Melbourne will look to continue their domination of Brisbane on Thursday night and will get every chance with star halves Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes returning.
Best Bet
When the Storm and Broncos meet, it is hard not to want to be with the Storm. The return of Cameron Munster from injury and Jahrome Hughes from suspension has them primed for a big showing.
Forget the Storm’s last loss to Newcastle – it was an impressive show without any halves. Their wins over Penrith and New Zealand tell a much stronger story.
The real narrative here though is Melbourne’s dominance over Brisbane. They have won 31 of the last 36 clashes, including 14 of the last 15. They have covered 25 of the last 33.
Melbourne are just always undervalued at AAMI. They have covered 19 of 30 at the venue including 8 of 12 off a loss.
The big knock on the Broncos here is how poorly interstate teams off a win perform early in the season. The last four years those teams have covered at just 37% the last four seasons.
Stick with the Storm.
Same Game Multi
Ryan Papenhuyzen has an obscene tryscoring rate in the NRL with 49 tries in 57 NRL starts.
Elisea Katoa is a hard runner who has six tries in his last 15 games and can totally take advantage of the poor Broncos edge defence.
Value Bet
Tui Kamikamica is the exact forward who will cause the Broncos problems. Brisbane have conceded the most tries through the middle of anytime and the big prop has thrived against the Broncos, scoring three of his nine career tries against Brisbane. Those three tries came in his last five meetings with the Broncos.
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