2013 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 3rd | |||
Play-off result | Semi-final Loss | |||
2013 record | Wins: 16; draws: 1; losses: 7 | |||
Points scored | For: 589; against: 373 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Ron Gauci (until May 2013) Mark Evans (from May 2013) | |||
Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
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Stadium | AAMI Park – 30,050 | |||
Avg. attendance | 16,302 | |||
High attendance | 25,480 (Round 7)[a] | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Billy Slater (18) | |||
Goals | Cameron Smith (84) | |||
Points | Cameron Smith (176) | |||
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The 2013 Melbourne Storm season was the 16th in the club's history. They competed in the 2013 NRL season. They were coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith. They had previously won the 2012 NRL Grand Final therefore started the season as reigning premiers.
Seven straight wins to start the season extended the club's winning streak to 15 games dating back to the previous campaign. The Origin period proved difficult to negotiate however with team unable to come up with some crucial wins at the business end of the season, eventually finishing in third place. Two finals losses to the Rabbitohs and Knights prematurely ended the season, as Storm did not make the preliminary final stage for just the second time in eight years. The Storm attack was the shining light of the season, producing 98 tries to be ranked second in the competition. The team also had the best home record of any side in the NRL, losing just the one game at AAMI Park during the season. Cooper Cronk was rewarded for several seasons of brilliance, claiming his first Dally M Medal Player of the Year honour. Off the field Storm experienced a change at the helm with Mark Evans replacing Ron Gauci as CEO midway through the season, following divestment of the club by News Limited to new ownership.[1]
Round | Player | Milestone |
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Round 1 | Slade Griffen | NRL debut |
Tohu Harris | ||
Junior Moors | Storm debut | |
Lagi Setu | ||
Round 3 | Ryan Hoffman | 200th game |
Junior Sa'u | Storm debut | |
Round 5 | Kenny Bromwich | NRL debut |
Round 11 | Jordan McLean | NRL debut |
Round 13 | Justin O'Neill | 50th game |
Cameron Smith | 250th game | |
Round 14 | Mitch Garbutt | NRL debut |
Round 15 | Ben Hampton | NRL debut |
Round 16 | Tim Glasby | NRL debut |
Round 21 | Billy Slater | 150th try |
Round 22 | Brett Finch | 50th game |
Round 23 | Bryan Norrie | 150th game |
Round 24 | Kevin Proctor | 100th game |
In 2013 the Storm jerseys were again made by Kooga. They created a new jersey design for 2013 which featured more navy blue and a more prominent and deeper chevron that integrated the sponsor's (Crown Casino) logo into the design, which featured purple lightning bolts for the first time. The secondary club colours of gold and white were removed and reduced respectively, so that the jersey was essentially half navy blue and half purple. The clash jersey was a white version of the home jersey.[8] Special
[13] | Total | Matches | Average |
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Home | 195,623 | 12 | 16,302 |
Away | 228,628 | 12 | 19,057 |
All regular season games | 424,311 | 24 | 17,680 |
Finals | 41,258 | 2 | 20,629 |
All Games | 465,569 | 26 | 17,907 |
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Mel. | Opp. | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Ref |
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2 February | Trial | Eastern Suburbs Tigers | Gosch's Paddock, Melbourne | Won | 28 | 4 | Auva'a (2), Harris, Duffie, Blair, Sa'u, Fonua | [14] | ||
8 February | Trial | Canberra Raiders | Simonds Stadium, Geelong | Lost | 8 | 40 | Duffie, Kennar | [15][16] |
2013 World Club Challenge
Leeds Rhinos | 14 – 18 | Melbourne Storm |
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Tries: 2 Hall 29' Jones-Buchanan 53' Goals: 3 Sinfield 30', pen 40', 54' (3/3) |
1st: 8–8 2nd: 6–10 Report |
Tries: 3 Slater 20' J Bromwich 43' Harris 47' Goals: 3 Smith pen 12', 20', 44' (3/4) |
Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds |
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | – | H | H | A | A | H | A | – | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | B | W | W | L | L | W | L | B | L | W | W | W | W | L | W |
Position | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Points | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 37 |
Source:[18]
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Mel. | Opp. | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Ref | ||
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10 March | 1 | St George-Illawarra Dragons | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 30 | 10 | O'Neill (2), Slater, Widdop, Fonua | Smith 5/5 | [19] | |||
16 March | 2 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville | Won | 32 | 10 | Chambers (2), Cronk (2), Hinchcliffe, Hoffman | Smith 3/5, Widdop 1/1 | [20] | |||
21 March | 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 22 | 18 | Hinchcliffe, Duffie, Fonua, Setu | Smith 3/4 | [21] | |||
29 March | 4 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | Won | 32 | 26 | Slater (3), Duffie (2), Sa'u | Smith 4/6 | [22] | |||
8 April | 5 | Wests Tigers | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 26 | 12 | Vave, Fonua, Cronk, Waqa | Smith 4/4, Widdop 1/1 | [23] | |||
13 April | 6 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Won | 17 | 10 | Proctor, Fonua, Widdop | Smith 2/3 | Cronk 1/1 | [24] | ||
25 April | 7 | New Zealand Warriors | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 28 | 18 | Chambers (2), Fonua, Slater, Waqa | Smith 4/5 | [25] | |||
4 May | 8 | Canberra Raiders | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Lost | 20 | 24 | Bromwich, Slater, Fonua, O'Neill | Smith 2/4 | [26] | |||
12 May | 9 | Penrith Panthers | Centrebet Stadium, Penrith | Lost | 10 | 12 | J Bromwich, Waqa | Smith 1/2 | [27] | |||
20 May | 10 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Draw | 10 | 10 | Blair | Smith 3/3 | [28] | |||
25 May | 11 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | Won | 26 | 18 | Blair, Chambers, O'Neill, Smith | Smith 5/6 | [29] | |||
1 June | 12 | Bye | ||||||||||
9 June | 13 | Cronulla Sharks | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 38 | 6 | Blair, Harris, Hoffman, O'Neill, Proctor, Slater, Widdop | Smith 5/7 | [30] | |||
16 June | 14 | Newcastle Knights | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 16 | 14 | Blair, Slater, Waqa | Smith 2/3 | [31][32] | |||
24 June | 15 | Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park, Gold Coast | Lost | 12 | 18 | Hampton (2) | Blair 1/1, Widdop 1/1 | [33][34] | |||
29 June | 16 | Wests Tigers | Leichhardt Oval, Balmain | Lost | 4 | 22 | Blair | Smith 0/1 | [35] | |||
5 July | 17 | Brisbane Broncos | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 32 | 0 | Blair (2), Bromwich, Hinchcliffe, O'Neill, Waqa | Smith 4/6 | [36][37] | |||
14 July | 18 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | Lost | 0 | 39 | [38] | |||||
20 July | 19 | Bye | Bye | |||||||||
28 July | 20 | New Zealand Warriors | Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland | Lost | 22 | 30 | O'Neill, Slater, Blair, Cronk | Smith 3/4 | [39][40] | |||
4 August | 21 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | Won | 68 | 4 | Fonua (3), Waqa (3), Chambers (2), Slater (2), Harris, Proctor | Smith 10/12 | Smith 0/1 | [41] | ||
9 August | 22 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 26 | 8 | Chambers, Bromwich, Waqa, O'Neill | Smith 5/7 | [42][43] | |||
18 August | 23 | Newcastle Knights | Hunter Stadium, Newcastle | Won | 23 | 10 | McLean, Smith, Slater, Norrie | Smith 3/4 | Cronk 1/1 | [44] | ||
25 August | 24 | Parramatta Eels | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won | 64 | 4 | Slater (3), Chambers (2), Hoffman (2), Blair, J Bromwich, K Bromwich, Glasby | Smith 10/11 | [45] | |||
31 August | 25 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval, Manly | Lost | 8 | 28 | O'Neill, Waqa | Smith 0/2 | [46] | |||
7 September | 26 | Gold Coast Titans | AAMI Park, Melbourne | Won (g.p.) |
23 | 22 | Slater (2), Chambers, Waqa | Smith 3/4 | Cronk 1/5 | [47] |
First Qualifying Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 20 – 10 | Melbourne Storm |
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Tries: 3 Farrell 8' Lima 26' Luke 67' Goals: 4 Reynolds 10', pen 22', 27', 69' (4/4) |
1st: 14–0 2nd: 6–10 Report |
Tries: 2 Slater 54' Chambers 72' Goals: 1 Smith 55' (1/2) |
ANZ Stadium, Sydney |
Second Semi Final
Melbourne Storm | 16 – 18 | Newcastle Knights |
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Tries: 3 Blair 27' Waqa 48' J Bromwich 66' Goals: 2 Smith 50', 66' (2/3) |
1st: 4–12 2nd: 12–6 Report |
Tries: 3 Uate 22' Houston 38' Hilder 42' Goals: 3 Roberts 23', 40', 43' (3/3) |
AAMI Park, Melbourne |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | Sydney Roosters (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 640 | 325 | +315 | 40 |
2 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 588 | 384 | +204 | 40 |
3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 589 | 373 | +216 | 37 |
4 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 588 | 366 | +222 | 35 |
5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 468 | 460 | +8 | 32 |
6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 529 | 463 | +66 | 30 |
7 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 528 | 422 | +106 | 29 |
8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 507 | 431 | +76 | 28 |
9 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 500 | 518 | −18 | 26 |
10 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 495 | 532 | −37 | 26 |
11 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 495 | 554 | −59 | 26 |
12 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 434 | 477 | −43 | 25 |
13 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 434 | 624 | −190 | 24 |
14 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 379 | 530 | −151 | 18 |
15 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 386 | 687 | −301 | 18 |
16 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 326 | 740 | −414 | 14 |
As of 16 July 2013.
Losses
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Gains
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The following players have played a representative match in 2013.
Player | All Stars Match[52] | City Vs Country | Anzac Test | Pacific Test | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | World Cup[53][54][55][56][57][58] |
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Jesse Bromwich | — | — | New Zealand | — | — | — | — | New Zealand |
Cooper Cronk | — | — | Australia | — | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland | Australia |
Mahe Fonua | — | — | — | Tonga | — | — | — | Tonga |
Tohu Harris | — | — | New Zealand | — | — | — | — | — |
Ryan Hoffman | — | City (C) | — | — | New South Wales | New South Wales | New South Wales | — |
Junior Moors | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Samoa |
Justin O'Neill | NRL All Stars | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kevin Proctor | — | — | New Zealand | — | — | — | — | — |
Junior Sau | — | — | — | Samoa | — | — | — | Samoa |
Billy Slater | — | — | Australia | — | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland | Australia |
Cameron Smith | NRL All Stars | — | Australia (C) | — | Queensland (C) | Queensland (C) | Queensland (C) | Australia (C) |
Siosaia Vave | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tonga |
Sisa Waqa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fiji |
Gareth Widdop | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | England |
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2013 NRL season.
Name | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Points |
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Maurice Blair | 18 | 10 | 1[e] | 0 | 42 |
Jesse Bromwich | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Kenny Bromwich | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Will Chambers | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Cooper Cronk | 23 | 4 | 0[f] | 3 | 19 |
Matt Duffie | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Brett Finch | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mahe Fonua | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Mitch Garbutt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Glasby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Slade Griffen | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Hampton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Tohu Harris | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Ryan Hinchcliffe | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Ryan Hoffman | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Jordan McLean | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Junior Moors | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryan Norrie | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Justin O'Neill | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Kevin Proctor | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Jason Ryles | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Junior Sau | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Lagi Setu | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Billy Slater | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
Cameron Smith | 23 | 2 | 84[g] | 0 | 176 |
Siosaia Vave | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Sisa Waqa | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Gareth Widdop | 16 | 3 | 3[h] | 0 | 18 |
28 Players used | – | 109 | 88 | 3 | 615 |
Most points in a game: 20
Most tries in a game: 3
Highest score in a winning game: 68 points
Lowest score in a winning game: 16 points
Greatest winning margin: 64 points
Greatest number of games won consecutively: 7
Highest score in a losing game: 22 points
Lowest score in a losing game: 0 points
Greatest losing margin: 39 points
Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 2
In the sixth season of the NRL's NRL Under 20s now known as the Holden Cup, Anthony Seibold replaced Dean Pay as coach, with Pay moving to the Canberra Raiders as an assistant coach to Ricky Stuart.
Melbourne again finished the regular season in 9th place on the ladder, meaning the club would not qualify for the finals for the second year in a row. A six match losing streak in the second half of the season proving costly.
Kurt Mann (Queensland), Dean Britt and Matthew Lodge (NSW) would make the Under-20 State of Origin teams for the match played in April, with Lodge later featuring in the competition's team of the year chosen at prop forward.[3]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 765 | 614 | +151 | 43 |
2 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 689 | 460 | +229 | 38 |
3 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 711 | 554 | +157 | 38 |
4 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 846 | 626 | +220 | 37 |
5 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 687 | 564 | +123 | 32 |
6 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 679 | 599 | +80 | 32 |
7 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 607 | 608 | -1 | 29 |
8 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 660 | 740 | -80 | 28 |
9 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 564 | -6 | 26 |
10 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 582 | 615 | -33 | 24 |
11 | St. George-Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 596 | 663 | -67 | 23 |
12 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 584 | 602 | -18 | 22 |
13 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 516 | 667 | -151 | 21 |
14 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 570 | 726 | -156 | 20 |
15 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 520 | 786 | -266 | 18 |
16 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 560 | 742 | -182 | 17 |
Source:[62]
Most points in a game: 20 points
Most tries in a game: 4
Most points (season): 148
Most tries (season): 20
Winning games[edit]Highest score in a winning game: 36 points
Lowest score in a winning game: 24 points
Greatest winning margin: 28 points
Greatest number of games won consecutively: 4
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Losing games[edit]Highest score in a losing game: 28 points
Lowest score in a losing game: 6 points
Greatest losing margin: 34 points
Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 6
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Trophy Cabinet[edit]Melbourne Storm Awards Night[edit]Held at Peninsula Docklands on Friday 11 October 2013.[63][64]
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Dally M Awards Night[edit]The NRL Dally M Awards were held on 1 October 2013.[65]
RLPA Awards Night[edit]
Additional Awards[edit]
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