2023 Melbourne Storm season
| 2023 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| 2023 record | Wins: 0; draws: 0; losses: 0 | |||
| Points scored | For: 0; against: 0 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Justin Rodski | |||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
| Stadium | AAMI Park - 30,050 (10 games) Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (1 game) | |||
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The 2023 Melbourne Storm season will be the 26th in the club's history, competing in the 2023 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 21st consecutive season.
Season summary
Milestone games
Fixtures
Pre-season
Source:[1]
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Mel. | Opp. | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February | Trial |  Sydney Roosters |
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong | ||||
| 19 February | Trial |  New Zealand Warriors |
Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch |
Regular season
Source:[2]
- (GP) - Golden Point extra time
- (pen) - Penalty try
Ladder
Coaching staff
- Craig Bellamy – Head Coach[3]
- Marc Brentnall – Assistant Coach
- Aaron Bellamy – Development Coach
- Ryan Hinchcliffe – Development Coach
- Frank Ponissi – Football Director
- Billy Slater – Specialist Coach (Part-time)
- Cooper Cronk - Halves Coach (Part-time)[4]
- Matt Duffie - Pathways Coach[5]
- Tim Glasby - Recruitment Officer and Pathways Manager
- Adam Woolnough – Under-21s Head Coach[6]
- Matt Church – Brisbane Tigers Feeder Club Coach[7]
- Brad Henderson – Sunshine Coast Falcons Feeder Club Coach[8]
2023 squad
List current as of 17 November 2022[9][10]
Player movements
Source:[11]
Representative honours
This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2023.
| Player | All Stars match | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | Mid-year Internationals | State of Origin 3 |
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Statistics
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2023 NRL season.
Players are added as they play their first game in the season.
Scorers
Jerseys
In December 2020, Melbourne Storm announced a five-year sponsorship and apparel partnership agreement with British sportswear company, Castore. They will continue produce supporter wear and jerseys for season 2023.
Junior competitions
In October 2022, Melbourne formalised a new partnership with NRL Victoria to rebrand the Victoria Thunderbolts Under-19 S. G. Ball Cup and Under-21 Jersey Flegg Cup teams to play under the Melbourne Storm brand. Both teams had been playing as the Thunderbolts since 2018, following the end of the NRL Under-20s competition. Melbourne Storm General Manager Football, Frank Ponissi saying "while the Thunderbolts have been a good development program for our local elite players, we want to build a system that delivers a stronger connection with Storm and provides the incentive for local players to one day play for Storm at AAMI Park. Not only will the SG Ball and Jersey Flegg teams play under our name, but players will wear Storm colours, train in Storm kit and have access to our coaches and staff throughout the year to help in their training and development."[19]
Melbourne had previously entered a team in the S. G. Ball Cup from 2009–2014.
Awards
Trophy CabinetMelbourne Storm Awards Night
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Dally M Awards NightRugby League Players’ Association AwardsAdditional awards
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Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ 2022 player loan deal: Nofoaluma returned to his original club at the end of 2022
References
- ^ "2023 Preseason challenge". Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "NRL 2023 Melbourne Storm Draw". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Storm announce 2019 Football department structure". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Cooper Cronk's conflicting coaching roles exposed as Storm come clean". Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Duffie back at Melbourne Storm". Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ "Storm old boy to coach Thunderbolts in 2022". melbournestorm.com.au. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Tabet, Melissa (29 August 2022). "Matt Church returns to the Tigers as the new Hostplus Cup Head Coach". thetigers.com.au. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Brad Henderson appointed Falcons ISC Coach for 2022". scfalcons.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "2023 NRL Signings Tracker: Updated squads as new season begins". NRL.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Tonumaipea and Lewis sign on for train and trial". melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "NRL Signings Tracker". NRL.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Cousins, Wayne (18 November 2022). "Cooper Johns returns 'home' to Sea Eagles". seaeagles.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Pryde, Scott (18 November 2022). "Cooper Johns finds new home, but becomes latest salary cap negotiation victim". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Double Dragons to join Storm". www.melbournestorm.com.au.
- ^ "Storm boost forward pack". www.melbournestorm.com.au.
- ^ Gabor, Martin (12 October 2022). "Storm continues signing spree by landing Warriors big man". news.com.au. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "2022 Melbourne Point Scorers". afltables.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Melbourne Storm - NRL 2022". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Storm path strengthened for Victorian Players". melbournestorm.com.au. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.