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2014 Melbourne Storm season

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 struggled to achieve 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 field goals from Smith and Cooper Cronk. Five of the club's wins during 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 eighth spot on the NRL ladder. The team managed to steady the ship by winning six of their last eight regular season games to finish sixth.

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
Avg. attendance14,894
High attendance28,716 (Round 8)[a]
Top scorers
TriesSisa Waqa (18)
GoalsCameron Smith (68)
PointsCameron Smith (145)
← 2013 List of seasons 2015 →

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

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  • Pre-season – New recruits took part in Melbourne Storm IDQ camp for pre season training before New Years. Matt Duffie was awarded the IDQ Iron bar with special recognition to both Justin O'Neill and Kenny Bromwich.[2]
  • Auckland Nines – The club competed in the inaugural Auckland Nines tournament on the weekend of the 15th and 16 February. After losing two of three pool games they failed to progress to the finals of the tournament. Ryan Hoffman captained the squad.
  • Round 1 – The Storm opened their season with a golden point extra time win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Cameron Smith kicked the winning field goal. Smith also equaled the Storm games record in the match. George Rose, Ben Roberts and Young Tonumaipea all made their debuts for the Storm. The victory also meant the Storm won their season opener for the 10th successive year.[3]
  • 11 March – Cameron Smith officially announces that he has signed a four-year contract which will see him end his NRL career at the Storm.[4]
  • Round 2 – Cameron Smith played his 263rd game for the Storm breaking the club record held by Matt Geyer. Also, Billy Slater played his 250th match for the club.
  • 18 March – Jesse Bromwich commits to the Storm by signing a new four year playing contract.[5]
  • Round 5 – Dayne Weston makes his playing debut for the Storm.
  • Round 6 – The Storm score a try after the siren to secure a 28–24 victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons. The Dragons had led 24–10 with 13 minutes left on the clock.
  • Round 8 – ANZAC Day In front of a record NRL crowd of 28,716 at AAMI Park the Storm go down to the New Zealand Warriors 16–10. The Warriors taking home the Michael Moore Trophy in the only meeting between the teams for the season.
  • Round 9 – Kurt Mann makes his debut for the Storm scoring the winning try in a 22–19 win over Manly.
  • Round 10 - Craig Bellamy coached his 300th NRL game and Joel Romelo made his playing debut for the club. In addition when Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Ryan Hoffman and Cooper Cronk ran out against South Sydney, it was the first time in NRL history four players of the same side had played a combined total of 1000 games.[6]
  • 29 May – Both Kevin Proctor and Young Tonumaipea sign new playing contacts with the Storm.[7]
  • 30 May – Cooper Cronk breaks his arm in the first State of Origin game ruling him out for 12 weeks. Billy Slater and Cameron Smith also suffered injuries in the game but Smith was able to follow up in the round 12 game against the North Queensland Cowboys.[8]
  • Round 15 – Melbourne Storm returned to form with their biggest win of the season thus far 46–20 over the Parramatta Eels. Billy Slater also moved to equal third on the all–time NRL try scorers list with Andrew Ettingshausen.[9]
  • Late June – The Storm sign Fijian Marika Koroibete from the West Tigers just before the 30 June deadline. Koroibete is noted as one of the fastest players in the NRL and made his impact straight away scoring tries in the Storm's wins over Canberra and Brisbane.[10] This followed the news that Sisa Waqa would depart for the Canberra Raiders and the end of the season and Mitch Garbutt would depart for the Brisbane Broncos.
  • Round 19 – The Storm return to the winners list with a 28–14 win over Canberra, with Mahe Fonua scoring his second double of the season.
  • Round 22 – Newcastle score two converted tries in the final 3 minutes of the game to snatch victory 32–30. Sisa Waqa scores a Storm season record of 4 tries in the game, he also equals the club record for most tries in a game.
  • Round 25 – Cooper Cronk plays his 250th NRL game.
  • Round 26 – The Storm defeat the Brisbane Broncos ensuring they qualify for the 2014 NRL Finals Series.
  • Finals Week 1 – Following the conclusion of Round 26, the Storm finished in 6th place meaning they were drawn against the Canterbury Bulldogs in an Elimination Final in Week 1 of the Finals Series the Storm's higher placing than Canterbury ensured it was played at home. The Storm ultimately lost the Elimination Final 28–4 ending their season. Ryan Hoffman also played his final game with the Storm.

Milestone games

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Round Player Milestone
Round 1 Young Tonumaipea NRL debut
George Rose Storm debut
Ben Roberts Storm debut
Round 2 Cameron Smith 263rd Storm game (Storm Record)
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
Joel Romelo Storm debut
Round 12 Cameron Munster NRL debut
Round 19 Marika Koroibete Storm debut
Round 25 Cooper Cronk 250th game

Jerseys

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For the 2014 season, sportswear company KooGa completed their rebrand to BLK, releasing a similar home jersey design for the Storm as the 2013 version, with the main difference being the addition of purple shoulder panels.[11] The away jersey was also similar to the 2013 version, worn with white shorts.

After initially not re-signing with the club as main jersey advertiser, Crown Resorts modified their logo on the jerseys to read "Crown Resorts". For the first match of the season, this logo was gold in a black box (similar to the application of their logo on the South Sydney Rabbitohs jersey), before reverting to a white logo inside a navy blue box to match the Melbourne Storm colours.

Special

  • Round 8 – Added ANZAC Appeal logo with text "Storm vs Warriors" in the centre of the chest.
  • Round 9 – A "Women in League" design that featured a pink and purple gradient with thin blue hoops and side panels.
  • Round 13 – Storm wore a heritage jersey design, which was replica of the club's 1999 blue jersey, with wide gold collars.
  • Round 23 – For the NRL's Indigenous Round, Melbourne wore an updated version of the club's 2012 Indigenous jersey designed by Lenny Briggs and Dixon Patten. The 2014 version featured more purple than the original version, but was still mostly orange.

Attendance averages

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[12] Total Matches Average
Home 178,728 12 14,894
Away 166,547 12 13,879
All regular season games 345,275 24 14,386
Finals 19,230 1 19,230
All Games 364,505 25 14,580

Fixtures

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Preseason

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  • (BP) - Bonus point try
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field goals Ref
8 February Trial 1 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost 12 20 K Proctor, Y Tonumaipea, H Hunt [13][14]
15 February Auckland Nines
Pool Game		 Penrith Panthers Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Lost 11 14 W Chambers, C Munster (BP) C Munster [15][16]
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 [15][17]
16 February Auckland Nines
Pool Game		 St George Illawarra Dragons Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Lost 10 14 M Garbutt, M Fonua S Waqa [15][18]
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 [19]

Regular season

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Result by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAAHAHHA–AHAHA–HHAAAHAAH
ResultWWWLLWLLWWBLLWWLBLWWWLWWLW
Position832596910855999798886675566
Points24666888101214141416181820202224262628303032
Source: Rugby League Tables
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Source:[20]

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field goals Ref
8 March 1 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Sydney Won
(g.p.)		 23 22 S Waqa (2), B Hampton, K Bromwich C Smith 3/7 C Smith 1/1 [21]
15 March 2 Penrith Panthers AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 18 17 K Proctor, M Fonua, S Waqa C Smith 2/5 C Cronk 2/2 [22]
24 March 3 Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 28 20 S Waqa, K Proctor, W Chambers, Y Tonumaipea, C Smith C Smith 4/6 [23]
29 March 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs nib Stadium, Perth Lost 12 40 W Chambers, B Slater T Harris 2/3 [24]
6 April 5 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost 26 28 S Waqa (2), K Bromwich, W Chambers C Smith 5/5 [25]
14 April 6 St George-Illawarra Dragons AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 28 24 W Chambers (2), J Bromwich, C Cronk, Y Tonumaipea C Smith 4/5 [26]
20 April 7 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra Lost 22 24 M Fonua (2), R Hinchcliffe, S Waqa C Smith 3/4 [27]
25 April 8 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost 10 16 K Proctor, Y Tonumaipea C Smith 1/2 [28]
10 May 9 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 22 19 B Slater (2), C Cronk, K Mann C Smith 3/4 [29]
16 May 10 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Won 27 14 B Slater (2), C Cronk, S Waqa C Smith 5/5 C Cronk 1/1 [30]
24 May 11 Bye
31 May 12 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Lost 0 22 [31]
8 June 13 Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost 12 32 M Fonua, K Mann C Smith 2/2 [32]
24 June 14 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast Won 24 20 W Chambers (2), B Hampton, K Mann, B Roberts B Roberts 2/5 [33]
16 June 15 Parramatta Eels AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 46 20 S Waqa (2), B Slater (2), K Mann (2), B Norrie, J McLean C Smith 6/7, B Roberts 1/1 [34]
30 June 16 St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Lost 12 24 B Slater, K Mann C Smith 2/2 [35]
6 July 17 Bye Bye
12 July 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost 4 6 K Proctor C Smith 0/2 [36]
19 July 19 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 28 14 M Fonua (2), M Koroibete, J McLean, K Proctor, S Waqa C Smith 2/6 [37]
25 July 20 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won 30 8 R Hoffman (2), C Cronk, R Hinchcliffe, M Koroibete C Smith 5/6 [38]
4 August 21 Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Won 28 6 M Koroibete (2), W Chambers, C Smith, S Waqa C Smith 4/5 [39]
9 August 22 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Lost 30 32 S Waqa (4), B Slater, W Chambers C Smith 3/6 [40]
16 August 23 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 48 6 M Fonua (2), T Glasby (2), M Koroibete, W Chambers, S Waqa, J Bromwich, J McLean C Smith 6/9 [41]
25 August 24 Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium, Sydney Won 24 10 M Koroibete, W Chambers, B Roberts, B Slater C Smith 4/5 [42]
30 August 25 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney Lost 12 24 B Slater (2) C Smith 2/2 [43]
5 September 26 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Won 22 12 M Fonua (2), R Hoffman, C Cronk C Smith 2/2, W Chambers 1/2 [44]

Source:[45]

Finals

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2nd Elimination final
Sunday, 14 September
16:10 AEST (UTC+10)
Melbourne Storm   4 – 28   Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries: 1
Waqa   46'
Goals: 0
Smith (0/1)
 1st: 0–24
2nd: 4–4
Report
 Tries: 5
Lafai   17', 37', 75'
Eastwod   6'
Hodkinson   13'
Goals: 4
Hodkinson   7', 15', 19', 38' (4/5)
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 19,230
Referees: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Badger

Ladder

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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

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2014 Squad

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As of 26 July 2014

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm players
Cap [b] Nat. Player name Position First Storm Game Previous First Grade RL club [c]
55   Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002   Melbourne Storm
58   Billy Slater FB 2003   Melbourne Storm
62   Ryan Hoffman SR,LK 2003   Melbourne Storm
73   Cooper Cronk HB 2004   Melbourne Storm
97   Will Chambers CE,WG 2007   Queensland Reds
105   Kevin Proctor SR 2008   Melbourne Storm
110   Ryan Hinchcliffe LK,HK,SR,FE 2009   Canberra Raiders
119   Jesse Bromwich PR 2010   Melbourne Storm
123   Bryan Norrie PR 2010   Cronulla Sharks
124   Matt Duffie WG,CE,FB 2010   Melbourne Storm
127   Justin O'Neill WG,CE,FB 2010   Sydney Roosters
136   Sisa Waqa CE,WG,FB 2011   Sydney Roosters
143   Mahe Fonua CE,WG 2012   Melbourne Storm
144   Tohu Harris SR,LK,PR,FE 2013   Melbourne Storm
145   Junior Moors PR,SR,LK 2013   Wests Tigers
147   Slade Griffen HK,LK,CE,SR,FE 2013   Melbourne Storm
149   Kenny Bromwich PR,SR,LK 2013   Melbourne Storm
150   Jordan McLean PR 2013   Melbourne Storm
151   Mitch Garbutt PR,LK,SR 2013   Newcastle Knights
152   Ben Hampton FE,HB,FB 2013   Melbourne Storm
153   Tim Glasby PR,SR 2013   Melbourne Storm
154   Young Tonumaipea WG,FB 2014   Melbourne Storm
155   Ben Roberts FE,HK,HB,CE 2014   Parramatta Eels
156   George Rose PR,SR 2014   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
157   Dayne Weston PR,SR 2014   Penrith Panthers
158   Kurt Mann FE,FB,HB,CE,HK 2014   Newcastle Knights
159   Joel Romelo FE,HK,HB,LK 2014   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
160   Cameron Munster FE,FB,HB,HK 2014   Melbourne Storm
161   Marika Koroibete WG 2014   Wests Tigers
—   Travis Robinson WG,CE,FB Yet to debut   Penrith Panthers
—   Cody Walker HB,FE Yet to debut   Easts Tigers
—   Hymel Hunt CE,WG,SR,LK,FB Yet to debut   Gold Coast Titans
—   Felise Kaufusi PR Yet to debut   North Queensland Cowboys
—   Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad CE,WG,SR,LK,FB Yet to debut   Melbourne Storm
—   Matthew Lodge PR,SR Yet to debut   Melbourne Storm
—   Rhys Kennedy SR,LK Yet to debut   Melbourne Storm

2014 Player movements

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Sources:[46]

Representative honours

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The following players have played a representative match in 2014.

  • (C) = Captain
Further information: List of Melbourne Storm representatives
Player City Vs Country[47] ANZAC Test Pacific Test State Of Origin 1 State Of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations[48]
Jesse Bromwich — New Zealand — — — — New Zealand
Will Chambers — — — — — Queensland Australia
Cooper Cronk — Australia — Queensland — Queensland Australia
Tohu Harris — New Zealand — — — — New Zealand
Ryan Hoffman City (C) — — New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales Australia
Kevin Proctor — New Zealand — — — — New Zealand
Ben Roberts — — — — — — Samoa
Billy Slater — Australia — Queensland Queensland Queensland —
Cameron Smith — Australia (C) — Queensland (C) Queensland (C) Queensland (C) Australia (C)
Young Tonumaipea — — Samoa — — — —

Statistics

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This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2014 NRL season.

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm records
Name Appearances Tries Goals Field goals Points
Jesse Bromwich 24 2 0 0 8
Kenny Bromwich 18 2 0 0 8
Will Chambers 22 11 1[d] 0 46
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[e] 0 4
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[f] 0 14
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[g] 1 145
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

Scorers

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Most Points in a game: 16

  • Round 22 – Sisa Waqa (4 tries) vs Newcastle Knights

Most tries in a game: 4

  • Round 22 – Sisa Waqa vs Newcastle Knights

Winning games

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Highest score in a winning game: 48 points

  • Round 23 vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Lowest score in a winning game: 18 points

  • Round 2 vs Penrith Panthers

Greatest winning margin: 42 points

  • Round 23 vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Greatest number of games won consecutively: 3

  • Round 1 – Round 3
  • Round 19 – Round 21

Losing games

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Highest score in a losing game: 30 points

  • Round 22 vs Newcastle Knights

Lowest score in a losing game: 0 points

  • Round 12 vs North Queensland Cowboys

Greatest losing margin: 28 points

  • Round 4 vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 2

  • Round 4 – Round 5
  • Round 7 – Round 8
  • Round 12 – Round 13
  • Round 16 – Round 18

Awards

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Notes

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  1. ^ Regular season home games only
  2. ^ Players are listed with the cap number as they appear on the Melbourne Storm honour board. Additional squad members do not have a cap number.
  3. ^ This column denotes the previous RL club the player was signed to and played first grade RL for. If they are yet to debut then this is stipulated. If they were merely signed to the club but did not play then it is not counted.
  4. ^ Goalkicking percentage 33.33% (1/3)
  5. ^ Goalkicking percentage 66.67% (2/3)
  6. ^ Goalkicking percentage 42.86% (3/7)
  7. ^ Goalkicking percentage 70.83% (68/96)

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