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| Full name | Melbourne Storm | ||
| Nickname(s) | Storm | ||
| Colours | Primary Purple Navy Secondary White Gold | ||
| Founded | 23 June 1997 | ||
| Website | melbournestorm.com.au | ||
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| CEO | Justin Rodski | ||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
| Captain | Harry Grant | ||
| Competition | National Rugby League | ||
| 2024 season | 1st (Runners-Up) | ||
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| Records | |||
| Premierships | 4* (1999, | ||
| Runners-up | 5 (2006, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2024) | ||
| Minor Premierships | 6 (2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024) | ||
| World Club Challenge | 3 (2000, 2013, 2018) | ||
| Wooden spoons | 1 (2010) | ||
| Most capped | 430 – Cameron Smith | ||
| Highest try scorer | 190 – Billy Slater | ||
| Highest points scorer | 2786 – Cameron Smith | ||
Melbourne Storm is a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blue jersey with gold and white trim.
The first fully professional rugby league team in the state, it debuted in 1997 during the Super League war. Following Super League's collapse, the team became part of the newly formed, united competition. They have 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.
They also competed in the NRL's Under-20s competition (as Melbourne Thunderbolts) from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and in 2018 entered the Victorian Thunderbolts in the Hastings Deering Colts U20s QLD competition. The club has also expanded into netball in a joint venture with the University of the Sunshine Coast. Since 2017, Sunshine Coast Lightning have played in Suncorp Super Netball.[1][2][3]
- ^ "Sunshine Coast Lightning". supernetball.com.au. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Our new team's striking display of confidence". www.couriermail.com.au. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ "Lightning joins Storm family". www.melbournestorm.com.au. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2021.