Craig Bellamy coached Melbourne in their grand final win in 2009 only to be stripped of the title due to breaching the salary cap.Despite speculation he would move to the Warriors or On 16 May 2014 Bellamy reached a milestone, and created a new club record, of having coached the Melbourne Storm for 300 games.On 4 March 2016, Bellamy extended his stay as Melbourne Storm coach to the end of 2018. But Bellamy emphatically denied the reports, saying he had not once reached out to or spoken with the Bulldogs.“I didn’t get a call from anyone,” he said after Melbourne’s 21-14 loss to Penrith.“I haven’t read the story, I don’t want to read the story.“What’s in there isn’t true. He has previously coached the New South Wales State of Origin team. Storm coach Craig Bellamy with two of the men he is relying on to deliver the club back-to-back premierships, star fullback Billy Slater, left, and captain Cameron Smith, right. Storm coach Craig Bellamy has left the door open to an AFL coaching career once his work in rugby league is done, following a similar path to club legend Billy Slater.
Trent Robinson addresses the … Storm coach Craig Bellamy hit out at reports he was approached by the Bulldogs.
Since arriving at Melbourne in 2003, Bellamy has transformed the Storm into an NRL juggernaut. Craig Bellamy, coach of the Melbourne Storm and Cameron Smith talk after a Storm win Melbourne also reached the top four on the NRL ladder for the fourth consecutive year. In 2003 he took over as Melbourne Storm coach and took the club to consecutive semi-final appearances in 2003-05. It seems as though there’s a lot of injuries.”
I thought the last 20 minutes was a bit of an ugly game to be quite honest. There has been speculation that Bellamy would carry on coaching beyond the duration of his deal with the Storm, with the 60-year-old recently linked to jobs with the Bulldogs, something he has distanced himself from.While there has also talk about the future of Bellamy, there has been plenty of speculation about his most-trusted and loyal servant at Melbourne, captain Cameron Smith.The rise of Wests Tigers’ loanee hooker Harry Grant has plunged Smith’s future into doubt given Grant has a clause which would allow him to walk away from Melbourne if the 400-gamer plays on.Smith is out of contract this year with many predicting he could go round again, possibly as a halfback.Bellamy, however, says the end of his current contract in 2021 is likely to be the end of top-level coaching for him.“I know I’ve said it before and I have gone on, but I’ll be 62 by the end of the year. Born in Portland, NSW, Bellamy played 148 first-grade games for the Canberra Raiders from 1982-92 before coaching its President's Cup team to … Craig Bellamy is concerned about the players’ lack of contact. Craig Bellamy (born 3 October 1959), also known by the nickname of "Bellyache", is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Melbourne Storm in the NRL and a former player. However, V’landys personally told Canberra’s Ricky Stuart, Melbourne’s Craig Bellamy and Parramatta’s Brad Arthur that the points from rounds two and one will not be deducted.
NRL: The Roosters' premierships hopes have taken a serious hit with superstar five-eighth Luke Keary taken to hospital after a brutal body shot in Thursday's loss to the Storm. Craig Bellamy is hailed as the NRL's best coach. Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played his early junior football for Portland Colts. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)Craig Bellamy says he likely will stop coaching at the end of 2021. Bellamy also played for The Canberra Raiders signed Bellamy in their début season, After winning the 1990 premiership with the Raiders, Bellamy spent 1991 with Turvey Park in In 2002, when Broncos' head coach Wayne Bennett was on In April, 2008, Bellamy signed a five-year contract extension through to 2013 with Melbourne despite interest from the Bellamy coached Melbourne to their 3rd successive NRL grand final, but could not repeat the feats of the previous year as his side suffered defeat by 2009 marked the fourth consecutive year Melbourne played in the grand final under Bellamy.
He went on to play for Coventry City and Newcastle United in the Premier League, becoming the record signing for the former. Bellamy coached the club’s President’s Cup side to premiership success in 1995 before spending four seasons with the Broncos as performance co-ordinator and assistant coach to Wayne Bennett (1998-2002). Craig Bellamy, coach of the Melbourne Storm and Cameron Smith talk after a Storm win Source: AAP Storm boss Craig Bellamy says that he’s unlikely to coach after his contract expires with the club. “I’m not quite sure what it is.