2025 R23 Thu - Melbourne v Brisbane @ AAMI

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NRL 2025 - Round 23
Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos
AAMI Park, Melbourne / Wurundjeri (TICKETS)

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

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. Grant Anderson 3. Jack Howarth 4. Nick Meaney 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. Ativalu Lisati 16. Tui Kamikamica 17. Joe Chan 18. Kane Bradley 19. Bronson Garlick 20. Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown 21. Alec MacDonald 22. Lazarus Vaalepu

Out: Bronson Garlick (bench to reserve)
In: Trent Loiero (lock)
Changes: Ativalu Lisati (lock to bench)

1. Reece Walsh 2. Selwyn Cobbo 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Deine Mariner 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Corey Jensen 9. Ben Hunt 10. Payne Haas 11. Jack Gosiewski 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Billy Walters 15. Kobe Hetherington 16. Ben Talty 17. Jaiyden Hunt 18. Tyson Smoothy 19. Jesse Arthars 20. Cory Paix 21. Josiah Karapani 22. Va'a Semu

Out: Xavier Willison (front row)
In: Payne Haas (front row), Jaiyden Hunt (bench)

Referee: Grant Atkins
Sideline Officials: Matt Noyen, Chris Sutton
Video Referee: Chris Butler

HEAD TO HEAD - 1998 - 2024​

	TOTAL	MELBOURNE	BRISBANE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	57	42	14	1
AAMI	15	12	3	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 11	MELBOURNE 24-16	AAMI	16043
2023	Round 27	MELBOURNE 32-22	Suncorp	43271
2023	Qualifying Final	BRISBANE 26-0	Suncorp	50197
2024	Round 5	MELBOURNE 34-32	AAMI	20698
2024	Round 27	MELBOURNE 50-12	Suncorp	35086

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2002	Round 21	BRISBANE 48-20	Olympic Park	10308
2022	Round 23	MELBOURNE 60-12	Suncorp	42612

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 24	Round 25	Round 26	Round 27
MELBOURNE	PENRITH (A)	CANTERBURY (H)	SYDNEY (H)	BRISBANE (A)
BRISBANE	DOLPHINS (H)	NEWCASTLE (A)	NORTH QLD (A)	MELBOURNE (H)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 20		Round 21		Round 22
MELBOURNE	MANLY	L 16-18	SYDNEY	W 34-30	PARRAMATTA	W 16-10
BRISBANE	BYE	-	PARRAMATTA	L 20-22	SOUTH SYDNEY	W 60-14

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
MELBOURNE	2nd	19	3	14-5-0	583	355
BRISBANE	6th	19	3	11-8-0	526	402

LOWER GRADES
MELBOURNE	BRISBANE
Hostplus Cup (Sunshine Coast) v Central (DOL), Rugby Park Rockhampton, Saturday, 4:00pm Hostplus Cup (Brisbane Tigers) v Tweed (GLD), Totally Workwear Stadium, Sunday, 2:10pm NSW Cup (North Sydney) v Parramatta, Commbank Stadium, Sunday, 1:30pm Jersey Flegg v Parramatta, Kellyville Park, Saturday, 1:00pm	Hostplus Cup (Burleigh) v Redcliffe (DOL), UAA Park, Saturday, 3:00pm Hostplus Cup (Wynnum Manly) v Townsville, Jack Manski Oval, Saturday, 5:00pm Hostplus Cup (Souths Logan) v Mackay (NQL), Davies Park, Sunday, 3:00pm NRLQ Series v Dolphins, Suncorp, Saturday, 2:30pm

 

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Indigenous Round jerseys

MELBOURNE STORM



BRISBANE BRONCOS
About the jersey:

Broncos Launch 2025 Indigenous Jersey

Well-known Quandamooka artist, Delvene Cockatoo-Collins, has designed the Broncos' Indigenous Jersey for the second consecutive year, which will be worn by the NRL and NRLW teams across two rounds.

www.broncos.com.au

 

[Valheru]

Melbourne seem to blitz a team every 4-6 weeks and they are due. Can't read too much in to the Broncos win against souffs, the previous 3 games is the real form.

Storm 13+

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Ugh. Melbourne to enjoy their first of 2 extra byes for the year.

f**k. You. Bruno Cullen!

 

[soc123_au]

Ugh. Melbourne to enjoy their first of 2 extra byes for the year.

f**k. You. Bruno Cullen!

Best you can hope for here is for someone to dack Harry. I don't think you will have much else to get excited about.

 

[mongoose]

Broncos by 8

 

[Warrimoo3]

Willison is a big out . Normally makes good post contact metres and gives them a good 1/2 punch with Haas. A bit like Tapine and big Papa. The Storm without Hughes is like a car without a steering wheel. His absence amplifies the mediocre Storm attack. They can’t rely on Xavier Coates scoring tries from bombs every week. Sooner or later they will dry up. At least Stefano has shown signs of improvement.

The Broncos are a bit hit or miss. Can’t see them doing the requisite grind to win this. Ever since Bellamy turned down the opportunity to coach the Broncos due to a reported off the cuff remark by a Brisbane official he seems to have made it his mission to punish the Broncos. A bit like Cameron Smith when he was overlooked for the Broncos.

The Storm will struggle to score points if the Broncos decide to turn up. And if the Broncos can’t get their game on for such an important match for them like this then they’re no hope for the title.

Storm by 8

 

[Dragon Slayer]

I’m thinking upset here.

Storm very lucky to get away with a win against the Eels last week.

Storm have dominated the Broncos for a very long time. But I’m sensing an ambush tonight.

 

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