Live Blog: Warriors grab lead but Dolphins win it late

Fulltime: The Sea Eagles have bounced back from last weekend's Golden Point loss to the Bulldogs with an emphatic win over an out of sorts Storm. However, the 30-4 triumph at 4 Pines Stadium was soured by a suspected season ending ACL injury to five-eighth Luke Brooks. Boom rookie Joey Walsh deputised for Brooks in the second half and he is the obvious replacement. However, Walsh was put on report and sinbinned for a hip drop tackle that left Ativalu Lisati unable to continue. Haumole Olakau'atu was at his unstoppable best for Manly, while halfback Jamal Fogarty was the mastermind of a dominant 30-4 win. 

73 min: The Storm are down to 12 men now, with Trent Toelau giving his marching orders for pushing Ben Trbojevic back to the ground as he attempted to get up to play the ball.

Breaking: Tom Trbojevic has been given an early mark. 

69 min: Ben Trbojevic has forced his way over from dummy half to score Manly's first try of the second half. Fogarty missed the conversion attempt. Sea Eagles 30 Storm 4.

67 min: The Storm have activated their 18th man, Jack Hetherington, due to the injury to Lisati and he has almost immediately conceded a penalty for a late tackle on Fogarty after a kick.

65 min: Fogarty has kicked a penalty goal to go further ahead while down a man. Sea Eagles 26 Storm 4. 

57 min: Walsh has been sinbinned for a hip drop tackle that left Ativalu Lisati requiring assistance to come from the field. 

Breaking: Brooks has suffered a suspected ACL in the first half of Saturday night's match against the Storm. Brooks was in obvious pain after a clash of knees in a tackle but played on until halftime. He watched the second half from the sideline.

50 min: The Storm have hit back through Warbrick, with the Storm winger crossing for his 15 th try of the series. Fa'alogo missed the conversion attempt from the sideline. Sea Eagles 24 Storm 4.

Breaking: Luke Brooks has succumbed to a knee injury and been replaced by Joey Walsh, Jake Simpkin has passed a HIA.

Halftime: It is all one-way traffic so far as the Storm have barely had a chance to do anything with just 35 per cent possession, six errors, two penalties, two six-agains and only one tackle in the Manly 20m zone. In comparison, the Sea Eagles have been almost perfect, committing just one error and dominating field position. Jamaal Fogarty's kicking game has been precise and purposeful, Haumole Olakau'atu is playing like he has spiders on him and the Sea Eagles have threats on either side of the park. In Melbourne's defence, they have a number of inexperienced players on the field and others playing out of position, but unless things change in the second half the 40-nil Hill sign at Brookvale Oval will be prophetic.  

40 min: Feledy has saved a try on one side of the field after tackling Tuimalatu-Brown from a Munster kick and Lehi Hopoate has stopped one on the other side by catching another kick in the opposite corner on the last tackle of the half.

35 min: Tolu Koula squeezed between the attempted tackles of Tyran Wishart and Warbrick to score after the Sea Eagles spread the ball from one side of the field to the other. Fogarty converted from out wide. Sea Eagles 24 Storm 0.

33 min: Fogarty kicks a 40/20.

30 min: Saab has leapt over Tuimalatu-Brown to catch a Fogarty cross-field bomb and score. Fogarty converts. Sea Eagles 18 Storm 0.

27 min: Storm fullback Sua Fa'alogo has been forced to tap another Fogarty kick over the deadball line as Olakau'atu chased hard. 

24 min: Tuimalatu-Brown has knocked a Fogarty kick over the sideline in a bid to prevent Jason Saab leaping for the ball. 

13 min: Leo has been KO'd trying to tackle Olakau'atu as he ran the ball off the back fence from the re-start.  

12 min: Olakau'atu is over again to surely seal a recall to the NSW team for the July 8 Origin side. Fogarty converts. Sea Eagles 12 Storm 0.

10 min: Feledy and Luke Brooks have tackled Moses Leo over the sideline and tempers have flared. Manly get a penalty.

7 min: Tuimalatu-Brown stopped PNG World Cup hopeful Josh Feledy from scoring from the dropout but the Storm couldn't stop Haumole Olakau'tu as he charged over. Sea Eagles 6 Storm 0.

5 min: Jamaal Fogarty has forced a goal line drop out after chipping over the top of the Storm defence and tackling SiulagiTuimalatu-Brown into the in-goal.

4 min: The Sea Eagles have got the first penalty of the game after a mid-air challenge by Will Warbrick as Tom Trbojevic fielded a kick.

Late Mail

Sea Eagles: Simione Laifai comes into the starting side and Ethan Bullemor goes to the bench in a late switch. Clayton Faulalo dropped out of the squad on game day with his return from a hamstring injury put on hold. Brandon Wakeham and Kobe Hetherington have also been ruled out, with Jake Simpkin to line up at hooker. Just one minor change in Friday's team update, Hugo Hart coming on to the six-man bench in place of Jackson Shereb.

Storm: Coach Craig Bellamy was forced into a change 24-hours out from kick-off, with Jack Howarth ruled out due to a quad contusion. Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown comes in at centre. Tyran Wishart starts at halfback after Jahrome Hughes was struck down with a minor hamstring injury. Harry Grant is also back in the starting side after coming off the bench in last week's win over the Raiders. 

Cowboys v Panthers at Queensland Country Bank Stadium

Fulltime: The Cowboys have celebrated Jason Taumalolo's 300th match in style with a dominant second half performance to inflict the second defeat by the NRL ladder leaders in as many week. With Tonga Prime Minister and members of the Royal Family in attendance for the Pacific superstar's milestone match, the Cowboys started with intensity and finished over the top of the Panthers in one of the club's greatest ever wins. Trailing 12-10 early in the second half, the Cowboys scored the only two tries of the second half to ensure the win for the inspirational Taumalolo.

77 min: Clifford has reached out to score despite the tackle of Isaah Yeo after running the ball on the last play. The Cowboys were in attacking position after an intercept by Burns. Clifford converted his own try. Cowboys 26 Panthers 12.

74 min: Nanai has leapt above To'o and Edwards to catch a Clifford kick and score. Clifford has converted. Cowboys 20 Panthers 12.

71 min: Clifford has kicked another penalty goal after Martin held back Sonny Luke as he tried to dive on a loose ball. Cowboys 14 Panthers 12.

69 min: Taulagi has forced another Panthers error with Martin losing the ball in the ball.

66 min: Taumalolo has bumped off Panthers forward Isaah Papali'i in  charging run and the Kiwis international has been forced from the field for a HIA. 

62 min: Clifford has levelled the scores with a penalty goal after Cleary stripped the ball from his Cowboys opposite with three Panthers in the tackle. Cowboys 12 Panthers 12.

60 min: Taumalolo has an immediate impact. Edwards makes a trysaving tackle on Luki after a thundering Taumalolo run.

59 min: Taumalo is back on for his second stint in a bid to give the Cowboys some more punch in the middle. 

58 min: Purdue has won the race for another Drinkwater in-goal grubber but lost the ball in a tackle by Talagi.

57 min: Drinkwater has forced the first goal line dropout of the night. 

51 min: The Panthers have made back-to-back errors to give the Cowboys attacking opportunity. 

44 min: Cleary has put the Panthers ahead with a penalty goal after a high shot by Heilum Leki. Panthers 12 Cowboys 10

43 min: Braidon Burns fielded a kick for Izack Tago and passed to Jaxson Purdue but the speedster was unable to hold the ball and the Panthers regained possession. 

Halftime: What an opening 40 minutes by the Cowboys but with the scores level the Panthers are well and truly still in the game, despite an uncharacteristic eight first errors. The Cowboys have also failed to finish seven sets of tackles but many of the errors can be put down to brutal defence rather than poor play, with Thomas Mikaele rattling the ribs of Liam Henry and Liam Martin returning the favour on Scott Drinkwater. The Panthers appear to have too much strikepower but the Cowboys are playing for their spiritual leader Jason Taumalolo and have a sell-out crowd willing them to victory against the NRL ladder leaders.

40 min: Cleary has attempted a 55 metre two-point field goal and the ball has dropped under the crossbar.

38 min: Jenkins has scored his second try in sensational fashion after a Cleary kick fell just short of Taulagi and the ball ricocheted off his shins into the hands of Talagi. The Samoa five-eighth quickly shifted the ball to Jack Cogger, who put in a cross-field kick for Jenkins. Cleary missed the sideline conversion. Cowboys 10 Panthers 10.

37 min: Henry returns from the sinbin.

31 min: Taulagi has got one back on To'o after leaping above his Samoa team-mate to catch a Scott Drinkwater bomb and offloading to Nanai to score. Clifford missed the conversion. Cowboys 10 Panthers.

27 min: Henry has been sent to the sinbin and Clifford has opted to kick a penalty goal. Cowboys 6 Panthers 6.

26 min: Jeremiah Nanai forced his way over the line on the next tackle but was ruled to have lost the ball. However, Liam Henry was offside and he was the player who stopped Nanai from grounding the ball.

26 min: The Cowboys have gone the length of the field with Taulagi winning the race for a Clifford only to be stopped short of the tryline by fellow Samoa winger Brian To'o. 

25 min: Taumalolo has come off after his first stint in the frontrow. The Cowboys have a 7-tackle set.

15 min: Taulagi thought he had a second try but it was called back for a forward pass. 

12 min: The Panthers have gone down the other end to score through Jenkins, who now has 21 tries this season. Cleary converted from out wide. Panthers 6 Cowboys 4.

10 min: A chance for the Cowboys to score a second try but Mikaele has lost the ball trying to reach out and plant the ball over the line. 

8 min: The Panthers have blown a scoring opportunity after Leota offloaded to send Nathan Cleary into space. Penrith had the defence stripped for numbers on their left but a long pass from Blaize Talagi to Tom Jenkins went over the sideline.

5 min: Another Panthers error, with Clifford ripping the ball from Liam Martin after kicking the ball dead for a 7-tackle set.

2 min: The Cowboys have made the perfect start with centre Zac Laybutt putting winger Murray Taulagi over to score in the corner. Jake Clifford missed the sideline conversion. Cowboys 4-0.

Kick-off: After an emotional entry to the game for Jason Taumalolo's 300th match, we are underway and Moses Leota has lost the ball in a heavy opening tackle by Thomas Mikaele and Jeremiah Nanai. Leota resented the tackle and shoved Nanai in the face with an open hand.

Jason Taumalolo 300

Late Mail

Cowboys: No late changes on game day. Jason Taumalolo is set to start at prop for his 300th game in the NRL after coming off the bench last week. Young playmaker Liam Sutton could add to his four NRL appearances after coming on to the six-man bench. Halfback Tom Dearden remains at least another week away from returning from an ankle injury suffered in Round 10. John Bateman has been added to the six-man bench.

Panthers: Liam Henry has been promoted to the starting side and Lindsay Smith goes to the bench in a late switch. Origin guns Nathan Cleary, Isaah Yeo and Brian To'o will all return as Penrith look to rebound from a tight loss to the Titans. Paul Alamoti will shift to centre to accommodate To'o's return while Luke Garner, Liam Henry and Jack Cogger will all move to the interchange. 

Dolphins v Warriors at Suncorp Stadium

Full-time: The Dolphins hold on in an epic for a 26-24 victory. It was a game that promised plenty and it delivered, with skill in attack and grit in defence on show. A big talking point was a wrist injury to Phins halfback Isaiya Katoa, with scans needed to determine the severity. 

78th min: REDEMPTION FOR COBBO! He has scored the equaliser. The Warriors gave the Phins a sniff in their attacking half and they snapped up the invitation. Cobbo gets the ball and charges to the line to score. Isaako has missed a few of his attempts today - but he nails this from the left touchline and the Phins are back in front 26-24. 

75th min: Some huge strength from Sam Healey to steal the lead for the Warriors. The Dolphins had been holding on for dear life with their defence - but made an error again trying to come out of their own half, with Cobbo losing the ball. They looked like they had the attack covered, holding Mitch Barnett up over the line and they looked to have done it again with Healey, only for the hooker to break free to score. Pompey converts for a 24-20 lead. 

65th min: An unsuccessful captain's challenge from the Warriors who queried an escort by Max Plath, but was deemed all in order by the Bunker. 

61st min: The Warriors narrow the scores, instantly capitalising on a error from Cobbo bringing the ball out from his own half. Off the scrum in their 20, they are able to go out wide to the left to Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad to score. Pompey converts for a 20-18 scoreline to the Dolphins. 

57th min: A try denied to the Dolphins, with Connelly Lemuelu ruled to have knocked on into the leg of a Warrior in the lead up to Farnworth running through. 

Injury update - DWZ is off the field with a hamstring issue. 

50th min: It's going to take a minute to describe this next try from the Dolphins - all which happened with Nikorima down in back play. Phins were attacking left, but the Warriors muscled up in defence and force the home side to swing the ball back out to their right where Jack Bostock eventually puts in a grubber that bounces into Tuaupiki and into the path of Isaako who scoops up the ball to score in the right sideline. He misses the conversion and it remains 20-12. 

46th min: A successful captain's challenge from the Dolphins, with Herbie Farnworth adamant the ball was batted out by DWZ and the Bunker agrees. 

Crowd: 40, 465

Half-time: The game has delivered on its promise in an entertaining and high-quality first half. After a few disruptions, including losing halfback Isaiya Katoa with a dislocated wrist and having Selwyn Cobbo off the field for a HIA, the home side are in front 16-12. 

39th min: The Dolphins go ahead with a try - not on the left this time, but on the right. Jamayne Isaako makes no mistake with the put-down and then converts his own try. It came after Nikorima turns momentum around with a ball steal after the home side had given up the ball with a kick caught in the in-goal for a 20-metre restart. Dolphins lead 16-12. 

24th min: Despite the disruptions, the Dolphins are able to hit back with Nikorima taking charge. He flings a great pass to Herbie Farnworth in space, with the England centre stepping his way through the gap to score. Isaako makes no mistake this time and it's 12-10 to the Wahs. 

Injury update - Selwyn Cobbo off for a Cat 2 HIA. 

18th min: Warriors go further in front with try out to the far right to Dallin Watene-Zelezniak. Another nice kick from Harris-Tavita to Laban, who brings it down, passes it back to Martin who swings the ball out wide to his winger. Pompey converts for a 12-4 lead. 

13th min: Kodi Nikorima is denied a try in the same spot that Cobbo was denied only moments earlier, with Tanner Stowers-Smith forcing him to ground the ball on the touchline. The 

Injury update - Dolphins halfback Isaiya Katoa has come from the field with a dislocated wrist. 

11th min: Cobbo is denied his second in what was almost a carbon copy of his first, but strong cover defence from Te Maire Martin and Taine Tuaupiki forcing him to drop it just before he was set to score.

8th min: Warriors get on back in quick fashion, with Jacob Laban going up the highest in the in-goal area, out of reach of the hands of Cobbo, to bring down a Chanel Harris-Tavita kick. Adam Pompey slots the goal and are in front 6-0. 

5th min: From one and to the other and it's the Dolphins who are first on the board with the in-form Selwyn Cobbo going over in the far, far left, keeping his legs up off the air to avoid touching the sideline. Jamayne Isaako's attempts hits the left upright and is waved away. Phins up 4-0. 

4th min: Bunker in play early with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow putting in a huge one-on-one defensive play to deny Kurt Capewell the opening try of the match. It goes up as a no try and the Bunker confirms Capewell lost the ball. 

Kick off: A big crowd expected in for this Saturday afternoon clash at Suncorp Stadium. 

Match preview

Late Mail

Dolphins: No late changes on game day. Halfback Isaiya Katoa is on track to make his return from a knee injury however Tom Gilbert has been ruled out due to a throat injury suffered last Saturday. Maroons quartet Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Max Plath, Tom Flegler and Selwyn Cobbo will also return after being handed a rest last weekend. Oryn Keeley and Trai Fuller dropped out when the squad was trimmed on Friday.

Warriors: No late changes on game day. Hooker Sam Healey is on track to make his return from a thumb injury via the six-man interchange, however Andrew Webster has been dealt a blow after scans confirmed Jackson Ford has suffered a long-term pectoral injury. The workhorse will be replaced by Tanner Stowers-Smith in the starting side. The Warriors have won five from seven in Australia this year, including a thumping victory over the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium during Magic Round. No changes in Friday's 24-hour update with Jye Linnane and Jason Seu Salalilo dropping off the extended bench.