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Melbourne Storm vs St George Illawarra Dragons Tips & Preview - Storm to dominate Saints in NRL

Jeremy Darke

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Last updated: 02 Aug 2024

Jeremy Darke 02 Aug 2024

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Melbourne Storm vs St George Dragons expert predictions for Saturday’s Round 22 NRL game
Storm have won 16 straight games against the Dragons in Melbourne
Storm are expected to cover a 19.5-point line and surpass 34.5 team points

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Storm to dominate the Dragons (Getty)

Melbourne Storm vs St George Illawarra Dragons Preview

The Melbourne Storm can continue their form by covering a huge 19.5-point line. I'm backing the dominant force of 2024 to put up another big score against St George Illawarra Dragons.

Melbourne Storm vs St George Illawarra Dragons Preview
Head to Head
Melbourne Storm Form
Melbourne Storm Team News
Melbourne Storm Team List
St George Illawarra Dragons Form
St George Illawarra Dragons Team News
St George Illawarra Dragons Team List

The Storm have won 16 straight games against the Dragons in Melbourne.
St George have an average losing margin of 27.3 this season.
The Saints have averaged 39.5 points against in their 9 losses this season.
The Melbourne right winger has scored 5 tries in their past 3 games against St George.

Head to Head

The Storm have not lost to St George in Melbourne since the Qualifying Final in 1999, where they got their revenge and won the Grand Final against the Dragons in the same year.

There have been 16-straight victories between the Old Olympic Park, Marvel Stadium, the MCG and AAMI Park since that day.

The Storm have also won the past three most recent matches against the Dragons.

Melbourne Storm Form

I am not sure how it is possible with the Storm on top of the ladder, but their immaculate season is somehow flying under the radar a little considering they have only lost 3 games all year and have had all sorts of injury trouble to their key players in their spine.

They are two wins ahead of the Panthers on the ladder without really setting the stats columns alight in any exuberant fashion. They lead the league with 6.2 linebreaks per game otherwise they sit between 2nd and 6th in most categories, playing a consistent game in every aspect.

They may have come into their game last week against Parra a little light with the Eels hanging around for a while, but they put their jets on in the end and got a 32-14 victory and pulled away in the second half for their seventh consecutive win.

Melbourne Storm Team News

Sua Faalogo has been moved to the reserves with the successful return of Cameron Munster last week as Tyran Wishart moves to the bench.

Alec MacDonald also comes back from injury and takes his place on the bench.

Melbourne Storm Team List

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen

2. Will Warbrick

3. Jack Howarth

4. Nick Meaney

5. Grant Anderson

6. Cameron Munster

7. Jahrome Hughes

8. Tui Kamikamica

9. Harry Grant

10. Josh King

11. Shawn Blore

12. Eli Katoa

13. Trent Loiero

Interchange

14. Tyran Wishart

15. Lazarus Vaalepu

16. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

17. Alec MacDonald

Reserves

18. Tristan Powell

19. Chris Lewis

20. Sualauvi Faalogo

21. Reimis Smith

22. Tepai Moeroa

St George Illawarra Dragons Form

The Saints have been winning one week and getting belted the next since the beginning of June, struggling to find any real consistency in their game all season when you look at it.

They have had a tough schedule over the past couple of months suffering big losses to Manly, Sydney and most recently Penrith where they went down 46-10 with Nathan Cleary running ragged after returning from injury.

The Saints have conceded an average of 39.5 points in their 9 losses this season with 30+ point scores against them in 8 of those 9 games, with a real win or bust attitude.

In 10th spot on the ladder and on 24 points which is good enough for eighth, they are still a chance of beating the odds and making the finals this season, but only if they can get it together soon and string some wins together.

St George Illawarra Dragons Team News

Tyrell Sloan returns to fullback after being dropped as his replacement Mathew Feagai suffered a concussion last week.

Ryan Couchman replaces his brother Toby who has been suspended for two weeks. Blake Lawrie joins the bench, replacing Ben Mursoch-Masila.

St George Illawarra Dragons Team List

1. Tyrell Sloan

2. Zac Lomax

3. Moses Suli

4. Max Feagai

5. Christian Tuipulotu

6. Kyle Flanagan

7. Ben Hunt

8. Francis Molo

9. Jacob Liddle

10. Jack de Belin

11. Luciano Leilua

12. Jaydn Su'A

13. Tom Eisenhuth

Interchange

14. Hame Sele

15. Raymond Faitala-Mariner

16. Ryan Couchman

17. Blake Lawrie

Reserves

18. Lyhkan King-Togia

19. Michael Molo

20. Jack Bird

21. Mikaele Ravalawa

22. Connor Muhleisen

Verdict

Melbourne Storm v St George Dragons

Melbourne are backed to cover the 19.5 points as favourites and score over their team total of 34.5 points team total.

Melbourne -19.5

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