Rugby league team season
The 2018 Melbourne Storm season was the 21st in the club's history. They competed in the 2018 NRL season and did so as the reigning Premiers and Minor Premiers. The team was coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 16th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm was also captained by Cameron Smith, who has been the sole captain for the team since 2008 — making it his 11th consecutive season.
In 2018, the club celebrated its 20th anniversary, which was launched on 30 October 2017 with the announcement that a new logo would feature for the duration of the 20 year celebrations including on a newly designed jersey.
At the conclusion of the 2018 NRL regular season, the Storm finished on 34 competition points (equal to the Sydney Roosters in first place), the Storm ultimately finished second due to having a slightly inferior points difference (by 8 points) and therefore missed winning the Minor Premiership, the second-placed finish, however, ensured a home final in Week 1 of the finals series. The Storm won both their Qualifying final and Preliminary finals qualifying them for their third straight Grand Final however they were ultimately beaten in the decider and therefore finished the season runners up.
Fixtures.
Pre-season.
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Regular season.
Matches.
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2018 Squad.
List current as of 23 March 2018
Player movements.
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Representative honours.
The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2018. 
Squad statistics.
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Statistics current as of the end of the 2018 NRL regular season (this table does not include finals matches)
Scorers
"Most Points in a Game: 18 points "
"Most tries in a Game: 3 "
Winning Games
"Highest score in a winning game: 52 points"
"Lowest score in a winning game: 7 points"
"Greatest winning margin: 40 points"
"Greatest number of Games won consecutively: 8"
Losing Games
"Highest score in a losing game: 20 points"
"Lowest score in a losing game: 4 points"
"Greatest losing margin: 20 points"
"Greatest number of Games lost consecutively: 2"
Jerseys.
Home
On 1 November 2017 the Storm revealed their new 2018 Home jersey which is once again produced by ISC. The new jersey is a tribute to the original jersey worn by Storm during its inaugural 1998 season. It has been produced to celebrate and acknowledge the history of the club as it celebrates its 20th anniversary throughout 2018. The signature ‘V’ representing Victoria returns although is more of a traditional V rather than the style used on the original jersey and it is showcased by the heritage colours of purple and white, while the iconic purple also features around the edging of the sleeves. The popular yellow returns with trimming around the neck a throwback to the late 90s when i featured as part of the collar. Purple lightning bolts also sit on either side of the jersey. Navy has been made the primary colour to commemorate the original Storm jerseys worn during the Club's formative years.
On the front of the Jersey is the new Storm logo that was revealed on Monday as part of a launch of the 20-year celebrations. This logo is a temporary logo for the duration of the 20 year celebrations.
Away
On 3 November 2017 the club revealed the new 20th Anniversary away jersey The away jersey is another tribute to the past with the club's iconic lightning bolts watermarked on the front of the jersey. The heritage colour of navy also features on the all white jersey, with horizontal stripes running across the bolts. Purple appears around the edging of the sleeves, identical to the home jersey. The away jersey was worn on nine occasions in 2018 (Rounds 7, 12, 15-16, 18-19, 21, 24, and the 2018 NRL Grand Final). A variation of the away jersey was worn in Round 19 due to restrictions on gambling advertising in New Zealand.
Special
On 24 January 2018 the club released a special jersey that was worn in the 2018 World Club Challenge. The jersey was the same design worn in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines competition, with the new logos featuring on the front.
During the season Melbourne Melbourne Storm wore the following additional alternate jerseys:
Awards.
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