Everyone is going in thinking Melbourne are overwhelming favourites but Im not so sure
Panthers are battered and bruised but battle hardened. They've seen the peaks of effort and defence going into this finals series. And I think Storm have been a bit under tested late this year.
They beat the Origin hangover Panthers late in the year without Cleary, To'o, Yeo, Api & Fisher Harris
As I said, if we consider Penrith, Souths and Parra as the teams shown capable of showing a top tier defence then I think the only time they've come up against it is against Parra and the Storm folded
I hope Storm are sniffing their own farts because I think Storm will get a bit shook when they realise how tight the Penrith defence is and its going to come down to who wants it more. My bet is that Penrith want it more
Penrith 12-6 and limp into the GF