The 2014 Melbourne Storm season was the 17th in the club's history. They competed in the 2014 NRL season and were coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith. In 2014 the Storm did not achieve a good level of consistent success however won enough games late in the season to qualify for the NRL finals in 6th place. The club finished outside the top four for the first time since 2005 (other than when competition points were stripped in 2010). It was a roller coaster campaign that kicked off with consecutive one-point wins, courtesy of drop goals from Smith and Cooper Cronk. Storm five wins this season came at a combined 17 points. Injuries to Cronk (broken arm) and Billy Slater (shoulder) during the Origin period saw the Storm lose four of six games during that stretch as they were left clinging to 8th spot on the NRL ladder. The team managed to steady the ship by winning six of their last eight home-and-away games to finish sixth. In a significant boost for the Club, captain Cameron Smith signed a four-year contract extension just one week into the season.[1]
2014 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 6th | |||
Play-off result | 7th - Elimination Final Loss | |||
2014 record | Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10 | |||
Points scored | For: 536; against: 460 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Mark Evans | |||
Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
Captain |
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Stadium | AAMI Park – 30,050 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Sisa Waqa (18) | |||
Goals | Cameron Smith (68) | |||
Points | Cameron Smith (145) | |||
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Round | Player | Milestone |
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Round 1 | Young Tonumaipea | NRL debut |
Round 1 | George Rose | Storm debut |
Round 1 | Ben Roberts | Storm debut |
Round 2 | Cameron Smith | 263rd Storm game (Storm Record) |
Round 2 | Billy Slater | 250th game |
Round 5 | Dayne Weston | Storm debut |
Round 9 | Kurt Mann | NRL debut |
Round 10 | Craig Bellamy | 300th NRL game as coach |
Round 10 | Joel Romelo | Storm debut |
Round 12 | Cameron Munster | NRL debut |
Round 19 | Marika Koroibete | Storm debut |
Round 25 | Cooper Cronk | 250th game |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Mel. | Opp. | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Attendance | Report |
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8 February | Trial 1[11] | Canberra Raiders | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Lost | 12 | 20 | K Proctor, Y Tonumaipea, H Hunt | [12] | |||
15 February | Auckland Nines Pool Game | Penrith Panthers | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | Lost | 11 | 14 | W Chambers, C Munster (BP) | C Munster | 43,600 | [13][14] | |
15 February | Auckland Nines Pool Game | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | Won | 18 | 10 | W Chambers (2 (BPx1)), M Fonua (BP) | W Chambers, S Waqa | [13][15] | ||
16 February | Auckland Nines Pool Game | St George Illawarra Dragons | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | Lost | 10 | 14 | M Garbutt, M Fonua | S Waqa | 45,403 | [13][16] | |
22 February | Trial 2 | Eastern Suburbs Tigers | Langlands Park, Brisbane | Lost | 12 | 16 | |||||
23 February | Trial 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Lost | 10 | 20 | M Fonua, K Bromwich | C Smith 1/2 | 10,000 | [17] |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals/Field Goals | Attendance | Report |
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8 March | 1 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval, Manly | Win | 22-23 | Waqa (2), Hampton, K Bromwich | Smith 3/7, Smith 1/1 (FG) | 14,200 | [18] |
15 March | 2 | Penrith Panthers | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 18-17 | Proctor, Fonua, Waqa | Smith 2/5, Cronk 2/2 (FG) | 13,952 | [19] |
24 March | 3 | Newcastle Knights | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 28-20 | Waqa, Proctor, Chambers, Tonumaipea, Smith | Smith 4/6 | [20] | |
29 March | 4 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | nib Stadium, Perth | Loss | 40-12 | Chambers, Slater | Harris 2/3 | 12,014 | [21] |
6 April | 5 | Gold Coast Titans | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Loss | 26-28 | Waqa (2), K Bromwich, Chambers | Smith 5/5 | 11,930 | [22] |
14 April | 6 | St George-Illawarra Dragons | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 28-24 | Chambers (2), J Bromwich, Cronk, Tonumaipea | Smith 4/5 | 13,130 | [23] |
20 April | 7 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | Loss | 24-22 | Fonua (2), Hinchcliffe, Waqa | Smith 3/4 | [24] | |
25 April | 8 | New Zealand Warriors | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Loss | 10-16 | Proctor, Tonumaipea | Smith 1/2 | 28,716 | [25] |
10 May | 9 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 22-19 | Slater (2), Cronk, Mann | Smith 3/4 | 13,273 | [26] |
16 May | 10 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Win | 14-27 | Slater (2), Cronk, Waqa | Smith 5/5, Cronk 1/1 (FG) | 18,508 | [27] |
24 May | 11 | Bye | |||||||
31 May | 12 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville | Loss | 22-0 | [28] | |||
8 June | 13 | Sydney Roosters | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Loss | 12-32 | Fonua,Mann | Smith 2/2 | 16,757 | [29] |
24 June | 14 | Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Win | 20-24 | Chambers (2), Hampton, Mann, Roberts | Roberts 2/5 | 6,497 | [30] |
16 June | 15 | Parramatta Eels | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 46-20 | Waqa (2), Slater (2), Mann (2), Norrie, McLean | Smith 6/7, Roberts 1/1 | 12,635 | [31] |
30 June | 16 | St George-Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium, Wollongong | Loss | 24-12 | Slater, Mann | Smith 2/2 | [32] | |
6 July | 17 | Bye | |||||||
12 July | 18 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Loss | 4-6 | Proctor | Smith 0/2 | [33] | |
19 July | 19 | Canberra Raiders | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 28-14 | Fonua (2), Koroibete, McLean, Proctor, Waqa | Smith 2/6 | 11,479 | [34] |
25 July | 20 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Win | 8-30 | Hoffman (2), Cronk, Hinchcliffe, Koroibete | Smith 5/6 | 36,319 | [35] |
4 August | 21 | Wests Tigers | Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown | Win | 6-28 | Koroibete (2), Chambers, Smith, Waqa | Smith 4/5 | 7,782 | [36] |
9 August | 22 | Newcastle Knights | Hunter Stadium, Newcastle | Loss | 32-30 | Waqa (4), Slater, Chambers | Smith 3/6 | [37] | |
16 August | 23 | Cronulla Sharks | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 48-6 | Fonua (2), Glasby (2), Koroibete, Chambers, Waqa, J Bromwich, McLean | Smith 6/9 | [38] | |
25 August | 24 | Penrith Panthers | Centrebet Stadium, Penrith | Win | 10-24 | Koroibete, Chambers, Roberts, Slater | Smith 4/5 | 8,994 | [39] |
30 August | 25 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | Loss | 24-12 | Slater (2) | Smith 2/2 | 13,879 | [40] |
5 September | 26 | Brisbane Broncos | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Win | 22-12 | Fonua (2), Hoffman, Cronk | Smith 2/2, Chambers 1/2 | 20,032 | [41] |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals/Field Goals | Attendance | Report |
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14 September | Week 1 - 2nd Elimination Final | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Loss | 4-28 | Waqa | Smith 0/1 | 19,230 | [42] |
Source Melbournestorm.com.au:[43]
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As of 26 July 2014
Source NRL.com:[44]
The following players have played a representative match in 2014. (C) = Captain
City Vs Country[45] | ANZAC Test | Pacific Test | State Of Origin 1 | State Of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Four Nations[46] | |
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Ryan Hoffman | City (C) | - | - | New South Wales | New South Wales | New South Wales | Australia |
Cameron Smith | - | Australia (C) | - | Queensland (C) | Queensland (C) | Queensland (C) | Australia (C) |
Cooper Cronk | - | Australia | - | Queensland | - | Queensland | Australia |
Billy Slater | - | Australia | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland | - |
Jesse Bromwich | - | New Zealand | - | - | - | - | New Zealand |
Tohu Harris | - | New Zealand | - | - | - | - | New Zealand |
Kevin Proctor | - | New Zealand | - | - | - | - | New Zealand |
Young Tonumaipea | - | - | Samoa | - | - | - | - |
Will Chambers | - | - | - | - | - | Queensland | Australia |
Ben Roberts | - | - | - | - | - | - | Samoa |
Statistics Source:[47]
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts | Goal% |
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Jesse Bromwich | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Kenny Bromwich | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Will Chambers | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 50.00% (1/2) |
Cooper Cronk | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | |
Mahe Fonua | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
Mitch Garbutt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Glasby | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Ben Hampton | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Tohu Harris | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 66.67% (2/3) |
Ryan Hinchcliffe | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Ryan Hoffman | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Marika Koroibete | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Kurt Mann | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Jordan McLean | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Junior Moors | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cameron Munster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bryan Norrie | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Justin O'Neill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kevin Proctor | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Ben Roberts | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 42.86% (3/7) |
Joel Romelo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Rose | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Slater | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
Cameron Smith | 23 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 145 | 70.83% (68/96) |
Young Tonumaipea | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Sisa Waqa | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
Dayne Weston | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
27 Players used | - | 97 | 74 | 4 | 540 | 67.89% (74/109) |
Most Points in a Game: 16
Most tries in a Game: 4
Highest score in a game: 48 points
Greatest winning margin: 42 points
For the 2015 season, the Storm have released a new home jersey, once again made by BLK.[48] The 2015 jersey no longer features the "lightning bolt V", instead featuring a large navy blue panel which highlights the crown resorts logo and purple shoulders. A silver horizontal strip also features across the chest. A new away jersey is also set to be released in December.
Melbourne Storm Awards Night editHeld at Peninsula Docklands on Friday 10 October.[49]
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Rugby League Players Association Awards Night edit
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