2016 Melbourne Storm season

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2016 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank1st (Minor Premier)
Play-off resultRunner-up
2016 recordWins: 19; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 563; against: 302
Team information
CEODave Donaghy
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumAAMI Park – 30,050
Suncorp Stadium - 52,500 (1 Game)
Top scorers
TriesSuliasi Vunivalu (23)
GoalsCameron Smith (87)
PointsCameron Smith (184)
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The 2016 Melbourne Storm season was the 19th in the club's history, they competed in the 2016 NRL season and were coached by Craig Bellamy, coaching for his 14th consecutive season during which he coached his 350th Game. Melbourne Storm were also captained in 2016 by Cameron Smith, who was the sole captain for the team since 2008 making this his 9th consecutive season. In the pre-season the Storm competed in the 2016 Auckland Nines tournament, reaching the semi-finals.

Storm kicked off the season with three straight wins despite playing below their best. Marika Koroibete scored a double in a season-opening win against the Dragons while Will Chambers did the same the following week in a 34-16 triumph over the Gold Coast. Two losses soon followed against the Sharks and Bulldogs before a Round 7 golden point-win over Wests Tigers saw Melbourne hit their straps. Cooper Cronk's 85th minute field goal in that game kick-started a stellar run for Storm that saw them win 13 of their next 14 games to move into top spot on the NRL ladder. Cronk went on to play his 300th NRL game in a Preliminary final later in the season – becoming just the 25th player to reach that mark. The team managed to do that whilst also experiencing one of the longest injury lists the Club has seen. With their outside back stocks all but depleted, Cheyse Blair, rookie Suliasi Vunivalu and mid-season signing Ryan Morgan were all handed Storm debuts.[1]

For the first time in the Club's history, Storm kept their opponents scoreless in consecutive weeks, first on ANZAC Day against the Warriors (42-0) then the Titans a week later (38-0). Round 10 saw the Melbourne take part in the first ever NRL Double Header in front of 52,347 fans at Suncorp Stadium – the largest non-finals crowd of the season. That night Cameron Smith helped Storm to a thrilling one-point win over the Cowboys with a field goal in the 71st minute. Melbourne then went through the Origin period with a 5-1 record, its best performance during that part of a season in six years. Big away wins over the Roosters and Broncos by 46 and 42 points respectively were the highlights. Vunivalu scored three tries that night against Brisbane to make it 16 tries from his opening 10 games. The 20-year-old ultimately finished with 23 for the season to finish the year as the NRL's leading try scorer and break Storm's try-scoring record. The final game of the season saw the men in purple clinch the Club's first Minor Premiership since 2011 with a 26-6 win over Cronulla. They backed up their efforts in Week One of the finals, defeating reigning premiers North Queensland 16-10. After earning a week off, Craig Bellamy's side booked their place in a sixth Grand Final in 11 years, narrowly defeating the Canberra Raiders 14-12. That game also broke a new record for Storm as it was the first time in history the Club recorded four consecutive home crowds of 20,000-plus.[1]

Storm then gave their absolute all against the Sharks in the Grand Final and took the lead with 15 minutes to play. However, they were ultimately pipped for the top prize, going down 14-12.[1]

Season summary[edit]

  • Pre-season- New recruits took part in Melbourne Storm IDQ camp for pre season training before New Years. Dale Finucane was awarded the IDQ Iron bar.[2]
  • Auckland Nines – The club commenced their 2016 season competing in the annual Auckland Nines competition on 6–7 February 2016. For the first time they made it past the pool stage, winning their first two games.[3] They also won their quarter final before losing the semi-final to eventual winner Parramatta Eels.[4] Blake Green captained a youthful squad with an average age of just 22, with assistant coach Adam O'Brien handling coaching responsibilities.[3]
  • 4 March - Craig Bellamy announces that he has signed a 2-year contract extension with the club meaning his coaching tenure will continue until the end of the 2018 season.[5]
  • Round 1 - The Storm won their 12th consecutive first round encounter, with Marika Koroibete scoring two tries playing in his 50th NRL game.[6] Billy Slater re-injures his shoulder ruling him out for the rest of the season.[7]
  • Round 2 - Storm have a commanding victory over the Titans with Curtis Scott making his NRL debut.[8]
  • Round 3 - Storm remain the only unbeaten side in the NRL after a win over Warriors in New Zealand.[9]
  • Round 5 - Storm score their 300th win in the NRL coming from behind to defeat the Newcastle Knights.[10]
  • Round 6 - Fijian Suliasi Vunivalu became the 171st player to debut for the Storm and in his debut game scored two tries including one in the first minute of the match.[11][12]
  • Round 9 - The Storm demolish the Gold Coast Titans 38-0 in a very one-sided game, this was the second consecutive week that the Storm have kept a side scoreless. This game marked Craig Bellamy's 350th NRL Game as coach, and also Cheyse Blair's debut for the Storm. In addition the game was notable for the fact that in only his third game, Suliasi Vunivalu scored two tries for the third consecutive week.[13][14]
  • Round 10 - The Storm defeat reigning premier's North Queensland Cowboys 15-14 in their "home" game at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium. Cameron Smith kicked only the second field goal of his career to break the deadlock.[15]
  • 19 May - Winger Marika Koroibete announces that he will leave the Storm at the end of the season and switch to Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels.[16]
  • Round 11 - Ryan Morgan makes his debut for the Storm against his old club the Parramatta Eels after being granted an immediate release from the Eels following their salary cap scandal.[17]
  • Round 14 - The Storm demolish the Sydney Roosters away in a record breaking win. Records that fell in this game were:
    • It was the Storm's biggest win against the Roosters,
    • The first time the Roosters were kept tryless against the Storm
    • Roosters worst defeat against any side at Allianz Stadium.
    • First time three tries has been scored by a Storm player this season
    • Most points scored by a Storm player in a game this season[18]
  • Round 15 - Brodie Croft makes his playing debut and Suliasi Vunivalu becomes the NRL leading try scorer - to date, scoring 2 tries in the Storm's loss to St George Illawarra.[19]
  • Round 17 - Melbourne Storm complete a record breaking win over the Brisbane Broncos defeating them 48-6 in what was their 10th win in 11 matches at Suncorp Stadium.[20] Records that fell were:
    • Largest ever win over Broncos.
    • Brisbane's biggest ever defeat at Suncorp Stadium against any side.
    • Melbourne's highest score thus far this season.
    • Cameron Smith scoring 8 goals from 8 attempts scored the most points in a game thus far this season.
  • Round 19 - Matt White made his playing debut, in the Melbourne Storm's narrow win over Newcastle.[21]
  • Round 20 - Jesse Bromwich played his 150th Game against the Storms win over the Sydney Roosters.
  • Round 21 - Marika Koroibete plays his 50th Game.
  • 5 August - Cooper Cronk signs a new two-year contract extension that will almost certainly see him finish his career with the Storm.[22]
  • Round 22 - The Storm defeat the South Sydney Rabbitohs 15-14 with a field Goal in Golden point extra time, moving to first place on the NRL table. The win came after scoring a penalty goal in the 80th minute to level the scores.[23]
  • Round 24 - Suliasi Vunivalu scores 4 tries in the Storms big win over Manly and in doing so registered the following records:[24]
    • equaled the club record for most tries scored in a game
    • equaled the club record for most tries scored in a season
    • equaled the NRL record for most tries scored in a rookie season
  • Round 26 - The Storm defeat the Cronulla Sharks in front of a sold-out crowd of 24,135 spectators to claim the minor Premiership. Suliasi Vunivalu also scored his 22nd try for the season claiming the outright record for most tries scored in a season for a Melbourne Storm player. Tohu Harris also played his 100th Game.[25]
  • Finals Week 1 - The Storm defeat the North Queensland Cowboys to earn a weeks break and a home Preliminary Final in Week 3.[26]
  • Finals Week 3 - Cooper Cronk played his 300th Game in the home Preliminary final win against Canberra. The win earned the Storm a place in the 2016 NRL Grand Final. The crowd of 28,161 was also the Storms highest home crowd of the season and also their fifth highest ever home attendance.
  • Finals Week 4 - The 2016 NRL Grand Final was and closely fought game and after the Cronulla Sharks won the first half and led 8-0 at half time, the Storm came back to hit the front in the second half 12 - 8 before the sharks scored the match winning try and winning the game 14 - 12. The final went right down to the final minutes with the Storm falling only metres short of scoring a try in the final few seconds. The Grand Final also marked Melbourne Storm's 500th NRL Game.[27]

Milestone games[edit]

Round Player Milestone
Round 1 Marika Koroibete 50th NRL game
Round 2 Curtis Scott NRL debut
Round 6 Suliasi Vunivalu NRL debut
Round 11 Ryan Morgan Storm debut
Round 15 Brodie Croft NRL debut
Round 19 Matthew White Storm debut
Round 20 Jesse Bromwich 150th game
Round 21 Marika Koroibete 50th Storm game
Finals Week 3 Cooper Cronk 300th Game

Fixtures[edit]

Pre-Season[edit]

Source:[28]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Source
6 February Auckland Nines Pool Games Parramatta Eels Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Win 14 4 [29]
6 February South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 18 12 [29]
7 February Sydney Roosters Loss 7 26 [29]
7 February Auckland Nines Quarter-final North Queensland Cowboys Win 14 6 [29]
7 February Auckland Nines Semi-final Parramatta Eels Loss 8 17 [29]
13 February Trial Wests Tigers Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Loss 16 18 [30]
20 February Trial Canterbury Bulldogs Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore Loss 0 20 [31]

Regular season[edit]

Source:[32]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
7 March 1 St George-Illawarra Dragons AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 18 16 Koroibete (2), K Bromwich Smith 3/5 [6]
13 March 2 Gold Coast Titans AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 34 16 Chambers (2), Finucane, Green, Munster, Tonumaipea Smith 5/6 [8]
20 March 3 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win 21 14 K Bromwich, Munster, Koroibete Smith 4/4 Cronk 1/1 [33]
28 March 4 Cronulla Sharks Shark Park, Cronulla Loss 6 14 Kaufusi Smith 1/1 [34]
2 April 5 Newcastle Knights AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 18 14 Cronk (2), Kennar Smith 3/4 [35]
11 April 6 Canterbury Bulldogs AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 12 18 Harris, Tonumaipea Smith 2/3 [36]
17 April 7 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval, Balmain Win (GP) 19 18 Vunivalu (2), Cronk, Koroibete Smith 1/5 Cronk 1/2, Smith 0/1 [37]
25 April 8 New Zealand Warriors AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 42 0 Vunivalu (2), Harris, Glasby, J Bromwich, Koroibete, Munster, Cronk Smith 5/8 [38]
1 May 9 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Win 38 0 Vunivalu (2), Cronk (2), Blair, Harris, Green Smith 5/8 [13]
14 May 10 North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 15 14 Harris, Proctor Smith 3/3 Smith 1/1 [15]
23 May 11 Parramatta Eels Pirtek Stadium, Parramatta Win 18 6 Vunivalu (2), Koroibete, Blair Smith 1/4 [39]
28 May 12 Bye
4 June 13 Penrith Panthers AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 24 6 J Bromwich, Proctor, Morgan, Cronk Smith 4/5 [40]
11 June 14 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney Win 46 0 Vunivalu (3), Cronk (2), Proctor, Blair, Munster Smith 7/8 [41]
18 June 15 St George-Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong Loss 10 20 Vunivalu (2) Harris 1/3 [42]
26 June 16 Wests Tigers AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 29 20 Kaufusi (2), Harris, Koroibete Smith 6/6 Cronk 1/2 [43]
1 July 17 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Win 48 6 Vunivalu (3), Blair (2), Proctor, Morgan, Koroibete Smith 8/8 [20]
9 July 18 Bye
17 July 19 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle Win 20 16 Koroibete (2), Vunivalu, Harris Smith 2/4 [44]
23 July 20 Sydney Roosters AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 26 10 Finucane, Proctor, Cronk, Harris Smith 5/5 [45]
30 July 21 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Win 16 8 Proctor, Koroibete, Glasby Smith 2/3 [46]
6 August 22 South Sydney Rabbitohs AAMI Park, Melbourne Win (GP) 15 14 Koroibete, Blair Smith 3/4 Smith 1/1, Cronk 0/1 [23]
15 August 23 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra Loss 8 22 Cronk Smith 2/2 [47]
20 August 24 Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Manly Win 38 18 Vunivalu (4), K Bromwich, Smith, Kaufusi Smith 4/6, Harris 1/1 [24]
26 August 25 Brisbane Broncos AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss 16 26 Harris, Hampton, Smith Smith 2/3 [48]
3 September 26 Cronulla Sharks AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 26 6 Blair (2), Vunivalu, J Bromwich Smith 5/6 [25]

Finals[edit]

Date Round Opponent Venue Result Mel. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
10 September Week 1 - Qualifying Final North Queensland Cowboys AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 16 10 Vunivalu, J Bromwich Smith 4/5 [26]
24 September Week 3 - Preliminary Final Canberra Raiders AAMI Park, Melbourne Win 14 12 Cronk, Blair Smith 3/4 [49]
2 October Week 4 - Grand Final Cronulla Sharks ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss 12 14 J Bromwich, Chambers Smith 2/2 [27]

Ladder[edit]

2016 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 563 302 +261 42
2 Canberra Raiders 24 17 1 6 2 688 456 +232 39
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) 24 17 1 6 2 580 404 +176 39
4 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 2 584 355 +229 34
5 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 2 554 434 +120 34
6 Penrith Panthers 24 14 0 10 2 563 463 +100 32
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 506 448 +58 32
8 Gold Coast Titans 24 11 1 12 2 508 497 +11 27
9 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 2 499 607 −108 26
10 New Zealand Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 513 601 −88 24
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 0 14 2 341 538 −197 24
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 473 549 −76 22
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 8 0 16 2 454 563 −109 20
14 Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 2 298 324 −26 181
15 Sydney Roosters 24 6 0 18 2 443 576 −133 16
16 Newcastle Knights 24 1 1 22 2 305 800 −495 7

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

2016 Coaching Staff[edit]

  • Head coach: Craig Bellamy (rugby league)
  • Assistant coaches: Adam O’Brien & Jason Ryles
  • Development coaches: Marc Brentnall & Aaron Bellamy
  • Specialist coaches: Nick Maxwell (leadership) & Craig McRae (skills)
  • Director of Performance: Dean Benton
  • Performance coaches: Adam Basil (conditioning), Daniel Di Pasqua (strength) & Tim Rogers (rehabilitation)
  • Training & Logistics Manager: Matthew Barradeen
  • Football Director: Frank Ponissi
  • Head physiotherapist: Meirion Jones
  • Physiotherapist: Andrew Nawrocki
  • Club Doctor: Jason Chan

Academy & Affiliate

  • Storm Academy: Matt Adamson
  • Under 20s Coach: Eric Smith
  • Sunshine Coast Falcons Coach: Craig Ingebrigsten
  • Easts Tigers Coach: Scott Sipple

Reference: [50]

2016 Squad[edit]

As of 20 July 2016

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm players
Cap Nat. Player name Position First Storm Game Previous First Grade RL club (a)
55 Australia Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Australia Melbourne Storm
58 Australia Billy Slater FB 2003 Australia Melbourne Storm
73 Australia Cooper Cronk HB 2004 Australia Melbourne Storm
97 Australia Will Chambers CE 2007 Australia Queensland Reds
105 New Zealand Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Australia Melbourne Storm
119 New Zealand Jesse Bromwich PR 2010 Australia Melbourne Storm
144 New Zealand Tohu Harris SR,LK,FE 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
147 New Zealand Slade Griffen HK,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
149 New Zealand Kenny Bromwich PR,SR,LK 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
150 Australia Jordan McLean PR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
152 Australia Ben Hampton FE,HB,FB 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
153 Australia Tim Glasby PR,SR 2013 Australia Melbourne Storm
154 Samoa Young Tonumaipea WG,FB 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
160 Australia Cameron Munster FE,FB,HB,HK 2014 Australia Melbourne Storm
161 Fiji Marika Koroibete WG 2014 Australia Wests Tigers
162 Australia Blake Green FE,HB 2015 England Wigan Warriors
163 Australia Dale Finucane PR,SR,LK 2015 Australia Canterbury Bulldogs
164 New Zealand Felise Kaufusi PR 2015 Australia North Queensland Cowboys
166 New Zealand Nelson Asofa-Solomona SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
167 Australia Christian Welch SR, PR 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
168 Samoa Richard Kennar WG 2015 Australia Melbourne Storm
170 Australia Curtis Scott CE,WG 2016 Australia Cronulla Sharks
171 Fiji Suliasi Vunivalu WG 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
172 Australia Cheyse Blair WG,CE 2016 Australia Manly Sea Eagles
173 Australia Ryan Morgan CE 2016 Australia Parramatta Eels
174 Australia Brodie Croft HB 2016 Australia Melbourne Storm
175 Australia Matthew White PR 2016 Australia Gold Coast Titans
Australia Mark Nicholls PR,SR Yet to Debut Australia Canberra Raiders
Australia Scott Drinkwater TBC Yet to Debut Australia Sydney Roosters
Tonga Nafe Seluini TBC Yet to Debut Australia Sydney Roosters
Fiji Ben Nakubuwai TBC Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm
Australia Dean Britt TBC Yet to Debut Australia Melbourne Storm

Player movements[edit]

Source:[51]

Representative honours[edit]

The following players have played a representative match in 2016. (C) = Captain

2016 All Stars match[52] City Vs
Country[53]		 Rugby League internationals
2016 Anzac Test[54][55]
Pacific Tests[56]		 State of Origin 1[57] State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations (b)[58][59]
Cameron Smith World All Stars (C) - Australia (C) Queensland (C) Queensland (C) Queensland (C) Australia (C)
Will Chambers Indigenous All Stars - - - - - -
Jordan McLean - Country - - - - -
Dale Finucane - Country - - - - -
Cooper Cronk - - Australia Queensland Queensland Queensland Australia
Jesse Bromwich - - New Zealand (C) - - - New Zealand (C)
Tohu Harris - - New Zealand - - - New Zealand
Kevin Proctor - - New Zealand - - - New Zealand
Ben Nakubuwai - - Fiji - - - -
Tui Kamikamica - - Fiji - - - -
Nafe Seluini - - Tonga - - - -
Felise Kaufusi - - Tonga - - Queensland (a) -

(a) - Felise Kaufusi was selected as the 18th Man for Queensland in State of Origin Game 3 but did not play.
(b) - includes the AUS vs NZL pre-tournament game to be played in Perth prior to travelling to England

Statistics[edit]

Statistics Source:[60] Complete as of the end of the 2016 Regular season, (these stats do not include finals).

Further information: List of Melbourne Storm records
Name App T G FG Pts
Nelson Asofa-Solomona 14 0 0 0 0
Cheyse Blair 14 8 0 0 32
Jesse Bromwich 24 3 0 0 12
Kenny Bromwich 24 3 0 0 12
Will Chambers 14 2 0 0 8
Brodie Croft 1 0 0 0 0
Cooper Cronk 23 11 0 3 47
Dale Finucane 24 2 0 0 8
Tim Glasby 19 2 0 0 8
Blake Green 21 2 0 0 8
Ben Hampton 17 1 0 0 4
Tohu Harris 24 8 2 0 36
Jeremy Hawkins 0 0 0 0 0
Felise Kaufusi 21 4 0 0 16
Richard Kennar 3 1 0 0 4
Marika Koroibete 22 12 0 0 48
Jordan McLean 18 0 0 0 0
Ryan Morgan 8 2 0 0 8
Cameron Munster 21 4 0 0 16
Mark Nicholls 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Proctor 21 6 0 0 24
Curtis Scott 2 0 0 0 0
Nafe Seluini 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Slater 1 0 0 0 0
Cameron Smith 23 2 83 2 176
Young Tonumaipea 12 2 0 0 8
Suliasi Vunivalu 18 22 0 0 88
Christian Welch 15 0 0 0 0
Matt White 3 0 0 0 0
26 Players used - 97 85 5 563

Scorers

Most Points in a Game: 16 points

  • Round 17 - Cameron Smith (8 Goals) vs Brisbane Broncos
  • Round 24 - Suliasi Vunivalu (4 Tries) vs Manly Sea Eagles

Most tries in a Game: 4

  • Round 24 - Suliasi Vunivalu vs Manly Sea Eagles

Winning Games

Highest score in a winning game: 48 points

  • Round 17 vs Brisbane Broncos

Lowest score in a winning game: 14 points

  • Preliminary Final vs Canberra Raiders

Greatest winning margin: 46 points

  • Round 14 vs Sydney Roosters

Greatest number of Games won consecutively: 7

  • Round 7 to Round 14

Losing Games

Highest score in a losing game: 16 points

  • Round 25 - vs Brisbane Broncos

Lowest score in a losing game: 6 points

  • Round 4 - vs Cronulla Sharks

Greatest losing margin: 14 points

  • Round 23 - vs Canberra Raiders

Jersey[edit]

In November 2015 the Melbourne Storm signed a new 5-year deal with Melbourne-based manufacturer STAR.[61] New Home and Away jerseys have been designed for the upcoming season. The Home jersey is predominantly Navy Blue at the Top and morphing into purple as you move down the jersey, the lightning bolts also make a return on the sides of the jersey. The Away jersey is a striking white top with a Navy Blue and Purple V across the chest.[62]

Jersey choice
RD1 RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 RD6 RD7 RD8 RD9 RD10 RD11 RD12 RD13 RD14 RD15 RD16 RD17 RD18 RD19 RD20 RD21 RD22 RD23 RD24 RD25 RD26 QF SF PF GF
Home Home Clash^ Home Home Home Clash Home^^ Clash Indigenous# Clash — Home Clash Home Home Clash — Clash Heritage% Clash WIL& Home Clash Home Home Home — Home Home


^ Alternate sponsor logo used due to New Zealand restrictions on gambling advertising.
^^ Added ANZAC Appeal and RSL Centenary logos.
# Designed by Lenny Briggs and Dixon Patten.[63]
% Replica of 2000 World Club Challenge jersey, also worn in Round 5 2000 at the MCG.
& Women in League jersey — mostly pink and purple design.

Awards[edit]

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