2016 Melbourne Storm season

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2016 Melbourne Storm season
NRL 2nd
2016 record Wins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 2
Points scored For: 241; Against: 130
Team information
CEO Dave Donaghy
Coach Craig Bellamy
Captain
Stadium AAMI Park – 30,050
Top scorers
Tries Suliasi Vunivalu (8)
Goals Cameron Smith (33)
Points Cameron Smith (67)
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The 2016 Melbourne Storm season is the 19th in the club's history. They are competing in the 2016 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching for his 14th consecutive season during which he coached his 350th Game. Melbourne Storm are also captained by Cameron Smith, who has been the sole captain for the since 2008 making this his 9th consecutive season. In the previous season, the Storm finished in 4th position, qualifying for the finals. Ultimately, they lost the preliminary final to the eventual premiers, the North Queensland Cowboys one week short of the grand final.

Season summary

  • Auckland Nines – The Melbourne Storm commenced their 2016 season competing in the annual Auckland Nines competition on 6–7 February 2016. For the first time they made it past the pool stage, winning their first two games.[citation needed] They also won their quarter final before losing the semi final to eventual winner the Parramatta Eels.[1]
  • 4 March - Craig Bellamy announces that he has signed a 2 year contract extension with the club meaning his coaching tenure will continue until the end of the 2018 season.[2]
  • Round 1 - The Storm won their 12th consecutive first round encounter, with Marika Koroibete scoring two tries playing in his 50th NRL game.[3] Billy Slater also reinjures his shoulder ruling him out for the rest of the season.[4]
  • Round 2 - Storm have a commanding victory over the Titans with Curtis Scott making his NRL debut.[5]
  • Round 3 - Storm remain the only unbeaten side in the NRL after a win over Warriors in New Zealand.[6]
  • Round 5 - Storm score their 300th win in the NRL coming from behind to defeat the Newcastle Knights.[7]
  • Round 6 - Fijian Suliasi Vunivalu became the 171st player to debut for the Storm and in his debut game scored two tries including one in the first minute of the match.[8][9]
  • Round 9 - The Storm demolish the Gold Coast Titans 38-0 in a very one-sided game, this was the second consecutive week that the Storm have kept a side scoreless. This game marked Craig Bellamy's 350th NRL Game as coach, and also Cheyse Blair's debut for the Storm. In addition the game was notable for the fact that in only his third game, Suliasi Vunivalu scored two tries for the third consecutive week.[10][11]
  • Round 10 - The Storm defeat reigning premier North Queensland Cowboys 15-14 in their "home" game at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. Cameron Smith kicked only the Second field Goal of his career to break the deadlock.
  • 19 May - Winger Marika Koroibete announces that he will leave the Storm at the end of the season and switch to Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels.[12]
  • Round 11 - Ryan Morgan makes his debut for the Storm against his old club the Parramatta Eels after being granted an immediate release from the Eels following their salary cap scandal.[13]

Fixtures

Pre-Season

Source:[14]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Source
6 February Auckland Nines Pool Game Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Win 14-4 [15]
6 February Auckland Nines Pool Game South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Win 18-12 [15]
7 February Auckland Nines Pool Game Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Loss 26-7 [15]
7 February Auckland Nines Quarter Final File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Win 14-6 [15]
7 February Auckland Nines Semi Final Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Loss 17-8 [15]
13 February Trial Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Loss 16-18 [16]
20 February Trial Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore Loss 20-0 [17]

Regular season

Source:[18]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Score Tries Goals/Field Goals Report
7 March 1 St. George colours.svg St George-Illawarra Dragons AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 18-16 Koroibete (2), K Bromwich Smith 3/5 [3]
13 March 2 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 34-16 Chambers (2), Finucane, Green, Munster, Tonumaipea Smith 5/6 [5]
20 March 3 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 14-21 K Bromwich, Munster, Koroibete Smith 4/4, Cronk 1/1 (FG) [19]
28 March 4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Shark Park, Cronulla Loss 14-6 Kaufusi Smith 1/1 [20]
2 April 5 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 18-14 Cronk (2), Kennar Smith 3/4 [21]
11 April 6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 12-18 Harris, Tonumaipea Smith 2/3 [22]
17 April 7 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Balmain Win 18-19 (GP) Vunivalu (2), Cronk, Koroibete Smith 1/5, Cronk 1/2(FG), Smith 0/1(FG) [23]
25 April 8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 42-0 Vunivalu (2), Harris, Glasby, J Bromwich, Koroibete, Munster, Cronk Smith 5/8 [24]
1 May 9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Win 0-38 Vunivalu (2), Cronk (2), Blair, Harris, Green Smith 5/8 [10]
14 May 10 16px North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 15-14 Harris, Proctor Smith 3/3, Smith 1/1 (FG) [25]
23 May 11 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta Win 6-18 Vunivalu (2), Koroibete, Blair Smith 1/4 [26]
28 May 12 Bye
4 June 13 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers AAMI Park, Melbourne
11 June 14 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney
18 June 15 St. George colours.svg St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong
26 June 16 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne
1 July 17 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
9 July 18 Bye
17 July 19 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle
23 July 20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne
TBC 21 16px North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
TBC 22 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs AAMI Park, Melbourne
TBC 23 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra
TBC 24 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Manly
TBC 25 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne
TBC 26 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 11 9 0 2 1 301 170 +131 20
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 11 9 0 2 1 241 130 +111 20
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 12 8 0 4 0 312 155 +157 16
4 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 12 8 0 4 0 308 172 +136 16
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12 7 0 5 0 261 208 +53 14
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 12 6 1 5 0 299 247 +52 13
7 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 11 5 0 6 1 222 225 −3 12
8 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 5 0 6 1 238 243 −5 12
9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 11 5 0 6 1 224 241 −17 12
10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 6 0 6 0 143 242 −99 12
11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 11 4 0 7 1 190 246 −56 10
12 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 12 5 0 7 0 227 305 −78 10
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 11 4 0 7 1 220 300 −80 10
14 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 11 2 0 9 1 193 265 −72 6
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 12 1 1 10 0 132 395 −263 3
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 7 0 5 0 210 177 +33 21

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

2016 squad

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Cap Nat. Player name Position First Melbourne Storm Game Previous club
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
60 Australia Billy Slater FB 2003 Australia Melbourne Storm
73 Australia Cooper Cronk HB 2004 Australia Melbourne Storm
98 Australia Will Chambers CE 2007 Australia Queensland Reds
106 New Zealand Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Australia Melbourne Storm
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
144 New Zealand Slade Griffen HK,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
145 New Zealand Tohu Harris SR,LK,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
152 Australia Ben Hampton FE,HB,FB 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
153 Australia Tim Glasby PR,SR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
156 Samoa Young Tonumaipea WG,FB 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
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
162 Australia Dale Finucane PR,SR,LK 2015 Australia Canterbury Bulldogs
163 Australia Blake Green FE,HB 2015 England Wigan Warriors
164 New Zealand Felise Kaufusi PR 2015 Australia North Queensland Cowboys
166 New Zealand Nelson Asofa-Solomona SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
167 Australia Christian Welch SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
168 Samoa Richard Kennar WG 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
170 Australia Curtis Scott CE,WG 2016 Australia Cronulla Sharks
171 Fiji Suliasi Vunivalu WG 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
172 Australia Cheyse Blair WG,CE 2016 Australia Manly Sea Eagles
173 Australia Ryan Morgan CE 2016 Australia Parramatta Eels
Lebanon Travis Robinson WG,CE,FB - Australia Penrith Panthers
Australia Matthew White PR - Australia Gold Coast Titans
Australia Mark Nicholls PR,SR - Australia Canberra Raiders
Australia Scott Drinkwater TBC - Australia Sydney Roosters

Player movements

Source:[27]

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2016. (C) = Captain

2016 All Stars match City Vs
Country [28]		 Rugby League internationals
2016 Anzac Test [29]
Pacific Tests[30]		 State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations (a)
Cameron Smith
World All Stars (C)
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Australia (C)
Queensland (C)
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Will Chambers
Indigenous All Stars
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Jordan McLean
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Country
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Dale Finucane
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Country
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Cooper Cronk
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Australia
Queensland
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Jesse Bromwich
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New Zealand (C)
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Tohu Harris
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New Zealand
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Kevin Proctor
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New Zealand
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Benjamin Nakubuwai
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Fiji
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Felise Kaufusi
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Tonga
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(a) - includes the AUS vs NZL pre-tournament game to be played in Perth prior to travelling to England

Statistics

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Name App T G FG Pts
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 7 0 0 0 0
Cheyse Blair 3 2 0 0 8
Jesse Bromwich 11 1 0 0 4
Kenny Bromwich 11 2 0 0 8
Will Chambers 8 2 0 0 8
Cooper Cronk 11 6 0 2 26
Dale Finucane 11 1 0 0 4
Tim Glasby 11 1 0 0 4
Blake Green 11 2 0 0 8
Ben Hampton 9 0 0 0 0
Tohu Harris 11 4 0 0 16
Jeremy Hawkins 0 0 0 0 0
Felise Kaufusi 10 1 0 0 4
Richard Kennar 3 1 0 0 4
Marika Koroibete 9 6 0 0 24
Jordan McLean 11 0 0 0 0
Ryan Morgan 1 0 0 0 0
Cameron Munster 11 3 0 0 12
Mark Nicholls 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Proctor 10 1 0 0 4
Curtis Scott 2 0 0 0 0
Billy Slater 1 0 0 0 0
Cameron Smith 11 0 33 1 67
Young Tonumaipea 7 2 0 0 8
Suliasi Vunivalu 5 8 0 0 32
Christian Welch 4 0 0 0 0
Matt White 0 0 0 0 0
24 Players used - 43 33 3 241

Scorers

Most Points in a Game: 10 points

  • Round 2 - Cameron Smith (5 Goals) vs Gold Coast Titans
  • Round 8 - Cameron Smith (5 Goals) vs New Zealand Warriors
  • Round 9 - Cameron Smith (5 Goals) vs Gold Coast Titans

Most tries in a Game: 2

  • Round 1 - Marika Koroibete vs St George Illawarra Dragons
  • Round 2 - Will Chambers vs Gold Coast Titans
  • Round 5 - Cooper Cronk vs Newcastle Knights
  • Round 7 - Suliasi Vunivalu vs Wests Tigers
  • Round 8 - Suliasi Vunivalu vs New Zealand Warriors
  • Round 9 - Suliasi Vunivalu vs Gold Coast Titans
  • Round 9 - Cooper Cronk vs Gold Coast Titans
  • Round 11 - Suliasi Vunivalu vs Parramatta Eels

Winning Games

Highest score in a winning game: 42 points

  • Round 8 vs New Zealand Warriors

Lowest score in a winning game: 15 points

  • Round 10 - vs North Queensland Cowboys

Greatest winning margin: 42 points

  • Round 8 vs New Zealand Warriors

Greatest number of Games won consecutively: 5

  • Round 7 to Round 11 (current streak)

Losing Games

Highest score in a losing game: 12 points

  • Round 6 - vs Canterbury Bulldogs

Lowest score in a losing game: 6 points

  • Round 4 - vs Cronulla Sharks

Greatest losing margin: 8 points

  • Round 4 - vs Cronulla Sharks

Greatest number of Games lost consecutively: 1

  • Round 4 and Round 6

Jersey

In November 2015 the Melbourne Storm signed a new 5-year deal with Melbourne-based manufacturer STAR.[32] New Home and Away jerseys have been designed for the upcoming season. The Home jersey is predominantly Navy Blue at the Top and morphing into purple as you move down the jersey, the lightening bolts also make a return on the sides of the jersey. The Away jersey is a striking white top with a Navy Blue and Purple V across the chest.[33]

References

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