Rugby League

Newcastle Knights
16
Melbourne Storm
20
Full Time

Match Tracker

Newcastle Knights
Melbourne Storm
H1
6
8

    Newcastle Knights Events

  • 21 mins - Try, J.Mamo
  • 22 mins - Conversion, T.Hodkinson

    Newcastle Knights and Melbourne Storm Events

  • 11 mins - Try, M.Koroibete
  • 24 mins - Try, S.Vunivalu
H2
10
12

    Newcastle Knights Events

  • 66 mins - Try, B.Elliot
  • 77 mins - Try, J.Mamo
  • 77 mins - Conversion, T.Hodkinson

    Newcastle Knights and Melbourne Storm Events

  • 52 mins - Try, M.Koroibete
  • 54 mins - Conversion, C.Smith
  • 73 mins - Try, T.Harris
  • 74 mins - Conversion, C.Smith
ET
0
0

    Newcastle Knights Events

    Newcastle Knights and Melbourne Storm Events

Scorers

Newcastle Knights
Melbourne Storm
Goal Scorers Newcastle Knights Melbourne Storm
Tries Mamo (2), Elliot (1) Koroibete (2), Vunivalu (1), Harris (1)
Conversions Hodkinson (2/3) Smith (2/4)
Penalty Goals
Field Goals

Team Statistics

Newcastle Knights
Melbourne Storm

Statistics

Newcastle Knights Melbourne Storm
Tries 3 4
Conversions 2 2
Penalty Goals 0 0
Field Goals 0 0
Newcastle KnightsGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
C.Adams 1 7 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
M.Barnett 21 176 1 0 0 0 28 2 0 1
B.Elliot 12 82 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2
T.Hodkinson 6 41 0 0 1 3 12 1 0 0
J.King 6 56 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 2
D.Levi 4 39 0 0 0 0 25 2 2 1
J.Mamo 17 148 0 1 0 0 8 2 0 2
P.Mata'utia 17 129 4 0 1 0 12 2 0 0
P.Mata'utia 12 114 2 0 0 0 16 4 0 0
S.Mata'utia 11 128 1 0 0 0 29 3 0 0
S.Mataora 10 91 1 0 0 0 24 1 1 0
J.Mullen 3 23 1 0 1 17 10 2 0 0
R.Rochow 14 154 0 0 0 0 23 3 0 0
N.Ross 17 178 2 0 0 1 9 1 1 0
D.Saifiti 11 94 1 0 0 0 17 0 1 1
K.Sims 10 68 0 0 0 0 20 2 0 1
J.Smith 9 69 0 0 0 0 30 2 1 0
Melbourne StormGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
C.Blair 7 60 0 0 0 0 24 3 0 0
J.Bromwich 13 111 1 0 0 0 41 2 1 0
K.Bromwich 12 103 0 0 0 0 29 1 1 0
W.Chambers 10 77 1 0 0 0 20 4 0 0
C.Cronk 7 52 0 0 0 9 22 1 1 1
D.Finucane 5 39 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
B.Green 3 33 1 0 2 2 21 3 1 1
T.Harris 15 117 0 1 0 0 34 1 0 1
F.Kaufusi 10 95 1 0 0 0 16 1 0 1
M.Koroibete 10 175 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 0
C.Munster 11 107 1 0 1 0 9 2 0 0
K.Proctor 8 51 0 0 0 1 44 1 1 0
C.Smith 4 58 1 0 0 5 39 2 0 1
Y.Tonumaipea 3 39 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
S.Vunivalu 12 110 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 1
C.Welch 5 42 1 0 0 0 13 2 1 1
M.White 3 21 0 0 0 0 26 1 0 2

Match Details

Newcastle Knights
Melbourne Storm
START TIME
2:00PM
WEATHER
Partly cloudy
VENUE
Hunter Stadium
Referees
Bryan Norrie, Gavin Reynolds, Henry Perenara, Jason Robinson, Luke Patten, Ricky MacFarlane, Russell Turner
Newcastle 16-20 Melbourne

NRL season 2016: Melbourne Storm overcome plucky Newcastle Knights

Premiership contenders Melbourne made hard work of moving to the top of the NRL ladder, hanging on in the final minutes to claim a 20-16 win over lowly Newcastle at Hunter Stadium on Sunday.

Matt White of the Storm celebrates a try with teammates at Hunter Stadium.
Matt White of the Storm celebrates a try with teammates at Hunter Stadium. Photo: Getty Images

With the Storm struggling against the Knights in recent times, coach Craig Bellamy made the decision not to rest State of Origin stars Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith while Cameron Munster and Will Chambers also played after an injury layoff.

They were all needed in a match that went to the wire.

"I didn't really want to send that message that we're playing the team that is at the bottle of the table and we'll rest our Origin players," Bellamy said.

"Hopefully we'll give them a rest at some stage, but I didn't think was the right game for it."

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It wasn't.

Ultimately Melbourne's Fijian finishers Marika Koroibete and Suliasi Vunivalu proved the difference, the pair crossing for three of the Storm's four tries while also coming up big in defence.

A spectacular try from Knights fill-in fullback Jake Mamo three minutes from full-time had set the game up for a grandstand finish.

Mamo leapt over Storm fullback Munster to snatch a Jarrod Mullen kick out of the air and score his second try next to the posts to put the Knights within four points.

But that was as close as they got.

The win meant the Storm move momentarily to the top of the NRL ladder while it was the 11th straight loss for the Knights who now appear destined for a second consecutive wooden spoon.

Knights coach Nathan Brown was disappointed with the loss, but encouraged by how his team played.

"Everyone would agree that we are a far better football team than we were 10 weeks ago," Brown said.

"To play against Canberra like we did at full strength. Melbourne during this period have put on 40 against the Roosters who have a lot of Test players and 40 on the Broncos . And that was without Will Chambers and Munster.

"That is good indication.

"Whilst we didn't win and we are disappointed not to win ... there has been some significant improvement in the last two weeks that makes me feel we are finally headed in the direction we need to."

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