Melbourne Storm will still an NRL force in 2014, says tough forward Ryan Hinchcliffe Ryan Hinchcliffe trains yesterday. FORWARD Ryan Hinchcliffe says talk of the demise of Melbourne Storm has been greatly exaggerated. After winning the 2012 premiership, Storm were sent crashing out of last year's NRL finals series in straight sets. It led some to declare Storm's glory days were over. But Hinchcliffe won't hear of it, saying last year's disappointment would fuel the fire over the pre-season, which got underway this week. Kenneath Bromwich trains yesterday. "While we were disappointed with the way last year finished, for us now it is about working on those little inconsistencies that probably let us down towards the back end," he said. The last six or eight weeks of the competition were not what they needed to be. There were definitely some inconsistencies in our game and we've had a little bit of a look at that. The focus doing this pre-season is making sure everything we do is consistent. Hinchcliffe said he had no doubt Storm would be a major player again next season. "We always back our ability," he said. It is a tough competition but at the moment for us we're not thinking too far ahead. It's about getting out on the training paddock every day and training as hard as we can. If our attention to detail is there, that will hold us in good stead for the start of the season. Ben Hampton of the Storm. Melbourne has four players taking part in tomorrow morning's Rugby League World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand. Skipper Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater will take the field for Australia. Prop Jesse Bromwich is the sole New Zealand representative from Storm.