MELBOURNE Storm coach Craig Bellamy has called on superstar centre Greg Inglis and Kiwi international Adam Blair to step up as leaders and fill the void left by departed club stalwarts Dallas Johnson and Steve Turner.

WILLIE Mason is on the bench. Lote Tuqiri will start for the Tigers. And a whole batch of rookies are set to debut. Check out the full teams for round one. 

INJURED Melbourne Storm forward Sika Manu has turned to shockwave therapy on his leg after ongoing problems thwarted his attempt at an early comeback.

HAVING confirmed its status as the best club in the world, Melbourne Storm is confident it can successfully defend its NRL title, and its rivals are quick to agree.

MELBOURNE Storm officials have made rising star Aiden Tolman the club's top priority to re-sign after his starring role in the World Club Challenge win against Leeds on Monday.

WORLD Club Challenge-winning winger Luke MacDougall has unloaded with sensational claims about why he was sacked by coach Brian Smith at Newcastle.

After breakfast we all boarded bus bound for Leeds Met Carnegie Uni for the traditional match day game of cricket between the Ted’s and the Yobbo’s. Due to the wet weather England has been experienced since, well, forever, we played a game of indoor cricket.

The Melbourne Storm are World Club Champions today after defeating Super League premiers Leeds Rhinos at Elland Road in a bruising encounter in front of 27,697 fans.

After this morning’s weights session, Craig Bellamy and Cam Smith made their way to Elland Road for the major press conference leading up to Sunday’s big game.

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has today named a 19-man World Club Challenge squad to face Leeds Rhinos at Elland Road on Sunday evening.

MELBOURNE ace Billy Slater has won rugby league's first Player of the Finals award after his seven tries in the 2009 play-offs helped the Storm win the premiership.

THE Daily Telegraph today launches its 2010 NRL Fans Survey. We're giving you the chance to have some real input into the game before season starts. Fans Survey

WITH the blockbuster between Leeds and Melbourne looming, there are calls for officials to be "more proactive" and expand the World Club Challenge to six teams.

WITH Melbourne Storm backline superstars Greg Inglis and Billy Slater returned to fitness, the 2010 rugby league World Club Challenge looms as the best ever.

It was match day today, a warm-up match against London Harlequins at Twickenham Stoop in preparation for the World Club Challenge showdown with Leeds next Sunday evening.

LOSING rugby league's World Club Challenge two years ago is a big spur for Melbourne's Billy Slater as he prepares for the rematch with Leeds.

MELBOURNE Storm strolled to victory in their rugby league trial game against Harlequins in London as the 2009 NRL premiers prepare for the World Club Challenge.

England may find a future international star in an unexpected place this weekend as Australian champions Melbourne Storm warm up for the Gillette World Club Challenge.

Melbourne Storm normally makes their charge in September, now they are making a historic push in February and players and officials couldn’t be happier.

BRETT Finch doesn't have much left on his rugby league to-do list, but closing out his career in England following his current stint at Melbourne is penned in.

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has predicted that Saturday night's season-opening clash against Cronulla at Toyota Stadium will be 'a real physical game'.

With regular playmaker Cooper Cronk unavailable, skipper Cam Smith is set to start at halfback as Melbourne gets its premiership defence underway on Saturday night against Cronulla.

INJURED Melbourne Storm forward Sika Manu has turned to shockwave therapy on his leg after ongoing problems thwarted his attempt at an early comeback.

GOLDEN try, restart play from the 30-metre line if the ball is kicked dead, allow a set of six to be completed after fulltime. They are some of the changes fans want.

JARRYD Hayne wasn't listening when the suits started their speeches. He wasn't even in the room. He was performing tricks with the footy with Michael Jennings.

LITTLE-KNOWN Melbourne prop Aiden Tolman has emerged as a NSW State of Origin bolter after dismantling the Rhinos in a man-of-the-match performance for the Storm.

THE Melbourne Storm have won rugby league's World Club Challenge with an 18-10 come from behind win against Leeds today. The Storm scored two tries to one.

The morning was free again before everyone met up for a team lunch at a local restaurant, BB’s. We actually went to BB’s on our last visit to Leeds for the World Club Challenge when they served up hamburgers and fried food!

CAMERON Smith has captained club and country, won two premierships and spearheaded Queensland to unprecedented dominance in State of Origin - but he wants more.

MELBOURNE lights the fuse for Sunday's World Club Challenge, saying they expect fireworks like Leeds dished up to Manly in last year's violent encounter.

FOX SPORTS will screen the 2010 World Club Challenge between Rhinos and Storm EXCLUSIVELY LIVE on Monday, March 1 at 5.00am AEDST on FOX SPORTS 3HD and FOX SPORTS 3.

Today was a big day. First there was a weights session, then a press conference, then a training session, then a signing session at a shopping centre and an appearance at a sportsmen's night. Like I said, a big day.

Today has been all about the move out of our London base in Kensington, and making the move to Leeds in preparation for the big game on Sunday night.

Storm hooker and premiership player Ryan Hinchcliffe will chat LIVE from Leeds with Melbourne Storm’s fans right here on the Club's website this Thursday night from 7.30pm Australian Eastern Time.

Melbourne Storm warmed up for next week’s World Club Challenge with a devastating six-try 34-10 victory over a depleted London Harlequins at a damp Twickenham Stoop.

It was an early start this morning with breakfast served from 7am before the team gathered for a meeting at 9am. Surprisingly the meeting actually finished early which meant several people were late getting to the bus.

Bar a morning recovery session and a weights session for an unlucky few, it was a day off for the players and a chance for them to go and explore the great city of London.

Australian champions Melbourne Storm are expecting to face a Leeds Rhinos team at their explosive best when the two sides meet in the Gillette World Club Challenge at Elland Road on Sunday week.

Stories of brushes with fame were told around the breakfast table this morning that got everyone talking today, one of them truly extraordinary.

The Melbourne Storm squad has trained for the first time since arriving in England today on astro turf at a school near the team hotel.