2005 Melbourne Storm season

The 2005 Melbourne Storm season was the 8th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 6th out of 15 teams and making the finals. The season began with two big wins over the Knights and Dragons, each by more than 30 points. The form line followed a similar path to the previous season though as the team struggled to string consecutive wins together and hovered around the lower part of the eight for much of the season before ultimately finishing sixth once again. Future star Greg Inglis made his debut in Round 6. Storm finished the season with the second best defence in the competition and again went to Suncorp Stadium in Week One of the finals, producing the same result to defeat the Broncos. However for the third straight season the side was unable to progress past the semi final stage, losing to the Cowboys. At the end of the season, Storm legends Robbie Kearns and Matt Geyer were inducted as inaugural life members of the Club.[1]

2005 Melbourne Storm season
NRL Rank6th
Play-off resultSemi Final Loss
2005 recordWins: 13; Draws: 0; Losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 640; Against: 462
Team information
CEOBrian Waldron
CoachCraig Bellamy
Captain
StadiumOlympic Park Stadium
Top scorers
TriesBilly Slater (20)
GoalsMatt Orford (63)
PointsMatt Orford (172)
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Fixtures

Regular season
RoundOpponentResultMel.Opp.DateVenue
1Newcastle KnightsWin4810Mar 13Olympic Park
2St. George Illawarra DragonsWin4612Mar 19WIN Stadium
3Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesLoss1825Mar 27Brookvale Oval
4Brisbane BroncosWin504Apr 2Olympic Park
5Penrith PanthersLoss1636Apr 8CUA Stadium
6Parramatta EelsLoss1426Apr 16Olympic Park
7Canberra RaidersWin4610Apr 24Canberra Stadium
8Cronulla SharksLoss1030Apr 30Olympic Park
9BYE
10South Sydney RabbitohsWin3812May 14SFS
11Canterbury BulldogsLoss1626May 21Olympic Park
12St. George Illawarra DragonsWin2416May 29Olympic Park
13Wests TigersWin3014Jun 5Leichhardt Oval
14New Zealand WarriorsLoss1624Jun 12Mt. Smart
15Penrith PanthersLoss1428Jun 18Olympic Park
16South Sydney RabbitohsWin486Jun 25Olympic Park
17Canterbury BulldogsWin336Jul 2Sydney Showground
18Canberra RaidersWin200Jul 9Olympic Park
19Brisbane BroncosLoss1528Jul 17Suncorp Stadium
20Sydney RoostersWin2410Jul 24Olympic Park
21Newcastle KnightsLoss1837Jul 30EnergyAustralia Stadium
22Cronulla SharksLoss1640Aug 6Toyota Park
23New Zealand WarriorsWin2210Aug 13Olympic Park
24BYE
25Wests TigersWin3422Aug 27Olympic Park
26North Queensland CowboysLoss2430Sep 3Dairy Farmers Stadium

Finals
RoundOpponentResultMel.Opp.DateVenue
Qualifying FinalBrisbane BroncosWin2418Sep 10Suncorp Stadium
Semi FinalNorth Queensland CowboysLoss1624Sep 17SFS

Ladder
Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Parramatta 2416082704456+24836
2 St George Illawarra 2416082655510+14536
3 Brisbane 2415092597484+11334
4 Wests Tigers 24140102676575+10132
5 North Queensland 24140102639563+7632
6 Melbourne 24130112640462+17830
7 Cronulla 24120122550564-1428
8 Manly 24120122554632-7828
9 Sydney 24110132488487+126
10 Penrith 24110132554554026
11 New Zealand 24100142515528-1324
12 Bulldogs 2491142472670-19823
13 South Sydney 2491142482700-21823
14 Canberra 2490152465606-14122
15 Newcastle 2480162467667-20020

2005 squad
Cap Nat. Player name Position First Storm Game Previous First Grade RL club (a)

Awards

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