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id="toc-Colours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Colours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Colours</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Colours-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Logo" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Logo"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Logo</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Logo-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Club_song" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Club_song"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Club song</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Club_song-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalries"> <div 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color:white;border:1px solid #FED102;"> Melbourne Storm </span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Storm.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Melbourne_Storm.png/220px-Melbourne_Storm.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/Melbourne_Storm.png 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Club information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Full name</th><td class="infobox-data">Melbourne Storm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Storm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Primary</i><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#440085; color:white;"> </span> Purple<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#092340; color:white;"> </span> Navy<br /><i>Secondary</i><br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:White; color:black;"> </span> White<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FED102; color:black;"> </span> Gold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">23 June 1997<span class="noprint">; 27 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-06-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/">melbournestorm.com.au</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Current details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ground(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a> (30,050)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CEO</th><td class="infobox-data">Justin Rodski</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy_(rugby_league)" title="Craig Bellamy (rugby league)">Craig Bellamy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Captain</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Grant_(rugby_league)" title="Harry Grant (rugby league)">Harry Grant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Competition</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2024_NRL_season" title="2024 NRL season">2024 season</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1st (Runners-Up)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rugby_football_current_event.png/33px-Rugby_football_current_event.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rugby_football_current_event.png/50px-Rugby_football_current_event.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rugby_football_current_event.png/66px-Rugby_football_current_event.png 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="252" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2024_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2024 Melbourne Storm season">Current season</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Uniforms</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; 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left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>Away colours</b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Records</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Premierships</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>4<a href="/wiki/NRL_Salary_Cap" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL Salary Cap">*</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_Grand_Final" title="1999 NRL Grand Final">1999</a>, <s> <a href="/wiki/2007_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2007 NRL Grand Final">2007</a> </s>, <s> <a href="/wiki/2009_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2009 NRL Grand Final">2009</a> </s>, <a href="/wiki/2012_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2012 NRL Grand Final">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2017 NRL Grand Final">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2020 NRL Grand Final">2020</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>5</b> (<a href="/wiki/2006_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2006 NRL Grand Final">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2008 NRL Grand Final">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2016 NRL Grand Final">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2018 NRL Grand Final">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2024 NRL Grand Final">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/J.J._Giltinan_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="J.J. Giltinan Shield">Minor Premierships</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>6</b> (<a href="/wiki/2011_NRL_season" title="2011 NRL season">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_NRL_season" title="2016 NRL season">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_season" title="2017 NRL season">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NRL_season" title="2019 NRL season">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_NRL_season" title="2021 NRL season">2021</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_NRL_season" title="2024 NRL season">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/World_Club_Challenge" title="World Club Challenge">World Club Challenge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>3</b> (<a href="/wiki/2000_World_Club_Challenge" title="2000 World Club Challenge">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_World_Club_Challenge" title="2013 World Club Challenge">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_World_Club_Challenge" title="2018 World Club Challenge">2018</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Wooden_spoon_(award)" title="Wooden spoon (award)">Wooden spoons</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2010_NRL_season" title="2010 NRL season">2010</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most capped</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>430</b> – <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest try scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>190</b> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest points scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>2786</b> – <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Melbourne Storm</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> that participates in the <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a> (NRL). The club plays its home games at <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a>, and wears a purple and navy blue jersey with gold and white trim. </p><p>The first fully professional rugby league team in the state, it debuted in 1997 during the <a href="/wiki/Super_League_war" title="Super League war">Super League war</a>. Following Super League's collapse, the team became part of the newly formed, united competition. They have won four premierships since their inception, in <a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_Grand_Final" title="1999 NRL Grand Final">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2012 NRL Grand Final">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2017 NRL Grand Final">2017</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2020 NRL Grand Final">2020</a>, and have contested several more grand finals. They won the <a href="/wiki/2007_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2007 NRL Grand Final">2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2009 NRL Grand Final">2009</a> grand finals, but were stripped of those premierships following <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm_salary_cap_breach" title="Melbourne Storm salary cap breach">salary cap breaches</a>. </p><p>They also competed in the NRL's <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Competition_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Youth Competition (rugby league)">Under-20s competition</a> (as Melbourne Thunderbolts) from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and in 2018 entered the Victorian Thunderbolts in the Hastings Deering Colts U20s QLD competition. The club has also expanded into netball in a joint venture with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Sunshine_Coast" title="University of the Sunshine Coast">University of the Sunshine Coast</a>. Since <a href="/wiki/2017_Suncorp_Super_Netball_season" title="2017 Suncorp Super Netball season">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Lightning" title="Sunshine Coast Lightning">Sunshine Coast Lightning</a> have played in <a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Super_Netball" title="Suncorp Super Netball">Suncorp Super Netball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ssnlightning_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssnlightning-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-couriermail180816_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couriermail180816-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-storm170816_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storm170816-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg/220px-Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg/330px-Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg/440px-Performance_Chart_NRL_MEL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>Chart of yearly table positions for Melbourne Storm in First Grade <a href="/wiki/NRL" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL">NRL</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Victoria" title="Rugby league in Victoria">Rugby league in Victoria</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997–1999:_Establishment_and_1st_Premiership"><span id="1997.E2.80.931999:_Establishment_and_1st_Premiership"></span>1997–1999: Establishment and 1st Premiership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1997–1999: Establishment and 1st Premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFFF0;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>I've always thought rugby league would be a success in Melbourne. They've got to start down here sometime and the earlier the better. Melburnians love their sport and I'm sure they'd get behind rugby league. But they won't accept rubbish and that's the key to it </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Ron_Barassi" title="Ron Barassi">Ron Barassi</a>, 1997<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Following record attendances at State of Origin fixtures in Melbourne of 87,161 in 1994 at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby League">Australian Rugby League</a> (ARL) had planned to establish a Melbourne-based team in the Premiership by 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the disruption caused by the <a href="/wiki/Super_League_war" title="Super League war">Super League war</a> caused great change to the game in Australia. By May 1997, <a href="/wiki/Super_League_(Australia)" title="Super League (Australia)">Super League</a> boss <a href="/wiki/John_Ribot" title="John Ribot">John Ribot</a> pushed for a Melbourne-based club for his competition, which was the rival of the ARL.<sup id="cite_ref-page344_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page344-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> centre <a href="/wiki/Chris_Johns_(rugby_league)" title="Chris Johns (rugby league)">Chris Johns</a> became the CEO of the club and Ribot stepped down from the head of Super League to set up the club, with head of <a href="/wiki/News_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="News Limited">News Limited</a> Ken Cowley as chairman. In September 1997, Melbourne announced that <a href="/wiki/Chris_Anderson_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Anderson (rugby league)">Chris Anderson</a> would be their foundation coach, and then Super League announced that the new team would be named the Melbourne Storm.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melbourne teenager Cameron Duncan came up with the name Storm and his winning entry was chosen from more than 1000 entries received in a competition run in conjunction with the <i><a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFFF0;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>In 1997, there were 21 rugby league teams running around Australia (and one in New Zealand), but none in the country's second-largest city. In 1998, with the game reunited, three clubs had been jettisoned and the Melbourne Storm had bobbed up as an unexpected and initially curious addition to the landscape. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday Age">The Sunday Age</a></i>, 1999<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div><p>The Melbourne club then went forward with signing players, mainly from folding <a href="/wiki/Super_League_(Australia)" title="Super League (Australia)">Super League</a> clubs <a href="/wiki/Perth_Reds" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Reds">Perth Reds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Mariners" title="Hunter Mariners">Hunter Mariners</a>. These players included <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Howe" title="Rodney Howe">Rodney Howe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kearns" title="Robbie Kearns">Robbie Kearns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Geyer" title="Matt Geyer">Matt Geyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bell_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bell (rugby league)">Paul Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Ross_(rugby_league)" title="Robbie Ross (rugby league)">Robbie Ross</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Lazarus" title="Glenn Lazarus">Glenn Lazarus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brett_Kimmorley" title="Brett Kimmorley">Brett Kimmorley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hill_(rugby_league)" title="Scott Hill (rugby league)">Scott Hill</a>. With the Super League and ARL joining into one competition for the 1998 season, the Melbourne team became part of the <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a> (NRL). The Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club was unveiled at a function at the Hyatt Hotel – Melbourne in February 1998. </p><p>In their first game, they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Illawarra_Steelers" title="Illawarra Steelers">Illawarra Steelers</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Lazarus" title="Glenn Lazarus">Glenn Lazarus</a> as their inaugural captain. Melbourne, in a complete shock to the rest of the competition, won their first four games, before losing to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Warriors">Auckland Warriors</a> (Now known as the New Zealand Warriors)<sup id="cite_ref-page346_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page346-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They went on to make the finals, but were defeated by the eventual premiers, the Brisbane Broncos.<sup id="cite_ref-page347_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page347-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1999, Executive Director John Ribot negotiated a deal that saw Melbourne Storm games televised in China every weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club won eight of their first eleven games of the <a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_season" title="1999 NRL season">1999 NRL season</a>, and went on to make the finals in third position on the Premiership ladder. The team was beaten convincingly 34–10 in the quarter final by <a href="/wiki/St._George_Illawarra_Dragons" title="St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra</a>. After narrow victories against the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Canterbury Bulldogs">Canterbury Bulldogs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels</a>; however, Melbourne once more faced St. George Illawarra in the grand final. The Storm staged a late comeback in the game to win 20–18, securing their first premiership. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2002:_Decline_and_coaching_changes"><span id="2000.E2.80.932002:_Decline_and_coaching_changes"></span>2000–2002: Decline and coaching changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2000–2002: Decline and coaching changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Melbourne's Premiership defence began relatively slowly losing their first four games of the <a href="/wiki/2000_NRL_season" title="2000 NRL season">2000 NRL season</a>, the club went on to make the finals (finishing 6th), but were eventually knocked out by <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Knights" title="Newcastle Knights">Newcastle</a> in the quarter-finals. Between 2001 and 2002, the club's on field performances waned, resulting in a 10th-placed finish in 2002. Cracks were starting to appear between <a href="/wiki/John_Ribot" title="John Ribot">John Ribot</a> and Anderson throughout the period, with Anderson quitting as coach after round 7, 2001. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Murray_(rugby_league)" title="Mark Murray (rugby league)">Mark Murray</a>. The Melbourne club failed to make the finals in 2001. Johns left the club as CEO at the end of 2002 and coach Murray was sacked due to Melbourne's poor form, with the club missing the finals for the second year in a row. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003–2006:_Craig_Bellamy_era_begins_–_return_to_the_top"><span id="2003.E2.80.932006:_Craig_Bellamy_era_begins_.E2.80.93_return_to_the_top"></span>2003–2006: Craig Bellamy era begins – return to the top</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2003–2006: Craig Bellamy era begins – return to the top"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Craig_Bellamy_(Melbourne_Storm).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Craig_Bellamy_%28Melbourne_Storm%29.jpg/150px-Craig_Bellamy_%28Melbourne_Storm%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Craig_Bellamy_%28Melbourne_Storm%29.jpg/225px-Craig_Bellamy_%28Melbourne_Storm%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Craig_Bellamy_%28Melbourne_Storm%29.jpg/300px-Craig_Bellamy_%28Melbourne_Storm%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption>Craig Bellamy: Coach of the Melbourne Storm.</figcaption></figure><p><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Bennett_(rugby_league)" title="Wayne Bennett (rugby league)">Wayne Bennett</a>'s assistant coach at the Brisbane Broncos, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy_(rugby_league)" title="Craig Bellamy (rugby league)">Craig Bellamy</a> was announced as the new coach of Melbourne for 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-page349_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page349-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-page350_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page350-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in addition, a new captain in Kiwi international skipper <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kearney" title="Stephen Kearney">Stephen Kearney</a>. Bellamy's strict coaching had an almost immediate effect and saw the Melbourne Storm get back on track from the previous lean years. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"></p><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:30em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #FFFFF0;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Now, the Melbourne Storm are here to stay. They are not moving and News Limited is apparently committed to keeping them financially. I am OK with that. I hated Melbourne when they were in place of traditional teams that were expelled, but that's all over now. If they want to persevere in Melbourne, I have no argument. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style=""><a href="/wiki/Phil_Gould_(rugby_league)" title="Phil Gould (rugby league)">Phil Gould</a>, 21 December 2003<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Between 2003 and 2005, Melbourne consistently made the finals, but lost games in the semi-finals which prevented them from reaching the grand final. This period also saw the arrival and rise of young Queenslanders <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Cronk" title="Cooper Cronk">Cooper Cronk</a>. Unheard of at the start of 2003, the steady hooker and dummy-half Smith provided solid support to existing established players in <a href="/wiki/Matt_Orford" title="Matt Orford">Matt Orford</a> and his forwards and also provided supporters with confidence of the club's future. A notable incident that occurred during 2004 was the 18-game suspension of <a href="/wiki/Danny_Williams_(rugby_league_born_1973)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny Williams (rugby league born 1973)">Danny Williams</a> following a king-hit on <a href="/wiki/Wests_Tigers" title="Wests Tigers">Wests Tigers</a>' player <a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Neill_(rugby_league)" title="Mark O'Neill (rugby league)">Mark O'Neill</a>. It was the longest suspension in Australian rugby league since 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-a_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2005, Storm coach Craig Bellamy, in his third season as an NRL coach, gained representative honours when he was selected to start coaching the <a href="/wiki/Country_Origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Origin">Country Origin</a> team.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Season 2006 saw the retirement of captain <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kearns" title="Robbie Kearns">Robbie Kearns</a> and the emergence of talented rookie halfback Cooper Cronk who took over the position from Matt Orford and in addition, the recruitment of hard-man <a href="/wiki/Michael_Crocker" title="Michael Crocker">Michael Crocker</a>. The club also moved away from a single captain, electing to use a rotating captains policy, including Cameron Smith for the first time. Contrary to expectation, 2006 was a standout year for the Melbourne team, finishing on top of the ladder for the first time. Melbourne only lost four games in the season, making them outright leaders by four wins.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They went on to win their two finals matches, and were favourites in the <a href="/wiki/2006_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2006 NRL Grand Final">2006 NRL Grand Final</a>, but lost 15–8 to the Brisbane Broncos, in a match where controversial refereeing decisions against Melbourne caused much media coverage.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2010:_Finals_success_and_club_turmoil"><span id="2007.E2.80.932010:_Finals_success_and_club_turmoil"></span>2007–2010: Finals success and club turmoil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2007–2010: Finals success and club turmoil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, the Storm finished the season on top of the table for the second year in a row. They progressed through the finals series with wins over Brisbane, 40–0, and then Parramatta 26–10, in the preliminary final. This secured a berth in the <a href="/wiki/2007_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2007 NRL Grand Final">2007 NRL Grand Final</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Manly-Warringah_Sea_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</a> which they won 34–8, with Greg Inglis winning the Clive Churchill Medal for best on ground. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg/250px-Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg/375px-Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg/500px-Players_of_Melbourne_Storm_after_the_2007_NRL_grand_final.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Storm players celebrating their Premiership win in 2007 (later disqualified by NRL)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg/270px-MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg/405px-MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg/540px-MelbourneStormWarmup.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3906" data-file-height="2602" /></a><figcaption>Melbourne Storm warming up before a match in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008, foundation player <a href="/wiki/Matt_Geyer" title="Matt Geyer">Matt Geyer</a> became the first player to play 250 games for the club.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melbourne finished on top of the ladder after the 26 rounds of regular competition and despite becoming the first minor premiers since the <a href="/wiki/McIntyre_final_eight_system" title="McIntyre final eight system">McIntyre final eight system</a> was introduced to lose their opening finals game (15–18 to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors</a>), they then defeated the Brisbane Broncos 16–14, scoring in the last minute of their semi-final. Cameron Smith was suspended for two matches for a grapple tackle on Brisbane's Sam Thaiday in the match, seeing him miss the rest of the finals, and Craig Bellamy was fined $50,000 for making scathing remarks against the judiciary's decision. Melbourne convincingly beat the <a href="/wiki/Cronulla-Sutherland_Sharks" title="Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks">Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</a> 28–0 to qualify for the grand final, but suffered the heaviest Grand Final defeat in league history, beaten 40–0 by <a href="/wiki/Manly_Sea_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Manly Sea Eagles">Manly</a>. <a href="/wiki/Greg_Inglis" title="Greg Inglis">Greg Inglis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Israel_Folau" title="Israel Folau">Israel Folau</a> all won awards at the Dally M Awards, and Slater and Smith finished equal second for the <a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Billy Slater was awarded the international player of the year <a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Golden_Boot_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby League World Golden Boot Award">Golden Boot</a> award for 2008, following on from Cameron Smith in 2007. </p><p>In the 2009 season, Melbourne finished 4th on the ladder; they defeated Manly 40–12 in the first week of the finals and Brisbane 40–10 in the preliminary finals to qualify for a <a href="/wiki/2009_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2009 NRL Grand Final">fourth straight grand final</a> (the first since <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta</a> from 1981 to 1984). Against Parramatta, who had finished eighth in the home-and-away season but had won ten of its last eleven matches, the Storm led at one stage by 16 points, before finishing 23–16 winners.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slater won the <a href="/wiki/Clive_Churchill_Medal" title="Clive Churchill Medal">Clive Churchill Medal</a>, and they were named as the NRL Team of the Decade for the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 2000s the Melbourne Storm were still running at a loss of up to $6M per season,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however despite this, they were voted the state of Victoria's most popular sports team by a national <a href="/wiki/Roy_Morgan_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="Roy Morgan Research">Roy Morgan</a> Poll in October 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, a number of changes were made to senior management of the club, firstly <a href="/wiki/Brian_Waldron" title="Brian Waldron">Brian Waldron</a> resigned his position as CEO to take up the same position at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rebels" title="Melbourne Rebels">Melbourne Rebels</a> <a href="/wiki/Super_Rugby" title="Super Rugby">Super Rugby</a> team,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was replaced by Chief Operating Officer, Matt Hanson. In April, following the salary cap revelations, Matt Hanson was then stood down and Ron Gauci appointed. </p><p>On field, the Storm's first match of the season was the <a href="/wiki/2010_World_Club_Challenge" title="2010 World Club Challenge">2010 World Club Challenge</a> against equally dominant English side, the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Rhinos" title="Leeds Rhinos">Leeds Rhinos</a>; in very cold and wet conditions the Storm prevailed 18 – 10.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AAMI_park,_Melbourne_(11351441555).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/AAMI_park%2C_Melbourne_%2811351441555%29.jpg/200px-AAMI_park%2C_Melbourne_%2811351441555%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/AAMI_park%2C_Melbourne_%2811351441555%29.jpg/300px-AAMI_park%2C_Melbourne_%2811351441555%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/AAMI_park%2C_Melbourne_%2811351441555%29.jpg/400px-AAMI_park%2C_Melbourne_%2811351441555%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3689" data-file-height="1744" /></a><figcaption>The Storm's home ground from 2010, <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm_salary_cap_breach" title="Melbourne Storm salary cap breach">Melbourne Storm salary cap breach</a></div> <p>On 22 April 2010 the club admitted that it had breached the NRL's salary cap. The NRL estimated the breach to be in excess of $1.7 million over five years.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the breach, NRL Chief Executive <a href="/wiki/David_Gallop" title="David Gallop">David Gallop</a> stripped the club of all titles earned in this period including their 2007 and 2009 premierships, three minor premierships between 2006–08, heavily fined the club, deducted all premiership points earned to that point of the season and barred them from receiving any more for the rest of the season. The club ended up winning enough matches to make the finals, but automatically finished in last place due to the penalties. Melbourne did have something to celebrate in 2010 with the opening of their new home ground <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a> in May. The stadium was expected to be used right from the beginning of the season, however, construction delays postponed the opening. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–2012:_Rebuild_and_Premiership_success"><span id="2011.E2.80.932012:_Rebuild_and_Premiership_success"></span>2011–2012: Rebuild and Premiership success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2011–2012: Rebuild and Premiership success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the salary cap scandal, the club needed to shed a number of players and rebuild. They managed this successfully and over the next two years the Storm returned to the top of the ladder. In <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm_season_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Storm season 2011">2011</a> the club won what, after the salary cap penalties, was considered the club's first Minor Premiership and that season also included a club record twelve consecutive wins, however, Melbourne fell just short the grand final, losing the preliminary final against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2011_Dally_M_Awards" title="2011 Dally M Awards">2011 Dally M Awards</a> night, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a> won the Dally M Medal, with Craig Bellamy and Cameron Smith also winning Coach of the year and Captain of the year respectively. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm_season_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Storm season 2012">2012</a> the club started very strongly with nine consecutive wins, the club's best start to a season up to that time. A five-game losing streak between Rounds 16 and 21 (the club's second worst losing streak to that time) saw them fall from the top of the ladder. However, from Round 22 forward they recovered their winning form and finished the regular season with five straight wins, ending the regular season in second place on the table. Storm began their finals campaign with a 24–6 win over <a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney Rabbitohs</a>. Storm played its fifth Preliminary Final in six years, this time defeating <a href="/wiki/Manly-Warringah_Sea_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles">Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</a> 40–12 at <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a>. Following this they went on to claim their second official Premiership defeating the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs" title="Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</a> 14 – 4 in the <a href="/wiki/2012_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2012 NRL Grand Final">Grand Final</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013–2017:_World_Champions,_Milestones_and_3rd_Premiership"><span id="2013.E2.80.932017:_World_Champions.2C_Milestones_and_3rd_Premiership"></span>2013–2017: World Champions, Milestones and 3rd Premiership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2013–2017: World Champions, Milestones and 3rd Premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Storm began its 2013 season with a trip to England where they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Rhinos" title="Leeds Rhinos">Leeds Rhinos</a> 18–14 in the <a href="/wiki/2013_World_Club_Challenge" title="2013 World Club Challenge">World Club Challenge</a>, to be crowned World Champions.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon their return to Australia, the Storm began the home and away season where it left off in 2012 winning their first seven games, this combined with games won in late 2012 set a new club record for the most consecutive wins, with the streak ending at 15 games with a loss in Round 8. On 21 May 2013 the Storm announced that, News Limited had sold the club to Holding M.S. Australia Pty Limited, an organisation made up of internationally experienced and successful businessmen. This change included replacement of the News Ltd Board and Executive, which included the replacement of Chairman Stephen Rue with Bart Campbell and CEO Ron Gauci with Mark Evans. News Limited had owned the Storm since its inception in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 June 2013 Captain Cameron Smith played his 250th game for the club.<sup id="cite_ref-CooperCronk_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CooperCronk-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Storm managed to finish 3rd in <a href="/wiki/2013_NRL_season" title="2013 NRL season">2013</a>; however, successive losses to the <a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney Rabbitohs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Knights" title="Newcastle Knights">Newcastle Knights</a> in the finals saw the Storm miss the Preliminary Finals for the first time since <a href="/wiki/2005_NRL_season" title="2005 NRL season">2005</a> (excluding <a href="/wiki/2010_NRL_season" title="2010 NRL season">2010</a>). </p><p>The 2014 season saw a number of milestones achieved, both Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk played their 250th games and Craig Bellamy reached 300 games as coach.<sup id="cite_ref-CooperCronk_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CooperCronk-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid 2014 the Storm also announced a new feeder partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Falcons" title="Sunshine Coast Falcons">Sunshine Coast Falcons</a>. This would complement their existing relationship with Brisbane Easts with a view to establishing a permanent footprint in the <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland" title="Sunshine Coast, Queensland">Sunshine Coast</a> Area.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2015 began successfully for the Storm with the club finding itself on top of the ladder by Round 7. In April Storm CEO Mark Evans announced that he was returning to England and completed his tenure as CEO in June of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dave Donaghy was announced as his replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In round 19 a major milestone was achieved with Cameron smith playing his 300th game becoming only the 24th player in history to do so. In August 2015 the storm announced that they would create an Academy on the Sunshine Coast to develop and nurture developing talent in the region with a view to progressing through the Storm ranks. Part of the establishment of this Academy meant that the Melbourne Storm Under 20s Team would play all of its home games at the new facility from 2016 onward.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2016 season began well for the Storm finding themselves in third place on the ladder after 10 rounds. In Round 5 they scored their 300th NRL win and in Round 9, Craig Bellamy coached his 350th NRL game. On 23 May the Melbourne Storm announced that it had been one of three successful bidders and the only NRL club to gain a licence to field a <a href="/wiki/Netball" title="Netball">Netball</a> side in a new expanded Australian Netball League to commence in 2017. The Melbourne club were nominated by Netball Australia as a preferred bidder for one of three new team licences under their expansion plans and on 17 August 2016 it was announced that the new team will be called <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Lightning" title="Sunshine Coast Lightning">Sunshine Coast Lightning</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and be based on the Sunshine Coast at the Storm sports Academy and in effect be a second Queensland Team. The announcement is to establish the Storm as not just a Rugby League club but a sporting and community club. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"Melbourne Storm have partnered with the University of the Sunshine Coast for this project and we're both very proud and excited to have reached the preferred bidder stage for a licence in the new <a href="/wiki/Australian_Netball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Netball League">National Netball League</a>,"</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dave_Donaghy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dave Donaghy (page does not exist)">Dave Donaghy</a>, 2016<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>At the conclusion of the 2016 NRL season Melbourne finished in first place claiming their second legitimate Minor Premiership. They qualified for the NRL Finals series winning their first two finals and thus making it through to the <a href="/wiki/2016_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2016 NRL Grand Final">2016 NRL Grand Final</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Cronulla-Sutherland_Sharks" title="Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks">Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</a>. The game was a very hard-fought match, as the game hung in the balance until the dying second but the Cronulla side hung on to win. </p><p>2017 was another successful year for the Melbourne Storm, the club's 20th season in the NRL. Following on from the heartbreak of losing the grand final in 2016, the club went from strength to strength recruiting well in the off season and dominated the 2017 NRL season to finish in first place earning them their third legitimate minor premiership. Melbourne won 20 and lost four games throughout the season making it their most dominant season in 10 years. Cameron Smith also broke a number of league, club and personal records throughout the 2017 season including the NRL games record for the most games played, league record for the most wins as a captain, a personal best for the most points in a game and also scored his 2000th career point and 1000th career goal, the first time any player has achieved this. The Storm continued their success into the 2017 NRL finals and won their first two, a home Qualifying final against the Parramatta Eels 18–16 and a home Preliminary Final against <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane</a> 30–0 to qualify them for their second consecutive Grand Final. The <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2017 NRL Grand Final">2017 NRL Grand Final</a> was played against the <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys" title="North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys</a>, which Melbourne dominated to earn them their 3rd official Premiership 34–6. Billy Slater won his second Clive Churchill medal. In December 2017, the NRL announced the formation of a women's competition with Melbourne Storm expressing their interest in applying for a licence to participate in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/NRL_Women%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL Women's">NRL Women's</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-storm-womens-interest_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-storm-womens-interest-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018–2022:_20th_anniversary_and_4th_premiership"><span id="2018.E2.80.932022:_20th_anniversary_and_4th_premiership"></span>2018–2022: 20th anniversary and 4th premiership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2018–2022: 20th anniversary and 4th premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the club's premiership in 2017, the Storm hosted the <a href="/wiki/2018_World_Club_Challenge" title="2018 World Club Challenge">2018 World Club Challenge</a> at AAMI Park in February and also defeated the Leeds Rhinos to win the title 38–4. 2018 was also a special year for the club as it celebrated its 20th anniversary and in March announced their team of the first 20 years during a gala evening at Crown Casino.<sup id="cite_ref-Storm_announce_20_Year_Team_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm_announce_20_Year_Team-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Continuing on from the success in 2017, the Storm once again played very well throughout the year ultimately being pipped for the Minor Premiership on points difference. The Storm once again made the grand final, however, lost to the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a> to end the season runner-up. </p><p>In 2019, the club returned to the top of the table, winning the <a href="/wiki/Minor_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Premiership">Minor Premiership</a> finishing six points ahead of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a>, however, their finals campaign was not as successful with ultimately exiting the finals after a defeat in the preliminary final once again to the Roosters.<sup id="cite_ref-Storm_stats_2019_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm_stats_2019-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Club captain Cameron Smith also achieved a number of significant milestones throughout the 2019 season, including captaining his 300th game, becoming the game's highest points scorer and also playing his 400th NRL game – the first NRL player to do so. </p><p>The Storm were looking to continue their success into 2020 but 2020 became somewhat of an extraordinary year. The global <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> hit Australia in late February forcing all games behind closed doors and then a total suspension and reorganization of the season. After the situation in Victoria deteriorated in June, the Storm were forced to relocate to the <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland" title="Sunshine Coast, Queensland">Sunshine Coast</a> in <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> to complete their season.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melbourne would go on to finish second on the table at the end of the 2020 regular season behind <a href="/wiki/Minor_Premiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Premiers">Minor Premiers</a> <a href="/wiki/Penrith_Panthers" title="Penrith Panthers">Penrith</a>, before beating Penrith in the <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2020 NRL Grand Final">2020 NRL Grand Final</a> to win their fourth official premiership, and cementing their status as one of the most successful clubs of the modern NRL era.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, long term captain Cameron Smith announced his retirement after 430 game and both Jesse Bromwich and Dale Finucane were announced as co-captains. On-field, the Melbourne club had some early hiccups adjusting to life after Smith, however, from round four, began a winning streak that lasted until Round 23 – 19 consecutive wins, becoming the first team since the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a> in 1975 to complete this feat.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was made all the more remarkable because for the second consecutive season the club were forced to once again relocate to Queensland from Round 9 onwards due to COVID-19 outbreaks in NSW and Victoria. The winning run helped them to win the <a href="/wiki/Minor_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Premiership">Minor Premiership</a> finishing in first place at the end of the season, however the club failed to make the grand final losing the preliminary final to Penrith. The club also broke a number of other points scoring records throughout the season including finishing with the highest ever points differential (499 points). Individually, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Addo-Carr" title="Josh Addo-Carr">Josh Addo-Carr</a> also scored a club record six tries in a single game against <a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Melbourne started the <a href="/wiki/2022_NRL_season" title="2022 NRL season">2022 NRL season</a> strongly winning seven of their opening eight matches with their only defeat coming against <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta</a>. In round 10 however, Melbourne were defeated 32–6 by Premiers <a href="/wiki/Penrith_Panthers" title="Penrith Panthers">Penrith</a>. The following week, Melbourne suffered their biggest loss in the competition since round 18 of the <a href="/wiki/2013_NRL_season" title="2013 NRL season">2013 NRL season</a> when they were defeated 36–6 by <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys" title="North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In round 18 of the <a href="/wiki/2022_NRL_season" title="2022 NRL season">2022 NRL season</a>, Melbourne were defeated 20–16 by <a href="/wiki/Canberra_Raiders" title="Canberra Raiders">Canberra</a> which meant they had lost three straight matches for the first time since the <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_season" title="2015 NRL season">2015 NRL season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melbourne would finish the 2022 regular season in fifth place on the table which was their lowest finish since the <a href="/wiki/2014_NRL_season" title="2014 NRL season">2014 NRL season</a>. In the elimination final, Melbourne were upset 28–20 by <a href="/wiki/Canberra_Raiders" title="Canberra Raiders">Canberra</a> which ended their season.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emblem_and_colours">Emblem and colours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Emblem and colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name">Name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, the club favoured the name Melbourne Mavericks with a gunslinger logo holding a fistful of dollars. The club officials were all set to go with this until News Limited's <a href="/wiki/Lachlan_Murdoch" title="Lachlan Murdoch">Lachlan Murdoch</a> told them to go with something else because the Mavericks sounded too American.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trams and Flying Foxes were also some ideas that came up. However, CEO <a href="/wiki/Chris_Johns_(rugby_league)" title="Chris Johns (rugby league)">Chris Johns</a> and Executive Director <a href="/wiki/John_Ribot" title="John Ribot">John Ribot</a> decided to go with the themes of lightning, power and following a naming competition, the club eventually settled on the name Melbourne Storm.<sup id="cite_ref-page344_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page344-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Melbourne teenager Cameron Duncan came up with the name "Storm", with his winning entry chosen from more than 1000 received. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colours">Colours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Melbourne_colours.svg/80px-Melbourne_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Melbourne_colours.svg/120px-Melbourne_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Melbourne_colours.svg/160px-Melbourne_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="118" data-file-height="118" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p>The Storm were always going to go with the colours of their state, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> (navy blue with a white 'V'), but club consultant at the time, Peter McWhirter of the <a href="/wiki/JAG_(clothing)" title="JAG (clothing)">JAG</a> fashion house, suggested that they should also have purple and gold to make their merchandise more attractive.<sup id="cite_ref-page344_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page344-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therefore, the official colours of the Storm are navy blue and purple (main colours) and white and yellow (minor colours). </p><p>All four of these colours appeared in the logo until yellow was removed in 2018. In the home jersey, the colours have varied over the years. Between 1998 and 2004 these four colours appeared on various designs but between 2005 and 2009, gold was completely removed and silver introduced. Between 2010 and 2012, gold returned, silver was omitted and purple became the dominant colour in the jersey. For 2013 a new design was announced featuring a deeper V, with more navy blue in the jersey. Gold disappeared again along with most of the white, and the lightning bolts were changed to purple. During 2015 the jersey changed again, for the first time not featuring a V at all, but the V returned somewhat along with the lightning bolts in 2016 with a manufacturer change. In 2018 and 19 the club wore a traditional V uniform and all colours were present, however, for 2020 the jersey has returned to an all navy blue and purple jersey. </p><p>Between 1998 and 2001, Melbourne was the only club to display player names on the back of jerseys. This was because there was no major sponsor for the Storm to display on the chest or back at the time. It also helped supporters new to the game identify the players. In 2001, Melbourne gained its first major sponsor in Adecco,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was displayed on the jersey chest, while maintaining the players' names on the back until the end of 2001. In 2002, the Storm removed the players' names and displayed Adecco's logo on the back. Since then the Storm have had varying sponsors adorning the jersey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logo">Logo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The club's original logo of "Storm Man" riding over storm clouds and throwing a bolt of lightning was in place from the club's inception through to the end of the 2017 season. The only variation to this was when an informal logo for the 10th Anniversary was produced however this was only featured on supporter merchandise and not in an official capacity on the jersey. As part of the club's 20th Anniversary, the Storm introduced a new logo used throughout the 2018 season.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The logo was a shield based logo with the storm man featured above the words "Melbourne Storm 20 Years". As the celebrations concluded, the club rebranded and replaced the 20th Anniversary logo with another new logo.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current Logo is a derivation of the 20-year logo featuring no shield and a more bold "Melbourne Storm" and the club has also dropped the colour Yellow from the logo. There is also a second official version of this logo in all white which features on the home jersey.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerycaption">Melbourne Storm – Logos</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="1998–2017"><img alt="1998–2017" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg/112px-Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="112" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg/169px-Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1f/Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg/225px-Melbourne_Storm_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="281" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1998–2017</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Storm10yearslogo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="2007"><img alt="2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Storm10yearslogo.png/104px-Storm10yearslogo.png" decoding="async" width="104" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Storm10yearslogo.png/156px-Storm10yearslogo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Storm10yearslogo.png/208px-Storm10yearslogo.png 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">2007</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="2018"><img alt="2018" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg/120px-MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg/180px-MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg/240px-MelbourneStorm2018logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">2018</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_song">Club song</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Club song"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Melbourne Storm have a number of club songs that are either played over the <a href="/wiki/PA_system" class="mw-redirect" title="PA system">PA system</a> or exclusively sung by the players at each game; </p><p>The main song, which was written by Jon Mol and Phil Wall, is called "We Are the Storm"<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is played over the public address system following each home victory. </p><p>In addition, <a href="/wiki/AC/DC" title="AC/DC">AC/DC</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Thunderstruck_(song)" title="Thunderstruck (song)">Thunderstruck</a>" is played at every home game as the team enter the stadium. </p><p>Lastly, after each victory, the Storm players also sing "We are the mighty Melbourne Storm" in the dressing rooms.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song is sung to the same tune as the US <a href="/wiki/Marines%27_Hymn" title="Marines' Hymn">Marines' Hymn</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St._George_Illawarra_Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: St. George Illawarra Dragons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/St._George_Illawarra" class="mw-redirect" title="St. George Illawarra">St. George Illawarra</a> and Melbourne rivalry was at its highest in the years following the <a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_Grand_Final" title="1999 NRL Grand Final">1999 NRL Grand Final</a>. In this game, Melbourne narrowly beat St. George Illawarra, with a late penalty try putting the Melbourne club in front. The following year, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mundine" title="Anthony Mundine">Anthony Mundine</a> declared that the Melbourne side were not "worthy premiers" in the run up to their round 5 rematch. Melbourne responded by belting St. George Illawarra 70–10. </p><p>However, later that season, St. George Illawarra had a large win defeating Melbourne 50–4. In 2006, Melbourne and St. George Illawarra once again met in a Preliminary Final which Melbourne won. On 21 July 2008, Melbourne won at Olympic Park 26–0, in a match highlighted by several ugly brawls.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, the Melbourne club defeated St. George Illawarra 17–16 in Round 1 with a field goal in Golden Point extra time.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, this rivalry has somewhat diminished. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brisbane_Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Brisbane Broncos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Melbourne Storm has a rivalry with Brisbane, built in large part on the large number of finals games played between the teams, including one final in each year from 2004 to 2009, with the Melbourne club winning all but one of them. The move of Brisbane assistant coach Craig Bellamy to Melbourne has also been attributed to fueling the rivalry, as well as the wide spread of <a href="/wiki/Queensland_State_of_Origin_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland State of Origin team">Queensland Origin</a> players across their squads in the better part of the past decade. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"When Bellamy left here and went to Melbourne, the rivalry with them went up a notch then... their record is good against us."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Darren_Lockyer" title="Darren Lockyer">Darren Lockyer</a>, 26 September 2009<sup id="cite_ref-heraldsun.com.au_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heraldsun.com.au-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Every year since Brisbane's victory over Melbourne in the 2006 Grand Final, Melbourne have ended Brisbane's season by knocking them out of the finals. Melbourne captain Cameron Smith commented on the rivalry prior to their 2009 Preliminary Final at Etihad Stadium. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"A lot of people talk about us and Manly, but I think all the boys for whatever reason would say we take more satisfaction out of beating the Broncos...we love playing them...there is always plenty of feeling and intensity in the games...it probably wouldn't feel like September if we weren't playing them at some stage."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a>, 26 September 2009<sup id="cite_ref-heraldsun.com.au_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heraldsun.com.au-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> defeated Melbourne 15–8 in the 2006 NRL Grand Final. Melbourne sought revenge through a 40–0 thrashing in the 2007 Qualifying Final at <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park Stadium</a>. The 2008 Semi-Final at <a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a> ended with Melbourne dramatically winning 16–14 with a try on the final play of the game. In 2009, Brisbane were again beaten by eventual premiers Melbourne, this time 40–10 at Etihad Stadium, catapulting the Melbourne club to their 4th consecutive Grand Final Appearance. In 2017, the two sides met in the preliminary final where Melbourne defeated Brisbane 30–0. Since the 2006 Grand Final, Melbourne have only lost to Brisbane five times across 36 matches.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In round 27 of the <a href="/wiki/2023_NRL_season" title="2023 NRL season">2023 NRL season</a>, the two sides met in the final round of the regular campaign. Brisbane and Melbourne both rested several players as each team had qualified for the finals. Melbourne would go on to win the game 32–22 which denied Brisbane their first <a href="/wiki/Minor_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Premiership">Minor Premiership</a> since the <a href="/wiki/2000_NRL_season" title="2000 NRL season">2000 NRL season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two sides met the following week in the 2023 qualifying final with Brisbane defeating Melbourne 26–0 to book a place in the preliminary final. It was the first time Brisbane had beaten Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium since 2009 and the first time that they had defeated Melbourne in 14 attempts.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manly-Warringah_Sea_Eagles">Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Manly%E2%80%93Melbourne_NRL_rivalry" title="Manly–Melbourne NRL rivalry">Manly–Melbourne NRL rivalry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brookvale" title="Battle of Brookvale">Battle of Brookvale</a></div> <p>The origin of the rivalry stems back the period between 2007 and 2012 when both clubs were consistently at the top of the table. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2007_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2007 NRL Grand Final">2007 NRL Grand Final</a>, Melbourne defeated Manly 34–8 and then the following year in the <a href="/wiki/2008_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2008 NRL Grand Final">2008 NRL Grand Final</a>, lost to the Manly club 40 nil. The following season the clubs once again met in the finals series and this time it was Melbourne who ended Manly-Warringah's season, and their bid for back to back titles, with a 40–12 defeat in the 2009 qualifying final. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I haven't been a part of the matches previous to this year which built that rivalry but you certainly get a sense that interest in the game and the level of excitement and enthusiasm from the players goes up", </p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Brett_Finch" title="Brett Finch">Brett Finch</a>, 8 September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>In 2011 the rivalry escalated when another major chapter was written in what became known as the "<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brookvale" title="Battle of Brookvale">Battle of Brookvale</a>". This game involved a massive brawl that began on the field and then continued as the two key players involved were being sent off. The melee ultimately involved interchange players and officials from both clubs as well.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What made this worse was that the match was attended by then CEO of the NRL David Gallop who condemned the actions of both clubs. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>The sight of so many players from both teams fighting, of people running in and leaving the bench area, was a horrendous look for the game.</i></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/David_Gallop" title="David Gallop">David Gallop</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>In the years following this match, matches between Manly-Warringah and Melbourne played at <a href="/wiki/Brookvale_Oval" title="Brookvale Oval">Brookvale Oval</a> continued to often be called the "Battle of Brookvale", though there have not been any particularly violent matches between the two sides at this venue since.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, there was a similar scenario as 2009 when the clubs met in the Preliminary Final, Melbourne again defeated Manly 40–12, again ending their chances of winning back-to-back titles after the Manly-Warringah club won the title in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The matches between the two sides simmered over the next decade, however, in the <a href="/wiki/2021_NRL_Finals_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 NRL Finals Series">2021 NRL Finals Series</a> the two clubs once again met, this time a Qualifying Final, Melbourne again defeated Manly and curiously, the score line was again 40–12, the third time this had occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand_Warriors">New Zealand Warriors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: New Zealand Warriors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is more of a traditional game due to the large number of Kiwi internationals Melbourne has fielded in their history.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matches between the two clubs are normally close and low scoring, with the overall head to head (as of 2020) in Melbourne's favour (45 clashes, Melbourne 27 – Warriors 16 and 2 draws). These two sides played an annual ANZAC Day clash each year between 2009 and 2014. In 2015 it was not scheduled so the Warriors could celebrate the 100th anniversary of ANZAC Day at home. From 2016 onwards (with the exception of 2020), it has been played on every ANZAC Day since. Both teams play for the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_Trophy" title="Michael Moore Trophy">Michael Moore Trophy</a>. </p><p>The two sides have met each other twice in the finals series. The first being in week one of the 2008 finals series where New Zealand pulled off one of the biggest finals upsets defeating Melbourne 18–15. New Zealand had finished the season in eighth whilst Melbourne had finished as <a href="/wiki/Minor_Premiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor Premiers">Minor Premiers</a>. In 2011, the two clubs met in the preliminary final where Melbourne was defeated by New Zealand in a major upset, thus falling one match short of the <a href="/wiki/2011_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2011 NRL Grand Final">2011 NRL Grand Final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sydney_Roosters">Sydney Roosters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sydney Roosters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This competitive rivalry began in the <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_season" title="2017 NRL season">2017 NRL season</a> when the two clubs met in Round 16 at the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a>. The Sydney Roosters won a very tight game in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Point">Golden Point</a> 25–24 then only seven weeks later, Melbourne won the return game 16–13 at AAMI Park. In this game, the Sydney Roosters were leading 13–12 after 73 minutes after kicking a field goal before <a href="/wiki/Joe_Stimson" title="Joe Stimson">Joe Stimson</a> scored a late try to steal the win just before full time. The competitive nature with the Sydney Roosters increased in the off season when long time player Cooper Cronk announced that he was moving to Sydney and joining the club for 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-nothingbutleague.com_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nothingbutleague.com-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2018 premiership season, the two clubs only played one game, again at the Adelaide Oval. It was another tight game which this time Melbourne won 9–8 with Cameron Smith kicking a late field goal to snatch victory. The two clubs remained neck and neck at the top of the table with the Sydney Roosters pipping Melbourne for the minor premiership on points difference. The two clubs did not meet until the <a href="/wiki/2018_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2018 NRL Grand Final">2018 NRL Grand Final</a> with the Sydney Roosters winning 21–6. In the game, Cooper Cronk playing injured, assumed a virtual on-field player-coach role, using his years of Grand Final experience to help the Roosters defeat the Melbourne side.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the teams clashed twice during the season and both games were close. On Good Friday the Roosters defeated Melbourne 21–20 in Golden point overtime before the teams met once again in Adelaide, with Melbourne prevailing 14–12. The third clash of the year was the preliminary final, which the Sydney Roosters won 14–6 at the SCG.<sup id="cite_ref-nothingbutleague.com_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nothingbutleague.com-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_season" title="2020 NRL season">2020 NRL season</a> disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne's Round 8 "home" game against the Roosters was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Suncorp Stadium">Suncorp Stadium</a> in Brisbane. In a game that produced one of the more extraordinary finishes to an NRL game, the Roosters were leading 22–12 with 12 minutes left when Melbourne then scored two tries to take a 24–22 lead. The game was then tied up by a penalty goal to the Roosters before they also scored a 78th minute field goal to lead 25–24. With seconds remaining, Melbourne's Ryan Papenhuyzen scored a field goal of his own to tie scores up again at 25 all and send the game into <a href="/wiki/Golden_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Point">Golden Point</a>. Melbourne won the game with Cameron Smith kicking a penalty goal. </p><p>As of the end of the <a href="/wiki/2021_NRL_season" title="2021 NRL season">2021 NRL season</a>, the clubs met a further three times with Melbourne winning all three games including defeating the Roosters 46–0 in round 16 of the 2021 season.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fixture re-ignited in 2022 in round 24 when the Sydney Roosters narrowly defeated Melbourne 18–14 after the Roosters lead 14–0. It was a particularly spiteful game that included repeat melees and sin bins for players on both sides. Sydney Roosters player Jared Waerea-Hargreaves was sin binned following the referee repeatedly warning both sides to fall in line. The game also came on the back of Hooker, Brandon Smith, transferring to the club for the 2023 season.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two sides met in the second week of the 2023 NRL finals series. Melbourne were heavy favourites going into the game but with only minutes remaining the Sydney Roosters were in front 13-12. This was until with three minutes to go Melbourne scored a try through <a href="/wiki/William_Warbrick" title="William Warbrick">William Warbrick</a> to win the match 18-13. The match wasn't without controversy due to Melbourne scoring a try in the first half which came directly after <a href="/wiki/Harry_Grant_(rugby_league)" title="Harry Grant (rugby league)">Harry Grant</a> had knocked the ball on from a cross-field kick.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Penrith_Panthers">Penrith Panthers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Penrith Panthers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This rivalry began in the last round of 2018 when the Panthers beat Storm 22-16 in Melbourne, denying the Storm from winning the minor premiership that year. Prior to this match the Panthers had a very poor record against the Storm, only defeating them once out of their previous eighteen matches dating back to the beginning of 2006. </p><p>However, since 2020, their rivalry has really intensified, starting from the <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2020 NRL Grand Final">2020 NRL Grand Final</a> where the Storm won 26-20, ending Panthers 17 game winning streak. </p><p>In 2021, they played each other twice, including a close encounter in Round 3 where Panthers hung on to win 12-10 in an entertaining game. They met again in the preliminary finals where Panthers won 10-6 the week before they went on to beat South Sydney in the <a href="/wiki/2021_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2021 NRL Grand Final">2021 NRL Grand Final</a>. </p><p>In 2023, they would meet again in the preliminary finals, with Penrith winning comfortably 38-4. </p><p>In 2024, they played each other twice with the Storm winning both encounters, the first encounter they won 8-0 in Round 1 and the second encounter they won 24-22, denying the Panthers the chance to win the minor premiership in 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium_and_attendances">Stadium and attendances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Stadium and attendances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Backofamipark.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Backofamipark.JPG/220px-Backofamipark.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Backofamipark.JPG/330px-Backofamipark.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Backofamipark.JPG/440px-Backofamipark.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Inside the Storm's home ground, <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Melbourne's current home ground is <a href="/wiki/AAMI_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AAMI Park">AAMI Park</a> and has been since the 2010 season. Prior to this the club played the vast majority of their home matches at the city's now demolished <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park Stadium</a>, which was located next door. Affectionately coined "The Graveyard" by fans due to the incredible 77.2% winning percentage there, it was there that the club played their inaugural home match in the fourth round of the 1998 season on 3 April 1998, having come off the back of three successive away victories.<sup id="cite_ref-page346_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-page346-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team recorded a 26–16 victory over the <a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a>, and the crowd of 20,522 was the largest attendance for the club at <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-crowds_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crowds-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was also at this time that Melbourne Storm helped set a Rugby League World record attendance figure of 107,999. This was during the <a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_Grand_final" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 NRL Grand final">1999 NRL Grand final</a>, held at <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Australia" title="Stadium Australia">Stadium Australia</a> where they defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons, to win their first NRL premiership. As the ground's capacity has since been reduced this record cannot be broken. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mbnolypkst.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mbnolypkst.jpg/220px-Mbnolypkst.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mbnolypkst.jpg/330px-Mbnolypkst.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Mbnolypkst.jpg/440px-Mbnolypkst.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The Storm's former home ground, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park Stadium</a> during a Toyota cup match</figcaption></figure> <p>The team remained at Olympic Park until the end of the 2000 season, when it was decided that due to attracting larger home crowds which were now averaging 14,622 spectators,<sup id="cite_ref-crowds_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crowds-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they decided to relocate to the much larger capacity <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Docklands Stadium</a> for the following season. However, due to Docklands stadium being primarily suited to AFL games and in addition the AFL and stadium management being reluctant to reconfigure the seating for Rugby League games and coupled with the team missing the finals that year, crowd numbers declined and it was decided to move the team back to Olympic Park. Docklands stadium was still used by the Storm for home finals until 2010 and this allowed a home final attendance record of 33,427 to be set in 2007 in the Preliminary Final against <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta</a>. </p><p>From 2002, crowd numbers declined and by 2004 the Storm had their lowest crowd average of 8,886 per home game; however, at this time the Storm also began a strong recruiting drive and with a new and exciting playing roster, crowds steadily rose over the following years, returning to an average of 14,670 by 2010. The Storm played their final game at Olympic Park in round 25 of the 2009 season, 29 August 2009, with a 36–4 thrashing of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The intention was to relocate to its new home venue next door at AAMI Park; however, delays in construction meant that the first game could not be played at the venue until Round 9 of the 2010 season, therefore, the first three home games of 2010 were played at Etihad Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then all Storm home games (with the exception of a few homes games played interstate), regular season and finals, have been played at AAMI Park. </p><p>Following winning the 2012 premiership and having sustained onfield success, crowd numbers continued to rise. The club's highest regular season attendance at AAMI Park, of 28,716, was set on 25 April 2014 for the <a href="/wiki/ANZAC_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="ANZAC Day">ANZAC Day</a> match against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors</a>. Average crowds have continued to increase and by the end of the 2017 season, another premiership year, had reached a record peak of 18,375.<sup id="cite_ref-crowds_79-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crowds-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club's highest official "home" attendance of 52,347 occurred in the 2016 season – this was during a doubleheader game at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.<sup id="cite_ref-crowds_79-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crowds-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For most of the 2020 and much of the 2021 seasons, the Storm played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Stadium" title="Sunshine Coast Stadium">Sunshine Coast Stadium</a> on Queensland's <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast,_Queensland" title="Sunshine Coast, Queensland">Sunshine Coast</a>, due to Victoria's strict COVID-19 policies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_and_records">Statistics and records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Statistics and records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_Storm_records" title="List of Melbourne Storm records">List of Melbourne Storm records</a></div> <p>As of the end of the <a href="/wiki/2024_NRL_season" title="2024 NRL season">2024 NRL season</a>, the Storm have won four NRL Premierships (1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020) and six Minor Premierships (2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024). A further two NRL premierships (2007 and 2009) and three minor premierships (2006, 2007, 2008) were withheld due to salary cap breaches. Their current wins percentage of 67.14% is the best in the league. The most capped player is <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a> with 430 NRL appearances in his career. Smith's total is also the current league record and he also the only NRL player in history to reach the 400 game mark. In addition, Smith is also the league's highest point scorer with 2786 career points. Fullback <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a> is the club's most prolific try scorer with 190 tries scored during his career. Melbourne Storm players have also won the <a href="/wiki/Dally_M" class="mw-redirect" title="Dally M">Dally M</a> medal on six occasions with Smith winning in 2006 and 2017, Slater in 2011, <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Cronk" title="Cooper Cronk">Cooper Cronk</a> in 2013 and 2016 and most recently <a href="/wiki/Jahrome_Hughes" title="Jahrome Hughes">Jahrome Hughes</a> in 2024. The Storm have thus far had five <a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_World_Golden_Boot_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Rugby League World Golden Boot Award">Golden Boot award</a> winners, more than any other club (Smith 2007 and 2017, Slater 2008, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Inglis" title="Greg Inglis">Greg Inglis</a> 2009 and Cronk in 2016). </p><p>Melbourne Storm's winning streak record for the most consecutive matches won stands at 19 matches, between round 4 and round 23 of the <a href="/wiki/2021_NRL_season" title="2021 NRL season">2021 NRL season</a>. This is equal to the league record set in 1975 by <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Eastern Suburbs</a>. The club's all-time highest score is 70 points which they have scored on two occasions, on 3 March 2000 against St. George Illawarra and on 25 April 2022 vs New Zealand Warriors. Their highest winning margin is 64 points which they've achieved twice, first in a 64–0 win over West Tigers in 2001, and then again in a 68–4 win over Canberra Raiders in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_Storm_seasons" title="List of Melbourne Storm seasons">List of Melbourne Storm seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Asofa-Solomona" title="Nelson Asofa-Solomona">Nelson Asofa-Solomona</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Blore" title="Shawn Blore">Shawn Blore</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Chan" title="Joe Chan">Joe Chan</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Coates" title="Xavier Coates">Xavier Coates</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Sualauvi_Fa%27alogo" title="Sualauvi Fa'alogo">Sua Fa'alogo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Bronson_Garlick" title="Bronson Garlick">Bronson Garlick</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Grant_(rugby_league)" title="Harry Grant (rugby league)">Harry Grant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Captain" title="Rugby league positions">c</a>)<small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Howarth_(rugby_league)" title="Jack Howarth (rugby league)">Jack Howarth</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jahrome_Hughes" title="Jahrome Hughes">Jahrome Hughes</a> (vc)<small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Tui_Kamikamica" title="Tui Kamikamica">Tui Kamikamica</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Eliesa_Katoa" title="Eliesa Katoa">Eliesa Katoa</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Josh_King_(rugby_league)" title="Josh King (rugby league)">Josh King</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Moses_Leo" title="Moses Leo">Moses Leo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Trent_Loiero" title="Trent Loiero">Trent Loiero</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Alec_MacDonald" title="Alec MacDonald">Alec MacDonald</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Meaney" title="Nick Meaney">Nick Meaney</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Munster" title="Cameron Munster">Cameron Munster</a> (vc)<small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Papenhuyzen" title="Ryan Papenhuyzen">Ryan Papenhuyzen</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Pezet" title="Jonah Pezet">Jonah Pezet</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Stefano_Utoikamanu" title="Stefano Utoikamanu">Stefano Utoikamanu</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_Vaalepu" title="Lazarus Vaalepu">Lazarus Vaalepu</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/William_Warbrick" title="William Warbrick">Will Warbrick</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Welch" title="Christian Welch">Christian Welch</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Tyran_Wishart" title="Tyran Wishart">Tyran Wishart</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keagan_Russell-Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keagan Russell-Smith (page does not exist)">Keagan Russell-Smith</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b>Manager</b><br /> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Ponissi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Ponissi (page does not exist)">Frank Ponissi</a> (General Manager of Football)<br /></li></ul> <p><b>Head coach</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy_(rugby_league)" title="Craig Bellamy (rugby league)">Craig Bellamy</a><br /></li></ul> <p><b>Assistant coaches</b><br /> </p> <ul><li>Marc Brentnall<br /></li> <li>Aaron Bellamy<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hinchcliffe" title="Ryan Hinchcliffe">Ryan Hinchcliffe</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Lowrie" title="Todd Lowrie">Todd Lowrie</a> (Development Coach)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Duffie" title="Matt Duffie">Matt Duffie</a> (Pathways Coach)<br /></li> <li>John Donehue (Contact Coach)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a> (Specialist Coach)</li></ul> <p><b>Medical professionals</b> </p> <ul><li>Dr. Jason Chan (Chief Medical Officer)</li> <li>Liam Robinson (Head Physiotherapist)</li></ul> <p><b>Managers</b> </p> <ul><li>Paul Bunn (General Manager - Recruitment & List Management)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Glasby" title="Tim Glasby">Tim Glasby</a> (Pathways Manager)</li> <li>Lachlan Penfold (Performance)<br /></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><small>Updated: 20 November 2024</small><br /><small class="plainlinks">Source(s): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/teams/">Storm Team Profiles</a>; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/about/staff-listing/">Storm staff</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inaugural_team">Inaugural team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Inaugural team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first Melbourne Storm team to take to the field in Round 1 of the <a href="/wiki/1998_NRL_season" title="1998 NRL season">1998 NRL season</a><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color:#440085; color:white; text-align: center; font-weight:bold">Melbourne Storm </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Inaugural Team </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Interchange </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Coach </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 1 </span> <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Ross_(rugby_league)" title="Robbie Ross (rugby league)">Robbie Ross</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 2 </span> <a href="/wiki/Craig_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1973)" title="Craig Smith (rugby league, born 1973)">Craig Smith</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 3 </span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Moule" title="Aaron Moule">Aaron Moule</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 4 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bell_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bell (rugby league)">Paul Bell</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 5 </span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Bai" title="Marcus Bai">Marcus Bai</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 6 </span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hill_(rugby_league)" title="Scott Hill (rugby league)">Scott Hill</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 7 </span> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Kimmorley" title="Brett Kimmorley">Brett Kimmorley</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 8 </span> <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Howe" title="Rodney Howe">Rodney Howe</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 9 </span> <a href="/wiki/Danny_Williams_(rugby_league,_born_1973)" title="Danny Williams (rugby league, born 1973)">Danny Williams</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">10 </span> <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kearns" title="Robbie Kearns">Robbie Kearns</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">11 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Marquet" title="Paul Marquet">Paul Marquet</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">12 </span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Roarty" title="Ben Roarty">Ben Roarty</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">13 </span> <a href="/wiki/Tawera_Nikau" title="Tawera Nikau">Tawera Nikau</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">14 </span> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Lazarus" title="Glenn Lazarus">Glenn Lazarus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Captain" title="Rugby league positions">c</a>)<small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">15 </span> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Swain" title="Richard Swain">Richard Swain</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">16 </span> <a href="/wiki/Russell_Bawden" title="Russell Bawden">Russell Bawden</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">17 </span> <a href="/wiki/John_Carlaw" title="John Carlaw">John Carlaw</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Head coach</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Anderson_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Anderson (rugby league)">Chris Anderson</a><br /></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><small>Updated: 23 July 2020</small><br /><small class="plainlinks">Source(s): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/nrl-1998/round-1/summary.html">NRL 1998 Round 1</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_of_the_decade">Team of the decade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Team of the decade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of their 10-year celebrations in 2007, Melbourne Storm released a team of the decade. The 17-man team was selected by former assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Greg_Brentnall" title="Greg Brentnall">Greg Brentnall</a>, foundation Executive Director <a href="/wiki/John_Ribot" title="John Ribot">John Ribot</a>, and then board member <a href="/wiki/Frank_Stanton_(rugby_league)" title="Frank Stanton (rugby league)">Frank Stanton</a> (all 3 were members of the <a href="/wiki/1982_Kangaroo_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 Kangaroo tour">1982 Kangaroo tour</a> "Invincibles", Brentnall and Ribot as players with Stanton the coach). The trio were joined by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney)" title="The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>) journalist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Mascord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steve Mascord (page does not exist)">Steve Mascord</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color:#440085; color:white; text-align: center; font-weight:bold">Melbourne Storm </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Team of the Decade </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Interchange </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Coach </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 1 </span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 2 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Geyer" title="Matt Geyer">Matt Geyer</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 3 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_King_(rugby_league)" title="Matt King (rugby league)">Matt King</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 4 </span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Inglis" title="Greg Inglis">Greg Inglis</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 5 </span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Bai" title="Marcus Bai">Marcus Bai</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 6 </span> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Hill_(rugby_league)" title="Scott Hill (rugby league)">Scott Hill</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 7 </span> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Kimmorley" title="Brett Kimmorley">Brett Kimmorley</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 8 </span> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Lazarus" title="Glenn Lazarus">Glenn Lazarus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Captain" title="Rugby league positions">c</a>)<small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 9 </span> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">10 </span> <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kearns" title="Robbie Kearns">Robbie Kearns</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">11 </span> <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Johnson" title="Dallas Johnson">Dallas Johnson</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">12 </span> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kearney" title="Stephen Kearney">Stephen Kearney</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">13 </span> <a href="/wiki/Tawera_Nikau" title="Tawera Nikau">Tawera Nikau</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">14 </span> <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Cronk" title="Cooper Cronk">Cooper Cronk</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">15 </span> <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Howe" title="Rodney Howe">Rodney Howe</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">16 </span> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hoffman" title="Ryan Hoffman">Ryan Hoffman</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">17 </span> <a href="/wiki/David_Kidwell" title="David Kidwell">David Kidwell</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Head coach</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy_(rugby_league)" title="Craig Bellamy (rugby league)">Craig Bellamy</a><br /></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><small>Updated: 9 August 2014</small><br /><small class="plainlinks">Source(s): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080822090855/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=15&ssec=8">Team of the Decade</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_of_the_first_20_years">Team of the first 20 years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Team of the first 20 years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of their 20-year celebrations in 2018, Melbourne Storm announced their team of the first 20 years at a gala night at Crown Casino on 2 March 2018. The 17-man line-up is made up of the greatest players to have pulled on the purple jersey over the last two decades. The team selection panel included Storm Football Director Frank Ponissi, CEO Dave Donaghy, inaugural Executive Director <a href="/wiki/John_Ribot" title="John Ribot">John Ribot</a>, former assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Greg_Brentnall" title="Greg Brentnall">Greg Brentnall</a>, journalist <a href="/wiki/Roy_Masters_(rugby_league)" title="Roy Masters (rugby league)">Roy Masters</a> and current coach Craig Bellamy.<sup id="cite_ref-Storm_announce_20_Year_Team_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm_announce_20_Year_Team-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color:#440085; color:white; text-align: center; font-weight:bold">Melbourne Storm </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Team of the first 20 years </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Interchange </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#092340; color:#FED102; text-align: center;">Coach </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 1 </span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 2 </span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Bai" title="Marcus Bai">Marcus Bai</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 3 </span> <a href="/wiki/Will_Chambers" title="Will Chambers">Will Chambers</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 4 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_King_(rugby_league)" title="Matt King (rugby league)">Matt King</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 5 </span> <a href="/wiki/Suliasi_Vunivalu" title="Suliasi Vunivalu">Suliasi Vunivalu</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 6 </span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Inglis" title="Greg Inglis">Greg Inglis</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 7 </span> <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Cronk" title="Cooper Cronk">Cooper Cronk</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 8 </span> <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Bromwich" title="Jesse Bromwich">Jesse Bromwich</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 9 </span> <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a> (c) <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">10 </span> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Lazarus" title="Glenn Lazarus">Glenn Lazarus</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">11 </span> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Kearney" title="Stephen Kearney">Stephen Kearney</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">12 </span> <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Hoffman" title="Ryan Hoffman">Ryan Hoffman</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">13 </span> <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Johnson" title="Dallas Johnson">Dallas Johnson</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">14 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Geyer" title="Matt Geyer">Matt Geyer</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">15 </span> <a href="/wiki/Tawera_Nikau" title="Tawera Nikau">Tawera Nikau</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">16 </span> <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kearns" title="Robbie Kearns">Robbie Kearns</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">17 </span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Crocker" title="Michael Crocker">Michael Crocker</a> <small> </small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Head coach</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy_(rugby_league)" title="Craig Bellamy (rugby league)">Craig Bellamy</a><br /></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><small>Updated: 6 March 2018</small><br /><small class="plainlinks">Source(s): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2018/03/02/storm-announce-20-year-team/">Team of the first 20 years</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Representative_Players">Representative Players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Representative Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a full list of Melbourne Storm players to have played representative games:, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_Storm_representatives" title="List of Melbourne Storm representatives">List of Melbourne Storm representatives</a>.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporters">Supporters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Supporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Storm have built a loyal supporter base through the years, growing from almost 500,000 in 2004 to almost 800,000 in 2009, making them the fourth most popular NRL team.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club's <a href="/wiki/Supporter_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporter group">supporter group</a>, the "Graveyard Crew", make a <a href="/wiki/Banner_(Australian_rules_football)" title="Banner (Australian rules football)">banner</a> for the team to run through before the start of each game.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2019, a record membership figure was set with the club having 25,208 people signed up as season ticket holders,<sup id="cite_ref-membership_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-membership-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a record which was broken in 2021 when over 27,000 members were signed up.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2022, the Storm registered 37,237 members, which is the highest membership tally ever recorded by an NRL club.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_supporters">Notable supporters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Notable supporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Alcott" title="Dylan Alcott">Dylan Alcott</a> – Former Australian Paralympian Tennis Player <sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waleed_Aly" title="Waleed Aly">Waleed Aly</a> – TV personality <a href="/wiki/The_Project_(Australian_TV_program)" title="The Project (Australian TV program)">The Project</a><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Brownless" title="Billy Brownless">Billy Brownless</a> – Former AFL player and TV/Radio personality<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Courier" title="Jim Courier">Jim Courier</a> — Retired American tennis player, Four time <a href="/wiki/Tennis_Grand_Slam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennis Grand Slam">Tennis Grand Slam</a> champion.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cameron_(footballer,_born_1994)" title="Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994)">Charlie Cameron</a>, Australian rules footballer currently playing for the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_De_Bono" title="Sarah De Bono">Sarah De Bono</a> – Australian Musician<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (November 2020)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Duncan" title="Mitch Duncan">Mitch Duncan</a> – Australian Rules Footballer currently playing for the <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Cats" class="mw-redirect" title="Geelong Cats">Geelong Cats</a> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser" title="Malcolm Fraser">Malcolm Fraser</a> − 22nd <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Frydenberg" title="Josh Frydenberg">Josh Frydenberg</a> − Australian politician<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a> – 27th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Geldof" title="Bob Geldof">Bob Geldof</a> – International Musician <sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hafey" title="Tom Hafey">Tom Hafey</a> – Australian Rules player and coach<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Helliar" title="Peter Helliar">Peter Helliar</a> – Australian comedian<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hughes" title="Dave Hughes">Dave Hughes</a>- Radio personality<sup id="cite_ref-R1_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R1-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Lassila" title="Lydia Lassila">Lydia Lassila</a> – Australian Winter Olympian<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Livingstone" title="Nicole Livingstone">Nicole Livingstone</a> – former Australian Olympic Swimmer<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Meldrum" title="Molly Meldrum">Molly Meldrum</a> – music critic, journalist, record producer and musical entrepreneur<sup id="cite_ref-R1_100-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R1-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotuku_Ngawati" title="Kotuku Ngawati">Koti Ngawati</a> – Australian Olympic swimmer<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jana_Pittman" title="Jana Pittman">Jana Pittman</a> – dual Australian Summer/Winter Olympiad<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storm_Sanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Storm Sanders">Storm Sanders</a> – Australian tennis player<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sherry" title="James Sherry">James Sherry</a> — TV presenter<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Shorten" title="Bill Shorten">Bill Shorten</a> – Minister for the Australian Labor Party<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Siddle" title="Peter Siddle">Peter Siddle</a> – Australian Test cricketer<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Skilton" title="Bob Skilton">Bob Skilton</a> – former Australian Rules Footballer<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Thompson" title="Archie Thompson">Archie Thompson</a> – former Australian Socceroo<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Viduka" title="Mark Viduka">Mark Viduka</a> – former Australian Socceroo<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Walker" title="Max Walker">Max Walker</a> – former Australian cricketer and Australian Rules Footballer<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Watson" title="Shane Watson">Shane Watson</a> – Former Australian Test Cricketer <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Whincup" title="Jamie Whincup">Jamie Whincup</a> – Australian motor racing driver<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (November 2020)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feeder_clubs">Feeder clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Feeder clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, the Storm established an affiliation with <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a> side the <a href="/wiki/Norths_Devils" title="Norths Devils">Norths Devils</a> and used the club as a <a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">feeder</a> for their first grade team. The relationship would prove to be a fruitful one as 13 of the 17 players to compete for the Storm in the <a href="/wiki/2006_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2006 NRL Grand Final">2006 NRL Grand Final</a> had played for the Devils in previous years. In 2005, the Storm also established an affiliation with the <a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a> in the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a>. Melbourne severed ties with both the Bears (end of 2006) and the Devils (end of 2007) and aligned themselves with the <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Centurions" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Coast Centurions">Central Coast Storm</a> in the New South Wales Cup. The affiliation lasted two seasons before the Storm decided to establish their own team in the NSW Cup in 2010 which would share its namesake. An unsuccessful venture saw the Storm revert to the Queensland Cup in 2011 when it established a feeder relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Tigers" title="Brisbane Tigers">Easts Tigers</a> (now known as Brisbane Tigers). Melbourne established a second feeder relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Falcons" title="Sunshine Coast Falcons">Sunshine Coast Falcons</a> in 2014, also from the Queensland Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Storm further committed to the area in 2015 when it was announced their <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Competition_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Youth Competition (rugby league)">National Youth Competition</a> U20 side would be based out of the Sunshine Coast from 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_2">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Norths_Devils" title="Norths Devils">Norths Devils</a> – (<a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a>) 1998–2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a> – (<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a>) 2005–2006, 2024–current</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Centurions" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Coast Centurions">Central Coast Storm</a> – (<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a>) 2008–2009</li> <li>Melbourne Storm – (<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a>) 2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cronulla-Sutherland_Sharks" title="Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks">Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</a> – (<a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a>) 2011–2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Tigers" title="Brisbane Tigers">Brisbane Tigers</a> – (<a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a>) 2011–current</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Falcons" title="Sunshine Coast Falcons">Sunshine Coast Falcons</a> – (<a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a>) 2015–current</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Victoria" title="Rugby league in Victoria">Rugby league in Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Rugby_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Rugby League">Victorian Rugby League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Netball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Netball League">National Netball League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Lightning" title="Sunshine Coast Lightning">Sunshine Coast Lightning</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melbourne_Storm&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">Home grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Park_Stadium_(Melbourne)" title="Olympic Park Stadium (Melbourne)">Olympic Park</a> <small>(1998–2000, 2002–09)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a> <small>(2001, 2007-10, 2023)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rectangular_Stadium" title="Melbourne Rectangular Stadium">AAMI Park</a> <small>(2010–)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manly%E2%80%93Melbourne_NRL_rivalry" title="Manly–Melbourne NRL rivalry">Rivalry with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brookvale" title="Battle of Brookvale">Battle of Brookvale</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Club_song">We Are the Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_Trophy" title="Michael Moore Trophy">Michael Moore Trophy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">Important figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Ribot" title="John Ribot">John Ribot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Anderson_(rugby)" title="Chris Anderson (rugby)">Chris Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Lazarus" title="Glenn Lazarus">Glenn Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Geyer" title="Matt Geyer">Matt Geyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Bellamy_(rugby_league)" title="Craig Bellamy (rugby league)">Craig Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1983)" title="Cameron Smith (rugby league, born 1983)">Cameron Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Slater" title="Billy Slater">Billy Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper_Cronk" title="Cooper Cronk">Cooper Cronk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_Storm_records#Life_Members" title="List of Melbourne Storm records">Life members</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">League</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">NRL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">Titles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">Premierships</a> <span class="nobold">(4)</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_season" title="1999 NRL season">1999</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_NRL_season" title="2007 NRL season"><s>2007</s></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_NRL_season" title="2009 NRL season"><s>2009</s></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2012_NRL_season" title="2012 NRL season">2012</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_season" title="2017 NRL season">2017</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_season" title="2020 NRL season">2020</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/World_Club_Challenge" title="World Club Challenge">World Club Challenge</a> <span class="nobold">(3)</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2000_World_Club_Challenge" title="2000 World Club Challenge">2000</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Club_Challenge" title="2010 World Club Challenge"><s>2010</s></a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Club_Challenge" title="2013 World Club Challenge">2013</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2018_World_Club_Challenge" title="2018 World Club Challenge">2018</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Melbourne_Storm_seasons" title="List of Melbourne Storm seasons"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #FFF203; text-decoration: inherit;">Seasons</span></a> (28)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="1998 Melbourne Storm season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="1999 Melbourne Storm season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2000 Melbourne Storm season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2001 Melbourne Storm season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2002 Melbourne Storm season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2003 Melbourne Storm season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2004 Melbourne Storm season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2005 Melbourne Storm season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2006 Melbourne Storm season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2007 Melbourne Storm season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2008 Melbourne Storm season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2009 Melbourne Storm season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2010 Melbourne Storm season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2011 Melbourne Storm season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2012 Melbourne Storm season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2013 Melbourne Storm season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2014 Melbourne Storm season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2015 Melbourne Storm season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2016 Melbourne Storm season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2017 Melbourne Storm season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2018 Melbourne Storm season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2019 Melbourne Storm season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2020 Melbourne Storm season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2021 Melbourne Storm season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2022 Melbourne Storm season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2023 Melbourne Storm season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2024 Melbourne Storm season">2024</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Melbourne_Storm_season" title="2025 Melbourne Storm season">2025</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">Other competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Current</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/NRL_Nines" title="NRL Nines">NRL Nines</a></dd> <dt>Junior Representatives (with <a href="/wiki/NRL_Victoria" title="NRL Victoria">NRL Victoria</a>)</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Harold_Matthews_Cup" title="Harold Matthews Cup">Harold Matthews Cup</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/S._G._Ball_Cup" title="S. G. Ball Cup">S. G. Ball Cup</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Flegg_Cup" title="Jersey Flegg Cup">Jersey Flegg Cup</a></dd> <dt>Past</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/NRL_Under-20s" title="NRL Under-20s">NRL Under-20s</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;;width:1%;background:#001641; color:#FFF203; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #592B8C, inset -1px -1px 0 #592B8C;">Affiliations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Cup">New South Wales Cup</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Suburbs_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Suburbs Tigers">Brisbane Tigers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Falcons" title="Sunshine Coast Falcons">Sunshine Coast Falcons</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Suncorp_Super_Netball" title="Suncorp Super Netball">Suncorp Super Netball</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Lightning" title="Sunshine Coast Lightning">Sunshine Coast Lightning</a></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Rugby_League" title="Melbourne Rugby League">Melbourne Rugby League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#592B8C; color:white;"><div><i>A strike indicates a title stripped due to <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm_salary_cap_breach" title="Melbourne Storm salary cap breach"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">salary cap breaches</span></a></i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Warriors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys" title="North Queensland Cowboys">North Queensland Cowboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penrith_Panthers" title="Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney Rabbitohs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._George_Illawarra_Dragons" title="St. George Illawarra Dragons">St. George Illawarra Dragons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wests_Tigers" title="Wests Tigers">Wests Tigers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balmain_Tigers" title="Balmain Tigers">Balmain Tigers</a> (1908–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Suburbs_Magpies" title="Western Suburbs Magpies">Western Suburbs Magpies</a> (1908–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a> (1908–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown_Jets" title="Newtown Jets">Newtown Bluebags / Jets</a> (1908–83)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glebe_Dirty_Reds" title="Glebe Dirty Reds">Glebe Dirty Reds</a> (1908–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Rebels" title="Newcastle Rebels">Newcastle Rebels</a> (1908–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_(rugby_league_team)" title="Cumberland (rugby league team)">Cumberland</a> (1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annandale_(rugby_league_team)" title="Annandale (rugby league team)">Annandale Dales</a> (1910–20)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Uni_Rugby_League_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Uni Rugby League Club">University</a> (1920–37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._George_Dragons" title="St. George Dragons">St. George Dragons</a> (1921–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illawarra_Steelers" title="Illawarra Steelers">Illawarra Steelers</a> (1982–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Chargers" title="Gold Coast Chargers">Gold Coast-Tweed Giants / Gold Coast Seagulls / Chargers</a> (1988–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Queensland_Crushers" title="South Queensland Crushers">South Queensland Crushers</a> (1995–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WA_Reds" title="WA Reds">Western Reds / Perth Reds</a> (1995–97)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Rams" title="Adelaide Rams">Adelaide Rams</a> (1997–98)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Mariners" title="Hunter Mariners">Hunter Mariners</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Eagles" title="Northern Eagles">Northern Eagles</a> (2000–02)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#02c95f;color:#000000;;width:1%">Annual events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Pre-season <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Nines" title="NRL Nines">NRL Nines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Stars_match" title="All Stars match">All Stars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Club_Challenge" title="World Club Challenge">World Club Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charity_Shield_(NRL)" title="Charity Shield (NRL)">Charity Shield</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_regular_season" title="NRL regular season">Regular season</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_Las_Vegas" title="Rugby League Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Good_Friday_Game" title="NRL Good Friday Game">Good Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_McKinnon_Cup" title="Alex McKinnon Cup">Easter Sunday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Easter_Monday_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL Easter Monday Game">Easter Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_Cup" title="Anzac Day Cup">Anzac Day Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_Trophy" title="Michael Moore Trophy">Michael Moore Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Round_(NRL)" title="Magic Round (NRL)">Magic Round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Birthday_match_(NRL)" title="King's Birthday match (NRL)">King's Birthday</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_finals_system" title="NRL finals system">Finals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Grand_Final_Breakfast" title="NRL Grand Final Breakfast">Grand Final Breakfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_State_Championship" title="NRL State Championship">State Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Grand_Final" title="NRL Grand Final">Grand Final</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_Premiers" title="List of National Rugby League Premiers">List</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Origin_series" title="State of Origin series">State of Origin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#02c95f;color:#000000;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Rugby_League" title="History of the National Rugby League">League history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_premiership" title="New South Wales Rugby League premiership">NSWRL premiership</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Cup" title="Winfield Cup">Winfield Cup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARL_Premiership" title="ARL Premiership">ARL Premiership</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby League">ARL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_(Australia)" title="Super League (Australia)">Super League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_war" title="Super League war">Super League war</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a 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of NRL records">Records</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_rugby_league_grand_final_records" title="List of Australian rugby league grand final records">Grand Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_players_with_five_tries_in_a_game" title="List of National Rugby League players with five tries in a game">Most tries in a game</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_golden_point_games" title="List of National Rugby League golden point games">Golden point games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_players_sent_off_in_National_Rugby_League_matches" title="List of players sent off in National Rugby League matches">Players sent off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_National_Rugby_League" title="Rivalries in the National Rugby League">Rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_referees" title="List of National Rugby League referees">Referees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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