FULL TIME! Melbourne prevail. What a game this has been. Stay tuned for the match report to come soon
UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE MELBOURNE! The Warriors take the ball upfield with two minutes on the clock
CAPTAIN'S CHALLENGE MELBOURNE! Challenging that 'grapple' penalty against them
PENALTY WARRIORS! And a bit of push and shove to boot.
Nick Meaney makes the gap eight points
GRANT SEALS IT FOR MELBOURNE! He spirals his way to the tryline to secure the two points for his side
Cameron Munster makes a 60 metre run to break the back and forth nature of the past few minutes. Melbourne on the attack
Time is the enemy for the Warriors, they need something!
A very stock standard past ten minutes - both sides playing very conservatively
No players on the bench for the Warriors! Jazz Tevaga is out for the night, and Bayley Sironen is currently undergoing a HIA and will not return tonight
Nothing much going for the Warriors in that set, they'll need to throw something at Melbourne in these final minutes
20M TAP WARRIORS! Quite possibly the first of the night for either team, the Storm kick just floated a little too deep
No update as yet on Jazz Tevaga, but it seems that there is just the one fit player on the Warriors bench
Confirmation that Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has failed his HIA, which means Dallin Watene-Zelezniak will remain at fullback for the rest of this game for NZ
The game has really settled down in the past few minutes, both teams just grinding it out through the middle. Warriors trying to find their way in, and the Storm just not letting them for now
Cameron Munster attacking kick on the last is almost plucked out of the air by Xavier Coates, but he just can't get ahold of it. Warriors with the ball
Jazz Tevaga is limping up the tunnel, and they're in some real injury trouble now. Just 14 players to work with now, still waiting on HIA results from Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
Melbourne continue to look threatening with the ball, the Warriors are going to need a momentum shifter in these final 15 minutes
Nelson Asofa-Solomona is down and time is off
The ball ends up over the sideline on the last for Melbourne, and the Warriors hang on for now
PENALTY MELBOURNE! Harry Grant is taken out off the ball while chasing through a kick, so yet another attacking set for the Storm
PENALTY MELBOURNE! High contact! The Storm have gotten a role on now, and they'll have another full attacking set
Controversy over that last try, with the possibility of a knock on from Reimis Smith in the contest certainly relevant
Nick Meaney converts his own try, and gives Melbourne the lead!
TRY CONFIRMED! That's a tough call for the Warriors. Jahrome Hughes put in a kick which was contested well by Reimis Smith, before it fell into the arms of Nick Meaney to stroll over for a try.
Melbourne might have just tied it up here, but we'll wait for bunker confirmation!
SIX AGAIN MELBOURNE! Another full set on the line for them
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is off for a HIA. The Warriors are now down to 15
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is down thanks to a head knock, and time is off.
SIX AGAIN MELBOURNE! A full attacking set on the Warriors line! What a set from them
Justin Olam with a 40 metre run to get his team out of trouble!
Xavier Coates does a great job to stop a Warriors attacking kick
SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE STORM! The Warriors will play the ball on the first on their own 40m line
CAPTAIN'S CHALLENGE MELBOURNE! The call is a high tackle penalty to NZ on field
Melbourne hang on! Working it off their own line now
SIX AGAIN WARRIORS! A ruck infringement, they're inside the 30 now
PENALTY WARRIORS! A helping hand upfield, they're into Melbourne's territory now
WARRIORS SCRUM! Nelson Asofa-Solomona with a barnstorming linebreak makes a huge amount of metres for his team, but the offload is put down by Reimis Smith. Warriors with the ball on their own 30.
4 POINT BALL GAME! 30 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK!
Melbourne close the gap! Xavier Coates found some space on the left, and he did very well to flick a kick back in-field for Nick Meaney to charge on to
Shaun Johnson almost gets caught with the ball on the last, but he just sneaks away a kick for the Warriors. Melbourne now with their last set before Dylan Walker returns to the sin bin for NZ
Johnson misses his first of the night
WARRIORS! Who cares about being down a player, they still create an overlap on the right edge. A great finish from Dallin Watene-Zelezniak for his second try of the night
Meaney puts it down cold on Melbourne's line, and now the Warriors will have the first attacking set of the half
Confirmation that Tohu Harris will not return today for the Warriors
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad with a superb take to win the ball back for his side
A grind in the first few sets of the second half
A very important passage of the game right here, with the Warriors down a player thanks to a Dylan Walker sin bin
SECOND HALF UNDERWAY! It's Melbourne with the ball first
Can the Melbourne Storm carry their half ending momentum into the second period and bridge the six point gap? We'll find out soon enough
HALF TIME! The Warriors have been dominant, but only lead by six at the break
Josh King puts it down, and that'll be the half
SIN BIN WARRIORS! Dylan Walker sin binned for a head slam on Eliesa Katoa. It's going to be a tough next 10 minutes now
Tohu Harris is unfortunately heading for the sideline due to an injury
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad deals with the Munster kick, and the Warriors do well depite being a few players down in defence thanks to some injuries in backplay
Nelson Asofa-Solomona wins his team about 30m, and now Melbourne are on the attack
Nick Meaney makes the gap six with the half time siren approaching
Cameron Munster strolls through a huge gap to score next to the posts
PENALTY MELBOURNE! Shaun Johnson was a quite a few metres in front of the tryline when he took the dropout, and Atkins had no option
DROPOUT WARRIORS! Jahrome Hughes gets his side another set
PENALTY MELBOURNE! A big set from them coming up now, they'll have a full set on the attack and they'll have to do a bit more to break this Warriors side
Jahrome Hughes tries a 4th tackle kick, but it's dealt with pretty easily. Good defence NZ
PENALTY STORM! A full set from the 20 metre line now
MELBOURNE SCRUM! A rare error from the Warriors, Tom Ale puts it down in the tackle. Melbourne will get a chance now in their attacking half
Melbourne are just starting to show what they're capable here - they look to be winning the territory battle for the moment
Bunty Afoa makes a great take on his own line off a Harry Grant kick, and now it's the Warriors turn to get out of their own half
PENALTY STORM! First of the game, and they needed that. They'll start their set from their own 30
WARRIORS SCRUM ON HALFWAY! Nelson Asofa-Solomona with a big run, but he tries to flick an offload out the back that doesn't go to plan
73% possession for the Warriors currently. Melbourne need that to change and quickly
Johnson goes 3/3
Not good enough from Melbourne right now - but absolutely stellar from Addin Fonua-Blake. He breaks through Tariq Sims and Christian Welch as easy as you like to dive in under the posts. Craig Bellamy has got to be blowing up
The short dropout nearly works for Melbourne, but Warriors end up with the ball after some shenanigans.
DROPOUT MELBOURNE! Freddy Lussick wins his side another set
Melbourne's defence is incredibly passive to start this game - the Warriors seem to be creating chances out of nothing just because the defence isn't up
PENALTY WARRIORS! A flop is the call - Warriors with the ball on the Storm's 20
We may possibly be settling down a little here - six points the gap
Nick Meaney kicks a tough one to open his night with the boot
GAME ON! Some footy is all the Storm need to hit back. Trent Loiero with the offload that finds Justin Olam to slide over in the left corner
MUNSTER! Melbourne are in all kinds of strife to start this match, but Munster doesn't care. A nonchalant 40/20 will give Melbourne a full attacking set
Nick Meaney catches the kick to get his team their first possession in a while
Easy metres through the middle for the Warriors at the moment
Johnson kicks an easy one thanks to some good work from the try-scorer to get closer to the posts
LOVELY FOOTY! Right hand side of the Warriors with some great hands creates the overlap. Shaun Johnson and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad the main assistants to their winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.
DROPOUT MELBOURNE! Sublime kick from Shaun Johnson forces Jahrome Hughes to get stuck in his own in-goal. Warriors with more attacking ball
PENALTY WARRIORS! They're up and about early on, and now they'll start their next set just short of the halfway mark
NO TRY MELBOURNE! Cameron Munster put up a kick for William Warbrick on the last. Warbrick knocks it back, but Reimis Smith couldn't hang onto it with the tryline begging. Warriors play the ball
VIDEO REFEREE MELBOURNE! Looks like a no try on field
STORM SCRUM! Marata Niukore can't hold onto the ball running a hole line out of the Warriors' half. Melbourne will start the set just over the halfway
Johnson makes it six from left of the posts
TOO EASY! Warriors open the scoring. Tohu Harris floated across the ground, and no one wanted to tackle him. He found Dylan Walker who put Jackson Ford through a gaping hole
SIX AGAIN WARRIORS! A fresh set on the Melbourne line now
PENALTY WARRIORS! Great set by them, and the kick to end it couldn't be defused by Nick Meaney. It spilled forward to hit Cameron Munster, who's pinged for being offside. First attacking set of the game now
Cameron Munster runs it on the last for the Storm, and Justin Olam gets caught with it. Turnover, Warriors ball on their own 20
A lot of feeling in the first set, hopefully it's a sign of a great game to come. It ends with a Shaun Johnson kick that's comfortably defused by Xavier Coates, and Melbourne have their first use of the ball
With the magnificent commemorative ceremony, complete with fireworks, finished up, Grant Atkins has got us underway in the middle of AAMI Park. It's the NZ Warriors with the first use of the ball.
The ANZAC Day ceremony is underway prior to kick-off here in Melbourne, with the Storm set to host the Warriors in their annual ANZAC Day clash.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Peter Gough
Video Referee: Ben Cummins
MELBOURNE STORM (30)
Tries: Cameron Munster, Justin Olam, Nick Meaney (2), Harry Grant
Conversions: Nick Meaney (5/5)
WARRIORS (22)
Tries: Jackson Ford, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak (2), Addin Fonua-Blake
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (3/4)