2009 Melbourne Storm season
| 2009 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 4th | |||
| Play-off result | Grand Final Winners | |||
| 2009 record | Wins: 14; draws: 1; losses: 9 | |||
| Points scored | For: 505; against: 348 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Brian Waldron | |||
| Coach | Craig Bellamy | |||
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| Stadium | Olympic Park | |||
| Avg. attendance | 11,978 | |||
| High attendance | 27,687 (Preliminary Final) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Billy Slater (18) | |||
| Goals | Cameron Smith (65) | |||
| Points | Cameron Smith (142) | |||
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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.
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.
Melbourne played all their regular season home games at Olympic Park, the final season playing at the venue before moving to the new Melbourne Rectangular Stadium the following season.