The Warriors blow a golden opportunity off the back of a penalty but the Storm come away with the ball and that's all she wrote in Auckland, the Storm take a 12-6 victory and go to the top of the ladder.
Shaun Johnson kicks high and David Fusitua gets checked off the ball but no penalty comes from it; Storm working it out of their own end
Short kick off regathered by the Warriors - The Warriors deep in attack late in the set
Cameron Smith adds the penalty goal and puts the Storm out to a converted try lead
Simon Mannering penalised for being offside after being called out by Ben Cummins and Cameron Smith will take the 2
The Warriors give up a penalty after Adam Blair was ruled to have hit Kenny Bromwich late
Shaun Johnson runs to the line and attracts the defence but the options at the end aren't good and Gerard Beale has to kick but it goes into touch
The Warriors struggling to get through the Storm who are muscling up in defence, the play just not there for the Warriors
Mason Lino goes into dummy half but makes a meal of it as he tries to turn on the deception
The Warriors crisp passing beginning to go missing at the moment as the Storm are starting to get on top of this one
Billy Slater tries to play the ball too quickly and loses the ball forwards; Warriors survive
A penalty on their own 40 hurts the Warriors after Joe Vuna drops the ball and an offside player picks it up
JAC makes good metres after a hint of an obstruction but he's tackled after running 30m across field
Cam Smith has no issues from 10m out right in front of nailing the penalty goal
OUT ON THE FULL - Shaun Johnson goes short with the dropout but this time it goes out on the full; The Storm will take the 2
Now a penalty adds insult to injury for the Storm
SHORT DROPOUT KLAXON!! Shaun Johnson goes short and a huge tap back from Maumalo sends the ball back to a Warriors playr
NO TRY - The live decision of Ben Cummins was spot on as Kata's arm carrying the ball hit the ground before he made the second effort to plant it
BUNKER: Solomone Kata gets over celebrating the try but Ben Cummins says NO TRY on the basis of a double movement
A shank kick from Jahrome Hughes goes into touch but the Warriors start their set 42m out from their own line
Ben Cummins calls time on and we are underway again in Auckland; The Warriors using the ball first
Cameron Smith pushes the conversion with too much hook and it misses and the Storm go into the break with a margin of 2
Jahrome Hughes hits a pinpoint kick out Vunivalu who has too much strength in the air and over the line, no need for the bunker on that one.
Melbourne elect to run it on the last and Christian Welch gets over the line but is held up
Billy Slater puts in a poor kick but makes up for it with a one-on-one strip before he loses the ball as he is headed to touch
Confusion at dummy half as Lino and Luke stand and wait to pick up the ball and Jahrome Hughes swoops in and dives on it for Manly
Now it's Billy's turn to throw a loose pass as he tries to get one out up and over one-handed but it's over the touch judge Tim Roby's head
Play goes awry for the Warriors as the pass goes astray and cleaned up by the Storm
In good field position the Storm cough up possession with Curtis Scott
A poor first kick from Johnson ends up with the Warriors and a second kick from Johnson pushes Melbourne to their own line
Smith kicks for Slater but some great hands from James Gavet stops the ball getting through the line.
Simon Mannering throws an offload and Issac Luke not expecting it knocks it on before regathering
Mason Lino kicks in short for himself but forces a dropout - The Warriors nearly lose it before they even get through a tackle
Shaun Johnson from the sideline has the sun in his eyes but it doesn't matter because he nails the conversion
Shaun Johnson kicks out to the right corner and it's pinpoint for the Fus who gets both hands to the ball and taps it back to Gerard Beale who scores
An error then a penalty from the Storm helps the Warriors upfield
Cameron Smith pushes the conversion across the face of goals
A beautiful short ball from Jahrome Hughes on to Will Chambers and he slices through some soft defence, almost blows it by going by himself but he has enough strength to get over
Ben Cummins calls time on and we're underway in Auckland, the Storm with the first use
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins, Jon Stone
Touch Judges: Tim Roby, Brett Suttor
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Bryan Norrie
WARRIORS (6)
Tries: Gerard Beale
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
MELBOURNE STORM (12)
Tries: Will Chambers, Suliasi Vunivalu
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Smith (0/2)
Penalty Goals: Cameron Smith (2/2)