2025 R24 Thu - Penrith 18-22* Melbourne @ CommBank

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 24
Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm
CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal (TICKETS)

Thursday 14 August 2025
NRL kickoff 7:50pm
Live on Fox, Kayo, Nine, 9Now

1. Dylan Edwards
2. Thomas Jenkins
3. Izack Tago
4. Casey Mclean
5. Brian To'o
6. Blaize Talagi
7. Nathan Cleary
8. Moses Leota
9. Mitch Kenny
10. Lindsay Smith
11. Luke Garner
12. Liam Martin
13. Isaiah Papali'i

14. Brad Schneider
15. Liam Henry
16. Matthew Eisenhuth
17. Scott Sorensen

18. Paul Alamoti
19. Jack Cole
20. Daine Laurie
21. Mavrik Geyer
22. Trent Toelau

Ins & Outs
Unchanged

Teamlist:

1. Nick Meaney
2. Grant Anderson
3. Joe Chan
4. Marion Seve
5. Xavier Coates
6. Cameron Munster
7. Tyran Wishart
8. Stefano Utoikamanu
9. Harry Grant
10. Josh King
11. Shawn Blore
12. Eliesa Katoa
13. Trent Loiero

14. Jonah Pezet
15. Alec Macdonald
16. Tui Kamikamica
17. Ativalu Lisati

18. Bronson Garlick
19. Kane Bradley
20. Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown
21. Lazarus Vaalepu
22. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

Ins & Outs
Out: Ryan Papenhuyzen (fullback)
In: Marion Seve (centre)
Changes: Nick Meaney (centre to fullback)

Referee: Ashley Klein
Sideline Officials: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Liam Kennedy
Video Referee: Chris Butler


Head to head since 1998

	TOTAL	PENRITH	MELBOURNE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	48	16	32	0
COMMBANK	0	0	0	0

Last five clashes

Year	Round	Result	Venue	Crowd
2023	Prelim Final	PENRITH 38-4	Accor	35578
2024	Round 1	MELBOURNE 8-0	AAMI	20169
2024	Round 24	MELBOURNE 24-22	BlueBet	20516
2024	Grand Final	PENRITH 14-6	Accor	80156
2025	Round 3	MELBOURNE 30-24	AAMI	17586

The thumpings

Year	Round	Result	Venue	Crowd
2004	Round 17	MELBOURNE 66-14	Olympic Park	9042
2023	Prelim Final	PENRITH 38-4	Accor	35578

State of play: NRL 2025

	POS	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
PENRITH	4th	20	3	12-7-1	498	379
MELBOURNE	2nd	20	3	15-5-0	605	357

Current form

	Round 21	Result	Round 22	Result	Round 23	Result
PENRITH	W TIGERS	W 36-2	GOLD COAST	W 30-26	NEWCASTLE	W 48-12
MELBOURNE	SYDNEY	W 34-30	PARRAMATTA	W 16-10	BRISBANE	W 22-2

The run home

	Round 25	Round 26	Round 27
PENRITH	CANBERRA (H)	CANTERBURY (A)	ST GEO ILLA (A)
MELBOURNE	CANTERBURY (H)	SYDNEY (H)	BRISBANE (A)

LOWER GRADES
PENRITH	MELBOURNE
NSW Cup v Warriors, St Marys Leagues, Saturday, 1:00pm Jersey Flegg v Warriors, St Marys Leagues, Saturday, 11:00am	Hostplus Cup (Brisbane Tigers) BYE Hostplus Cup (Sunshine Coast) v Redcliffe (DOL), Sunshine Coast, Saturday, 5:00pm NSW Cup (North Sydney) v Sydney, North Sydney Oval, Sunday, 3:00pm Jersey Flegg v Sydney, Seabrook Reserve, Saturday, 2:00pm

 

[League Unlimited News]

INDIGENOUS JERSEYS

Panthers reveals 2025 Indigenous Jersey

Panthers is proud to unveil the 2025 Indigenous Jersey, a colourful tribute to Darug and Burramattagal people, land and culture.

www.penrithpanthers.com.au

Storm Unveil 2025 Indigenous Jersey

Melbourne Storm is proud to unveil its 2025 Indigenous Jersey to be worn in its Round 23 clash against the Brisbane Broncos.

www.melbournestorm.com.au

 

[Valheru]

Unfortunately for PENRITH they have to play a team outside the bottom 6 for the 1st time in 6 games and only the 3rd time in 11 games.

Melbourne comfortably

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Penrith by 6 so their streak can be ended the week after.

 

[Pjf04b]

Unfortunately for PENRITH they have to play a team outside the bottom 6 for the 1st time in 6 games and only the 3rd time in 11 games.

Melbourne comfortably

Since round 9 Melbourne have only played 3 games against top 8 teams - 2 x against the Sharks, and once against the Broncos.

 

[Wb1234]

Good chance Penrith go undefeated for the rest of the season

 

[soc123_au]

Unfortunately for PENRITH they have to play a team outside the bottom 6 for the 1st time in 6 games and only the 3rd time in 11 games.

Melbourne comfortably

 

[Chins]

Penrith by 6 so their streak can be ended the week after.

You think you can beat us more than once this year? I don't so you might want to save that win.

 

[Chins]

This game will be played at a fast high pace but neither side will really want to show the other too much. Probably the GF preview which I'm sure all neutrals will be stoked about.

 

[Apey]

Panthers to win this comfortably I reckon. Storm have been mostly average away from home all year and are without one of the best players. Not convinced Munster still has what it takes to step up without Hughes.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Panthers to win this comfortably I reckon. Storm have been mostly average away from home all year and are without one of the best players. Not convinced Munster still has what it takes to step up without Hughes.

Agree on this. Storm have been largely dissapointing this year. If they played their best they win this comp on their head and lose 2-3 games all year.

I think Penrith are back but have played 2 teams placed above 11th in 11 weeks. Storm won the corresponding game last year but then lost the won that matters. I do think Penrith probably need the win here a bit more to show that they arent this years flat track bullies.

Hughes too big a loss, Munster and Paps are down on form, Harry cant do it all on his own. Panthers by 10.

 

[Saxon]

Storm player to be binned every time they get into the same postcode as Chinny.

 

[Belza1]

Storm player to be binned every time they get into the same postcode as Chinny.

Klown will be ref and Atkins in the bunker

 

[Nealo 12]

Lols Roarters have only played 3 above them in the last 10 weeks … but but Penrith

 

[Trifili13]

Interesting to see if To'o gets a penalty try against him for challenging Coates for a bomb.

 

[This Year?]

Good chance Penrith go undefeated for the rest of the season

Yeah, nah they'll probably rest half their team in Rd 27, which will be their last defeat in 2025.

 

[Fangs]

This one has destiny written all over it.

Penrith will win. Margin 8.

 

[Wb1234]

Yeah, nah they'll probably rest half their team in Rd 27, which will be their last defeat in 2025.

Doggies with sexton and Mahoney would be their biggest threat

Canberra if they don’t let the pressure get to them which is unlikely

Penrith are way below previous years the fact they have a shot at the title is ridiculous

 

[Nealo 12]

Yeah, nah they'll probably rest half their team in Rd 27, which will be their last defeat in 2025.

Pleeeeeeeese just don't put any bets on us

 

[Valheru]

Lols Roarters have only played 3 above them in the last 10 weeks … but but Penrith

Well first off we have had 2 byes in those 10 weeks so it's 5-5 in the last 10 games in regards to playing teams above us which given we are exactly in the middle on the ladder, it would be the expected result.

I'm talking about Penrith's last 11 games, not 11 weeks and the heavy dose of bottom 6 teams in that timeframe. You will have to excuse me for doing so in a Penrith gameday thread.