FULL TIME - WARRIORS WIN 16-10
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
20 Seconds - Storm within in 10 metres
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Sisa Waqa is flying through but the Warriors clean it up and then inexplicably Chad Townsend gets up and he is pushed back into the ingoal
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Shaun Johnson kicks on tackle 4 and Billy Slater cleans it up on his own 10m line
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Storm keep it going on the last but Tohu Harris is tackled on the last
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
PENALTY STORM: Storm hold the ball in the scrum and the Warriors leave early and are penalised by referee Adam Gee
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Sam Tomkins on the last tackle puts the ball down into the corner and it finds touch about 5m from the Storm line
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Cooper Cronk chips for Billy Slater but some legal blocking denies Billy Slater the chance to get the ball
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Field goal attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Shaun Johnson under NO PRESSURE takes a field goal attempt that ends up closer to the corner post than the goal posts
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Field goal attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Shaun Johnson takes the field goal attempt but its charged down by the Storm, Warriors get six more
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Storm go short with the dropout but its cleaned up by the Warriors
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Repeat set for the Warriors, Shaun Johnson set up for the field goal, ball ends up with Tomkins who forces another set
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
A poor set in attack from the Storm sees the Warriors on halfway on tackle 1
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
NO TRY the ruling, video referee explaining that there was no touch from the Warriors and the only touch from the Storm was backwards, play the ball 10m out for the Storm
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a possible Jayson Bukuya try, checking the onside and grounding, Ashley Klein says NO TRY
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Excellent crowd in attendance at AAMI Park - 28,716
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Shaun Johnson's average season with the boot continues with that one hitting the post to keep the margin within a converted try
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Shaun Johnson. Kick to come.
Shaun Johnson turns nothing into something with some great speed, footwork and offloads and he goes through to score
New Zealand Warriors 16-10
Cooper Cronk puts up a floating bomb and its left to bounce by Sam Tomkins, luckily for the Warriors they get the ball back
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Shaun Johnson looks to slow the game down by putting the ball into touch, Storm however have other ideas and rush to the scrum to keep the fast pace of the game going
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
UNFORCED ERROR MELBOURNE STORM
Cooper Cronk makes an unforced error.
Storm pestering the short side but Cooper Cronk drops the ball behind him and lets the Warriors off the hook
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Another dropout forced by the Warriors with Konrad Hurrell taking ingoal after Ashley Klein rules he left the field of play to take the ball
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
PENALTY STORM: Last thing the Warriors needed was to concede a penalty and that's what they did, Storm on the attack deep in the Warriors half
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Melbourne create good pressure on the last and Shaun Johnson only just gets the kick away which is taken under no pressure by Billy Slater
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
UNFORCED ERROR MELBOURNE STORM
Billy Slater makes an unforced error.
Billy Slater reaches out and slams the ball down but its short of the line and it rolls away for a knock on
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a Billy Slater try, Checking the grounding, Ashley Klein says NO TRY
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
ANOTHER dropout forced by the Storm, Sam Tomkins again the man forced to play at the ball
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Waqa goes down the sideline but is caught about 6m from the Warriors line
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Another great passage of play from the Storm even though at one point they didn't look like they knew what they were doing, they force a goalline dropout
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Chad Townsend puts a kick in that looks way too deep but it bounces straight up and Slater cleans up 10m out from his own line
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Another HUGE territorial gain from the Storm in that set, although the end goes astray with the tap back off a crossfield kick going over the sideline
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Ben Henry slow to his feet for the Warriors as the Warriors struggle to make big metres in attack again in the second half
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Second half a complete opposite to the first, Storm making huge metres in attack whilst the Warriors are struggling in defence
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MELBOURNE STORM
Conversion attempt by Cameron Smith unsuccessful.
Cameron Smith puts a good looking conversion in but it misses the target
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
TRY MELBOURNE STORM
Scored by Young Tonumaipea. Kick to come.
A great set play from the Storm gives them an overlap and its Young Tonumaipea who scores in the corner, Warriors not happy about something in the play but no concerns for referee Ashley Klein
New Zealand Warriors 12-10
Shaun Johnson goes for a 40/20 and it looked good but touch judge Chris Sutton signals the ball was out on the full, Video Referees review it and on one look they keep the onfield call
New Zealand Warriors 12-6
Both sides on the field for the second half and play is underway
New Zealand Warriors 12-6
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Penalty goal attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Shaun Johnson extends the Warriors lead out to a converted try margin after the penalty goal
New Zealand Warriors 12-6
Justin O'Neill won't be back tonight, Storm officials believe he's suffered a fractured Tibia
New Zealand Warriors 10-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MELBOURNE STORM
Conversion attempt by Cameron Smith successful.
Cameron Smith converts the Proctor try
New Zealand Warriors 10-6
TRY MELBOURNE STORM
Scored by Kevin Proctor. Kick to come.
The Cooper Cronk and Kevin Proctor comes up trumps for the Storm again with Kevin Proctor bursting through off a Cooper Cronk short ball
New Zealand Warriors 10-4
Six more tackles for the Storm as Nathan Friend can't clean up a Cameron Smith tackle
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
Warriors put a kick in that forces Billy Slater deep into his own end but the Storm work it away and end up just 25m out from the Warriors line
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
Cooper Cronk goes short to Ben Hampton who is cut down close to the line, in the end ball ends up with the Warriors at the end of the set
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
PENALTY STORM: Pressure mounts on the Warriors after being penalised for not releasing the tackled player
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
Justin O'Neill down after suffering a bad ankle injury, O'Neill comes from the field
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Suaia Matagi makes an unforced error.
Storm get another set after Suaia Matagi knocks down a Young Tonumaipea pass, scrum for the Storm 10m out from the Warriors line
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
Ben Hampton shows good speed goes through a hole but is brought down 15m out
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
Billy Slater and Manu Vatuvei go up for a bomb and Billy ends up taking the ball and coming down with Manu's forearm - Video Referees deem it as ok as both players were contesting the ball
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.
Shaun Johnson splits the goal posts down the middle to convert the try
New Zealand Warriors 10-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by Feleti Mateo. Kick to come.
Warriors get six more tackles but don't need more than one to see Feleti Mateo bounce off Storm defenders, juggle a pass and then put the ball down one-handed under the black dot
New Zealand Warriors 8-0
PENALTY WARRIORS: Adam Gee rules the Storm markers weren't square, relieves the pressure again on the Warriors
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Strong defence from the Storm deep in the Warriors half, Warriors only make 30m in that set
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Simon Mannering makes an unforced error.
Warriors create pressure and then once again let it go with Simon Mannering offloading straight to Cameron Smith
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Sam Tomkins puts a good kick in that can't be cleaned up by Billy Slater, then Young Tonumaipea is forced dead, dropout goes 55m on the full
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR MELBOURNE STORM
Billy Slater makes an unforced error.
Billy Slater finds more holes in the Warriors defence than a piece of Jarlsberg cheese but ends up losing it in the tackle
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Warriors paying homage to the Wiggles with their hot potato performance, ball goes from side to side with no real gain in metres
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Billy Slater gets himself out of the ingoal in a tough situation but gets pushed into touch although initially touch judge signalled goalline dropout
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
??? well that's what the Warriors make you do and there it was again, Shaun Johnson on tackle 4 puts a grubber that goes about a metre at most
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Good kick from the Warriors confuses Young Tonumaipea and he makes a meal of it and ends up being forced dead by the Warriors
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Bounce of the ball definitely with the Warriors, Cooper Cronk puts a chip over the top but the bounce favours the Warriors
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Some good defence from the Storm combined with an average kick relieves the pressure and gives Melbourne 7 tackles
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
Warriors go high with the bomb and referees rule Billy Slater knocked it on so six more for the Warriors, just 10m out from the Storm line
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.
Shaun Johnson has the angle on the kick but just too much fade and it goes across the face of the posts
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
TRY NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.
An acrobatic effort from David Fusitua gives him his first NRL try, credit to Shaun Johnson for the pass that set up the try
New Zealand Warriors 4-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Checking a possible David Fusitua try, checking sideline and grounding, Ashley Klein gives us the 'T' for TRY
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PENALTY WARRIORS: Back to back penalties after referees rule Sebastine Ikahihifo was stripped off the ball
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PENALTY WARRIORS: Cameron Smith penalised for not getting off Shaun Johnson quick enough
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Cameron Smith puts a grubber kick in that's extremely well read by Shaun Johnson short of the line
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PENALTY STORM: Warriors penalised for a late hit on one of the Storm players
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UNFORCED ERROR NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS
Simon Mannering makes an unforced error.
Simon Mannering drops the ball on the first tackle straight from the tap, pressure back on the Warriors
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PENALTY WARRIORS: Warriors get a relieving penalty deep in their own half and end up on halfway
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Storm go early with the kick again in behind Manu Vatuvei and only a bad bounce for Sisa Waqa saves the Warriors
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Sam Tomkins puts a kick that goes into the ingoal and runs dead, Billy Slater runs it out for the quick 20m restart
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Cooper Cronk goes early again with the kick, tackle 3 this time and from inside his own 20m, doesn't have the legs to get to the sideline and Tomkins works it away
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Warriors already testing the Storm defence out with Ben Henry caught on the last just 5m out from the Storm line
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Cooper Cronk puts an early kick in that's taken by Sam Tomkins and he gets up towards halfway on the first play
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Sam Tomkins kicks us off and the Storm take the first possession of the game
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God Defend New Zealand currently being sung at AAMI Park, will be followed by Advance Australia Fair
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Last post echoing across a full AAMI Park
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Both the Storm and Warriors make their way out on to AAMI Park for the official ANZAC ceremony
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LATE MAIL: New Zealand Warriors – Ben Henry starts in the centres with Konrard Hurrell added to bench. Dane Nielsen is the Warriors' 18th man
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LATE MAIL: Melbourne Storm – Dayne Weston and Tim Glasby drop off an extended bench to see the Storm take the field 1-17
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein, Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Jason Walsh, Chris Sutton
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Andrew Dunemann
MELBOURNE STORM (10)
Tries: Kevin Proctor, Young Tonumaipea
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Smith (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
NEW ZEALAND WARRIORS (16)
Tries: David Fusitua, Shaun Johnson, Feleti Mateo
Field Goals: Shaun Johnson (0/2)
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (1/3)
Penalty Goals: Shaun Johnson (1/1)