NRL Round 18

Cowboys

v

Storm

Saturday, July 5th, 2025
7:35 PM (Timezone: Australia/Sydney)
Qld Country Bank Stadium (Townsville)

Introduction

This match centre provides fixture details, team news, bookmaker odds, form guides and team statistics for the NRL Round 18 clash between the North QLD Cowboys and Melbourne Storm. You can view other fixtures for this round in the NRL match centre.

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Market	Selection	Open	Current
H2H	Cowboys Storm	3.65 1.28	3.40 1.32
Line	Cowboys Storm	+9.5 2.00 -9.5 1.80	+10.5 1.85 -10.5 1.95
Total	Over Under	47.5 1.80 47.5 1.95	47.5 1.80 47.5 1.95

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Member Tipping

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All Tippers

Selection	#	%
Cowboys Storm	18 18	50.0% 50.0%
Cowboys (+10.5) Storm (-10.5)	10 7	58.8% 41.2%
Over 47.5 Under 47.5	7 6	53.8% 46.2%

My Favourite Tippers

Selection	#	%
Cowboys Storm	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Cowboys (+10.5) Storm (-10.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 47.5 Under 47.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Cowboys Supporters

Selection	#	%
Cowboys Storm	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Cowboys (+10.5) Storm (-10.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 47.5 Under 47.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Storm Supporters

Selection	#	%
Cowboys Storm	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Cowboys (+10.5) Storm (-10.5)	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
Over 47.5 Under 47.5	0 0	0.0% 0.0%

Form Guide: North QLD Cowboys

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-06-29	Titans vs. Cowboys	Win	24-30
2025-06-22	Roosters vs. Cowboys	Loss	42-8
2025-06-14	Cowboys vs. Dolphins	Loss	4-58
2025-06-06	Storm vs. Cowboys	Loss	38-14
2025-05-31	Cowboys vs. Tigers	Win	32-28
2025-05-17	Cowboys vs. Sea Eagles	Loss	6-24
2025-05-10	Cowboys vs. Panthers	Draw	30-30 (OT)
2025-05-03	Warriors vs. Cowboys	Loss	30-26
2025-04-26	Cowboys vs. Titans	Win	50-18
2025-04-12	Rabbitohs vs. Cowboys	Win	16-24
2025-04-04	Panthers vs. Cowboys	Win	18-22
2025-03-29	Cowboys vs. Raiders	Win	30-20

Form Guide: Melbourne Storm

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Result	Score
2025-06-29	Storm vs. Sharks	Win	30-6
2025-06-21	Rabbitohs vs. Storm	Win	24-25 (OT)
2025-06-06	Storm vs. Cowboys	Win	38-14
2025-05-31	Titans vs. Storm	Win	16-28
2025-05-17	Sharks vs. Storm	Loss	31-26
2025-05-11	Storm vs. Tigers	Win	64-0
2025-05-04	Storm vs. Raiders	Loss	18-20 (OT)
2025-04-25	Storm vs. Rabbitohs	Win	24-16
2025-04-18	Dolphins vs. Storm	Loss	42-22
2025-04-13	Storm vs. Warriors	Win	42-14
2025-04-06	Sea Eagles vs. Storm	Win	24-48
2025-03-29	Dragons vs. Storm	Loss	14-8

Head-to-Head Results

Date (y-m-d)	Fixture	Score
2025-06-06	Storm vs. Cowboys	38-14
2024-08-29	Cowboys vs. Storm	38-30
2023-06-04	Cowboys vs. Storm	45-20
2022-05-21	Cowboys vs. Storm	36-6
2021-07-23	Cowboys vs. Storm	16-20
2020-09-13	Storm vs. Cowboys	36-20
2019-09-06	Storm vs. Cowboys	24-16
2019-04-12	Cowboys vs. Storm	12-18
2018-05-25	Cowboys vs. Storm	6-7
2018-03-22	Storm vs. Cowboys	30-14
2017-10-01	Storm vs. Cowboys	34-6
2017-08-04	Cowboys vs. Storm	8-26

Note: only league fixtures are included, not
pre-season or cup fixtures.

Performance Guide: North QLD Cowboys

H2H Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Storm
Streak	1 loss	1 win	3 wins	1 loss
Record	8-1-5	13-1-11	6-0-9	8-0-20
Value	$-0.15	$0.02	$-2.75	$-11.19
Record as Fav	7-0-3	10-0-4	3-0-2	4-0-3
Value as Fav	$0.81	$1.63	$-0.60	$-0.81
Record as Dog	0-1-2	2-1-7	3-0-7	4-0-17
Value as Dog	$-1.85	$-2.50	$-2.15	$-10.38
Line Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
Streak	3 losses	1 win	1 loss	2 losses
Record	7-0-7	13-0-12	6-0-4	10-0-10
Value	$-0.65	$-0.15	$1.46	$-0.60
Record as Fav	5-0-5	8-0-6	1-0-2	2-0-3
Value as Fav	$-0.55	$1.25	$-0.91	$-0.81
Record as Dog	1-0-2	4-0-6	5-0-2	8-0-7
Value as Dog	$-1.10	$-2.40	$2.37	$0.21
Winning Margin Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
1-12 wins	6	9	2	3
13+ wins	2	4	4	5
1-12 losses	1	4	4	10
13+ losses	4	7	5	10
1-7 win	2	4	1	2
8+ win	6	9	5	6
1-7 loss	1	2	3	6
8+ loss	4	9	6	14
Total Score Betting	Home Games	All Games	Home Games	All Games
O/U Streak	2 overs	5 overs	3 overs	4 overs
O/U Record	9-0-5	16-0-9	4-0-7	11-0-10
Overs Value	$2.67	$4.84	$-3.41	$-0.06
Unders Value	$-4.69	$-8.09	$2.34	$-1.86

Performance Guide: Melbourne Storm

H2H Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
	Last 12 Months		vs. Cowboys
Streak	2 wins	4 wins	3 losses	1 win
Record	8-0-4	19-0-7	9-0-6	20-0-8
Value	$-0.17	$0.44	$-0.36	$3.96
Record as Fav	7-0-3	17-0-5	7-0-3	17-0-4
Value as Fav	$-0.72	$-0.11	$0.63	$3.77
Record as Dog	1-0-1	2-0-2	2-0-3	3-0-4
Value as Dog	$0.55	$0.55	$-0.99	$0.19
Line Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
Streak	1 loss	1 win	1 win	2 wins
Record	6-0-6	15-0-11	4-0-6	10-0-10
Value	$-0.65	$2.55	$-2.24	$-0.69
Record as Fav	4-0-6	12-0-10	2-0-5	7-0-8
Value as Fav	$-2.45	$0.80	$-3.06	$-1.43
Record as Dog	2-0-0	3-0-1	2-0-1	3-0-2
Value as Dog	$1.80	$1.75	$0.83	$0.74
Winning Margin Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
1-12 wins	5	7	4	10
13+ wins	3	12	5	10
1-12 losses	3	6	2	3
13+ losses	1	1	4	5
1-7 win	2	3	3	6
8+ win	6	16	6	14
1-7 loss	2	4	1	2
8+ loss	2	3	5	6
Total Score Betting	Away Games	All Games	Away Games	All Games
O/U Streak	1 over	1 under	3 overs	4 overs
O/U Record	8-0-4	16-0-10	4-0-7	11-0-10
Overs Value	$3.08	$4.10	$-3.41	$-0.06
Unders Value	$-4.52	$-7.21	$2.34	$-1.86

Further Analysis: North QLD Cowboys

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	8-0-5	5-1-5
H2H Betting Value	$2.59	$-1.57
Line Record	7-0-6	6-0-5
Line Betting Value	$0.40	$0.45
Over/Under Record	9-0-4	7-0-4
Overs Betting Value	$3.76	$2.08
Unders Betting Value	$-5.40	$-3.56

Further Analysis: Melbourne Storm

Record	On the Back of a Win	On the Back of a Loss
H2H Record	12-0-7	7-0-0
H2H Betting Value	$-1.68	$2.12
Line Record	10-0-9	5-0-2
Line Betting Value	$0.10	$2.45
Over/Under Record	12-0-7	4-0-3
Overs Betting Value	$3.51	$0.59
Unders Betting Value	$-5.82	$-1.39

Value Guides:

Team	Market	Last 6	Last 12	Last 18
Cowboys	H2H	$-2.95	$1.64	$-0.81
	Line	$-4.10	$-0.40	$-0.70
	Overs	$3.33	$4.74	$4.36
	Unders	$-4.13	$-6.28	$-6.66
Storm	H2H	$0.46	$-1.64	$-0.91
	Line	$1.65	$-0.55	$1.00
	Overs	$1.59	$1.28	$4.69
	Unders	$-2.23	$-2.64	$-6.69

The above figures represent the net profit from wagering
$1.00 on the associated selection each game.

Where applicable, the line and O/U figures start from
the dates provided in the Notes section below the
Performance Guide.

Notes

1. The Value represent the net profit from wagering $1.00 on the associated selection each game.
2. For the 'Last 12 Months' figures the H2H records date back to July, 2024. The line records date back to July, 2024. The O/U records date back to July, 2024.
3. The H2H records between North QLD Cowboys and Melbourne Storm date back to March, 2009. The line records between the two opponents date back to March, 2013. The O/U records between the two opponents date back to March, 2013.
4. Where applicable, in the Value Guide for the last 6, 12 and 18, games, the actual lookback period is limited by the earliest line and O/U dates stated in Note 2 above.

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