FULL-TIME at Lottoland and the Storm win it 18-4. They continue their incredible round 1 winning streak.
Cherry-Evans puts a kick in behind the line, but only finds Cameron Smith. The Storm will see this one out with the ball in hand.
PENALTY MANLY. Keppie takes the quick tap as Manly look to salvage something out of this game.
Cameron Smith has his easiest conversion attempt of the afternoon, but is unsuccessful. Score remains 18-4 Melbourne's way.
A nice kick from dummy-half from Cameron Smith and the Storm have another try, with the kick to come.
We're going upstairs for what is probably another Melbourne Storm try.
Yet another repeat set coming up for Melbourne, with Jorge Taufua trapped in the in-goal area with no where to go.
Try saving tackle from Joel Thompson on Felise Kaufusi. A very strong effort seen there.
We'll have another repeat set for the Storm coming up. Manly under a lot of pressure.
This error goes to Lachlan Croker, but the error was caused by a poor play the ball from Addin Fonua-Blake.
Jorge Taufua is unable to handle a pass from Tom Trbojevic.
An error from the Storm after points gives Manly a chance to answer back with points.
Cameron Smith kicks it from the sideline again. In the blink of an eye, the game could be escaping Manly's grasp. Score is now 14-4 Melbourne's way.
Back-to-back tries for Melbourne. The call may be questionable with, with an unconvincing put-down from Vunivalu.
We're going upstairs for another possible try to Suliasi Vunivalu off of the Jahrome Hughes kick again.
Cameron Smith drills the conversion kick from the sideline as the rain starts to come down at Lottoland. Score is 8-4 Melbourne's way.
A clever kick from Jahrome Hughes goes over the head of Jorge Taufua, as Vunivalu plants it down in the corner. Kick to come from the sideline.
A repeat set coming up for the Storm. Pressure is on for Manly.
Moses Suli drops the ball backwards, after the pass from Curtis Sironen went over his shoulder. The ball has been swooped on by Melbourne.
Tapau gifts Melbourne the ball back after Manly had an opportunity to mount some pressure.
Bromwich gives the ball right back to Manly who are now on the attack.
Tommy Turbo drops the pass from dummy-half
MASSIVE TACKLE. Jorge Taufua starts off 2020 how he ended 2019, smashing Marion Seve in classic Taufua fashion.
Olam can't handle the pass at pace and the pressure is off for Manly.
Cameron Munster comes up with a one-on-one strip to keep the pressure on Manly.
Tom Trbojevic saves a try with a great tackle on Marion Seve, putting him over the sideline.
PENALTY STORM. Garrick is penalised for a mid-air collision with Josh Addo-Carr.
PENALTY MANLY. Felise Kaufusi goes too high on Sean Keppie.
Both teams are back on the park and ready to go in the second half.
Half-time at Lottoland and the home side Manly lead the Storm 4-2. No tries in this half, but there has been some enterprising attacking play. Defence is the highlight of this one and the Battle of Brookvale could be going down to the wire again.
Last time from the left, this time Garrick makes no mistake from the right. 4-2 Manly's way.
PENALTY MANLY. Cameron Munster offside and Manly will be looking to go ahead with another penalty goal.
Play has stopped as Dale Finucane gets assistance from the trainer who is dealing with a bloodied Finucane face.
PENALTY MANLY. Manly will be on the attack here for Marion Seve taking Joel Thompson without the ball. Manly looked good in their last set.
Garrick makes it look easy from out wide and the scores are level at 2-2.
PENALTY MANLY. Manly will look to level the scores, but it won't be an easy kick for Rueben Garrick from out wide.
Captain's challenge successful for Manly. There was found to be an accidental offside from Melbourne and Manly will have a scrum in the middle of the field ten metres out from the Storm line.
Manly are using their captain's challenge here, claiming there was no knock-on. The challenge will likely be successful.
Tino Faasuamaleaui puts the ball down close to the line and the pressure is off for Manly once again.
PENALTY STORM. Keppie gets the tackle wrong, flipping big Tino Faasuamaleaui upside down.
The pressure is off as Keppie puts the ball down with his first touch of the afternoon.
Munster comes up with his second error of the afternoon. Manly will start this set about 45 metres out from the Melbourne line.
PENALTY MANLY. A great kick from Cameron Munster is undone as Justin Olam tries to pinch the ball during the play the ball.
Finucane charges onto a pass but can't hang on to it.
PENALTY MANLY. Another reliever penalty helps Manly make ground out of their own end.
Munster a little too keen to play the ball quickly and the pressure is off for Manly.
PENALTY STORM. The Storm charge down to Manly's half again.
Rueben Garrick loses the ball in a mid-air contest. Manly doing well to get down to the other end of the field in that set.
Manly survive an onslaught from the Storm and Olam loses the ball attempting to pick it up off of the ground.
Jahrome Hughes kicks early in the tackle count for another Melbourne repeat set.
A Cameron Smith kick from dummy-half will give Melbourne a repeat set. Pressure is mounting on the Sea Eagles.
Cherry-Evans rolls a kick too deep and it will be a seven tackle set for the Storm.
PENALTY MANLY. Relief for the Sea Eagles as they get a gift penalty out of their own end.
Smith drills the penalty goal for a 2-0 Storm lead.
PENALTY STORM. The Storm look for the first points of the afternoon and will take the shot at goal for two points.
Suli drops the ball coming out of his own end. Melbourne on the attack.
Kenny Bromwich makes a successful 1-on-1 steal. Early crisis averted for Melbourne.
Manly receive a penalty straight after the scrum is packed. They're primed to put points on the board early.
PENALTY MANLY. A tap taken and they're on the lookout for a four pointer.
Jesse Bromwich drops it cold. Manly have it close to the line early.
Coming out of their own end, Bromwich puts it down. Early chance for Manly.
Game on. Kamikamica takes the first hit up.
"Eagle Rock" is played through loudspeakers as the local side runs out before both teams congregate in the middle to form a guard of honour for the firefighters, as has been the protocol for this round.
Here we are at Lottoland for the penultimate match of Round 1. There are a lot of umbrella's up in what is no doubt a coronavirus effected crowd, however that shouldn't change the quality of football we see from these two sides expected to be heavyweights in 2020. The Sea-Eagles are 1-17 with Addin Fonua-Blake and Jake Trbojevic right to play, while for the Storm Harry Grant drops out of the side to make way for big man Nelson Asofa-Solomona, who is also returning from injury earlier than expected. The players are now running out, let's do this!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Jon Stone
Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Rickey McFarlane
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (4)
Tries:
Field Goals:
Conversions:
Penalty Goals: Reuben Garrick (2/2)
MELBOURNE STORM (18)
Tries: Suliasi Vunivalu (2), Tom Eisenhuth
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Smith (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Cameron Smith (1/1)