2017 Melbourne Storm season

Team information

CEO

Dave Donaghy

Coach

Craig Bellamy

Captain

Cameron Smith

Stadium

AAMI Park – 30,050

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The 2017 Melbourne Storm season will be the 20th in the club's history. They will compete in the 2017 NRL season. The team will be coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 15th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm are also expected to be captained by Cameron Smith, who has been the sole captain for the team since 2008 - making this his 10th consecutive season.

Season summary

Auckland Nines – The Melbourne Storm will commence the season competeing in the annual Auckland Nines competition.^[1]

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue
4 February	Auckland Nines Pool Games	Brisbane Broncos	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
4 February		Wests Tigers
5 February		Newcastle Knights
TBC	Trial	TBC
TBC	Trial	TBC

Regular season

Source: ^[2]

FG – field goal

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue
3 March	1	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney
10 March	2	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
16 March	3	Brisbane Broncos	AAMI Park, Melbourne
26 March	4	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval, Balmain
1 April	5	Penrith Panthers	AAMI Park, Melbourne
9 April	6	Cronulla Sharks	AAMI Park, Melbourne
15 April	7	Manly Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly
25 April	8	New Zealand Warriors	AAMI Park, Melbourne
30 April	9	St George-Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Wollongong
13 May	10	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
21 May	11	South Sydney Rabbitohs	NIB Stadium, Perth
28 May	12	Bye
2 June	13	Newcastle Knights	AAMI Park, Melbourne
8 June	14	Cronulla Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney
17 June	15	North Queensland Cowboys	AAMI Park, Melbourne
24 June	16	Sydney Roosters	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
30 June	17	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
8 July	18	Parramatta Eels	AAMI Park, Melbourne
17 July	19	Bye
22 July	20	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Canberra
TBC	21	Manly Sea Eagles	AAMI Park, Melbourne
TBC	22	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
TBC	23	Sydney Roosters	AAMI Park, Melbourne
TBC	24	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
TBC	25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	AAMI Park, Melbourne
TBC	26	Canberra Raiders	AAMI Park, Melbourne

Ladder

2017 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Canberra Raiders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Melbourne Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Newcastle Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	New Zealand Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Penrith Panthers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Sydney Roosters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2017 Squad

As of 2 November 2016

For more details on this topic, see List of Melbourne Storm players.

Cap	Player name	Position	First Melbourne Storm Game	Previous club
55	Cameron Smith (c)	HK	2002	Melbourne Storm
60	Billy Slater	FB	2003	Melbourne Storm
73	Cooper Cronk	HB	2004	Melbourne Storm
98	Will Chambers	CE	2007	Queensland Reds
119	Jesse Bromwich	PR	2010	Melbourne Storm
144	Slade Griffen	HK,LK	2013	Melbourne Storm
145	Tohu Harris	SR,LK,FE	2013	Melbourne Storm
149	Kenny Bromwich	PR,SR,LK	2013	Melbourne Storm
150	Jordan McLean	PR	2013	Melbourne Storm
153	Tim Glasby	PR,SR	2013	Melbourne Storm
156	Young Tonumaipea	WG,FB	2014	Melbourne Storm
160	Cameron Munster	FE,FB,HB,HK	2014	Melbourne Storm
162	Dale Finucane	PR,SR,LK	2015	Canterbury Bulldogs
164	Felise Kaufusi	PR	2015	North Queensland Cowboys
166	Nelson Asofa-Solomona	SR, PR	2015	Melbourne Storm
167	Christian Welch	SR, PR	2015	Melbourne Storm
170	Curtis Scott	CE,WG	2016	Cronulla Sharks
171	Suliasi Vunivalu	WG	2016	Melbourne Storm
172	Cheyse Blair	WG,CE	2016	Manly Sea Eagles
174	Brodie Croft	HB	2016	Melbourne Storm
	Mark Nicholls	PR,SR	-	Canberra Raiders
	Scott Drinkwater	TBC	-	Sydney Roosters
	Josh Addo-Carr	WG, FB	-	Wests Tigers
	Vincent Leuluai	SR, PR	-	Sydney Roosters
	Brandon Smith	TBC	-	North Queensland Cowboys

Player movements

Source: ^[3]^[4]

Losses

Blake Green to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Ben Hampton to North Queensland Cowboys
Richie Kennar to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Josh Kerr to St George Illawarra Dragons
Marika Koroibete to Melbourne Rebels (rugby union)
Ryan Morgan to St Helens RFC
Kevin Proctor to Gold Coast Titans
Francis Tualau to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tony Tumusa to released
Matthew White to TBC

Gains

Josh Addo-Carr from Wests Tigers
Jahrome Hughes from North Queensland Cowboys
Ryley Jacks from Sunshine Coast Falcons
Vincent Leuluai from Sydney Roosters
Brandon Smith from North Queensland Cowboys

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2017. (C) = Captain

	2017 All Stars match	City Vs Country	Rugby League internationals 2017 Anzac Test Pacific Tests	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	World Cup

Statistics

For more details on this topic, see List of Melbourne Storm records.

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Asofa-Solomona, NelsonNelson Asofa-Solomona	0	0	0	0	0
Blair, CheyseCheyse Blair	0	0	0	0	0
Bromwich, JesseJesse Bromwich	0	0	0	0	0
Bromwich, KennyKenny Bromwich	0	0	0	0	0
Chambers, WillWill Chambers	0	0	0	0	0
Croft, BrodieBrodie Croft	0	0	0	0	0
Cronk, CooperCooper Cronk	0	0	0	0	0
Finucane, DaleDale Finucane	0	0	0	0	0
Glasby, TimTim Glasby	0	0	0	0	0
Harris, TohuTohu Harris	0	0	0	0	0
Hawkins, JeremyJeremy Hawkins	0	0	0	0	0
Kaufusi, FeliseFelise Kaufusi	0	0	0	0	0
McLean, JordanJordan McLean	0	0	0	0	0
Munster, CameronCameron Munster	0	0	0	0	0
Nicholls, MarkMark Nicholls	0	0	0	0	0
Scott, CurtisCurtis Scott	0	0	0	0	0
Slater, BillyBilly Slater	0	0	0	0	0
Smith, CameronCameron Smith	0	0	0	0	0
Tonumaipea, YoungYoung Tonumaipea	0	0	0	0	0
Vunivalu, SuliasiSuliasi Vunivalu	0	0	0	0	0
Welch, ChristianChristian Welch	0	0	0	0	0
-- Players used	-	0	0	0	0

Scorers

Most Points in a Game: -- points

Most tries in a Game: -

Winning Games

Highest score in a winning game: -- points

Lowest score in a winning game: -- points

Greatest winning margin: -- points

Greatest number of Games won consecutively: --

Losing Games

Highest score in a losing game: -- points

Lowest score in a losing game: -- points

Greatest losing margin: -- points

Greatest number of Games lost consecutively: --

Jersey

In November 2016, the club announced that it had signed a new deal with ISC to provide all their high quality apparel to Storm players, coaches, staff and fans for the next five years. They also announced that while the ISC logo will now appear in the jersey the actual design of the home and away strips will remain the same from 2016.^[5] Melbourne Storm only 12 months earlier signed a 5 year deal with Star Athletic to provide all of it's apparel however it is unclear as to why this deal ended after only 1 year.^[6]

References

↑ "Auckland Nines draw revealed". Daily Telegraph. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
↑ "2017 NRL Draw". NRL.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "2017 Player Transfers". Retrieved 5 September 2016.
↑ "Eight players to depart Storm". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
↑ "Storm announce new deal". melbournestorm.com.au. Melbourne Storm. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
↑ "Storm STAR in new apparel partnership". Melbourne Storm. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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Melbourne Storm

Est. 1998 in Melbourne, Victoria

The club	Records Players Coaches History (2010 Salary cap breach)

Home grounds	Olympic Park Stadium Docklands Stadium AAMI Park

Culture	Rivalry with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles We Are the Storm

Important figures	John Ribot Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus Matt Geyer Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith Billy Slater Cooper Cronk

League	NRL

Titles	Premierships (2) 1999 ~~2007~~ ~~2009~~ 2012 World Club Challenge (2) 2000 ~~2010~~ 2013

Seasons (19)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	National Youth Competition Auckland Nines New South Wales Cup S. G. Ball Cup

Affiliations	Central Coast Storm Eastern Suburbs Tigers Albury Thunder

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