NRL Rd 1: Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs Stats Breakdown

Melbourne Storm v South Sydney Rabbitohs Stats

The Melbourne Storm and South Sydney Rabbitohs have played each other on 33 occasions; the Storm has won 28 games, the Rabbitohs have won 5 games and there have been no draws.

The Melbourne Storm needs just 25 points to reach 900 total points against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have never defeated the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park in nine attempts.

The first match played between the two sides was a 14-6 win for the Melbourne Storm in round 10, 1998.

Biggest Wins

The Melbourne Storm’s biggest win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs was a 64-6 drubbing in round 25, 2017.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs biggest win over the Melbourne Storm was a comfortable 41-16 success in round 13, 2003.

Top try-scorer in this clash

Billy Slater (MEL) – 15
Matt Geyer (MEL) – 10
Josh Addo-Carr (MEL) – 7
Suliasi Vunivalu (MEL) – 7
Alex Johnston (SOU) – 6

Most prolific point-scorer in this clash

Cameron Smith (MEL) – 5 tries, 91 goals & 1 field goal (203 pts)
Adam Reynolds (SOU) – 1 try & 31 goals (66 pts)
Billy Slater (MEL) – 15 tries (60 pts)
Matt Geyer (MEL) – 10 tries & 9 goals (58 pts)
Matt Orford (MEL) – 2 tries & 21 goals (50 pts)

Players to have played for both sides from this clash

1. David Kidwell – 2003-2006 (MEL) & 2007-2009 (SOU)
2. Brad Watts – 1999-2001 (MEL) & 2002-2005 (SOU)
3. Matt King – 2003-2007 (MEL) & 2012-2013 (SOU)
4. Luke MacDougall – 2003-2006 (SOU) & 2010 (MEL)
5. Greg Inglis – 2005-2010 (MEL) & 2011-2019 (SOU)
6. Michael Greenfield – 2006-2008 (SOU) & 2012 (MEL)
7. Garrett Crossman – 2006-2007 (MEL) & 2009-2010 (SOU)
8. Michael Crocker – 2006-2008 (MEL) & 2009-2013 (SOU)
9. Jeff Lima – 2006-2010 (MEL) & 2013 (SOU)
10. Jaiman Lowe – 2006-2010 (SOU) & 2011-2012 (MEL)
11. Beau Champion – 2005-2010 & 2013-2014 (SOU) & 2011 (MEL)
12. Dane Nielsen – 2008-2012 (MEL) & 2016 (SOU)
13. Hymel Hunt – 2015 (MEL) & 2016-2018 (SOU)
14. Robbie Rochow – 2010-2011 & 2017 (MEL) & 2017 (SOU)
15. Mark Nicholls – 2017 (MEL) & 2018-2020 (SOU)

Players to have been sin-binned/sent-off from this clash

1. William Leyshon (MEL) & Paul Stringer (SOU) both sin-binned in round 15, 2002.
2. Michael Crocker (MEL) sin-binned in round 9, 2006.
3. Billy Slater (MEL) sin-binned in round 6, 2013.

Players to have scored three or more tries in one game in this clash

1. Wise Kativerata (SOU) scored three tries in round 13, 2003.
2. Jake Webster (MEL) scored three tries in round 6, 2004.
3. Billy Slater (MEL) scored three tries in round 16, 2005.
4. Josh Addo-Carr (MEL) scored three tries in round 25, 2017.
5. Suliasi Vunivalu (MEL) scored three tries in round 25, 2017.
6. Campbell Graham (SOU) scored three tries in round 21, 2019.

Head Coaching Records

Chris Anderson (MEL) – 2/2 (100%)
Mark Murray (MEL) – 1/1 (100%)
Arthur Kitinas (MEL) – 1/1 (100%)
Craig Bellamy (MEL) – 25/30 (83.3%)
Anthony Seibold (SOU) – 1/2 (50%)
Paul Langmack (SOU) – 1/3 (33.3%)
John Lang (SOU) – 1/3 (33.3%)
Michael Maguire (SOU) – 1/10 (10%)
Steve Martin (SOU) – 0/1 (0%)
Craig Coleman (SOU) – 0/2 (0%)
Shaun McRae (SOU) – 0/2 (0%)
Wayne Bennett (SOU) – 0/3 (0%)
Jason Taylor (SOU) – 0/5 (0%)

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