Act of Squad: Storm predicted team and 2025 overview
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Take the team that made it to the grand final in 2024, throw in one of the NRL's most promising front-rowers, and you have a genuine premiership threat on your hands.
No strangers to finals footy, the Storm went all the way to the big dance in 2024, only to succumb to the juggernaut that is Penrith, and the arrival of former Tiger Stefano Utoikamanu could be the X-factor that carries them one step further.
The 24-year-old looks set to thrive under the tutelage of master coach Craig Bellamy and the guidance of old school hardmen Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Tui Kamikamica, while Josh King in his fourth year at the Storm is a shining example of hard work and dedication being rewarded.
King has already played as many games in three seasons in Melbourne as he did in six years as a Knight and he has become an integral part of a Storm pack that boasts strike on the edge with Shawn Blore and Eli Katoa, unbreakable work ethic with Trent Loiero and Alec MacDonald, and the game's best No.9 in Harry Grant.
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James Graham dissects the Storm's 2025 NRL Draw
Cashing in on the hard grind up front are champion halves Jahrome Hughes and Cameron Munster, flashy fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen and flamboyant finishers Xavier Coates and Will Warbrick.
And then there's the uber talented Sua Fa'alogo, the 21-year excitement machine who would waltz into the starting side at most NRL clubs, but such is the quality of the Storm backline he played just 14 games in 2024, scoring eight tries.
The Storm open their season against the Eels on home turf on March 9, looking to continue a remarkable streak that has seen them go unbeaten in Round 1 since 2002.
Predicted team
1. Ryan Papenhuyzen
2. Will Warbrick
3. Jack Howarth
4. Nick Meaney
5. Xavier Coates
6. Cameron Munster
7. Jahrome Hughes
8. Stefano Utoikamanu
9. Harry Grant
10. Josh King
11. Eli Katoa
12. Shawn Blore
13. Trent Loiero
14. Tyran Wishart
15. Nelson Asofa-Solomona
16. Lazarus Vaalepu
17. Alec MacDonald
