The NRL is a competition of equals EQUALISATION is the buzz word in football codes around the country as administrators try to share the spoils more frequently. The salary cap works to ensure no team can load up on superstars, and the fixture is supposed to make things equal for all, although it often presents obstacles for some teams and not others. But sometimes you get a mob that bucks the system and wins regardless, a team such as Melbourne Storm. Tomorrow night against the Wests Tigers, coach Craig Bellamy's men are seeking a club record 13th straight NRL win. Storm hasn't lost since Round 21 last season, 255 days ago. It seems a remarkable feat but at Melbourne it's almost par for the course. Since Bellamy took over at the start of 2003, Storm has gone on a winning run of nine games six times. Three times those winning streaks have reached double-figures, and there has been a streak in each of the past two seasons, post the salary cap scandal that threatened the club's existence. Five clubs -- North Queensland, Gold Coast, Penrith, the Warriors and Wests Tigers -- have never won nine games in a row. Melbourne's capacity to put winning runs together is tested by having to board a plane every time it plays an away game. There are no games just up the road. NRL premiers Melbourne Storm are are seeking a club record 13th straight NRL win. Every other week players shift to travel mode and the routine of a pre-departure barbecue, bus to the airport, plane ride, bus to the hotel, a quick recovery and then settling in to a strange room. Locations have been scouted in every city for the game-day cricket match, a staple of Storm's pre-match routine. It's worked too. In 2011, seven of Melbourne's 12 wins in a row were away from home. News of the potential record 13th win did reach Storm coach Craig Bellamy last week and he knows it's significant. But he said it can't be achieved unless his players begin a whole new streak of wins against Wests Tigers at home on Monday night. The visitors have only won once in Melbourne in 10 visits. And it was last year. They got us," Bellamy said. (The streak) won't be a major focus for us, but a lot of these guys would be proud of being part of that. It's the furthest thing from our mind at the moment though. Performance comes first.