List of Melbourne Storm seasons

Melbourne Storm is an Australian professional rugby league club based in Melbourne, Australia. The club was formed in 1997 and played their first competitive matches in the 1998 NRL season.

The club has won four premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020, and have contested several more grand finals. The club also won the 2007 and 2009 NRL Grand Final, but were stripped of these titles due to salary cap breaches.

NRL

Table key
‡ Club finished regular season in first position (J. J. Giltinan Shield)
† Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
DNQ Club did not qualify for finals
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club WCC Regular season Finals results Coach Captain(s)[a] Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
1998 1998 N/a 3rd 17 6 1 Lost semi final 1 2 Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus [1][2][3]
1999 1999 N/a 3rd 16 8 0 Premiers 3 1 [4][5][6]
2000 2000 Won 6th 14 11 1 Lost qualifying final 0 1 Robbie Kearns [7][8][9]
2001 2001 N/a 9th 11 14 1 DNQ Chris Anderson → Mark Murray [10][11][12]
2002 2002 N/a 10th 9 14 1 DNQ Mark Murray Robbie Kearns → Rodney Howe [13][14][15]
2003 2003 N/a 5th 15 9 0 Lost semi final 1 1 Craig Bellamy Stephen Kearney [16][17][18]
2004 2004 N/a 6th 13 11 0 Lost semi final 1 1 [19][20][21]
2005 2005 N/a 6th 13 11 0 Lost semi final 1 1 Robbie Kearns [22][23][24]
2006 2006 N/a 1st‡[b] 20 4 0 Runners-up 2 1 Rotating captains[c] [25][26]
2007 2007 N/a 1st‡[b] 21 3 0 Premiers[b] 3 0 [27][28]
2008 2008 Lost 1st‡[b] 17 7 0 Runners-up 2 2 Cameron Smith [29][30]
2009 2009 N/a 4th 14 9 1 Premiers[b] 3 0 [31][32]
2010 2010 Won[b] 16th†[d] 14 10 0 DNQ [33][34]
2011 2011 N/a 1st‡ 19 5 0 Lost preliminary final 1 1 [35][36]
2012 2012 N/a 2nd 17 7 0 Premiers 3 0 [37][38]
2013 2013 Won 3rd 16 7 1 Lost semi final 0 2 [39][40]
2014 2014 N/a 6th 14 10 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 [41][42]
2015 2015 N/a 4th 14 10 0 Lost preliminary final 1 1 [43][44]
2016 2016 N/a 1st‡ 19 5 0 Runners-up 2 1 [45][46]
2017 2017 N/a 1st‡ 20 4 0 Premiers 3 0 [47][48]
2018 2018 Won 2nd 16 8 0 Runners-up 2 1 [49][50]
2019 2019 N/a 1st‡ 20 4 0 Lost preliminary final 1 2 [51][52]
2020 2020 N/a 2nd 16 4 0 Premiers 3 0 [53][54]
2021 2021 DNP[e] 1st‡ 21 3 0 Lost preliminary final 1 1 Jesse Bromwich & Dale Finucane [56][57]
2022 2022 N/a 5th 15 9 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 Jesse Bromwich & Christian Welch [58][59]
2023 2023 N/a 3rd 16 8 0 Lost preliminary final 1 2 Christian Welch [60][61]
2024 2024 N/a 1st‡ 19 5 0 Runners-up 2 1 Harry Grant [62][63]
2025 2025 N/a 2nd 17 7 0 Runners-up 2 1 [64][65]
2026 2026 N/a Current season DNQ

NRL Under-20s

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2008 2008 13th 8 15 1 DNQ Brad Arthur
2009 2009 3rd 19 5 0 Premiers 3 0 [66]
2010 2010 13th 8 14 2 DNQ Dean Pay
2011 2011 4th 16 8 0 Lost semi final 1 1
2012 2012 9th 12 10 2 DNQ
2013 2013 9th 11 13 0 DNQ Anthony Seibold
2014 2014 11th 12 12 0 DNQ Matt Adamson
2015 2015 9th 10 13 1 DNQ Marc Brentnall
2016 2016 12th 8 14 2 DNQ Eric Smith
2017 2017 13th 9 15 0 DNQ

NSW Cup

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2010 2010 7th 11 14 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 Tony Adam
2026 2026 13th 6 16 0 DNQ Mark Russell

Junior Representatives

Jersey Flegg Cup

Table key
‡ Club finished regular season as minor premiers
# Competed in the Hastings Deering Colts competition as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.
⁑ Competed as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.[67]
† Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2018# 2018 4th 13 6 0 Lost semi final 1 1 Ben Jack
2019⁑ 2019 12th 3 14 3 DNQ [68]
2020⁑ 2020 N/a 0 1 0 Canc.[69]
2021⁑ 2021 N/a 1 6 2 Canc.
2022⁑ 2022 11th 6 16 0 DNQ Adam Woolnough
2023 2023 6th 11 11 0 DNQ Mark Russell
2024 2024 12th 8 16 0 DNQ
2025 2025 1st‡ 17 6 1 Premiers 2 0 [70]
2026 2026 12th 7 13 1 DNQ Dan Murphy

S.G. Ball Cup

Table key
⁑ Competed as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.[71]
† Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2009 2009 4th 6 3 0 Runners-up 2 1 Kim Williams
2010 2010 6th 7 2 0 Lost semi final 1 1
2011 2011 14th 2 7 0 DNQ
2012 2012 13th 2 9 1 DNQ
2013 2013 9th 5 4 0 DNQ Tony Adam
2014 2014 8th 5 4 0 Lost elimination final 0 1
2015 2015 Did not participate
2016 2016 Did not participate
2017 2017 Did not participate
2018 2018 Did not participate
2019⁑ 2019 14th 2 6 0 DNQ Janan Billings [72]
2020⁑ 2020 N/a 2 3 0 Susp.[73] TBC
2021⁑ 2021 12th 1 5 2 DNQ TBC
2022⁑ 2022 15th† 0 8 0 DNQ Wayne Adams [74]
2023 2023 16th† 1 8 0 DNQ Jason Warr
2024 2024 13th 2 6 1 DNQ Ashley Lanfranchi
2025 2025 8th 5 4 0 Lost semi final 1 1 Matt Duffie
2026 2026 2nd 7 1 0 Lost semi final 0 2

Harold Matthews Cup

Table key
† Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2024 2024 13th 2 4 1 DNQ Tony Adam [75]
2025 2025 17th† 0 7 1 DNQ [76]
2026 2026 16th 1 7 0 DNQ Caine Sinclair

Tarsha Gale Cup

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2026 2026 11th 1 6 1 DNQ Jack Gould

Lisa Fiaola Cup

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Ref
Pos. W L D Final position W L
2026 2026 6th 4 3 1 Lost semi final 1 1 Janan Billings

Notes

  1. ↑ Official club captains. For a list of all playing captains see List of Melbourne Storm records
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The club was stripped of all honours between 2006 and 2010 due to a salary cap breach.
  3. ↑ The rotating captains throughout the 2006/2007 seasons were: David Kidwell, Scott Hill, Cameron Smith, Matt Geyer, Michael Crocker, Cooper Cronk, Matt King and Dallas Johnson.
  4. ↑ Melbourne were not awarded any points for the 2010 NRL season due to the club's salary cap breach.
  5. ↑ Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[55]

References

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  58. ↑ "2022 Season Scores and Results". Rugby League Tables. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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  60. ↑ "2023 Season Scores and Results". Rugby League Tables. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  61. ↑ "Melbourne Storm – NRL 2023". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  62. ↑ "2024 Season Scores and Results". Rugby League Tables. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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