2019 Melbourne Storm season

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2019 Melbourne Storm season
NRL 1st (Minor Premier)
Play-off result Preliminary Final Loss
2019 record Wins: 20; Draws: 0; Losses: 4
Points scored For: 631; Against: 300
Team information
CEO Dave Donaghy
Coach Craig Bellamy
Captain
Stadium AAMI Park - 30,050
Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (1 Game)
Avg. Attend. 18,230
High. Attend. 41,612 (at Suncorp Stadium)
Top scorers
Tries Josh Addo-Carr (14)
Goals Cameron Smith (99)
Points Cameron 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.

Season summary

File:Michael Moore Trophy 2019.jpg
Cameron Smith holding the Michael Moore Trophy
File:Smith400 (2).jpg
Cameron Smith playing his 400th NRL match
  • Pre-season – New recruits took part in Melbourne Storm IDQ camp for pre season training before New Years. Tom Eisenhuth was awarded the IDQ Iron bar with special recognition to both Sandor Earl & Nicho Hynes.[1]
  • Round 1 – Prior to the commencement of play, the northern stand of AAMI Park was renamed "The Slater Stand" after Billy Slater. Storm defeated the Broncos 22–12 extending their winning streak in Round 1 to 17 seasons. Tom Eisenhuth makes Storm debut.
  • Round 3 – Storm defeat the Panthers 32–2 in Bathurst, Marion Seve scores his first NRL try
  • Round 5 – Cameron Smith becomes the game's highest ever points scorer with penalty goal in the 48th minute. Smith finished the game on 2422 points. Sandor Earl made his debut for the Storm and also played his first game following a four year ban from the game.
  • Round 9 – The NRL stage their first Magic Round at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. The Storm completed one of the biggest wins in the club's history dominating the Parramatta Eels 64-10. Will Chambers played game 200.
  • Round 11 – The Storm defeat the Bulldogs away at Belmore Oval Sydney with Cameron Smith playing his 500th first grade game. Cameron Munster also played his 100th Game.
  • Round 16 – Missing 7 players due to State of Origin, Storm win 16–14 against St George Illawarra. The game was notable due to the large number of milestones; with Cameron Smith scoring his 2500th career point, Sandor Earl played his 50th NRL game, Craig Bellamy coached his 300th win and both Tino Fa'asuamaleaui and Billy Walters making their playing debuts.
  • Round 17 – Cameron Smith becomes the first NRL player to play in 400 NRL games in the Storm's 40-16 win over Cronulla.
  • Round 19 – Cameron Smith captains his 300th NRL Game.
  • Round 22 – The Storm lose to the Canberra Raiders 22–18 after leading 18–0 shortly before half time. This result meant that it was the Storm's worst collapse in the history of the club.[2]
  • Round 24 – Storm defeat the Manly Sea Eagles 36-6 and clinch the J. J. Giltinan Shield as the minor premiers for 2019. Nelson Asofa-Solomaona also played his 100th game.

Milestone games

Round Player Milestone
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]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Source
23 February Trial New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Loss 6 12 [4]
2 March Trial 16px North Queensland Cowboys BB Print Stadium, Mackay Loss 6 14 [5]

Regular season

Source:[6]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
14 March 1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 22 12 J Hughes, C Scott, K Bromwich, J Bromwich C Smith 3/4 [7]
22 March 2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra Win 22 10 S Vunivalu (3), N Asofa-Solomona C Smith 3/5 [8]
30 March 3 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Carrington Park, Bathurst, New South Wales Win 32 2 C Munster, B Croft, J Addo-Carr, M Seve, J Bromwich C Smith 6/6, B Croft 0/1 [9]
7 April 4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 18 16 W Chambers (pen), T Kamikamica, C Munster C Smith 3/3 [10]
12 April 5 16px North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Win 18 12 J Addo-Carr (2), W Chambers C Smith 3/5 [11]
19 April 6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss (GP) 20 21 J Addo-Carr, T Kamikamica, C Scott
 B Croft 4/4 B Croft 0/2 [12]
25 April 7 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 13 12 C Munster, J Hughes C Munster 2/3 B Croft 1/1 [13]
3 May 8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Shark Park, Sydney Loss 18 20 J Addo-Carr, J Bromwich, R Papenhuyzen C Smith 3/4 [14]
11 May 9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 64 10 C Munster (2), J Addo-Carr (2), D Finucane, J Hughes, C Scott, S Vunivalu, B Croft, R Papenhuyzen, K Bromwich C Smith 9/11, W Chambers 1/1 [15]
16 May 10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24 22 R Papenhuyzen, F Kaufusi, M Seve, W Chambers C Smith 3/4 [16]
26 May 11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney Win 28 6 J Addo Carr (2), W Chambers, N Asofa-Solomona C Smith 5/6, R Papenhuyzen 1/1 [17]
12 Bye
8 June 13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 32 10 J Hughes (2), S Vunivalu, J Bromwich, M Seve C Smith 6/7 [18]
15 June 14 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 34 4 J Stimson (2), J Addo-Carr, J Hughes, M Seve, S Vunivalu C Smith 5/5, R Papenhuyzen 0/1 [19]
28 June 15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Win 14 12 R Papenhuyzen, B Croft C Smith 3/3 [20]
4 July 16 St. George colours.svg St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Win 16 14 J Stimson, J Hughes C Smith 4/4 [21]
13 July 17 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 40 16 B Smith (2), C Munster, B Croft, J Olam, J Stimson C Smith 8/9 [22]
21 July 18 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Win 38 18 S Vunivalu (2), J Stimson, S Earl, R Papenhuyzen, C Smith, J Olam C Smith 5/6, J Stimson 0/1 [23]
27 July 19 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss (GP) 10 11 W Chambers, B Smith C Smith 1/2 B Croft 0/2, CMunster 0/1, C Smith 0/1 [24]
2 August 20 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 40 4 K Bromwich (2), J Addo-Carr, C Welch, J Hughes, C Smith, R Papenhuyzen C Smith 6/9 [25]
11 August 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Central Coast Stadium, Gosford Win 26 16 J Bromwich, J Olam, C Munster, B Croft C Smith 5/6 [26]
17 August 22 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 18 22 J Olam, J Addo-Carr, S Vunivalu C Smith 3/3 [27]
25 August 23 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24 8 K Bromwich, R Papenhuyzen, J Addo-Carr, D Finucane C Smith 4/5 [28]
31 August 24 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Lottoland, Sydney Win 36 6 J Olam (3), J Addo-Carr, N Asofa-Solomona, R Papenhuyzen C Smith 6/7 [29]
6 September 25 16px North Queensland Cowboys AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24 16 S Earl, N Asofa-Solomona, W Chambers, M King C Smith 4/5 [30]

Finals

Source:[31]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
14 September Week 1 - Qualifying Final Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 10 12 S Vunivalu C Smith 3/4 [32]
21 September Week 2 - Semi Final Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 32 0 J Addo-Carr (2), S Vunivalu, C Munster, J Hughes, R Papenhuyzen, N Asofa-Solomona C Smith 1/6, R Papenhuyzen 1/1, C Munster 0/1 [33]
28 September Week 3 - Preliminary Final Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Loss 6 14 N Asofa-Solomona C Smith 1/1 [34]

Ladder

Template:Nrl2019ladder

Coaching staff

  • Craig Bellamy – Head Coach[35]
  • Jason Ryles – Senior Assistant Coach
  • Marc Brentnall – Assistant Coach
  • Ben Jack – U/20s Head Coach
  • Aaron Bellamy – Development Coach
  • Ryan Hinchcliffe – Development Coach
  • Frank Ponissi – Football Director
  • Ryan Hoffman – Football Administration Coordinator
  • Nick Maxwell – Leadership Coach
  • Craig McRae – Kicking & Catching Coach
  • Billy Slater – Specialist Coach (Part time)
  • Scott Sipple – Easts Tigers Feeder Club Coach
  • Craig Ingebrigtsen – Sunshine Coast Falcons Feeder Club Coach

2019 Squad

List current as of 24 March 2019 (a): 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. Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value).

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

Player movements

Source:[36]

Representative honours

The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2019. Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value).

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 Wales
New South Wales
Australia
Australia
Will Chambers
Indigenous All Stars
Queensland
-
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
Jahrome Hughes
Maori All Stars
-
New Zealand
-
-
-
New Zealand
Jesse Bromwich
Maori All Stars
-
New Zealand
-
-
-
-
Brandon Smith
Maori All Stars
-
New Zealand
-
-
-
New Zealand
Kenny Bromwich
Maori All Stars
-
New Zealand
-
-
-
New Zealand
Cameron Munster
-
Queensland
-
Queensland
Queensland
-
Australia
Felise Kaufusi
-
Queensland
-
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
Nelson Asofa-Solomona
-
-
New Zealand
-
-
-
-
Suliasi Vunivalu
-
-
Fiji
-
-
Fiji
Fiji
Tui Kamikamica
-
-
Fiji
-
-
-
Fiji
Marion Seve
-
-
Samoa
-
-
Samoa
Samoa
Dale Finucane
-
-
-
New South Wales
New South Wales
-
-
Christian Welch
-
-
-
-
Queensland
-
-
Ryan Papenhuyzen
-
-
-
-
-
Australia
-
Justin Olam
-
-
-
-
-
Papua New Guinea
-
Isaac Lumelume
-
-
-
-
-
Fiji
Fiji
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
-
-
-
-
-
Samoa
Samoa

Statistics

Statistics Source:[39] Statistics current as of the end of the 2019 NRL regular season (this table does not include finals matches) Lua error in Module:Details at line 30: attempt to call field '_formatLink' (a nil value).

Name Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points
Josh Addo-Carr 20 14 0 0 56
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 24 4 0 0 16
Jesse Bromwich 24 5 0 0 20
Kenny Bromwich 24 5 0 0 20
Will Chambers 21 6 1 0 26
Brodie Croft 22 5 4 1 29
Sandor Earl 5 2 0 0 8
Tom Eisenhuth 4 0 0 0 0
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui 5 0 0 0 0
Dale Finucane 23 2 0 0 8
Harry Grant 1 0 0 0 0
Jahrome Hughes 21 8 0 0 32
Nicho Hynes 1 0 0 0 0
Tui Kamikamica 18 2 0 0 8
Felise Kaufusi 22 1 0 0 4
Patrick Kaufusi 1 0 0 0 0
Max King 3 1 0 0 4
Cameron Munster 21 7 2 0 32
Justin Olam 11 7 0 0 28
Ryan Papenhuyzen 19 8 1 0 34
Curtis Scott 7 3 0 0 12
Marion Seve 12 4 0 0 16
Brandon Smith 20 3 0 0 12
Cameron Smith 24 2 99 0 206
Joe Stimson 13 5 0 0 20
Suliasi Vunivalu 22 9 0 0 36
Billy Walters 2 0 0 0 0
Christian Welch 16 1 0 0 4
Albert Vete 1 0 0 0 0
29 Players used — 104 107 1 631

Scorers

Most Points in a Game: 18 points

  • Round 9: Cameron Smith (9 Goals) vs Parramatta Eels

Most tries in a Game: 3

  • Round 2: Suliasi Vunivalu vs. Canberra Raiders
  • Round 24: Justin Olam vs. Manly Sea Eagles

Winning Games

Highest score in a winning game: 64 points

  • Round 9: vs. Parramatta Eels

Lowest score in a winning game: 13 points

  • Round 7 vs. New Zealand Warriors

Greatest winning margin: 54 points

  • Round 9: vs. Parramatta Eels

Greatest number of Games won consecutively: 9

  • Round 9 to Round 18

Losing Games

Highest score in a losing game: 20 points

  • Round 6: vs. Sydney Roosters

Lowest score in a losing game: 10 points

  • Round 19: vs. Manly Sea Eagles

Greatest losing margin: 4 points

  • Round 22: vs. Canberra Raiders

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.[40]

Jersey choice
RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD7 RD8 RD9 RD10 RD11 RD12 RD13 RD14 RD15 RD16 RD17 RD18 RD19 RD20 RD21 RD22 RD23 RD24 RD25 QF SF PF
Home Home Clash Home Clash Home ANZAC Clash Home Home Indigenous# — Clash Home Clash Home CAM400^ Clash Heritage^^ Clash Clash WIL& Home Clash Home Home Home Clash

# Designed by Lenny Briggs.[41]
^ 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

References

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