1999 Melbourne Storm season

1999 Melbourne Storm
NRL Champions
League	3rd NRL
1999 record	16 - 2 - 8
Home record	10 - 3
Away record	6 - 5
Points for	639 (1st)
Points against	392 (5th)
Team information
CEO	John Ribot
Coach	Chris Anderson
Captain	Glenn Lazarus (26)
Alternate captains	Tawera Nikau (2)
Ground	Olympic Park Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Matt Geyer (20) Robbie Ross (20)
Goals	Matt Geyer (81)
Points	Matt Geyer (242)
< 1998 2000 >

The 1999 Melbourne Storm season was the 2nd in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 1999 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 3rd (out of 17). Melbourne then reached the grand final and defeated the St George Illawarra Dragons, claiming their first premiership.

Regular season

The Storm competed in 24 home and away season matches in the 1999 NRL season, with round 12 being a bye. Their home ground was Olympic Park Stadium.

Rd	Home/Away	Opponent	Score	Ground1	Date
1	Home	Penrith Panthers	32-10	Olympic Park Stadium	5 March
2	Away	Balmain Tigers	6-16	Leichhardt Oval	13 March
3	Away	Brisbane Broncos	48-6	ANZ Stadium	21 March
4	Home	Canterbury Bulldogs	26-17	Olympic Park Stadium	26 March
5	Home	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	16-20	Olympic Park Stadium	4 April
6	Away	Auckland Warriors	38-10	Ericsson Stadium	9 April
7	Away	Parramatta Eels	14-26	Parramatta Stadium	17 April
8	Home	South Sydney Rabbitohs	52-6	Olympic Park Stadium	24 April
9	Home	Brisbane Broncos	28-18	Olympic Park Stadium	2 May
10	Home	Penrith Panthers	62-6	Lathlain Park	8 May
11	Home	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	28-6	Olympic Park Stadium	15 May
12	Bye
13	Home	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16-28	Olympic Park Stadium	28 May
14	Away	Canberra Raiders	6-26	Bruce Stadium	4 June
15	Away	Newcastle Knights	26-27	Marathon Stadium	12 June
16	Home	Sydney City Roosters	26-8	Olympic Park Stadium	18 June
17	Away	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	19-18	Brookvale Oval	27 June
18	Home	Parramatta Eels	6-20	Olympic Park Stadium	2 July
19	Away	Canterbury Bulldogs	24-20	Stadium Australia	10 July
20	Home	Canberra Raiders	30-10	Olympic Park Stadium	16 July
21	Away	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26-18	Shark Park	25 July
22	Home	Auckland Warriors	16-14	Olympic Park Stadium	1 August
23	Away	North Queensland Cowboys	30-24	Dairy Farmers Stadium	7 August
24	Home	Western Suburbs Magpies	44-14	Olympic Park Stadium	15 August
25	Away	North Sydney Bears	20-24	North Sydney Oval	22 August
26	Bye

¹ Ground names are listed as they were named in the 1999 NRL season. ^[1]

The home jersey worn by the Melbourne Storm in the 1999 season.

The away jersey worn by the Melbourne Storm in the 1999 season.

Ladder

The following is the 1999 NRL season ladder, as of after the home and away matches. The Storm are bolded.

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Cronulla	24	18	0	6	2	586	332	+254	40
2	Parramatta	24	17	0	7	2	500	294	+206	38
3	Melbourne	24	16	0	8	2	639	392	+247	36
4	Sydney City	24	16	0	8	2	592	377	+215	36
5	Canterbury	24	15	1	8	2	520	462	+58	35
6	St. George Illawarra	24	15	0	9	2	588	416	+172	34
7	Newcastle	24	14	1	9	2	575	484	+91	33
8	Brisbane	24	13	2	9	2	510	368	+142	32
9	Canberra	24	13	1	10	2	618	439	+179	31
10	Penrith	24	11	1	12	2	492	428	+64	27
11	Auckland	24	10	0	14	2	538	498	+40	24
12	South Sydney	24	10	0	14	2	349	556	-207	24
13	Manly	24	9	1	14	2	454	623	-169	23
14	North Sydney	24	8	0	16	2	490	642	-152	20
15	Balmain	24	8	0	16	2	345	636	-291	20
16	North Queensland	24	4	1	19	2	398	588	-190	13
17	Western Suburbs	24	3	0	21	2	285	944	-659	10

Finals series

Qualifying final 4 September 1999	St. George Illawarra Dragons	34 - 10 [2]	Melbourne Storm	Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 15,653 Referee/s: Bill Harrigan
	Tries: Blacklock (3) Ainscough McGregor Wishart Goals: Bartrim 4/4 Mackay 1/2		Tries: Kearney Moule Goals: Geyer 1/3

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Semi final 12 September 1999	Melbourne Storm	24 - 22 [3]	Canterbury Bulldogs	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 20,075 Referee/s: Steve Clark
	Tries: Geyer (2) Bai Ross Goals: Smith 4/5		Tries: El Masri Hughes Sherwin Silva Goals: Halligan 3/4

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Preliminary final 18 September 1999	Melbourne Storm	18 - 16 [4]	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Football Stadium Attendance: 27,555 Referee/s: Bill Harrigan
	Tries: Kimmorley Moule Swain Goals: Smith 3/3		Tries: Kelly Wagon Goals: Schifcofske 4/5

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Grand Final 26 September 1999	Melbourne Storm	20 - 18 [5]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Stadium Australia Attendance: 107,558 Referee/s: Bill Harrigan
	Tries: Martin Roarty Smith Goals: Smith 3/4 Geyer 1/1		Tries: Blacklock Fitzgibbon McGregor Goals: Bartrim 2/3 Fitzgibbon 1/1

References

1. ^ NRL 1999 - Melbourne Storm. Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 July 2009. Archived 2009-07-25.
2. ^ NRL 1999 - Qualifying Final. Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
3. ^ NRL 1999 - Semi Final. Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
4. ^ NRL 1999 - Preliminary Final. Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
5. ^ NRL 1999 - Grand Final. Rugby League Project. Retrieved 19 July 2009.