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 squad
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Melbourne Storm Awards Night
- Melbourne Storm Player of the Year: Cameron Smith[2]
- Melbourne Storm Rookie of the Year: Brett White
- Mick Moore Club Person of the Year: Julie Cliff
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Dally M Awards Night
- Dally M Top Try Scorer (regular season only): Billy Slater 19 (with Shaun Berrigan)
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