NRL finals LIVE: Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters

There’s no need to fear, Ryan Papenhuyzen is here.

Off the back of the hip-drop penalty, Melbourne charge towards the Roosters goal-line, and Papenhuyzen throws the dummy (fooling Luke Keary and Joey Mani) and scores.

Storm 6, Roosters 6 after 14 minutes

Oh no.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona is back on the field, and in his first carry of the game he is the victim of a hip-drop tackle from Victor Radley.

That’s a penalty for Melbourne, and arguably could be a trip to the bin for Radley, but he stays on the field and the Storm get their best chance of the night to score points.

We have some breaking news.

Lindsay Collins was originally ruled as showing category two concussion symptoms, but that has since been upgraded to a category one.

That means Collins will not return to the field tonight, and he would need a doctor to over-rule the concussion call if the Roosters make it to the grand final, and he wanted to play.

Roosters 2, Storm 0 after six minutes

It goes from bad to worse for Melbounre – three penalties given away in the Roosters opening set.

First penalty is for the shoulder charge on Lindsay Collins, the second one is for an illegal strip, and the third for Jahrome Hughes obstructing an attacking player.

The Roosters decide to take the two points, and Joseph Suaalii nails the kick.

Roosters 2, Storm 0 after three minutes

We are under way, and it is drama from the kick-off.

Lindsay Collins takes the first carry for the Roosters and Nelson Asofa-Solomona puts his shoulder into Collins’ head.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona is sent to the sin bin.Credit: Getty Images

Collins is groggy getting up, and Asofa-Solomona is sent to the sin bin in the opening 18 seconds for the tackle.

It was brilliant to travel in on one of the city’s south-east train lines with carriage after carriage filled with Storm and Roosters fans.

Almost made me forget about that little AFL game at the MCG tomorrow, at least until I passed some Storm fans arguing whether Lions coach Chris Fagan or Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell should have been AFL coach of the year.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona warms up before the match.Credit: Getty Images

The Roosters cheer squad marched into the stadium past me singing “I hate, you hate, we hate Victorian!”

Hopefully, their team is more in tune than their fans or this will be a one-sided clash.

Both sides are on the field warming up and the seats at the top of the stand already have fans in them so we should be completely at capacity.

I’m tipping Storm in a tight one, but we know the Roosters are more than capable of taking the win.

No changes for Craig Bellamy’s Storm. This is what the team looks like tonight:

Harry Grant leads the Storm out tonight.Credit: Getty Images

1. Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2. Will Warbrick, 3. Jack Howarth, 4. Nick Meaney, 5. Xavier Coates, 6. Cameron Munster, 7. Jahrome Hughes, 8. Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 9. Harry Grant (c), 10. Josh King, 11. Shawn Blore, 12. Eliesa Katoa, 13. Trent Loiero, 14. Tyran Wishart, 15. Christian Welch, 16. Tui Kamikamica, 17. Alec MacDonald