Papenhuyzen 20m out and from in front, slots the match winner.
Papenhuyzen 25m out, has a shot, it's hard and low and charged down. Storm get the ball back
Souths kick off
The traditional coin toss followed by the confusions by the referee and both captains as to what they tossed the coin for has been completed.
So we're about to have ourselves some extra time
Mitchell takes a crack at a 2 point field goal from almost halfway
Mitchell from about 45 kms away on the right sideline, but its waved away
Mitchell kicks early and Munro races downfield and cleans up with no Storm defeenders within cooee. Munro scores.
SCRUM SOUTHS - 14m shy of halfway
Set restart Souths - 5m from the Storm line
Storm turn it over in their own half. Can't help themselves it seems
Papenhuyzen converts
Mitchell with a bomb. Faalogo caught it, cut through the defence, raced into the Bunnies half and turned it inside to Wishart in support who raced away to score.
Play stopped after Keppie got hit around the neck, which resulted in him yelling at dinosaurs for a minute
PENALTY STORM - They find touch 5m inside the Bunnies half
And the Bunnies turn it over cheaply.
PENALTY RABBITOHS - They find touch 30m from the Storm line
Humphreys with a brilliant catch in his own ingoal under pressure.
PENALTY STORM - They find touch on halfway
PENALTY RABBITOHS - 15m inside the Storm half
Mitchell converts
Johnston snatches an intercept 30m from the Storm line and races in to score.
Papenhuyzen from the sideline, shaves the inside of the upright and converts
Storm spread the ball left and get it to Anderson who sneaks down the sideline to score in the corner.
Mitchell converts
Munro makes a break down the right wing but is brought down. On the next play the Bunnies swing left and Latrell draws the defender and sends a cut-out pass to Johnston who scores his third
BREAKING NEWS - Papenhuyzen didn't turn the ball over.
Mitchell from the left sideline fails to convert
Latrell shows, dummies, draws the defence and then gets a great ball to Johnston who dives over for a try in the corner.
Howarth fumbles it while playing the ball. Bunnies 20m from the Storm line now
Storm fans in Melbourne apparently heard Bellamy's halftime spray.
Bunnies get scrumapalooza restarted
Anderson goes for the try in the corner but Arrow's tackle knocks the ball loose, just in the knick of time
Latrell drops the bomb. Storm regather 15m from the Souths line
SCRUM STORM - Gray with a mongrel of a pass from dummy half and the Bunnies knock it on, 10m from the Storm line.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Grant attempts a 1-on-1 strip but the ball hits the deck. 15m from the Storm line
Papenhuyzen tonight has the hands of a 90's English cricketer
SCRUM RABBITOHS - 10m from the Storm line. Wighton hoofs the kick downfield. Papenhuyzen lets it bounce and then fumbles the ball.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Hughes with a rather guessy grubber, it comes off a Bunnies player and the Storm fumble the loose ball trying to regather it.
Set restart Storm - 25m from the Bunnies line
Mitchell narrowly misses from the sideline
Rabbitohs go out to the left side and Latrell Mitchell with a great no look flat ball to the unmarked Johnston, who goes in to score
SCRUM RABBITOHS - 20m from the Storm line. Storm on the kick return put the ball through the hands and Papenhuyzen throws a woeful ball and the Storm knock it on.
PENALTY STORM - Papenhuyzen cleanly takes a bomb, but is tackled in the air. Storm find touch 30m from their own line
The games has devolved into a bucket of slop
PENALTY RABBITOHS - Souths find touch 30m from their own line.
And Nelson drops it 5m from the Bunnies line,
SCRUM STORM - Latrell drops the Hughes bomb. Scrum 10m from the Bunnies line
First tackle off the scrum and the Storm defence take the Bunnies into touch. Oh dear.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - 30m from the Storm line. Meaney hitting up, knocks on.
And the Rabbitohs with a rather ineffective kick that Papenhuyzen cleans up with ease
Set restart Rabbitohs - Still 10m from the Storm line
PENALTY RABBITOHS - Scrum infringement. There about 20 of these every year but cue the commentators musing about retro round.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - 10m from the Storm line. Humphreys with a crossfield kick but Anderson is all over it. Even after he drops it and knocks it on, he falls on it.
Papenhuyzen from in front, converts again
Anderson makes a break down the left sideline and then chips back in field as he comes to the defence, the ball bounces perfectly for Hughes, who regathers and scores under the posts.
Papenhuyzen converts
Harry Grant picks up the ball from dummy half and goes for a scoot 3 metres from the Bunnies line and he literally jogged through a gap and scored a frightfully soft and easy try.
SCRUM STORM - Some strong defence by the Storm forces the Rabbitohs to spill the ball 20m from their own line
Storm get the party started
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Liam Kennedy, Jarrod Cole
Video Referee: Chris Butler
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (24)
Tries: Alex Johnston (4), Tyrone Munro
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (2/5)
Penalty Goals:
MELBOURNE STORM (25)
Tries: Harry Grant, Jahrome Hughes, Grant Anderson, Tyran Wishart
Field Goals: Ryan Papenhuyzen (1/2)
Two Point Field Goals: Ryan Papenhuyzen (0/0)
Conversions: Ryan Papenhuyzen (4/4)
Penalty Goals: