Storm run riot
The Storm thrashed the Wests Tigers 44–16 at AAMI Park in front of 15,684 in Round 10. They led 26–4 at half-time and never looked back. The win snapped a 7-game losing streak.
Will Warbrick scored 2 tries and Cameron Munster scored 2 tries. Taylan May (Wests Tigers) was the standout in a losing side with 104 fantasy points, 179 run metres, 10 tackle breaks and 2 tries. The Storm won the metres battle 1,713 to 1,606.
Our Final Tip had the Storm at 61% (a Lean) and got it right.
Storm
LLLLL
Wests Tigers
LWLWW
Game flow
Storm · above
Wests Tigers · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 4–0 |
| 5' | Storm | Will Warbrick | Try | 8–0 |
| 8' | Storm | Cameron Munster | Try | 12–0 |
| 9' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 14–0 |
| 12' | Storm | Jahrome Hughes | Try | 18–0 |
| 13' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 20–0 |
| 25' | Wests Tigers | Taylan May | Try | 20–4 |
| 33' | Storm | Harry Grant | Try | 24–4 |
| 35' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 26–4 |
| 53' | Storm | Will Warbrick | Try | 30–4 |
| 55' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 32–4 |
| 64' | Wests Tigers | Luke Laulilii | Try | 32–8 |
| 65' | Wests Tigers | Jock Madden | Conversion | 32–10 |
| 66' | Wests Tigers | Taylan May | Try | 32–14 |
| 68' | Wests Tigers | Jock Madden | Conversion | 32–16 |
| 70' | Storm | Cameron Munster | Try | 36–16 |
| 72' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 38–16 |
| 77' | Storm | Ativalu Lisati | Try | 42–16 |
| 77' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 44–16 |
Team stats
Better on the day
StormWests Tigers
50%
Possession
50%
83%
Completion rate
90%
1,713
Run metres
1,606
509
Post-contact metres
475
7
Line breaks
5
47
Tackle breaks
33
12
Offloads
21
484
Kick metres
417
83.1%
Effective tackle %
84.6%
33
Missed tackles
47
9
Errors
6
2
Penalties conceded
6
| MEL | WST | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Other | ||
| Slow Peel | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Offside General | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Total | 6 | 12 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
WST 32-26
Faalogo
Mason
64
Run metres
160
19
Kick return metres
37
3
Tackle breaks
4
1
Line breaks
0
Halves
MEL 120-81
Munster, Hughes
Luai, Madden
3
Try assists
1
2
Line-break assists
1
442
Kick metres
355
0
Errors
1
Hookers
MEL 88-37
Grant
Hope
44
Tackles
40
88
Run metres
25
130
Passes
84
0
Errors
0
Middles
MEL 132-95
Utoikamanu, King, Loiero
Pole, Twal
323
Run metres
186
109
Post-contact metres
75
82
Tackles
74
1
Missed tackles
6
Back row
MEL 115-111
Blore, Lisati
Fainu, Pearce-Paul
241
Run metres
200
9
Tackle breaks
4
56
Tackles
69
4
Missed tackles
8
Outside backs
WST 198-104
Warbrick, Howarth, Meaney, Peel
Turuva, Herbert, May, Laulilii
440
Run metres
586
0
Line breaks
5
2
Tries
3
8
Errors
2
Best performers
WST
Taylan May
104
MEL
Harry Grant
88
MEL
Ativalu Lisati
79
WST
Kai Pearce-Paul
69
MEL
Jahrome Hughes
67
WST
Alex Twal
66
WST
Luke Laulilii
58
MEL
Cooper Clarke
56
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylan May | Wests Tigers | 104 | 179 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Harry Grant | Storm | 88 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 44 |
| Ativalu Lisati | Storm | 79 | 172 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| Kai Pearce-Paul | Wests Tigers | 69 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Jahrome Hughes | Storm | 67 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| Alex Twal | Wests Tigers | 66 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Luke Laulilii | Wests Tigers | 58 | 157 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Cooper Clarke | Storm | 56 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Head-to-head
2025 R10Storm home
MEL
64
0
WST
Storm by 64
2024 R18Wests Tigers home
MEL
40
28
WST
Storm by 12
2023 R16Wests Tigers home
MEL
28
6
WST
Storm by 22
2023 R4Storm home
MEL
24
12
WST
Storm by 12
2022 R1Wests Tigers home
MEL
26
16
WST
Storm by 10
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 05:17:15 UTC