2004 Melbourne Storm season
The 2004 Melbourne Storm season was the 7th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2004 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 6th out of 15 teams. Inconsistency plagued Storm in Craig Bellamy’s second season in charge, but the team won four games in a row during the middle part of the year to move into the top four. They could not maintain their run though, eventually finishing sixth. Once again Storm won its first final, a 31-14 triumph over the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium before bowing out to  the Bulldogs for the second straight season the following week. John Ribot departed the club early in the 2004 season with Frank Stanton stepping in as acting CEO for the next 12 months. Season Summary. Jerseys. Melbourne's jerseys were unchanged from the designs implemented by Canterbury of New Zealand in 2003. The home jersey design was still unchanged from the 2001-02 jersey, but for a white collar replacing the gold. The club's clash colours were again a mostly white design with a purple chevron and gold thunderbolts, worn with navy shorts. Fixtures. Regular season. Source: 2004 squad . "List current as of 20 September 2021" Player movements. Losses Gains Representative honours. This table lists all players who have played a representative match in 2004. Statistics. This table contains playing statistics for all Melbourne Storm players to have played in the 2004 NRL season. Scorers. "Most points in a game: 22 points" "Most tries in a game: 3 " Winning games. "Highest score in a winning game: 66 points " "Lowest score in a winning game: 22 points" "Greatest winning margin: 52 points " "Greatest number of games won consecutively: 4" Losing games. "Highest score in a losing game: 28 points" "Lowest  score in a losing game: 10 points " "Greatest losing margin: 25 points" "Greatest number of games lost consecutively: 2 " Feeder Team. Melbourne Storm reserve players again travelled to Brisbane each week to play with Queensland Cup team Norths Devils. Coached for a second season by Gary Greinke, Norths returned to the finals, finishing second in the regular season behind eventual premiers Burleigh Bears. However, the Devils were bundled out of the finals in straight sets. Melbourne Storm rookie Jeremy Smith won the Devils Player of the Year Award. During the season, Greg Inglis made his first grade debut as a  17-year-old, scoring two tries. Inglis would play six Queensland Cup games for the season, scoring eight tries, also representing Queensland in underage representative games.