R8: Storm Vs Rabbitohs – Our Bets

The Rabbitohs are desperate for a win but they have a hard task ahead of them with Craig Bellamy’s men in fine form.

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Storm Vs Rabbitohs – Thursday 7:50pm

The Storm have won 4 of their last 5 games and have looked better with every week while the Rabbitohs are one from 5 and have arguably looked worse as the season goes on.

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Interesting Betting Insights

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have won two of their last three NRL games against the Melbourne Storm – as many as they had won across their previous 20 meetings – including a 28-12 win in their most recent clash; they have never won back-to-back games against the Storm.
The Melbourne Storm have won all their previous 18 NRL games against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Melbourne but three of their last six wins have come by a margin of just one point on the day.
The Melbourne Storm have won five of their six games in the 2024 NRL season including their last three in a row; though, they are the only team yet to have a game decided by a margin of more than eight points this season.
The Melbourne Storm have won their last 13 straight NRL games at AAMI Park, conceding an average of just 13.6 points per game across that stretch.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have lost four of their last five NRL games outside New South Wales after having won eight in a row outside their home state prior to that term; in fact, all their last 12 games outside New South Wales have been decided by a margin of 10 points or more on the day.
The Melbourne Storm have won their last seven consecutive NRL games played on ANZAC Day while the South Sydney Rabbitohs have won their last two on 25^th April; this will be the first time since 2014 that the Rabbitohs have played on the day.
The Melbourne Storm (4/4) are the only team to have scored the opening points of the game more than twice this season and maintained a 100% win rate in such fixtures while the South Sydney Rabbitohs have won two of their three games when they’ve opened the scoring on the day.
Ryan Papenhuyzen (Melbourne Storm) has scored at least one try in every one of his four career NRL games against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, tallying five tries in total; indeed, he has scored four tries across his last five games overall.
Xavier Coates (Melbourne Storm) has scored just one try in six career NRL games against the South Sydney Rabbitohs; among teams he’s faced more than once only against the Penrith Panthers (0 tries in 5 games) has he scored fewer.
Jack Wighton (South Sydney Rabbitohs) scored one try against the Melbourne Storm in his first meeting with them in Round 8, 2013 but has not scored a try in 18 appearances against them since.