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The 2015 Melbourne Storm season is the 18th in the club's history. They competed in the 2015 NRL season and were coached by Craig Bellamy, who was coach for the 13th consecutive season and captained by Cameron Smith, sole captain for the 8th consecutive season. He played his 300th NRL Game in Round 19 becoming only the 24th player in history to do so. At the end of the 2015 NRL regular season they finished in 4th place earning themselves the "double chance" and playing the Sydney Roosters in Week 1 of the NRL finals series. They won their Qualifying Final against the Roosters, this earned then a bye in Week 2 and home Preliminary in Week 3 in which they played the North Queensland Cowboys. After a close first half the Storm ultimately lost this game ending their season. == Season summary == * Auckland Nines - The Melbourne Storm competed in the second annual Auckland Nines competition over 31 January-1 February. The Storm lost two of their three pool games thus not progressing to the final stage. * February 7 - The Storm play Canberra in a preseason trial and go down 32-20 in very hot conditions. * February 13 - Will Chambers and Jesse Bromwich represent Melbourne in the Annual All Star game. * February 21 - The Storm complete their trial match period with a come from behind 32-30 win over Canterbury Bulldogs. The Storm added 24 points in the second half. * Round 1 - The Storm commence the 2015 Season with a win over St George Illawarra. Dale Finucane, Felise Kaufusi and Blake Green all make their playing debuts for the Storm. Ryan Hinchcliffe plays his 150th Game. * Round 2 - Tom Learoyd-Lahrs makes his playing debut for the Storm. * Round 4 - The Storm suffer their second loss of the season, during Golden Point extra time. The Storm lost the game after the Cowboys leveled the scores after being 17-10 down with 5 minutes remaining in normal time. * Round 8 - Nelson Asofa-Solomona makes his playing debut after being elevated from the NYC team. * 1 May - Representative weekend - 15 Storm Players are chosen to represent the various teams over representative weekend * Round 9 - Christian Welch makes his playing debut after being elevated from the NYC team. Billy Slater scores 2 tries on his return game following a shoulder injury. The Storm equal their biggest win of the season thus far defeating the Eels by 18 points. * Round 12 - The Storm suffer their worst loss of the season thus far losing to the Roosters by 22 points. The storm failed to score a try in the match. * Round 13 - The Storm bounced back from the Round 12 loss with their biggest win of the season so far with a 20 nil win over the Panthers. Richard Kennar also makes his playing debut. * Round 14 - The storm suffer a narrow loss against the Eels playing without their State of Origin representatives. Hymel Hunt plays his first game for the Storm since transferring from the Titans. * Round 18 - The Storm suffer their fourth consecutive loss in a 28-14 loss to the Warriors. * Round 19 - Cameron Smith joined an elite group in NRL circles as he lined up for his 300th Melbourne Storm and NRL Game becoming only the 24th player to achieve this. The game was also notable as it became the Storms biggest win for the season thus far (42 points) and also scored their highest total (52 points) thus far scoring 10 tries. * Round 20 - The Storm will stage a home game in ay McLean Park in Napier New Zealand. Storm player Tohu Harris has designed the jersey for the game which takes in his New Zealand, Polynesian and Maori Heritage * Round 21 - Cameron Smith sets another record as he captained Melbourne Storm for the 200th time against Wests Tigers. Mahe Fonua also played his 50th game. * Round 22 - Cameron Munster scores a Hat-trick of tries as the Storm beat Gold Coast by 22 points * Round 23 - Kevin Proctor plays his 150th NRL Game in the Storm's big win over Cronulla Sharks. * Rounds 25 and 26 - The Storm complete the regular season with two hard fought wins over Cowboys and Broncos. Both teams also finished the season in the Top 4. The two wins mean the Storm finished the season in the Top 4. * Finals Week 1 - The Storm defeat the 1st placed Sydney Roosters in an upset 20-18 to secure a week off and a Home Preliminary Final in Week 3. * Finals Week 3 - The Storm suffer defeat in their home Preliminary Final against the North Queensland Cowboys ending their 2015 season one game short of the Grand Final. The game was also notable as the attendance of 29,315 spectators was officially the highest attendance so far at AAMI Park for a Storm game. 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「2015 Melbourne Storm season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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