons | Valentine Holmes | Try | 8–12 |
| 35' | Dragons | Clinton Gutherson | Try | 12–12 |
| 36' | Dragons | Valentine Holmes | Conversion | 14–12 |
| 39' | Storm | Harry Grant | Try | 14–16 |
| 40' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 14–18 |
| 50' | Dragons | Valentine Holmes | Try | 18–18 |
| 52' | Dragons | Valentine Holmes | Conversion | 20–18 |
| 62' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 20–22 |
| 63' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 20–24 |
| 65' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 20–28 |
| 69' | Storm | Jahrome Hughes | Try | 20–32 |
| 70' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 20–34 |
| 74' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 20–38 |
| 76' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 20–40 |
| 79' | Storm | Moses Leo | Try | 20–44 |
| 80' | Storm | Angus Hinchey | Conversion | 20–46 |
Team stats
Better on the day
DragonsStorm
50%
Possession
50%
76%
Completion rate
87%
1,667
Run metres
1,718
579
Post-contact metres
561
5
Line breaks
8
27
Tackle breaks
44
7
Offloads
8
536
Kick metres
658
86.6%
Effective tackle %
89.0%
44
Missed tackles
27
11
Errors
7
4
Penalties conceded
2
| SGI | MEL | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| 2nd Effort | ||
| Late Tackle | ||
| Pressure on Kicker | ||
| Total | 7 | 8 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
MEL 80-27
Gutherson
Faalogo
145
Run metres
160
47
Kick return metres
26
2
Tackle breaks
10
1
Line breaks
3
Halves
MEL 101-70
Flanagan, Atkinson
Munster, Hughes
2
Try assists
2
2
Line-break assists
1
484
Kick metres
634
1
Errors
0
Hookers
MEL 72-53
Cook
Grant
53
Tackles
47
54
Run metres
68
96
Passes
116
1
Errors
1
Middles
MEL 146-94
Guler, Couchman, Stewart
Utoikamanu, King, Kamikamica
270
Run metres
424
87
Post-contact metres
163
90
Tackles
81
13
Missed tackles
2
Back row
MEL 111-99
Leilua, Su'A
Chan, Lisati
317
Run metres
253
6
Tackle breaks
3
60
Tackles
76
5
Missed tackles
5
Outside backs
MEL 160-138
Tuipulotu, Suli, Holmes, Tu
Warbrick, Howarth, Leo, Meaney
514
Run metres
475
3
Line breaks
3
3
Tries
3
3
Errors
2
Best performers
MEL
Sualauvi Faalogo
80
MEL
Harry Grant
72
MEL
Ativalu Lisati
67
MEL
Stefano Utoikamanu
66
SGI
Ryan Couchman
59
MEL
Will Warbrick
58
SGI
Jaydn Su'A
57
MEL
Jahrome Hughes
55
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sualauvi Faalogo | Storm | 80 | 160 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Grant | Storm | 72 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Ativalu Lisati | Storm | 67 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| Stefano Utoikamanu | Storm | 66 | 175 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Ryan Couchman | Dragons | 59 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Will Warbrick | Storm | 58 | 199 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Jaydn Su'A | Dragons | 57 | 175 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jahrome Hughes | Storm | 55 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Head-to-head
2025 R4Dragons home
SGI
14
8
MEL
Dragons by 6
2024 R22Storm home
SGI
18
16
MEL
Dragons by 2
2023 R25Dragons home
SGI
28
38
MEL
Storm by 10
2022 R9Storm home
SGI
6
42
MEL
Storm by 36
2021 R10Storm home
SGI
18
44
MEL
Storm by 26
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 05:16:02 UTC