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2013 Melbourne Storm season

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.

Season summary
• 11 February – On the day the club leaves Australia to head to England for the World Club Challenge, it's announced that coach Craig Bellamy has extended his contract that will see him remain as coach until the end of the 2016 season. • Round 1 – Melbourne continue their round 1 winning streak, defeating the St George Illawarra Dragons 30–10 in hot conditions at AAMI Park. Temperatures hit 34 °C during the afternoon match, with Melbourne's request for a drinks break knocked back by the visitors and the NRL. • Round 8 – Melbourne suffers their first loss of the season ending the club record winning streak at 15 games. The Storm are one of only seven teams in the history of the NSWRL/ARL/NRL to have achieved this. The upset defeat by the Canberra Raiders was their third successive win at AAMI Park. As part of the take over, CEO Ron Gauci is replaced by Englishman Mark Evans. Special • World Club Challenge – Melbourne would wear a predominately white and purple jersey for the match against Leeds Rhinos, featuring a deep chevron containing a purple gradient design, with silver and gold highlights. • Round 10 – Melbourne released a special jersey for the "Women of League" round match against Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The jersey consisted of navy blue and pink horizontal hoops. • Round 13 – Storm wore a jersey to promote the Superman movie Man of Steel. The jerseys design is similar to that of the costume worn in the movie with the red Superman logo on the front. • Round 14 – Storm wore a heritage jersey design, which was a replica of the original 1998 navy blue jersey. • Round 17 – Dubbed the "Big Battle," for the home match against the Brisbane Broncos the Storm wore a mostly silver jersey design. Attendance averages == Fixtures ==
Fixtures
Pre Season ---- Regular season Result by round Matches Source: • – Golden Point extra time • (pen) – Penalty try Finals ---- == Ladder ==
2013 Coaching staff
• Head coach: Craig Bellamy • Assistant coaches: Kevin Walters & David Kidwell • NRL Under 20s coach: Anthony Seibold • Strength and Conditioning coach: Alex Corvo • Head Physiotherapist: Tony Ayoub == 2013 Squad ==
2013 Squad
As of 16 July 2013. ==Player movement ==
Representative honours
The following players have played a representative match in 2013. • (C) = Captain == Statistics ==
Statistics
This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2013 NRL season. • Statistics sources: Scorers Most points in a game: 20 • Round 21 – Cameron Smith (10 goals) vs Canberra Raiders • Round 24 – Cameron Smith (10 goals) vs Parramatta Eels Most tries in a game: 3 • Round 4 – Billy Slater vs Brisbane Broncos • Round 21 – Mahe Fonua vs Canberra Raiders • Round 21 – Sisa Waqa vs Canberra Raiders • Round 24 – Billy Slater vs Parramatta Eels Winning games Highest score in a winning game: 68 points • Round 21 vs Canberra Raiders Lowest score in a winning game: 16 points • Round 14 vs Newcastle Knights Greatest winning margin: 64 points • Round 21 vs Canberra Raiders Greatest number of games won consecutively: 7 • Rounds 1–7 Losing games Highest score in a losing game: 22 points • Round 20 vs New Zealand Warriors Lowest score in a losing game: 0 points • Round 18 vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Greatest losing margin: 39 points • Round 18 vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 2 • Rounds 8–9 • Rounds 15–16 • Rounds 18–20 • Finals weeks 1–2 ==NRL Under-20s==
NRL Under-20s
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. Ladder Statistics Scorers Most points in a game: 20 points • Round 14 – Matt McGahan (2 tries, 6 goals) vs Newcastle Knights Most tries in a game: 4 • Round 13 – Denny Solomona vs Cronulla Sharks Most points (season): 148Matt McGahan (8 tries, 58 goals) Most tries (season): 20 • Dane Chang Winning games Highest score in a winning game: 36 points • Round 1 vs St George Illawarra Dragons • Round 14 vs Newcastle Knights Lowest score in a winning game: 24 points • Round 5 vs Wests Tigers • Round 15 vs Gold Coast Titans Greatest winning margin: 28 points • Round 14 vs Newcastle Knights Greatest number of games won consecutively: 4 • Round 3 – Round 6 Losing games Highest score in a losing game: 28 points • Round 22 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs Lowest score in a losing game: 6 points • Round 9 vs Penrith Panthers Greatest losing margin: 34 points • Round 8 vs Canberra Raiders Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 6 • Round 16 – Round 22 ==Feeder clubs==
Feeder clubs
Melbourne continued their relationships with both the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Easts Tigers to send any reserve players to play in their respective state cup competitions. In the New South Wales Cup, Cronulla were coached by Tony Herman, and finished the regular season in first position. After losing their first final against the fourth-placed Windsor Wolves, the Sharks would regroup to win an elimination semi-final against the Newtown Jets, and qualify for the Grand Final by defeating the North Sydney Bears. Cronulla would win their first premiership in any competition for 17 years, winning the Grand Final against the Windsor Wolves. Four Melbourne contracted players: Kirisome Auva'a, Young Tonumaipea, Siosaia Vave, and Junior Moors were all members of the premiership team. Easts Tigers halfback Cody Walker won the competition's best and fairest award ahead of joining the Storm in 2014. == Awards ==
Awards
Trophy Cabinet2013 World Club Challenge Trophy Melbourne Storm Awards Night Held at Peninsula Docklands on Friday 11 October 2013. • Melbourne Storm Player of the Year: Cameron Smith • Melbourne Storm Rookie of the Year: Tohu Harris • Members' Player of Year: Cameron Smith • Melbourne Storm Most Improved: Kenny Bromwich • Melbourne Storm Best Back: Cooper Cronk • Melbourne Storm Best Forward: Jesse Bromwich • Darren Bell Medal U20s Player of Year: Pride Petterson-RobatiGreg Brentnall Young Achiever’s Award: Brandon Manase • U20s Best Back: Dane Chang • U20s Best Forward: Christian Welch • Mick Moore Club Person of the Year: Ross Patison • Life Member Inductees: Ryan Hoffman & Tony Devers • Best try: Will Chambers ===Dally M Awards Night=== The NRL Dally M Awards were held on 1 October 2013. • Dally M Medal: Cooper Cronk • Dally M Captain of the Year: Cameron Smith • Dally M Representative Player of the Year: Cameron Smith • Dally M Hooker of the Year: Cameron Smith • Dally M Halfback of the Year: Cooper Cronk RLPA Awards Night • RLPA Australia Representative Player of the Year: Cameron Smith • NRL Academic Player of the Year: Bryan Norrie Additional Awards • World Club Challenge Medal: Cooper Cronk • QRL Ron McAuliffe Medal: Cameron Smith • Petero Civoniceva Medal: Cody Walker ==Notes==
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