2020 Melbourne Storm season
| 2020 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 2nd | |||
| Play-off result | Premiers | |||
| 2020 record | Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 4 | |||
| Points scored | For: 534; against: 276 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Dave Donaghy | |||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
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| Stadium | AAMI Park - 30,050 (2 games) Netstrata Jubilee Stadium - 20,500 (1 game) Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (3 games) Sunshine Coast Stadium - 12, 000 (6 games) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Josh Addo-Carr (16) | |||
| Goals | Cameron Smith (70) | |||
| Points | Cameron Smith (184) | |||
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The 2020 Melbourne Storm season was the 23rd in the club's history and they competed in the 2020 NRL season. The team was coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching the club for his 18th consecutive season. Melbourne Storm were also captained by Cameron Smith, who had been the sole captain for the team since 2008—making this his 13th consecutive season. The season was suspended indefinitely on 23 March due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; however, on 28 April the NRL announced it would recommence on 28 May as a 20 Round competition with a revised fixture.
After the recommencement of the season, Melbourne Storm initially played home games at AAMI Park as usual; however, an escalation in coronavirus cases and a subsequent second lock-down in the state of Victoria forced the Storm to relocate in late June, firstly, to New South Wales and then to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. This has meant that the Storm have had to play home games at multiple venues interstate throughout the 2020 season including Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Sydney, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Stadium on the Sunshine Coast.
The club had a successful season on the field and after twenty rounds, finishing the regular season in second spot and earning a "home" qualifying final against the Parramatta Eels which was played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The Storm won this final, progressing through to a week three preliminary final at the same venue, where they played and defeated the Canberra Raiders for a spot in the 2020 NRL Grand Final. The Storm defeated the Penrith Panthers in the 2020 NRL Grand Final to finish the season as Premiers.