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.
The club has won four premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020, and have contested several more grand finals. The club also won the 2007 and 2009 NRL Grand Final, but were stripped of these titles due to salary cap breaches.
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 Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Captain(s) Final position 1998 1998 17 6 1 Lost semi final 1 2 1999 1999 16 8 0 3 1 2000 2000 14 11 1 Lost qualifying final 0 1 2001 2001 11 14 1 → 2002 2002 9 14 1 → 2003 2003 15 9 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2004 2004 13 11 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2005 2005 13 11 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2006 2006 20 4 0 Runners-up 2 1 Rotating captains 2007 2007 21 3 0 3 0 2008 2008 17 7 0 Runners-up 2 2 2009 2009 14 9 1 3 0 2010 2010 14 10 0 2011 2011 19 5 0 Lost preliminary final 1 1 2012 2012 17 7 0 3 0 2013 2013 16 7 1 Lost semi final 0 2 2014 2014 14 10 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 2015 2015 14 10 0 Lost preliminary final 1 1 2016 2016 19 5 0 Runners-up 2 1 2017 2017 20 4 0 3 0 2018 2018 16 8 0 Runners-up 2 1 2019 2019 20 4 0 Lost preliminary final 1 2 2020 2020 16 4 0 3 0 2021 2021 21 3 0 Lost preliminary final 1 1 & 2022 2022 15 9 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 & 2023 2023 16 8 0 Lost preliminary final 1 2 2024 2024 19 5 0 Runners-up 2 1 2025 2025 17 7 0 Runners-up 2 1 2026 2026 11 13 0
NRL Under-20s
+ Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2008 2008 8 15 1 2009 2009 19 5 0 3 0 2010 2010 8 14 2 2011 2011 16 8 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2012 2012 12 10 2 2013 2013 11 13 0 2014 2014 12 12 0 2015 2015 10 13 1 2016 2016 8 14 2 2017 2017 9 15 0
NSW Cup
+ Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2010 2010 11 14 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 2026 2026 6 16 0
Junior Representatives Jersey Flegg Cup + Table key‡ Club finished regular season as minor premiers# Competed in the Hastings Deering Colts competition as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.⁑ Competed as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) + Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2018# 2018 13 6 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2019⁑ 2019 3 14 3 2020⁑ 2020 0 1 0 2021⁑ 2021 1 6 2 2022⁑ 2022 6 16 0 2023 2023 11 11 0 2024 2024 8 16 0 2025 2025‡ 17 6 1 2 0 2026 2026 7 13 1
S.G. Ball Cup + Table key⁑ Competed as Victoria Thunderbolts in association with NRL Victoria.†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) + Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2009 2009 6 3 0 Runners-up 2 1 2010 2010 7 2 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2011 2011 2 7 0 2012 2012 2 9 1 2013 2013 5 4 0 2014 2014 5 4 0 Lost elimination final 0 1 2015 2015Did not participate 2016 2016Did not participate 2017 2017Did not participate 2018 2018Did not participate 2019⁑ 2019 2 6 0 2020⁑ 2020 2 3 0 TBC 2021⁑ 2021 1 5 2 TBC 2022⁑ 2022 0 8 0 2023 2023 1 8 0 2024 2024 2 6 1 2025 2025 5 4 0 Lost semi final 1 1 2026 2026 7 1 0 Lost semi final 0 2
Harold Matthews Cup + Table key†Club finished regular season in last position (wooden spoon) + Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2024 2024 2 4 1 2025 2025 0 7 1 2026 2026 16th 1 7 0
Tarsha Gale Cup
+ Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2026 2026 1 6 1
Lisa Fiaola Cup
+ Table of yearly win–loss records, with finals results, and key personnel Season Club Regular season Finals results Coach Final position 2026 2026 4 3 1 Lost semi final 1 1
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