Storm vs Bulldogs Round 6 Tips, Prediction & Preview

Andrew Hendrie: Apr 12, 2024

Melbourne Storm look to continue their home dominance when they welcome the Canterbury Bulldogs to AAMI Park on Friday night.

Storm vs Bulldogs Tips, Preview & Predictions

Canterbury Bulldogs vs Melbourne Storm free NRL tips, predictions and preview by the best NRL tipsters – Storm have won their last 12 games at AAMI Park…

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs H2H Prediction

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs Tips

Best Storm Over 13.5 first half points odds $1.68 with Dabble

Storm have won their last 12 games at AAMI Park
Storm have won seven of the last eight meetings between the teams
Storm’s last four wins over Bulldogs have been by 22+ points
Storm have scored 14+ first half points in their last three wins over Bulldogs
Storm have scored 14+ points in their last two home wins this season
Bulldogs have lost their last 16 games vs top four teams
Bulldogs have lost nine of their last 10 away games
Xavier Coates has scored a try in his last four games with Storm as favourites
Will Warbrick has scored a try in his last six games with Storm as favourites
Josh Addo-Carr has scored a try in three of his last four games at AAMI Park

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs Same Game Multi Tips

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs Match Details

🇦🇺 Competition: NRL
📅 Date: Friday April 12 (AEST)
⏰ Time: 6.00pm AEDT
🏟️ Stadium: AAMI Park (Melbourne)

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs Head to Head

11/3/23: Storm 12-26 Bulldogs
3/4/22: Storm 44-0 Bulldogs
10/4/21: Bulldogs 18-52 Storm
8/8/20: Storm 41-10 Bulldogs
26/5/19: Bulldogs 6-28 Storm

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs Preview & Prediction

The Storm are aiming for 13 consecutive victories at AAMI Park when they play host to the Bulldogs in the first of the Friday night games.

Melbourne have also won seven of their last eight meetings with Canterbury, but did suffer a shock 26-12 defeat at this venue last season.

The chances of history repeating are slim for the Bulldogs. Although they are coming off a 30-26 win over the Roosters last week, it was a shocking performance in the second half as they almost let slip of a 26-0 lead against a team with 12 men and having lost James Tedesco and Sam Walker to concussion.

While there’s no doubt the Bulldogs have improved from the last few woeful seasons, there’s still a lot of work to be done – and they’ve suffered some key outs for this game, with Blake Taafe and Kurt Mann sidelined.

Stephen Crichton gets his shot at fullback and it will be interesting to see how he performs, with many believing he should remain in the centres.

Meanwhile, the Storm prevailed in a 34-32 thriller over the Broncos last week to make it three wins from four games this season.

With Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes fit in the halves and Ryan Papenhuyzen and Harry Grant firing, the Storm arguably possess the most lethal spine in the competition. If they all click, the Storm could potentially put a huge score on the Dogs here.

VERDICT:

The Storm’s last four wins over the Bulldogs have been by 22+ points and it’s likely the hosts register another convincing victory on Friday night. Canterbury have shown improvement, but this is a very tough game for them on the road, while they’ve also lost their last 16 matches vs top four opponents.

We’ll back the Storm to score Over 13.5 points in the first half for our best bet – they’ve covered in their last three wins over the Dogs and in their last two home wins this season (Best Storm Over 13.5 first half points odds $1.68 with Dabble.)

Melbourne Storm vs Canterbury Bulldogs Teams

Storm team:1. Ryan Papenhuyzen 2. William Warbrick 3. Reimis Smith 4. Nick Meaney 5. Xavier Coates 6. Cameron Munster 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Tui Kamikamica 9. Harry Grant 10. Josh King 11. Shawn Blore 12. Eliesa Katoa 13. Trent Loiero 14. Tyran Wishart 15. Christian Welch 16. Tepai Moeroa 17. Alec MacDonald 18. Joe Chan 19. Jack Howarth 20. Marion Seve 21. Jonah Pezet 22. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

Bulldogs team: 1. Stephen Crichton 2. Connor Tracey 3. Jacob Kiraz 4. Bronson Xerri 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Matt Burton 7. Drew Hutchison 8. Max King 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Chris Patolo 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Josh Curran 13. Jaeman Salmon 14. Bailey Hayward 15. Poasa Faamausili 16. Samuel Hughes 17. Kitione Kautoga 19. Toby Sexton 20. Liam Knight 21. Jake Turpin 22. Jeral Skelton 23. Harry Hayes