Match Centre

SCRUM STORM - 10m from their own line

Rogers with a long ball to Oates and Oates scores, but its called a forward pass.

Set restart Broncos, 35m from the Storm line

Garlick is ruled to have dropped the ball onto the tryline. No try.

Set restart Storm - just as Garlick got across the line. Off to the Bunker

Anderson gets shot in the calf by a sniper, or a cramp...both would hurt the same amount.

Palasia drops a pass cold, 25m from his own line

Sims barges over the line but he's turtled and held up

Set restart Storm, 5m from the Broncos line

PENALTY STORM - MacDonald cops a shoulder charge from Piakura. MacDonald then plays the ball sideways while wobbly-legged. He comes off for an HIA

Sailor taken into touch, that's another place he's been today.

Set restart Storm on the first tackle

SCRUM STORM - 10m from the Broncos line

Moeroa with a great run, breaks through the line and races 30 metres before being ankle tapped.

Neither side giving an inch at the moment

PENALTY BRONCOS

Tristan Sailor is everywhere tonight. Fullback, left centre, right centre, at the post office, down the shops getting some milk, washing windscreens at the lights....

Wishart grubbers short but picks out Sailor, who is everywhere tonight

Hoeter loses the ball in a tackle by Smith

SCRUM BRONCOS - King juggles a short ball into a Broncos defender.

The rookie is up. The magic sponge has worked its wonders yet again.

PENALTY STORM - Faalogo has been hit off the ball by Piakura and young Storm fullback is still down getting attended to by the trainer.

Willison coming off, succumbing to his leg injury, the trainers have carried him off in the end.

Willison has come up lame after that tackle down low by Wishart.

PENALTY BRONCOS - Storm defenders blocking the run of Sailor chasing a kick.

And we're back underway

Sailor with a great ball out to Hoeter, who found space, linked with Oates who got tackled over the sideline by Smith.

Flegler juggles a pass close to the line and loses it, Wishart comes up with it

PENALTY BRONCOS - Wishart with a lazy high tackle

Papenhuyzen goes short and less wide this time, but the Broncos still get the ball.

Sailor earns his side another potential repeat set by forcing a Storm drop out with another great kick

Storm with a short drop out and Papenhuyzen goes short, but really REALLY wide and out on the full.

Nikorima with room to move but with no options near him, sends a long ball to Anderson who gets outside his defender and scores in the corner. But the bunker spots that he stepped on the sideline for no reason. No try.

Set restart Storm

SCRUM STORM - Good tackle by Lewis forces an error. Storm start their set 10m shy of halfway

Sims turns it over on the first tackle.

PENALTY STORM - Flegler with a sloppy tackle. Storm find touch on halfway

Storm with quick passing that evolves into panic passing, resulting in Papenhuyzen passing behind his winger and into touch

Moeroa almost scored. On the next play Wishart shaped to kick, baulked, then grubbered and Sailor takes it dead. Broncos drop out

PENALTY STORM - High bump by Piakura. Storm find touch 15m inside the Broncos half

PENALTY BRONCOS - They find touch 12m shy of halfway

Despite a bunch of part timers and rookies, both sides are playing with good intensity in their early sets