Stats the spirit: Running the Round 6 numbers 📊📉
Plenty of statistical goodness to reflect the Warriors' momentous win over the Storm.
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The Warriors snapped an 11-year drought against Melbourne and carved out their first win at AAMI Park since 2014 in spectacular fashion, powering to an instantly iconic 38-14 result against the struggling heavyweights.
The victory smashed the records for the Warriors’ previous biggest winning margin and highest score against the Storm – previously their 28-12 win at Olympic Park in 2002 and the 30-22 scoreline at Mount Smart in 2013, respectively.
It was a win seemingly built on attitude and aggression, rather than execution and efficiency. But the Warriors did turn around some key statistical areas from their losses to Wests Tigers and Cronulla in the previous two rounds.
The Warriors dominated possession (54 percent) and finished with an excellent 88 percent completion rate (38 of 43) to the Storm’s 80 percent (32 of 40).
The visitors completely demolished the Storm in the middle of the park, finishing well ahead in run metres (1,442 to 1,242), post-contact metres (518 to 382) and average set distance (33.56 to 31.07). That helped translate into a 6-3 line-break count in the Warriors’ favour.
Perhaps the most pleasing aspect of the victory was holding the Storm tryless for the last 56 minutes, the Warriors scoring four unanswered tries after letting an early 12-2 slip away.
The third-placed Warriors boast a 4-2 record – which they have bettered just twice in their first six matches (2003 and 2018, when they went 5-1) and have equalled on five other occasions (1996, 2002, 2007, 2023 and 2025).
