Bega's Dale Finucane will forge one half of the captaincy for the Melbourne Storm in 2021.
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Both Finucane and Jesse Bromwich will serve as co-captains for the club with a shared total of almost 450 games of NRL experience between them.
Bromwich and Finucane come to the job after being joint vice-captains for the past two years and will join an elite list of footballers who have had the honour of being Storm's full-time captains over the past 24 seasons.
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The forward duo take over from the game's longest serving captain, Cameron Smith, who has relocated to Queensland and is still considering his future in the NRL.
Storm coach Craig Bellamy said Finucane and Bromwich had demonstrated their leadership qualities on and off the field for a number of seasons.
"Jesse and Dale were identified some time ago as possible future captains of our club," he said,
"Through our leadership program, they have progressed and developed their leadership skills, especially in the last couple of years, and have had a great captain to learn from in Cameron Smith, who was a wonderful leader of our team for so many years.
"I've no doubt he has been the best captain the game has seen in modern times.
"They have the total respect of the playing group, the coaching staff and everyone associated with our club and I'm sure, with the help of the wider leadership group, they'll do a wonderful job."
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Finucane and Bromwich will officially lead out the team together for the first time in the NRL season opener against South Sydney at AAMI Park on Thursday, March 11.
Finucane, 29, played his 200th NRL match in last season's finals series and has lined up in 135 games for Melbourne since joining the club from Canterbury in 2015.
He has played in six grand finals for two premiership victories (2017 and 2020), made his State of Origin debut for New South Wales in 2019 and again featured in the 2020 Origin series at the end of last season.
Joining the pair in the leadership group are Kenny Bromwich, Cameron Munster, Felise Kaufusi and Christian Welch. Kaufusi and Welch are both advancing from the emerging leaders.
