The Storm shape for a field goal but the Bulldogs defence wrap up Justin Olam on the final play of the game.
It's just not the Bulldogs day - the Storm win the challenge with NAS deemed to have released before Munster stripped the ball.
The Storm challenge the ruling of a strip.
Alec MacDonald loses the ball on the Bulldogs' 30 metre line.
The Bulldogs lose their challenge and the penalty is upheld.
The Bulldogs a challenging the ruling of a strip.
Storm penalty.
Coates takes another high ball from Burton.
Brandon Smith kicks for touch.
Munster flick passes to Papenhuyzen for fun inside the Storm half.
Harry Grant puts up a bomb taken by Naden.
The Bulldogs throw the ball around on the last but it all amounts to naught with a forward pass.
Reimis Smith breaks a few tackles for fun.
Papenhuyzen adds another.
Papenhuyzen races onto an inside pass from Hughes to put the Storm over 40 points.
FOUR. COUNT 'EM, FOUR!
Bailey Biondi-Odo kicks for the in-goal and watches the ball roll dead.
Six again for the Storm.
Hughes puts a high ball up; Dufty breaks up to the 40 metre line.
It's getting a bit embarrassing for the Bulldogs...
Coates streaks away, ignores Papenhuyzen, and finds Kaufusi in support.
Coates is into space again.
Papenhuyzen puts the home side further ahead.
Coates capitalises on a poor pass from Burton and races the length of the field.
INTERCEPT
The Cheese knocks on inside his own half.
Burton loses the ball.
Vaughan is carried over the goal line.
Dufty puts a kick in and gets a result with Olam knocking on.
Munster's pass for Olam is judged forward.
Storm penalty. This could get ugly for the Bulldogs...
The kick stays wide of the posts.
... and there's Ryan Papenhuyzen in support to get his third!
Burton kicks straight to Jahrome Hughes...
Bulldogs penalty.
Papi gets his third goal.
Great work from Grant to draw the defence before finding his speed man in support.
Ryan Papenhuyzen charges onto a short pass from Harry Grant to grab his second.
Melbourne get a six again call inside the Bulldogs half.
Canterbury come up with an error on halfway.
Both sides going set for set in the early stages of the second half.
Xavier Coates does well to defuse a kick near his goal line.
Bulldogs penalty.
Josh King takes the first carry of the second half.
Melbourne have been clinical as ever. Tough viewing for Bulldogs' fans over the first 40.
The Bulldogs come close to scoring, but Josh Jackson spills his lollies.
The Bulldogs force an error inside the Storm's half.
The kick can't swing back between the posts.
The veteran back-rower takes on the line, throws a dummy and slides across to push the Storm further ahead.
Storm penalty.
The Bulldogs have had a tonne of possession on the Storm's line and haven't looked close to scoring.
Matt Burton knocks on.
The Storm kick the drop out out on the full.
Chris Patolo makes a great tackle to hit Ryan Papenhuyzen and force him in-goal following a bomb from Burton.
Alec MacDonald comes up with an error 10 metres from the try line.
The Storm opt against taking the two and keep pressuring the line.
Storm penalty.
Hughes cops a hit around the head from Corey Waddell - the Storm find touch inside the Bulldogs half.
Burton puts up a towering bomb that Papenhuyzen gets to after a bounce.
The Bulldogs make an error close to the try line.
Coates can't gather in another short drop out.
Nick Meaney is trapped in-goal after a well-weighted kick from Brandon Wakeham.
Kenny Bromwich makes a great bust over halfway.
Another strong set after points sees the Bulldogs get the ball back close to their goal line.
The Storm go out to a 12-0 lead.
Grant kicks for the in-goal and somehow King plants the ball down to get his first in Storm colours.
The King of Singleton scores a bizarre four-pointer.
Jesse Bromwich loses the ball but the referee deems a strip against Josh Jackson.
Storm penalty.
Matt Dufty fires a long ball intended for Braydon Burns that goes over the sideline.
The Bulldogs are having a very hard time penetrating the Storm defence.
Ryan Papenhuyzen takes a short drop out which is collected by a high-flying Xavier Coates.
Burton threads a kick in goal that Papenhuyzen takes dead - play to resume with a line drop out.
Jeremy Marshall-King break a few tackles and is pulled down close to the line.
The bunker rules a strip against Jesse Bromwich - the Dogs win a penalty and find touch 20 metres out from the Storm line.
The Bulldogs are challenging the decision.
Tevita Pangai Junior attempts an offload that results in an error.
Papi adds the extras from the touchline.
Great work from Coates to hold off Addo-Carr before linking with Papenhuyzen. Averillo made a valiant last-gasp tackle to no avail.
The star fullback slides across the line following a break from Coates, who linked with his fullback to open the scoring.
The Bulldogs shift the ball through Pangai Jr and Jackson, but an error from Naden results in a handover on halfway.
Hughes gets a kick away despite pressure from Luke Thompson.
Josh Addo-Carr gets over the line, but some phenomenal defence denies the former Melbourne speedster.
Paul Vaughan is held up over the try line.
Bulldogs elect to keep the pressure on rather than taking the shot at two.
The Bulldogs get a penalty in front of the posts - Harry Grant ruled to be offside at the play the ball.
Nick Meaney cleans up a kick to relieve the pressure on the home side.
Bulldogs penalty.
Xavier Coates makes a solid run over his 20 metre line.
Josh Addo-Carr is tackled close to the touchline after fielding a bouncing ball.
Ryan Papenhuyzen is driven back just short of his in-goal after a strong first set from the visitors.
Matt Burton takes the first carry of the afternoon.
The Storm are met with rapturous applause by members of the 2012 Grand Final team as they run onto the field - kick-off only moments away.
Josh Jackson leads the Bulldogs out onto AAMI Park.
The Bulldogs last tasted victory at AAMI Park in 2016; the visitors hold a 3/8 record at the venue and 8/18 in Melbourne overall.
Melbourne have won their past six contests against Canterbury-Bankstown.
The Storm are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their grand final victory over the Bulldogs; current captain Jesse Browmich is the only member remaining from the team that prevailed 14-4.
Jake Averillo has earned a reprieve in the centres at the expense of Aaron Schoupp, while former Melbourne second-rower Joe Stimson comes onto the bench for Ava Seumanufagai.
Nick Meaney comes onto the wing to face his former club in place of Dean Ieremia.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 4 Sunday Afternoon Football between the Melbourne Storm and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs from AAMI Park.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Darian Furner
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
MELBOURNE STORM (44)
Tries: Ryan Papenhuyzen (4), Josh King, Kenny Bromwich, Xavier Coates, Felise Kaufusi
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Ryan Papenhuyzen (6/8)
Penalty Goals:
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (0)
Tries:
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