That's full time and it's another one to forget for the Knights, who are consigned to last place, while the Storm have scored 120 points in the space of two weeks.
Jahrome Hughes' pass on the inside to Smith is forward
Ryan Papenhuyzen brings up the half century for his side
The Storm are kicking the penalty goal to being up 50 points
No try confirmed, Papenhuyzen messed up the grounding, but Melbourne will get a penalty for an escort ran on Jahrome Hughes
Going upstairs for a potential Storm try, the ref thinks Papenhuyzen hasn't grounded it after Wishart flung the ball back infield from beyond the dead ball line
Papenhuyzen kicks it from in front
Cameron Munster goes over for the Storm after an early spread to the left to Meaney sees the winger sprint 30 odd metres down the field before linking up with his 5/8th in support.
Phoenix Crossland's pass hits the deck and goes into touch. Storm survive
Challenge unsuccessful, Knights ball
Justin Olam knocks the ball on but he's challenging
Tyran Wishart knocks on from dummy half
Ryan Papenhuyzen kicks the goal, sending Newcastle into last position on the live ladder
Cameron Munster throws a superb cutout pass to Nick Meaney, who steps off his left foot to score his first try of the day
Munster has now stolen it from Ponga, Storm on the attack
Leo Thompson has the ball stolen from him 1 on 1 by Jesse Bromwich
Set restart for NEW
Tepai Moeroa is leaving the field with an injury to his arm
Jake Clifford has been hooked by Adam O'Brien
Ryan Papenhuyzen knocks it over from in front
Harry Grant with another great play, this time putting a deft kick in over the top that rebounds off the post and sits up for Tepai Moeroa to score a try
A great individual phase for Harry Grant as he scoots 20 metres across field before putting in a well weighted grubber that is fielded by Edrick Lee. Grant chases his kick all the way through and wraps Lee up in the in goal area
Nick Meaney thought he was over for his first but the last pass is rightly called forward. Knights ball
The Knights looked good in attack there but Jake Clifford throws a poor pass to Sasagi who can't hold on
Trent Loiero knocks on on the first tackle
David Klemmer knocks the ball on in the tackle
Ryan Papenhuyzen drags it across the face
The Knights left edge defence is non existent as Xavier Coates goes on a 10 metre stroll untouched to the line to get his third
Storm get a penalty for obstruction as Brodie Jones runs behind his own man on the kick return
It's the second straight disaster from a kickoff for the Knights to start the half, with the Knights players seemingly not being bothered to stop the ball from rolling dead. Storm on the attack
Players are back out on the field ahead of the second 40
Jake Clifford kicks the goal
Knights will go for the 2 points to cut it to a 4 score game at the break
Penalty Knights as the siren sounds for half time
Ryan Papenhuyzen kicks it from the sideline
Terrible cover defence from the Knights, Xavier Coates gets the ball courtesy of a nice quick pass from Reimis Smith and easily beats about 3 Knights defenders on his way to the line for his second try of the year
Jake Clifford's dropout goes 65 on the fly
Nick Meaney's kick is pushed dead by Adam Clune
Knights get a penalty coming out of trouble
Ryan Papenhuyzen is back on line with the conversion
Justin Olam gets past about 4 or 5 completely disinterested Knights defenders, with Cliffod, Sasagi, Ponga and Klemmer all putting in substandard efforts as the PNG representative gets his second
Leo Thompson drops it cold, killing the momentum the Knights were building
The Knights look a little more enterprising in attack this time but the Storm cover defence is too good as Enari Tuala is tackled on the last
The bunker makes up for the horrid call to say Coates didn't play at the ball. Knights have a fresh set
Ponga's kick rebounds off Coates' leg but the ref decides that he won't restart the tackle count. Knights come up with the ball but are tackled and the ref says changeover. Knights are challenging though
Papenhuyzen once again misses a relatively easy conversion
It'll be a try, Hughes got it down, however there were about 3 forward passes ignored by the refs in the lead-up to that play. Storm extend their lead to 14
Going upstairs for a possible Melbourne try, ref thinks Hughes failed to ground the ball though
Clifford runs on the last and gets caught. Handover
Set restart for NEW
The Knights finally get a penalty as Grant holds on too long
Great cover defence from Ponga as he's able to push Nick Meaney into touch as he was going for the line
Storm get a penalty for the markers not being square, replay shows it was a questionable decision at best
Melbourne get a penalty
Good set for the Knights but Clifford kicks out on the full for the second time, gifting Melbourne great field position once again
Cameron Munster's kick goes into touch, Knights finally have possession
Storm finally catch a break, getting a penalty coming out of trouble for a Frizell swinging arm. Knights are still yet to touch the ball
Papenhuyzen can't convert this time
Brodie Jones knock on and off the scrum win the Knights swing it left to find an open Xavier Coates, who goes in for Melbourne's second
Penalty to Melbourne as a Knights player picks the ball up in an offside position after it was dropped by Edrick Lee
Papenhuyzen kicks the goal
Harry Grant scoots away from dummy half before linking up with Justin Olam, who is too strong for the Newcastle defence
Underway and Jake Clifford has kicked off out on the full, giving Melbourne the chance to attack straight away
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Sunday Football and today we start off in Newcastle as the lowly Knights look to pull off a miracle against the high flying Storm. The Knights have made two late changes, with Kurt Mann out and to be replaced at lock by Sauaso Sue, who's spot on the bench is taken by Jack Johns. The Storm are 1-17 from the team named on Tuesday. Kickoff in about 3 minutes
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Touch Judges: Keiren Irons, Belinda Sharpe
Video Referee: Grant Atkins
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (2)
Penalty Goals: Jake Clifford (1/1)
MELBOURNE STORM (50)
Tries: Justin Olam (2), Xavier Coates (3), Jahrome Hughes, Tepai Moeroa, Nick Meaney, Cameron Munster
Conversions: Ryan Papenhuyzen (6/8)
Penalty Goals: Ryan Papenhuyzen (1/1)