Brisbane Broncos 18–24 Melbourne Storm — Qualifying Final, 2005 NRL Finals Series
10 Sep 2005 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD · Attendance: 25,193
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2005 NRL finals series: Brisbane Broncos 18–24 Melbourne Storm, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD on 10 Sep 2005.
Sourcing caveat: No try-scoring minutes were found for this fixture. Melbourne's exact jersey-number-to-position mapping for the back row, lock and bench (David Kidwell, Ryan Hoffman, Glen Turner, Dallas Johnson, Antonio Kaufusi, Greg Inglis, Alex Chan) could not be pinned down with full confidence for this specific match — the Storm made personnel changes between this game and the following week's Semi-Final that made source extractions inconsistent. The starting-13-plus-bench player pool is solid; individual jersey numbers for those positions are not independently confirmed and are recorded as UNCONFIRMED on the bench rather than guessed.
Scorers
| Brisbane Broncos | Tries: Minto; Seymour; Smith Goals: Seymour (3/4 conversions) |
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Inglis; King; Slater; Webster Goals: Orford (2/2 conversions); Smith (2/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Brisbane Broncos | Melbourne Storm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karmichael Hunt | Fullback | Billy Slater | 1 |
| 2 | Scott Minto | Wing | Matt Geyer | 2 |
| 3 | Shaun Berrigan | Centre | Steve Bell | 3 |
| 4 | Brent Tate | Centre | Matt King | 4 |
| 5 | Leon Bott | Wing | Jake Webster | 5 |
| 6 | Darren Lockyer (c) | Five-Eighth | Scott Hill | 6 |
| 7 | Brett Seymour | Halfback | Matt Orford (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Shane Webcke | Prop | Robbie Kearns | 8 |
| 9 | Barry Berrigan | Hooker | Cameron Smith | 9 |
| 10 | Petero Civoniceva | Prop | Brett White | 10 |
| 11 | Darren Smith | Second Row | David Kidwell | 11 |
| 12 | Brad Thorn | Second Row | Ryan Hoffman | 12 |
| 13 | Tonie Carroll | Lock | Glen Turner | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Corey Parker | Antonio Kaufusi | UNCONFIRMED | |
| 15 | Casey McGuire | Greg Inglis | UNCONFIRMED | |
| 16 | Dane Carlaw | Alex Chan | UNCONFIRMED | |
| 17 | Sam Thaiday | Dallas Johnson | UNCONFIRMED | |
| Wayne Bennett | Coach | Craig Bellamy | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark |
Match report
Melbourne raced to an 18-4 halftime lead at Suncorp, with tries to Inglis, Slater, King and Webster putting the game seemingly beyond doubt against a Broncos side that had lost six straight. Brisbane rallied in the second half through tries to Minto, Seymour and Smith, cutting the margin to six points, but could not complete the comeback.