2025 R1 Sun - Melbourne v Parramatta @ AAMI Park

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 1
Melbourne Storm v Parramatta Eels
AAMI Park, Melbourne / Wurundjeri (TICKETS)

Sunday 9 March 2025
Kickoff 4:05pm AEDT
Live on Nine, 9Now, Fox, Kayo

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. William Warbrick 3. Jack Howarth 4. Nick Meaney 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Harry Grant 10. Josh King 11. Shawn Blore 12. Eliesa Katoa 13. Trent Loiero
14. Tyran Wishart 15. Alec MacDonald 16. Tui Kamikamica 17. Lazarus Vaalepu
18. Grant Anderson 19. Bronson Garlick 20. Joe Chan 21. Sualauvi Faalogo 22. Kane Bradley

1. Isaiah Iongi 2. Sean Russell 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Zac Lomax 5. Jake Tago 6. Dylan Brown 7. Ronald Volkman 8. Joe Ofahengaue 9. Brendan Hands 10. Junior Paulo 11. Jack Williams 12. Kelma Tuilagi 13. J'maine Hopgood
14. Ryley Smith 15. Matt Doorey 16. Ryan Matterson 17. Charlie Guymer
18. Joash Papali'i 19. Jordan Samrani 20. Toni Mataele 21. Sam Tuivaiti 22. Joey Lussick

Referee: Wyatt Raymond​ Sideline Officials: Matt Noyen, Phil Henderson​ Video Referee: Grant Atkins​

HEAD TO HEAD - 1998 - 2024​

	TOTAL	MEL	PAR	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	46	28	18	0
AAMI	9	6	3	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 25	PAR 22-14	CommBank	23758
2023	Round 1	MEL 16-12	CommBank	17301
2023	Round 22	MEL 46-16	Marvel Stadium	20429
2024	Round 11	MEL 48-16	Suncorp	47517
2024	Round 21	MEL 32-14	CommBank	11082

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2001	Round 20	PAR 54-10	Colonial	13074
2013	Round 24	MEL 64-4	AAMI	13728

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
MELBOURNE	BYE	PEN (H)	SGI (A)	MAN (A)
PARRAMATTA	WST (H)	CBY (H)	MAN (A)	SGI (H)

 

[Bazal]

Yuck. Unsubscribe

 

[JamesRustle]

NRL gifting Bellyache another round 1 win. Usual arse raping coming up... Melbourne by 50-12 as Ryles regrets leaving AAMI Park. Most anticipation for me is whether Ryles is as animated in the coaching box as his mentor.

 

[This Year?]

The Lonax Howarth matchup will be great viewing.
Hoping the bald canaries win and Ryles gets the usual 3 weeks, but unfortunately the Storm will run at Ronald's chocolate shoulder for a thick, smooth and sweet sundae win.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

Foregone conclusion Melbourne by as many as they want.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Shame for the Eels Moses is out, he should probably rest another week just to make sure hes right. Looks like theyll play a good brand footy this year, good centres and the fullback looks sharp. Seem to be going the Bulldogs small pack theory. Storm seem to just get it done early and dont put on big scores so expect the same here.

Storm by 14.

 

[Bazal]

Wtf Tago?

Bring back BA

 

[mozza91]

How long will Lomax take to become a complete plodder again?
I’m going 6 minutes.

 

[Marshall_magic]

How long will Lomax take to become a complete plodder again?
I’m going 6 minutes.

Was rocks and diamonds in the centres. Gets shifted to the wing and becomes and is elite, picked for origin and looks absolutely class. Throws a strop about playing on the wing and moves to a new club for less money….back in the centres.

 

[Wb1234]

Eels are saying he should be right for next week others saying it could be longer term

Been tested multiple times for a rebreak and it’s been clear

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Eels are saying he should be right for next week others saying it could be longer term

Been tested multiple times for a rebreak and it’s been clear

That makes me feel lucky. I have 2 screws in my foot and I've never had any real soreness, although mine are in the first metatarsal and not the fifth.

Anyway, Melbourne by 26.

 

[chrisD]

Interested to see how Bellamy uses Wishart if there's no injuries for him to cover.

 

[Wb1234]

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_MRE170_a_RED&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fsport%2Fnrl%2Fmitchell-moses-has-been-rubbed-out-of-the-nrl-for-six-weeks-as-he-deals-with-a-foot-injury%2Fnews-story%2F584275be9117947c6d3b3c15c77e7aa2&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=ULTRALOW-Segment-2-SCORE

Six weeks for Moses

 

[Bazal]

Great

Hey here's a thought. The NRL should move this game to Brisbane.

If both teams get blown away forever by the cyclone then the purple cheating pricks will have finally got what they deserve, and tens of thousands of downtrodden Aussie battlers will finally grow back their hair and be cured of alcoholism. Everyone wins

 

[This Year?]

Great

Hey here's a thought. The NRL should move this game to Brisbane.

If both teams get blown away forever by the cyclone then the purple cheating pricks will have finally got what they deserve, and tens of thousands of downtrodden Aussie battlers will finally grow back their hair and be cured of alcoholism. Everyone wins

You had me until this bit.