{"id":640353,"date":"2026-04-30T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640353\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:20:10","slug":"melbourne-storm-coach-craig-bellamy-diagnosed-with-serious-health-issue-what-is-a-neurodegenerative-disorder-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640353\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy diagnosed with serious health issue, what is a neurodegenerative disorder, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has been diagnosed with a form of neurodegenerative disorder.<\/p>\n<p>The club said Bellamy has \u201cundergone a series of medical tests in consultation with specialists\u201d in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776909012_441_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is receiving the best possible medical treatment and has been advised by specialists that his diagnosis will not have an impact on his ability to coach the team in the immediate future,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>The legendary mentor has won three premierships along with two other Grand Final wins in 2007 and 2009 which were stripped due to the salary cap scandal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite our recent results, I firmly believe Craig is still coaching at an elite level and I have no doubt he is the right person to drive the club forward,\u201d chairman Matt Tripp said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCraig has the full support of the board, players, coaches, and staff to continue leading the club as he has done for the last 24 seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Craig Bellamy. Picture: NRL PhotosSource: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy recently stepped away from his role as Laurie Daley\u2019s right-hand man for the NSW Origin team.<\/p>\n<p>His Storm sit second-last on the NRL ladder and have lost six straight games, the most consecutive defeats in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Neurodegenerative diseases involve nerve cells in the brain or peripheral nervous system losing function over time and eventually dying.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NHMRC in serious forms, these conditions can include Alzheimer\u2019s, Motor Neurone Disease and Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has been diagnosed with a form of neurodegenerative disorder. The club said Bellamy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-640353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}