{"product_id":"melbourne-storm-wooden-duck-40cm","title":"Melbourne Storm Wooden Ducks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eMelbourne Storm\u003c\/b\u003e are an Australian \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rugby_league\" title=\"Rugby league\"\u003erugby league\u003c\/a\u003e football club based in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melbourne\" title=\"Melbourne\"\u003eMelbourne\u003c\/a\u003e, Victoria, Australia that participates in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Rugby_League\" title=\"National Rugby League\"\u003eNational Rugby League\u003c\/a\u003e (NRL). The club plays its home games at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AAMI_Park\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"AAMI Park\"\u003eAAMI Park\u003c\/a\u003e, and wears a purple and navy blue jersey with gold and white trim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first fully professional rugby league team in the state, the club was founded in 1997, playing its first season in the newly reunified NRL competition in 1998. They have won four premierships since their inception, in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999_NRL_Grand_Final\" title=\"1999 NRL Grand Final\"\u003e1999\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_NRL_Grand_Final\" title=\"2012 NRL Grand Final\"\u003e2012\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2017_NRL_Grand_Final\" title=\"2017 NRL Grand Final\"\u003e2017\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_NRL_Grand_Final\" title=\"2020 NRL Grand Final\"\u003e2020\u003c\/a\u003e, and have contested several more grand finals. They won the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2007_NRL_Grand_Final\" title=\"2007 NRL Grand Final\"\u003e2007\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2009_NRL_Grand_Final\" title=\"2009 NRL Grand Final\"\u003e2009\u003c\/a\u003e grand finals, but were stripped of those premierships following \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melbourne_Storm_salary_cap_breach\" title=\"Melbourne Storm salary cap breach\"\u003esalary cap breaches\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also competed in the NRL's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Youth_Competition_(rugby_league)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"National Youth Competition (rugby league)\"\u003eUnder-20s competition\u003c\/a\u003e (as Melbourne Thunderbolts) from 2008 until its demise in 2017 and in 2018 entered the Victorian Thunderbolts in the Hastings Deering Colts U20s QLD competition. Since 2019, the club has competed in the U21 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League\" title=\"New South Wales Rugby League\"\u003eNew South Wales Rugby League\u003c\/a\u003e competition, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jersey_Flegg_Cup\" title=\"Jersey Flegg Cup\"\u003eJersey Flegg Cup\u003c\/a\u003e, of which it won for the first time in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2024, the Melbourne Storm rugby league club had over 1 million fans.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Melbourne_Storm#cite_note-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e1\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crystal Hearts And Cosmic Dreams","offers":[{"title":"40cm","offer_id":47920526754037,"sku":"STOR40CM-1","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25cm","offer_id":47920526786805,"sku":"STOR40CM-2","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/8772\/4021\/files\/Storm.jpg?v=1775269866","url":"https:\/\/www.crystalheartsandcosmicdreams.com.au\/de\/products\/melbourne-storm-wooden-duck-40cm","provider":"Crystal Hearts And Cosmic Dreams","version":"1.0","type":"link"}