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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, and won the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership therefore started the season as reigning premiers. The Storm had an up and down season finding themselves on top of the ladder in the early stages of the season before suffering a mid season slump. They finished the regular season in 3rd place on the ladder, however, two consecutive losses in the finals ended their season. == Season summary == *11 February – Craig Bellamy signed a contract that will see him remain as coach of the Storm until the end of 2016. The Storm also depart for England to compete in the World Club Challenge. *22 February – The Storm won the 2013 World Club Challenge 18–14 against Leeds Rhinos to be crowned World Champions for 2013. *Round 1 – The Storm began the season with a win over St George Illawarra in hot conditions. *Round 2 – The Storm's win over North Queensland also marked their 10th consecutive win, with the streak beginning in Round 22 of the 2012 season and extending through the finals. *Round 3 – Ryan Hoffman played his 200th NRL Game. *Round 4 – The Melbourne Storm played its 400th game. The Storm also won its 12th consecutive game, thus equalling its all-time record achieved in the 2011 NRL season. *Round 5 – The Storm won their 13th consecutive game, breaking their all time club record. *Round 6 – The Storm defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs to remain the only undefeated side in the NRL in 2013. *19 April – Gareth Widdop announces he will leave the Storm for the St George Illawarra Dragons at the end of the season. *19–21 April – The Storm provide 9 players to the three representative games over this weekend. *Round 7 – The Storms winning streak continued to 15 games with a win over the New Zealand Warriors on ANZAC Day. *1 May – The Storm re-sign Will Chambers to a contract that will see him remain with the club until 2017. *Round 8 – Melbourne suffers its first loss of the season ending its 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. *Round 10 – Melbourne Storm and Manly Sea Eagles Draw 10 all, the first draw of the NRL season. *Round 11 – Jordan Mclean made his debut as the 150th player for the Storm. Cameron Smith scored his 1400th point for the club. *Round 13 – Cameron Smith played his 250th NRL game and Justin O'Neill played his 50th. *Round 15 – Playing without Smith, Slater, Cronk and Hoffman the Storm lose 18–12 to Gold Coast. Ben Hampton scored 2 tries on debut and Gareth Widdop suffered a dislocated hip, ending his season. *Rounds 15–20 – The Storm encounter a poor run of form not helped by the State of Origin period where the gave up 4 first choice players to lose 4 out of five games. *Round 21 – The Storm returned to form with a massive 64-point win over the Canberra Raiders. The win equalled their all time greatest winning margin record set in 2001 against Wests Tigers. During the Game, Billy Slater also scored his 150th try. *Round 22 – Brett Finch plays his 50th Game for the Melbourne Storm in a 26–8 win over South Sydney. *Round 23 – Bryan Norrie plays his 150th NRL Game. *Round 24 – The Storm defeat the Parramatta Eels 64 – 4 in their biggest ever win over the Eels. Kevin Proctor also plays his 100th game. *Round 26 – The Storm win their final game of the regular season in Golden point extra time against Gold Coast Titans. Cameron Smith also kicks his 1500th point in the match. * Finals Series – The Storms season ended with two consecutive losses in the Finals series to South Sydney and then Newcastle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 Melbourne Storm season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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