Melbourne Storm 48–18 Sydney Roosters — Preliminary Final, 2024 NRL Finals Series
27 Sep 2024 · AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC · Attendance: 29,213
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Final, 2024 NRL finals series: Melbourne Storm 48–18 Sydney Roosters, at AAMI Park, Melbourne, VIC on 27 Sep 2024.
Sourcing caveat: Melbourne's goal-kicking is recorded as Nick Meaney alone (7/8 conversions, 1/1 penalty goal — 8 successful kicks, the maximum possible against 8 tries), reconciling exactly to the 48-point score. An earlier version of this entry additionally credited single conversions to Harry Grant and Tyran Wishart, which — since Meaney's own 8 attempts already account for every try — would have meant more conversion attempts than tries scored; multiple sources checked for a corroborating multi-kicker breakdown were inconsistent with each other and with the try count, so those additional entries were removed rather than left creating an over-count.
Scoring timeline
| 8′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Tupou |
| 12′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Papenhuyzen |
| 25′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Hughes |
| 30′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Howarth |
| 38′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Hughes |
| 46′ | Sydney Roosters — try, May |
| 48′ | Sydney Roosters — try, Butcher |
| 52′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Hughes |
| 63′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Papenhuyzen |
| 74′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Munster |
| 79′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Munster |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Papenhuyzen 12'; Hughes 25'; Howarth 30'; Hughes 38'; Hughes 52'; Papenhuyzen 63'; Munster 74'; Munster 79' Goals: Meaney (7/8 conversions, 1/1 penalty goal) |
| Sydney Roosters | Tries: Tupou 8'; May 46'; Butcher 48' Goals: Sua'ali'i (2/3 conversions, plus 1 penalty goal) |
Team sheets
| Melbourne Storm | Sydney Roosters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Papenhuyzen | Fullback | James Tedesco | 1 |
| 2 | Will Warbrick | Wing | Daniel Tupou | 2 |
| 3 | Jack Howarth | Centre | Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i | 3 |
| 4 | Nick Meaney | Centre | Joseph Manu | 4 |
| 5 | Xavier Coates | Wing | Dominic Young | 5 |
| 6 | Cameron Munster | Five-eighth | Luke Keary | 6 |
| 7 | Jahrome Hughes | Halfback | Sandon Smith | 7 |
| 8 | Nelson Asofa-Solomona | Prop | Jared Waerea-Hargreaves | 8 |
| 9 | Harry Grant | Hooker | Connor Watson | 9 |
| 10 | Josh King | Prop | Lindsay Collins | 10 |
| 11 | Shawn Blore | Second Row | Angus Crichton | 11 |
| 12 | Eliesa Katoa | Second Row | Sitili Tupouniua | 12 |
| 13 | Trent Loiero | Lock | Victor Radley | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Tyran Wishart | Spencer Leniu | 14 | |
| 15 | Christian Welch | Naufahu Whyte | 15 | |
| 16 | Tui Kamikamica | Nat Butcher | 16 | |
| 17 | Alec MacDonald | Terrell May | 17 | |
| Craig Bellamy | Coach | Trent Robinson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Grant Atkins |
Match report
Melbourne Storm crushed Sydney Roosters 48-18 at a sold-out AAMI Park to reach the Grand Final for the first time since 2020. Daniel Tupou opened the scoring for the Roosters, but Storm hit back through Ryan Papenhuyzen and Jahrome Hughes to lead 22-6 at halftime. Hughes completed a hat-trick either side of the break, and although Terrell May and Nat Butcher tries briefly threatened a Roosters comeback midway through the second half, Melbourne pulled away decisively. Cameron Munster sealed the rout with two late tries in the final five minutes, sending the Storm through to face Penrith in the Grand Final.