Schneider adds the goal
PENALTY RAIDERS - Olam with a tackle right on full time. Referee said it was ok. Siren sounds as Raiders Challenge. Challenge successful. Raiders will take the 2. Rapana is about as pleased at that decision to take the 2 as Wagga is with Daryl Maguire
PENALTY RAIDERS - Munster fielded a kick and shot through a gap like he was a target at the Wagga Clay Shooting centre. But play got called back.
Papenhuyzen converts.
Hughes gets the ball, runs, steps, steps again, hits the gap and rolls in a tackle and juuuuust gets the ball down for a try near the posts. Ref says no try. Bunker confirms he did score.
Good attacking set by the Raiders, but Wighton's grubber on the last is too heavy
Schneider from wide and he nails it again.
From the scrum, Wighton gets the ball on the left side, drifts left, links with CNK running straighter who sends a long ball out to the unmarked Cotric, who strolls in to score.
SCRUM RAIDERS - CNK breaks through and links with Whitehead who is grassed. On the next play Shneider grubbers and Munster tries to regather on the run but he has an airswing, however Meaney knocks it on. Storm challenge. They fail.
SCRUM STORM - 15m from their own line. The game has started to get a bit sloppy as the drizzle starts to impact
PENALTY RAIDERS - Crusher tackle
A forward pass from Schneider denies CNK a try
Meaney attempts a one-handed scoop of a Munster kick, but he fumbles it.
That pass was so bad, all the staff at the Wagga Base Hospital went onto red alert
CNK in space and he throws an absolutely disgraceful ball to CHN
SCRUM RAIDERS - Storm with a stray pass
Set Restart Storm
PENALTY STORM - Starling ran behind one of his own players close to the Storm line. Storm find touch 10m shy of halfway
PENALTY RAIDERS - Reimis Smith with a high shot on Whitehead. The Raiders forward comes off for an HIA
PENALTY STORM - Schneider all over the ruck more than paint all over the place at Project Paintball
Papenhuyzen from wide on the left side nails the goal.
Off the back of the scrum, the ball goes to Munster who passes early to Olam and the powerful centre just shrugs off tacklers and gets over the line for a good try.
SCRUM STORM - CNK drops a bomb
PENALTY STORM - Rapana then gives away a penalty. Storm go from defending their tryline to starting their set 7m shy of halfway.
Schneider loses the ball in a one-on-one steal.
Munster taps a Schneider grubber dead in goal. Storm drop out.
SCRUM STORM - Raiders could only manage 2 tackles before knocking on.
SCRUM RAIDERS - Schneider kicsk back to the short side and Coates loses the ball forward. Raiders with a full set 10m from the Storm line.
Apologies for the live update turning into the Yellow Pages for East Wagga.
That's halftime. Everyone will head to the Heart Attacks diner for some Big Aussie Monster Burgers.
SCRUM STORM - Whitehead gets a pass away but it goes forward.
Timoko hobbling in back play after that effort
Raiders run it on the last and Timoko very nearly gets across the line
Papenhuyzen comes off for an HIA
Schneider from out wide on the right side nails the conversion.
Canberra put the ball through the hands on the right side, with a number of catch and passes in the defensive line before Valemei got the ball in space, burrowed down, spun out of a tackle attempt and then hopped forward and dived over to score.
Bunker looking at a potential try for the Raiders
Munster puts up a bomb, Coates was miles away from getting there in time though. Cotric takes it comfortably ingoal and the Raiders get a 7 tackle set
PENALTY STORM - NAS with a powerful run and CHN gets penalised for putting his hand on NAS's face.
Timoko loses the ball in a tackle inside the Storm 30m
SCRUM STORM - Rapana tries to pass as he's receiving the ball and while he's being tackled and its a mess that only Ken Morley smash repairs could fix #FreePlug
PENALTY RAIDERS - Whitehead with a small break down the left sideline and then a Storm hand illegally rips the ball away. Wighton takes the quick tap.
Canberra's defence is sticking as well as a second hand postage stamp.
Papenhuyzen converts from in front.
Munster dummies, bounces out of a tackle as he drifts left, then fends off a second defender, breaks through, draws CNK and then passes back inside to Papenhuyzen, who races 30m to score under the posts.
Papenhuyzen from in front, converts
Hughes in the middle steps off the right twice and beats cover defenders before scoring under the posts. All too easy
Kaufusi with 2 hit and spins very nearly got to the tryline.
Munster held up over the line
Set restart STORM - They are camped on the Raiders line
Storm rolling up the middle easily with some good dummy half runs from Grant and then Papenhuyzen
Papenhuyzen adds the extras from wide on the left side
Grant at dummy half scoots out and burrows through the defence to score a strong try.
SCRUM STORM -Munsters offload was knocked on by CHN
NAS very nearly scores but doesn't quite get across the line.
SCRUM STORM - Cotric fumbles a loose ball on his tryline
PENALTY RAIDERS - They find touch on halfway
Timoko cleaned up a Munster grubber into the Raiders ingoal nicely and then evaded several defenders as he tried to run back to the field of play before attempting an insane flick pass, which got knocked down by a Storm defender inadvertantly and almost resulted in a try.
PENALTY STORM - CHN with a shoulder - good solid hit, but its a shoulder charge.
Schenider kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY CANBERRA - Munster with an ugly high tackle that looked way worse than it was.
Aaaand NAS drops it 20m from the Raiders line.
PENALTY STORM - On the first tackle. They are now inside the Raiders 30m
PENALTY STORM - Hughes kicks this into the Equex centre carpark
Raiders receive first
Melbourne running out to the Gregadoo tip end.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy
CANBERRA RAIDERS (16)
Tries: Semi Valemei, Nick Cotric
Conversions: Brad Schneider (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Brad Schneider (1/1)
MELBOURNE STORM (30)
Tries: Harry Grant, Ryan Papenhuyzen, Jahrome Hughes (2), Justin Olam
Conversions: Ryan Papenhuyzen (5/5)