Full Time
80:00
7:00pm Mon April 25, 2022
Round 7 - AAMI Park, Melbourne / Wurundjeri - Crowd: 22696
80min

Conversion: Storm
Attempted by Nick Meaney.

Meaney fails to convert from touch

Storm lead Storm 70 - 10 Warriors
79min

Try: Storm
Scored by Justin Olam. Kick to come.

Munster puts Olam down the sideline, he got tackled but the defender slipped off, Olam crawled and slammed the ball down over for a try to bring up 70 points.

Storm lead Storm 70 - 10 Warriors
78min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney converts

Storm lead Storm 66 - 10 Warriors
77min

Try: Storm
Scored by Jesse Bromwich. Kick to come.

Bromwich carries a hit up and a few Warriors defenders over the line to score another try.

Storm lead Storm 64 - 10 Warriors
76min

Short drop out and Coates claims the ball, then races up to the Warriors 30m line before getting tackled.

75min

Walsh grubbers into the Storm ingoal and Meaney takes it dead. Storm drop out.

75min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney converts

Storm lead Storm 60 - 10 Warriors
75min

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

Munster puts Hughes into a gap, who then puts on a step to beat Walsh and he scores under the posts.

Storm lead Storm 58 - 10 Warriors
75min

SCRUM STORM - They'll start this set 10m inside the Warriors half

75min

The Warriors have the ball now. That is legit update worthy.

74min

PENALTY STORM - Lodge with a good hit followed by a second moronic effort which gave away a penalty.

71min

Conversion: Storm
Attempted by Cameron Munster.

Papenhuyzen has been given an early mark. Munster hooks the shot from touch

Storm lead Storm 54 - 10 Warriors
70min

Try: Storm
Scored by Xavier Coates. Kick to come.

Hughes kicks for the corner turns Kosi around and Coates flying down on the kick chase miraculously plants the ball down before it rolls into touch

Storm lead Storm 54 - 10 Warriors
68min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen raises the bat

Storm lead Storm 50 - 10 Warriors
67min

Try: Storm
Scored by Xavier Coates. Kick to come.

Papenhuyzen with a double pump before delivering a perfect long ball to the unmarked Coates, who strolls in to score untouched.,

Storm lead Storm 48 - 10 Warriors
64min

Conversion: Storm
Attempted by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen fails to convert from the sideline

Storm lead Storm 44 - 10 Warriors
61min

Try: Storm
Scored by Xavier Coates. Kick to come.

Papenhuyzen breaks through the Warriors right side defence, comes to the fullback and grubbers to the wing where Coates follows the ball and waits for the right bounce, which he eventually receives, which he takes cleanly and dives over to score in the corner.

Storm lead Storm 44 - 10 Warriors
60min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen converts again

Storm lead Storm 40 - 10 Warriors
59min

Try: Storm
Scored by Harry Grant. Kick to come.

Harry Grant barges over from dummy half to score the trademark hooker's try

Storm lead Storm 38 - 10 Warriors
56min

PENALTY WARRIORS - Coates pushed Pompey into the airborn Kosi who was attempting to claim his first catch of the night.

55min

Conversion: Storm
Attempted by Harry Grant.

Grant fails to convert.

Storm lead Storm 34 - 10 Warriors
54min

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

Papenhuyzen goes himself, fights his way out of a tackle, slips, but keeps on his feet enough to reach out and dunk the ball over the line for a try.

Storm lead Storm 34 - 10 Warriors
53min

Kosi drops the bomb and Coates cleans up. Storm with a fresh set on the Warriors line

51min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen converts

Storm lead Storm 30 - 10 Warriors
50min

Try: Storm
Scored by Nick Meaney. Kick to come.

Munster dummies inside and then floats a long ball over the edge defence who rushed up, and he found Meaney perfectly and he scored in the left corner.

Storm lead Storm 28 - 10 Warriors
49min

PENALTY STORM - Warriors restart goes over the dead ball line

48min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen converts

Storm lead Storm 24 - 10 Warriors
48min

DWZ has fallen after missing the contest for NAS' bomb and as he has turned to hit the ground, his face has landed flush on NAS' knee - who was chasing his own kick, in a freakish accident. DWZ has stayed down and the medicab with the stretcher has come out pretty quickly.

46min

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

Nelson Asofa-Solomona put up a bomb, yes, that's right, and Papenhuyzen flying through takes it over his head cleanly and scores.

Storm lead Storm 22 - 10 Warriors
43min

Kaufusi leaves the ball behind and the Warriors survive

42min

And another Set restart for the Storm, just a tackle later.

42min

Set Restart Storm

41min

Penalty Goal: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen kicks a penalty goal

Storm lead Storm 18 - 10 Warriors
41min

A bit going on. Storm with some broken play attack close to the Warriors line initially saw them hit with a knock on. They challenged the decision and the bunker found Grant was illegally tackled without the ball. Meanwhile Curran is helped off the field with a leg injury.

40min

Penalty Goal: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen kicks the penalty goal

Storm lead Storm 16 - 10 Warriors
40min

PENALTY STORM - Walsh with a blatant shoulder on Olam. People blowing up at the game, but if we're honest, it was like a grasshopper putting a hit on a Mack truck windscreen

38min

PENALTY STORM - A high shot by the Warriors has seen Reimis Smith cop a knock to his eye. He's coming off the field

37min

Papenhuyzen very nearly scores, but the defence denies him

33min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Reece Walsh.

Walsh converts

Storm lead Storm 14 - 10 Warriors
32min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Wayde Egan. Kick to come.

Johnson with an early chip, the ball has an evil bounce for Papenhuyzen. Egan cleans up and scores near the posts

Storm lead Storm 14 - 8 Warriors
31min

PENALTY WARRIORS - NAS with a high tackle #shocked

29min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen adds the extras

Storm lead Storm 14 - 4 Warriors
28min

Try: Storm
Scored by Nick Meaney. Kick to come.

Meaney races away to score again

Storm lead Storm 12 - 4 Warriors
24min

Conversion: Storm
Attempted by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuyzen misses pretty badly

Storm lead Storm 8 - 4 Warriors
23min

Try: Storm
Scored by Xavier Coates. Kick to come.

Hughes with a grubber designed to get a drop out, but Kosi fumbles it and Coates plants the loose ball

Storm lead Storm 8 - 4 Warriors
16min

*TTDTS = tip toes down the sideline

16min

Conversion: Warriors
Attempted by Reece Walsh.

Walsh from the sideline just misses

Tied up at Storm 4 - 4 Warriors
14min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Dallin Watene-Zelezniak. Kick to come.

Warriors with a short side play via CHT, who throws a stunning long ball to DWZ and he TTDTS* To score a great TRY

Tied up at Storm 4 - 4 Warriors
13min

PENALTY WARRIORS - another high tackle. Warriors with another gift set inside the Storm red zone

11min

Olam pokes his nose throw the left side, gets his arm free and offloads to Munster who makes an extra 20 metres

9min

Conversion: Storm
Attempted by Ryan Papenhuyzen.

Papenhuzen from, the right sideline hits the upright

Storm lead Storm 4 - 0 Warriors
8min

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

Kosi drops a ball in space with the tryline in front of him, Papenhuyzen sweeping across in defence, picks up the loose ball 8m from his own line, runs up the wing, passes inside to Hughes who races 70 metres to score untouched.

Storm lead Storm 4 - 0 Warriors
6min

PENALTY WARRIORS - High tackle by the Storm. Warriors with a full set inside the Storm 25m

5min

A bit of unusual panic at the end of the set there by the Storm and the Warriors are off the hook

3min

Chanel Harris-Tavita is able to clean up an attacking kick from Jahrome Hughes close to the Warriors goal line.

2min

Edward Kosi makes a nice catch with plenty of Melbourne chasers on his case.

1min

Ryan Papenhuyzen is tackled just over his own 10 metre line.

Wayde Egan throws a dummy and gets over halfway.

Munster kicks off and Matt Lodge takes the first run of the evening.

New Zealand have promoted Jazz Tevaga to lock with Josh Curran shifting to an edge and Bayley Sironen going back to the bench. Taniela Otukolo replaces Kodi Nikorima who is out with COVID.

Melbourne have one change from the team named on Tuesday afternoon with Chris Lewis replacing Tyran Wishart on the bench.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Nick Pelgrave, David Munro

Video Referee: Gerard Sutton

MELBOURNE STORM (70)
Tries: Jahrome Hughes (2), Ryan Papenhuyzen (2), Xavier Coates (4), Nick Meaney (2), Harry Grant, Jesse Bromwich, Justin Olam
Conversions: Ryan Papenhuyzen (5/8), Nick Meaney (2/3), Harry Grant (0/1), Cameron Munster (0/1)
Penalty Goals: Ryan Papenhuyzen (2/2)

WARRIORS (10)
Tries: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Wayde Egan
Conversions: Reece Walsh (1/2)