Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters – Regular Season – Preview & Prediction | NRL 2023

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THE FACTS

When is Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters on and what time does it start? Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters will take place on Thursday 6th April, 2023 – 10:50 (UK)

Where is Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters taking place? Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters will take place at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia

Where can I get tickets for Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters? Click here for ticket information on 2023 NRL matches

What channel is Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters on? Sky Sports Arena will be televising selected NRL games in the UK and you can find their schedule here. For Australian broadcasters, you can find a list here

Where can I stream Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters? If televised on Sky Sports, then subscribers will be able to stream the match live via Sky Go. Alternatively, the match will be available to subscribers of Watch NRL

THE TEAM NEWS

MELBOURNE STORM

• Melbourne Storm made it back-to-back wins as they showed some brilliant character to see off South Sydney Rabbitohs in what was a hard-fought victory last week.
• The Storm needed to produce some last-ditch defensive efforts with their scramble coming up trumps and they come into this on a real high, bolstered by the return of halfback Jahrome Hughes after he completed a two-match ban.

Starting 13: Meaney, Warbrick, Smith, Olam, Coates, Munster, Hughes, Kamikamica, H. Grant, Welch, Loiero, Katoa, King – Interchanges: Garlick, MacDonald, Eisenhuth, Sims – Reserves: Anderson, J. Grant, Wishart, Howarth, Pezet

Unavailable: Dean Ieremia (Injured), Ryan Papenhuyzen (Injured), Tepai Moeroa (Injured), Nelson Asofa-Solomona (Injured), Joe Chan (Injured)

SYDNEY ROOSTERS

• Sydney Roosters produced a superb performance to dispatch Parramatta Eels last week and make it three successive victories in relatively comfortable fashion.
• The Tricolours looked a menace with the ball despite losing skipper James Tedesco in the first half and he will be forced to sit this one out with Joseph Manu returning from a ban to slot in at fullback.

Starting 13: Manu, Tupou, Suaalii, Hutchison, Paulo, Keary, Walker, Waerea-Hagreaves, B. Smith, Collins, E. Butcher, N. Butcher, Radley – Interchanges: Turpin, May, Allan, Baker – Reserves: Whyte, Momirovski, S. Smith, Wong, Thomas

Unavailable: Sitili Tupouniua (Injured), Connor Watson (Injured), Billy Smith (Injured), Angus Crichton (Personal reasons), Matt Lodge (Injured), Nathan Brown (Injured), James Tedesco (Injured)

THE PREDICTION

Round 6 gets underway with a humdinger as Melbourne Storm take on Sydney Roosters. The pair are capable of putting on a show here having performed well in their last few showings. The Storm come into this with successive wins while it is three-in-a-row for the Roosters with the away side seemingly getting better every week. Both teams are still missing some key men but that will not detract from what should be a thrilling encounter and with either side able to claim the victory, the winning margin is likely to be 1-12 points either way in what should also be a low-scoring contest with the sides able to match each other set-for-set, producing under 42.5 points in total.