2007 Melbourne Storm season
| 2007 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| NRL | 1st | |||
| Play-off result | Grand Final Winners | |||
| 2007 record | Wins: 21; Draws: 0; Losses: 3 | |||
| Points scored | For: 627; Against: 277 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Brian Waldron | |||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
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| Stadium | Olympic Park Stadium | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Israel Folau (21) | |||
| Goals | Cameron Smith (88) | |||
| Points | Cameron Smith (192) | |||
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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.
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 an 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
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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| 1 |  Melbourne |
24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 627 | 277 | +350 | 44 |
| 2 |  Manly-Warringah |
24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 597 | 377 | +220 | 38 |
| 3 | File:North Queensland colours.svg 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 | File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg 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 | ||||||||||
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| Player | Previous Club | Years Signed | Until the End of | |||||||
Losses
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| 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 |
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Awards and honours
- Player of the year: Cameron Smith[1]
- Rookie of the year: Israel Folau
- Clive Churchill Medal: Greg Inglis
References
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