2011 Melbourne Storm season
| 2011 Melbourne Storm season | ||||
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| NRL Rank | 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 | |||
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| Stadium | AAMI Park – 30,050 | |||
| Avg. attendance | 14,246 | |||
| High attendance | 24,081 (Round 24) | |||
| 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 2011 NRL season and finished the regular season in first place, winning the J.J. Giltinan Shield for taking out the minor premiership.
Melbourne would play nine of their first 13 games at AAMI Park, and enjoyed a strong start to the season with a 7–3 record from the opening 10 rounds. Their run of stellar form continued, losing just two games for the remainder of the season. Both of those came on the eve of the finals but the team was still able to win the minor premiership, finishing two points clear of Manly. After beating Newcastle 18–8 in the Qualifying final, Storm's season was prematurely ended with a home preliminary final loss to the Warriors. Melbourne again finished the season with the competition's best defence. At the Dally M awards, the club featured prominently. Gareth Widdop also enjoyed a breakout season, playing 25 games while making 16 line breaks and providing 16 try assists.