Craig Bellamy (rugby league)

Craig Bellamy is a former rugby league player and the current coach of the Melbourne Storm, which compete in the National Rugby League.

Prior to joining the Storm in 2003, Bellamy was an assistant coach to Wayne Bennett at the Brisbane Broncos. On one famous occasion, Bellamy coached the Broncos in 2002 when Bennett was on State of Origin duty with Queensland. Forced to field a team full of young players due to representative commitments, the 'Baby Broncos' upset the Wests Tigers on Friday Night Football, in no small part due to Bellamy's coaching.

The Tigers were ironically a leading candidate to sign Bellamy as their coach for the 2003 season, although he ultimately joined Melbourne after Mark Murray was sacked. The Storm have not failed to miss the finals in Bellamy's three seasons at the helm.

He was considered a leading candidate to coach the Queensland State of Origin team in 2006, but his selection was opposed by many former players, including Arthur Beetson, and was ultimately vetoed due to the fact he was not a Queenslander, despite Graham Lowe, a New Zealander, holding the position in the early 1990s.

Bellamy was an assistant to Wayne Bennett in the Australian test team during the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament, and was often seen 'running the water' to players on the field.

Bellamy played in the 1990 Grand Final for the Canberra Raiders as a reserve.