Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters scores, teams, time, fixtures, tickets, odds

The recent history: Melbourne have had the wood in this one of late, with two convincing wins this season – 28-8 in April and 30-16 in July – prompting serious navel-gazing inside Roosters HQ and scathing critiques from beyond the Bondi Wall. A tense win in Melbourne last year is the Roosters’ only triumph in their last eight clashes with the Storm.

The main man: Nelson Asofa-Solomona. The biggest man in rugby league looked like Melbourne’s only hope as they fell away badly against…