NRL Qualifying Finals: Storm Vs Sharks - Our Betting Insights & Bets

NRL Qualifying Finals: Storm Vs Sharks – Our Betting Insights & Bets

Sat 14 Sep 2024, 12:15am AEST - Sportingbase

The Sharks have won two of their last three NRL games against the Storm including a 25-18 win when they last met, though, they have won only one of the three previous clashes between these teams in the finals.

Our analyst has put together a full list of essential insights that will help you bet on H2H, match points & try scorer markets.

You will also find our bets for this game below.

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Betting Insights

The Melbourne Storm have won 12 of their 15 games against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at AAMI Park, conceding an average of just 12.2 points per game across that stretch; though, they lost 18-25 in their most recent clash there.
The Melbourne Storm have won 18 of their last 20 NRL games at AAMI Park and have won eight of their last 10 finals games at the venue with seven of those 10 finals games decided by a margin of eight points or fewer on the day.
Seven of the last eight NRL minor premiers have won in the first week of the finals, including each of the last four; though, the only minor premier to lose in that stretch was the Melbourne Storm in 2019 (10-12 vs Canberra Raiders).

The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have won five of their last six NRL games after winning only two of their previous eight; however, they’ve lost their last six consecutive finals games and haven’t won in the post-season since a 21-20 win against the Penrith Panthers in the 2018 semi finals.
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have won their last three consecutive NRL games away from PointsBet Stadium, scoring an average of 40.7 points per game across that stretch; though, they had won only one of their previous five games away from their home venue.
The Melbourne Storm have scored the opening points of the game on 16 occasions this NRL season, more than any other team in the competition, going on to win 13 of those games; meanwhile the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks have won 10 of their 12 games when they’ve scored the first points of the game.
Nicholas Hynes (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks) has kicked 87% of his 62 attempts at goal this NRL season, the highest accuracy of any player to have attempted more than 20 kicks this season.
Harry Grant (Melbourne Storm) has scored five tries across his last six NRL games including one in each of his last two games; in fact, he’s crossed for three tries across his last three games against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Jesse Ramien (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks) has scored four tries across his last three NRL games against the Melbourne Storm after not scoring in any of his previous six games against them; furthermore, he’s been directly involved in seven tries across his last five games overall (2 tries, 5 try assists).