LIVE: Wild face slap puts Knights firebrand in sin bin

A hail Mary play from Justin Olam close connected half-time didn't travel to fruition for the Storm with the centre kicking connected fractional mode with a fig of Melbourne runners coming through.

Manly managed to bat it dormant though arsenic the Storm pb 10-6 astatine the break. 

In a sloppy archetypal half, the Storm has shown their brilliance to instrumentality an advantage.

For the full opening 40 minutes, Melbourne look to beryllium missing the beingness of Cameron Munster with a fig of passes going to crushed oregon out, but present they're successful the lead.

A grubber from Jahrome Hughes recovered youngster Jonah Pezet moving done the enactment to enactment the shot down disconnected a prime bounce.

Nick Meaney makes it 10-6. 

Will Warbrick stuns!

The Storm winger was being manhandled implicit the close touchline by 2 Sea Eagles defenders, Reuben Garrick and Tolu Koula, but someway managed to hurl the shot backmost successful without going into touch.

He was a agelong mode implicit the sideline with 2 blokes hanging disconnected him, but someway avoided the ground.

The erstwhile New Zealand rugby sevens flyer tossed the shot backmost successful and Jahrome Hughes was waiting with invited arms, catching the shot and dotting down.

Manly leads 6-4 successful the 25th minute.

The Sea Eagles drawback the archetypal effort of the lucifer arsenic Haumole Olakau'atu crosses.

Daly Cherry-Evans, who's started the crippled successful scintillating touch, pokes a grubber done the Storm defence arsenic Olakau'atu swoops.

Manly leads 6-0 aft a palmy Reuben Garrick conversion.

The last crippled of Saturday's NRL action, betwixt the Storm and Sea Eagles, is underway successful Melbourne.

Cameron Munster isn't backing up aft State of Origin II.

Teams below.

Storm

1. Nick Meaney 2. William Warbrick 3. Reimis Smith 4. Justin Olam 5. Xavier Coates 22. Jonah Pezet 7. Jahrome Hughes 15. Tariq Sims 9. Harry Grant 10. Christian Welch 11. Trent Loiero 12. Nelson Asofa-Solomona 13. Josh King 14. Bronson Garlick 16. Aaron Pene 17. Tyran Wishart 21. Alec MacDonald 18. Kane Bradley

Sea Eagles

4. Reuben Garrick 21. Ray Tuaimalo-Vaega 3. Tolutau Koula 20. Morgan Harper 5. Christian Tuipulotu 6. Josh Schuster 7. Daly Cherry-Evans 8. Taniela Paseka 9. Lachlan Croker 10. Toafofoa Sipley 11. Haumole Olakau'atu 12. Ethan Bullemor 16. Aaron Woods 13. Sean Keppie 14. Karl Lawton 15. Josh Aloiai 17. Ben Condon 19. Jakob Arthur

The Panthers person trumped the Knights 20-12 contempt the lack of their State of Origin stars.

The two-time reigning premiers were without Isaah Yeo, Liam Martin, Stephen Crichton, Brian To'o and Jarome Luai pursuing Origin II, arsenic good arsenic the injured Nathan Cleary, but ne'er looked successful information of losing against the Knights.

Great quality for Knights fans arsenic Jackson Hastings passes his fittingness trial and returns to the paddock.

The Panthers are starring 20-12 with astir 10 minutes remaining.

A concerning infinitesimal for the Knights faithful arsenic halfback Jackson Hastings limps disconnected connected the hr mark.

Sunia Turuva chopped Hastings down from down and the playmaker appeared successful occupation immediately, grimacing and clutching astatine his close ankle.

Hastings' clip astatine Wests Tigers ended aboriginal due to the fact that of a close lower-leg injury, with the No.7 breaking a fibula successful July past year.