2025 R3 Thu - Melbourne v Penrith @ AAMI

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NRL 2025 - Round 3
Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers
AAMI Park, Melbourne / Wurundjeri (TICKETS)

Thursday 20 March 2025
Kickoff 8:00pm AEDT.
Live on Nine, 9Now, Fox, Kayo.

To be announced

To be announced

Referee: To be advised
Sideline Officials: To be advised
Video Referee: To be advised

HEAD TO HEAD - 1998 - 2024​

	TOTAL	MEL	PEN	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	47	31	16	0
AAMI	9	8	1	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 23	PEN 26-6	BlueBet	19953
2023	PF	PEN 38-4	Accor	35578
2024	Round 1	MEL 8-0	AAMI	20169
2024	Round 24	MEL 24-22	BlueBet	20516
2024	GF	PEN 14-6	Accor	80156

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2004	Round 17	MEL 66-14	Olympic Park	9042
2023	PF	PEN 38-4	Accor	35578

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
MELBOURNE	SGI (A)	MAN (A)	WAR (H)	DOL (A)
PENRITH	SOU (A)	NQL (H)	DOL (A)	SYD (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 1		Round 2
MELBOURNE	PAR	W 56-18	BYE
PENRITH	CRO	W 28-22	SYD	L 32-38

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
MELBOURNE	1st	1	1	1-0-0	56	18
PENRITH	10th	2	0	1-1-0	60	60

 

[Valheru]

I would predict Penrith to bounce back and win after last week against any team at any location except Melbourne in Melbourne.

Storm comfortably.

 

[mozza91]

Wouldn’t want to play Penrith after last week. Wouldn’t want to play Melbourne in Melbourne at anytime.

Just kick both of them out of the comp.

 

[soc123_au]

Ivan spent the weekend installing new syncros and playing with diff ratios.

Taking the 2 14 down with not much time on the clock last Friday shows the belief is still there.

And surely we cant play that badly again for a while.

I think we can get it done here. Melbourne in Melbourne being about as hard as it gets could turn out to be a blessing.

 

[Stinkfinger]

Storm vulnerable. Starting with 2 byes. Panthers certainties.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Hmm usually the Penrith match day thread is full of smug the second it goes up, wonder why not this week?

Shame that Edward’s is out, takes a bit away from the blockbuster. Storm have had 2 weeks to get ready for this and will be viewing it as more then 2 points. Panthers obviously smarting from the roosters debacle and won’t play that badly again.

Penrith getting up here isn’t as far fetched as a lot of people think. Being in Melbourne will help them, they’ll go in a with nothing to lose siege mentality. Will need to get a lot more from the 6 and if the young winger plays like he did v East’s storm will punish him beyond belief.

tipping storm by 10 but Penrith to always be in the game.

 

[blue bags]

Ivan spent the weekend installing new syncros and playing with diff ratios.

Taking the 2 14 down with not much time on the clock last Friday shows the belief is still there.

And surely we cant play that badly again for a while.

I think we can get it done here. Melbourne in Melbourne being about as hard as it gets could turn out to be a blessing.

Dragon's beat Storm in Melbourne last year
Maybe use those tactics

 

[Woody90]

Penrith will never play as badly again as they did on Friday and even then if that game had gone on another 5 minutes they probably would have still won…saying that though Storm just have a look about them this year and I think they’ll be too strong.

 

[This Year?]

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Penrith looking vulnerable out wide in defence.

Dylan Edwards is a massive loss as the last line.

Penrith will be up for this for sure.

But you can’t go past Melbourne in Melbourne with an extra week to prepare and the issues discussed above.

 

[Chins]

I'll be going against my normal rule of not punting on my own team to win games. The $3.34 to win is absurd

 

[yobbo84]

Yeah, I can see the Panthers losing to Melbourne, and then come out absolutely fired up against their Round 4 opponents, who is *checks notes*... ahh crap.