2007 Melbourne Storm season

The 2007 Melbourne Storm season was the 10th in the club's history. They competed for NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing the season in 1st place to claim the minor premiership before going on to reach the 2007 NRL grand final, their third. In the grand final the Storm defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles to claim their second premiership. However over two years later Melbourne were stripped of their 2007 titles after being found guilty of long-term salary cap breaches.

Summary

It was revealed in 2010 that during the 2007 season the Melbourne Storm operated as an 'illegal team.' 2007 was a year in which they breached the Salary Cap, which totalled an estimated $1.7 million over a period of 5 years. The Melbourne Storm were subsequently stripped of their title, as they were a illegally assembled team.

A total of four Storm players, Cooper Cronk, Israel Folau, Dallas Johnson and Ryan Hoffman were selected to make their international representative debuts for Australia in 2007.

Draw and Results

Round	Opponent	Result	Mel.	Opp.	Date	Venue
1	Wests Tigers	Win	18	16	Mar 16	Olympic Park
2	Canberra Raiders	Win	32	16	Mar 24	Canberra Stadium
3	New Zealand Warriors	Win	30	12	Apr 1	Telstra Stadium
4	Newcastle Knights	Win	22	12	Apr 7	EnergyAustralia Stadium
5	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Win	24	10	Apr 14	Oki Jubilee Stadium
6	Penrith Panthers	Win	30	20	Apr 23	Olympic Park
7	Brisbane Broncos	Win	28	18	Apr 27	Suncorp Stadium
8	Wests Tigers	Loss	12	30	May 5	Bluetongue Stadium
9	Canterbury Bulldogs	Win	38	14	May 14	Olympic Park
10	Sydney Roosters	Win	26	2	May 19	Telstra Stadium
11	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Loss	12	13	May 26	Brookvale Oval
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	26	10	June 2	Olympic Park
13	New Zealand Warriors	Win	4	2	June 10	Mt. Smart
14	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	58	12	June 16	Dairy Farmers Stadium
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Win	28	6	June 24	Olympic Park
16	BYE
17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	12	8	July 7	Olympic Park
18	Newcastle Knights	Win	44	0	July 16	Olympic Park
19	Canberra Raiders	Win	34	6	July 21	Olympic Park
20	Sydney Roosters	Loss	16	26	July 27	SFS
21	Cronulla Sharks	Win	17	16	August 6	Toyota Park
22	Brisbane Broncos	Win	14	6	August 12	Olympic Park
23	Parramatta Eels	Win	14	10	August 17	Olympic Park
24	Canterbury Bulldogs	Win	38	6	August 24	Telstra Stadium
25	Gold Coast Titans	Win	50	6	September 2	Olympic Park
Qualifying Final	Brisbane Broncos	Win	40	0	August 9	Olympic Park
Preliminary Final	Parramatta Eels	Win	26	10	August 22	Telstra Dome
GRAND FINAL	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Win	34	8	September 30	Telstra Stadium

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne	24	21	0	3	1	627	277	+350	44
2	Manly-Warringah	24	18	0	6	1	597	377	+220	38
3	North Queensland	24	15	0	9	1	547	618	-71	32
4	Warriors	24	13	1	10	1	593	434	+159	29
5	Parramatta	24	13	0	11	1	573	481	+92	28
6	Bulldogs	24	12	0	12	1	575	528	+47	26
7	South Sydney	24	12	0	12	1	408	399	+9	26
8	Brisbane	24	11	0	13	1	511	476	+35	24
9	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	1	541	561	-20	24
10	Sydney	24	10	1	13	1	445	610	-165	23
11	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	10	0	14	1	463	403	+60	22
12	Gold Coast	24	10	0	14	1	409	559	-150	22
13	St George Illawarra	24	9	0	15	1	431	509	-78	20
14	Canberra	24	9	0	15	1	522	650	-128	20
15	Newcastle	24	9	0	15	1	418	708	-290	20
16	Penrith	24	8	0	16	1	539	607	-68	18

Player movements

Gains

2007 Signings/Transfers
Player	Previous Club	Years Signed	Until the End of

Losses

Losses
Player	Notes
Matt King	Warrington Wolves (European Super League)
Clint Newton	Hull KR (European Super League)
Ben Cross	Newcastle Knights (National Rugby League)

Re-Signings

Re-Signings

References