2014 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank6th
Play-off result7th - Elimination Final Loss
2014 recordWins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 536; against: 460
Team information
CEOMark Evans
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park – 30,050
Top scorers
TriesSisa Waqa (18)
GoalsCameron Smith (68)
PointsCameron Smith (145)
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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]

Season summary

Milestone games

Round Player Milestone
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

Fixtures

Preseason

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field goals Attendance Report
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]

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals/Field Goals Attendance Report
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]

Finals Series

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals/Field Goals Attendance Report
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]

Ladder

2014 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 615 385 +230 36
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 2 502 399 +103 36
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs (P) 24 15 0 9 2 585 361 +224 34
4 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 2 506 426 +80 34
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 596 406 +190 32
6 Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 536 460 +76 32
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 446 439 +7 30
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 12 0 12 2 549 456 +93 28
9 New Zealand Warriors 24 12 0 12 2 571 491 +80 28
10 Parramatta Eels 24 12 0 12 2 477 580 −103 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 2 469 528 −59 26
12 Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 2 463 571 −108 24
13 Wests Tigers 24 10 0 14 2 420 631 −211 24
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 372 538 −166 22
15 Canberra Raiders 24 8 0 16 2 466 623 −157 20
16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 334 613 −279 14

2014 Coaches

2014 Squad

As of 26 July 2014

Further information: 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
58 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
97 Australia Will Chambers CE,WG 2007 Australia Queensland Reds
105 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 Tohu Harris SR,LK,PR,FE 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
145 Samoa Junior Moors PR,SR,LK 2013 Australia Wests Tigers
147 New Zealand Slade Griffen HK,LK,CE,SR,FE 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
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 Samoa Young Tonumaipea WG,FB 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
155 Australia Ben Roberts FE,HK,HB,CE 2014 Australia Parramatta Eels
156 Australia George Rose PR,SR 2014 Australia Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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
Lebanon Travis Robinson WG,CE,FB - Australia Penrith Panthers
Australia Cody Walker HB,FE - Australia Easts Tigers
New Zealand Hymel Hunt CE,WG,SR,LK,FB - Australia Gold Coast Titans
Tonga Felise Kaufusi PR - Australia North Queensland Cowboys
Cook Islands Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad CE,WG,SR,LK,FB - Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Matthew Lodge PR,SR - Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Rhys Kennedy SR,LK - Australia Melbourne Storm

2014 Player movements

Source NRL.com:[44]

Representative honours

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]
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

Statistics Source:[47]

Name App T G FG Pts Goal%
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

Jersey

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.

Awards

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