50-0. You read that right.
Souths get a penalty with seconds on the clock.
Addo-Carr looks for seven, but Walker is able to get to Olam's kick first.
No Try. Gagai's grounding was out of the field of play.
Gagai is claiming a try. The referee will check the grounding.
Melbourne lose the challenge.
Melbourne are challenging a call.
Thomas Burgess is down in pain.
The short line drop out goes the distance (just).
Harry Grant bats a grubber dead. Play to resume with a line drop out.
Munster kicks for the Foxx, but Gagai comes up with the ball.
Munster misses.
Valentine Holmes scored six tries for Australia against Fiji, but Addo-Carr has done it in the NRL.
Josh Addo-Carr has become the first player since Jack Troy in 1950 to score six tries in a match.
He's got 6!
Melbourne get a penalty inside their own half.
Hawkins puts a high ball up that Jennings defuses.
Munster nails the kick from the sideline - he's a great kicker (I've always thought so!)
Josh Addo-Carr is the first Melbourne Storm player to score five tries in a match.
JOSH ADDO-CARR HAS THE MELBOURNE RECORD!
Six again for Melbourne.
Dale Finucane is driven back by the South defence (which has suddenly decided to turn up).
Melbourne win the challenge - a mutual infringement denies Jesse Bromwich a try.
Souths get a penalty which the Storm will challenge.
Addo-Carr chases for his fifth, but Walker beats him to the ball.
Souths are missing a number of players, but this has been a terrible performance from a team that won their past seven games.
Benji Marshall makes an error on halfway.
Melbourne get six again but come up with an error inside the Rabbitohs' 20.
Lol@Souffs - the Rabbitohs have comes up with an error off the scrum.
Souths force an error off the kick-off and will look to get on the board.
I'm beginning to think Cameron Munster isn't a very good goal kicker.
Hughes passes to out Jennings over for his second.
Cody Walker comes up with a knock-on and invites the Storm back on the attack.
Hawkins kicks to the corner and traps Hynes on his own 10 metre line.
Souths survive a Melbourne attacking raid.
The Storm are back on the attack.
Hughes kicks to Johnston who is met by three Melbourne chasers.
The kick can't swing back towards the posts.
Jahrome Hughes delivered a brilliant cut-out pass to put Jennings over untouched.
The opposite winger gets on the scoreboard.
Melbourne force an error and are back on the attack.
Munster goes high, Gagai is up to the task.
The kick is good.
The block of cheese bursts out of dummy half to power over for a try.
The Storm are embarrassing the Rabbitohs' defence.
INTERCEPT - Munster comes up with the ball on his own line.
Brandon Smith is penalised and placed on report for hitting Damien Cook late.
Justin Olam stops Jed Cartwright close to the line.
Addo-Carr comes up with an important tackle inside the Storm's 20.
The Storm run the ball on the last and end up passing to Benji Marshall on halfway.
Dean Hawkins kicks to Addo-Carr, who is up to the task.
Brandon Smith crawls his way over halfway.
Marshall kicks long to Nicho Hynes.
Both teams are back out for the second half.
Munster hits the posts, but the ball goes through.
Great work from the Storm to move the ball left before allowing Addo-Carr to pounce.
Addo-Carr scores four for the first time in his career.
He gets 4!!!
The Storm comes up with a poor kick that is fielded by Cody Walker.
Souths come up with an error inside their own half.
Josh Addo-Carr does well to avoid being trapped in-goal.
Cody Walker is down clutching at a lower leg.
Souths get a seven-tackle set after the Storm kick the ball dead.
Nelson Asofa-Solomona is on for the Storm.
Munsters adds the extras from in front.
Hughes sprints away untouched to cross for the fourth Melbourne try.
Munster comes up with a strip and Hughes is away!
Jed Cartwright has replaced Steven Marsters in the centres.
The kick is wide from the sideline once again.
Cameron Munster links with Harry Grant who gets into space an sends Addo-Carr over for number three.
Olam makes a powerful bust inside his own half.
Cody Walker makes a great sliding catch.
Munster makes amends to put the visitors up 10-0.
Nicho Hynes makes a great break and links with Addo-Carr who slides over in the wet for his second.
Souths makes an attacking raid that ends with a kick that rolls dead.
Hughes puts a bomb up, and despite a few ricochets, Marsters comes up with possession.
Brandon Burns gets a carry in his return from injury.
Reimis Smith makes a nice dart almost to halfway.
Jahrome Hughes almost pulls off a 40/20 only for Cody Walker to come up with a great chase.
Melbourne do well to deny the Rabbitohs close to the line.
Hawkins comes up with a nice kick to get a repeat set.
Christian Welch has mistimed the kick-off and come up with a knock-on in-goal.
Munster puts in a shocking kick from the sideline.
Brilliant work from Olam to put Addo-Carr over for the first of the night.
Justin Olam puts in a kick a halfback would be proud of to put The Foxx over!
Josh Addo-Carr gets into space before being pulled down 10 metres from the Rabbitohs' line.
The Storm get a penalty for a Rabbitohs' obstruction.
Dane Gagai makes a good kick return over halfway.
Souths get a fortuitous call after appearing to lose the ball inside the Storm's half.
Walker gets a penalty coming out of his own end.
Hughes puts a high ball up which is fielded by Walker.
Walker sends Johnston over for a try, but the final pass is ruled forward by the referee.
The Storm throw the ball around again, but Cody Walker is able to defuse an Addo-Carr grubber and earns a penalty for his efforts.
Christian Welch fields the line drop out on the Rabbitohs' 30 metre line.
The Storm throw the ball around on the last and get a result with a lovely weighted grubber from Jahrome Hughes.
Melbourne penalty after Cameron Munster was collected high.
Christian Welch takes the first carry of the night.
Both teams are on the field - kick-off only moments away.
The Storm have made a few positional changes with Brandon Smith starting at hooker and Harry Grant dropping to the bench. Tui Kamikamica starts at lock, while Chris Lewis replaces Tom Eisenhuth on the bench.
Jed Cartwright, who will play his first match of the season, replaces Jacob Host on the bench.
The Rabbitohs have a tonne of changes in the backline with Dean Hawkins coming into the halves and Cody Walker reverting to fullback. Alex Johnston shifts to the wing, while Dane Gagai and Steven Masters switch between centre and wing respectively.
These teams opened the season two months ago with the Storm holding off a Rabbitohs' fightback to win 26-18 at AAMI Park.
Welcome to League Unlimited's coverage of Round 9 Thursday Night Football between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Melbourne Storm from Stadium Australia.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Liam Kennedy
Video Referee: Henry Perenara
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (0)
Tries:
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions:
Penalty Goals:
MELBOURNE STORM (50)
Tries: Josh Addo-Carr (6), Jahrome Hughes, Brandon Smith, George Jennings (2)
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Munster (5/10)
Penalty Goals: