2010 Melbourne Storm season

The 2010 Melbourne Storm season was the 13th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership, however following the much-publicised outing of the administration's salary cap rorting early in the season, were unable to accumulate any competition points and ended the season as wooden spooners. The Storm started the season as reigning NRL premiers, having defeated the Parramatta Eels in the 2009 NRL Grand Final. However this title was later stripped, along with their 2007 premiership title and the 2006, 2007 and 2008 minor premiership titles.

Season summary

The Storm began 2010 by travelling to England to play in the 2010 World Club Challenge. This involved a warm up game against Harlequins RL followed by the World Club Challenge a week later against Leeds Rhinos. The Storm won both games.

The regular season commenced with the Storm defeating Cronulla away in what was the first of three consecutive away games to begin the season. The Storm played their first home game at Etihad Stadium against St George Illawarra in front of a crowd of 25,480 which is a record home crowd, excluding finals games. They won the game which made them the only undefeated side in the League after Round 4.

Salary cap scandal

On 22 April 2010, the Melbourne Storm were stripped of their titles of 2007 and 2009 premierships and their 2006, 2007 and 2008 minor premierships following an alleged insider tip-off to the NRL auditing body that the club had been rorting the NRL salary cap. The club had a long-term system of keeping two sets of books, one set displaying players incomes' complying with the NRL salary cap and another hidden set in a separate room disclosing the true player payments. Following evidence of salary cap breaches, Melbourne were also fined a record $1,689,000, deducted all eight premiership points received in the season and barred from receiving any further premiership points for the rest of the season, guaranteeing them zero points and the wooden spoon for 2010.^[1]

On 24 April coach Craig Bellamy publicly announced that he vowed to rebuild the shattered club, and welcomed the NRL's investigation into the salary cap rorting before a training session with the team which was watched by thousands of cheering supporters.^[2]

Players were still allowed to play Test and/or State of Origin matches and for some of those players it did not affect Queensland's bid for a fifth straight Origin series victory. Later in the season the Storm were also stripped of the 2010 World Club Challenge title. The team's under-20s team was not affected.

The Storm defeated the New Zealand Warriors 40-6 in the first match since the scandal was revealed. This was followed up with a 34-6 win over the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville the week after.

Melbourne Storm 2010 season crowd averages

	Total Crowd	Total Games	Crowd Average
Home	176,041	12	14,670
Away	168,109	12	14,009
All Games	344,150	24	14,340

Fixtures

Pre-season

21 February 2010
14:00 GMT

Harlequins RL	10–34	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Ben Jones-Bishop, Will Sharp Goals: Danny Orr	(Report)	Tries: Anthony Quinn, Kevin Proctor, Dane Nielsen (2), Hep Cahill, Rory Kostjaysn Goals: Gareth Widdop (5)

The Stoop
Attendance: 3,612

World Club Challenge 2010

28 February 2010
18:30 GMT

Leeds Rhinos	10–18	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Danny Maguire Goals: Kevin Sinfield, Rob Burrow (2)	(Report)	Tries: Luke MacDougall, Anthony Quinn Goals: Cameron Smith (5)

Elland Road
Attendance: 27,697
Referee/s: Richard Silverwood (England)
Man of the Match: Cameron Smith

Regular season - Rounds 1 to 12

During the regular season, the Storm will play their first three home games at Etihad Stadium before moving to their new purpose built and permanent home AAMI Park.

Round 1
13 March 2010
7:30pm Local

Cronulla Sharks	10 - 14	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Douglas Goals: Covell 2/2 Porter 1/1 Field Goal		Tries: Inglis, MacDougall Goals: Smith 3/3 Field Goal

Toyota Stadium, Cronulla
Attendance: 11,820
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Brett Suttor (Report)

Round 2
20 March 2010
7:30pm Local

Newcastle Knights	14 - 20	Melbourne Storm
Tries: MacDougall, Uate Goals:Naiqama 3/3 Field Goal		Tries: MacDougall, Quinn, Nielson Goals: Smith 4/5 Field Goal

Energy Australia Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 16,242
Referee/s: Steve Lyons, Alan Shortall (Report)

Round 3
27 March 2010
5:30pm Local

Penrith Panthers	10 - 16	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Coote, McKendry Goals: Gordon 1/2 Field Goal		Tries: Finch, Slater, MacDougall Goals: Smith 2/3 Field Goal

CUA Stadium, Penrith
Attendance: 11,024
Referee/s: Gavin Badger, Phil Haines (Report)

Round 4
2 April 2010
2:10pm Local

Melbourne Storm	17 - 4	St George Illawarra Dragons
Tries: Nielson, Quinn, Slater Goals: Smith 2/5 Field Goal: Cronk		Tries: Nightingale Goals:Soward 0/1 Field Goal:

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 25,480
Referee/s: Jared Maxwell, Gerard Sutton (Report)

Round 5
9 April 2010
7:35pm Local

Gold Coast Titans	20 - 16	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Tomane, Harrison, Bird Goals: Rogers 4/5 Field Goal		Tries: Quinn (3) Goals: Smith 2/3 Field Goal

Skilled Park, Robina
Attendance: 20,083
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Jared Maxwell (Report)

Round 6
19 April 2010
7:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	16 - 18	Manly Sea Eagles
Tries: Cronk (2), Norrie Goals: Smith 2/3 Field Goal		Tries: Robertson (2), Stewart Goals: Lyon 3/4 Field Goal

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,171
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Alan Shortall (Report)

Round 7
25 April 2010
6:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	40 - 6	New Zealand Warriors
Tries: Duffie (2), Smith, Blair, Tandy, Isa, Slater Goals: Smith 6/7 Field Goal		Tries: Ta'ai Goals: Maloney 1/1 Field Goal

Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 23,906
Referee/s: Gavin Badger, Brett Suttor (Report)

Round 8
1 May 2010
7:30pm Local

North Queensland Cowboys	6 - 34	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Bolton Goals: Graham 1/1 Field Goal		Tries: Norrie, Duffie, Inglis, Finch, Nielson, Quinn, Lima Goals: Smith 3/6 Inglis 0/1 Field Goal

Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 19,853
Referee/s: Gavin Badger, Gerard Sutton (Report)

Round 9
9 May 2010
3:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	14 - 36	Brisbane Broncos
Tries: Duffe (2), Quinn Goals:Inglis 1/2 Cronk 0/1 Field Goal		Tries:Folau (2), Beale, Yoh Yeh, Norman, Te'o Goals: Parker 6/6 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 20,042
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Steve Lyons (Report)

Round 10
15 May 2010
7:30pm Local

Canberra Raiders	6 - 17	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Vidot Goals: Campese 1/1 Field Goal:		Tries: Inglis (3) Goals: Inglis 2/2 Cronk 0/1 Field Goal: Finch 1/1

Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 12,165
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Chris James (Report)

Round 11

.	Bye	.

Round 12
30 May 2010
2:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	23 - 12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries: Nielsen, Stanley, MacDougall, Widdop Goals: Widdop 3/4 Field Goal Finch 1/1		Tries: Ryan, Kimmorley Goals: Goodwin 2/2 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,420
Referee/s: Shane Hayne, Ashley Klein (Report)

Regular season - Rounds 13 - 26

Round 13
4 June 2010
7:35pm Local

Parramatta Eels	24 - 10	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Reddy (2), Keating, Inu Goals: Burt 4/5 Field Goal		Tries: Slater, Inglis Goals: Smith 1/2 Field Goal

Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta
Attendance: 7,572
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Gerard Sutton (Report)

Round 14
14 June 2010
7:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	6 - 38	Sydney Roosters
Tries: Kostjasyn Goals: Stanley 1/1 Field Goal		Tries: Graham (2), Masoe, Linnett, Minichiello, Nuuausala, Perrett Goals: Carney 5/7 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,449
Referee/s: Ashley Klein, Bernard Sutton (Report)

Round 15
19 June 2010
5:30pm Local

Melbourne Storm	58 - 12	North Queensland Cowboys
Tries: O'Neill (3), Duffie (2), Slater (2), Inglis, Lima, Cronk Goals: Smith 5/6, Inglis 3/3, Finch 1/1 Field Goal		Tries: Tamou, Gallant Goals: Thurston 2/2 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,661
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Bernard Sutton (report)

Round 16
26 June 2010
7:30pm Local

South Sydney Rabbitohs	16 - 14	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Talanoa (2), Sandow Goals: Luke 2/3 Field Goal		Tries: O'Neill (2), Inglis Goals: Smith 1/3 Field Goal

Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 13,164
Referee/s: Ashley Klein, Matt Cecchin (Report)

Round 17

.	Bye	.

Round 18
10 July 2010
7:00pm Local

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	20 - 18	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Goodwin, Idris, Neumann Goals: Goodwin 4/4 Field Goal		Tries: Finch, Slater, Manu Goals: Smith 2/2, Inglis 1/1 Field Goal

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 10,350
Referee/s: Matt Cecchin, Tony De Las Heras (Report)

Round 19
17 July 2010
7:30pm Local

New Zealand Warriors	13 - 6	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Vatuvei, Ropati Goals: Maloney 2/3 Field Goal: Maloney 1		Tries: Slater Goals: Smith 1/1 Field Goal

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 13,118
Referee/s: Steve Lyon, Gerrard Sutton (Report)

Round 20
24 July 2010
7:30pm Local

Melbourne Storm	18 - 10	Penrith Panthers
Tries: Nielson, O'Neill, Duffie Goals: Smith 3/3 Field Goal:		Tries: Purtell, Jennings Goals: Gordon 1/2 Field Goal:

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,212
Referee/s: Jason Robinson, Brett Suttor (Report)

Round 21
1 August 2010
2:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	36 - 12	Canberra Raiders
Tries: Neilson (2), O'Neill (2), Inglis, Slater, Lowrie Goals: Smith 4/6, Inglis 0/1 Field Goal		Tries: Low, Croker Goals: Croker 2/3 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,112
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Phil Haines (Report)

Round 22
7 August 2010
5:30pm Local

Manly Sea Eagles	26 - 6	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Lyon (2), Williams, Matai Goals: Lyon 5/5 Field Goal		Tries: Hoffman Goals: Smith 1/1 Field Goal

Brookvale Oval, Manly
Attendance: 12,550
Referee/s: Matt Cecchin, Brett Suttor (Report)

Round 23
15 August 2010
2:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	18 - 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tries: Hinchcliffe (2), Slater Goals: Smith 3/3 Field Goal		Tries: Merritt (2), Capewell Goals: Sandow 2/3 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,172
Referee/s: Steve Lyons, Chris James (Report)

Round 24
21 August 2010
7:30pm Local

Melbourne Storm	24 - 4	Cronulla Sharks
Tries: Smith, Nielsen, Manu, Hinchcliffe Goals: Smith 4/4 Field Goal		Tries: Covell Goals: Covell 0/1 Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 8,902
Referee/s: Ashley Klein, Luke Phillips (Report)

Round 25
29 August 2010
2:00pm Local

Wests Tigers	26 - 14	Melbourne Storm
Tries: Marshall (3), Fifita, Farrah Goals: Marshall 3/5 Field Goal		Tries: O'Neill, Isa, Hoffman Goals: Smith 1/3 Field Goal

Leichhardt Oval, Balmain
Attendance: 20,168
Referee/s: Gavin Badger, Alan Shortall (Report)

Round 26
5 September 2010
2:00pm Local

Melbourne Storm	34 - 4	Newcastle Knights
Tries: Inglis (2), Hinchcliffe, Hoffman, White, Tolman Goals: Smith 4/4, Lima 1/1, Hoffman 0/1 Field Goal		Tries: Taia Goals: Field Goal

AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 20,514
Referee/s: Ashley klein, Gavin Morris (report)

Ladder

2010 NRL season
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)	24	17	0	7	2	518	299	+219	38
2	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	2	645	489	+156	34
3	Wests Tigers	24	15	0	9	2	537	503	+34	34
4	Gold Coast Titans	24	15	0	9	2	520	498	+22	34
5	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	0	10	2	539	486	+53	32
6	Sydney Roosters	24	14	0	10	2	559	510	+49	32
7	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	499	493	+6	30
8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	12	0	12	2	545	510	+35	28
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	0	13	2	584	567	+17	26
10	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	0	13	2	508	535	−27	26
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	499	569	−70	24
12	Parramatta Eels	24	10	0	14	2	413	491	−78	24
13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	9	0	15	2	494	539	−45	22
14	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	7	0	17	2	354	609	−255	18
15	North Queensland Cowboys	24	5	0	19	2	425	667	−242	14
16	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	489	363	+126	01

¹ Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.^[3]

2010 squad

Although other players may play for the Melbourne Storm during the year, all NRL clubs are required to select a top 25 First Grade squad at the beginning of the season. Also the players are listed below in alphabetical order as jersey numbers can change throughout the season these have not been shown.

No.		Position	Player
		SR	Adam Blair
		PR	Jesse Bromwich
		FE	Andrew Brown
		LK	Hep Cahill
		HB	Cooper Cronk
		WG	Matt Duffie
		FE	Brett Finch
		HK	Ryan Hinchcliffe
		SR	Ryan Hoffman
		CE	Greg Inglis
		CE	William Isa
		PR	Sinbad Kali
		HB	Luke Kelly
		PR	John Kite

No.		Position	Player
		PR	Jeff Lima
		LK	Todd Lowrie
		WG	Luke MacDougall
		SR	Sika Manu
		WG	Dane Nielsen
		CE	Justin O'Neill
		SR	Kevin Proctor
		WG	Anthony Quinn
		FB	Billy Slater
		HK	Cameron Smith (C)
		PR	Ryan Tandy
		PR	Aiden Tolman
		SR	Atelea Vea
		PR	Brett White
		FB	Gareth Widdop

Awards and honours

Player of the year: Ryan Hinchcliffe^[4]
Rookie of the year: Matt Duffie

References

↑ "Storm stripped of 2 NRL premierships". Television New Zealand. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
↑ AAP (24 April 2010). "Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy vows to stay". theaustralian.com.au. Australia: News Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
↑ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
↑ "NRL Honour Board". melbournestorm.com.au. Melbourne Storm. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

Melbourne Storm

Est. 1998 in Melbourne, Victoria

The club	Records Players Coaches History (2010 Salary cap breach)

Home grounds	Olympic Park Stadium Docklands Stadium AAMI Park

Culture	Rivalry with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles We Are the Storm

Important figures	John Ribot Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus Matt Geyer Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith Billy Slater Cooper Cronk

League	NRL

Titles	Premierships (2) 1999 ~~2007~~ ~~2009~~ 2012 World Club Challenge (2) 2000 ~~2010~~ 2013

Seasons (19)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	National Youth Competition Auckland Nines New South Wales Cup S. G. Ball Cup

Affiliations	Central Coast Storm Eastern Suburbs Tigers Albury Thunder

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International Rugby League

British Rugby League

Competitions	Super League Results Grand Final RFL Championship Results Championship 1 Challenge Cup Northern Rail Cup

SL Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Crusaders Harlequins Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Hull KR Leeds Rhinos Salford City Reds St Helens Wakefield Wildcats Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors

Other clubs	South Wales Scorpions Tolouse Olympique Widnes Vikings

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Competitions	State of Origin NRL season Results Grand Final Toyota Cup Results Queensland Cup New South Wales Cup

By club	Brisbane Broncos Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canberra Raiders Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm Salary cap breach Newcastle Knights New Zealand Warriors North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers

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