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Revision as of 04:37, 22 October 2023
| 2024 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| 2024 record | Wins: 0; draws: 0; losses: 0 | |||
| Points scored | For: 0; against: 0 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Justin Rodski | |||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | AAMI Park – 30,050 | |||
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The 2024 Melbourne Storm season will be the 27th in the club's history, competing in the 2024 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 22nd consecutive season. Melbourne Storm are captained by Christian Welch who was captain for the 3rd consecutive season.[1]
Season summary
- TBC
Milestone games
| Round | Player | Milestone |
|---|
Fixtures
WILL BE UPDATED ON RELEASE OF THE 2024 FIXTURE
Pre-season
Source:[2]
| Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Mel. | Opp. | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February | Trial |  Sydney Roosters |
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong | |||||||
| 19 February | Trial |  New Zealand Warriors |
Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch |
Regular season
Source:[3]
- (g.p.) – Golden Point extra time
- (pen) – Penalty try
Ladder
Coaching staff
- Craig Bellamy – Head Coach[4]
- Marc Brentnall – Assistant Coach
- Aaron Bellamy – Assistant Coach
- Ryan Hinchcliffe – Assistant Coach
- Todd Lowrie – Assistant Coach[5][6]
- Frank Ponissi – General Manager - Football
- Billy Slater – Specialist Coach (Part-time)
- Cooper Cronk – Specialist Coach (Consultant)[7]
- Joel Selwood – Leadership Coach
- Matt Duffie – Pathways Coach[8]
- Tim Glasby – Recruitment Officer and Pathways Manager
- Mark Russell – Under-21s Head Coach
- Matt Church – Brisbane Tigers Feeder Club Coach[9]
- Brad Henderson – Sunshine Coast Falcons Feeder Club Coach[10]
Reference:[11]
2024 squad
List current as of 22 October 2023[12]
Player movements
Source:[13]
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Losses
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Gains
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Representative honours
This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2024.
| Player | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Test matches |
|---|
Statistics
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2024 NRL season.
| Name | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Asofa-Solomona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kane Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Chan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Coates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Eisenhuth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sualauvi Fa'alogo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronson Garlick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Grant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Howarth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jahrome Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tui Kamikamica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eliesa Katoa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Loiero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Meaney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tepai Moeroa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Munster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Nikorima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Olam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Papenhuyzen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Pene | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Pezet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion Seve | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reimis Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Young Tonumaipea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Warbrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Welch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyran Wishart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Ieremia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 00 players used | — | 000 | 000 | 0/0 | 000 |
Scorers
Most points in a game: 0
Most tries in a game: 0
Winning games
Highest score in a winning game: 00 points
Lowest score in a winning game: 00 points
Greatest winning margin: 00 points
Greatest number of games won consecutively: 0
Losing games
Highest score in a losing game: 00 points
Lowest score in a losing game: 00 points
Greatest losing margin: 00 points
Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 00
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 2024.
Home
Revealed in December 2022, the 2023 home jersey sees the return of the colour purple as the primary colour.[16] The design is similar to that worn in 2021–22 with front and back panels featuring a purple V pattern repeating all the way down the jersey, headed by a large purple V across the chest. Among the special features Castore has incorporated in the jersey are bright yellow lightning bolt design on the sides and the inclusion of a Big V logo on the inner collar as a continuation of the Our Home, Victoria acknowledgment which began during the 2020 season to honor Storm's home state. There is a small mark on the back of the jersey to recognise the club's 25th anniversary.
Away
The away jersey, worn when the home jersey creates a clash with the opposition, is also new design for 2023. The white jersey features a single purple centre stripe down the front of the jersey with purple trimming; it will be worn with white shorts (for the first time since 2014), and white socks with purple cuffs.
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."[17]
Melbourne had previously entered a team in the S. G. Ball Cup from 2009 to 2014.
Jersey Flegg Cup
Mark Russell was appointed coach of the Melbourne Storm Jersey Flegg Cup squad, coming to the club after coaching the Sydney Roosters S.G. Ball squad in 2021 and 2022. Working with Storm Academy coach Matt Duffie, the squad was made up of a number of players from Victoria and elsewhere.[18]
After a mixed start to the season, a six-match winning streak from round 9 through round 16 put the team in contention to make the competitions finals. However, a final minute loss to the Canberra Raiders in the last match of the season played at AAMI Park, saw the team drop to sixth on the ladder to miss the finals.[19]
| 2023 Jersey Flegg Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 6 |  Melbourne Storm
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22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 462 | 474 | −12 | 30 |
S. G. Ball Cup
Under coach Jason Warr, Melbourne struggled during the S.G. Ball Cup season, winning just one match against the Wests Tigers in round 8[20] to finish with the wooden spoon. Home matches were played at Comely Banks Recreation Reserve, the home of NRL Victoria team Pakenham Eels. Captain Josiah Ekkehard-Neli, and Storm Academy player Suliasi Prescott were two of the team's better players across the season.
Awards
Trophy CabinetMelbourne Storm Awards NightHeld at Q Events Melbourne on Tuesday, 3 October.[21]
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Dally M Awards NightHeld at Randwick Racecourse, Sydney on Wednesday, 27 September.
Rugby League Players’ Association Awards
Additional 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
References
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- ^ "NRL 2023 Melbourne Storm Draw". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Storm announce 2019 Football department structure". 5 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Lowrie to return to Storm". melbournestorm.com.au. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Callinan, Josh (3 November 2022). "Former NRL player Todd Lowrie joins Melbourne Storm coaching staff for 2023". Australian Community Media. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Cooper Cronk's conflicting coaching roles exposed as Storm come clean". 7 March 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Duffie back at Melbourne Storm". 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ 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. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne Storm - Staff Listing". melbournestorm.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "2023 NRL Signings Tracker: Updated squads as new season begins". NRL.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "NRL Signings Tracker". NRL.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "2023 Melbourne Point Scorers". afltables.com. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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- ^ "Storm 2023 jersey is Made for Melbourne". melbournestorm.com.au. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Storm path strengthened for Victorian Players". melbournestorm.com.au. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Meet the Jersey Flegg Squad". melbournestorm.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Junior representative report: Round 26". melbournestorm.com.au. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Rathbone, Simon (27 March 2023). "Junior Representative Wrap Up". nrlvic.com. NRL Victoria. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Coates seals career-best season". melbournestorm.com.au. 3 October 2023. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Storm induct three life members". melbournestorm.com.au. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "NRL unveil 2023 NRL Dally M Team of the Year". NRL.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "10 new faces for 2023 Players' Dream Team (NRL)". Rugby League Player's Association. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Barker, Sam (3 January 2023). "Young gun Tyran Wishart locked up by Melbourne Storm until 2025". South Coast Register. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Seve awarded Donate Life Most Courageous Player award". 31 July 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "2023 Nominees". NRL.com. National Rugby League. Retrieved 15 September 2023.