{"id":659159,"date":"2026-05-09T04:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/659159\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:55:12","slug":"melbourne-storm-coach-craig-bellamy-addresses-media-for-first-time-since-diagnosis-health-battle-video-start-time-vs-wests-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/659159\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy addresses media for first time since diagnosis, health battle, video, start time vs Wests Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has fronted the media for the first time since his diagnosis with a form of neurodegenerative disorder, remaining guarded about details of his health condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/teams\/storm\/nrl-2026-melbourne-storm-coach-craig-bellamy-diagnosed-with-serious-health-issue-what-is-a-neurodegenerative-disorder-latest-news\/news-story\/8b3605351a0c713f510b8483c614746e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Storm revealed Bellamy\u2019s diagnoses last month<\/a>, declaring it would \u201cnot have an impact on his ability to coach the team in the immediate future\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Melbourne on Saturday, the 66-year-old thanked the rugby league community for supporting him during his \u201cprivate\u201d health battle.<\/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>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=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the one thing that I can\u2019t believe, how many messages I\u2019ve got,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d probably say that I really apologise, I haven\u2019t got back to any, I don\u2019t think, I\u2019ve been pretty busy with the footy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut everyone that has sent me a message, I don\u2019t know how many there\u2019s, but I really appreciate it and hopefully I\u2019ll get back to you soon \u2026 I know a lot of people, I feel whatever I suppose, but at the end of the day, the support\u2019s been unbelievable in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on whether he could provide an update on his health, Bellamy responded: \u201cNo, we\u2019re here about footy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, this is private to me. Footy\u2019s what you\u2019re here to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=NRLArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bellamy &#8216;can&#8217;t believe&#8217; fans&#8217; support | 00:40<\/p>\n<p>Bellamy, who recently signed a contract extension through to the end of 2028, also declined to speculate on whether he would continue in the role next year.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI don\u2019t know, I\u2019m thinking about this week,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm are currently in the midst of a seven-game losing streak, with the club also dealing with several off-field issues, including but not limited to exits from Ryan Papenhuyzen and Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Xavier Coates\u2019 injury and Tui Kamikamica\u2019s stroke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just have to get on with what we have got, work out what the best blend is, and make sure everyone applies himself to that,\u201d Bellamy said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAt the end of the day, we\u2019ve always had the mentality about footy (that it) is family first, footy second, and then your other interests a fair way behind that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Storm will next host Wests Tigers at Melbourne\u2019s AAMI Park on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has fronted the media for the first time since his diagnosis with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-659159","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\/659159","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=659159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}