2014 Melbourne Storm season

2014 Melbourne Storm season
NRL 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
Stadium AAMI Park – 30,050
Top scorers
Tries Sisa Waqa (18)
Goals Cameron Smith (68)
Points Cameron Smith (145)
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The 2014 Melbourne Storm season is the 17th in the club's history. They are competing in the 2014 NRL season and are coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith. In 2013 they finished the season in 3rd place before exiting the finals with two straight losses. In 2014 they have had a somewhat up and down season stringing together only two or three wins before suffering the same amount of defeats. 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 season ended for the Storm in disappointment losing to the Canterbury Bulldogs 28-4 in the 2nd Elimination Final, this meant their overall finish to the season was 7th.

Season summary

Fixtures

Pre-Season

[9]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
8 FebruaryTrial 1 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, MelbourneLoss12-20Proctor, Tonumaipea, Hunt[10]
15 FebruaryAuckland Nines Pool Game Penrith Panthers Eden Park, Auckland, New ZealandLoss14-10Chambers, MunsterMunster [11]
15 FebruaryAuckland Nines Pool Game South Sydney Rabbitohs Eden Park, Auckland, New ZealandWin18-10Chambers (2), FonuaChambers, Waqa [12]
16 FebruaryAuckland Nines Pool Game St George Illawarra Dragons Eden Park, Auckland, New ZealandLoss14-10Garbutt, FonuaWaqa [13]
22 FebruaryTrial 2 Brisbane Easts Langlands Park, Brisbane
23 FebruaryTrial 3 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium, BrisbaneLoss20-10Fonua, K. BromwichSmith 1/210000[14]

Regular Season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals/Field Goals Attendance Report
8 March1 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval, Manly Win22-23Waqa (2), Hampton, K BromwichSmith 3/7, Smith 1/1 (FG)14,200[15]
15 March2 Penrith PanthersAAMI Park, Melbourne Win18-17Proctor, Fonua, WaqaSmith 2/5, Cronk 2/2 (FG)13,952[16]
24 March3 Newcastle KnightsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin28-20Waqa, Proctor, Chambers, Tonumaipea, SmithSmith 4/6[17]
29 March4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogsnib Stadium, PerthLoss40-12Chambers, Slater Harris 2/312,014[18]
6 April5 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss26-28Waqa (2), K Bromwich, ChambersSmith 5/511,930[19]
14 April6 St George-Illawarra Dragons AAMI Park, Melbourne Win28-24Chambers (2), J Bromwich, Cronk, Tonumaipea Smith 4/513,130[20]
20 April7 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, CanberraLoss24-22Fonua (2), Hinchcliffe, Waqa Smith 3/4[21]
25 April8 New Zealand WarriorsAAMI Park, MelbourneLoss10-16Proctor, TonumaipeaSmith 1/228,716[22]
10 May9 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesAAMI Park, MelbourneWin22-19Slater (2), Cronk, MannSmith 3/413,273[23]
16 May10 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium, SydneyWin14-27Slater (2), Cronk, WaqaSmith 5/5, Cronk 1/1 (FG)18,508[24]
24 May11Bye
31 May12 North Queensland Cowboys1300SMILES Stadium, TownsvilleLoss22-0[25]
8 June13 Sydney RoostersAAMI Park, MelbourneLoss12-32Fonua,MannSmith 2/216,757[26]
24 June14 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park, Gold CoastWin20-24Chambers (2), Hampton, Mann, RobertsRoberts 2/56,497[27]
16 June15 Parramatta EelsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin46-20Waqa (2), Slater (2), Mann (2), Norrie, McLeanSmith 6/7, Roberts 1/112,635[28]
30 June16 St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss24-12Slater, MannSmith 2/2[29]
6 July17Bye
12 July18 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsAAMI Park, MelbourneLoss4-6ProctorSmith 0/2[30]
19 July19 Canberra RaidersAAMI Park, MelbourneWin28-14Fonua (2), Koroibete, McLean, Proctor, Waqa Smith 2/611,479[31]
25 July20 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win8-30Hoffman (2), Cronk, Hinchcliffe, Koroibete Smith 5/636,319[32]
4 August21 Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium, CampbelltownWin6-28Koroibete (2), Chambers, Smith, Waqa Smith 4/57,782 [33]
9 August22 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium, NewcastleLoss32-30Waqa (4), Slater, ChambersSmith 3/6[34]
16 August23 Cronulla SharksAAMI Park, MelbourneWin48-6Fonua (2), Glasby (2), Koroibete, Chambers, Waqa, J Bromwich, McLeanSmith 6/9[35]
25 August24 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium, PenrithWin10-24Koroibete, Chambers, Roberts, Slater Smith 4/58,994[36]
30 August25 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium, SydneyLoss24-12Slater (2)Smith 2/213,879[37]
5 September26 Brisbane BroncosAAMI Park, MelbourneWin22-12Fonua (2), Hoffman, Cronk Smith 2/2, Chambers 1/2 20,032[38]

Finals Series

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals/Field Goals Attendance Report
14 SeptemberWeek 1 - 2nd Elimination Final Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsAAMI Park, MelbourneLoss4-28WaqaSmith 0/119,230[39]

Source Melbournestorm.com.au:[40]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2416082615385+23036
2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082502399+10336
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 2415092585361+22434
4 Penrith Panthers 2415092506426+8034
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24140102596406+19032
6 Melbourne Storm 24140102536460+7632
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112446439+730
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122549456+9328
9 New Zealand Warriors 24120122571491+8028
10 Parramatta Eels 24120122477580−10328
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132469528−5926
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142463571−10824
13 Wests Tigers 24100142420631−21124
14 Gold Coast Titans 2490152372538−16622
15 Canberra Raiders 2480162466623−15720
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192334613−27914

2014 squad

As of 26 July 2014

For more details on this topic, see List of Melbourne Storm players.
No. Nat. Player Pos First match with Club Previous club
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
60 Australia Billy Slater FB 2003 Australia Melbourne Storm
62 Australia Ryan Hoffman SR,LK 2003 Australia Melbourne Storm
73 Australia Cooper Cronk HB 2004 Australia Melbourne Storm
98 Australia Will Chambers CE,WG 2007 Australia Queensland Reds
106 New Zealand Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Australia Melbourne Storm
110 Australia Ryan Hinchcliffe LK,HK,SR,FE 2009 Australia Canberra Raiders
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
123 Australia Bryan Norrie PR 2010 Australia Cronulla Sharks
124 New Zealand Matt Duffie WG,CE,FB 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
127 Vanuatu Justin O'Neill WG,CE,FB 2010 Australia Sydney Roosters
136 Fiji Sisa Waqa CE,WG,FB 2011 Australia Sydney Roosters
143 Tonga Mahe Fonua CE,WG 2012 Australia Melbourne Storm
144 New Zealand Slade Griffen HK,LK,CE,SR,FE 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
145 New Zealand Tohu Harris SR,LK,PR,FE 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
146 New Zealand Junior Moors PR,SR,LK 2013 Australia Wests Tigers
149 New Zealand Kenny Bromwich PR,SR,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
150 Australia Jordan McLean PR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
151 Australia Mitch Garbutt PR,LK,SR 2013 Australia Newcastle Knights
152 Australia Ben Hampton FE,HB,FB 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
153 Australia Tim Glasby PR,SR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
154 Australia Ben Roberts FE,HK,HB,CE 2014 Australia Parramatta Eels
155 Australia George Rose PR,SR 2014 Australia Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
156 Samoa Young Tonumaipea WG,FB 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
157 Australia Dayne Weston PR,SR 2014 Australia Penrith Panthers
158 Australia Kurt Mann FE,FB,HB,CE,HK 2014 Australia Newcastle Knights
159 Australia Joel Romelo FE,HK,HB,LK 2014 Australia Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
160 Australia Cameron Munster FE,FB,HB,HK 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
161 Fiji Marika Koroibete WG 2014 Australia Wests Tigers
Australia Travis Robinson WG,CE,FB - Australia Penrith Panthers
Australia Cody Walker HB,FE - Yet to debut
New Zealand Hymel Hunt CE,WG,SR,LK,FB - Australia Gold Coast Titans
New Zealand Felise Kaufusi PR - Australia North Queensland Cowboys

Player movements

Source NRL.com:[41]

Losses

Gains

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2014. (C) = Captain

City Vs Country[42] ANZAC Test Pacific Test State Of Origin 1 State Of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations[43]
Ryan Hoffman
City (C)
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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
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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
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-
-
-
-
Queensland
Australia
Ben Roberts
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Samoa

Statistics

Statistics Source:[44]

NameAppTGFGPts Goal%
Bromwich, JesseJesse Bromwich 242008
Bromwich, KennyKenny Bromwich 182008
Chambers, WillWill Chambers 2211104650.00% (1/2)
Cronk, CooperCooper Cronk 1950323
Fonua, MaheMahe Fonua 20100040
Garbutt, MitchMitch Garbutt 60000
Glasby, TimTim Glasby 132008
Hampton, BenBen Hampton 112008
Harris, TohuTohu Harris 25020466.67% (2/3)
Hinchcliffe, RyanRyan Hinchcliffe 252008
Hoffman, RyanRyan Hoffman 2430012
Koroibete, MarikaMarika Koroibete 1060024
Mann, KurtKurt Mann 860024
McLean, JordanJordan McLean 1630012
Moors, JuniorJunior Moors 100000
Munster, CameronCameron Munster 10000
Norrie, BryanBryan Norrie 251004
O'Neill, JustinJustin O'Neill 40000
Proctor, KevinKevin Proctor 2550020
Roberts, BenBen Roberts 182301442.86% (3/7)
Romelo, JoelJoel Romelo 20000
Rose, GeorgeGeorge Rose 90000
Slater, BillyBilly Slater 22120048
Smith, CameronCameron Smith 23268114570.83% (68/96)
Tonumaipea, YoungYoung Tonumaipea 1430012
Waqa, SisaSisa Waqa 24180072
Weston, DayneDayne Weston 60000
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

Jersey

For the 2015 season, the Storm have released a new home jersey, once again made by BLK.[45] The 2015 jersey no longer features the "lightening 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.

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