Melbourne dominant first half, delayed scoring, Garlick to King, Storm denied tries, great tackles.
The first half saw Melbourne dominate field position and were also more disciplined, however it took 37 minutes before the first points were scored, when Bronson Garlick fired a stellar flat ball to his lead runner Josh King, who juggled the ball that he wasn't expecting to receive, then noticed there was no one near him, so he fell over the line to score untouched near the posts. Tyran Wishart converted.
The Storm almost had 2 other tries in the first half, with the bunker denying both. In the 12th minute Grant Anderson put in a chip and chase and dived to plant the ball for a try but he didn't get a hand on it.
In the 25th minute Sualauvi Faalogo dived to score in the comment but lost the ball mid-air due to a great cover tackle from Albert Hopoate.