2025 Melbourne Storm season
2025 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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Team information | ||||
CEO | Justin Rodski | |||
Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | AAMI Park – 30,050 | |||
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The 2025 Melbourne Storm season is the 28th in the club's history, competing in the 2025 NRL season. The team is coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for a 23rd consecutive season. Harry Grant continues as club captain for a second season.
Season summary
[edit]- Preseason – Joining the club on train and trial contracts ahead of the season were players from the Storm academy (Coby Williamson, Mitch Jennings); Sunshine Coast Falcons (Josh Billing, Cooper-Page Wilson); Brisbane Tigers (Vaka Sikahele, Setu Tu); and North Sydney Bears (Nathaniel Roache, Morgan Harper, Ben Talty)[1]
Fixtures
[edit]Pre-season Challenge
[edit]Source:[2]
Date | Rd | Opponent | Venue | Result | Mel. | Opp. | Tries | Goals | Field goals | Ref |
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15 February | Trial | New Zealand Warriors | Go Media Stadium, Auckland | |||||||
23 February | Trial | North Queensland Cowboys | Casey Fields, Melbourne |
Regular season
[edit]Result by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]Source:[3]
- (g.p.) – Golden Point extra time
- (pen) – Penalty try
Ladder
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brisbane Broncos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to finals series |
2 | Canberra Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Melbourne Storm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Newcastle Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | New Zealand Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Parramatta Eels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Penrith Panthers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Sydney Roosters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Wests Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coaching staff
[edit]- Craig Bellamy – Head Coach[4]
- Marc Brentnall – Assistant Coach
- Aaron Bellamy – Assistant Coach
- Ryan Hinchcliffe – Assistant Coach
- Todd Lowrie – Development Coach[5][6]
2025 squad
[edit]List current as of 19 November 2024[7]
Player movements
[edit]
Losses
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Gains
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Jerseys
[edit]In November 2023, Melbourne Storm announced a new sponsorship and apparel partnership agreement with Irish sportswear company O'Neills.[17]
- Home
As part of the NRL's two year jersey cycle, the 2025 home jersey is the same as the 2024 version originally revealed in November 2023.[18] The jersey is navy blue with a purple yoke and sleeves. There are bright yellow lightning bolt designs on the side panels, and a revised Big V logo at the top of the rear of the jersey as a continuation of the Our Home, Victoria acknowledgment which began during the 2020 season to honour Storm's home state. This jersey will be worn with navy blue shorts and socks.
- Away
As with the home jersy, the away jersey is the same as what was worn during the 2024 season. It is worn when the home jersey creates a clash with the opposition, and is a similar design to the home jersey, with white replacing the navy blue base colour. This jersey is worn with purple shorts, with white socks.
Junior Representatives
[edit]The club entered teams in the 2025 New South Wales Rugby League junior representative competitions with the following coaching staff:
- Jersey Flegg Cup (Under-21s): Mark Russell (coach), Nate Myles (assistant)
- S.G. Ball Cup (Under-19s): Matt Duffie (coach), Justin O'Neill (assistant)
- Harold Matthews Cup (Under-17s): Tony Adam (coach)
The club's academy program had Tim Auremi as Pathways Operations Manager and Dean Benton as Pathways Performance Manager.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Previous First Grade RL club: 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
- ^ Lewis took up a coaching role at the Canberra Raiders.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Read, Brent; Meyn, Travis; Carayannis, Michael (25 November 2024). "Every NRL club's train and trial players heading in to the 2025 pre-season". Code Sports. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "NRL 2025 Melbourne Storm Pre-season Challenge Draw". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "NRL 2025 Melbourne Storm Draw". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Storm announce 2019 Football department structure". 5 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Lowrie to return to Storm". melbournestorm.com.au. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Callinan, Josh (3 November 2022). "Former NRL player Todd Lowrie joins Melbourne Storm coaching staff for 2023". Australian Community Media. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "2024 NRL Signings Tracker: Updated squads as new season begins". NRL.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "NRL Signings Tracker". NRL.com. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Naghten, Tom (20 November 2024). "Which players are leaving the Melbourne Storm? Full 2024 departures and arrivals lists". The Sporting News. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Chalk, Ethan Lee (26 November 2024). "Retired Storm forward lands assistant coaching gig for rival NRL team". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ a b "More local players and staff join Storm Pathways". melbournestorm.com.au. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Stefano Utoikamanu leaves Wests Tigers for Melbourne Storm in three-year deal". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Utoikamanu joins Melbourne Storm". melbournestorm.com.au. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Stefano Utoikamanu inks 3 year Storm deal". espn.com.au. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Moses Leo to join Storm early". melbournestorm.com.au. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Mayne, Joshua (19 November 2024). "Olympian confirmed to join Melbourne Storm early". The Sporting News. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Storm joins forces with O'Neills". melbournestorm.com.au. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Melbourne Storm unveils 2024 kit". melbournestorm.com.au. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.