Melbourne Storm stripped of premierships

Haha, the players took salary cuts to stay together. I envision a similar sort of thing occuring at the Storm. Though we did lose players, just not the best ones. Anyway, it means that the Dogs should have no problem luring Tolman away from the Storm, and Hannat can move to Queensland.

I actually think your club is much worse Dogs. The only names Storm signed were Finch and Newton both unwanted at the time. The rest of their team were their own kids they developed pretty much and they lost Dallas Johnson and Folau. Bulldogs used that "extra" cap room to steal Bobcat and Ogre..... you should have been forced to give Andrew Ryan back to us with his salary counting towards your cap :P

Give me a break. My club had the same thing happen. I know exactly how you feel. I had attended every game that season. Give it two weeks for the facts to come out and for this event to find it's place in your mind. As for me, I blamed the administrators, who are the ones who cheated the fans and lead to a full cleanout of the club, which made it heaps stronger. It also provided the club with it's finest hour, the last game of the season the fans rushed the field and carried the players off. One of the best days of sport I have ever been to. It showed the players that we as fans believed in them, and didn't blame them for what happened. Still didn't stop plenty of them leaving anyhow.

Except that News have called in the Police and Forensic accountants.........this will go beyond The Storm from here.

I bet you chuckle when you heard about the Storms.

Are you for real? The joys that is now amount into nothing and waste of my money and time. I wish some rugby league fans on here would pull their head out of their ass and look at the big picture here. It wasn't your money and time thats down the toilet now. Stop acting like your here to save me and rugby league pretending to be a psychology. My decision is final and theres nothing you can do about it.

Nobody said its going to die Realist. Im having so so much fun watching league fans making excuses and blaming rugby and AFL for this scandal and cheating.

Waldron is a fuc*** turd.

The game in Melbourne is almost finish after this.

Just watched AFL footy show (first time ever) and they said 3 ex St Kilda head honchos were at the centre of The Storm rorts. St Kilda were doing pretty well prior to these blokes heading to The Storm and the AFL might take a look. They will find nothing of course. The AFL doesn't look that hard. Perhaps rorting is an accepted part of the AFL, but not Rugby League and Waldron has just found that out for himself. Well done NRL for exposing these Melbourne grubs.

Dave, The Storm's development has suffered a huge blow, but rugby league in Victoria is far from being dead and buried. David Gallop's swift ruling on the matter might convert a few Victorians over to rugby league: it was a brave, unprecedented move that no other sports boss would have done. They may not support the Storm, but they might go on to watch the sport on Fox Sports and/or support one of the other 15 NRL clubs.

The Storm's success has been tainted by their refusal to play by the rules, but it hasn't robbed you of the joy it provided you between 2005 and 2010. Do you know how many long-suffering fans from underperforming clubs would like to experience that sort of joy? A long-standing fan will support their team through thick and thin. You've supported your team while they reigned supreme. Now you're bailing out on them because they've been ousted from their position. That makes you a fairweather fan.

frier is the president of RUPA (rugby union players association), weeks won rookie of the year last year, cipriani is the "next johnny wilkinson" and Delve is the previous Welsh number 8

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/rebels-act-swiftly-in-asking-waldron-to-clear-his-desk-20100422-tg62.html waldron gone

You got that right NRL Queensland. The Rebels have had the best start thanks to the Melbourne Storms.

Your obviously more of a "bandwagon" fan by the sounds of it. Though with no salary cap in Union, you won't have to worry too much about this sort of thing happening.

Im a Storms fan and I really feel let down by the club. Im going to support the Rebels next and every year. Take them away from Melbourne and put them in Central Coast. I wasted five years of my life following them and now this.

I consider myself a bit of a sports fan, i have only heard of Mortlock.

Add $3.3M to the losses reported - $1.7M salary cap breaches and $1.6M in fines. News Limited fire sale?

As you would. I am sure you chuckle yourself at every post you write. Though I do most times as well.