2017 Melbourne Storm season

2017 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank	1st (minor premiership)
Play-off result	Premiers
2017 record	Wins: 20; Draws: 0; Losses: 4
Points scored	For: 633; Against: 336
Team information
CEO	Dave Donaghy
Coach	Craig Bellamy
Captain	Cameron Smith (23 Games) Jesse Bromwich (3 Games) Cooper Cronk (1 Game)
Stadium	AAMI Park - 30,050 Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (1 Game)
Avg. attendance	18,375 (new record)
High attendance	44,127 (at Suncorp Stadium)
Top scorers
Tries	Suliasi Vunivalu (23) Josh Addo-Carr (23)
Goals	Cameron Smith (92)
Points	Cameron Smith (192)
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The 2017 Melbourne Storm season was the 20th in the club's history. They competed in the 2017 NRL season and at the end of the Regular season had finished in 1st place earning them their third legitimate minor premiership. The team was coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 15th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm were also captained by Cameron Smith, who has been the sole captain for the team since 2008—making this his 10th consecutive season. Cameron Smith broke a number of league, club and personal records throughout the 2017 season including the NRL games record for the most games played, league record for the most wins as a captain, a personal best for the most points in a game and also scored his 2000th career point and 1000th career goal, the first time any player has achieved this.

With the Storm finishing first, they received a home Qualifying final against the Parramatta Eels which they won giving them a week off and a home Preliminary Final. The Storm defeated the Brisbane Broncos 30-0 to qualify them for the 2017 NRL Grand Final against the North Queensland Cowboys. Melbourne Storm dominated the Grand Final to earn them their 3rd official Premiership 34 - 6.

Season summary

• Pre-season- New recruits took part in Melbourne Storm IDQ camp for pre season training before New Years. Brandon Smith was awarded the IDQ Iron bar. ^[1]
• Auckland Nines: The club commenced their season competing in the annual Auckland Nines competition. After winning two of their three pool games they qualified for the finals. The Storm defeated the North Queensland Cowboys in the Quarter-finals before going down to the Sydney Roosters in the Semi-finals and ending their tournament. ^[2] The squad was co-captained by Kenny Bromwich and Young Tonumaipea, with Cameron Munster and Brodie Croft making the team of the tournament. ^[3]
• 11 February: In the Storm's first trial game they came back to win 30–18 after trailing 18-0 at halftime. ^[4]
• Round 1: Ryley Jacks and Josh Addo Carr make their Melbourne Storm debuts against the Canterbury Bulldogs. Will Chambers also played his 150th Game.
• Round 2: The Storm defeat the New Zealand Warriors in very wet conditions 26–10. Cameron Smith scored 5 goals from 5 attempts, an impressive display given the conditions. The 10 points he scored also took him past 2000 career NRL points ^[5] becoming the first forward, the first Queenslander, and just the fifth player in history to have achieved the milestone. ^[6] Vincent Leualai and Joe Stimson make their playing debuts for the storm.
• Round 4: After a terrible start, which saw the Storm down 14-0 at the 38th minute mark of the game, the Storm scored 22 unanswered points to come back to win 22-14 against Wests Tigers. ^[7]
• Round 5: Melbourne defeat Penrith in their biggest win this season to date. The win was notable because it was Cameron Smith's 238th first grade win, surpassing Darren Lockyer's record and therefore making him the most successful player in history. ^[8] Mark Nicholls made his debut for the Storm and Tui Kamikamica made his NRL playing debut. ^{[9] [10]} In addition, following this victory, Melbourne Storm remained the only undefeated side in the competition.
• 4 April: Cooper Cronk announces that he will leave Melbourne Storm at the conclusion of the 2017 season and relocate to Sydney for personal reasons. ^[11] At this time, he did not make it clear as to which club he will continue his career at or if indeed he will continue at all, as he will be 34 years of age by 2018.
• Round 8: In the annual ANZAC Day Game, Melbourne Storm defeated the New Zealand Warriors 20–14 in a hard-fought, even contest.
• 26 April: The ANZAC Test squad is named with three Storm players named to take part. Will Chambers, Cooper Cronk and Cameron Smith as captain in his 50th test match for Australia. ^[12]
• Round 9: Melbourne defeated St George Illawarra 34–22 in the Storm first win in Wollongong since 2005 to move 2 game clear on top of the NRL table. Cameron Smith also broke the all-time league goal kicking record during the game and Cameron Munster played his 50th Game. ^[13]
• Round 10: Melbourne travelled to Suncorp stadium Brisbane for a "Home" game. The game was quite extraordinary for its high scoring in which Melbourne scored an NRL record equalling ^[14] 36 points in a losing game with the Gold Coast Titans scoring two late tries to score 38 points. Cameron Smith also scored 12 points which is the highest number of points in a game thus far. Billy Slater also scored his 700th career point with his try.
• Round 13: The Storm consolidate top spot on the table with their biggest win of the season to date defeating the Newcastle Knights 40–12. Felise Kaufusi played his 50th game and Brandon Smith made his playing debut and also scored his first try. ^[15]
• 12 June: State of Origin game 2 teams are announced with 5 Storm players making the Queensland team. Cameron Smith (Captain), Cooper Cronk and Will Chambers all played in Game 1 while Billy Slater has been recalled after 2 years on the sideline due to injury. In addition, Tim Glasby was also announced to make his debut.
• Round 15: With many players missing due to State of Origin duty, a number of players made their return to the side including Curtis Scott making his first appearance in 2017, and Brodie Croft his first appearance in almost 12 months, also Mark Nicholls and Joe Stimson. Dean Britt made his playing debut. The game was very close against the equally depleted Cowboys which ended up going into Golden Point extra time and it was Brodie Croft that kicked the winning field goal.
• Round 16: Jahrome Hughes makes his debut for the Storm in the team's narrow 1 point Golden Point loss to the Roosters.
• Round 17: Melbourne defeated Brisbane 42–12 in their biggest win of the season thus far.
• 3 July: Stet of Origin Game 3 teams are announced with six Storm players making the Queensland team. Cameron Smith (Captain), Cooper Cronk, Will Chambers, Billy Slater and Tim Glasby all return from Game 2 with Cameron Munster announced to make his debut. ^[16]
• Round 18: An undermanned Storm, (due to six players being absent on State of Origin duties), lose their fourth game of the season 22–6 to the Parramatta Eels with Nate Myles making his Storm debut.
• Round 21: Cameron Smith runs out for his 350th Game placing him equal second on the all-time list with Terry Lamb. The Storm had a 40–6 win over the Sea Eagles the biggest win to date over the Sea Eagles ^[17]
• Round 23: The Storm narrowly defeated the Sydney Roosters to move three games clear on top of the ladder. The win was notable for a Penalty Try awarded to Suliasi Vunivalu in the first half, and in particular 12 of the Storms 16 points coming off penalties.
• Round 24 - The Storm thump the Newcastle Knights 44–12 in the club's highest scoring game this season to date. Brodie Croft also became the first Storm player to score 3 tries in a game this season. The win also secured Storm the 2017 Minor Premiership. ^[18]
• Round 25 - Melbourne Storm demolish the South Sydney Rabbitohs 64–6 in their 5th biggest win in their history. The Storm scored 11 tries with Cameron Smith kicking 9 out of 9 goals and scoring a try this gave him 22 points for the game, his highest ever total in a single game and this was also his 250th win as captain. The win was by far the biggest of the season so far and it was also the largest score so far. Suliasi Vunivalu and Josh Addo -Carr also scored 3 tries apiece.
• Round 26 - Melbourne Storm defeat the Canberra Raiders 32–6 in the final home and away game of the season. This game was notable as Cameron Smith played his 355th game which drew him level with Darren Lockyer's NRL record for the most games played. In addition, it was also Cooper Cronk's final home and away game for the Storm, Nelson Asofa-Solomona played his 50th game and the Storm were awarded the J. J. Giltinan Shield for winning the Minor Premiership following the game.
• Finals week 1 - Cameron Smith sets a new NRL record for the most games played, when he ran out for his 356th Game surpassing Darren Lockyer.
• Finals week 3 - Melbourne Storm Qualify for their second consecutive Grand Final defeating the Brisbane Broncos 30–0. Cameron Smith also scored his 1000th Goal during the game becoming the first NRL player to do so.
• Finals week 4 - 2017 NRL Grand Final - The Melbourne Storm defeat the North Queensland Cowboys 34–6 to win the 2017 Premiership, Billy Slater claimed his second Clive Churchill Medal. The match was notable for it being Cooper Cronk's final game for the Melbourne Storm. Other departing players from the Grand Final side were Tohu Harris, Slade Griffin and Jordan McLean.

Milestone games

Round	Player	Milestone
Round 1	Ryley Jacks	NRL debut
Round 1	Josh Addo-Carr	Storm debut
Round 1	Will Chambers	150th Game
Round 2	Vincent Leuluai	Storm debut
Round 2	Joe Stimson	NRL debut
Round 2	Cameron Smith	2000 Career Points
Round 5	Mark Nicholls	Storm debut
Round 5	Tui Kamikamica	NRL debut
Round 9	Cameron Munster	50th Game
Round 10	Billy Slater	700 Career Points
Round 13	Felise Kaufusi	50th Game
Round 13	Brandon Smith	NRL debut
Round 15	Dean Britt	NRL debut
Round 16	Jahrome Hughes	Storm debut
Round 18	Nate Myles	Storm debut
Round 21	Cameron Smith	350th Game
Round 26	Nelson Asofa-Solomona	50th Game
Finals week 1	Cameron Smith	356th Game (new NRL Record)
Finals week 3	Cameron Smith	1000th Goal

Fixtures

Pre-season

Source: ^[19]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Mel.	Opp.	Source
4 February	Auckland Nines Pool Games	Brisbane Broncos	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	Loss	4	18	[20]
		Wests Tigers		Win	14	6
5 February		Newcastle Knights		Win	20	10
	Auckland Nines Quarter-final	North Queensland Cowboys		Win	25	12
	Auckland Nines Semi-final	Sydney Roosters		Loss	16	21
11 February	Trial	New Zealand Warriors	Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast	Win	30	18	[21]
18 February	Trial	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	North Hobart Oval, Hobart	Loss	24	28	[22]

Regular season

Source: ^[23]

NOTE: All Melbourne Storm home games in 2017 were at AAMI Park with the exception of the Round 10 Home game against Gold Coast Titans which was played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The game was part of a double header with the Brisbane Broncos vs. Manly Sea Eagles game being played immediately after.

• GP = Golden Point Extra Time
• (pen) = Penalty Try

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Mel.	Opp.	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Report
3 March	1	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney	Win	12	6	C Blair, S Vunivalu	C Smith 2/3		[24]
10 March	2	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	26	10	K Bromwich, C Blair, S Vunivalu, C Cronk	C Smith 5/5		[25]
16 March	3	Brisbane Broncos	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	14	12	R Jacks, J Addo-Carr	C Smith 3/3		[26]
26 March	4	Wests Tigers	Leichhardt Oval, Balmain	Win	22	14	N Asofa-Solomona, Y Tonumaipea, C Blair, J Addo-Carr	C Smith 3/4		[27]
1 April	5	Penrith Panthers	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	28	6	S Vunivalu (2), W Chambers, C Cronk, J Addo-Carr	C Smith 4/6		[28]
9 April	6	Cronulla Sharks	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Loss	2	11		C Smith 1/1		[29]
15 April	7	Manly Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly	Win	30	26	S Vunivalu (2), F Kaufusi (2), Y Tonumaipea, J Addo-Carr	C Smith 3/6		[30]
25 April	8	New Zealand Warriors	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	20	14	N Asofa-Solomona, C Cronk, J Addo-Carr, F Kaufusi	C Smith 2/5		[31]
30 April	9	St George-Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Wollongong	Win	34	22	S Vunivalu (2), J Addo-Carr (2), B Slater (2)	C Smith 5/6		[32]
13 May	10	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Loss	36	38	C Cronk (2), B Slater, W Chambers, J Stimson, C Blair	C Smith 6/6		[33]
21 May	11	South Sydney Rabbitohs	NIB Stadium, Perth	Win	14	6	W Chambers, J Addo-Carr, S Vunivalu	C Smith 1/3		[34]
28 May	12	Bye
2 June	13	Newcastle Knights	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	40	12	S Vunivalu (2), B Slater (2), J Addo-Carr, F Kaufusi, B Smith, C Blair	C Munster 4/8		[35]
8 June	14	Cronulla Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	18	13	F Kaufusi (2), T Glasby	C Smith 3/3		[36]
17 June	15	North Queensland Cowboys	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win (GP)	23	22	C Scott (2), B Smith, F Kaufusi	C Munster 3/4	B Croft 1/1	[37]
24 June	16	Sydney Roosters	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Loss (GP)	24	25	J Addo-Carr (2), S Vunivalu, J Hughes, B Croft	C Munster 2/5		[38]
30 June	17	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Win	42	12	S Vunivalu (2), J Addo-Carr (2), C Scott (2), C Smith, B Slater	C Smith 5/8		[39]
8 July	18	Parramatta Eels	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Loss	6	22	J Hughes	J Stimson 1/1		[40]
17 July	19	Bye
22 July	20	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Canberra	Win	20	14	D Finucane (2), W Chambers	C Smith 2/2, C Munster 2/4		[41]
30 July	21	Manly Sea Eagles	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	40	6	J Hughes, S Vunivalu, J Stimson, K Bromwich, W Chambers, C Cronk, J Addo-Carr	C Smith 6/8		[42]
4 August	22	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville	Win	26	8	J Addo-Carr (2), S Vunivalu (2), W Chambers	C Smith 3/4, W Chambers 0/1		[43]
12 August	23	Sydney Roosters	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	16	13	S Vunivalu (pen), J Stimson	C Smith 4/5		[44]
19 August	24	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle	Win	44	12	B Croft (3), C Scott, D Finucane, W Chambers, S Vunivalu, N Asofa-Solomona	C Smith 5/7, D Finucane 1/1		[45]
26 August	25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	64	6	S Vunivalu (2), S Vunivalu (pen), J Addo-Carr (3), C Munster, C Smith, B Slater, T Glasby, T Harris	C Smith 9/9, C Munster 1/2		[46]
2 September	26	Canberra Raiders	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	32	6	T Harris (2), F Kaufusi, J Bromwich, S Vunivalu	C Smith 6/6		[47]

Finals

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Mel.	Opp.	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Report
9 September	Week 1 - Qualifying Final	Parramatta Eels	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	18	16	J Addo-Carr, K Bromwich, B Slater	C Smith 3/4		[48]
22 September	Week 3 - Preliminary Final	Brisbane Broncos	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	30	0	B Slater (2), J Addo-Carr, N Asofa-Solomona	C Smith 6/6, T Harris 1/1		[49]
1 October	Week 4 - Grand Final	North Queensland Cowboys	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Win	34	6	J Addo-Carr (2), F Kaufusi, B Slater, D Finucane, C Scott	C Smith 5/6		[50]

Ladder

2017 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	20	0	4	2	633	336	+297	44
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	2	500	428	+72	38
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	16	0	8	2	597	433	+164	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	2	496	457	+39	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	0	9	2	476	407	+69	34
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	2	552	512	+40	32
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	0	11	2	504	459	+45	30
8	North Queensland Cowboys	24	13	0	11	2	467	443	+24	30
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	533	450	+83	28
10	Canberra Raiders	24	11	0	13	2	558	497	+61	26
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	2	360	455	−95	24
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	9	0	15	2	464	564	−100	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	7	0	17	2	444	575	−131	18
14	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	413	571	−158	18
15	Gold Coast Titans	24	7	0	17	2	448	638	−190	18
16	Newcastle Knights	24	5	0	19	2	428	648	−220	14

2017 Coaching Staff

• Craig Bellamy - Head Coach
• Adam O’Brien - Assistant Coach
• Jason Ryles - Assistant Coach
• Eric Smith - U/20s Head Coach
• Marc Brentnall – Development Coach
• Aaron Bellamy – Development Coach
• Frank Ponissi - Football Director
• Nick Maxwell - Leadership Coach
• Craig McRae – Kicking & Catching Coach

2017 Squad

List current as of 3 July 2017

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm players

Cap	Nat.	Player name	Position	First Storm game	Previous First Grade RL club [lower-alpha 1]
55		Cameron Smith (c)	HK	2002	Melbourne Storm
58		Billy Slater	FB	2003	Melbourne Storm
73		Cooper Cronk	HB	2004	Melbourne Storm
97		Will Chambers	CE	2007	Melbourne Storm
119		Jesse Bromwich	PR	2010	Melbourne Storm
128		Robbie Rochow	SR	2010	South Sydney Rabbitohs
144		Tohu Harris	SR,LK,FE	2013	Melbourne Storm
147		Slade Griffin	HK,LK	2013	Melbourne Storm
149		Kenny Bromwich	PR,SR,LK	2013	Melbourne Storm
150		Jordan McLean	PR	2013	Melbourne Storm
153		Tim Glasby	PR,SR	2013	Melbourne Storm
154		Young Tonumaipea	WG,FB	2014	Melbourne Storm
160		Cameron Munster	FE,FB,HB,HK	2014	Melbourne Storm
163		Dale Finucane	PR,SR,LK	2015	Canterbury Bulldogs
164		Felise Kaufusi	PR	2015	Melbourne Storm
166		Nelson Asofa-Solomona	SR, PR	2015	Melbourne Storm
167		Christian Welch	SR, PR	2015	Melbourne Storm
170		Curtis Scott	CE,WG	2016	Melbourne Storm
171		Suliasi Vunivalu	WG	2016	Melbourne Storm
172		Cheyse Blair	WG,CE	2016	Manly Sea Eagles
174		Brodie Croft	HB	2016	Melbourne Storm
176		Josh Addo-Carr	WG, FB	2017	Wests Tigers
177		Ryley Jacks	FE	2017	Melbourne Storm
178		Vincent Leuluai	SR, PR	2017	Sydney Roosters
179		Joe Stimson	SR, LK	2017	Melbourne Storm
180		Mark Nicholls	PR,SR	2017	Canberra Raiders
181		Tui Kamikamica	SR, PR	2017	Melbourne Storm
182		Brandon Smith	HK	2017	Melbourne Storm
183		Dean Britt	SR, LK	2017	Melbourne Storm
184		Jahrome Hughes	FE, FB	2017	North Queensland Cowboys
185		Nate Myles	PR,SR,LK	2017	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
—		Scott Drinkwater	TBC	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm
—		Justin Olam	WG, CE	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm
—		Jeremy Hawkins	WG, CE	Yet to debut	Canberra Raiders
—		Jake Turpin	TBC	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm
—		Charlie Galo	TBC	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm

2017 Premiership Team

Melbourne Storm

2017 Premiership Team						Interchange		Coach
1 Billy Slater – FB  2 Suliasi Vunivalu – WG  3 Will Chambers – CE  4 Curtis Scott – CE  5 Josh Addo-Carr – WG  6 Cameron Munster – FE  7 Cooper Cronk – HB  8 Jesse Bromwich – PR  9 Cameron Smith (c) – HK 10 Jordan McLean – PR 11 Felise Kaufusi – SR 12 Tohu Harris – SR 13 Dale Finucane – LK						14 Kenny Bromwich 15 Tim Glasby 16 Nelson Asofa-Solomona 17 Slade Griffin		Head coach Craig Bellamy Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s)

Player movements

Source: ^{[51] [52]}

Losses Blake Green to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Ben Hampton to North Queensland Cowboys Richie Kennar to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Josh Kerr to St George Illawarra Dragons Marika Koroibete to Melbourne Rebels (rugby union) Ryan Morgan to St. Helens R.F.C. Kevin Proctor to Gold Coast Titans Ben Nakubuwai to Gold Coast Titans Francis Tualau to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Tony Tumusa to released Matthew White to released Dean Britt to South Sydney Rabbitohs (mid season)

Gains Josh Addo-Carr from Wests Tigers Jahrome Hughes from North Queensland Cowboys Ryley Jacks from Sunshine Coast Falcons Vincent Leuluai from Sydney Roosters Brandon Smith from North Queensland Cowboys Nate Myles from Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (mid season) Robbie Rochow from South Sydney Rabbitohs (mid season)

Representative honours

The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2017. (C) = Captain

	2017 All Stars match [53]	City Vs Country [54]	International Weekend 1 [55]	State of Origin 1 [56]	State of Origin 2 [57]	State of Origin 3 [58]	World Cup 2 [59]
Jordan McLean	World All Stars	—	—	—	—	—	Australia
Josh Addo-Carr	—	City	—	—	—	—	—
Dale Finucane	—	Country	—	—	—	—	—
Cheyse Blair	—	Country	—	—	—	—	—
Will Chambers	—	—	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Cooper Cronk	—	—	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Cameron Smith	—	—	Australia (C)	Queensland (C)	Queensland (C)	Queensland (C)	Australia (C)
Jesse Bromwich	—	—	New Zealand (C)	—	—	—	—
Kenny Bromwich	—	—	New Zealand	—	—	—	New Zealand
Felise Kaufusi	—	—	Tonga	—	—	—	Australia
Justin Olam	—	—	Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	Papua New Guinea
Suliasi Vunivalu	—	—	Fiji	—	—	—	Fiji
Tui Kamikamica	—	—	Fiji	—	—	—	Fiji
Billy Slater	—	—	—	—	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Tim Glasby	—	—	—	—	Queensland	Queensland	—
Cameron Munster	—	—	—	—	—	Queensland	Australia
Nelson Asofa-Solomona	—	—	—	—	—	—	New Zealand
Young Tonumaipea	—	—	—	—	—	—	Samoa

¹: Rugby League International Weekend: consisted of four games being played over the weekend of 5–7 May 2017. This included the 2017 Anzac Test (Australia vs. New Zealand) and the three Pacific Tests (Fiji vs. Tonga, Papua New Guinea vs. Cook Islands and England vs. Samoa). In addition a Junior Kangaroos vs. Junior Kiwis (Under 20s) game was also played as a curtain raiser to the ANZAC test Curtis Scott and Brodie Croft were selected to play for the Junior Kangaroos with Croft chosen as captain. Players that were selected in the squads but did not play are not listed.

²: Players listed here have played at least one World Cup match for their nation. Australia named 7 Storm players including Felise Kaufusi who earlier this year played for Tonga.

Squad statistics

Statistics Source: ^[60] and ^[61]

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm records

Statistics Current to the end of the 2017 NRL regular season (this table does not include finals matches)

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Josh Addo-Carr	24	19	0	0	76
Nelson Asofa-Solomona	23	3	0	0	12
Cheyse Blair	13	5	0	0	20
Dean Britt	1	0	0	0	0
Jesse Bromwich	20	1	0	0	4
Kenny Bromwich	23	2	0	0	8
Will Chambers	20	7	0	0	28
Brodie Croft	4	4	0	1	17
Cooper Cronk	19	6	0	0	24
Dale Finucane	23	3	1	0	14
Tim Glasby	20	2	0	0	8
Slade Griffen	11	0	0	0	0
Tohu Harris	11	3	0	0	12
Jahrome Hughes	4	3	0	0	12
Ryley Jacks	12	1	0	0	4
Tui Kamikamica	2	0	0	0	0
Felise Kaufusi	24	8	0	0	32
Vincent Leuluai	2	0	0	0	0
Jordan McLean	17	0	0	0	0
Cameron Munster	18	1	12	0	28
Nate Myles	3	0	0	0	0
Mark Nicholls	9	0	0	0	0
Robbie Rochow	1	0	0	0	0
Curtis Scott	10	5	0	0	20
Billy Slater	18	7	0	0	28
Brandon Smith	3	2	0	0	8
Cameron Smith	20	2	78	0	164
Joe Stimson	15	3	1	0	14
Young Tonumaipea	6	2	0	0	8
Suliasi Vunivalu	23	23	0	0	92
Christian Welch	8	0	0	0	0
31 Players used	—	112	92	1	633

Scorers

Most Points in a Game: 22 points

• Round 25: Cameron Smith (1 Try, 9 Goals) vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs

NOTE: This score was a new personal best by Cameron Smith

Most tries in a Game: 3

• Round 24: Brodie Croft vs. Newcastle Knights
• Round 25: Suliasi Vunivalu vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs (incl Penalty Try)
• Round 25: Josh Addo-Carr vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs

Winning Games

Highest score in a winning game: 64 points

• Round 25 vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs

Lowest score in a winning game: 12 points

• Round 1 vs. Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs

Greatest winning margin: 58 points

• Round 25 vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs

Greatest number of Games won consecutively: 10

• Round 20 to 2017 Grand Final (unbroken streak)

Losing Games

Highest score in a losing game: 36 points

• Round 10 vs. Gold Coast Titans

NOTE: This equalled the league record for the highest score in a losing game. ^[62]

Lowest score in a losing game: 2 points

• Round 6 vs. Cronulla Sharks

Greatest losing margin: 16 points

• Round 18 vs. Parramatta Eels

Greatest number of Games lost consecutively: 1

• Round 6, Round 10, Round 16, Round 18

Jersey

In November 2016, the club announced that it had signed a new deal with ISC to provide all their high quality apparel to Storm players, coaches, staff and fans for the next five years. They also announced that while the ISC logo will now appear in the jersey the actual design of the home and away strips will remain the same from 2016. ^[63] Melbourne Storm only 12 months earlier signed a five-year deal with Star Athletic to provide all of its apparel; however it is unclear as to why this deal ended after only one year. ^[64]

Jersey choice

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^#ISC Marvel Heroes promotional jersey designed to look like Thor.
^ Added ANZAC Appeal logo.
^^ Designed by Dixon Patten. ^[65]
%Replica of 2007 NRL Grand Final jersey.
^& Women in League jersey — similar design to the eventual 2018 clash jersey, but in navy and pink.
^@Home jersey with added logos celebrating Cameron Smith breaking Darren Lockyer's NRL games record.

Awards

Trophy Cabinet 2017 J. J. Giltinan Shield 2017 Provan-Summons Trophy 2017 Michael Moore Trophy Melbourne Storm Awards Night Held at Crown Palladium on Tuesday 3 October. [66] Melbourne Storm Player of the Year: Cameron Smith [67] Melbourne Storm Rookie of the Year: Curtis Scott Melbourne Storm Members' Player of Year: Cameron Smith Melbourne Storm Most Improved: Felise Kaufusi Melbourne Storm Best Back: Will Chambers Melbourne Storm Best Forward: Jesse Bromwich Cooper Cronk Feeder Club Player of the Year: Brodie Croft Darren Bell U20s Player of the Year: Harry Grant U20s Best Forward: Louis Geraghty U20's Best Back: Jesse Arthurs Greg Brentnall Young Achievers Trophy: Jordin Leiu Michael Moore Club Person of the Year: Cooper Cronk Life Member Inductee: Frank Ponnisi Chairman's Award: Daniel Giese Best try: Kenny Bromwich, qualifying final v Parramatta

Dally M Awards Night Melbourne Storm players walked away from rugby league's Dally M awards on 27 September 2017 with a total of six Dally M awards. [68] Dally M Medal: Cameron Smith Dally M Captain of the Year: Cameron Smith Dally M Coach of the Year: Craig Bellamy Dally M Fullback of the Year: Billy Slater Dally M Hooker of the Year: Cameron Smith Dally M Top Try Scorer (Regular season): Suliasi Vunivalu Rugby League Players Association Awards Night RLPA Hooker of the Year: Cameron Smith RLPA NYC Player of the Year: Harry Grant RLPA Australian Representative Player of the Year: Cameron Smith Rugby League World Golden Boot Awards Night Golden Boot Award: Cameron Smith Additional Awards I Don't Quit Iron Bar: Brandon Smith [69] Clive Churchill Medal: Billy Slater Sprit of ANZAC Medal: Nelson Asofa-Solomona New Zealand Kiwi Rookie of the Year: Nelson Asofa-Solomona

Notes

1. Previous First Grade RL club: 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

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