January 9, 2026, Friday
R2: Storm Vs Warriors – Our Bets
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We have taken a look over the stats & insights and have placed the two bets for today’s game below.
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Melbourne Storm Vs NZ Warriors – Saturday 7:35pm AEDT
The Storm were impressive when keeping their unbelievable round 1 recond in tact against the Panthers last week & have a great chance to improve against a Warriors outfit that has struggled against them in the past.
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Interesting Betting Insights
- Melbourne Storm have won their last 14 consecutive NRL games against New Zealand Warriors, the equal longest winning streak of any team against a single opponent in the NRL era.
- Melbourne Storm have scored just 30 points across their last four NRL games, picking up two wins and two losses in that period.
- Melbourne Storm have won their last 10 consecutive NRL games at AAMI Park, conceding an average of just 10.5 points per game in that term; their last defeat at the venue came in Round 2, 2023 (12-26 vs Bulldogs).
- New Zealand Warriors have lost their last three NRL games in Australia, failing to score a single point in the first halves of two of those three games.
- New Zealand Warriors have been kept scoreless in the second halves of each of their last two NRL games after scoring an average of 13.6 second half points per game across their previous 10 fixtures.
- Melbourne Storm have won their last four consecutive NRL games without Cameron Munster after having lost four in a row without him prior to that term.
- Reimis Smith (Melbourne Storm) has scored three tries across his last five NRL games after crossing for three tries across his 26 previous games in the competition.
- Addin Fonua-Blake (New Zealand Warriors) has scored four tries across his last seven NRL games, scoring one try every second game in that term; he’ll be looking to cross for tries in back-to-back NRL games for the first time since Round 11, 2023.
- Xavier Coates (Melbourne Storm) has scored eight tries across his last four NRL games against New Zealand Warriors despite not scoring a try in his most recent game against them (Round 8, 2023).
- Shaun Johnson (New Zealand Warriors) made five kicks forcing a goal line drop out in the opening round of the 2024 NRL season, three more than any other player in the competition.
Our Bets
- $250 – Storm -7.5 @ $1.90 – Bet Here
- $50 – Over 40.5 Match Points @ $1.90Â – Bet Here
- $50 – Coates To Score 1st, 2nd Or 3rd @ $3.40- Bet Here
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