2013 Melbourne Storm season

The 2013 Melbourne Storm season was the 16th in the club's history. They competed in the 2013 NRL season. They were coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith. They had previously won the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership therefore started the season as reigning premiers.

2013 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank3rd
Play-off resultsemi-final Loss
2013 recordWins: 16; Draws: 1; Losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 589; Against: 373
Team information
CEORon Gauci
Mark Evans
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park – 30,050
Top scorers
TriesBilly Slater (18)
GoalsCameron Smith (84)
PointsCameron Smith (176)
< 2012 List of seasons 2014 >

Seven straight wins to start the season extended the club's winning streak to 15 games dating back to the previous campaign. The Origin period proved difficult to negotiate however with team unable to come up with some crucial wins at the business end of the season, eventually finishing in third place. Two finals losses to the Rabbitohs and Knights prematurely ended the season, as Storm did not make the Preliminary final stage for just the second time in eight years. The Storm attack was the shining light of the season, producing 98 tries to be ranked second in the competition. The team also had the best home record of any side in the NRL, losing just the one game at AAMI Park during the season. Cooper Cronk was rewarded for several seasons of brilliance, claiming his first Dally Medal Play of the Year honour. Off the field Storm experienced a change at the helm with Mark Evans replacing Ron Gauci as CEO midway through the season.[1]

Season summary
  • 11 February – Craig Bellamy signed a contract that will see him remain as coach of the Storm until the end of 2016.[2] The Storm also depart for England to compete in the World Club Challenge.
  • 22 February – The Storm won the 2013 World Club Challenge 18–14 against Leeds Rhinos to be crowned World Champions for 2013.
  • Round 1 – The Storm began the season with a win over St George Illawarra in hot conditions.
  • Round 2 – The Storm's win over North Queensland also marked their 10th consecutive win, with the streak beginning in Round 22 of the 2012 season and extending through the finals.
  • Round 3 – Ryan Hoffman played his 200th NRL Game.
  • Round 4 – The Melbourne Storm played its 400th game. The Storm also won its 12th consecutive game, thus equalling its all-time record achieved in the 2011 NRL season.
  • Round 5 – The Storm won their 13th consecutive game, breaking their all-time club record.
  • Round 6 – The Storm defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs to remain the only undefeated side in the NRL in 2013.
  • 19 April – Gareth Widdop announces he will leave the Storm for the St George Illawarra Dragons at the end of the season.[3]
  • 19–21 April – The Storm provide 9 players to the three representative games over this weekend.
  • Round 7 – The Storms winning streak continued to 15 games with a win over the New Zealand Warriors on ANZAC Day.
  • 1 May – The Storm re-sign Will Chambers to a contract that will see him remain with the club until 2017.[4]
  • Round 8 – Melbourne suffers its first loss of the season ending its club record winning streak at 15 games. The Storm are one of only seven teams in the history of the NSWRL/ARL/NRL to have achieved this.[5]
  • Round 10 – Melbourne Storm and Manly Sea Eagles Draw 10 all, the first draw of the NRL season.
  • Round 11 – Jordan Mclean made his debut as the 150th player for the Storm. Cameron Smith scored his 1400th point for the club.
  • Round 13 – Cameron Smith played his 250th NRL game and Justin O'Neill played his 50th.
  • Round 15 – Playing without Smith, Slater, Cronk and Hoffman the Storm lose 18–12 to Gold Coast. Ben Hampton scored 2 tries on debut and Gareth Widdop suffered a dislocated hip, ending his season.
  • Rounds 15–20 – The Storm encounter a poor run of form not helped by the State of Origin period where they gave up 4 first choice players to lose 4 out of five games.
  • Round 21 – The Storm returned to form with a massive 64-point win over the Canberra Raiders. The win equalled their all-time greatest winning margin record set in 2001 against Wests Tigers. During the Game, Billy Slater also scored his 150th try.
  • Round 22 – Brett Finch plays his 50th Game for the Melbourne Storm in a 26–8 win over South Sydney.
  • Round 23 – Bryan Norrie plays his 150th NRL Game.
  • Round 24 – The Storm defeat the Parramatta Eels 64 – 4 in their biggest ever win over the Eels. Kevin Proctor also plays his 100th game.
  • Round 26 – The Storm win their final game of the regular season in Golden point extra time against Gold Coast Titans. Cameron Smith also kicks his 1500th point in the match.
  • Finals Series – The Storms season ended with two consecutive losses in the Finals series to South Sydney and then Newcastle.

Milestone games
RoundPlayerMilestone
Round 1Slade GriffenNRL debut
Round 1Tohu HarrisNRL debut
Round 1Junior MoorsStorm debut
Round 1Lagi SetuStorm debut
Round 3Ryan Hoffman200th game
Round 3Junior Sa'uStorm debut
Round 5Kenny BromwichNRL debut
Round 11Jordan McLeanNRL debut
Round 13Justin O'Neill50th game
Round 13Cameron Smith250th game
Round 14Mitch GarbuttNRL debut
Round 15Ben HamptonNRL debut
Round 16Tim GlasbyNRL debut
Round 21Billy Slater150th try scored
Round 22Brett Finch50th game
Round 23Bryan Norrie150th game
Round 24Kevin Proctor100th game

Jersey

In 2013 the Storm jerseys were again made by Kooga. They created a New Jersey for 2013 which featured more navy blue and a more prominent and deeper V that integrated the sponsor's (Crown Casino) logo into the design better, the lightning bolts are also now purple for the first time. Colours yellow and white were removed and reduced respectively so that the jersey is essentially half navy blue and half purple. The away jersey is a white version of the home jersey.[6]

Special Jerseys
  • For Round 10, the Storm released a special jersey for the "Women of League" round, it was worn on 20 May against Manly Sea Eagles.[7] The jersey consisted of navy blue and pink horizontal hoops.
  • For Round 13 the Storm wore a jersey to promote the Superman movie Man of Steel.[8] The jerseys design is similar to that of the costume worn in the movie with the red S logo on the front.
  • For Round 14 the Storm wore their 2013 heritage jersey, which was a replica of their original 1998 jersey.[9]
  • For the Round 17 game against the Brisbane Broncos they wore their "Big Battle" jersey.[10]

Statistics

Statistics Source:[11] Table current as at the end of 2013 season.

NameAppTGFGPtsGoal%
Maurice Blair18101042100.00% (1/1)
Jesse Bromwich2660024
Kenny Bromwich91004
Will Chambers25120048
Cooper Cronk234031900.00% (0/1)
Matt Duffie430012
Brett Finch130000
Mahe Fonua1390036
Mitch Garbutt30000
Tim Glasby21004
Slade Griffen100000
Ben Hampton22008
Tohu Harris252008
Ryan Hinchcliffe2330012
Ryan Hoffman2440016
Jordan McLean141004
Junior Moors100000
Bryan Norrie251004
Justin O'Neill2190036
Kevin Proctor2330012
Jason Ryles240000
Junior Sau41004
Lagi Setu71004
Billy Slater24180072
Cameron Smith23284017674.34% (84/113)
Siosaia Vave91004
Sisa Waqa22120048
Gareth Widdop1633018100.00% (3/3)
28 Players used–10988361574.58% (88/118)

Most Points in a Game: 20

  • Cameron Smith – 10 Goals vs Canberra Raiders (4 August)
  • Cameron Smith – 10 Goals vs Parramatta Eels (25 August)

Most tries in a Game: 3

  • Billy Slater vs Brisbane (29 March)
  • Mahe Fonua vs Canberra (4 August)
  • Sisa Waqa vs Canberra (4 August)
  • Billy Slater vs Parramatta (25 August)

Highest score in a game: 68 points

  • vs Canberra Raiders (4 August)

Greatest winning margin: 64 points

  • vs Canberra Raiders (4 August)

Fixtures

Pre Season

[12]

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
2 FebruaryTrial 1 Eastern Suburbs TigersGosch's Paddock, Richmond, VictoriaWin28–4Auva'a 2, Harris, Duffie, Blair, Sa'u, Fonua1500 approx[13]
8 FebruaryTrial 2 Canberra RaidersSimonds Stadium, GeelongLoss8–40Duffie, Kennar4,081[14]
22 February2013 World Club Challenge Leeds RhinosHeadingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, EnglandWin14–18Slater, J Bromwich, HarrisSmith 3/420,400[15]

Regular season
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoals/Field GoalsAttendanceReport
10 March1 St George-Illawarra DragonsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin30–10O'Neill (2), Slater, Widdop, FonuaSmith 5/516,251[16]
16 March2 North Queensland Cowboys1300SMILES Stadium, TownsvilleWin10–32Chambers (2), Cronk (2), Hinchcliffe, HoffmanSmith 3/5, Widdop 1/119,288[17]
21 March3 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin22–18Hinchcliffe, Duffie, Fonua, SetuSmith 3/411,982[18]
29 March4 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium, BrisbaneWin26–32Slater (3), Duffie (2), SauSmith 4/640,071[19]
8 April5 Wests TigersAAMI Park, MelbourneWin26–12Vave, Fonua, Cronk, WaqaSmith 4/4, Widdop 1/118,866[20]
13 April6 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium, SydneyWin10–17Proctor, Fonua, WiddopSmith 2/3, Cronk 1/1 (FG)32,671[21]
25 April7 New Zealand WarriorsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin28–18Chambers (2), Fonua, Slater, WaqaSmith 4/525,480[22]
4 May8 Canberra RaidersAAMI Park, MelbourneLoss20–24Bromwich, Slater, Fonua, O'NeillSmith 2/415,464.[23]
12 May9 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium, PenrithLoss12–10J Bromwich, WaqaSmith 1/27,803[24]
20 May10 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesAAMI Park, MelbourneDraw10–10BlairSmith 3/312,921[25]
25 May11 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium, SydneyWin18–26Blair, Chambers, O'Neill, SmithSmith 5/619,164[26]
1 June12Bye
9 June13 Cronulla SharksAAMI Park, MelbourneWin38–6Blair, Harris, Hoffman, O'Neill, Proctor, Slater, WiddopSmith 5/716,231[27]
16 June14 Newcastle KnightsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin16–14Blair, Slater, WaqaSmith 2/312,861[28]
24 June15 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park, Gold CoastLoss18–12Hampton (2)Blair 1/1, Widdop 1/113,044[29]
29 June16 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval, BalmainLoss22–4BlairSmith 0/15,288[30]
5 July17 Brisbane BroncosAAMI Park, MelbourneWin32–0Blair (2), Bromwich, Hinchcliffe, O'Neill, WaqaSmith 4/616,828[31]
14 July18 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium, SydneyLoss39–016,406[32]
20 July19Bye
28 July20 New Zealand WarriorsMt. Smart Stadium, AucklandLoss30–22O'Neill, Slater, Blair, CronkSmith 3/420,152[33]
4 August21 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium, CanberraWin4–68Fonua (3), Waqa (3), Chambers (2), Slater (2), Harris, ProctorSmith 10/12, Smith 0/1 (FG)10,826[34]
9 August22 South Sydney RabbitohsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin26–8Chambers, Bromwich, Waqa, O'NeillSmith 5/721,244[35]
18 August23 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium, NewcastleWin10–23McLean, Smith, Slater, NorrieSmith 3/4, Cronk 1/1 (FG)26,822[36]
25 August24 Parramatta EelsAAMI Park, MelbourneWin64–4Slater (3), Chambers (2), Hoffman (2), Blair, J Bromwich, K Bromwich, GlasbySmith 10/1113,728[37]
31 August25 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval, ManlyLoss28–8O'Neill, WaqaSmith 0/217,179[38]
7 September26 Gold Coast TitansAAMI Park, MelbourneWin23–22Slater (2), Chambers, WaqaSmith 3/4, Cronk 1/5 (FG)13,826[39]

Finals
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
13 SeptemberWeek 1 – Qualifying Final South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium, SydneyLoss20–10Slater,ChambersSmith 1/321,609[40]
21 SeptemberWeek 2 – semi-final Newcastle KnightsAAMI Park, MelbourneLoss16–18Blair, J Bromwich, WaqaSmith 2/319,649[41]

Source NRL.com:[42]

Ladder
2013 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters (P) 2418062640325+31540
2 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2418062588384+20440
3 Melbourne Storm 2416172589373+21637
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2415182588366+22235
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102468460+832
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112529463+6630
7 Newcastle Knights 24121112528422+10629
8 North Queensland Cowboys 24120122507431+7628
9 Gold Coast Titans 24110132500518−1826
10 Penrith Panthers 24110132495532−3726
11 New Zealand Warriors 24110132495554−5926
12 Brisbane Broncos 24101132434477−4325
13 Canberra Raiders 24100142434624−19024
14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2470172379530−15118
15 Wests Tigers 2470172386687−30118
16 Parramatta Eels 2450192326740−41414

2013 Coaches

2013 Squad

As of 16 July 2013.

No. Nat. Player Pos First match with Club Previous club
55 Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Melbourne Storm
60 Billy Slater FB 2003 Melbourne Storm
62 Ryan Hoffman SR,LK 2003 Melbourne Storm
73 Cooper Cronk HB 2004 Melbourne Storm
98 Will Chambers CE 2007 Queensland Reds
106 Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Melbourne Storm
110 Ryan Hinchcliffe SR 2009 Canberra Raiders
115 Brett Finch FE,HB 2009 Wigan Warriors
119 Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Melbourne Storm
123 Bryan Norrie PR 2010 Cronulla Sharks
124 Matt Duffie WG,CE 2010 Melbourne Storm
125 Gareth Widdop HB 2010 Melbourne Storm
127 Justin O'Neill WG 2010 Sydney Roosters
135 Maurice Blair WG,CE 2011 Penrith Panthers
136 Sisa Waqa CE,WG 2011 Sydney Roosters
139 Siosaia Vave PR 2012 Cronulla Sharks
140 Jason Ryles PR 2012 Sydney Roosters
143 Mahe Fonua CE 2012 Melbourne Storm
144 Slade Griffen HK 2013 Melbourne Storm
145 Tohu Harris SR 2013 Melbourne Storm
146 Junior Moors PR,SR 2013 Wests Tigers
147 Lagi Setu SR 2013 Mormon Mission
148 Junior Sa'u FB,WG 2013 Newcastle Knights
149 Kenny Bromwich PR,LK 2013 Melbourne Storm
150 Jordan McLean PR 2013 Melbourne Storm
151 Mitch Garbutt PR,SR 2013 Melbourne Storm
152 Ben Hampton HB 2013 Melbourne Storm
153 Tim Glasby PR 2013 Melbourne Storm
- Kirisome Auva'a WG Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
- Kurt Mann FE Yet to Debut Newcastle Knights
- Matthew Lodge PR Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
- Matt McGahan HB,FE Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
- Denny Solomona FB Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
- Young Tonumaipea WG,FB Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm

2013 player movement

2013 Squad Signings

Name From
Junior Moors Wests Tigers
Junior Sa'u Newcastle Knights
Lagi Setu 2-year sabbatical
Brett Finch Wigan Warriors
Kurt Mann Newcastle knights

2013 Squad Departures

Name To
Richie Fa'aoso Manly Sea Eagles
Michael Greenfield Retired
Luke Kelly Parramatta Eels
Rory Kostjasyn North Queensland Cowboys
Jaiman Lowe Retired
Todd Lowrie New Zealand Warriors
Sika Manu Penrith Panthers
Shea Moylan Wynnum-Manly Seagulls
Dane Nielsen New Zealand Warriors

Representative honours

The following players have played a representative match in 2013. (C) = Captain

All Stars Match[43]City Vs CountryAnzac TestPacific TestState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3World Cup (All Games)
[44][45][46][47][48][49]
Cameron Smith
NRL All Stars
Australia (C)
Queensland (C)
Queensland (C)
Queensland (C)
Australia (C)
Justin O'Neill
NRL All Stars
Billy Slater
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Cooper Cronk
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Kevin Proctor
New Zealand
Jesse Bromwich
New Zealand
New Zealand
Tohu Harris
New Zealand
Ryan Hoffman
City (C)
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Mahe Fonua
Tonga
Tonga
Junior Sau
Samoa
Samoa
Gareth Widdop
England
Sisa Waqa
Fiji
Siosaia Vave
Tonga
Junior Moors
Samoa

Awards

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