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2012 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultPremiers
2012 recordWins: 17; draws: 0; losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 579; against: 361
Team information
CEORon Gauci
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park – 30,050
Top scorers
TriesBilly Slater (16)
GoalsCameron Smith (78)
PointsCameron Smith (164)
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The 2012 Melbourne Storm season was the club's 15th NRL season. Coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith, they competed in and won the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership. The first 9 weeks of the season were very successful, with the club winning all games for what was at the time their best start to a season. From Round 10 to Round 21 they won only 3 games and lost 7, including a 5-game losing streak between Rounds 16 and 21, their second worst ever. From Round 22 onward they recovered their winning form and finished the regular season with five straight wins, finishing in second place. The Storm then went on to defeat South Sydney and Manly in the finals series before going on to face minor premiers, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 2012 NRL Grand Final, winning 14-4 to claim the Premiership.

Season summary

  • Round 3 - Billy Slater scored two tries against the Gold Coast Titans to take his career total to 130, becoming the highest try scoring fullback in Australian Rugby League history.[1]
  • Round 4 - Billy Slater scored a try double for the fourth consecutive week, a career first.
  • Round 5 (Heritage Round) - The Storm celebrated their 15th Anniversary and Bryan Norrie played his 50th game.
  • Round 7 - The Storm equalled their best start to a season (2007) with their 7th straight win.
  • Round 8 - The Storm recorded an eighth straight win over the New Zealand Warriors, completing the best start to a season in the club's history.
  • Round 9 - The Storm won their ninth straight game.
  • Round 10 - The Storm conceded their first match of the season in an away game, losing 12-10 to the Cronulla Sharks.
  • Round 12 - Will Chambers played his 50th NRL game while Todd Lowrie played his 50th game for the Storm,
  • Round 13 - Todd Lowrie played his 150th NRL game.
  • Round 14 - Craig Bellamy coached his 250th game for the Melbourne Storm against the Wests Tigers. Ryan Hoffman was acting captain, with Cameron Smith on Origin duty.
  • Round 19 - Cooper Cronk played his 200th NRL game.
  • Round 20 - With their fourth consecutive loss, the Storm equalled their second worst losing streak in the club's history to date.
  • Round 21 - With their fifth consecutive loss, the Storm recorded a new second-worst losing streak. It was the Storm's longest losing streak during Craig Bellamy's ten-year tenure.[2]
  • Round 22 - The Storm ended their losing streak with a 46-6 defeat of the Penrith Panthers. The game was notable for Sisa Waqa scoring the NRL season's fastest try after only 35 seconds of play. It was also the Storm's biggest score of the season.
  • Round 23 - Mahe Fonua made his debut as the first fully born and bred Victorian to play NRL for the Storm.[3] Jessie Bromwich also played his 50th game for the Storm.
  • Round 24 - Cameron Smith scored his 1300th career point.
  • Round 25 - The Storm recorded a 20-18 win against the Cronulla Sharks with two tries inside the final three minutes of play, after trailing 18-10. The result meant that the Storm's overall wins percentage increased to 63.64%, elevating the Storm to first place on the 'all-time' score table for the first time, ahead of the Brisbane Broncos.
  • Finals Week 1 - The Storm began their finals campaign with a win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, earning them a week's break and a home preliminary final.
  • Finals Week 3 - The Storm completed a 40 - 12 defeat of Manly to secure a spot in the 2012 NRL Grand Final against the Canterbury Bulldogs.
  • Grand Final - The Storm defeated the Canterbury Bulldogs 14 - 4 to claim the 2012 NRL premiership. Cameron Smith, while having a bad night with the boot (1 from 5 attempts), kicked his 600th career goal. The Grand Final was also notable because it was the first to feature a scoreless second half of football.

Milestone games

Round Player Milestone
Round 1 Siosaia Vave Storm debut
Round 2 Jason Ryles Storm debut
Round 5 Bryan Norrie 50th Storm game
Round 5 Ryan Hinchcliffe 100th game
Round 12 Michael Greenfield Storm debut
Round 12 Will Chambers 50th game
Round 12 Todd Lowrie 50th Storm game
Round 13 Todd Lowrie 150th NRL game
Round 14 Craig Bellamy 250th game coached
Round 18 Anthony Quinn 200th game
Round 19 Cooper Cronk 200th game
Round 20 Richard Fa'aoso Storm debut
Round 23 Jesse Bromwich 50th game
Round 23 Mahe Fonua NRL debut

Jersey

In 2012 the Storm jerseys were made by Kooga. Both the predominantly purple 'home' jersey, and the predominantly white 'away' jersey for 2012 were first instituted by the club in 2010.

Special jerseys

  • Round 5 (NRL Heritage round): replica of the original 1998 jersey.
  • Round 12 (vs the Brisbane Broncos): a special silver V with purple camouflage jersey.[4] A similar jersey was worn in the same game in 2011.
  • Round 19 (vs the North Queensland Cowboys): a one-off promotional jersey was worn to promote The Dark Knight Rises. The jersey was predominantly black with the Batman logo on the front and back.[5]
  • Round 22 (vs the Penrith Panthers): the "Close the Gap" jersey.[6] "Close the Gap" is an Oxfam initiative to influence Australian government healthcare and Indigenous policies with an aim to achieve health equality for Indigenous Australians by 2030.[7] The NRL began supporting this campaign with a "Close the Gap Round" in 2010.[8]

Statistics

Statistics source:[9] Statistics current following the Grand Final.

Name App T G FG Pts Goal%
Maurice Blair 4 0 0 0 0
Jesse Bromwich 27 2 0 0 8
Will Chambers 18 13 0 0 52
Cooper Cronk 26 10 0 1 41
Matt Duffie 17 10 0 0 40
Richard Fa'aoso 6 0 0 0 0
Mahe Fonua 4 1 0 0 4
Michael Greenfield 1 0 0 0 0
Ryan Hinchcliffe 27 4 0 0 16
Ryan Hoffman 27 11 0 0 44
Luke Kelly 1 0 0 0 0
Rory Kostjasyn 14 1 0 0 4
Jaiman Lowe 15 1 0 0 4
Todd Lowrie 23 4 0 0 16
Sika Manu 19 3 0 0 12
Dane Nielsen 22 7 0 0 28
Bryan Norrie 25 2 0 0 8
Justin O'Neill 21 11 0 0 44
Kevin Proctor 23 6 0 0 24
Anthony Quinn 20 3 0 0 12
Jason Ryles 22 1 0 0 4
Billy Slater 21 16 0 0 64
Cameron Smith 25 2 78 0 164 69.03% (78/113)
Siosaia Vave 14 0 0 0 0
Sisa Waqa 11 7 0 0 28
Gareth Widdop 26 4 12 0 40 80.00% (12/14)
26 players used - 119 90 1 657 70.31% (90/128)

Most points in a game: 14

  • Cameron Smith with 1 try and 5 goals vs Manly in Round 15 (18 June 2012).
  • Cameron Smith with 7 goals vs Penrith in Round 22 (4 August 2012).

Most tries in a game: 3

  • Will Chambers vs New Zealand in Round 8 (25 April 2012).
  • Justin O'Neill vs Penrith in Round 9 (5 May 2012).

Fixtures

Pre season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
2 February Trial 1 Easts Tigers Langlands Park, Brisbane Win 36-8
11 February Trial 2 Canberra Raiders Lavington Sports Ground, Albury Loss 18-27 Hinchcliffe, Hoffman, Lowrie, McGahan Kelly 6,583
19 February Trial 3 Brisbane Broncos North Hobart Oval, Hobart Win 34-30 Slater (2), Cronk (2), Widdop, Fonua Smith 5/6 11,752

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
3 March Round 1 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Win 19-24 Slater (2), Cronk, O'Neill Smith 4/4 7,862 [10]
11 March Round 2 South Sydney Rabbitohs AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24-10 Nielsen (2), Slater (2), Duffie Smith 2/4 15,872 [11]
18 March Round 3 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast Win 6-30 Duffie (2), Slater (2), Manu, Quinn Smith 2/5, Widdop 1/1 11,254 [12]
24 March Round 4 Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 44-4 Slater (2), Cronk (2), Nielsen, Proctor, Hoffman, Chambers Smith 5/7, Widdop 1/1 11,897 [13]
31 March Round 5 Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 34-22 Widdop, Duffie, Hoffman, Slater, Chambers, Lowrie Smith 5/6 11,369 [14]
8 April Round 6 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Win 18-42 Duffie (2), Proctor (2), Chambers (2), Hinchcliffe, Ryles Smith 5/8 20,206 [15]
14 April Round 7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 12-6 Hinchcliffe, Hoffman Smith 2/2, Cronk 0/1 (FG) 14,912 [16]
25 April Round 8 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 32-14 Chambers (3), Nielsen (2), O'Neill Smith 4/6 20,333 [17]
5 May Round 9 Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium, Penrith Win 10-44 O'Neill (3), Duffie, Cronk, Hoffman, Chambers, Hinchcliffe Smith 5/7, Widdop 1/1 9,517 [18]
13 May Round 10 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Endeavour Field, Cronulla Loss 12-10 Nielsen, Duffie Smith 1/2 14,595 [19]
18–21 May Round 11 Bye
25 May Round 12 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 34-10 Lowrie (2), Slater (2), Chambers, O'Neill Widdop 5/6 13,200 [4]
3 June Round 13 New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 10-22 Widdop, Lowe, Chambers, Smith Smith 3/5 20,487 [20]
8 June Round 14 Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 6-10 Nielsen Widdop 1/2 11,274 [21]
18 June Round 15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Manly Win 22-26 Lowrie, Smith, Norrie, Duffie Smith 5/5 12,106 [22]
24 June Round 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Virgin Australia Stadium, Mackay Loss 20-4 Quinn Smith 0/1 11,876 [23]
29 June-2 July Round 17 Bye
7 July Round 18 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 12-40 O'Neill (2) Widdop 2/2 12,214 [24]
14 July Round 19 North Queensland Cowboys AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 16-20 Duffie, Quinn, Widdop Smith 2/3 10,688 [25]
21 July Round 20 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta Loss 16-10 Kostjasyn, Hoffman Smith 1/2 9,029 [26]
27 July Round 21 St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss 26-18 Chambers, Hinchcliffe, Proctor Smith 3/3 11,477 [27]
4 August Round 22 Penrith Panthers AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 46-6 Cronk (2), O'Neill (2), Waqa (2), Bromwich, Manu Smith 7/8 9,223 [28]
10 August Round 23 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24-16 Slater, Cronk, Hoffman, Widdop Smith 4/4 9,108 [29]
17 August Round 24 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 18-19 Waqa (2), Cronk Smith 3/3, Cronk 1/1 (FG) 41,467 [30]
27 August Round 25 Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 20-18 Hoffman (2), Waqa, Chambers Smith 2/4 12,847 [31]
1 September Round 26 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Balmain Win 6-26 Hoffman, Manu, Norrie, Proctor, Waqa Smith 3/5 10,834 [32]

Finals

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
8 September Week 1 - Qualifying Final South Sydney Rabbitohs AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24-6 Hoffman, Slater, Fonua, Waqa Smith 4/5 19,750 [33]
21 September Week 3 - Preliminary Final Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 40-12 Cronk (2), Slater (2), Chambers, Bromwich, Proctor Smith 5/8, Widdop 1/1 25,543 [34]
30 September Week 4 - Grand Final Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Win 4-14 Hoffman, O'Neill, Slater Smith 1/5 82,976 [35]

Ladder

2012 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 18 0 6 2 568 369 +199 40
2 Melbourne Storm (P) 24 17 0 7 2 579 361 +218 38
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 2 559 438 +121 36
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 2 497 403 +94 36
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 2 597 445 +152 34
6 Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 2 545 536 +9 30
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 1 11 2 445 441 +4 29
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 481 447 +34 28
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 405 438 -33 26
10 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 506 551 -45 26
11 Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 2 449 477 -28 24
12 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 448 488 -40 24
13 Sydney Roosters 24 8 1 15 2 462 626 -164 21
14 New Zealand Warriors 24 8 0 16 2 497 609 -112 20
15 Penrith Panthers 24 8 0 16 2 409 575 -166 20
16 Parramatta Eels 24 6 0 18 2 431 674 -243 16

2012 Coaching Staff

NRL

  • Head Coach: Craig Bellamy
  • Assistant Coaches: David Kidwell & Kevin Walters
  • Development Coach: Adam O'Brien
  • Specialist Coach: Robbie Kearns
  • Tackling Coach: John Donohue
  • Performance Coach: Mick Martin
  • Strength and Conditioning Coach: Alex Corvo
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Adrian Jiminez & Dan Di Pasqua
  • Head Physiotherapist: Kieran Morgan
  • Assistant Physiotherapist: Andrew Nawrocki
  • Head Trainer: Craig Sultana
  • General Manager Football Operations: Frank Ponissi
  • Recruitment Manager: Paul Bunn[36]

NRL Under 20s

  • Head Coach: Dean Pay
  • Assistant Coach: Troy Thompson
  • Development Coaches: Tony Adam & Chad Buckby
  • High Performance Manager: Chris Jones
  • Physiotherapist: Aaron Howlett
  • Strength and Conditioning Coach: Adrian Jiminez[36]

2012 Squad

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm players
Cap Nat. Player name Position First Storm game Previous First Grade RL club [a]
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
58 Australia Billy Slater FB 2003 Australia Melbourne Storm
62 Australia Ryan Hoffman SR,LK 2003 Australia Melbourne Storm
73 Australia Cooper Cronk HB 2004 Australia Melbourne Storm
91 Australia Anthony Quinn WG,CE 2007 Australia Newcastle Knights
97 Australia Will Chambers CE 2007 Australia Queensland Reds
98 New Zealand Sika Manu SR 2007 Australia Melbourne Storm
104 Australia Dane Nielsen WG,CE 2008 Australia Melbourne Storm
105 New Zealand Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Australia Melbourne Storm
110 Australia Ryan Hinchcliffe HK,LK 2009 Australia Canberra Raiders
116 Australia Luke Kelly FE,HB 2009 Australia Melbourne Storm
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
120 Republic of Ireland Rory Kostjasyn HK,LK 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
121 Australia Todd Lowrie SR,LK 2010 Australia Parramatta Eels
123 Australia Bryan Norrie PR 2010 Australia Cronulla Sharks
124 New Zealand Matt Duffie WG,CE 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
125 England Gareth Widdop HB 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
127 Vanuatu Justin O'Neill WG 2010 Australia Sydney Roosters
130 Australia Jaiman Lowe PR,SR 2011 Australia South Sydney Rabbitohs
134 Australia Maurice Blair WG,CE 2011 Australia Penrith Panthers
136 Fiji Sisa Waqa CE,WG 2011 Australia Sydney Roosters
138 Samoa Jack Afamasaga PR 2011 Australia Cronulla Sharks
139 Tonga Siosaia Vave PR 2012 Australia Cronulla Sharks
140 Australia Jason Ryles PR 2012 Australia Sydney Roosters
141 Australia Michael Greenfield SR,LK 2012 Australia St George Illawarra Dragons
142 Tonga Richard Fa'aoso PR,SR 2012 Australia Newcastle Knights
143 Tonga Mahe Fonua CE 2012 Australia Melbourne Storm
- Samoa Kirisome Auva'a WG Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- New Zealand Kenny Bromwich PR,LK Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- Australia Mitch Garbutt PR,SR Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- New Zealand Slade Griffen HK Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- Australia Ben Hampton HB Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- New Zealand Tohu Harris SR Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- New Zealand Matt McGahan HB,FE Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- Australia Jordan McLean PR Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
- New Zealand Shea Moylan WG,FB Yet to Debut Australia Brisbane Broncos

2012 Premiership Team

Melbourne Storm
2012 Premiership Team Interchange Coach

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



2012 player movement

2012 squad signings

Name From Notes
Jason Ryles Sydney Roosters
Will Chambers Queensland Reds
Ryan Hoffman Wigan Warriors
Michael Greenfield St. George

2012 squad transfers

Name To Notes
Troy Thompson No Team Retired
Beau Champion Gold Coast Titans
Adam Blair Wests Tigers
Dane Chisholm Wests Tigers
Adam Woolnough No Team Retired
Sione Kite Widnes
Chase Stanley St. George
Atelea Vea St. George
Robert Rochow Newcastle Knights

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2012. (C) = Captain

All Stars Match City Vs Country ANZAC Test State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 VB Test[37]
Cooper Cronk
NRL All Stars
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Ryan Hoffman
City
Australia
Ryan Hinchcliffe
Country
Billy Slater
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Cameron Smith
Australia (C)
Queensland (C)
Queensland (C)
Queensland (C)
Australia (C)
Jesse Bromwich
New Zealand
New Zealand
Dane Nielsen
Queensland
Kevin Proctor
New Zealand

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ Previous First Grade RL club: This column denotes the previous RL club the player was signed to and played first grade RL for. If they are yet to debut then this is stipulated. If they were merely signed to the club but did not play then it is not counted

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