NRL R4: Dragons Vs Storm - Team Stats, Betting Insights & Our Bets

NRL R4: Dragons Vs Storm – Team Stats, Betting Insights & Our Bets

Fri 28 Mar 2025, 10:25pm AEDT - Sportingbase

Ryan Papenhuyzen has been directly involved in seven tries in his last four NRL matches (5 tries, 2 try assists); he’s scored two tries and provided three try assists across his last four games against the Dragons.

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Betting Insights

The St George Illawarra Dragons defeated the Melbourne Storm 18-16 when they last met in the NRL (Rd 22 2024); the Dragons will be aiming for consecutive wins against the Storm for the first time since their first two meetings in the competition in 1999.
The St George Illawarra Dragons have won three of their last four NRL matches against the Melbourne Storm at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (L1), including each of their last two; the Dragons have led at halftime on the day in only one of those four fixtures.
The St George Illawarra Dragons have lost their last five NRL matches by an average margin of 8.6 points per game, despite outscoring their opposition in one half of each of their last four games in that span; the last time the Dragons recorded a longer losing run was a six-match span from July to September in 2023.
The St George Illawarra Dragons have lost their last three NRL matches at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium; the last time the Dragons recorded a longer losing run at the venue was a five-match span from May to August in 2013.
The Melbourne Storm have led at half-time on 21 occasions in the NRL since the beginning of the 2024 season, two more times than any other team, and they have won 66 of their last 67 games when they’ve led at half-time on the day with their only defeat in that span against the Gold Coast Titans in Round 3, 2023.
The Melbourne Storm have won their last four NRL regular season matches in New South Wales, despite being outscored in the second halves of each of their last two games in that span; the Storm had won only four of their nine such fixtures prior to this run (L5).
The Melbourne Storm have scored the opening try of the game in each of their last five NRL games against the St George Illawarra Dragons; indeed, the Storm have gone on to win 20 of their last 24 games in the competition overall when they’ve scored the opening try of the game on the day.
The Melbourne Storm have lost three of their last four NRL games without Jahrome Hughes in the side on the day, losing by eight points or fewer in each of those three defeats.
Christian Tuipulotu (St George Illawarra Dragons) has been directly involved in seven tries in his last four NRL matches (6 tries, 1 try assist), scoring at least one try in each of those four games; a fifth consecutive game with a try would be his outright longest try scoring run in his career (also four games from Round 17 to 21 in 2024).