Match Centre

12 SECONDS SIN BIN - Nikorima marched

Set restart Storm on halfway

PENALTY STORM - They find touch 20m from their own line

And another Storm turn over. Bellamy is quiet, very very quiet. Someone call for 17 ambulances

SCRUM STORM - Kaufusi and Walker have a tackle that looked more like that Christmas hug with an uncle that goes on for far too long. The ref them rules that Walker knocked on.

Meaney wrongfoots Johnston in the Storm ingoal after fielding a grubber, he then passes to Anderson who runs up to the 20m line before passing inside to Hughes who drops the ball. Souths with another full set inside the Storm 20m

Storm throwing all they can at Souths, but the Bunnies defence is just too good. Storm attack is just not clicking

Scratch that. Bunker found a knock on by Munster in the Bunnies ingoal. 20m restart for Souths.

Drop out Souths

Kenny Bromwich being ordered off the ground for an HIA. He won't be back whether he passes the test or not.

Munster with another 1-on-1 strip

Kenny Bromwich decided to have a nap. Ref checking to see if anything bad happened. Not even an unfluffed pillow in sight. Play on.

PENALTY STORM - Illegal strip. 25m from the Bunnies line

Souths defence lifting a gear now

Hughes puts up a bomb. It's not one of his best. Storm players stand around it like it's a campfire. The ball bounces into Mitchell's arms.

Melbourne make an error early in the ensuing set, Souths have it...

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?! Latrell Mitchell puts a kick in sensing no fullback at home for Melbourne after an error - it finds space and Alex Johnston is the one who gets to it with his boot, toeing it ahead a little bit more. It slows down and AJ looks like he's got it inside the dead-ball line... but it's dropped. A quick Bunker referral denies him and Souths an amazing try.

Melbourne trying to stem the flow at the moment. Not great for the club from the southern state.

Damien Cook skittles a kick into the Melbourne defence from short range, ricocheting off legs and giving Souths yet another set.

Superb last-tackle kick finds a smidge of space, Meaney gets to it in-goal and Cam Murray is there to meet him. GLDO for the Storm now.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Melbourne concede a penalty coming out of their own end. Pen count 3-3 so far.

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE - Souths review a knock on ruling and get a favourable outcome. Solid early couple of minutes for the Storm leading up to it though.

We're back on.

Souths go into the sheds with a rare halftime lead over Melbourne. How rare I hear you ask? This is just the 5th time they've had a halftime lead over Melbourne. They went on to win just 1 of those games.

Munster with a 1-on-1 strip just 10 secs from halftime. Nothing comes of it.

SCRUM STORM - 10m their side of halfway

Hughes kicked to the right corner, although it was rather deep. Anderson caught it and just stepped on the dead ball line before he could flick the ball back into the field of play

Off to the bunker to look at a possible Storm try - Ref has ruled no try.

PENALTY STORM - They find touch 5m inside the Bunnies half.

Johnston very nearly scores again in the corner, but this time the Storm defence put him into touch

Set Restart Souths

SCRUM SOUTHS - Anderson loses the ball as he's getting to his feet. Souths with another full set inside the Storm 30m

Set restart Souths - 5m from the Storm line.

Set restart Souths - 10m from the Storm line.

SCRUM SOUTHS - MacDonald drops the ball as he tries to get to his feet after a hitup.

Munster's grubber is fielded brilliantly by Koloamtangi who then gets a lovely offload away to Latrell who runs 35 metres before being brought down just shy of halfway

Munster's bomb is lost by Souths and the Storm get it back, 15m from the Souths line.

PENALTY STORM - Walker carries on with a tackle on Hughes for too long, driving him about 50 metres backwards to his own ingoal, as Hughes rolled over, he planted the ball down over the sideline and attracted a penalty.

Walker not having a HIA,

Cody Walker to come off to have an HIA after an accidental head clash with Seve. He's got himself a busted eyebrow. The medic will strap an old sock to his head and he'll play on.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Jesse Bromwich drops the ball in a strong tackle, 10m from the Souths line.

Latrell with another short drop out, The Bunnies bat it back but the Storm clean it up

Munster with a nice grubber and Paulo gets back to take it dead. Souths drop out

Latrell with a short drop out and the Bunnies get the ball back.

DROP OUT SOUTHS - Souths left side defence rushed up, so Grant grubbered ingoal and forced a drop out.

NAS drops the ball 5m from the Bunnies line courtesy of a strong tackle by Cook

Set restart Storm - 15m from the Souths line

PENALTY STORM - They find touch 10m inside the Bunnies half.

Paulo leaped to field an attacking kick but he's been found to have knocked it on. Cartwright followed through and scored, but the try has been disallowed.

Off to the Bunker to check a try for the Bunnies. Ref has ruled no try, knock on against Souths

Cody Walker just got crushed and buried by Olam. Walker looking for his ribs, looks like he found one about 15 feet behind him, still a few more left to find.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Seve accidentally touches a pass not meant for him and it goes forward.

SCRUM STORM - First tackle after the set restart and Koloamatangi dropped an inside ball

Set Restart Souths, 15 mins from the Storm line.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Storm penalised for holding down in the tackle near halfway

PENALTY SOUTHS - Murray ducks in the tackle and his head is collected accidentally by the lowered arm of NAS. The big Storm unit is on report.

Storm get this dance started

Souths have a lot of stats against them. They've won just 5 of 36 games against Melbourne. Also, the last time a7th placed Souths side beat a team placed 5th was in 1974.