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2022 NRL Finals: Melbourne Storm vs Canberra Raiders guide and preview

Match day guide and preview for the 2022 NRL Elimination Final between the Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders.

Match details

Line ups

RAIDERSSTORM
Xavier Savage1Nick Meaney
Nick Cotric2David Nofoaluma
Matthew Timoko3Marion Seve
Sebastian Kris4Justin Olam
Jordan Rapana5Xavier Coates
Jack Wighton6Cameron Munster
Jamal Fogarty7Jahrome Hughes
Josh Papalii8Jesse Bromwich
Zac Woolford9Harry Grant
Joe Tapine10Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Hudson Young11Felise Kaufusi
Elliott Whitehead12Kenny Bromwich
Adam Elliott13Josh King
BENCHBENCH
Tom Starling14Brandon Smith
Emre Guler15Tui Kamikamica
Corey Horsburgh16Trent Loiero
Corey Harawira-Naera17Chris Lewis
RESERVESRESERVES
Albert Hopoate18Young Tonumaipea
Ata Mariota19Jordan Grant
Matt Frawley20Tepai Moeroa
Peter Hola21Cooper Johns
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad22Grant Anderson

Jack Wighton and Elliott Whitehead return for the Raiders after the being rested, with Corey Harawira-Naera shifting to the bench and Matt Frawley to the reserves.

Melbourne have named star halfback Jahrome Hughes to return after he was a late out against the Eels with calf tightness.

Team profiles

Melbourne Storm 5th – 15 wins and 9 losses

Points for: 657 points for (1st in the NRL)

Points against: 410 points against (4th)

Last 10: 4-6 – LLWWWWLLLL

Home record: 8-4

Away record: 7-5

Average winning margin: 24.2 points

Average losing margin: 12.9 points

Biggest win: defeated New Zealand 70-10 at AAMI Stadium in round 7

Biggest loss: lost to North Queensland 36-6 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in round 11

Most tries: Ryan Papenhuyzen (14), Xavier Coates and Nick Meaney (13)

Most try assists: Harry Grant (16), Cam Munster (15), Jahrome Hughes (11)

Most linebreaks: Cam Munster (17), Justin Olam (15), Ryan Papenhuyzen, Jahrome Hughes and Nick Meaney (13)

Most run metres: Cam Munster (2,970), Justin Olam (2,894), Nelson Asofa-Solomona (2,611)

Most tackles: Harry Grant (804), Josh King (689), Kenny Bromwich (670)

Premiership players in 17: Jesse Bromwich (3), Cameron Munster (2), Nelson Asofa-Solomona (2), Felise Kaufusi (2), Kenny Bromwich (2), Justin Olam, Jahrome Hughes, Brandon Smith

Finals record: 34 wins, 20 losses. 62.9% win rate

Last 10 finals: 6 wins, 4 losses

Canberra Raiders 8th – 14 wins and 10 losses

Points for: 524 points for (8th)

Points against: 461 points against (6th)

Last 10: 8-2 – WWWWLWWWLW

Home record: 8-4

Away record: 6-6

Average winning margin: 13.5 points

Average losing margin: 12.6 points

Biggest win: defeated Wests Tigers 56-10 at Leichardt Oval in round 25

Biggest loss: lost to Penrith 36-6 at BlueBet Stadium in round 7

Most tries: Sebastian Kris (14), Hudson Young (13), Matt Timoko (8)

Most try assists: Jamal Fogarty (10), Jack Wighton (9), Zac Woolford (8)

Most linebreaks: Hudson Young (11), Sebastian Kris (10), Nick Cotric (10)

Most run metres: Joe Tapine (3,763), Josh Papalii (2,859), Matt Timoko (2,629)

Most tackles: Tom Starling (716), Joe Tapine (664), Hudson Young (659)

Premiership players in 17: none

Finals record: 25 wins, 27 losses. 48% win rate

Last 10 finals:

Last 5 meetings and AAMI Stadium history

The Raiders’ win over Melbourne in round 18 broke a streak of five consecutive losses to the Storm.

Canberra came into that match as big underdogs, but managed to grind out a tough win thanks to a brilliant individual match-winning try to James Schiller.

The win made it four in a row at AAMI Park for the Raiders, including the club’s famous 12-10 Qualifying Final victory in 2019 where John Bateman scored the winning try in the dying minutes.

The 2019 clash was one of three recent finals contests between these two sides, with Melbourne winning the other two matches in 2016 and 2020.

Pre match predictions

The Woolford Falcon: Zac Woolford to break through for his first try in the NRL. Raiders by 8.

Kris the redeemer: Seb Kris to give Marion Seve a bubble bath with at least one try involvement, 3 tackle breaks and 100+ run metres. Raiders by 4 – Denholm Samaras

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