2009 Melbourne Storm season

2009 Melbourne Storm season
NRL	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	Cameron Smith;
Stadium	Olympic Park Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Billy Slater (18)
Goals	Cameron Smith (65)
Points	Cameron Smith (142)

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). 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

2009 NRL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra	24	17	0	7	2	548	329	+219	38
2	Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	575	428	+147	38*
3	Gold Coast	24	16	0	8	2	514	467	+47	36
4	Melbourne (P) stripped*	24	14	1	9	2	505	348	+157	33
5	Manly-Warringah	24	14	0	10	2	549	439	+90	32
6	Brisbane	24	14	0	10	2	511	566	−55	32
7	Newcastle	24	13	0	11	2	508	491	+17	30
8	Parramatta	24	12	1	11	2	476	473	+3	29
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	2	558	483	+75	28
10	South Sydney	24	11	1	12	2	566	549	+17	27
11	Penrith	24	11	1	12	2	515	589	−74	27
12	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland	24	11	0	13	2	558	474	+84	26
13	Canberra	24	9	0	15	2	489	510	−31	22
14	New Zealand	24	7	2	15	2	377	545	−188	20
15	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	5	0	19	2	359	568	−209	14
16	Sydney Roosters	24	5	0	19	2	382	681	−299	14

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

Squad

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

Awards and honours

Player of the year: Billy Slater^[3]
Rookie of the year: Kevin Proctor
Clive Churchill Medal: Billy Slater

References

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v t e Melbourne Storm
Est. 1998 in Melbourne, Victoria
The club	Records Players Coaches History (2010 Salary cap breach)
Home grounds	Olympic Park Stadium Docklands Stadium AAMI Park
Culture	Rivalry with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles We Are the Storm
Important figures	John Ribot Chris Anderson Glenn Lazarus Matt Geyer Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith Billy Slater Cooper Cronk
League	NRL
Titles	Premierships (2) 1999 ~~2007~~ ~~2009~~ 2012 World Club Challenge (2) 2000 ~~2010~~ 2013
Seasons (15)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Other competitions	National Youth Competition Auckland Nines New South Wales Cup S. G. Ball Cup
Affiliations	Central Coast Storm Eastern Suburbs Tigers Albury Thunder

2009 Melbourne Storm season

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