2019 Melbourne Storm season

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2019 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank1st (Minor Premier)
Play-off resultPreliminary Final Loss
2019 recordWins: 20; draws: 0; losses: 4
Points scoredFor: 631; against: 300
Team information
CEODave Donaghy
Coach Craig Bellamy
Captain
Stadium AAMI Park - 30,050
Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (1 Game)
Avg. attendance18,230
High attendance41,612 (at Suncorp Stadium)
Top scorers
Tries Josh Addo-Carr (14)
GoalsCameron Smith (99)
PointsCameron Smith (206)
  2018 List of seasons 2020  

The 2019 Melbourne Storm season was the 22nd in the club's history, competing in the 2019 NRL season. The team was coached by Craig Bellamy, who coached the club for his 17th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm were captained by Cameron Smith, who had been the sole captain for the team since 2008. On 13 July 2019 Smith became the first NRL player to play 400 NRL games. On 31 August 2019 the Storm defeated the Manly Sea Eagles to win their fourth J. J. Giltinan Shield as the minor premiers.

Contents

Season summary

Cameron Smith holding the Michael Moore Trophy Michael Moore Trophy 2019.jpg
Cameron Smith holding the Michael Moore Trophy
Cameron Smith playing his 400th NRL match Smith400 (2).jpg
Cameron Smith playing his 400th NRL match

Milestone games

RoundPlayerMilestone
Round 1 Tom Eisenhuth Storm debut
Round 2 Marion Seve NRL debut
Round 4 Ryan Papenhuyzen NRL debut
Round 5 Sandor Earl Storm debut
Round 5 Cameron Smith NRL points scoring record
Round 9 Will Chambers 200th Game
Round 11 Cameron Munster 100th Game
Round 15 Felise Kaufusi 100th Game
Round 16 Tino Faasuamaleaui NRL debut
Round 16 Billy Walters NRL debut
Round 16 Cameron Smith 2500th point
Round 16 Sandor Earl 50th Game
Round 16 Craig Bellamy 300th win as coach
Round 17 Cameron Smith 400th Game
Round 20 Cameron Smith 300th Game as Captain
Round 21 Nicho Hynes NRL debut
Round 21 Joe Stimson 50th Game
Round 22 Max King Storm debut
Round 24 Nelson Asofa-Solomona 100th Game
Prelim Final Kenny Bromwich 150th Game

Fixtures

Pre-season

Source: [3]

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultMel.Opp.Source
23 FebruaryTrial New Zealand Warriors GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Lost612 [4]
2 MarchTrial North Queensland Cowboys BB Print Stadium, Mackay Lost614 [5]

Regular season

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
GroundHAAHAHHANHAAHAAHAHAAHHAH
ResultWWWWWLWLWWWBWWWWWWLWWLWWW
Position5411112432211111111111111
Points2468101012121416182022242628303232343636384042
Source: Rugby League Tables
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Source: [6]

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultMel.Opp.TriesGoalsField GoalsReport
14 March1 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Won2212J Hughes, C Scott, K Bromwich, J BromwichC Smith 3/4 [7]
22 March2 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra Won2210S Vunivalu (3), N Asofa-SolomonaC Smith 3/5 [8]
30 March3 Penrith Panthers Carrington Park, Bathurst, New South Wales Won322C Munster, B Croft, J Addo-Carr, M Seve, J BromwichC Smith 6/6, B Croft 0/1 [9]
7 April4 Canterbury Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne Won1816W Chambers (pen), T Kamikamica, C MunsterC Smith 3/3 [10]
12 April5 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Won1812J Addo-Carr (2), W ChambersC Smith 3/5 [11]
19 April6 Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost
(GP)
2021J Addo-Carr, T Kamikamica, C Scott
B Croft 4/4B Croft 0/2 [12]
25 April7 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne Won1312C Munster, J HughesC Munster 2/3B Croft 1/1 [13]
3 May8 Cronulla Sharks Shark Park, Sydney Lost1820J Addo-Carr, J Bromwich, R PapenhuyzenC Smith 3/4 [14]
11 May9 Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won6410C Munster (2), J Addo-Carr (2), D Finucane, J Hughes, C Scott, S Vunivalu, B Croft, R Papenhuyzen, K BromwichC Smith 9/11, W Chambers 1/1 [15]
16 May10 Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne Won2422R Papenhuyzen, F Kaufusi, M Seve, W ChambersC Smith 3/4 [16]
26 May11 Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney Won286J Addo Carr (2), W Chambers, N Asofa-SolomonaC Smith 5/6, R Papenhuyzen 1/1 [17]
12 Bye
8 June13 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Won3210J Hughes (2), S Vunivalu, J Bromwich, M SeveC Smith 6/7 [18]
15 June14 Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Won344J Stimson (2), J Addo-Carr, J Hughes, M Seve, S VunivaluC Smith 5/5, R Papenhuyzen 0/1 [19]
28 June15 Sydney Roosters Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Won1412R Papenhuyzen, B CroftC Smith 3/3 [20]
4 July16 St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Won1614J Stimson, J HughesC Smith 4/4 [21]
13 July17 Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne Won4016B Smith (2), C Munster, B Croft, J Olam, J StimsonC Smith 8/9 [22]
21 July18 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Won3818S Vunivalu (2), J Stimson, S Earl, R Papenhuyzen, C Smith, J OlamC Smith 5/6, J Stimson 0/1 [23]
27 July19 Manly Sea Eagles AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost
(GP)
1011W Chambers, B SmithC Smith 1/2B Croft 0/2, CMunster 0/1, C Smith 0/1 [24]
2 August20 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Won404K Bromwich (2), J Addo-Carr, C Welch, J Hughes, C Smith, R PapenhuyzenC Smith 6/9 [25]
11 August21 South Sydney Rabbitohs Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Won2616J Bromwich, J Olam, C Munster, B CroftC Smith 5/6 [26]
17 August22 Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost1822J Olam, J Addo-Carr, S VunivaluC Smith 3/3 [27]
25 August23 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Won248K Bromwich, R Papenhuyzen, J Addo-Carr, D FinucaneC Smith 4/5 [28]
31 August24 Manly Sea Eagles Lottoland, Sydney Won366J Olam (3), J Addo-Carr, N Asofa-Solomona, R PapenhuyzenC Smith 6/7 [29]
6 September25 North Queensland Cowboys AAMI Park, Melbourne Won2416S Earl, N Asofa-Solomona, W Chambers, M KingC Smith 4/5 [30]

Finals

Source: [31]

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultMel.Opp.TriesGoalsField GoalsReport
14 SeptemberWeek 1 - Qualifying Final Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Lost1012S VunivaluC Smith 3/4 [32]
21 SeptemberWeek 2 - Semi Final Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels AAMI Park, Melbourne Won320J Addo-Carr (2), S Vunivalu, C Munster, J Hughes, R Papenhuyzen, N Asofa-SolomonaC Smith 1/6, R Papenhuyzen 1/1, C Munster 0/1 [33]
28 SeptemberWeek 3 - Preliminary Final Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Lost614N Asofa-SolomonaC Smith 1/1 [34]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2420041631300+33142
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2417071627363+26436
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081521417+10434
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2415091524374+15032
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24140101533473+6030
6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140101496446+5030
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24120121514464+5026
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24111121432489−5725
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110131475486−1124
10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110131413474−6124
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100141485522−3722
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24100141326477−15122
13 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2491141433574−14121
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2490151378500−12220
15 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2480161427575−14818
16 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2440201370651−28110

Coaching staff

2019 Squad

List current as of 24 March 2019

Cap [a] Nat.Player namePositionFirst Storm GamePrevious First Grade RL club [b]
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
97 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Chambers CE 2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
119 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
149 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kenny Bromwich PR,SR,LK 2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
160 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Munster FE,FB 2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
163 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Finucane PR,SR,LK 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Canterbury Bulldogs
164 Flag of Tonga.svg Felise Kaufusi PR 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
166 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nelson Asofa-Solomona SR, PR 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
167 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christian Welch SR, PR 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
170 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Curtis Scott CE,WG 2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
171 Flag of Fiji.svg Suliasi Vunivalu WG 2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
174 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brodie Croft HB 2016 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
176 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Addo-Carr WG, FB 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wests Tigers
179 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Stimson SR, LK 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
181 Flag of Fiji.svg Tui Kamikamica SR, PR 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
182 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brandon Smith HK 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
184 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jahrome Hughes FE, FB 2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg North Queensland Cowboys
187 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Justin Olam WG, CE 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
188 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Grant HK 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
190 Flag of Tonga.svg Albert Vete PR 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg New Zealand Warriors
192 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Eisenhuth SR 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Penrith Panthers
193 Flag of Samoa.svg Marion Seve WG 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
194 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Papenhuyzen FB 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
195 Flag of New Zealand.svg Sandor Earl WG 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Canberra Raiders
196 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Billy Walters FE 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
197 Flag of Samoa.svg Tino Fa'asuamaleaui PR 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
198 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicho Hynes FB 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
199 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max King PR 2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gold Coast Titans
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kayleb Milne SR Yet to debut Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cooper Johns FE Yet to debut Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
Flag of Tonga.svg Solomone Kata CE Yet to debut Flag of Australia (converted).svg New Zealand Warriors
Flag of Fiji.svg Isaac Lumelume WG Yet to debut Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cronulla Sharks
Flag of New Zealand.svg Aaron Pene PR Yet to debut Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darryn Schonig PR Yet to debut Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Storm

Player movements

Source: [36]

Representative honours

This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2019.

Player 2019 All Stars match State of Origin 1 2019 Oceania Cup R1 and Internationals [37] State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Rugby League World Cup 9s 2019 Oceania Cup Rds 2 and 3 [38]
Josh Addo-Carr Indigenous All Stars New South Wales New South WalesNew South Wales Australia Australia
Nelson Asofa-Solomona New Zealand
Jesse Bromwich Maori All Stars New Zealand
Kenny Bromwich Maori All StarsNew ZealandNew Zealand
Will Chambers Indigenous All Stars Queensland QueenslandQueensland
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Samoa Samoa
Dale Finucane New South WalesNew South Wales
Jahrome Hughes Maori All StarsNew ZealandNew Zealand
Fiji Fiji
Felise Kaufusi QueenslandQueenslandQueensland
Isaac Lumelume FijiFiji
Cameron Munster QueenslandQueenslandQueenslandAustralia
Justin Olam Papua New Guinea
Ryan Papenhuyzen Australia
Marion Seve SamoaSamoaSamoa
Brandon Smith Maori All StarsNew ZealandNew Zealand
Suliasi Vunivalu FijiFijiFiji
Christian Welch Queensland

Statistics

This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2019 NRL season.

Name Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points
Josh Addo-Carr 23160064
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 2760024
Jesse Bromwich 2750020
Kenny Bromwich 2750020
Will Chambers 2461026
Brodie Croft 2254129
Sandor Earl 62008
Tom Eisenhuth 40000
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 50000
Dale Finucane 262008
Harry Grant 10000
Jahrome Hughes 2490036
Nicho Hynes 10000
Tui Kamikamica 212008
Felise Kaufusi 251004
Patrick Kaufusi 10000
Max King 61004
Cameron Munster 2482036
Justin Olam 1470028
Ryan Papenhuyzen 2292040
Curtis Scott 930012
Marion Seve 1240016
Brandon Smith 2330012
Cameron Smith 2721040216
Joe Stimson 1350020
Suliasi Vunivalu 24110044
Billy Walters 20000
Christian Welch 161004
Albert Vete 10000
29 players used1131131679

Scorers

Most points in a game: 18 points

Most tries in a game: 3

Winning games

Highest score in a winning game: 64 points

Lowest score in a winning game: 13 points

Greatest winning margin: 54 points

Greatest number of Games won consecutively: 9

Losing games

Highest score in a losing game: 20 points

Lowest score in a losing game: 6 points

Greatest losing margin: 8 points

Jersey

On 7 February the Storm announced that the 2019 Jersey will remain the same from 2018 however with updated NRL logos and the new 2019 Melbourne Storm logo. In addition the jersey now features the new Storm sponsor Purple Bricks. [41]

Jersey choice
RD1RD2RD3RD4RD5RD6RD7RD8RD9RD10RD11RD12RD13RD14RD15RD16RD17RD18RD19RD20RD21RD22RD23RD24RD25QFSFPF
HomeHomeClashHomeClashHomeANZACClashHomeHomeIndigenous#ClashHomeClashHomeCAM400^ClashHeritage^^ClashClashWIL&HomeClashHomeHomeHomeClash

#Designed by Lenny Briggs. [42]
^ Special jersey designed for Cameron Smith's 400th NRL game.
^^ Heritage jersey inspired by the 2009 home jersey; celebrating both the 1999 NRL Grand Final premiership and 2009 NRL Grand Final winning teams.
& Women in League jersey featuring pink thunderbolts motif.

Awards

Trophy Cabinet

Notes

  1. Players are listed with the cap number as they appear on the Melbourne Storm honour board. Additional squad members do not have a cap number.
  2. This column denotes the previous rugby league club the player was signed to and played first grade rugby league 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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