2014 Melbourne Storm season

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)
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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 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.

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

  • 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.
  • 10 July – Injured Storm utility Slade Griffin and young outside back Hymel Hunt are both suspended for two matches after they were named among five players found to have gambled on NRL matches in breach of the league's gambling policy.[11]
  • 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 sixth 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 before joining the Warriors.

Milestone games

RoundPlayerMilestone
Round 1Young TonumaipeaNRL debut
George RoseStorm debut
Ben RobertsStorm debut
Round 2Cameron Smith263rd Storm game (Storm Record)
Billy Slater250th game
Round 5Dayne WestonStorm debut
Round 9Kurt MannNRL debut
Round 10Craig Bellamy300th NRL game as coach
Joel RomeloStorm debut
Round 12Cameron MunsterNRL debut
Round 19Marika KoroibeteStorm debut
Round 25Cooper Cronk250th game

Jerseys

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.[12] 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

[13]TotalMatchesAverage
Home178,7281214,894
Away166,5471213,879
All regular season games345,2752414,386
Finals19,230119,230
All Games364,5052514,580

Fixtures

Preseason

  • (BP) - Bonus point try
Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field goals Ref
8 FebruaryTrial 1Canberra RaidersAAMI Park, MelbourneLost1220K Proctor, Y Tonumaipea, H Hunt[14][15]
15 FebruaryAuckland Nines
Pool Game
Penrith PanthersEden Park, Auckland, New ZealandLost1114W Chambers, C Munster (BP)C Munster[16][17]
15 FebruaryAuckland Nines
Pool Game
South Sydney RabbitohsEden Park, Auckland, New ZealandWon1810W Chambers (2 (BPx1)), M Fonua (BP)W Chambers, S Waqa[16][18]
16 FebruaryAuckland Nines
Pool Game
St George Illawarra DragonsEden Park, Auckland, New ZealandLost1014M Garbutt, M FonuaS Waqa[16][19]
22 FebruaryTrial 2Eastern Suburbs TigersLanglands Park, BrisbaneLost1216
23 FebruaryTrial 3Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSuncorp Stadium, BrisbaneLost1020M Fonua, K BromwichC Smith 1/2[20]

Regular season

Result by round

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

Source:[21]

Date Rd Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field goals Ref
8 March1Manly Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval, SydneyWon
(g.p.)
2322S Waqa (2), B Hampton, K BromwichC Smith 3/7C Smith 1/1[22]
15 March2Penrith PanthersAAMI Park, MelbourneWon1817K Proctor, M Fonua, S WaqaC Smith 2/5C Cronk 2/2[23]
24 March3Newcastle KnightsAAMI Park, MelbourneWon2820S Waqa, K Proctor, W Chambers, Y Tonumaipea, C SmithC Smith 4/6[24]
29 March4Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogsnib Stadium, PerthLost1240W Chambers, B SlaterT Harris 2/3[25]
6 April5Gold Coast TitansAAMI Park, MelbourneLost2628S Waqa (2), K Bromwich, W ChambersC Smith 5/5[26]
14 April6St George-Illawarra DragonsAAMI Park, MelbourneWon2824W Chambers (2), J Bromwich, C Cronk, Y TonumaipeaC Smith 4/5[27]
20 April7Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium, CanberraLost2224M Fonua (2), R Hinchcliffe, S WaqaC Smith 3/4[28]
25 April8New Zealand WarriorsAAMI Park, MelbourneLost1016K Proctor, Y TonumaipeaC Smith 1/2[29]
10 May9Manly Warringah Sea EaglesAAMI Park, MelbourneWon2219B Slater (2), C Cronk, K MannC Smith 3/4[30]
16 May10South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium, SydneyWon2714B Slater (2), C Cronk, S WaqaC Smith 5/5C Cronk 1/1[31]
24 May11Bye
31 May12North Queensland Cowboys1300SMILES Stadium, TownsvilleLost022[32]
8 June13Sydney RoostersAAMI Park, MelbourneLost1232M Fonua, K MannC Smith 2/2[33]
24 June14Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park, Gold CoastWon2420W Chambers (2), B Hampton, K Mann, B RobertsB Roberts 2/5[34]
16 June15Parramatta EelsAAMI Park, MelbourneWon4620S Waqa (2), B Slater (2), K Mann (2), B Norrie, J McLeanC Smith 6/7, B Roberts 1/1[35]
30 June16St George-Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium, WollongongLost1224B Slater, K MannC Smith 2/2[36]
6 July17ByeBye
12 July18Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsAAMI Park, MelbourneLost46K ProctorC Smith 0/2[37]
19 July19Canberra RaidersAAMI Park, MelbourneWon2814M Fonua (2), M Koroibete, J McLean, K Proctor, S WaqaC Smith 2/6[38]
25 July20Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium, BrisbaneWon308R Hoffman (2), C Cronk, R Hinchcliffe, M KoroibeteC Smith 5/6[39]
4 August21Wests TigersCampbelltown Stadium, SydneyWon286M Koroibete (2), W Chambers, C Smith, S WaqaC Smith 4/5[40]
9 August22Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium, NewcastleLost3032S Waqa (4), B Slater, W ChambersC Smith 3/6[41]
16 August23Cronulla-Sutherland SharksAAMI Park, MelbourneWon486M Fonua (2), T Glasby (2), M Koroibete, W Chambers, S Waqa, J Bromwich, J McLeanC Smith 6/9[42]
25 August24Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium, SydneyWon2410M Koroibete, W Chambers, B Roberts, B SlaterC Smith 4/5[43]
30 August25Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium, SydneyLost1224B Slater (2)C Smith 2/2[44]
5 September26Brisbane BroncosAAMI Park, MelbourneWon2212M Fonua (2), R Hoffman, C CronkC Smith 2/2, W Chambers 1/2[45]

Source:[46]

Finals

2nd Elimination final
Sunday, 14 September
16:10 AEST (UTC+10)
Melbourne Storm 4 – 28 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries: 1
Waqa rugby ball 46'
Goals: 0
Chambers (0/1)
1st: 0–24
2nd: 4–4
Report
Tries: 5
Lafai rugby ball 17', 37', 75'
Eastwod rugby ball 6'
Hodkinson rugby ball 13'
Goals: 4
Hodkinson rugby goalposts icon 7', 15', 19', 38' (4/5)
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 19,230
Referees: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Badger
Video referee: Steve Clark & Luke Patten
Player of the Match: James Graham (Canterbury)

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 Coaches

2014 Squad

As of 26 July 2014

Cap[b] Nat. Player name Position First Storm Game Previous First Grade RL club[c]
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 Yet to debut Australia Penrith Panthers
— Australia Cody Walker HB, FE Yet to debut Australia Easts Tigers
— New Zealand Hymel Hunt CE, WG, SR, LK, FB Yet to debut Australia Gold Coast Titans
— Tonga Felise Kaufusi PR Yet to debut Australia North Queensland Cowboys
— Cook Islands Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad CE, WG, SR, LK, FB Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
— Australia Matthew Lodge PR, SR Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm
— Australia Rhys Kennedy SR, LK Yet to debut Australia Melbourne Storm

2014 Player movements

Sources:[47]

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2014.

  • (C) = Captain
PlayerCity Vs Country[48]ANZAC TestPacific TestState Of Origin 1State Of Origin 2State of Origin 3Four Nations[49]
Jesse BromwichN/aNew ZealandN/aN/aN/aN/aNew Zealand
Will ChambersN/aN/aN/aN/aN/aQueenslandAustralia
Cooper CronkN/aAustraliaN/aQueenslandN/aQueenslandAustralia
Tohu HarrisN/aNew ZealandN/aN/aN/aN/aNew Zealand
Ryan HoffmanCity (C)N/aN/aNew South WalesNew South WalesNew South WalesAustralia
Kevin ProctorN/aNew ZealandN/aN/aN/aN/aNew Zealand
Ben RobertsN/aN/aN/aN/aN/aN/aSamoa
Billy SlaterN/aAustraliaN/aQueenslandQueenslandQueenslandN/a
Cameron SmithN/aAustralia (C)N/aQueensland (C)Queensland (C)Queensland (C)Australia (C)
Young TonumaipeaN/aN/aSamoaN/aN/aN/aN/a

Statistics

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

NameAppearancesTriesGoalsField goalsPoints
Jesse Bromwich242008
Kenny Bromwich182008
Will Chambers22111[d]046
Cooper Cronk1950323
Mahe Fonua20100040
Mitch Garbutt60000
Tim Glasby132008
Ben Hampton112008
Tohu Harris2502[e]04
Ryan Hinchcliffe252008
Ryan Hoffman2430012
Marika Koroibete1060024
Kurt Mann860024
Jordan McLean1630012
Junior Moors100000
Cameron Munster10000
Bryan Norrie251004
Justin O'Neill40000
Kevin Proctor2550020
Ben Roberts1823[f]014
Joel Romelo20000
George Rose90000
Billy Slater22120048
Cameron Smith23268[g]1145
Young Tonumaipea1430012
Sisa Waqa24180072
Dayne Weston60000
27 Players used-97744540

Scorers

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

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

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

Notes

  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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