Full Time
80:00
4:05pm Sun September 13, 2020
Round 18 - Sunshine Coast Stadium, Bokarina / Kabi Kabi - Crowd: 4056
75min

SCRUM STORM - Holmes gets away down the left side and then passes to where Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow used to be and the pass goes into touch

75min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Bromwich drops the ball.

75min

Captains Challenge looking at whether Bromwich lost the ball or whether it was stripped.

73min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Hughes storms onto a pass and gets belted by Clifford, forcing him to drop the ball.

72min

7 tackle set for the Storm after the Cowboys kick downtown goes dead

68min

Someone just made a tackle.

68min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes converts from touch

Storm lead Storm 36 - 20 Cowboys
68min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Valentine Holmes. Kick to come.

And just like that, the Cowboys hit back. Holmes gets the ball on the left side, dummies to his winger, steps inside, and shrugs off Munster to score.

Storm lead Storm 36 - 18 Cowboys
66min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Smith from almost in front adds another 2 points

Storm lead Storm 36 - 14 Cowboys
66min

Try: Storm
Scored by Jahrome Hughes. Kick to come.

Smith gets a pass to the trailing Jesse Bromwich who gets a ball to Hughes in support, who hit a gap at pace and scores to the right of the posts.

Storm lead Storm 34 - 14 Cowboys
65min

STORM SET RESTART - Storm get another set on the Cowboys line

65min

Munster runs on the 4th and very nearly scores.

65min

STORM SET RESTART - now they have a full set inside the Cowboys red zone

62min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from the right sideline hooks it across the face of the posts

Storm lead Storm 30 - 14 Cowboys
62min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Kyle Feldt. Kick to come.

Drinkwater kicks early after spotting JAC was out of position. Feldt leaps, takes the ball cleanly and he gets the ball down for a good try.

Storm lead Storm 30 - 14 Cowboys
61min

PENALTY COWBOYS - From the scrum, the Cowboys swing the ball to the left to Holmes, who goes to the line, draws the winger and then passes to Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow who dives for the corner and plants the ball just on the sideline. Hughes is then penalised for being offside

61min

Bunker time

61min

SCRUM COWBOYS - sets 10m from the Storm line

60min

Clifford on the last nails a 40/20. Cowboys take the tap

58min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from right in front makes no mistake

Storm lead Storm 30 - 10 Cowboys
58min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Esan Marsters. Kick to come.

Marsters gets outside his man on the left side, dummied to his winger and then splits the two Storm defenders, shrugs off the tackle attempt by Vunivalu and scores under the posts.

Storm lead Storm 30 - 8 Cowboys
56min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Cameron Smith denied a try as Hughes was ruled to be offside and interfering in the play.

53min

SCRUM STORM - Feldt loses the ball in a tackle

51min

SCRUM STORM - Holmes with a quick tip on, but it beats Feldt and goes into touch

50min

Cowboys get a fresh set inside the Storm red zone

48min

SCRUM SHARKS - They feed it 15m from their own line

45min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Smith from almost in front bangs another over

Storm lead Storm 30 - 4 Cowboys
45min

Try: Storm
Scored by Cameron Munster. Kick to come.

Munster receives the ball back on the inside, steps and then hurdles over a defender lying on the ground and he gets across the line to score near the sticks.

Storm lead Storm 28 - 4 Cowboys
43min

STORM SET RESTART (x2) - They'll get a full set inside the Cowboys half

40min

And we're back!

38min

Hughes just strolled through the Cowboys left side defence, linked with Smith who quickly dumped a pass to Hynes who got tackled by the cover defence and that's the end of the half.

38min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Smith with another kick from right in front and he throws it over

Storm lead Storm 24 - 4 Cowboys
38min

Try: Storm
Scored by Cameron Munster. Kick to come.

Smith with a standard ball to the left to Munster, who then sees nothing but acres in front of him, and he wanders over and scores under the posts, easy as you like.

Storm lead Storm 22 - 4 Cowboys
36min

SCRUM STORM - Clifford chips and the ball rolls into touch 2m from the Storm line. Lee comes off the field with a leg injury

35min

COWBOYS SET RESTART - very timely as it was late in the set and they were still in their own half

32min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Storm very nearly get away down the left side, but Hynes cannot hang onto the pass flung back inside by Olam

27min

PENALTY STORM - Asiata on report for a cannonball style tackle

27min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Smith nails the conversion from right in front

Storm lead Storm 18 - 4 Cowboys
27min

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

Addo-Carr with a standard line run on the right edge, bumps out of a poor tackle, then ran infield and everyone just stood around and admired his glorious running stride as JAC scored under the posts.

Storm lead Storm 16 - 4 Cowboys
26min

A low hard kick on the last smashes into Vunivalu's legs, Marsters regathers and then offloads to....Hynes.

25min

Storm with a play down a very narrow left edge and JAC is easily pushed into touch. Handover

25min

SCRUM STORM - Drinkwater passes into the left buttock of Mitch Dunn, who was running as a decoy

24min

Cowboys with a 7 tackle set after Vunivalu's kick in field ends up at Caboolture

22min

SCRUM STORM - Challenge successful by the Storm. Marsters knocked on inside the Storm 30m

21min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Storm are using a captain challenge

21min

NAS with a stupid ankle tap as Feldt gets to his feet to play the ball gives the Cowboys a set restart

19min

Cowboys get a full set inside the Storm 10m aaaand they throw it away

17min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Short ball to Kaufusi ruled forward

17min

PENALTY STORM - They take the tap, 10m from the Cowboys line. McGuire returns to the field

16min

SCRUM STORM - Olam attempted a quick pass but it goes forward off Feldt.

15min

Storm doing whatever they like now, strolling up to the Cowboys 10m line in 4 tackles.

13min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Smith converts from right in front

Storm lead Storm 12 - 4 Cowboys
13min

Try: Storm
Scored by Tino Fa'asuamaleaui. Kick to come.

See 9th minute. replace NAS with Tino Fa'asuamaleaui

Storm lead Storm 10 - 4 Cowboys
11min

SCRUM STORM - Gilbert with a knock on deep inside the Cowboys half

9min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Cameron Smith.

Smith out on the left side, adds the extras

Storm lead Storm 6 - 4 Cowboys
9min

Try: Storm
Scored by Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Kick to come.

Smith with a flat crash ball to NAS who hits the line at pace and Cotter is no chance of stopping him.

Tied up at Storm 4 - 4 Cowboys
8min

PENALTY STORM - Vunivalu blocked from contesting the kick by Marsters

7min

Hynes very nearly scores.

5min

McGuire has been binned! He got up after playing the ball and was being mouthy and the ref told him to go and get some soap for his gob

5min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from the sideline and a long way back, hits the upright and it's waved away

Cowboys lead Storm 0 - 4 Cowboys
5min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow. Kick to come.

Great opening try. Narsters with a little grubber on the short side and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow outpaced the Storm defenders to regather and then stretched out after being tackled, to score in the left corner.

Cowboys lead Storm 0 - 4 Cowboys
4min

Munster on the left side creates another opportunity and Hynes makes a good 20 metres before being tackled. He then lost the ball.

3min

And the Cowboys kick on the last goes dead ingoal. Storm with a 7 tackle set

3min

Olam just buried O'Neill with a good tackle

2min

Storm run it on the last but the final pass is ruled to have just gone forward. If it hadn't been, Olam would've scored for sure.

1min

Cowboys completed a set

Storm get us underway

Cameron Smith has walked out of more tunnels than a veteran coal miner

Cowboys are on the field. Storm running out now

Get ready for this big clash! Anyone could win this. Shush, we're trying to talk this game up!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins

Touch Judges: Peter Gough, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Henry Perenara

MELBOURNE STORM (36)
Tries: Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Josh Addo-Carr, Cameron Munster (2), Jahrome Hughes
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Smith (6/6)
Penalty Goals:

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (20)
Tries: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Valentine Holmes, Esan Marsters, Kyle Feldt
Field Goals:
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (2/4)
Penalty Goals: