Analysis:
Up until last week, when Wilton and Iro completely vapourized the tigers up the left edge, Wests hadn’t actually conceded more than 4 tries in a game to any team, which is a pretty impressive stat. Conversely, the Melbourne Storm haven’t scored more than 4 tries in a game for the last 5 straight weeks which is, how the French would say, “Le Fucked”.
The 9 tries put on the Tigs last week might be an indication of just how many players they can lose to injury before they stop being effective. Doueihi, Bula and May are all huge outs for the 2026 underdog darlings and they may struggle to contain a desperate Melbourne side at home. If the Tigers lose this, nobody will bat an eye – If the Storm loses, the enlightened people of Melbourne might just turn their gaze back to a far inferior code of footy and be lost forever (Yeah piss off cunt, go get an offside rule, then we’ll talk).
Regardless of what happens punters, you can absolutely go apeshit on outside backs to score. The Storm are fucking garbage at defending CTW players, and they have some of the flashiest cunts in the biz ready to capitalise on an inconsistent Tigers lineup.
Over in the forward pack, Melbourne get done in weekly by Right side edge runners like KPP, whereas it looks like there’s a brand new hole ripped open in the Tigers left side, exactly where that fuckin enormous cunt from Eagle Vale will be running at off the Storm’s bench (Cooper Clarke to all non-locals).
