On 22 April 2010, the Melbourne Storm were stripped of their titles of 2007 and 2009 premierships and their 2006, 2007 and 2008 minor premierships following an alleged insider tip-off to the NRL auditing body that the club had not been complying with the NRL salary cap.

Why did Storm lose premierships?

The club play their home games at AAMI Park. The Storm have won four premierships since their inception, in 1999, 2012, 2017 and 2020, and have contested several more grand finals, but were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships following salary cap breaches.

Why did Storm get stripped?

Adding to the pain caused by the discovery of substantial salary cap breaches, the club was fined $1.6 million, stripped of the eight competition points it had won in 2010 and told it couldn’t play for any more points that season.

When was the NRL salary cap introduced?

1998
aspx 9 The NRL introduced a salary cap with its inception in 1998. The NSWRL introduced a salary cap in 1990.

Did Storm pay the ref?

The Storm initially accepted this decision without question but later appealed the loss of their two premierships and premiership points for the 2010 season. The court action was later dropped with the Storm paying the NRL’s legal costs.

Why was Melbourne Storm stripped?

The National Rugby League has today stripped the Melbourne Storm of the 2007 and 2009 Telstra Premierships, the Minor Premierships of 2006-8 and of its 2010 competition points after confirming a series of salary cap breaches amounting to at least $1.7million over five years.

Who is the CEO of Melbourne Storm?

Justin Rodski (Feb 15, 2021–)
Melbourne Storm/CEO
Justin Rodski was appointed CEO of Melbourne Storm in February 2021. Justin joined Storm after spending ten years with Victorian AFL club, Essendon FC, where he was most recently Chief Commercial and Customer Officer.

Who hasn’t won a NRL premiership?

There are 2 clubs currently playing in the National Rugby League that are yet to win a premiership; New Zealand Warriors and Gold Coast Titans.

How much did Melbourne Storm pay outside the salary cap?

“This morning the Storm representatives have come in and confessed to a well-organised system of paying players outside the cap. On what we know this amounted to $1.7 million in the last five years, including approximately $700,000 in 2010.

Why was the Melbourne Storm stripped of their premierships?

The Melbourne Storm have been stripped of two premierships, three minor premierships and fined a total of $1.6 million for massive breaches of the NRL’s salary cap rules. They have also been stripped of all competition points accumulated this season and will not be playing for points for the remainder of the campaign.

Who was fined by NRL for salary cap breach?

NRL chief David Gallop has just announced the extraordinary penalty, after it was uncovered that the club paid $1.7 million to its players outside the cap in the past five years. Storm and former chief executive Brian Waldron, the architect of the salary cap breach, accordiing to John Hartigan.

How did the Melbourne Storm do in 2010?

Despite having to play out the remainder of season for no points, Melbourne remained competitive in 2010, and continued to win games, finishing with a record of 14 wins (ten of which came after the salary cap breach was revealed) and 10 losses. Had they been allowed to play for points, they would have finished equal 5th.