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* Melbourne Storm Player of the Year:
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* Melbourne Storm Members' Player of Year:
* Melbourne Storm Most Improved:
* Melbourne Storm Best Back:
* Melbourne Storm Best Forward:
*Cooper Cronk Feeder Club Player of the Year:
*Darren Bell U20s Player of the Year:
*U20s Best Back:
*U20s Best Forward:
* Mick Moore Club Person of the Year:
* Life Member Inductee:
* Best Try:
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Revision as of 04:34, 17 March 2019

2019 Melbourne Storm season
Team information
CEODave Donaghy
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park (30,050 capacity)
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The 2019 Melbourne Storm season will be the 22nd in the club's history. They will compete in the 2019 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 17th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm are also captained by Cameron Smith, who has been the sole captain for the team since 2008—making this his 12th consecutive season.

Season Summary

  • Round 1 - Prior to the commencement of play, the northern stand of AAMI Park was renamed "The Slater Stand" after Billy Slater. Storm defeated the Broncos 22-12 extending their winning steak in Round 1 to 17 seasons.

Milestone games

Round Player Milestone
Round 1 Tom Eisenhuth Storm debut

Fixtures

Pre-season

Source: [1]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Source
23 February Trial New Zealand Warriors GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Loss 6 12 [2]
2 March Trial North Queensland Cowboys BB Print Stadium, Mackay Loss 6 14 [3]

Regular season

Source: [4]


Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
14 March 1 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 22 12 J Hughes, C Scott, K Bromwich, J Bromwich C Smith 3/4 [5]
22 March 2 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra
30 March 3 Penrith Panthers Carrington Park, Bathurst, New South Wales
7 April 4 Canterbury Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne
12 April 5 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
19 April 6 Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne
25 April 7 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne
3 May 8 Cronulla Sharks Shark Park, Sydney
11 May 9 Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
16 May 10 Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne
26 May 11 Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney
12 Bye
8 June 13 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
15 June 14 Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne
28 June 15 Sydney Roosters Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
4 July 16 St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong
13 July 17 Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne
21 July 18 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast
27 July 19 Manly Sea Eagles AAMI Park, Melbourne
2 August 20 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
11 August 21 South Sydney Rabbitohs Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
17 August 22 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne
25 August 23 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne
31 August 24 Manly Sea Eagles Lottoland, Sydney
6 September 25 North Queensland Cowboys AAMI Park, Melbourne

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 1 631 300 +331 42
2 Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 1 627 363 +264 36
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 521 417 +104 34
4 Canberra Raiders 24 15 0 9 1 524 374 +150 32
5 Parramatta Eels 24 14 0 10 1 533 473 +60 30
6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 1 496 446 +50 30
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 1 514 464 +50 26
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 1 12 1 432 489 −57 25
9 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 1 475 486 −11 24
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 1 413 474 −61 24
11 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 1 485 522 −37 22
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 1 326 477 −151 22
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 9 1 14 1 433 574 −141 21
14 North Queensland Cowboys 24 9 0 15 1 378 500 −122 20
15 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 8 0 16 1 427 575 −148 18
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 4 0 20 1 370 651 −281 10

Coaching staff

  • Craig Bellamy - Head Coach[6]
  • Jason Ryles - Senior Assistant Coach
  • Marc Brentnall – Assistant Coach
  • Ben Jack - U/20s Head Coach
  • Aaron Bellamy – Development Coach
  • Ryan Hinchcliffe - Development Coach
  • Frank Ponissi - Football Director
  • Nick Maxwell - Leadership Coach
  • Craig McRae – Kicking & Catching Coach
  • Billy Slater - Specialist Coach (Part time)
  • Scott Sipple - Easts Tigers Feeder Club Coach
  • Craig Ingebrigtsen - Sunshine Coast Falcons Feeder Club Coach

2019 Squad

List current as of 9 October 2018 (a): 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.

Cap Nat. Player name Position First Storm Game Previous First Grade RL club (a)
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
98 Australia Will Chambers CE 2007 Australia Melbourne Storm
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
149 New Zealand Kenny Bromwich PR,SR,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
160 Australia Cameron Munster FE,FB,HB,HK 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
162 Australia Dale Finucane PR,SR,LK 2015 Australia Canterbury Bulldogs
164 Tonga Felise Kaufusi PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
166 New Zealand Nelson Asofa-Solomona SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
167 Australia Christian Welch SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
170 Australia Curtis Scott CE,WG 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
171 Fiji Suliasi Vunivalu WG 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
172 Australia Cheyse Blair WG,CE 2016 Australia Manly Sea Eagles
174 Australia Brodie Croft HB 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
176 Australia Josh Addo-Carr WG, FB 2017 Australia Wests Tigers
179 Australia Joe Stimson SR, LK 2017 Australia Melbourne Storm
181 Fiji Tui Kamikamica SR, PR 2017 Australia Melbourne Storm
182 New Zealand Brandon Smith HK 2017 Australia Melbourne Storm
184 New Zealand Jahrome Hughes FE, FB 2017 Australia North Queensland Cowboys
186 Samoa Sam Kasiano PR 2018 Australia Canterbury Bulldogs
187 Papua New Guinea Justin Olam WG, CE 2018 Australia Melbourne Storm
188 Australia Harry Grant HK 2018 Australia Melbourne Storm
189 Tonga Patrick Kaufusi PR 2018 Australia North Queensland Cowboys
190 Tonga Albert Vete PR 2018 Australia New Zealand Warriors
191 Australia Scott Drinkwater FB 2018 Australia Melbourne Storm
192 Australia Tom Eisenhuth SR 2019 Australia Penrith Panthers
Australia Billy Walters FE Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
New Zealand Sandor Earl WG Yet to debut Australia Canberra Raiders
Samoa Marion Steve WG Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Ryan Papenhuyzen FB Yet to debut Australia Wests Tigers
New Zealand Kayleb Milne SR Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Cooper Johns FE Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Fiji Junior Ratuva WG Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm

Player movements

Source:[7]

Representative honours

The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2019. (C) = Captain

Player 2019 All Stars match State of Origin 1 2019 Pacific Rugby League Tests
and Internationals
State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 International Rugby League tests

Squad statistics

Statistics Source:[8]

Name App T G FG Pts
Josh Addo-Carr 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 0 0 0 0 0
Cheyse Blair 0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Bromwich 0 0 0 0 0
Kenny Bromwich 0 0 0 0 0
Will Chambers 0 0 0 0 0
Brodie Croft 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Drinkwater 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Finucane 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Grant 0 0 0 0 0
Jahrome Hughes 0 0 0 0 0
Tui Kamikamica 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Kasiano 0 0 0 0 0
Felise Kaufusi 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Kaufusi 0 0 0 0 0
Cameron Munster 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Olam 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Scott 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Smith 0 0 0 0 0
Cameron Smith 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Stimson 0 0 0 0 0
Albert Vete 0 0 0 0 0
Suliasi Vunivalu 0 0 0 0 0
Christian Welch 0 0 0 0 0
00 Players used 0 0 0 0

Jersey

TBC

Awards

References

  1. ^ "2019 pre-season trial dates". Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Warriors win pre-season arm wrestle against Storm". Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Cowbays grind out tough trial win over Storm". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 NRL Draw". Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Bromwich boys spark Storm as Broncos lose Roberts". Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Storm announce 2019 Football department structure". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. ^ "NRL Transfer Centre". Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ^ "2018 Melbourne Point Scorers". afltables.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.