FULL TIME @ Cbus Super Stadium and the Melbourne Storm keep Newcastle as premiership hopes as they fail to put on 50.... Storm big winners though 48-4
Alan Shortall getting some action with just 3 minutes to go - Knights ruled to have lost it but they're challenging
Kenny Bromwich has an onfield HIA assessment and given the all clear
Nicho Hynes loses the ball whilst trying to plant it down
Melbourne go on the attack after the Knights can't regather the short dropout
Newcastle cough up possession and again Melbourne go intot he Knights 30
PENALTY STORM: Aaron Booth at first looking like he was penalised for a double movement was actually Newcastle penalised for breaking down play
Nicho Hynes converts from in front
Justin Olam scores as the Knights can't handle Munster out of dummy half catching the defence and then finding Olam who strolls away
Jake Clifford pushes the conversion to the left
Newcastle finally on the board as Dom Young gets on the outside and converts
Nicho Hynes has the ball on a string as he converts from wide out
George Jennings is over for his second of the night as the Storm go right after a big run through the middle from Munster and Pene and then Hynes goes right to Jennings
Melbourne get the ball back as the last touch before it went into touch came from Newcastle
Error from the Storm but the Knights do nothing with the ball as they go across field and Watson is driven into touch
Nicho Hynes takes his points tally for the night up to 16 with that conversion in front
Poor kick from Connor Watson who kicked for himself and Jahrome Hughes had a broken defensive line ahead of him and he took over and despite a desperate effort from Dom Young he finds Reimis Smith to score under the posts
SECOND HALF IS GO! - Knights using the ball first in the second half down 30 minus Klemmer AND Ponga who have failed HIA
Nicho Hynes converts his own try from in front
Brandon Smith starts it dragging the defence left then goes right and Justin Olam puts the fend on and then kicks inside as the Storm players line up to collect it and Hynes does to score
Nicho Hynes converts from right in front
When you've got the luck... you get all of the luck - Jahrome Hughes kicks into open space and a bad bounce for Connor Watson at the back sits up nicely for Reimis Smith and Hughes backing up gets the ball back
Kalyn Ponga off for a HIA after that off the ball contact from Tui Kamikamica
PENALTY KNIGHTS: Phoenix Crossland puts a beautiful kick in but no chasers are there until first contact from Crossland is high
Dale Finucane off for a HIA and would be long odds to return
George Jennings goes for the line, smiled thinking he had number 2 but a try saver from Dom Young
Nicho Hynes sneaks the conversion inside the right hand up right
George Jennings gets over as the error from Kurt Mann bites the Knights instantly as the Storm spread it right and Jennings has too much speed and strength to get over
Cameron Munster called for a forward pass back on the inside to Nicho Hynes
Nicho Hynes converts from close range yet again
Knights go to sleep in the middle of the park and Jahrome Hughes goes straight through the middle and Cameron Munster backs up to score
Bit of an arm-wrestle at the moment as the Knights have controlled the ball and haven't let the Storm make anything of the chances the Victorians have had
Melbourne just off the pace in attack there as Brandon Smith's pass is too hard and low for Dean Ieremia and it goes into touch
A good set from Newcastle as the Storm are pinned in their own 10
Hymel Hunt makes an important try saver as Dean Ieremia goes into touch
Six more for the Storm after Nicho Hynes harbour bridge pass was touched on last tackle
Melbourne already into Newcastle territory and on the back of a set restart
Nicho Hynes converts the try
Just so crisp from Nicho Hynes who runs to the line drawing in defenders and then finding Justin Olam who has a big hole to go through to score
Dominic Young loses the ball trying to play it as the Storm get a scrum 24m out centre-field
Enari Tuala loses the ball on play 1 off the scrum
SET RESTART - Ruck infringement ruled by Chris Sutton and Knights get a full set
No harm done for the Knights with the Dom Young error as Tui Kamikamica doesn't expect to get the ball from Hynes as he puts it down
Dom Young loses the ball in heavy first-up contact, first touch of the ball for Newcastle is an error
Underway with the whistle of Chris Sutton and the Storm use the ball first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Sutton
Touch Judges: Jon Stone, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Referee: Alan Shortall
MELBOURNE STORM (48)
Tries: Justin Olam (2), Nicholas Hynes, Cameron Munster, George Jennings (2), Jahrome Hughes, Reimis Smith
Conversions: Nicholas Hynes (8/8)
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (4)
Tries: Dominic Young
Conversions: Jake Clifford (0/1)