Melbourne Storm's challenging aftermath affects teams' performances, with 16 losing after facing them.
No-one wants to play Melbourne Storm in the first week of the finals - and there is a very good reason why.
The statistics and score lines that reveal it is so hard to win the weekend after playing Craig Bellamy's team - and that 16 times teams have lost after playing them.
Up until this weekend, only the New Zealand Warriors had won (in golden point) the week after playing the premiership favourites.
Then the Roosters came out on Saturday night and got the job done against Manly at Brookvale Oval, eight days after going down to the Storm.
The Storm curse has brought down some of the best sides in the comp.
The Panthers got beaten by the Rabbitohs, the Raiders lost to the Bulldogs, the...