MELBOURNE STORM

COACH - Chris Anderson
CAPTAIN - Glenn Lazarus
HOME GROUND - Olympic Park
ATTENDANCE RECORD - 20,522 v Norths - 3/4/98
MAJOR SPONSOR - Honda, CUB, Fila, Ansett, Herald & Weekly Times, Channel 9, Adecco

PLAYER ROSTER - Ben Anderson, Marcus Bai, Russell Bawden, Paul Bell, Tristan Brady-Smith, Wayne Evans, Daniel Frame, Matt Geyer, Scott Hill, Rodney Howe, Robbie Kearns, Steve Kearney, Brett Kimmorley, Aseri Laing, Glenn Lazarus, Paul Marquet, Tony Martin, Aaron Moule, Tawera Nikau, Ben Roarty, Robbie Ross, Paul Rauhihi, Matt Rua, Craig Smith, Richard Swain, Danny Williams
CENTREBET BETTING - To win, $15.00; Top 8, $1.55; Wooden Spoon, $67.00
MICK'S PICK - 7th LAST YEAR - 3rd
MICK'S COMMENTS - The 2nd year for the surprise packets of '98 will be a growing year. The expectations of fans will be to take the extra step towards a Grand Final, but I don't think they'll have to worry about that. The excitement and glamour of their first year will wash down to a hard and grinding season for the Storm with falling crowds and results. They will scrape it into the finals, but expect an early departure to the hands of Brisbane or Newcastle.

 

1999 DRAW
Regular season All times EST
1 Sun 5-6-7/3 Penrith Won 32-10
2 Sun 12-13-14/3 at Balmain Lost 6-16
3 Sun 19-20-21/3 at Brisbane Won 48-6
4 Sun 26-27-28/3 Canterbury Won 26-17
5 Sun 2-3-4-5/4 Cronulla Lost 16-20
6 Sun 9-10-11/4 at Auckland Won 38-10
7 Sun 16-17-18/4 at Parramatta Lost 14-26
8 Sun 24-25/4 South Sydney Won 52-6
9 Sun 30/4 1-2/5 Brisbane Won 28-18
10 Sun 7-8-9/5 at Western Suburbs Won 62-6
11 Sun 14-15-16/5 Manly Won 28-6
12 Sun 21-22-23/5 Bye  
13 Sun 28-29-30/5 St.George-Illawarra Lost 16-28
14 Sun 4-5-6/6 at Canberra Lost 6-26
15 Sun 11-12-13/6 at Newcastle Lost 27-26
16 Sun 18-19-20/6 Sydney City Won 26-8
17 Sun 25-26-27/6 at Manly Won 19-18
18 Sun 2-3-4/7 Parramatta Lost 6-20
19 Sun 9-10-11/7 at Canterbury Won 24-20
20 Sun 16-17-18/7 Canberra Won 30-10
21 Sun 23-24-25/7 at Cronulla Won 26-18
22 Sun 30-31/7 1/8 Auckland Won 16-14
23 Sun 6-7-8/8 at North Queensland Won 30-24
24 Sun 13-14-15/8 Western Suburbs Won 44-14
25 Sun 20-21-22/8 at North Sydney Lost 20-24
26 Sun 27-28-29/8 Bye
F1 Sat 4/9/99 St.George-Illawarra Lost 10-34
F2 Sunt 12/9/99 Canterbury Won 24-22
THE TOP SQUAD

1. Robbie Ross
2. Aseri Laing
5. Marcus Bai
3. Tony Martin
4. Paul Bell
6. Scott Hill
7. Brett Kimmorley
13. Tawera Nikau
11. Steve Kearney
12. Robbie Kearns
8. Glenn Lazarus
10. Rodney Howe
9. Richard Swain
         

INTERCHANGE : Danny Williams, Matt Geyer, Craig Smith, Aaron Moule, Russell Bawden, Paul Marquet, Ben Roarty, Paul Rauhihi