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  • 2026 Season Preview - Will the Storm reign be maintained?

    2026 Season Preview - Will the Storm reign be maintained?
    Jan 23 2026
    Stormy Daniel is back behind the mic to give a 2026 Season 2026 Preview. Gains and Losses. Storm's burning questions, biggest challenges and your listener questions.

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    57 min
  • 2025 Season Review - This was a tough carry

    2025 Season Review - This was a tough carry
    Jan 22 2026
    A podcast episode that was a long time in the making. Addressing the hurt had to be done. Stormy Daniel reviews Season 2025 and reflects on the heartache of losing what is now back-to-back Grand Finals. Whilst it was somewhat cathartic, the disappointment remains. But as Coach Craig Bellamy says "Grand Finals are hard to make. They're even harder to win" meaning that whilst the team fell short of collecting the ultimate prize, all in all, it was a successful season. Storm fans need to acknowledge that and be proud a Top 2 finish and making yet another Grand Final. You would rather be there, than not.

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    37 min
  • Stormcast Podcast returns for Season 2026: Listener questions and big off season stories

    Stormcast Podcast returns for Season 2026: Listener questions and big off season stories
    Jan 15 2026
    And just like that, Stormy Daniel is back for 2026. Stormcast Podcast returns for its fourth season - and begins by covering off on all the big off-season headlines, news and stories; answering listener questions, specifically around player movement, none bigger than the sudden and untimely departures of Ryan Papenhuyzen and Nelson Asofa-Solomona and Storm's surprising pursuit of wayward Origin and Test star in Zac Lomax.

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    46 min
  • Episode 41: Storm go through to the 'Big Dance', their 12th Grand Final, keen to atone on their 2024 disappointment

    Episode 41: Storm go through to the 'Big Dance', their 12th Grand Final, keen to atone on their 2024 disappointment
    Oct 1 2025
    11th Grand Final in 20 seasons. 12th Grand Final appearance in 28 seasons, since Melbourne's inception into the NRL. Craig Bellamy, the man at the helm of this sustained success, who has made 22 out of 23 finals series since being appointed as Head Coach, will coach the Storm to both his and the club's 11th Grand Final appearance in 23 seasons. That's on average a staggering Grand Final appearance every 2 years. As the man himself often has said and reiterated it post game "Grand Finals are hard to make, they're even harder to win". Nothing is guaranteed. Melbourne will renew hostilities with the NRL Club they were born out of in the Brisbane Broncos. The rivalry started in 1998 and has grown ever since, with inaugural CEO, Football Manager and Captain in John Ribot, Chris Johns and the 'Brick with eyes' in Glenn Lazarus being Broncos alumni, Bellyache being a former assistant coach at Brisbane, to the pair facing off in the 2006 Grand Final and the dominance Storm have had over the Broncos in recent years. But all that accounts for nothing as a Grand Final is opportunity both teams will be not wanting to waste - no more than Melbourne, who are ruing the missed chance of being crowned Premiers last season. Will that be at the back of the players mind as they prepare for Sunday's clash? Will it be the motivation needed when the game is on the line and the players need to dig a little bit deeper, find something extra, knowing it could result in winning a premiership, as opposed to the heartache of losing a Grand Final, a feeling 15 of the 17 who run out for the Storm this Sunday night, know all too well after experiencing the disappointment of falling short last year. We'll all know if it is the motivation come the end of the 80th minute this Sunday night at Accor Stadium.

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    1 h et 21 min
  • Episode 40: BONUS Episode - Preliminary Final Preview with the ET Stand Podcast

    Episode 40: BONUS Episode - Preliminary Final Preview with the ET Stand Podcast
    Sep 25 2025
    Stormy Daniel joins Boldo and Franko from the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 'ET Stand Podcast' to talk through and preview the preliminary finals match between the Melbourne Storm and the Sharks. The boys look at the strengths, weaknesses and where the game could be won for both teams. Stormy Daniel shares his thoughts and opinions on how this Storm team will fair up against a Sharks team who has hit form at the right end of the season and is choc full of momentum and confidence, against a team who has been in this position many times before and will be relying on experience to get them victory.

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    52 min
  • Episode 39: Storm need to find their best football now as the Fonua-Blake led Sharks set their watches to an ambush at AAMI Park

    Episode 39: Storm need to find their best football now as the Fonua-Blake led Sharks set their watches to an ambush at AAMI Park
    Sep 23 2025
    This is it. It all comes down to this. 80 minutes. No more tomorrow's. The time is now. Melbourne head into the preliminary final against a foe, a rival, they know all too well, 2016 Grand Final combatants in the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, who are the form team of the NRL, winning 8 from their last 9 games, including their Week 1 and Week 2 Finals matches. The Sharks do not fear AAMI Park, not do they feat the Storm, having recently tasted success in Melbourne last season. 1 win a piece for both teams in 2025, Friday night's preliminary final will be the third occasion the pair face off, with the reward for the victors a ticket into the 2025 NRL Grand Final. Stormy Daniel previews the highly anticipated clash, giving his thoughts where the dangers and threat lie within this formidable Sharks outfit. What's making Storm news, throwback team list, your listener questions and the all important, TLT - team list Tuesday. Will he or won't he suit up? Referring to none other than the reigning Dally M Medalist, Storm halfback Jahrome Hughes. One thing is for sure. Storm need to find their best football now.

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    1 h
  • Episode 38: Undermanned Storm rediscover desire to qualify for the preliminary final, their 10th in 11 seasons

    Episode 38: Undermanned Storm rediscover desire to qualify for the preliminary final, their 10th in 11 seasons
    Sep 16 2025
    How does one measure success? Premierships right? Yes, but not its not the only metric. The ability to play finals, finish in the Top 4 and qualify for preliminary finals, which effectively positions a club with a chance of making a Grand Final should not be dismissed. If a sporting organisation in any professional code, in either hemisphere was to make finals 22 seasons out of 23, qualify for 10 preliminary finals in 11 years, 18 in total in the entire 27 year history, including 11 Grand Finals, that is the definition of consistency and sustained success. That is the Melbourne Storm and what they have yet again achieved in Season 2025. Storm are 80 minutes away from yet another Grand Final appearance should they be able to overcome their opponents in Week 3, which will either be the Raiders or the Sharks in a fortnight's time. Stormy Daniel reviews the qualifying final win against Canterbury. An undermanned, understrength Storm team managed to overcome a resilient Bulldogs team, who suffered adversity themselves in game, yet did not go away, took the lead twice in what was a ding-dong battle, sealed with an 80 metre intercept by a runaway Will Warbrick. A week off to rest up, reset, refocus and prepare for the preliminary final on Friday Night 26 September at AAMI Park.

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    39 min
  • Episode 37: Injuries, suspension and defensive woes plague Storm's premiership aspirations on the eve of the Finals

    Episode 37: Injuries, suspension and defensive woes plague Storm's premiership aspirations on the eve of the Finals
    Sep 9 2025
    Storm fans must feel like they're watching a car crash in slow motion unfold in front of their very eyes with Melbourne's recent fortnight, where form and performance has looked anything but a team who finished in the Top 2 and whom for 27 weeks have been premiership favourites. Stormy Daniel reviews the pricey loss to the Broncos and what has gone wrong on the eve of the finals, with Melbourne's defence vanishing and injuries to star halfback Jahrome Hughes, fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen (concussion) and lengthy suspension to Melbourne's x-factor who many are now calling a liability in Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Can the season be salvaged by winning week 1 and progressing to a preliminary final? What's making Storm news, throwback team list, your listener questions and TLT - team list Tuesday. Who's in? Who's out for Storm's Week 1 Finals clash against the resurgent Bulldogs, who are the best defensive team in the competition this season.

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    1 h et 8 min