The 2014 Melbourne Storm season was the 17th in the club's history. They competed in the 2014 NRL season and were coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith. In 2014 the Storm did not achieve a good level of consistent success however won enough games late in the season to qualify for the NRL finals in 6th place. The club finished outside the top four for the first time since 2005 (other than when competition points were stripped in 2010). It was a roller coaster campaign that kicked off with consecutive one-point wins, courtesy of drop goals from Smith and Cooper Cronk. Storm five wins this season came at a combined 17 points. Injuries to Cronk (broken arm) and Billy Slater (shoulder) during the Origin period saw the Storm lose four of six games during that stretch as they were left clinging to 8th spot on the NRL ladder. The team managed to steady the ship by winning six of their last eight home-and-away games to finish sixth. In a significant boost for the Club, captain Cameron Smith signed a four-year contract extension just one week into the season.^[1]

• Pre-season- New recruits took part in Melbourne Storm IDQ camp for pre season training before New Years. Matt Duffie was awarded the IDQ Iron bar with special recognition to both Justin O'Neill and Kenny Bromwich.^[2]
• Auckland Nines - The club competed in the inaugural Auckland Nines tournament on the weekend of the 15th and 16 February. After losing two of three pool games they failed to progress to the finals of the tournament. Ryan Hoffman captained the squad.
• Round 1 - The Storm opened their season with a Golden Point extra time win over Manly Warringah. Cameron Smith kicked the winning field goal. Smith also equaled the Storm games record in the match. George Rose, Ben Roberts and Young Tonumaipea all made their debuts for the Storm. This also meant the Storm won their season opener for the 10th successive year.^[3]
• 11 March - Cameron Smith officially announces that he has signed a four-year contract which will see him end his NRL career at the Storm.^[4]
• Round 2 - Cameron Smith played his 263rd game for the Storm breaking the club record held by Matt Geyer. Also, Billy Slater played his 250th Game for the Club and NRL.
• 18 March - Jesse Bromwich commits to the Storm by signing a new four year playing contract.^[5]
• Round 5 - Dayne Weston makes his playing debut for the Storm.
• Round 6 - The Storm score a try after the siren to secure a 28 - 24 victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons. The Dragons with 13 minutes left on the clock, led 24-10.
• Round 8 - ANZAC Day In front of a record NRL crowd of 28,716 at AAMI Park the Storm go down to the New Zealand Warriors 16 - 10.
• Round 9 - Kurt Mann makes his debut for the Storm scoring the winning try in a 22-19 win over Manly.
• Round 10 - Craig Bellamy coached his 300th NRL game and Joel Romelo made his playing debut for the club. In addition when Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Ryan Hoffman and Cooper Cronk ran out against South Sydney, it was the first time in NRL history four players of the same side had played a combined total of 1000 games.^[6]
• 29 May - Both Kevin Proctor and Young Tonumaipea sign new playing contacts with the Storm.^[7]
• 30 May - Cooper Cronk breaks his arm in the first State of Origin game ruling him out for 12 weeks. Billy Slater and Cameron Smith also suffered injuries in the game but Smith was able to follow up in the Round 12 game against North Queensland.^[8]
• Round 15 - Melbourne Storm returned to form with their biggest win of the season thus far (46-20) over the Parramatta Eels. Billy Slater also moved to equal third on the all time NRL try scorers list with Andrew Ettinghausen.^[9]
• Late June - The Storm sign Fijian Marika Koroibete from the West Tigers just before the June 30 deadline, he is one of the fastest players in the NRL and made his impact straight away scoring tries in the Storm's wins over Canberra and Brisbane.^[10] This followed the news that Sisa Waqa would depart for Canberra and the end of the season and Mitch Garbutt would depart for Brisbane.
• Rounds 19 and 20 - The Storm return to the winners list with wins over Canberra and Brisbane.
• Round 22 - Newcastle score two converted tries in the final 3 minutes of the game to snatch victory 32-30. Sisa Waqa scores a Storm season record of 4 tries in the game, he also equals the club record for most tries in a game.
• Round 25 - Cooper Cronk plays his 250th NRL game.
• Round 26 - The Storm defeat the Brisbane Broncos ensuring they qualify for the 2014 NRL Finals Series.
• Finals Week 1 - Following the conclusion of Round 26, the Storm finished in 6th place meaning they were drawn against the Canterbury Bulldogs in an Elimination Final in Week 1 of the Finals Series the Storm's higher placing than Canterbury ensured it was played at home. The Storm ultimately lost the Elimination Final 28-4 ending their season. Ryan Hoffman also played his final game with the Storm.

• Craig Bellamy -Head Coach
• Justin Morgan -Assistant Coach
• Anthony Seibold -Assistant Coach
• Nathan Brown -Coaching Consultant
• Brett Finch -Halves Coach
• Matt Adamson -U/20s Coach
• Tony Ayoub -Head Physiotherapist

As of 26 July 2014

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Cap [lower-alpha 1]	Nat.	Player name	Position	First Storm Game	Previous First Grade RL club [lower-alpha 2]
55		Cameron Smith (c)	HK	2002	Melbourne Storm
58		Billy Slater	FB	2003	Melbourne Storm
62		Ryan Hoffman	SR,LK	2003	Melbourne Storm
73		Cooper Cronk	HB	2004	Melbourne Storm
97		Will Chambers	CE,WG	2007	Queensland Reds
105		Kevin Proctor	SR	2008	Melbourne Storm
110		Ryan Hinchcliffe	LK,HK,SR,FE	2009	Canberra Raiders
119		Jesse Bromwich	PR	2010	Melbourne Storm
123		Bryan Norrie	PR	2010	Cronulla Sharks
124		Matt Duffie	WG,CE,FB	2010	Melbourne Storm
127		Justin O'Neill	WG,CE,FB	2010	Sydney Roosters
136		Sisa Waqa	CE,WG,FB	2011	Sydney Roosters
143		Mahe Fonua	CE,WG	2012	Melbourne Storm
144		Tohu Harris	SR,LK,PR,FE	2013	Melbourne Storm
145		Junior Moors	PR,SR,LK	2013	Wests Tigers
147		Slade Griffen	HK,LK,CE,SR,FE	2013	Melbourne Storm
149		Kenny Bromwich	PR,SR,LK	2013	Melbourne Storm
150		Jordan McLean	PR	2013	Melbourne Storm
151		Mitch Garbutt	PR,LK,SR	2013	Newcastle Knights
152		Ben Hampton	FE,HB,FB	2013	Melbourne Storm
153		Tim Glasby	PR,SR	2013	Melbourne Storm
154		Young Tonumaipea	WG,FB	2014	Melbourne Storm
155		Ben Roberts	FE,HK,HB,CE	2014	Parramatta Eels
156		George Rose	PR,SR	2014	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
157		Dayne Weston	PR,SR	2014	Penrith Panthers
158		Kurt Mann	FE,FB,HB,CE,HK	2014	Newcastle Knights
159		Joel Romelo	FE,HK,HB,LK	2014	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
160		Cameron Munster	FE,FB,HB,HK	2014	Melbourne Storm
161		Marika Koroibete	WG	2014	Wests Tigers
—		Travis Robinson	WG,CE,FB	Yet to debut	Penrith Panthers
—		Cody Walker	HB,FE	Yet to debut	Easts Tigers
—		Hymel Hunt	CE,WG,SR,LK,FB	Yet to debut	Gold Coast Titans
—		Felise Kaufusi	PR	Yet to debut	North Queensland Cowboys
—		Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	CE,WG,SR,LK,FB	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm
—		Matthew Lodge	PR,SR	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm
—		Rhys Kennedy	SR,LK	Yet to debut	Melbourne Storm

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Source NRL.com:^[44]

The following players have played a representative match in 2014.

• (C) = Captain

Statistics Source:^[47]

Most Points in a Game: 16

• Sisa Waqa vs Newcastle (Rd 22)

Most tries in a Game: 4

• Sisa Waqa vs Newcastle (Rd 22)

Highest score in a game: 48 points

• vs Cronulla (Rd 23)

Greatest winning margin: 42 points

• vs Cronulla (Rd 23)

For the 2015 season, the Storm have released a new home jersey, once again made by BLK.^[48] The 2015 jersey no longer features the "lightning bolt V", instead featuring a large navy blue panel which highlights the crown resorts logo and purple shoulders. A silver horizontal strip also features across the chest. A new away jersey is also set to be released in December.