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NRL: Melbourne Storm continue their domination over Warriors
Melbourne Storm’s nine-year domination over the Warriors has continued, with a 38-24 victory in an NRL game of fluctuating fortunes at Mt Smart Stadium.
Ill-discipline proved costly for the Warriors who were briefly down to 11 men due to two sin binnings in the second half. The Storm, as befitting being NRL competition leaders, made them pay each time, notching up their 16th victory in a row over the Auckland-based team since a loss in 2015.
The Warriors showed the confidence of their past three victories in a row early in this match, dominating to the extent that after 13 minutes the Storm had made an eyebrow-raising 62 tackles to just five from the Warriors.
With Shaun Johnson returning from injury as attack director, they pinned the Storm deep in their own territory for all but the last minute of the first quarter.
After five minutes they were rewarded for multiple sets with a try to Adam Pompey courtesy of a slick pass from Te Maire Martin. Pompey converted his own try and a few minutes later banged over a penalty.
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad’s pass to Marcelo Montoya in the 16th minute will go down in the NRL season highlights package as he flicked the ball behind his back to the flying winger. The conversion took the score to 16-0 after 18 minutes.