Broncos edge it
The Broncos edged the Storm 18–14 at AAMI Park in front of 28,245 in Round 3. They came from behind, trailing 0–14 at the break.
Jordan Riki scored 2 tries. Joe Chan (Storm) was the standout in a losing side with 83 fantasy points, 100 run metres, 6 tackle breaks and 1 try.
Our Final Tip had the Storm at 69% (a Lean) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.
Storm
WWLLW
Broncos
LLWWW
Game flow
Storm · above
Broncos · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 4–0 |
| 23' | Storm | Harry Grant | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 37' | Storm | Harry Grant | Penalty goal | 8–0 |
| 40' | Storm | Joe Chan | Try | 14–0 |
| 40' | Storm | Harry Grant | Conversion | 14–0 |
| 41' | Broncos | Jordan Riki | Try | 14–4 |
| 43' | Broncos | Reece Walsh | Conversion | 14–6 |
| 51' | Broncos | Jordan Riki | Try | 14–10 |
| 52' | Broncos | Reece Walsh | Conversion | 14–12 |
| 58' | Broncos | Kotoni Staggs | Try | 14–16 |
| 59' | Broncos | Reece Walsh | Conversion | 14–18 |
Team stats
Better on the day
StormBroncos
51%
Possession
49%
84%
Completion rate
72%
1,975
Run metres
1,674
631
Post-contact metres
605
5
Line breaks
3
39
Tackle breaks
37
10
Offloads
4
535
Kick metres
602
89.6%
Effective tackle %
86.4%
37
Missed tackles
39
10
Errors
11
6
Penalties conceded
5
| MEL | BRI | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Late Tackle | ||
| Lying in the Ruck | ||
| Obstruction | ||
| Verbal Dissent | ||
| Total | 12 | 10 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
Faalogo
Walsh
256
Run metres
90
92
Kick return metres
20
9
Tackle breaks
1
1
Line breaks
0
Halves
MEL 130-28
Munster, Hughes
Mam
1
Try assists
0
5
Line-break assists
0
424
Kick metres
10
0
Errors
2
Hookers
MEL 44-39
Grant
Paix
42
Tackles
44
98
Run metres
17
118
Passes
116
0
Errors
0
Middles
BRI 159-112
Utoikamanu, King, Kamikamica
Jensen, Haas, Carrigan
254
Run metres
466
109
Post-contact metres
173
89
Tackles
117
5
Missed tackles
11
Back row
BRI 99-83
Chan
Willison, Riki
100
Run metres
234
6
Tackle breaks
7
36
Tackles
57
2
Missed tackles
5
Outside backs
BRI 130-91
Warbrick, Howarth, Leo, Meaney
Karapani, Staggs, Mariner, Anderson
579
Run metres
591
0
Line breaks
1
0
Tries
1
8
Errors
6
Best performers
MEL
Joe Chan
83
BRI
Jordan Riki
78
MEL
Jahrome Hughes
73
BRI
Payne Haas
67
MEL
Stefano Utoikamanu
59
MEL
Cameron Munster
57
MEL
Trent Loiero
56
BRI
Patrick Carrigan
51
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Chan | Storm | 83 | 100 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| Jordan Riki | Broncos | 78 | 152 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| Jahrome Hughes | Storm | 73 | 193 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Payne Haas | Broncos | 67 | 178 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Stefano Utoikamanu | Storm | 59 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Cameron Munster | Storm | 57 | 193 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Trent Loiero | Storm | 56 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Patrick Carrigan | Broncos | 51 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Head-to-head
2025 R27Broncos home
MEL
14
30
BRI
Broncos by 16
2025 R23Storm home
MEL
22
2
BRI
Storm by 20
2024 R27Broncos home
MEL
50
12
BRI
Storm by 38
2024 R5Storm home
MEL
34
32
BRI
Storm by 2
2023 R27Broncos home
MEL
32
22
BRI
Storm by 10
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Broncos · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:04 UTC