List of Melbourne Storm seasons

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Melbourne Storm is an Australian professional rugby league club based in Melbourne, Australia. The club was formed in 1997 and played their first competitive matches in the 1998 NRL season.

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The club has won four premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020, and have contested several more grand finals. They won the 2007 and 2009 grand finals, but were stripped of those premierships following salary cap breaches.

Seasons

NRL

Table key
‡Club finished regular season in first position (J. J. Giltinan Shield)
†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
DNQClub did not qualify for finals
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
SeasonClubWCCRegular seasonFinals resultsCoachCaptain(s) [a] Ref
Pos.WLDFinal positionWL
1998 1998 —3rd1761Lost semi final12 Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus [1] [2] [3]
1999 1999 —3rd1680 Premiers 31 [4] [5] [6]
2000 2000 Won 6th14111Lost qualifying final01 Robbie Kearns [7] [8] [9]
2001 2001 —9th11141DNQ Chris Anderson → Mark Murray [10] [11] [12]
2002 2002 —10th9141DNQ Mark Murray Robbie Kearns → Rodney Howe [13] [14] [15]
2003 2003 —5th1590Lost semi final11 Craig Bellamy Stephen Kearney [16] [17] [18]
2004 2004 —6th13110Lost semi final11 [19] [20] [21]
2005 2005 —6th13110Lost semi final11 Robbie Kearns [22] [23] [24]
2006 2006 —1st‡ [b] 2040 Runners-up 21Rotating captains [c] [25] [26]
2007 2007 —1st‡ [b] 2130 Premiers [b] 30 [27] [28]
2008 2008 Lost 1st‡ [b] 1770 Runners-up 22 Cameron Smith [29] [30]
2009 2009 —4th1491 Premiers [b] 30 [31] [32]
2010 2010 Won [b] 16th† [d] 14100DNQ [33] [34]
2011 2011 —1st‡1950Lost preliminary final11 [35] [36]
2012 2012 —2nd1770 Premiers 30 [37] [38]
2013 2013 Won 3rd1671Lost semi final02 [39] [40]
2014 2014 —6th14100Lost elimination final01 [41] [42]
2015 2015 —4th14100Lost preliminary final11 [43] [44]
2016 2016 —1st‡1950 Runners-up 21 [45] [46]
2017 2017 —1st‡2040 Premiers 30 [47] [48]
2018 2018 Won 2nd1680 Runners-up 21 [49] [50]
2019 2019 —1st‡2040Lost preliminary final12 [51] [52]
2020 2020 —2nd1640 Premiers 30 [53] [54]
2021 2021 DNP [e] 1st‡2130Lost preliminary final11 Jesse Bromwich & Dale Finucane [56] [57]
2022 2022 —5th1590Lost elimination final01 Jesse Bromwich & Christian Welch [58] [59]
2023 2023 —3rd1680Lost preliminary final12 Christian Welch [60] [61]
2024 2024 —1st‡1950 Runners-up 21 Harry Grant [62] [63]
2025 2025 —Current season

NRL Under-20s

Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
SeasonClubRegular seasonFinals resultsCoachRef
Pos.WLDFinal positionWL
2008 2008 13th8151DNQ Brad Arthur
2009 2009 3rd1950 Premiers 30
2010 2010 13th8142DNQ Dean Pay
2011 2011 4th1680Lost semi final11
2012 2012 9th12102DNQ
2013 2013 9th11130DNQ Anthony Seibold
2014 2014 11th12120DNQ Matt Adamson
2015 2015 9th10131DNQMarc Brentnall
2016 2016 12th8142DNQEric Smith
2017 2017 13th9150DNQ

Jersey Flegg Cup

Table key
#Competed in the Hastings Deering Colts competition as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.
⁑Competed as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria. [64]
†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
SeasonClubRegular seasonFinals resultsCoachRef
Pos.WLDFinal positionWL
2018# 2018 4th1360Lost semi final11Ben Jack
2019⁑ 2019 12th3143DNQ [65]
2020⁑ 2020 —010Canc. [66]
2021⁑ 2021 —162Canc.
2022⁑ 2022 11th6160DNQ Adam Woolnough
2023 2023 6th11110DNQMark Russell
2024 2024 12th8160DNQ

S.G. Ball Cup

Table key
⁑Competed as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria. [67]
†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon)
Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel
SeasonClubRegular seasonFinals resultsCoachRef
Pos.WLDFinal positionWL
2009 2009 4th630Runners-up21Kim Williams
2010 2010 6th720Lost semi final11
2011 2011 14th270DNQ
2012 2012 13th291DNQ
2013 2013 9th540DNQTony Adam
2014 2014 8th540Lost elimination final01
2015 2015 Did not participate
2016 2016 Did not participate
2017 2017 Did not participate
2018 2018 Did not participate
2019⁑ 2019 14th260DNQJanan Billings [68]
2020⁑ 2020 —230Susp. [69] TBC
2021⁑ 2021 12th152DNQTBC
2022⁑ 2022 15th†080DNQWayne Adams [70]
2023 2023 16th†180DNQJason Warr
2024 2024 13th261DNQAshley Lanfrechi

Notes

  1. ↑ Official club captains. For a list of all playing captains see List of Melbourne Storm records
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The club was stripped of all honours between 2006 and 2010 due to a salary cap breach.
  3. ↑ The rotating captains throughout the 2006/2007 seasons were: David Kidwell, Scott Hill, Cameron Smith, Matt Geyer, Michael Crocker, Cooper Cronk, Matt King and Dallas Johnson.
  4. ↑ Melbourne were not awarded any points for the 2010 NRL season due to the club's salary cap breach.
  5. ↑ Match cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [55]

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