Melbourne Storm odds

Despite being one of the youngest teams in the National Rugby League, the Melbourne Storm already rank among the most successful of the modern era. But for some well-documented salary cap breaches, the men in purple would have six premierships since joining the competition in 1998.

Melbourne were among the standout teams throughout the 2020 regular season, finishing second to the impressive Penrith Panthers. Those roles were reversed in the NRL Grand Final, where Craig Bellamy’s men capped a unique campaign with a memorable victory.

Will the Storm subside in 2021, or will they be there or thereabouts once again? Let’s see what Australia’s best NRL bookies are saying.

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Updated Melbourne Storm futures odds

Best Melbourne Storm bets for NRL 2021

There are dozens of NRL futures markets for the Storm, but where are they likely to return some real value?

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• Storm 2021 premiership betting
  Can the Melbourne Storm win back-to-back premiership without captain Cameron Smith steering the ship? This will be the biggest test Storm have had to face however with the line-up of the team they are definitely ready for the challenge and have a good chance at holding the trophy again at the end of the season.
  
• Top Tryscorer
  The Storm have two players sitting in the top 10 on the top Tryscorer odds to start the season and with the likes of Josh Addo-Carr who scored 16 tries in 21 games, we expect him to be fighting for the top spot again this year.
  
• Dally M Medal betting
  With the likes of Cameron Munster who sat in 13th last season and the new permanent Harry Grant the Dally M could go either way. Cameron Munster looks to be the main threat for the Dally M spot with Cameron Smith out of the squad he will step up and lead the team.
  

Melbourne Storm 2021 fixture

Storm players to watch in 2021

Cameron Munster
Born: 13/9/1994
Games: 131
Tries: 28
Position: Five-eighth

This guy is one of the reasons Melbourne were always going to be OK once the likes of Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater moved on. Now to top it off Cameron Smith is officially gone which means we will see exactly what Cameron Munster is capable of this season. Munster being under the leadership of some of the top players will set him up for a successful season. He will be one to watch with the ball but also watching how he leads the team in the tough moments.

Josh-Addo Carr
Born: 28/7/1995
Games: 105
Tries: 79
Position: Winger

This guy was a decent player when he left Wests Tigers at the end of 2016. Now he is a certified star of the competition. Addo-Carr has turned out to be much more than I think the Storm ever thought he would be. Having a 75% chance of going over in every game the opposition can never take him lightly when the Storm are attacking. With Suliasi Vunivalu leaving the team at the end of 2020, we can only expect they will be leaning on Addo-Carr a little more until Reimis Smith finds his feet in the team. There is no reason his current performance will not continue throughout this year.

Ryan Papenhuyzen
Born: 10/6/1998
Games: 42
Tries: 20
Position: Fullback

People were worried for whoever had to come and fill Billy Slaters shoes, however Ryan filled those shoes perfectly. 2020 Clive Churchill medalist Ryan had 11 tries, 15 try assists, 70 tackle breaks and 15 line breaks in 20 games last year. Moving into his third year with the storm and not too many changes to the side we are expecting this to be his best year yet with having two years experience in first grade footy and will be competing with the likes of James Tedseco for the fullback position in the New South Wales squad.

Melbourne Storm records, stats and history

• Player records
  Most games: 433 – Cameron Smith
  Most career points: 2,810 – Cameron Smith
  Most points in a season: 242 – Matt Geyer
  Most career tries: 190 – Billy Slater
  Most tries in a season: 23 – Suliasi Vunivalu (2016, 2017) and Josh Addo-Carr (2017)
  Most best and fairest awards: Seven – Cameron Smith (2005-07, 2011-13, 2017)
  
• Team records
  Most wins in a season: 21 (2007)
  Most consecutive wins: 15 (2012-13)
  Highest score in a match: 70 (vs. Dragons, 2000)
  Biggest winning margin: 64-0 (vs. Tigers, 2001) and 68-4 (vs. Raiders, 2013)
  Largest home attendance: 52,347 (vs. Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium, 2016)
  
• Melbourne Storm history
  Melbourne Storm is an appropriate name for a team that was born in the maelstrom of the Super League wars. It is also an apt description for the club’s sudden and violent impact on the NRL.

  Prior examples tell us that it takes several years – sometimes decades, sometimes never – for an expansion team to find its feet at the top level. The Storm put that nonsense to bed when they won the first four games of their maiden season in 1998. They reached finals that year and went even better the next, downing St George Illawarra to win the NRL Grand Final at the ripe old age of two.

  Melbourne grew stronger and stronger during the first decade of the new millennium, adding premiership wins in 2007 and 2009 alongside minor flags in 2006 and 2008. However, they were all taken away in 2010 when the club was charged with a series of salary cap breaches adding up to over $3 million. Stripped of all their premiership points, the Storm finished bottom of the ladder that year for the first and only time.

  Even that couldn’t shake the men in purple. Boasting top-drawer talents such as Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk, Gareth Widdop and Justin O’Neill, the Storm reached the prelims in 2011 and reclaimed one of their disqualified premierships a year later. They were losing grand finalists in 2016 and restored their flag count to three with a dominant win over the Cowboys in 2017.

  The Melbourne Storm have missed the finals only three times – once through a points deduction for salary cap breaches – since joining the competition in 1998. In that time they have featured in eight grand finals and finished top of the table seven times. Past mistakes aside, that’s a hell of a strike rate.

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