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Summary Melbourne Storm beat New Zealand Warriors 22-12 to win for the 11th time in 12 matches.
The Melbourne Storm remained the class of Australias National Rugby League, beating the New Zealand Warriors 22-12 to win for the 11th time in 12 matches.The first-place Storm trailed at halftime 12-10 Sunday but held the Warriors scoreless in the second half before a home crowd at Auckland to remain six points ahead of second-place Brisbane. The Broncos kept pace when they scored eight tries to beat the Newcastle Knights 50-24 later Sunday.On Saturday, Canterbury winger Krisnan Inu kicked the match-winning field goal among his 11 points in the Bulldogs 23-18 NRL win over South Sydney.A week after making his debut for the Bulldogs, Inu broke an 18-18 deadlock five minutes from fulltime before David Stagg added a late try.
