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As for the match, the Storm were easily the better side, resilient in defence and more potent in the attack, while the Roosters just struggled to string it all together

They continue their excellent run over the Roosters as the latter continues to have problems when facing Melbourne and Penrith. The Roosters record against those two teams now extends to one win from their last 20

Full time here in Melbourne as they continue to dominate the competition despite the absence of Cameron Munster for much of the season.

The Storm cramping the Roosters for room here with just 90 seconds remaining. Speaks volumes of Melbourne's performance tonight

Now there's a penalty to the Storm

Collins offload lands in the hands of Kamikamica, that could be the Roosters last chance

The Roosters are throwing absolutely everything at the Storm at the moment and it's not deterring the hosts at all. Resilient in defence

No try, fantastic effort from Anderson who prevents the Roosters from making a late charge at the Storm

The Roosters potentially have another, but it's been sent up as a no try as Anderson held up Young in the corner. The replay will give us a better idea

Penalty to the Roosters, Howarth was offside as he charged off his line to shut down the play

The Roosters are finally firing, Tedesco goes oh so close before being held up by Grant just shy of the try line

Suaalii will miss the rest of the game as he heads to the bench to undergo his HIA

Penalty to the Roosters, initially was called a knock on by Suaalii but he juggled the ball and leapt up to reclaim and in the process was tackled by Meaney. He landed awkwardly on his head/neck. Unfortunate penalty

Another great set from the Roosters, almost going the length of the field. Smith did well to claim the bomb 10 metres out from the Storm's line. He offloaded to Keary who was brought down by a try saving tackle from Hughes

Short dropout doesn't work for Melbourne. Roosters 10 metres out

Roosters go 100 metres with that set, great play on the right edge which led to a Young kick which was initially fumbled by Papenhuyzen before his took the ball dead.

Watson returns to the field after his 10 minutes is up

Hughes went down with an apparent knee injury during the play, yet to know what's going on with the Storm's star playmaker but on an initial look, it wasn't good, but the halfback is back up and going for the time being.

The Roosters challenge it but the decision will stand

Penalty to the Storm as Butcher has taken out Papenhuyzen without the ball

Lazarus Vaalepu comes onto the park for his debut

The try has been disallowed. The bunker has judged that Tupou takes out Grant without the ball

The Roosters finally get something going in attack, and they've potentially made it a six-point game. A scrappy play to the left of the ruck leads to a staggered defensive line which Keary capitalises with a great kick in behind. Grant might have been taken out but you could argue Tupou is going for the ball. Tedesco then dived on the ball to score

Chan is back on the park after serving his sin bin

Roosters do well to hold out the Storm, however, it wasn't the best of sets from the hosts

Roosters kick off is battered too far back and the now the Storm have the ball well in Roosters territory. This could be the final nail in the coffin

Blore goes millimetres from extending the lead, but the Roosters could be in some more trouble here. Potential penalty try on the next play

Roosters make a half break through Walker who puts a grubber intended for Tupou and/or Suaalii yet they couldn't recover the ball. Storm wanting this more at the moment

The Storm get down into Roosters territory, however, Hughes repeated Tedesco's efforts with a bomb that results in a seven tackle set

Disastrous end to the set from the Roosters, went extremely close to scoring on tackle five but picked the wrong side of the play the ball to attack on last. Tedesco ended up with the ball and had to put up a bomb which was successfully defused by Papenhuyzen for a seven tackle set

Penalty to the Roosters, MacDonald compounding his error with an offside penalty

Radley is back on the field, 13 v 13 again

Tupouniua has left the field with a HIA, replaced by Brandon Smith

Joe Chan has been put on report

Second half is underway, can the Storm extend their lead at the top of the table or will the Roosters finally land a win against Melbourne/Penrith

Roosters will start the second half with 12 men as Radley serves the remainder of his sin-bin. Its seems like the Roosters will need to find an extra gear or some more spark in attack if they're to match Melbourne in the second half

Half Time here in Melbourne and the Storm lead the Roosters 14-4. It's been quite an exciting half of football with the Storm playing the better of the football. They're looking increasingly dangerous when they get the ball into Roosters territory

The Storm almost go through again, however, Papenhuyzen's pass has been called forward. That would've been try of the evening

Another penalty to the Storm for an illegal steal, they've got a great opportunity here

Roosters make the most of the penalty, they get to the other end of the park before Nat Butcher puts through a grubber which earns them a repeat set

Penalty to the Roosters, Joe Chan was holding the tackle down for too long, disappoint from the Storm

Unfortunately, the try has been disallowed. Katoa knocked the ball on his attempt to batter Wishart's bomb backwards

Hahaha you wouldn't believe that in a million years. Wishart's bomb was battered back and the ball ended up with Josh King who potentially kicked the first ball of his career with beautiful grubber that belongs to the best halves in the game as it shapes alongside the dead ball line and finds Anderson in the corner. However it's being reviewed for a potential knock on in the lead up

Howarth goes close but is held up, one more tackle for the Storm here

The Roosters challenged it but the evidence was inconclusive and therefore keep their challenge. Poor place to turn the ball over, Storm now have the ball on halfway and could respond to Tupou's try

Set restart for the Roosters who have coughed the ball up immediately. An offload aimed at Keary either bounced forward of his leg or hand. The five-eighth thinks it definitely touched his knee

Bit of feeling in this match with two big blows traded

Missed this earlier, but Suaalii was put on report for lifting his knees when running the football

Repeat set for the Roosters. Great little grubber kick from Walker which was met by a good kick chase from Lindsay Collins

Roosters get their first real taste of having the football deep in the Roosters half, and are unable to do anything of it as Hughes shut down Walker immediately on tackle five

In 19 games since 2020, the Roosters have only won one of their 19 matches against Penrith and Melbourne, will that continue tonight? Looks to be the case thus far

It's been an exciting opening nine minutes here in Melbourne, both teams are looking to chance their arm with some early ball movement

Tedesco and Angus Crichton link up well on the right edge, but Crichton's offload was intercepted by the Storm. Look for that combination to be a dangerous outlet for the Roosters tonight

Hughes' resulting kick drifted away from Dominic Young's attempted catch and almost bounced perfectly for Grant Anderson

Another line break from the Storm, this time it was Nick Meaney who was isolated by Jahrome Hughes. The hosts are looking particularly dangerous thus far

Shawn Blore bursts through Sam Walker before being brought down by James Tedesco 30 metres from the Roosters line. However, the Storm cough the ball up on the next play as Tyran Wishart failed to control a difficult pass

Strong start from both sides so far, trading sets early and both look up for the battle ahead

Melbourne kick off here at AAMI Park

Following on from our late mail, Christian Welch has been a late omission for the Storm, with Lazarus Vaalepu making his debut off the bench and for the Roosters, Naufahu Whyte starts at prop with Lindsay Collins being relegated to the bench after a mammoth effort for Queensland on Wednesday night

Welcome to LeagueUnlimited for our coverage of the blockbuster to finish off Super Saturday in Melbourne. We've got the first placed Melbourne Storm hosting the fourth placed Sydney Roosters in what should be a thrilling encounter.