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Melbourne Storm vs New Zealand Warriors


When : Saturday 11th April 2026 @ 7:30pm

Where : AAMI Park, Melbourne


Odds : Storm $1.45 Warriors $2.70


Predicted line up -


1. Sua FA’ALOGO
2. Will WARBRICK
3. Jack HOWARTH
4. Moses LEO
5. Nick MEANEY
6. Cameron MUNSTER
7. Jahrome HUGHES
8. Stefano UTOIKAMANU
9. Harry GRANT (c)
10. Josh KING
11. Ativalu LISATI
12. Joe CHAN
13. Trent LOIERO

14. Tyran WISHART
15. Cooper CLARKE
16. Shawn BLORE
17. Alec MACDONALD

18. Trent TOELAU
19. Davvy MOALE



Well this is an interesting game, 3 losses on the trot and a 50 piece put on us last time out, in years past I’d expect a hell of a response at home against a rival but with this years team? Who knows, I hope the boys have enough pride to show up and fix the issues that have been plaguing us all season, this game is huge in the context of our season.

Hoping to see a few players return this week, should add a bit to the edges with Howarth, Blore and Lisati hopefully good to go, Waitere unlucky as I though the showed some good signs last week but I think they pick Leo.

I will tip us in a tight one, don’t think we will see a big score like years past.

Storm 24 Warriors 10

Some Warriors news from the weekend :

- Adam Pompey is facing a 1 week ban with an early plea for a raised leg in the Sharks game

- Luke Metcalf will miss after a hamstring strain as well

- Charnze Nicol-Klokstad is also a doubt after a neck injury in the dying minutes of the Sharks game.

All big pluses for the Storm.

Official team:

1. Sualauvi Faalogo 2. William Warbrick 3. Jack Howarth 4. Nick Meaney 5. Moses Leo 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 9. Harry Grant 10. Josh King 11. Joe Chan 12. Cooper Clarke 13. Trent Loiero 14. Tyran Wishart 15. Alec MacDonald 16. Jack Hetherington 17. Davvy Moale 18. Lazarus Vaalepu 19. Manaia Waitere 20. Preston Conn 21. Hugo Peel 22. Trent Toelau

Still no Lisati or Blore.

Leo and Howarth back in.

Warriors team

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 4. Adam Pompey 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Tanah Boyd 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Jackson Ford 11. Leka Halasima 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark 14. Samuel Healey 15. Marata Niukore 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Tanner Stowers-Smith 18. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 20. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 21. Morgan Gannon 22. Luke Hanson 23. Ali Leiataua

Blore is playing NSW Cup again, must still be a bit rusty thought he would come back in for sure.

Hopefully Lisati back next week and Xavier Coates must be getting close too, hopefully back in the next 3 or 4 weeks as well.

Nothing in the forward pack that inspires me to think the metres gained number will be increased, still a little unsure that this is the best team to deal with the new rules and have a sneaky suspicion that Harry is carrying a leg injury that has to be managed.

I’d have thought that Trent Toelau must be close to getting a utility role at Wishy’s expense ? I feel that Tyran’s output and effectiveness has waned considerably over the last 12 months (just my opinion)

Adam Pompey downgrade unsuccessful at the judiciary, will not be playing on Saturday night for the Wahs.

Storm crunched into $1.35

Warriors out to $3.25 now

Line is 9.5

Soooo, has Craig wrung the changes...
Starting forwards look the same to me.
All the talk, any follow through????
Crickets

Bullucked wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2026 7:35 am Soooo, has Craig wrung the changes...
Starting forwards look the same to me.
All the talk, any follow through????
Crickets

It was definitely strange comments. He was obviously frustrated but then realised he doesn't have the squad to make wholesale changes.

Unsurprisingly, it'll just be the debutante and the 4 gamer STB that get the chop.

I don't expect Bellamy to do anything but until Lisati and Blore come back we really can't be doing much changing atm. Backline will be different when Coates returns. Munster ain't getting dropped.

Storm Spirit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2026 8:04 pm I’d have thought that Trent Toelau must be close to getting a utility role at Wishy’s expense ? I feel that Tyran’s output and effectiveness has waned considerably over the last 12 months (just my opinion)

Agreed. He's had good cameos here and there (Dragons game for example) but he's been living off the stretch in 2024 when he filled in for Munster.

Have a very low confidence feeling we will win this one. Warriors struggling, back at home, to toss up another poor one here would be brutal.

We either win this by 6 or lose by 40

NZ playing away but we all know it’s a home crowd for them. They’ll want to bash us. Leka will run riot

Watching the Dogs serve it up to the Panthers is more worrying, shows the Panthers aren’t invincible and it was a total lack of effort and commitment that caused us to concede 50, I hope we see a huge bounce back this weekend.