2025 R17 Sun - Melbourne v Cronulla @ AAMI

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 17
Melbourne Storm v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
AAMI Park, Melbourne / Wurundjeri (TICKETS)

Sunday 29 June 2025
NRL kickoff 2pm
Live broadcast Fox, Kayo

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Sualauvi Faalogo 3. Grant Anderson 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. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 18. Ativalu Lisati 19. Bronson Garlick 20. Joe Chan 21. Keagan Russell-Smith 22. Kane Bradley

Out: Jack Howarth (centre)
In: Xavier Coates (wing)
Changes: Grant Anderson (wing to centre), Tui Kamikamica (front row to bench), Nelson Asofa-Solomona (lock to bench), Stefano Utoikamanu (bench to front row), Trent Loiero (bench to lock)

1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. Siosifa Talakai 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Oregon Kaufusi 11. Briton Nikora 12. Teig Wilton 13. Cameron McInnes 14. Daniel Atkinson 15. Jesse Colquhoun 16. Toby Rudolf 17. Braden Hamlin-Uele 18. Billy Burns 19. Hohepa Puru 20. Niwhai Puru 21. Chris Veaila 22. Jayden Berrell

Out: Hohepa Puru (bench to reserve)
In: Oregon Kaufusi (front row)
Changes: Braden Hamlin-Uele (front row to bench)

Referee: Ashley Klein
Sideline Officials: Drew Oultram, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Chris Butler

HEAD TO HEAD - 1998 - 2025​

	TOTAL	MELBOURNE	CRONULLA	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	48	30	18	0
AAMI	16	13	3	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 17	CRONULLA 28-6	Pointsbet	7868
2023	Round 15	MELBOURNE 54-10	AAMI	20253
2024	Round 10	CRONULLA 25-18	AAMI	18670
2024	Qualifying Final	MELBOURNE 37-10	AAMI	26326
2025	Round 11	CRONULLA 31-26	Sharks	11570

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2005	Round 22	CRONULLA 40-16	Toyota	13575
2023	Round 15	MELBOURNE 54-10	AAMI	20253

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 18	Round 19	Round 20	Round 21
MELBOURNE	NORTH QLD (A)	NEWCASTLE (A)	MANLY (H)	SYDNEY (A)
CRONULLA	(BYE)	DOLPHINS (H)	SYDNEY (H)	SOUTH SYDNEY (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 14		Round 15		Round 16
MELBOURNE	NORTH QLD	W 38-14	BYE	-	SOUTH SYDNEY	W 25-24
CRONULLA	WARRIORS	L 10-40	ST GEO ILLA	W 30-18	BRISBANE	L 28-34

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
MELBOURNE	3rd	13	3	9-4-0	429	257
CRONULLA	6th	15	1	8-7-0	360	340

LOWER GRADES
MELBOURNE	CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND
NSW Cup (North Sydney) BYE Jersey Flegg v Silktails, Churchill Park, Friday, 5:00pm Hostplus Cup (Brisbane Tigers) v Ipswich (GLD), Cbus Super Stadium, Sunday, 1:45pm Hostplus Cup (Sunshine Coast) v Western, Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunday, 2:00pm	NSW Cup (Newtown) v South Sydney, Coogee Oval, Sunday, 2:00pm Jersey Flegg v South Sydney, Coogee Oval, Sunday, 12:00pm

 

[Valheru]

Cronulla in free fall? Flogged by roosters u18's, Flogged by warriors at home, scraped by the dragons at home and then let a 16 point lead slip against the broncos.

Storm at home after a Bellamy tongue lashing is not where you want to be when you need a win to steady the ship.

This might get ugly.

 

[JamesRustle]

Cronulla in free fall? Flogged by roosters u18's, Flogged by warriors at home, scraped by the dragons at home and then let a 16 point lead slip against the broncos.

Storm at home after a Bellamy tongue lashing is not where you want to be when you need a win to steady the ship.

This might get ugly.

Not sure what's going on there... I thought Sharks, with no rep players, would cement top 4 during origin period... they would have expected 4-5 wins plus 4 points from byes, but will be lucky to jag 2 wins.

They have a half decent record against the Storm, but I don't think this mollycoddled bunch of swell guys from the Shire will thrive in the cold and moist conditions expected at AAMI... and had much better halves last time they won a game in Melbourne... Storm 32-8