{"id":22306,"date":"2026-08-27T09:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb-auae-prd-ext-blog-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=22306"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:14:03","slug":"thursday-nrl-tips-6-25-same-game-multi-on-star-studded-dead-rubber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/nrl\/thursday-nrl-tips-6-25-same-game-multi-on-star-studded-dead-rubber\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday NRL Tips &#8211; $6.25 Same Game Multi on Star-Studded Dead Rubber"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"nrl-broncos-storm-round26-2026\">\n<p>Our best bet for Thursday&#8217;s NRL Round 26 clash between the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm is the Home Team Over 23.5 \/ Away Team Over 26.5 \/ Fa&#8217;alogo to Score Same Game Multi at $6.25, with both sides expected to throw the ball around in a dead rubber and Fa&#8217;alogo scoring 16 tries this season.<\/p>\n<p>Round 26 of the NRL kicks off with an unlikely dead rubber, as the Broncos host the Storm in a repeat of the 2025 Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2>Brisbane Broncos vs Melbourne Storm<\/h2>\n<p>Few would have expected both sides to be out of finals contention with two games to go, but it&#8217;s a clear reflection of how their seasons have gone.<\/p>\n<p>Brisbane sit 15th with just seven wins from 22 played, having won last week for the first time in five matches.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne are marginally better at 11th, but also saw their finals hopes snuffed out when they lost 22-14 to the Panthers last week.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 1 &#8211; Home Team Over 23.5 Points<\/h3>\n<p>With nothing on the line in this clash, picking a winner is a dangerous game. However, plenty of points can be expected as both sides will look to finish with a flurry and throw the ball around.<\/p>\n<p>The Broncos&#8217; attack clicked last week, racking up 34 points against the Raiders. Earlier this month, they put 32 points on the Dolphins too.<\/p>\n<p>With Jesse Arthurs back in the mix this round as well, expect Brisbane to at least crack the 23.5-point mark.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 2 &#8211; Away Team Over 26.5 Points<\/h3>\n<p>Likewise for the Storm, they&#8217;ll be throwing caution to the wind here.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors get Jahrome Hughes back in a huge boost for their attack, which has already been improving this month.<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne have scored 26, 22, 42 and 14 in their last four outings, so against the 15th-placed Broncos in a dead rubber, 26+ is very realistic.<\/p>\n<h3>Leg 3 &#8211; Sualauvi Fa&#8217;alogo to Score<\/h3>\n<p>One player who&#8217;s been in the midst of all Melbourne&#8217;s attack is Sualauvi Fa&#8217;alogo.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm fullback has 16 tries for the season, and was on a three-match scoring streak until the Panthers held him out last week.<\/p>\n<p>Expect him to bounce back here and find his way across the line in a free-flowing game on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2>Same Game Multi<\/h2>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betr.com.au\/sports\/Rugby-League\/102\/NRL\/NRL-Matches\/42626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Home Team Over 23.5 \/ Away Team Over 26.5 \/ Fa&#8217;alogo to Score = $6.25 <\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Value Bet<\/h2>\n<p>Despite their poor season, the Broncos have beaten Melbourne already this year.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Brisbane have won their last three against the Storm, the last two of which have been by a 1-12 margin.<\/p>\n<p>Coming into this off the back of a win, with zero pressure, against a familiar foe, the Broncos are a dangerous side.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betr.com.au\/sports\/Rugby-League\/102\/NRL\/NRL-Matches\/42626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Broncos 1-12 @ $3.55 <\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our best bet for Thursday&#8217;s NRL Round 26 clash between the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm is the Home Team Over 23.5 \/ Away Team Over 26.5 \/ Fa&#8217;alogo to Score Same Game Multi at $6.25, with both sides expected to throw the ball around in a dead rubber and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":20362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nrl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22307,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22306\/revisions\/22307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}