Raiders vs Storm Prediction: Grant to scoot over in battle of fallen giants

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Raiders vs Storm Odds

There are some interesting prices available on this clash, with the malaise of the two sides leaving the bookies with no clear favourite. Still, the Storm are 8/11 for the win at an implied probability of 57.9%.

You can back the Raiders are 6/5 for a second straight victory, while it’s 16/1 to be locked up at full-time ahead of golden-point extra-time.

Will Warbrick is the favourite to cross for the first try, with the six-try Melbourne winger available at 13/2, ahead of full-back and top scorer Sua Fa’alogo (eight tries) at 7/1.

Team News

Ricky Stuart makes one notable change which saw off the Rabbitohs in a high-scoring Round 6 thriller.

Savelio Tamale is out, with Seb Kris taking his place and Matt Timoko returning in the centres after four games out.

Elsewhere, Ata Mariota, Morgan Smithies and Zac Hosking are benched, with Noah Martin, Corey Horsburgh and Josh Papali’i restored to the starting pack in their places.

Rugby League Odds

Craig Bellamy has looked like a very unhappy man in cutaways to the coaching box in recent weeks, but he makes just the one change to the side well beaten by the Warriors last time out.

Manaia Waitere comes in on the wing for the start in the number five jersey. He replaces Moses Leo, who had returned for the 38-14 loss having missed the 50-10 reverse to the Panthers in Round 5.

Raiders by 1-12 @ 5/2

This isn’t a particularly easy one to call, and after a pretty positive start to 2026 I’m coming off a chastening Round 6 as the Storm let me down and the Raiders surprised me.

Having seen Melbourne go down so meekly to the Warriors, most notably after getting ahead 14-12 shortly before the break, I just don’t see the same battle about this iteration of the Storm.

There’s a sense of needing to ride this one out – pun not intended. But the truth is, I just can’t get on board with the footy I’m seeing out of Melbourne just now.

So I can well see the Green Machine building on that epic win over the Rabbitohs in their trip to the west, especially with Sticky freshening up his pack options and bringing back big guns like Papali’i and Horsburgh from the off for early impact.

The 1-12 margin gives us real value at 5/2 and an implied 28.6% chance.