Sailor kicks to the left corner and Warbrick takes it in his own in-goal on the full. Storm 7 tackle set and 15 seconds remaining
PENALTY BRONCOS - The start this set 12m from the Storm line. 90 seconds remaining
Staggs converts
Smoothy at dummy half on the Storm line, throws a magical pass back inside to Te Kura who barges over to score.
Meaney converts
Hughes kicks to the left, close to the Broncos line and Coates kicks the ball on the full back infield and Hughes follows through and grounds it for a try
STORM IN FRONT!
Wishart scores. The bunker confirms the try
Wishart runs onto a crash ball and barges over the line and claims a try. Bunker looking.
Sailor kicks long this time
Sailor slaps another Storm attacking kick dead. Broncos drop out
Staggs juuuuuuuust kicks the penalty goal from almost in front.
PENALTY BRONCOS - Storm offside. Staggs to take a shot at goal. Staggs' bandaged hair is bleeding profusely.
PENALTY BRONCOS - Mariner went up, took a bomb and then landed heavily, but wasn't tackled. As he lay there, Munster snatched the ball out of his hands and scored, but the referee Penalised him for an illegal strip.
PENALTY STORM - Storm find touch 15m shy of halfway
Broncos with a lovely passing sequence ends with Cobbo getting a ball to Arthars and he dropped it with only the Storm in-goal in front of him.
SCRUM BRONCOS - The Storm now turn it over 2 tackles later. 15m from their own line
Coates drops a kick and Sailor was right there to immediately clean up 5 m from the Storm line. On the next play the Broncos turn it over with a bad pass and knock on.
Meaney from the left sideline and he converts
Gorgeous play by the Storm. Katoa got the ball on the left, turned and offloaded in the line, a-la Arthur Beetson, back to Papenhuyzen, who then sent a long ball out to William Warbrick unmarked, and he dived over for the try.
Another Broncos drop out and again it's short and again the Storm get it
kick is short and Storm come up with it
Broncos bat a Storm kick dead in their own in-goal. Broncos drop out
Staggs converted from in front.
Walters kicks down field, the Broncos let it bounce and it bounces back towards the Broncos end, into the waiting arms of a flying Mam who then zooms between the back two defenders and raced 30 metres to score a spectacular try.
Staggs has some sore hair and is getting it strapped
Papenhuyzen kicks close to the Broncos line but Hetherington takes it cleanly
I didn't think Adam Reynolds had a knee injury and after my professional assessment, I believe he may have a low grade hamstring strain.
SCRUM STORM - 15m from their own line
Broncos challenging a knock-on call against Carrigan. FAILED
PENALTY BRONCOS - On the first tackle
PENALTY BRONCOS - They'll have a full set 10m from the Storm line
SCRUM BRONCOS - Welch spills the pill
Shawn Ball ruled to have stripped the Blore
PENALTY BRONCOS - Illegal strip. Storm challenging
Storm get the shovels out for the second dig
Walters will shift to the halves and Smoothy into hooker
BREAKING NEWS: Broncos have confirmed to me that Reynolds will not be back tonight, with a knee injury.
Reynolds is hobbling at halftime and not looking comfortable. He's trying to jog it off as the sides go into the sheds
Grant at dummy half chips over the top and Cobbo takes it on the full and cleanly.
Meaney converts
Storm with a nice hold and pass play by Hughes, results in him putting Katoa into a huge gap and he scores an easy try.
Short drop out and Storm come up with the ball.
Grant with a little grubber from dummy half, close to the Broncos line and Sailor knocks it dead. Broncos drop out
Set restart Storm, 10m inside the Broncos half and late in the set
Reynolds converts from the sideline
Brisbane create points out of thin air! They went right on the last, the play broke down, Mariner ran the ball back into the middle, linked with Sailor who quickly passed to Reynolds who kicked to the left corner and Arthars flying through regathered and scored
PENALTY BRONCOS - They find touch 9m inside the Storm half.
Reynolds from in front, adds the extras.
Arthars finds some space down the left edge courtesy of a beautiful long ball from Sailor. Arthars then kicked in-field and Mam got a peach of a bounce, he regathers and scores a great try.
Meaney's kick from the left sideline is well wide
Hughes kicks to the left corner and Coates flies high, takes it superbly and falls down in the Broncos in-goal to score.
PENALTY STORM - Melbourne find touch 5m inside the Broncos half
Meaney converts
Eli Katoa runs hard and straight onto a pass, steamrolls through Mam, who went down low for the tackle, and scored.
Set restart Storm
PENALTY STORM - On halfway. Storm find touch 30m from the Broncos line
Reynolds converts beautifully from the sideline
On the next play, the Broncos send the ball right to Kotoni Staggs who runs to the line, draws the final defender and then puts Deine Mariner over for a try in the corner.
Mam with an intercept and he runs 65 metres before passing to Cobbo who gets tackled 30m from the Storm line
Short drop out and Storm get it
Hughes kicks into the Broncos in-goal for Munster chasing hard, but Reynolds knocks the ball away before Munster can regather. Broncos drop-out.
Set Restart Storm, 6m inside the Broncos half
Hughes on the last, 12m shy of halfway, eyes a gap and explodes into it, he runs 35 metres then kicks down to the left side and Reimis Smith doesn't get the bounce he wants and he knocks on, 10m from the Broncos line.
Hughes bombs to Mariner this time and Coates bats it back to Blore who offloads to Papenhuyzen and he's wrapped up on the last, 8m from the Broncos line
Broncos run it on the last, down the short-side and Hunt almost sneaks through the line.
SCRUM BRONCOS - Hughes with a short crash ball to King and the big man can't hold it, 10m from the Broncos line.
Off the back of the scrum and Papenhuyzen is allowed to run, he makes 30 metres before being grassed
SCRUM STORM - Sailor with a knock on 12m inside the Storm half
Set Restart Broncos
And they kick to Arthars again and again he takes it cleanly, then races 30m before being tackled 10m shy of halfway
Storm kicking high to Arthars twice in two sets now.
Broncos with a safe opening set of their own
Solid opening set from the Storm
Broncos get Round 5 started
Graphics done. Now there's just the footy left to play
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Chris Sutton, Wyatt Raymond
Video Referee: Gerard Sutton
MELBOURNE STORM (34)
Tries: Eliesa Katoa (2), Xavier Coates, William Warbrick, Tyran Wishart, Jahrome Hughes
Conversions: Nick Meaney (5/6)
BRISBANE BRONCOS (32)
Tries: Deine Mariner, Ezra Mam (2), Jesse Arthars, Benjamin Te Kura
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (3/3), Kotoni Staggs (2/2)
Penalty Goals: Kotoni Staggs (1/1)