What a way to round of three good matches on Saturday.
There’s a lot of history between these two sides and these clashes always, without exception, produce fantastic games.
Both sides have named full strength line-ups and there will be standing room only on the Manly hill.
Manly’s only lost in the past eight weeks, some might say controversially, has come at the hands of South Sydney.
The Sea Eagles have scored first in the past eight games and will come out all guns blazing. Melbourne will have to weather the onslaught early but there’s no better at doing that then the Storm.
It was nothing but a training session for them last week as they embarrassed Parramatta 64 – 4.
It was their fourth win in a row and after a testing Origin season, the Storm appears to back to their best.
The two sides played out a draw back in round 10 at AAMI Park but Melbourne will hold no fears going to Brookvale, having won there last year 26 – 22.
Melbourne shade Manly in the betting but it’s hard to find a legitimate reason why. As they demonstrated earlier in the year, there’s nothing between the two sides and we can expect another close, low scoring encounter here.
Odds Comparison by NRL odds:
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| Manly Sea Eagles | 1.97 | 2.00 | 2.25 | 2.00 | 1.97 | 1.98 |
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Melbourne Storm
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1.83 | 1.80 | 1.67 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.85 |
Teams:
Manly Sea Eagles:
Brett Stewart, Jorge Taufua, Jamie Lyon, Steve Matai, David Williams, Kieran Foran, Daly Cherry-Evans, Brenton Lawrence, Matt Ballin, George Rose, Jamie Buhrer, Justin Horo, Glenn Stewart. Interchange: Richie Fa’aoso, James Hasson, Tom Symonds, David Gower 
Melbourne Storm:
Billy Slater, Sisa Waqa, Will Chambers, Maurice Blair, Justin O’Neill, Brett Finch, Cooper Cronk, Jesse Bromwich, Cameron Smith, Bryan Norrie, Kevin Proctor, Ryan Hoffman, Ryan Hinchcliffe. Interchange: Jason Ryles, Tohu Harris, Jordan McLean, Kenneath Bromwich, Tim Glasby 
