2018 Melbourne Storm season
| 2018 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 2nd | |||
| Play-off result | Grand Finalist | |||
| 2018 record | Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8 | |||
| Points scored | For: 536; against: 363 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Dave Donaghy | |||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
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| Stadium | AAMI Park - 30,050 Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (1 Game) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 17,474 | |||
| High attendance | 31,118 (Round 10, vs. Gold Coast Titans) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Josh Addo-Carr (17) | |||
| Goals | Cameron Smith (88) | |||
| Points | Cameron Smith (165) | |||
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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.