Melbourne Storm will win the 2013 Premiership if spine can deliver again in the big finals MELBOURNE Storm will be celebrating back-to-back Premierships in less than four weeks if you believe the adage that it's an NRL team's spine that wins big games, and ultimately Grand Finals. That's the view of foxsports.com.au users who have voted the Storm's spine the best of the eight finalists, and in resounding fashion. With almost 30 per cent of the vote, the Storm left the rest of the top four sides in their wake, with Manly (18.97 per cent) second, the Rabbitohs (15.76 per cent) third, and the Roosters (13.08 per cent) fourth in a poll that ran on the website from Tuesday until Friday this week. The emphatic result is a reflection of the greatness of superstar trio Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk, who together have won three grand finals - two of which were stripped due to salary cap breaches. Cooper Cronk is a vital cog in the Storm machine. The Sea Eagles have had a similar run of sustained success and won a Premiership in 2011 with that Grand Final foursome of Brett Stewart, Kieran Foran, Daly Cherry-Evans and Matt Ballin still in tact for the 2013 finals series. While the Roosters won this season's Minor Premiership, rugby league fans are clearly yet to be convinced by their key playmakers - perhaps a symptom of New South Wales' State of Origin failure with Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney the halves. And despite the uncomparable match winning ability of Greg Inglis, the Rabbitohs still lag behind the Sea Eagles and Storm when it comes to the class of their spine. The stats do tell a lie according to South Sydney captain John Sutton, who denies there's a Melbourne Storm hoodoo hovering over the club heading into tonight's blockbuster at ANZ Stadium. Foxsports.com.au users found it difficult to split the spines of the four sides that qualified five to eight, with last season's Grand Final losers, Canterbury, just getting the nod, with under seven per cent of the vote.