2009 Melbourne Storm season

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, a title later stripped in 2010 after being found guilty of salary cap breaches.

2009 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank4th
Play-off resultGrand Final Winners
2009 recordWins: 14; Draws: 1; Losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 505; Against: 348
Team information
CEOBrian Waldron
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumOlympic Park Stadium
Top scorers
TriesBilly Slater (18)
GoalsCameron Smith (65)
PointsCameron Smith (142)
< 2008 List of seasons 2010 >

A slow start to the season saw Melbourne win just three of their first seven games. However the team rallied, losing just one of their next seven to move into fourth position by Round 14, where they would remain for the rest of the season. The finals series was when Melbourne really hit their straps, winning their first two finals by 28 and 30 points respectively. In the Grand Final, Storm defeated Parramatta 23-16 with Billy Slater named the Clive Churchill Medalist. [1]

Season summary

  • Early in the season Matthew Johns, assistant coach, was stood down following his involvement in a sex scandal.[2]
  • Melbourne Storm won their 3rd Grand Final in their 11 year history, beating the Parramatta Eels 23–16 at ANZ Stadium in front of crown of approximately 82,500.
  • During the regular season, the Storm played all home games at Olympic Park Stadium and it was their final season playing at the venue 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

Regular Season

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Klein, Shortall

Finals

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: 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: 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: Tony Archer, Shayne Hayne

Ladder

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

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

2009 Coaching Staff

2009 Squad

No. Nat. Player Pos First match with Club Previous club
55 Cameron Smith (c) HK 2002 Melbourne Storm
58 Dallas Johnson SR,LK 2003 Melbourne Storm
60 Billy Slater FB 2003 Melbourne Storm
62 Ryan Hoffman SR,LK 2003 Melbourne Storm
72 Steve Turner FB,WG 2004 Penrith Panthers
73 Cooper Cronk HB 2004 Melbourne Storm
76 Brett White PR 2005 Melbourne Storm
79 Greg Inglis FE,CE, 2005 Melbourne Storm
86 Adam Blair SR,PR 2006 Melbourne Storm
90 Jeff Lima PR,LK 2006 Wests Tigers
93 Anthony Quinn WG,CE 2007 Newcastle Knights
97 Scott Anderson SR,PR 2007 Melbourne Storm
98 Will Chambers CE 2007 Melbourne Storm
99 Sika Manu SR 2007 Melbourne Storm
102 Aiden Tolman PR 2008 Melbourne Storm
103 Brett Anderson WG,CE 2008 Melbourne Storm
105 Dane Nielsen WG,CE 2008 Melbourne Storm
106 Kevin Proctor SR 2008 Melbourne Storm
108 Joseph Tomane WG,CE 2008 Melbourne Storm
109 Sinbad Kali SR, LK 2008 Melbourne Storm
110 Ryan Hinchcliffe HK,LK 2009 Canberra Raiders
111 Willie Isa WG,CE 2009 Penrith Panthers
112 Wairangi Koopu SR, LK 2009 New Zealand Warriors
113 Matt Cross PR 2009 Gold Coast Titans
114 James Maloney HB, FE 2009 Melbourne Storm
115 Brett Finch HB, FE 2009 Parramatta Eels
116 Luke Kelly FE,HB 2009 Melbourne Storm
117 Hep Cahill LK, SR 2009 Melbourne Storm
118 Ryan Tandy PR,SR 2009 Wests Tigers
Louis Fonene CE Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Jesse Bromwich PR Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Slade Griffen HK Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Lucas Miller HB, FE Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Gerrard Tibbetts SR, CE Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Rory Kostjasyn HK,LK Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Andre Itula FB,WG Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Aidan Guerra SR,LK Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm
Justin O'Neill CE Yet to Debut Melbourne Storm

2009 Grand Final Winning Team

Melbourne Storm
2009 Grand Final Winning Team Interchange Coach

Head coach



Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Awards

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References

  1. "History Melbourne Storm". melbournestorm.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. "NRL Honour Board". melbournestorm.com.au. Melbourne Storm. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
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