Aug 13, 2026 – 8.37amHigh-flying bookmaker Matthew Tripp has landed a big fish to acquire his Melbourne Storm NRL team, with Swedish buyout giant EQT close to signing on the dotted line.Brisbane Broncos chairman Karl Morris and Melbourne Storm chairman Matthew Tripp catching up ahead of the NRL grand final. Max Mason-HubersSarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.Angira Bharadwaj is a co-editor of Street Talk. She covers IPOs, capital raises, mergers and acquisitions and other breaking news in Australia’s capital markets. Previously, she covered financial services, state, and federal politics. Send tips to @angirab.60 on encrypted messaging platform Signal.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?
Melbourne Storm land PE owner in landmark NRL deal
Its owners, including Tripp, his childhood friend Tom Carroll, and Jayco founder Gerry Ryan, hired investment bank Jefferies last year to run a sale process.
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