After the situation in Victoria deteriorated in June, the Storm were forced to relocate to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to complete their season.
In 2008, foundation player Matt Geyer became the first player to play 250 games for the club. In 2011 the club won what, after the salary cap penalties, was considered the club's first Minor Premiership and that season also included a club record twelve consecutive wins, however, Melbourne fell just short the Grand Final, losing the preliminary final against New Zealand. The Storm also competed in the NRL's Under-20s competition (as Melbourne Thunderbolts) from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and in 2018 they entered the (Victorian Thunderbolts) in the Hastings Deering Colts u20s QLD competition.
From 2002, crowd numbers declined and by 2004 the Storm had their lowest crowd average of 8,886 per home game; however, at this time the Storm also began a strong recruiting drive and with a new and exciting playing roster, crowds steadily rose over the following years, returning to an average of 14,670 by 2010.
Don't have an account? If you're not a beer drinker, you drink caronas. In 2012 the club started very strongly with nine consecutive wins, the club's best start to a season up to that time. The origin of the rivalry stems back the period between 2007 - 2012 when both clubs were consistently at the top of the table. The following year, Anthony Mundine declared that the Storm were not "worthy premiers" in the run up to their round 5 rematch. Storm's new chief executive Ron Gauci said the result was no fluke. Round 6 - Storm return to the winners list with a 40-14 win over Newcastle Knights. This marks the 16th consecutive season that they have won their opening game of the season and also this was their 11th consecutive victory making this their equal 4th best winning streak. For a complete list see List of Melbourne Storm records.
And if a total of more than 38,000 people attend the final three games at AAMI Park, Storm will beat its highest average attendance mark, set in 2000. Melbourne convincingly beat the Cronulla Sharks 28–0 to qualify for the Grand Final, but suffered the heaviest Grand Final defeat in league history, beaten 40–0 by Manly. All I'm getting from this is that all NSW teams should move to Perth. Round 5 - Was Craig Bellamy's 400th as coach.
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Eagles and STORM, not Eagles and Roosters - at Homebush!! Scott Drinkwater also played his first game and also scored his first try. The Dragons – Storm rivalry was at its highest in the years following the 1999 NRL Grand Final.
Between 1998–2001, Melbourne was the only club to display player names on the back of jerseys. here. Melbourne Storm (4th title) Matches played: 201: Points scored: 7,905: Average attendance: 15,804: Attendance: 3,176,561: Top points scorer(s) Latrell Mitchell (273) Player of the year: James Tedesco (Dally M Medal) Top try-scorer(s) Maika Sivo (22) ← 2018. Their run of stellar form continued, losing just two games for the remainder of the season.
Prior to this the club played the vast majority of their home matches at the city's now demolished Olympic Park Stadium, which was located next door. The 17-man line-up is made up of the greatest players to have pulled on the purple jersey over the last two decades.