The season that was for Melbourne Storm on their road to the finals A round 25 reality check at Brookvale will have the Storm fired up. Can they lift the premiership trophy yet again? Cam Smith in action for the Storm. WITH their very own super coach freshly re-signed, the reigning premiers started their season with a trip to England and they returned with another trophy. No time for jet lag though, with the NRL serving them up a difficult schedule to start the season. Five-day turnarounds and two interstate trips in the first four rounds failed to stop the Storm from bolting out of the blocks, as Billy Slater threatened to smash the NRL's try-scoring record. The wins kept coming up until the Storm's now traditional mid-season funk began, but they came out of it flying to push back to the top of premiership betting. With the most experienced finals outfit in the competition, it would take a brave soul to tip against them going all the way. Watch the video at the top of the page as we look back on Melbourne's 2013.