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| Full name | Melbourne Rugby League Club |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Current Details | |
| Ground(s) | Olympic Park (18,500) |
| CEO(s) | Brian Waldron |
| Coach(s) | Craig Bellamy |
| Captain(s) | Cameron Smith |
| Competition | National Rugby League |
| 2007 | National Rugby League, 1st |
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| Premierships | 2 (1999, 2007) |
| Runners-up | 1 (2006) |
| Minor premiership | 2 (2006, 2007) |
The Melbourne Storm is a professional rugby league football club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. Craig Bellamy (born 3 October, 1959 in Portland New South Wales) is a former Rugby league player and the current coach of the Melbourne Cameron Smith (born 18 June 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm and The 2007 National Rugby League premiership was the one hundredth season of professional Rugby league football club competition in Australia and the tenth run by the In several sports a minor premiership is the (often unofficial award given to a team which finishes first overall in the standings after the Regular season prior to commencement History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Melbourne club is currently 100% owned and operated by News Limited. News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979
The club was founded in 1998 as part of the newly formed National Rugby League competition. The club is the inaugural first-grade club based in Victoria. They play their home games at Olympic Park. Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne.
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History
- See also: Rugby League in Victoria
In 1996, the Australian Rugby League (ARL) decided to establish a Melbourne based team due to the high attendances at recent State of Origin matches. Rugby league in Victoria, Australia, dates back to 1889 but disappeared until the 1930s The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues But in May 1997, Super League boss John Ribot pushed for a Melbourne based club in the Super League competition, which was the rival against the ARL competition. This article details the year of rugby league run by Super League (Australia. John Ribot (born John Ribot de Bressac on 3 March, 1955) is an Australian sports administrator and former Rugby league footballer of the 1970s [1] Former Brisbane Broncos centre Chris Johns became the CEO of the club and Ribot stepped down from head of the Super League to set up the club. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. Chris Johns (born 1964 in Queensland) is an Australian former Rugby league player This article details the year of rugby league run by Super League (Australia. In September 1997, Melbourne announced that Chris Anderson would be their foundation coach, and then the Super League announced that their new team will be named the Melbourne Storm. Christopher Anderson is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and coach [2]
The Melbourne club then went forward with signing players from other clubs, including Robbie Ross, Glenn Lazarus, Brett Kimmorley and Scott Hill. Robbie Ross (born 24 January 1975) is an Australian former Rugby league player Glenn Patrick Lazarus (born on 11 December 1965 in Queanbeyan New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player who Brett 'Noddy' Kimmorley (born 15 September 1976 in Belmont, New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby Scott Hill may refer to the following Scott Hill (musician, American rock musician Scott Hill (rugby league, Australian rugby league footballer With the Super League and ARL joining into one competition, the Melbourne team was now part of the National Rugby League (NRL) for the 1998 season. In their first ever game, they defeated Illawarra, with Glenn Lazarus being their inaugural captain. The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian Rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong New South Wales. Glenn Patrick Lazarus (born on 11 December 1965 in Queanbeyan New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league player who Melbourne, in a complete shock to the rest of the competition, won their first four games, before losing to Auckland. The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional Rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand [3] They went on to make the finals, but were defeated by eventual premiers Brisbane Broncos. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. [4]
In 1999, Melbourne won their eight of their first eleven games, and went on to make the finals in third position on the premiership ladder. The team was beaten convincingly 34–10 in the quarter final by St. George Illawarra, but came from behind in both the semi final and preliminary final to make the grand final. The St George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional Rugby league football team Melbourne faced St. George Illawarra in the 1999 grand final, St. George Illawarra were favourites due to comfortably defeating Melbourne just three weeks earlier. [4] When St. George Illawarra were ahead 14–0 at half time and Melbourne seemed down and out, but two tries in to Melbourne put the score line at 18–14 in favour of St. George Illawarra with 15 minute remaining. With three minutes remaining Melbourne winger Craig Smith was knocked out by a high tackle which caused him to lose the ball over the try line. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A try is the major way of scoring points in Rugby league and Rugby union. In a historic video refereeing decision, a penalty try was awarded and Melbourne's Matt Geyer kicked the goal that won Melbourne the 1999 Grand final. Matt Geyer (born 5 September 1975 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm [4][5]
Season 2000 saw Melbourne have consistent results after losing their first four games of the season. They made the finals (finishing 6th), but were eventually knocked out by Newcastle in the quarter-finals. Between 2001 and 2002, the Melbourne club performed poorly. Cracks were starting to appear between Johns, Ribot and Anderson through out the period, and Anderson quit as coach of Melbourne mid season of 2001, and was replaced by Mark Murray. Mark Murray (born 1 May, 1959) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and coach The Melbourne club failed to make the finals in 2001. Johns left the club as CEO at the end of 2002 and coach Murray was sacked due to Melbourne's poor form, and missing the finals for the second year in a row. Craig Bellamy was announced as the new coach of Melbourne for 2003. Craig Bellamy (born 3 October, 1959 in Portland New South Wales) is a former Rugby league player and the current coach of the Melbourne [6][7]
Between 2003 and 2005, Melbourne made the finals under coach Bellamy, but lost games in the semi finals preventing them from making the grand final. In 2006, the Melbourne team won their first minor premiership for being on top of the NRL ladder. Melbourne only lost four games in the season making them outright leaders by four wins. [8] They went on to win their two finals matches and go on to the grand final. [8] But in the grand final, against the Brisbane Broncos, they lost 8–15 to make them runners up despite being favourites for the title in a match where controversial refereeing decisions against Melbourne caused much media coverage. The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland. [9]
In 2007, they played as they did in 2006, once again finishing on top after 25 rounds. In the first week of the NRL Finals, Melbourne played Brisbane, in which Melbourne won 40-0. Securing a spot in a Preliminary Final. In the Preliminary Final Melbourne came up against Parramatta. It was tied 10-10 at half time, before a superb second half by Melbourne, finishing the game 26-10. The win was particularly satisfying for Melbourne fans, coming soon after Paramatta CEO Denis Fitzgerald saying that rugby league should not be promoted in Melbourne. Denis William Fitzgerald (born 1950 OAM is the CEO of and a former player for the Parramatta Eels. Melbourne ended up drawing a larger crowd than Manly's preliminary final.
Melbourne comprehensively defeated Manly 34-8 in the 2007 NRL Grand Final. The 2007 National Rugby League premiership was the one hundredth season of professional Rugby league football club competition in Australia and the tenth run by the The 2007 season for the Melbourne Storm has been the most successful ever year of all time for a premiership winning side in rugby league, with the team losing only 3 games.
Their first loss in season 2008 was their 100th of all time, which was a rare 17-16 loss at Olympic Park against Cronulla in round 2. Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla New South Wales in the Sutherland Shire, south of Sydney
The 2008 season has seen the introduction of the Toyota Cup Under 20's Youth Competition to be run in parallel with the NRL competition. Melbourne's Toyota Cup squad includes seven Victorian juniors developed through Melbourne's academy system. These players include Peter Tamarua and Laurence Nathan who were both born and grew up in Melbourne. [1]
They have had a fiery start to the 2008 season. Drawing a crowd of 20,084 for the first round clash at Telstra Dome against the New Zealand Warriors, they won 32-18 with Billy Slater scoring a hat-trick of tries. Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional Rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand Billy Slater (born 18 June 1983 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian Rugby league player for the Melbourne
The team is starting to struggle during Origin period with many players being unavaliable for club games during this period (similar to Brisbane's woes during this period). State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional Rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane Queensland.
Emblem and colours
Originally, the club favoured the name Melbourne Mavericks with a gunslinger logo holding a fistful of aces. The club officials were all set to go with this until News Limited's Lachlan Murdoch told them to go with something else because the Mavericks sounded too American. Lachlan Keith Murdoch (born September 8, 1971) is the elder son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the former Anna Torv So co-CEOs Chris Johns and John Ribot decided to go with the themes lightning, power and storm. Chris Johns may refer to Chris Johns (darts player, Welsh darts player Chris Johns (photographer, American photographer John Ribot (born John Ribot de Bressac on 3 March, 1955) is an Australian sports administrator and former Rugby league footballer of the 1970s The club then became known as the Melbourne Storm. [1]
The Storm was always going to go with the colours of their state, Victoria. These were navy blue with a white 'V'. But club consultant Peter McWhirter, from JAG fashion house, suggested that they should also have purple and gold to make their merchandise more attractive. [1] Gold still appears on the logo, but has now been removed from the Storm's home guernsey, where the colours now consist of navy blue, purple, white and silver.
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Stadium
Melbourne have played the vast majority of their home matches at the city's Olympic Park Stadium. Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. It was here that the club played their inaugural home match in the fourth round of the 1998 season on 3 April 1998, having come off the back of three successive away victories. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) [3] In front of what remains the club's record Olympic Park attendance of 20,522, the team recorded a 26–16 victory over the North Sydney Bears. Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. [10] The team remained at the ground until the end of the 2000 season. In the 2000 season they attracted an average home attendance of 14,622 [10] still their highest season average. Following steady attendance increases over the three years, it was decided to move home games to the much larger Colonial Stadium for the following year. Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment [6] However, with the team ending up missing the finals, crowd numbers declined and it was decided to move the team back to Olympic Park, where they have remained ever since. [7] Attendance bottomed out at an average of 8,886 in 2004, but has risen back to an average of 11,711 for the 2007 season[10], culminating in a new home attendance record of 33,427 in the Preliminary Final against Parramatta, at Telstra Dome. The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional Rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment
In 2007 the Victorian Government confirmed that it would be building a new 31,500 rectangular stadium at Olympic Park, adjacent to the club's current ground. The Government of Victoria, under the Constitution of Australia, ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to The Melbourne Rectangular Stadium is a planned outdoor sports stadium to be located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne, Australia. Olympic Park is a Sporting precinct located a few Kilometres from the Central business district of Melbourne, Australia. The Government has stated that the ground will be used for rugby league in 2009. The Storm will be playing their home games at the new stadium. [11]
Statistics and records
Melbourne's highest ever point scorer is Matt Orford with 877 points. Matthew Orford (born 22 April 1978 in Gosford New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Current players Matt Geyer (628) and Cameron Smith (586) are the highest current players with the most points. Matt Geyer (born 5 September 1975 in Blacktown, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm Cameron Smith (born 18 June 1983 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm and Matt Geyer has the most tries in the club's history with 105 tries, followed by current player Billy Slater (73) and Storm legend Marcus Bai (70). Billy Slater (born 18 June 1983 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian Rugby league player for the Melbourne Marcus Bai (born November 10, 1972) is a Papua New Guinean former Rugby league footballer [12]. In his rookie season, current player Israel Folau broke the Storm's club record of most tries in a season by crossing over the line 21 times in 2007. Israel Folau (born 3 April 1989 in Minto New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player currently contracted with the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne's highest ever victory was the 64–0 against Wests Tigers on July 5, 2001. The Wests Tigers are a professional Rugby league football club in the National Rugby League (NRL the premier Rugby league competition in Australasia Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The most points they have ever scored is 70, when they beat St. George Illawarra Dragons 70–10 on March 3, 2000. The St George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional Rugby league football team Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. However, their biggest defeat was by 46 points to both the Bulldogs (50-4 on August 10, 2003) and to St. George Illawarra (50-4 on June 4, 2000). The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The St George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional Rugby league football team Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. [13]
For regular season home games the record attendances are as follows for the three homegrounds Melbourne have used;
- 23239 MCG (vs St George-Illawarra 03/03/2000)
- 20522 Olympic Park (vs Norths 03/04/1998)
- 20084 Telstra Dome (vs Warriors 17/03/2008)
For home finals the attendance records are as follows;
- 33427 Telstra Dome (vs Parramatta 23/09/2007)
- 18247 Olympic Park (vs Sydney City 30/08/1998)
All time head to head record
Over the 11 years that Melbourne have participated in the National Rugby League, they have the following Win-Loss record. The St George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional Rugby league football team Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The North Sydney Bears are an Australian Rugby league football club based in Sydney who currently compete in the New South Wales Cup. Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors) are a professional Rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand Docklands Stadium, known as Telstra Dome, and originally as Victoria Stadium and Colonial Stadium, is a multi purpose sports and entertainment The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional Rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. Olympic Park Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor Stadium located in Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. [14]
| Games | Wins | Drawn | Loss | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points | Win % |
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| 271 | 166 | 4 | 101 | 1214 | 954 | 9 | 6773 | 61. 99% |
Current squad
Although other players may play for the Melbourne Storm during the year, all NRL clubs are required to select a top 25 First Grade squad at the beginning of the season. Below is a list of around 25 players ranked by their cap number at the Melbourne Storm. A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports This is a list of rugby league footballers who have played for the Melbourne Storm.
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Team of the decade
As part of their 10 year celebrations in 2007, Melbourne Storm released a team of the decade. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Israel Folau (born 3 April 1989 in Minto New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player currently contracted with the Melbourne Storm A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Anthony Quinn (born 19 January 1983 in Penrith New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Sam Tagataese (born December 8, 1986 in Wellington New Zealand) is a Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Russell Aitken (born 5 May 1985 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is a rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Will Chambers (born 26 May 1988 in Gove Northern Territory, Australia is a professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the National A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Sika Manu born 22 January, 1987 in Wellington New Zealand is a Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Scott Anderson (singer is also the lead singer of Finger Eleven. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench Aiden Tolman (born 10 November 1988 in Hat Head New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm in the A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench The 17 man team was selected by former assistant coach Greg Brentnall, foundation CEO John Ribot, Daily Telegraph journalist Steve Mascord and board member Frank Stanton. Greg Brentnall (born in Wagga Wagga, Australia) was a Rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the John Ribot (born John Ribot de Bressac on 3 March, 1955) is an Australian sports administrator and former Rugby league footballer of the 1970s Frank Stanton is an Australian former Rugby league player and a successful club and national representative coach [15]
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References
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