- 2007 Melbourne Storm season
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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.
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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
LossesLosses 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
Melbourne Storm Est. 1998 in Melbourne, Victoria The Club Home Grounds Important Figures League Premierships (1) World Club Challenge (1) Seasons (14) Other Competitions Affiliations Categories:- Melbourne Storm seasons
- 2007 NRL season by club
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