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Match report

NRL / Round 8

Sat 25 Apr · 8:10pm · AAMI Park · Crowd 25,694 Full time · HT 0-24
Storm 6
vs
Rabbitohs 48
Our tip Storm Coin flip 59% ✕ Missed

Rabbitohs run riot

The Rabbitohs thrashed the Storm 48–6 at AAMI Park in front of 25,694 in Round 8. They led 24–0 at half-time and never looked back.

Alex Johnston scored 2 tries and Campbell Graham scored 2 tries. Tallis Duncan (Rabbitohs) was the standout with 91 fantasy points, 164 run metres, 6 tackle breaks and 3 tries. The Rabbitohs won the metres battle 2,118 to 1,332 and made fewer errors (9 to 14).

Our Final Tip had the Storm at 59% (a coin flip) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.

Form before this game · most recent first
Storm LLLLL
Rabbitohs WLWWL

Game flow

Storm · above Rabbitohs · below
Score 6-48 Line breaks 1·14 Errors 14·9 Penalties 2·8 Six-agains 5·5 0'10'20'30'HT50'60'70'80' 0-4 8' Try 0-10 22' Try + goal 0-14 25' Try 0-18 29' Try 0-24 35' Try + goal 0-28 55' Try 0-34 62' Try + goal 0-40 66' Try + goal 6-42 69' Try + goal 6-48 78' Try + goal
Show scoring as a table
MinTeamPlayerEventScore
8'RabbitohsAlex Johnston Try0–4
22'RabbitohsAlex Johnston Try0–8
23'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion0–10
25'RabbitohsCampbell Graham Try0–14
29'RabbitohsMatthew Dufty Try0–18
35'RabbitohsTallis Duncan Try0–22
36'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion0–24
55'RabbitohsEuan Aitken Try0–28
62'RabbitohsTallis Duncan Try0–32
63'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion0–34
66'RabbitohsCampbell Graham Try0–38
68'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion0–40
69'StormSualauvi Faalogo Try4–42
70'StormNick Meaney Conversion6–42
78'RabbitohsTallis Duncan Try6–46
79'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion6–48

Team stats

Better on the day
StormRabbitohs
45% Possession 55%
65% Completion rate 81%
1,332 Run metres 2,118
453 Post-contact metres 636
1 Line breaks 14
39 Tackle breaks 34
8 Offloads 6
490 Kick metres 561
89.4% Effective tackle % 84.1%
34 Missed tackles 39
14 Errors 9
2 Penalties conceded 8
DisciplinePenalties + six-agains
MELSOU
Six-again (ruck)
Ball Strip
Dangerous Tackle
Other
Hand in the Ruck
Offside inside 10m
Slow Peel
Verbal Dissent
Total 7 13

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

SOU 66-43
Faalogo Dufty
178 Run metres 327
18 Kick return metres 107
8 Tackle breaks 7
1 Line breaks 2

Halves

MEL 73-61
Munster, Hughes Walker, Humphreys
0 Try assists 2
0 Line-break assists 2
307 Kick metres 369
1 Errors 0

Hookers

MEL 56-35
Grant Garlick
45 Tackles 33
68 Run metres 47
102 Passes 111
0 Errors 1

Middles

MEL 132-94
Utoikamanu, King, Loiero Tatola, Keppie, Murray
267 Run metres 316
100 Post-contact metres 115
97 Tackles 71
6 Missed tackles 12

Back row

SOU 103-73
Chan, Clarke Smith, Duncan
174 Run metres 164
5 Tackle breaks 6
55 Tackles 42
5 Missed tackles 6

Outside backs

SOU 213-98
Warbrick, Howarth, Meaney, Waitere Johnston, Mitchell, Wighton, Graham
375 Run metres 571
0 Line breaks 6
0 Tries 4
6 Errors 1

Best performers

Fantasy points
SOU Tallis Duncan 91
SOU Latrell Mitchell 87
SOU Matthew Dufty 66
MEL Stefano Utoikamanu 61
MEL Harry Grant 56
SOU Euan Aitken 53
SOU Lachlan Hubner 48
SOU Campbell Graham 48
Show performers as a table
PlayerTeamFantasyRun m Tackle breaksLine breaksTries Try assistsTackles
Tallis DuncanRabbitohs91 1646 33 031
Latrell MitchellRabbitohs87 1644 00 212
Matthew DuftyRabbitohs66 3277 21 11
Stefano UtoikamanuStorm61 1505 00 030
Harry GrantStorm56 682 00 045
Euan AitkenRabbitohs53 1135 11 018
Lachlan HubnerRabbitohs48 1640 00 125
Campbell GrahamRabbitohs48 1242 22 04

Head-to-head

Last 5 before this one · Storm 4 - 1 Rabbitohs
2025 R16Rabbitohs home MEL 25 24 SOU Storm by 1
2025 R8Storm home MEL 24 16 SOU Storm by 8
2024 R23Rabbitohs home MEL 28 16 SOU Storm by 12
2024 R8Storm home MEL 54 20 SOU Storm by 34
2023 R10Storm home MEL 12 28 SOU Rabbitohs by 16

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Rabbitohs · right of 50% = tipped the winner

← Tipped the loser Tipped the winner → Season Final Tip 35/62 (56%) Bookies 33/62 (53%) Hot Scoring 34/62 (55%) Ladder 32/62 (52%) Power Rating 36/62 (58%) Quality Form 37/62 (60%) Recent Form 36/62 (58%) Scoring 35/62 (56%) Stat Blend 34/62 (55%) 0%25%50%75%100%

Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:30 UTC