2011 Melbourne Storm season

2011 Melbourne Storm season
NRL 1st (Minor Premier)
Play-off result Preliminary Final Loss
2011 record Wins: 19; Draws: 0; Losses: 5
Points scored For: 521; Against: 308
Team information
CEO Ron Gauci
Coach Craig Bellamy
Captain
Stadium AAMI Park – 30,050
Top scorers
Tries Billy Slater (12)
Cooper Cronk (12)
Matt Duffie (12)
Goals Cameron Smith (78)
Points Cameron Smith (164)
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The 2011 Melbourne Storm season was the 14th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in first place, taking out the minor premiership. They then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the New Zealand Warriors at AAMI Park before a ground record crowd.

Jersey and Sponsors

In 2011 the Storm jerseys were made by Kooga. They retained their predominantly purple home jersey from 2010 and also their predoninantly white away jersey from 2010.

Special Jerseys

On 4 February 2011 Crown Casino was named the naming rights sponsor of the Storm in 2011[2] and chest sponsor on the jersey. Suzuki is also continuing as major sponsors as well with their name appearing on the sleeves. There is no sponsorship on the back of the jersey.[3] Makita also announced a continuation of their sponsorship and their name will continue to appear on the shorts.[4]

Season summary

Melbourne Storm 2011 season crowd averages

[6]

Total Crowd Total Games Crowd Average
Home 170,932 12 14,244
Away 172,966 12 14,414
All regular season games 343,898 24 14,329
Finals 43,415 2 21,707
All Games 387,313 26 14,897

Fixtures

Regular season - Rounds 1 to 12

Round 1
12 March 2011
7:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 18 - 6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Tries: Stanley, Duffie, Nielson
Goals: Smith 2/2
Field Goal
Tries: Robertson
Goals: Lyon
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,631
Referee/s: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Reynolds Report:[7]

Round 2
19 March 2011
5:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 40 - 12 Gold Coast Titans
Tries:Slater (2), Quinn, Manu, Smith, O'Neill, Cronk
Goals: Smith 6/7
Field Goal
Tries: Capewell, Zillman
Goals: Prince 2/2
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,391
Referee/s: Adam Devcich, Ashley Klein Report:[8]

Round 3
28 March 2011
6:00pm Local
North Queensland Cowboys 34 - 6 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Graham (2), Bowen (2), Sims, Tupou
Goals: Thurston 5/6
Field Goal
Tries: Widdop
Goals: Smith
Field Goal
Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 9,554
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Alan Shortall Report:[9]

Round 4
4 April 2011
7:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 30 - 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries: Duffie (2), Proctor, Neilsen, Bromwich
Goals: Smith 5/6
Field Goal
Tries: Turner, Ryan, Keating
Goals: Goodwin 2/3
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,592
Referee/s: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton Report:[10]

Round 5
(Heritage Round)
10 April 2011
2:00pm local
Melbourne Storm 38 - 0 Parramatta Eels
Tries: Champion (2), Cronk, Slater, Blair, Quinn, Duffie
Goals: Smith 4/6, Widdop 1/1
Field Goal
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,805
Referee/s: Tony Archer , Alan Shortall Report:[11]

Round 6
17 April 2011
3:00pm local
Penrith Panthers 10 - 25 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Earl, Tahu
Goals: Gordon 1/2
Field Goal:
Tries: Cronk, Norrie, Slater, Duffie
Goals: Smith 4/5
Field Goal: Cronk 1/1
Centrebet Stadium, Penrith
Attendance: 11,137
Referee/s: Ben Cummins , Chris James Report:[12]

Round 7
(ANZAC Day/Easter)
25 April 2011
7:00pm local
Melbourne Storm 14 - 18 New Zealand Warriors
Tries: Champion, Cronk
Goals: Smith 3/3
Field Goal
Tries: Inu, Lillyman, Luck
Goals: Maloney 3/4
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 22,694
Referee/s: Shayne Hayne, Gavin Morris Report:[13]

Round 8
30 April 2011
7:30pm local
Melbourne Storm 42 - 12 Newcastle Knights
Tries: Champion, Duffie, Lowrie, Nielson, Norrie, Slater, Quinn
Goals: Smith 7/7
Field Goal
Tries: Hilder, Uate
Goals: Gidley 2/2
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,460
Referee/s: Jason Robinson, Chris James Report:[14]

Round 9
7 May 2011
7:30pm local
Brisbane Broncos 22 - 29 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Beale (2), Gagai, Reed
Goals: Parker 3/4
Field Goal:
Tries: Cronk, Hinchcliffe, Nielsen, Quinn, Waqa
Goals: Smith 4/5
Field Goal: Cronk 1/2
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Attendance: 34,175
Referee/s: Shayne Hayne, Tony De Las Heras Report:[15]

Round 10
14 May 2011
5:30pm local
Melbourne Storm 12 - 20 Canberra Raiders
Tries: Duffie, Proctor
Goals: Smith 2/2
Field Goal:
Tries: Robinson, McCrone, Ferguson
Goals: Croker 4/4
Field Goal:
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9,628
Referee/s: Gerard Sutton, Chris James Report:[16]

Round 11
. Bye .

Round 12
29 May 2011
2:00pm local
Melbourne Storm 14 - 8 Cronulla Sharks
Tries: Nielsen, Waqa
Goals: Smith 3/3
Field Goal
Tries: Gordon
Goals: Porter 2/2
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9733
Referee/s: Steve Lyons, Phil Haines Report:[17]

Regular season - Rounds 13 to 26

Round 13
5 June 2011
3:00pm Local
South Sydney Rabbitohs 6 - 16 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Taylor
Goals: Sandow 1/1
Field Goal:
Tries: Blair, Bromwich, Smith
Goals: Smith 1/2, Widdop 1/1
Field Goal:
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 11,528
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Chris James Report:[18]

Round 14
13 June 2011
7:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 21 - 4 Sydney Roosters
Tries: O'Neill (2), Champion
Goals: Widdop 4/5
Field Goal: Widdop 1/1
Tries: Leilua
Goals: Anasta 0/1
Field Goal:
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 9843
Referee/s: Gavin Badger, Tony De Las Heras Report:[19]

Round 15
19 June 2011
3:00pm Local
Wests Tigers 4 - 12 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Ryan
Goals: Marshall 0/1
Field Goal
Tries: Hinchcliffe, Proctor
Goals: Duffie 1/1, Smith 1/1
Field Goal
Leichhardt Oval, Balmain, New South Wales
Attendance: 20,486
Referee/s: Adam Devcich, Ashley Klein Report:[20]

Round 16
26 June 2011
2:00pm Local
New Zealand Warriors 8 - 16 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Hohaia
Goals: Maloney 2/2
Field Goal:
Tries: Slater (2), Widdop
Goals: Smith 2/3
Field Goal
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 13,362
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Brett Suttor Report:[21]

Round 17
. Bye .

Round 18
9 July 2011
7:30pm Local
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 - 28 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Barba, Stagg, Turner
Goals: Turner 3/3
Field Goal
Tries: Cronk (2), Bromwich, Waqa, Duffie
Goals: Widdop 1/1, Smith 3/4
Field Goal
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 9,963
Referee/s: Chris James, Steve Lyons Report:[22]

Round 19
17 July 2011
2:00pm Local
Canberra Raiders 0 - 26 Melbourne Storm
Tries:
Goals:
Field Goal
Tries: Duffie (2), Bromwich, Cronk, Hinchcliffe
Goals: Widdop 0/1, Smith 3/4
Field Goal
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 11,853
Referee/s: Matt Cecchin, Adam Devcich Report:[5]

Round 20
22 July 2011
7:35pm Local
Melbourne Storm 26 - 6 Brisbane Broncos
Tries: M Blair (2), C Cronk, J O'Neill
Goals: Smith 5/5
Field Goal
Tries: Yow Yeh
Goals: Parker 1/1
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 22,912
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Ashley Klein Report:[23]

Round 21
1 August 2011
7:00pm Local
Parramatta Eels 18 - 22 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Maitua, Lasalo
Goals: Burt 5/5
Field Goal
Tries: Waqa, Slater, O'Neill, Nielsen
Goals: Smith 3/4
Field Goal
Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta
Attendance: 10,078
Referee/s: Tony De Las Heras, Steve Lyons Report:[24]

Round 22
6 August 2011
5:30pm Local
Melbourne Storm 26 - 6 Penrith Panthers
Tries: Hinchcliffe, Manu, Slater, Proctor
Goals: Smith 5/5
Field Goal
Tries: Purtell
Goals: Walsh
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,162
Referee/s: Ben Cummins, Phil Haines Report:[25]

Round 23
13 August 2011
7:30pm Local
Gold Coast Titans 16 - 40 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Michaels, Thompson, Mead
Goals: Campbell 2/4
Field Goal
Tries: Cronk (3), Slater (2), Quinn, Manu
Goals: Smith 6/7
Field Goal
Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Attendance: 11,663
Referee/s: Alan Shortall, Jason Robinson Report:[26]

Round 24
19 August 2011
7:35pm Local
Melbourne Storm 8 - 6 St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tries: Quinn
Goals: Smith 2/2
Field Goal
Tries: Stanley
Goals: Soward 1/1
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 24,081
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Matt Cecchin Report:[27]

Round 25
26 August 2011
7:35pm Local
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 - 4 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Williams (2), Foran
Goals: Lyon 3/4
Field Goal Cherry-Evans 0/1
Tries: Slater
Goals: Widdop 0/1
Field Goal
Brookvale Oval, Manly
Attendance: 20,414
Referee/s: Gavin Badger, Shayne Hayne Report:[28]

Round 26
4 September 2011
7:00pm Local
Sydney Roosters 40 - 8 Melbourne Storm
Tries: Leilua (3), Carney, Guerra, Minichiello, Pearce
Goals: Anasta 6/7
Field Goal
Tries: Champion, Duffie
Goals: Widdop 0/1, Cronk 0/1
Field Goal
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 8,753
Referee/s: Alan Shortall, Jason Robinson Report:[29]

Finals

Qualifying Final - Week 1
11 September 2011
4:00pm Local
Melbourne Storm 18 - 8 Newcastle Knights
Tries: Duffie, Champion, Manu
Goals: Smith 3/4
Field Goal
Tries: Gidley, Uate
Goals: Gidley 0/2
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 14,845
Referee/s: Ashley Klein & Adam Devcich Report:[30]

Preliminary Final - Week 3
24 September 2011
7:45pm Local
Melbourne Storm 12 - 20 New Zealand Warriors
Tries: Champion, Manu
Goals: Smith 2/2
Field Goal
Tries: Brown, Maloney, Tupou
Goals: Maloney 4/4
Field Goal
AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 28,580
Referee/s: Tony Archer, Matt Cecchin Report:[31]

Ladders

    Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
    1 Melbourne Storm 2419-5252130821342
    2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 2418-6253933120840
    3 Brisbane Broncos 2418-6251137213940
    4 Wests Tigers 2415-925194308934
    5 St George Illawarra Dragons 241419248334114233
    6 New Zealand Warriors 2414-10250439311132
    7 North Queensland Cowboys 2414-1025324805232
    8 Newcastle Knights 2412-1224784433528
    9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2412-122449489-4028
    10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2411-132531562-3126
    11 Sydney Roosters 2410-142417500-8324
    12 Penrith Panthers 249-152430517-8722
    13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 247-172428557-12918
    14 Parramatta Eels 2461172385538-15317
    15 Canberra Raiders 246-182423623-20016
    16 Gold Coast Titans 246-182363629-26616
    Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
    1 New Zealand 2419142851494+35743
    2 North Queensland 2417072758509+24938
    3 Cronulla-Sutherland 2416172707600+10737
    4 Melbourne 2416082678517+16136
    5 Sydney 2415182639523+11635
    6 Canterbury-Bankstown 24140102659458+20132
    7 Wests 24122102607529+7830
    8 Newcastle 24121112638660-2229
    9 Brisbane 24112112752551+20128
    10 Penrith 24120122558709-15128
    11 St. George Illawarra 24102122562594-3226
    12 Parramatta 24101132547556-925
    13 Canberra 2481152683749-6621
    14 Gold Coast 2451182467779-31215
    15 South Sydney 2441192454881-42713
    16 Manly-Warringah 2440202432843-41112

    2011 squad

    Although other players may play for the Melbourne Storm during the year, all NRL clubs are required to select a top 25 First Grade squad at the beginning of the season.

    No. Position Player
    1 New Zealand SR Adam Blair
    2 New Zealand PR Jesse Bromwich
    3 France FE Dane Chisholm
    4 Australia HB Cooper Cronk
    5 New Zealand WG Matt Duffie
    6 Australia HB Jake Hawkins
    7 Australia HK Ryan Hinchcliffe
    8 Australia HB Luke Kelly
    9 Australia PR John Kite
    10 Australia HK Rory Kostjasyn
    11 Australia LK Todd Lowrie
    12 New Zealand SR Sika Manu
    No. Position Player
    13 Australia WG Dane Nielsen
    14 Australia PR Bryan Norrie
    15 Vanuatu CE Justin O'Neill
    16 New Zealand SR Kevin Proctor
    17 Australia WG Anthony Quinn
    18 Australia SR Robert Rochow
    19 Australia FB Billy Slater
    20 Australia HK Cameron Smith (C)
    21 New Zealand CE Chase Stanley
    22 Tonga SR Atelea Vea
    23 England FB Gareth Widdop

    Source: Storm 2011 Squad

    Awards and honours

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    3. Suzuki drives forward with Storm - Melbourne Storm
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    9. 2011 Match Centre - NRL.com
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