Off season recruit Sam Kasiano will make his Storm debut in Saturday night's season opener after being selected to face his former side, Canterbury.
The New Zealand born enforcer will become the 186th player to pull on the purple jersey when Storm run onto the field at Perth Stadium.
Craig Bellamy confirmed his line-up for Round 1, electing with the halves combination of Ryley Jacks and Brodie Croft with Cameron Munster shifting to fullback in the absence of the injured Billy Slater.
Melbourne Storm v Canterbury Bulldogs
Saturday 10 March, 9:05pm
Perth Stadium
1. Cameron Munster
2. Suliasi Vunivalu
3. Will Chambers
4. Curtis Scott
5. Josh Addo-Carr
6. Ryley Jacks
7. Brodie Croft
8. Jesse Bromwich
9. Cameron Smith ©
10. Nelson Asofa Solomona
11. Felise Kaufusi
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Dale Finucane
14. Tim Glasby
15. Kenny Bromwich
16. Christian Welch
20. Sam Kasiano