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. They were knocked out by eventual grand finalists, North Queensland Cowboys.

Match results

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Parramatta	24	16	0	8	2	704	456	+248	36
2	St George Illawarra	24	16	0	8	2	655	510	+145	36
3	Brisbane	24	15	0	9	2	597	484	+113	34
4	Wests Tigers	24	14	0	10	2	676	575	+101	32
5	North Queensland	24	14	0	10	2	639	563	+76	32
6	Melbourne	24	13	0	11	2	640	462	+178	30
7	Cronulla	24	12	0	12	2	550	564	-14	28
8	Manly	24	12	0	12	2	554	632	-78	28
9	Sydney	24	11	0	13	2	488	487	+1	26
10	Penrith	24	11	0	13	2	554	554	0	26
11	New Zealand	24	10	0	14	2	515	528	-13	24
12	Bulldogs	24	9	1	14	2	472	670	-198	23
13	South Sydney	24	9	1	14	2	482	700	-218	23
14	Canberra	24	9	0	15	2	465	606	-141	22
15	Newcastle	24	8	0	16	2	467	667	-200	20

Awards and honours

• Player of the year: Cameron Smith^[1]
• Rookie of the year: Brett White
• Dally M Top Try Scorer (regular season only): Billy Slater 19 (with Shaun Berrigan)

References