Full Time
80:00
6:00pm Fri March 10, 2017
Round 2 - Go Media Stadium, Penrose / Aotearoa - Crowd: 9811
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One final play from the warriors. Sam Lisone finishes up in the tackle and Melbourne are too good for the Warriors!

Melbourne Storm 26-10

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Warriors Scrum with 29 seconds to go!

Melbourne Storm 26-10

80

Vunivalu running down the field, passes to Josh Addo-Carr, whom drops the ball. Lost opportunity to add more points.

Melbourne Storm 26-10

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MELBOURNE STORM: Conversion attempt by Cameron Smith successful.

Cameron Smith from right in front of the posts.

Melbourne Storm 26-10

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TRY MELBOURNE STORM: Scored by Cooper Cronk. Kick to come.

Storm put the final nail in the coffin! Cooper Cronk scores!

Melbourne Storm 24-10

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Mafoa'aeata Hingano loses the ball, and the chances for Warriors almost completely disappear.

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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With 5min to go! The Warriors are very quickly running out of time. Still 10 points down.

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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Warriors force Storm to kick a line dropout!

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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Errors: Warriors 7 - 6 Storm

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count: 9-8 Warriors!

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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Missed Tackles: Warriors 28 - 15 Storm

Melbourne Storm 20-10

70

Tackles: Warriors 309 - 305 Storm

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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Storm Scrum!

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count: 8-8!

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL MELBOURNE STORM: Penalty goal attempt by Cameron Smith successful.

From right in-front, 30m out, Storm increase their lead to 10 points!

Melbourne Storm 20-10

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And the Storm are going for the two points from the last penalty.

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Storm! Penalty Count: 7-8 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count 7-7!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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No Try! Obstruction!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

59

Possible Try to Josh Addo-Carr! Off to the Bunker once again!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Storm! Penalty Count: 6-7 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Kata has knocked-on!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Possible Try to Solomone Kata! Off to the Bunker!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count: 6-6!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count: 5-6 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count: 4-6 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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The rain has stopped!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count: 3-6 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MELBOURNE STORM: Conversion attempt by Cameron Smith successful.

From the sideline!

Melbourne Storm 18-10

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Vunivalu is all good!

Melbourne Storm 16-10

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TRY MELBOURNE STORM: Scored by Suliasi Vunivalu. Kick to come.

Vunivalu injures himself, but SCORES for Melbourne!

Melbourne Storm 16-10

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Penalty Storm. Penalty Count: 2-6 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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The rain is slowly easing, but the field is still very water-logged.

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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We're underway with 2nd half as the Storm kicks off towards the Warriors.

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Storm and Warriors run back out onto the field for these next 40min!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has been ruled out of the match.

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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And that's half time! A hard fought 1st half! A conversion separating these two!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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NO TRY. A toe-length is on the line. Warriors scrum!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Possible try to Storm. Checking to see if Vunivalu was still in the field of play before offloading!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Errors: Warriors 4 - 3 Storm

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Kaufusi drops the ball from being within 20m of the try-line. After many penalties, the Warriors can breathe a sigh of relief!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Another penalty to Storm! Penalty Count: 2-5 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Penalty Storm! Penalty Count: 2-4 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Penalty Storm! Penalty Count: 2-3 Storm!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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40/20 MELBOURNE STORM: Cameron Smith kicks a 40/20.

Between the 10m and the try line. Well placed kick!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Knock-on Warriors. Storm scrum!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Penalty Warriors! Penalty Count 2-2!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Possession: Warriors 49% - 51% Storm

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Completions: Warriors 8/10; Storm 11/14.

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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Tuviasa-Sheck comes off the field with a head knock.

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MELBOURNE STORM: Conversion attempt by Cameron Smith successful.

Cameron Smith from 20m out, 10m in from the sideline. Gets his premiership points to 2001! Congratulations Cameron Smith!

Melbourne Storm 12-10

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TRY MELBOURNE STORM: Scored by Cheyse Blair. Kick to come.

Wonderful try on a wet evening!

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Possible try to Cheyse Blair! Up to the bunker!

Warriors 10-6

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The storm with an onslaught of tackles, Warriors struggling to get out of their 20m. Warriors only making 15m from their set.

Warriors 10-6

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Penalty Storm. Penalty Count: 1-2 Storm.

Warriors 10-6

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And with a bit of bad luck, Fusitua dropping the ball from the scrum. Storm scrum!

Warriors 10-6

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Knock-on from Storm from the 5th tackle of the Warriors set! Warriors scrum!

Warriors 10-6

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WARRIORS: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson unsuccessful.

Johnson from 3m out from the sideline, The rain continues to pour! Slightly misses to the left of the posts!

Warriors 10-6

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TRY WARRIORS: Scored by Shaun Johnson. Kick to come.

Shaun Johnson takes advantage of that error and Warriors get the green light!

Warriors 10-6

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The error from Josh Addo-Carr from the Storm gives the ball away! Warriors with a possible try! To the bunker!

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WARRIORS: Conversion attempt by Shaun Johnson successful.

20m out, along the sideline. Shaun Johnson with a difficult kick! But it's not a problem for Shaun Johnson!

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TRY WARRIORS: Scored by Tuimoala Lolohea. Kick to come.

GREEN LIGHT! All on the fifth tackle! Fantastic play from the Warriors. Many items to check, all good!

Melbourne Storm 6-4

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We have a possible try for the Warriors! Up to the Bunker!

Melbourne Storm 6-0

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Warriors Penalty! Penalty Count: 1-1

Melbourne Storm 6-0

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It's a no try! The beautiful run is wasted!

Melbourne Storm 6-0

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Cameron Munster may have a try after a superb run from Vunivalu!

Melbourne Storm 6-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MELBOURNE STORM: Conversion attempt by Cameron Smith successful.

From right in front, adds the 2 points.

Melbourne Storm 6-0

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TRY MELBOURNE STORM: Scored by Kenneath Bromwich. Kick to come.

Running straight through, surprising Shaun Johnson!

Melbourne Storm 4-0

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Penalty to Storm. Penalty Count: 0-1 Storm

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Caught in goal for Melbourne after a good set from the warriors. 20m restart.

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And warriors kick off to storm and get us underway!

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It's a very wet evening at Mt Smart Stadium, as the teams walk out onto the field.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris Butler

Touch Judges: Anthony Elliott, Jason Walsh

Video Referee: Luke Patten, Jared Maxwell

WARRIORS (10)
Tries: Tuimoala Lolohea, Shaun Johnson
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (1/2)
Penalty Goals:

MELBOURNE STORM (26)
Tries: Kenneath Bromwich, Cheyse Blair, Suliasi Vunivalu, Cooper Cronk
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cameron Smith (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Cameron Smith (1/1)