List of Melbourne Storm seasons

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The Melbourne Storm have contested every National Rugby League season since its first in 1998.

Melbourne Storm rugby league football club

The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league team based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia, that participate 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 three premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012 and 2017, have contested several more grand finals and were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships, following salary cap breaches. The Storm also competed in the NRL's Under-20s competition from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and now in 2018 have entered the in the Hastings Deering Colts u20s QLD competition. In addition, the club has also expanded into netball with a joint venture with University of the Sunshine Coast. The Sunshine Coast Lightning commenced playing in the National Netball League in 2017.

National Rugby League Australasian rugby league football competition

The National Rugby League (NRL) is a league of professional men's rugby league teams in Australia. Run by the Australian Rugby League Commission, the NRL's main competition is known as the Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra and is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand. It is the most viewed and attended rugby league club competition in the world.

Seasons

SeasonYearPWDLRegular Season StandingFinal Standing
1st 1998 NRL season 2417163rd from 20Preliminary Finalists
2nd 1999 NRL season 2416083rd from 17Premiers
3rd 2000 NRL season 26141116th from 14Qualifying Finalists
4th 2001 NRL season 26111149th from 14
5th 2002 NRL season 24911410th from 15
6th 2003 NRL season 2415095th from 15Semi Finalists
7th 2004 NRL season 24130116th from 15Semi Finalists
8th 2005 NRL season 24130116th from 15Semi Finalists
9th 2006 NRL season 2420041st from 15†
10th 2007 NRL season 2421031st from 16†
11th 2008 NRL season 2417071st from 16†
12th 2009 NRL season 2414194th from 16†
13th 2010 NRL season 241401016th from 16†Wooden Spoon
14th 2011 NRL season 2419051st from 16Preliminary Finalists
15th 2012 NRL season 2417072nd from 16Premiers
16th 2013 NRL season 2416173rd from 16Semi Finalists
17th 2014 NRL season 24140106th from 16Qualifying Finalists
18th 2015 NRL season 24140104th from 16Preliminary Finalists
19th 2016 NRL season 2419051st from 16Runner-up
20th 2017 NRL season 2420041st from 16Premiers
21st 2018 NRL season 2416082nd from 16Runner-up
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†In the 2010 season Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to systematic cheating of the salary cap. The penalty also stripped the club of its minor premierships in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and premierships in 2007 and 2009 [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Melbourne Storm - Seasons - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Melbourne Storm - Head To Head - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Billy Slater considers himself a dual premiership winner". The Australian . 21 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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