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!Date!! Round !! Opponent !! Venue!! Result!! Score!! Tries!! Goals/Field Goals!! Attendance!! Report
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|10 March||1|| [[Image:St. George colours.svg|16px]] [[St George-Illawarra Dragons]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||30-10||O'Neill (2), Slater, Widdop, Fonua||Smith 5/5||16,251||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/classy-melbourne-storm-beat-brave-st-george-illawarra-dragons/story-e6frfgbo-1226594208514|title=Classy Melbourne Storm beat St George Illawarra|publisher=Herald Sun| date=10 March 2013}}</ref>
|10 March||1|| [[Image:St. George colours.svg|16px]] [[St George-Illawarra Dragons]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]|||||||||||||
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|16 March||2||[[Image:North Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[North Queensland Cowboys]]||[[1300SMILES Stadium]], [[Townsville]]||Win||10-32||Chambers (2), Cronk (2), Hinchcliffe, Hoffman||Smith 3/5, Widdop 1/1||19,288||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-thump-cowboys-32-10-at-1300smiles-stadium/story-e6frexnr-1226598932836|title=Storm thump Cowboys 32-10|publisher=Daily Telegraph| date=16 March 2013}}</ref>
|16 March||2||[[Image:North Queensland colours.svg|16px]] [[North Queensland Cowboys]]||[[1300SMILES Stadium]], [[Townsville]]|||||||||||||
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|21 March||3||[[Image:Canterbury colours.svg|16px]] [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||22-18||Hinchcliffe, Duffie, Fonua, Setu||Smith 3/4||11,982||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storms-hold-on-to-defeat-canterbury-bulldogs-in-entertaining-grand-final-replay/story-e6frfgfx-1226602949414|title=Storm holds on to defeat Bulldogs in Grand Final replay|publisher=Herald Sun| date=21 March 2013}}</ref>
|21 March||3||[[Image:Canterbury colours.svg|16px]] [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]|||||||||||||
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|29 March||4||[[Image:Brisbane colours.svg|16px]] [[Brisbane Broncos]]||[[Suncorp Stadium]], [[Brisbane]] ||Win||26-32||Slater (3), Duffie (2), Sau||Smith 4/6||40,071||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-edge-broncos-32-26-in-suncorp-stadium-thriller/story-e6frfgcx-1226609128468|title=Storm Edges Broncos at Suncorp|publisher=Herald Sun| date=29 March 2013}}</ref>
|29 March||4||[[Image:Brisbane colours.svg|16px]] [[Brisbane Broncos]]||[[Suncorp Stadium]], [[Brisbane]] |||||||||||||
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|8 April||5||[[Image:Wests Tigers colours.svg|16px]] [[Wests Tigers]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||26-12||Vave, Fonua, Cronk, Waqa||Smith 4/4, Widdop 1/1||18,866||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/live-melbourne-storm-v-wests-tigers/story-e6frfgfx-1226615101523|title=Storm defeats West Tigers 26-12|publisher=Herald Sun| date=8 April 2013}}</ref>
|8 April||5||[[Image:Wests Tigers colours.svg|16px]] [[Wests Tigers]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]|||||||||||||
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|13 April||6||[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg|16px]] [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]||[[ANZ Stadium]], [[Sydney]]||Win||10-17||Proctor, Fonua, Widdop||Smith 2/3, Cronk 1/1 (FG)||32,671||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-edge-rabbitohs-17-10-at-anz-stadium/story-e6frfgfx-1226619883868|title=Storm Edge Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium|publisher=Herald Sun| date=13 April 2013}}</ref>
|13 April||6||[[Image:South Sydney colours.svg|16px]] [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]||[[ANZ Stadium]], [[Sydney]|||||||||||||
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|25 April||7||[[Image:New Zealand colours.svg|16px]] [[New Zealand Warriors]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||28-18||Chambers (2), Fonua, Slater, Waqa||Smith 4/5||25,480||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-v-warriors/story-e6frfgfx-1226629573657|title=Storm defeat Warriors on Anzac Day|publisher=Herald Sun| date=25 April 2013}}</ref>
|25 April||7||[[Image:New Zealand colours.svg|16px]] [[New Zealand Warriors]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]|||||||||||||
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|4 May||8||[[Image:Canberra colours.svg|16px]] [[Canberra Raiders]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Loss||20-24||Bromwich, Slater, Fonua, O'Neill||Smith 2/4||15,464||.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/canberra-raiders-end-melbourne-storms-winning-streak/story-e6frfgfx-1226635229850|title=Raiders end Storms winning streak|publisher=Herald Sun| date=4 May 2013}}</ref>
|4 May||8||[[Image:Canberra colours.svg|16px]] [[Canberra Raiders]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]|||||||||||||
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|12 May||9||[[Image:Penrith colours.svg|16px]] [[Penrith Panthers]]||[[Centrebet Stadium]], [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]]||Loss||12-10||J Bromwich, Waqa||Smith 1/2||7,803||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/penrith-panthers-stun-the-melbourne-storm-12-10/story-e6frfgfx-1226640691228|title=Coach Craig Bellamy questions Melbourne Storm's motivation in loss to Penrith Panthers|publisher=Herald Sun| date=13 May 2013}}</ref>
|12 May||9||[[Image:Penrith colours.svg|16px]] [[Penrith Panthers]]||[[Centrebet Stadium]], [[Penrith, New South Wales|Penrith]]|||||||||||||
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|20 May||10||[[Image:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg|16px]] [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Draw||10-10||Blair||Smith 3/3||12,921||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/manly-storm-fail-to-strike-gold-in-first-stalemate-20130520-2jx6u.html|title=Manly, Storm fail to strike gold in first stalemate |publisher=The Age| date=21 May 2013}}</ref>
|20 May||10||[[Image:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg|16px]] [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]] |||||||||||||
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|25 May||11||[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|16px]] [[Sydney Roosters]]||[[Allianz Stadium]], [[Sydney]]||Win||18-26||Blair, Chambers, O'Neill, Smith ||Smith 5/6||19,164||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/storm-v-roosters-at-allianz-stadium/story-fni3gn3s-1226650550577|title=Cooper Cronk's Origin hopes in doubt as Storm edge Roosters |publisher=Daily Telegraph| date=26 May 2013}}</ref>
|25 May||11||[[Image:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg|16px]] [[Sydney Roosters]]||[[Allianz Stadium]], [[Sydney]]|||||||||||||
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|1 June||12||Bye||||||||||||||
|1 June||12||Bye||||||||||||||
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|9 June||13||[[Image:Cronulla colours.svg|16px]] [[Cronulla Sharks]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||38 - 6||Blair, Harris, Hoffman, O'Neill, Proctor, Slater, Widdop||Smith 5/7||16,231||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/melbourne-storm-beat-cronulla-sharks-38-6-in-nrl-round-13-clash/story-fni3fbgz-1226660983321|title=Storm demolish hapless Sharks |publisher=Daily Telegraph| date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
|9 June||13||[[Image:Cronulla colours.svg|16px]] [[Cronulla Sharks]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]|||||||||||||
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|16 June||14||[[Image:Newcastle colours.svg|16px]] [[Newcastle Knights]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||16-14||Blair, Slater, Waqa||Smith 2/3||12,861||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/knights-make-storm-work-to-preserve-record-20130616-2oc68.html|title=Knights make Storm work to preserve record |publisher=The Age| date=16 June 2013}}</ref>
|16 June||14||[[Image:Newcastle colours.svg|16px]] [[Newcastle Knights]]||[[AAMI Park]], [[Melbourne]]||Win||16-14||Blair, Slater, Waqa||Smith 2/3||12,861||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/knights-make-storm-work-to-preserve-record-20130616-2oc68.html|title=Knights make Storm work to preserve record |publisher=The Age| date=16 June 2013}}</ref>

Revision as of 00:00, 24 October 2013

2014 Melbourne Storm season
Team information
CEOMark Evans
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park – 30,050
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The 2014 Melbourne Storm season will be the 17th in the club's history. They will compete in the 2014 NRL season. They are coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith. In 2013 they finished the season in 3rd place before exiting the finals with two straight losses.

Season summary

Still to come

Jersey

In 2014 the Storm jerseys are again made by Kooga. They will use the same predominantly navy design from 2013. [1]


Statistics

Statistics Source:[2] Table will be populated at the commencement of the 2014 season.

Name App T G FG Pts Goal%
Maurice Blair
Jesse Bromwich
Kenny Bromwich
Will Chambers
Cooper Cronk
Matt Duffie
Mahe Fonua
Mitch Garbutt
Tim Glasby
Slade Griffen
Ben Hampton
Tohu Harris
Ryan Hinchcliffe
Ryan Hoffman
Jordan McLean
Junior Moors
Bryan Norrie
Justin O'Neill
Kevin Proctor
Jason Ryles
Lagi Setu
Billy Slater
Cameron Smith
Siosaia Vave
Sisa Waqa
0 Players used - 0 0 0 0 0% (0/0)

Most Points in a Game:


Most tries in a Game:


Highest score in a game: ?? points


Greatest winning margin: ?? points

Fixtures

WILL BE UPDATED ON RELEASE OF THE 2014 FIXTURE


Pre Season

[3]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
2 February Trial 1 Brisbane Easts Gosch's Paddock, Richmond, Victoria
8 February Trial 2 Canberra Raiders Simonds Stadium, Geelong

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals/Field Goals Attendance Report
10 March 1 St George-Illawarra Dragons AAMI Park, Melbourne
16 March 2 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
21 March 3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne
29 March 4 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
8 April 5 Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne
13 April 6 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, [[Sydney]
25 April 7 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, [[Melbourne]
4 May 8 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne
12 May 9 Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium, Penrith
20 May 10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles AAMI Park, Melbourne
25 May 11 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney
1 June 12 Bye
9 June 13 Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne
16 June 14 Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 16-14 Blair, Slater, Waqa Smith 2/3 12,861 [4]
24 June 15 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast Loss 18-12 Hampton (2) Blair 1/1, Widdop 1/1 13,044 [5]
29 June 16 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Balmain Loss 22-4 Blair Smith 0/1 5,288 [6]
5 July 17 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 32-0 Blair (2), Bromwich, Hinchcliffe, O'Neill, Waqa Smith 4/6 16,828 [7]
14 July 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss 39-0 16,406 [8]
20 July 19 Bye
28 July 20 New Zealand Warriors Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland Loss 30-22 O'Neill, Slater, Blair, Cronk Smith 3/4 20,152 [9]
4 August 21 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Win 4-68 Fonua (3), Waqa (3), Chambers (2), Slater (2), Harris, Proctor Smith 10/12, Smith 0/1 (FG) 10,826 [10]
9 August 22 South Sydney Rabbitohs AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 26-8 Chambers, Bromwich, Waqa, O'Neill Smith 5/7 21,244 [11]
18 August 23 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Win 10-23 McLean, Smith, Slater, Norrie Smith 3/4, Cronk 1/1 (FG) 26,822 [12]
25 August 24 Parramatta Eels AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 64-4 Slater (3), Chambers (2), Hoffman (2), Blair, J Bromwich, K Bromwich, Glasby Smith 10/11 13,728 [13]
31 August 25 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Manly Loss 28-8 O'Neill, Waqa Smith 0/2 17,179 [14]
7 September 26 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 23-22 Slater (2), Chambers, Waqa Smith 3/4, Cronk 1/5 (FG) 13,826 [15]

Source NRL.com:[16]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 615 385 +230 36
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 2 502 399 +103 36
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 24 15 0 9 2 585 361 +224 34
4 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 506 426 +80 34
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 596 406 +190 32
6 Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 536 460 +76 32
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 446 439 +7 30
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 549 456 +93 28
9 New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 571 491 +80 28
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 477 580 −103 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 469 528 −59 26
12 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 463 571 −108 24
13 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 420 631 −211 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 372 538 −166 22
15 Canberra Raiders 24 8 0 16 2 466 623 −157 20
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 334 613 −279 14

2014 squad

As of October 21, 2013.

No. Nat. Player Pos First match with Club Previous club
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
60 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
98 Australia Will Chambers CE 2007 Australia Queensland Reds
106 New Zealand Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Australia Melbourne Storm
110 Australia Ryan Hinchcliffe SR 2009 Australia Canberra Raiders
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
123 Australia Bryan Norrie PR 2010 Australia Cronulla Sharks
124 New Zealand Matt Duffie WG,CE 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
127 Vanuatu Justin O'Neill WG 2010 Australia Sydney Roosters
135 Australia Maurice Blair WG,CE 2011 Australia Penrith Panthers
136 Fiji Sisa Waqa CE,WG 2011 Australia Sydney Roosters
139 Australia Siosaia Vave PR 2012 Australia Cronulla Sharks
140 Australia Jason Ryles PR 2012 Australia Sydney Roosters
143 Tonga Mahe Fonua CE 2012 Australia Melbourne Storm
144 New Zealand Slade Griffen HK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
145 New Zealand Tohu Harris SR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
146 New Zealand Junior Moors PR,SR 2013 Australia Wests Tigers
147 Samoa Lagi Setu SR 2013 England Mormon Mission
149 New Zealand Kenny Bromwich PR,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
150 Australia Jordan McLean PR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
151 Australia Mitch Garbutt PR,SR 2013 Australia Newcastle Knights
152 Australia Ben Hampton HB 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
153 Australia Tim Glasby PR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Kirisome Auva'a WG - Yet to debut
Australia Kurt Mann FE - Australia Newcastle Knights
Australia Matt McGahan HB,FE - Yet to debut
New Zealand Danny Solomona FB - Yet to debut
Samoa Young Tonumaipea WG,FB - Yet to debut

2014 Squad Signings

Name From
[[]] [[]]

2014 Squad Departures

Name To
Gareth Widdop St George Illawarra Dragons
Brett Finch Retired
Junior Sau Salford Red Devils

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2014. (C) = Captain

All Stars Match City Vs Country ANZAC Test State Of Origin 1 State Of Origin 2 State of Origin 3

References

  1. ^ "Melbourne Storm Home and Away jersey 2013". MelbourneStorm.com. February 2013.
  2. ^ "Rugby League Statistics". rleague.com. 8 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Full List of Pre Season Trial games". Triple M. January 2013.
  4. ^ "Knights make Storm work to preserve record". The Age. 16 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Titans beat Storm 18-12". The Age. 24 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Wests Tigers stun Melbourne Storm 22-4 in NRL round 16". Daily Telegraph. 30 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Storm blow away Broncos after putting their bodies on the line". The Age. 5 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Canterbury Bulldogs hammer Melbourne Storm 39-0 in NRL round 18". Daily Telegraph. 15 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Imperfect Storm abate as Warriors threaten top eight". The Age. 28 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Melbourne Storm notch huge 68-4 win over Canberra Raiders in NRL round 21". Daily Telegraph. 4 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Melbourne defeat Souths". The Age. 10 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Melbourne Storm defeat brave Newcastle Knights 23-10 in NRL round 23 clash". Daily Telegraph. 18 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Melbourne Storm hammer Parramatta Eels 64-4 in NRL round 24 clash at AAMI Park". Herald Sun. 25 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Manly Sea Eagles deliver Melbourne Storm reality check on Saturday night". Daily Telegraph. 31 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Gold Coast Titans' finals dreams shattered in golden point loss to Melbourne Storm". Daily Telegraph. 8 September 2013.
  16. ^ "NRL Draw 2013". NRL.com. January 2013.