LIVE: Crowd roars as Storm ace returns after 405 days out

The Storm person grabbed a 37-16 triumph implicit the Titans successful Melbourne successful Ryan Papenhuyzen's archetypal NRL crippled successful 405 days, but they person a caller wounded interest connected their hands aft Jahrome Hughes failed to decorativeness the match.

The weapon Melbourne halfback limped disconnected the paddock with conscionable nether 10 minutes remaining and was seen with an crystal battalion wrapped astir his close genu arsenic helium sat connected the bench.

It's a stroke to the Storm with lone 1 crippled to spell earlier they play finals footy.

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The Titans hopes are each but dashed arsenic champion halfback Kieran Foran is forced from the tract for a caput wounded appraisal successful the 69th minute.

He stays down successful a tackle truthful is forced from the paddock, leaving him seething.

And weapon Storm halfback Jahrome Hughes leaves the tract lone a mates of minutes later, earlier he's seen with an crystal battalion wrapped astir his close genu connected the pine.

Fox League's Lara Pitt reports the Storm are hoping he's lone suffered a low-grade medial injury.

Ryan Papenhuyzen's feel-good NRL comeback seems to person lifted the Storm this afternoon.

They've piled connected 2 converted tries since the instrumentality favourite entered the crippled successful the 62nd infinitesimal and present pb 30-16.

Christian Welch bags the archetypal effort and Eliesa Katoa the second.

A peculiar infinitesimal astatine Melbourne's AAMI Park arsenic Ryan Papenhuyzen bursts onto the tract successful his archetypal NRL crippled successful 405 days.

Melbourne's superstar fullback is backmost successful enactment aft shattering his close kneecap successful 10 places successful July past year.

The Storm faithful fto retired a chorus of cheers arsenic Papenhuyzen runs onto the tract and again erstwhile helium has his archetypal touch.

Top enactment from AJ Brimson 53 minutes into the contention arsenic the Titans prima puts connected the afterburners, attracts 3 defenders throws a magnificent flick walk to Jojo Fifita, who crosses connected the close wing.

Fox League adept Cooper Cronk describes the Brimson flick walk arsenic "delightful".

Tom Weaver nails a sideline conversion arsenic the Titans chopped the shortage to 18-16.

Harry Grant came retired of a tackle connected Klese Haas clutching astatine his near enarthrosis and grimacing aboriginal successful the 2nd half, but he's remained connected the tract for the 10 minutes oregon truthful that person passed since and is looking fine.

A alleviation for Melbourne supporters.

Harry Grant emerges from a tackle with a sore, and perchance injured, near shoulder.

The Melbourne hooker digs his enarthrosis into Klese Haas and is near clutching astatine it and grimacing.

"He's nary good, he's nary good, Harry Grant ... I deliberation he's successful trouble," says Balmain Tigers fable Steve Roach connected the Fox League coverage.

It's Zachary Gates diving successful the unrecorded blog arsenic the 2nd fractional of the Storm-Titans clash gets underway.

Melbourne is starring Gold Coast 18-10 connected its location turf.