Full Time
80:00
7:35pm Sat July 11, 2020
Round 9 - GIO Stadium Canberra, Bruce / Ngunnawal - Crowd: 1577
80min

FULL TIME: Despite a valiant effort late from the Raiders - The Storm take a 20-14 victory at GIO Stadium

80min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker takes the conversion quickly and pushes it across the face

Storm lead Raiders 14 - 20 Storm
80min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. Kick to come.

CNK gets the green light from the bunker as he scores in the corner

Storm lead Raiders 14 - 20 Storm
80min

BUNKER: CNK crosses but need to check grounding and touchline

77min

CHALLENGE UNSUCCESSFUL - Steve Chiddy rules that Cameron Smith's right hand touched the ball to constitute the knock-on BUT... it was his left hand

77min

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE - Cameron Smith challenging a knock on call against him

76min

Raiders trying everything on the last but Jack Wighton knocks on under pressure

70min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker pushes his conversion across the face of the posts

Storm lead Raiders 10 - 20 Storm
69min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Nick Cotric. Kick to come.

Nick Cotric on the end of some good play on the left hand side scores despite the last pass looking forward

Storm lead Raiders 10 - 20 Storm
65min

More injury concerns for the Raiders as Bailey Simonsson looks to have suffered a major shoulder injury

63min

PENALTY STORM: The Raiders get across in the corner but there's an obstruction in the lead-up and Grant Atkins doesn't need the bunker to make the call

62min

PENALTY RAIDERS: Brandon Smith pulls off a big hit on Ryan Sutton then gives away a penalty

61min

Brandon Smith loses the ball trying to get up to play the ball too quickly

60min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Cameron Smith from right next to the uprights converts

Storm lead Raiders 6 - 20 Storm
58min

Try: Storm
Scored by Ryan Papenhuyzen. Kick to come.

Ryan Papenhuyzen pulls off some individual brilliance as he runs across field to swoop on the George Williams grubber and scoots away for a 70m sprint to score

Storm lead Raiders 6 - 18 Storm
57min

PENALTY RAIDERS: Storm penalised for crowding in the ruck which doesn't make Craig Bellamy happy at all

56min

PENALTY STORM: Elliott Whitehead compounds his error with some dissent which referee Atkins doesn't take to his liking

55min

NO TRY - Elliott Whitehead goes down short of the line and loses the ball.

54min

BUNKER: Elliott Whitehead has crossed for what looks to be a simple try - Checking grounding

53min

Penalty Goal: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Cameron Smith slots one of the easiest penalty goals he'll ever take

Storm lead Raiders 6 - 14 Storm
51min

PENALTY STORM: Christian Welch rubs into Dunamis Lui who is unluckily penalised by Grant Atkins for an off the ball hit

50min

PENALTY STORM: Josh Addo-Carr loses the ball in the strong tackle of Hudson Young but Grant Atkins sees it as a strip

50min

PENALTY STORM: Josh Addo-Carr loses the ball in the strong tackle of Hudson Young but Grant Atkins sees it as a strip

48min

Kenny Bromwich can't handle the ball that bounces low along the ground and the Raiders survive

48min

SET RESTART: On tackle 5 the Raiders concede a set restart

47min

SET RESTART: Raiders still hang on in the tackle after held and Grant Atkins calls the six more

44min

PENALTY STORM: Cameron Smith tackled in the field of play before being dragged illegally into the ingoal

43min

Ryan Papenhuyzen gets his way out of the ingoal and Melbourne after being pressured on their own line are now up to their own 40 on play 3

42min

SET RESTART: The crowd get their wish a tackle later as Finucane is called for staying around the ruck too long

41min

Small but vocal crowd boos as they don't get the set restart when they want it

40min

SECOND HALF IS GO! - Grant Atkins calls time on and Melbourne take the first usage of the ball

40min

Field Goal: Storm
Attempted by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Ryan Papenhuyzen takes a field goal shot but it's out to the right and the Storm go into the break with a 12-6 lead

Storm lead Raiders 6 - 12 Storm
39min

PENALTY STORM: Joseph Tapine penalised for a high shot

37min

Cameron Smith loses the ball on the Raiders 40

36min

Josh Hodgson definitely not returning as he has blow of the green whistlen in the sheds

34min

WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED THERE? Ryley Jacks goes down after the shot clock is called so had to go off the field under the rules. Storm take forever to take the dropout and then get it back

32min

SET RESTART: Storm on tackle 5 concede a restart and then another mid-way through the repeat set

29min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Cameron Smith converts from near enough to the left sideline

Storm lead Raiders 6 - 12 Storm
29min

Try: Storm
Scored by Josh Addo-Carr. Kick to come.

Salt into the Canberra wounds - The Storm go to the right hand side and the space where Bailey Simonsson would've been is free and Josh Addo-Carr scores in the right side

Storm lead Raiders 6 - 10 Storm
28min

Even worse news for the Raiders with Josh Hodgson limping off with a serious knee injury

28min

Despite replays showing that Bailey Simonsson is playing at the ball - Steve Chiddy somehow rules that Simonsson played at JAC so it's a professional foul

28min

BUNKER: Off to the bunker as JAC is taken down in a kick chase - Bailey Simonsson the man in question if there's any contact

27min

SCRUM CLOCK PENALTY STORM: Melbourne get a penalty after the scrum clock goes off before Canberra have packed the scrum

26min

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad can't take a pass cleanly and puts the ball down on the Storm 30; The 11th error of the match

22min

Melbourne are just 20m out from their own line on tackle 5

22min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker converts the try close to the uprights to level things up

Tied up at Raiders 6 - 6 Storm
22min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Josh Papali'i. Kick to come.

The bunker takes a good few looks at it and are happy that Papali'i got the ball to the ground cleanly after the Raiders mounted pressure

Storm lead Raiders 4 - 6 Storm
22min

BUNKER: Josh Papali'i gets over the line but Grant Atkins says NO TRY on the basis of a lost ball

21min

Justin Olam loses the ball on tackle 1 as he goes to get up and play it...

20min

Dunamis Lui coughs up the ball on play 2 off the dropout... Ricky Stuart doesn't look happy again

19min

Battle for who's the most frustrated coach at the moment with Ricky Stuart and Craig Bellamy very unhappy with their teams so far

18min

Brenko Lee coughs up the ball on play 1 from the Scrum again and Raiders get the ball back

18min

Josh Hodgson goes short with a pass to Josh Papali'i but it's forward and called as such

16min

PENALTY RAIDERS: Grant Atkins plays advantage and penalises the Storm for being offside - Storm have to survive another set of six

15min

Melbourne can't get out of their own 10 at the moment with Momirovski losing the ball during the play the ball

15min

Jack Wighton runs the ball on the last and gets brought down 2m short of the Melbourne line

14min

HELD UP! Jarrod Croker could've passed out to Nick Cotric but decides to go himself and Jahrome Hughes is able to hold him up on tackle 4

14min

Brenko Lee loses the ball on tackle one off the scrum and the Raiders get a bonus attacking set

13min

George Williams can't take a pass and loses it behind him although it's called a knock-on by Grant Atkins

12min

SET RESTART - Tackle 1 and Grant Atkins says six more after a second effort by the Storm

10min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Cameron Smith splits the uprights in two with his conversion from 15m to the right of the right-hand upright

Storm lead Raiders 0 - 6 Storm
10min

Try: Storm
Scored by Brenko Lee. Kick to come.

Brenko Lee will get the most fortunate try of his career as CNK couldn't knock the ball dead

Storm lead Raiders 0 - 4 Storm
10min

BUNKER: What has happened there? Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has to knock the ball about 30cm to force the dropout... hits it 5cm and Branko Lee gets there

8min

Feel like we're watching a Tennis match having to look from end to end as both sides make good metres in their attacking sets

6min

Repeat set for the Raiders as Ryan Papenhuyzen has to knock the ball dead off the Wighton kick

5min

Ryley Jacks kicks way too hard and it roles dead... Both sides struggling to get last tackle options right

4min

Jack Wighton gets a chance to pile on the pressure but his kick is way too hard and Melbourne have a 20m restart

3min

SET RESTART: The Raiders on the attack now after markers weren't square

2min

PENALTY STORM: Grant Atkins penalises Jack Wighton for a late hit on Ryan Papenhuyzen

1min

GAME ON IN CANBERRA!

Storm going onto the field to a chorus of boos to a small Canberra crowd

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins

Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Peter Gough

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea

CANBERRA RAIDERS (14)
Tries: Josh Papali'i, Nick Cotric, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (1/3)
Penalty Goals:

MELBOURNE STORM (20)
Tries: Brenko Lee, Josh Addo-Carr, Ryan Papenhuyzen
Field Goals: Ryan Papenhuyzen (0/1)
Conversions: Cameron Smith (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Cameron Smith (1/1)