Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. The Storm were originally a Super League initiative, created in 1997 during the Super League war, however, following the Super League collapse, the team became a part of the newly formed, united competition. The club play their home games at AAMI Park. The Storm have won four premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020, and have contested several more grand finals, but were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships following salary cap breaches.
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| Full name | Melbourne Storm | ||
| Nickname(s) | Storm | ||
| Colours | Primary Purple Navy Secondary White Gold | ||
| Founded | 23 June 1997 | ||
| Website | melbournestorm.com.au | ||
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| CEO | Justin Rodski | ||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
| Captain | Christian Welch | ||
| Competition | National Rugby League | ||
| 2022 season | Elimination finalists 5th on ladder | ||
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| Premierships | 4 (1999, 2012, 2017, 2020) | ||
| Runners-up | 4 (2006, 2008, 2016, 2018) | ||
| Minor Premiership | 5 (2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021) | ||
| World Club Challenge | 3 (2000, 2013, 2018) | ||
| Wooden spoons | 1 (2010) | ||
| Most capped | 430 – Cameron Smith | ||
| Highest try scorer | 190 – Billy Slater | ||
| Highest points scorer | 2786 – Cameron Smith | ||
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. In addition, the club has also expanded into netball with a joint venture with the University of the Sunshine Coast. Since 2017, Sunshine Coast Lightning have played in Suncorp Super Netball.[1][2][3]