2009 Melbourne Storm season

2009 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank 4th
Play-off result Grand Final Winners (later stripped for salary cap breaches)
2009 record Wins: 14; Draws: 1; Losses: 9
Points scored For: 505; Against: 348
Team information
CEO Brian Waldron
Coach Craig Bellamy
Captain
Stadium Olympic Park Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Billy Slater (18)
Goals Cameron Smith (65)
Points Cameron Smith (142)
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The 2009 Melbourne Storm season was the 12th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 4th out of 16 teams. They then progressed to their fourth consecutive grand final, this time to be played against the Parramatta Eels and won, claiming their second premiership in three seasons. Melbourne were later stripped of this title after being found guilty of salary cap breaches at the time.

Season summary

Early in the season, Matthew Johns, who was working as one of the Melbourne Storm's assistant coaches was stood down following the revelation of his involvement in a sex scandal.[1] The Storm after are coming off a great season in 2008 where they won their 3rd straight minor premiership but they could not win the grand final going down to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 40–0. But in 2009 picked themselves back up and won the 3rd premiership in the 11 year history, beating the Parramatta Eels 23–16 in the final at ANZ Stadium in front of crown of about 82,500. Approximately 1,000 fans turned out at Visy Park to greet the Storm players when they returned from Sydney with the NRL trophy,[2] although it should be considered that unlike New South Wales, Victoria does not have a public holiday on this day. During the regular season, the Storm played all home games at Olympic Park Stadium and it was their final season playing at Olympic Park before moving to the new Melbourne Rectangular Stadium the following season. In addition, the storm played an away game against South Sydney in round 14 at Members Equity Stadium in Western Australia.

Fixtures

Round 1
14 March 2009
7:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 17–16 St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tries: Cronk, Inglis, Slater
Goals: Smith 2/3
Field Goals: Inglis
Tries: Cooper, Hornby
Goals: Soward 2/2
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,780
Referee/s: Shayne Hayne, Gavin Badger

Round 2
21 March 2009
7:30pm Local
Brisbane Broncos 16–14 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Folau, Michaels, Wallace
Goals: Parker 3/3
Tries: Slater, Proctor
Goals: Smith 2/2
Penalties: Smith 1/1
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 36,647
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Tony De Las Heras

Round 3
27 March 2009
7:35pm Local
North Queensland Cowboys 12–26 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Bolton, Williams
Goals: Thurston 2/2
Tries: Cronk, Inglis, Quinn, Turner
Goals: Smith 4/4
Penalties Smith 1/1
Skilled Park, Townsville
Attendance: 21,489
Referee/s: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton

Round 4
4 April 2009
2:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 6–18 Gold Coast Titans
Tries: Tomane
Goals: Smith 1/1
Tries: Bailey, Walker
Goals: Rogers 2/2
Penalties Rogers 3/3
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,698
Referee/s: Ashley Klein, Brett Suttor

Round 5
13 April 2009
7:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 16–14 Penrith Panthers
Tries: Slater, Quinn
Goals: Smith 2/2,
Penalties Smith 2/2
Tries: Tighe, Lewis
Goals: Gordon 2/2
Penalties Gordon 1/1
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,110
Referee/s: Chris James, Tony Archer

Round 6
20 April 2009
7:00pm Local
Wests Tigers 16–6 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Lawrence 2, Moltzen
Goals: Marshall 2/2
Tries: Hoffman
Goals: Smith 1/1
Leichhardt Oval, Leichhardt
Attendance: 12,646
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Shayne Hayne

Round 7
25 April 2009
5:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 14–14 New Zealand Warriors
Tries: Chambers, Slater, Turner
Goals: Smith 1/3
Tries: Vatuvei 2, Ah Van,
Penalties: Kemp 1/3
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,200
Referee/s: Archer, Cecchin

Round 8
1 May 2009
7:00pm Local
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8–22 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Williams, Robertson Tries: Cross, Turner, Slater, Inglis
Goals: Smith 3/4
Penalties: Smith 1/1
Brookvale Oval, Manly
Attendance: 10,752
Referee/s: Hayne, De Las Heras

Round 9
11 May 2009
7:00pm Local
Sydney Roosters 12–28 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Perrett, Sa
Goals: Fitzgibbon 2/2
Tries: White, Turner, Lima, Finch, Hoffman
Goals: Tomane 4/5
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 8,412
Referee/s: De Las Heras, James

Round 10
18 May 2009
7:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 46–6 Canberra Raiders
Tries: Slater 2, Turner, Hoffman, Lima, Cross, Inglis, Blair
Goals: Smith 5/6 Tomane 1/1
Tries: Monaghan
Goals: Campese 1/1
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,112
Referee/s: Archer, Sutton

Round 11
11 May 2009
7:00pm Local
Canterbury Bulldogs 26–12 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Ryan, Goodwin, Millard, Warburton
Goals: El Masri 4/4
Penalties: El Masri 1/1
Tries: Chambers 2
Goals: Smith 1/2
Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 10,923
Referee/s: Sutton, Hayne

Round 12
5 June 2009
. Bye .

Round 13
5 June 2009
7:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 48–4 Brisbane Broncos
Tries: Tomane 3, Cronk 2, Slater , Inglis, Tolman
Goals: Tomane 6/9
Tries: Folau
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,318
Referee/s: Cummins, Badger

Round 14
13 June 2009
7:30pm Local
South Sydney Rabbitohs 22–28 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Simpson 2, Fa'alogo, Merritt
Goals: Sandow 1/1, Luke 2/3
Tries: Inglis, Turner, Hoffman, Tomane, Cronk, Koopu
Goals: Smith 2/6
Members Equity Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 15,197
Referee/s: James, Klein

Round 15
21 June 2009
7:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 14–12 Wests Tigers
Tries: Cronk, Cross
Goals: Tomane 2/2
Penalties: Tomane 1/1
Tries: Ayshford, Moltzen
Goals: Marshall 2/2
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,417
Referee/s: Lyons, Klein

Round 16
17 August 2009
19:00pm Local
Canberra Raiders 26–16 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Carney 2, Monaghan 2, Harrison
Goals: Campese 3/5
Tries: Smith, Inglis, Chambers
Goals: Smith 2/3
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 9,551
Referee/s: Bagder, Suttor

Round 17
4 July 2009
19:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 18–14 Newcastle Knights
Tries: Inglis, Slater, Chambers
Goals: Smith 3/3
Tries: Naiqama, Uate
Goals: Gidley 2/2
Penalties: Gidley 1/1
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,551
Referee/s: Lyons, Klein

Round 18
10 July 2009
. Bye .

Round 19
20 July 2009
19:00pm Local
Parramatta Eels 18–16 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Lowrie, Moimoi, Robson
Goals: Burt 2/3
Penalties: Burt 1/1
Tries: Tomane, Hoffman, Nielsen
Goals: Tomane 2/3
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta
Attendance: 10,804
Referee/s: Sutton, Klein

Round 20
25 July 2009
19:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 30–10 Cronulla Sharks
Tries: Anderson 2, Tomane, Hinchcliffe, Chambers, Smith
Goals: Smith 1/3, Tomane 1/3
Penalties: Smith 1/1
Tries: Covell, Ferguson
Goals: Covell 1/2
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,553
Referee/s: Suttor, Cummins

Round 21
31 July 2009
19:35pm Local
St. George Illawarra Dragons 26–12 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Sailor 2, Morris, Green, Scott
Goals: Soward 3/5
Tries: Inglis, Finch
Goals: Smith 1/2
Penalties: Smith 1/1
Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Attendance: 16,474
Referee/s: Cecchin, Maxwell

Round 22
7 August 2009
19:35pm Local
Melbourne Storm 20–8 North Queensland Cowboys
Tries: Turner, Finch, Cronk, Tomane
Goals: Smith 2/4
Tries: Tonga 2
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,510
Referee/s: Sutton, Archer

Round 23
17 August 2009
19:00pm Local
Newcastle Knights 26–14 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Mullen, Taufua, Hilder, Vuna
Goals: Gidley 4/4
Penalties: Gidley 1/1
Tries: Cronk, Turner, Anderson
Goals: Smith 1/3
EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 13,580
Referee/s: Robinson, Haines

Round 24
23 August 2009
15:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 16–20 Manly Sea Eagles
Tries: Tomane 2, Chambers
Goals: Smith 2/3
Tries: Williams, Foran, Lyon
Goals: Orford 3/3
Penalties: Orford 1/1
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,601
Referee/s: Archer, Hayne

Round 25
23 August 2009
15:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 38–4 Sydney Roosters
Tries: Inglis 2, Turner 2, Chambers, Slater, Tolman
Goals: Smith 5/7
Tries: Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 13,332
Referee/s: Maxwell, Suttor

Round 26
5 September 2009
19:30pm Local
New Zealand Warriors 0–30 Melbourne Storm
Tries:
Goals:
Tries: Chambers 2, Hinchcliffe, Inglis, Nielsen, Slater
Goals: Smith 3/6
Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 14,734
Referee/s: Klein, Shortall

Qualifying Final
11 September 2009
19:45pm Local
Melbourne Storm 40–12 Manly Sea Eagles
Tries: Slater 4, Nielsen, Smith, Tolman
Goals: Smith 5/6, Turner 1/1
Tries: Foran, Matai
Goals: Orford 2/2
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 21,155
Referee/s: Badger, Hayne

Preliminary Final
26 September 2009
19:45pm Local
Melbourne Storm 40–10 Brisbane Broncos
Tries: Inglis 3, Slater 2, Chambers, Johnson
Goals: Smith 6/7
Tries: Folau, Glenn
Goals: Parker 1/2
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 27,687
Referee/s: Hayne, Maxwell

Grand Final
4 October 2009
17:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 23–16 Parramatta Eels
Tries: Blair, Hoffman, Inglis, Slater
Goals: Smith 3/4
Field Goals: Inglis
Tries: Grothe, Reddy, Moi Moi
Goals: Burt 2/3
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 82,528
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Shayne Hayne

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George Illawarra 2417072548329+21938
2 Bulldogs 2418062575428+14738*
3 Gold Coast 2416082514467+4736
4 Melbourne 2414192505348+15733
5 Manly-Warringah 24140102549439+9032
6 Brisbane 24140102511566−5532
7 Newcastle 24130112508491+1730
8 Parramatta 24121112476473+329
9 Wests Tigers 24120122558483+7528
10 South Sydney 24111122566549+1727
11 Penrith 24111122515589−7427
12 North Queensland 24110132558474+8426
13 Canberra 2490152489510−3122
14 New Zealand 2472152377545−18820
15 Cronulla-Sutherland 2450192359568−20914
16 Sydney Roosters 2450192382681−29914

* Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2

Squad

No. Position Player
9 Australia HK Cameron Smith (c)
13 Australia LK Dallas Johnson
1 Australia FB Billy Slater
12 Australia SR Ryan Hoffman
2 Australia WG Steve Turner
7 Australia HB Cooper Cronk
17 Australia PR Brett White
4 Australia CE Greg Inglis
8 New Zealand PR Jeff Lima
10 New Zealand PR Adam Blair
5 Australia WG Anthony Quinn
3 Australia CE Will Chambers
11 New Zealand SR Sika Manu
18 Australia PR Scott Anderson
16 Australia PR Aiden Tolman
Australia WG Brett Anderson
14 Australia HK Ryan Hinchcliffe
19 New Zealand SR Wairangi Koopu
Samoa CE William Isa
15 Australia PR Matthew Cross
6 Australia HB Brett Finch
19 Australia CE Joe Tomane

Awards and honours

References

  1. Vaughan, Robert (13 May 2009). "Melbourne Storm and Johns part ways". ninemsn.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  2. Munro, Ian (6 October 2009). "Stormy Monday welcome for team in league of its own". LeagueHQ. Fairfax Digital. Archived from the original on 8 October 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  3. "NRL Honour Board". melbournestorm.com.au. Melbourne Storm. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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