Melbourne Storm 40–0 Brisbane Broncos — Qualifying Final, 2007 NRL Finals Series
9 Sep 2007 · Olympic Park, Melbourne, VIC · Attendance: 15,522
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2007 NRL finals series: Melbourne Storm 40–0 Brisbane Broncos, at Olympic Park, Melbourne, VIC on 9 Sep 2007.
Sourcing caveat: Rugby League Project's own scoresheet only surfaced Steve Turner's 3 tries; the other 5 Melbourne tries and all minute/conversion detail were cross-checked against a contemporaneous minute-by-minute blog (4 Weeks in September), whose kicking tallies matched RLP's stated overall figures. The exact split of which specific tries Cameron Smith vs Israel Folau converted was reconstructed to match the final score rather than confirmed try-by-try — the total of 4 successful goals (2 Smith conversions + 1 Smith penalty + 1 Folau conversion) is solid, the try-by-try attribution is not. Brisbane's Greg Eastwood wearing bench #6 is unusual for a forward and reflects this era's flexible squad numbering, as sourced.
Scoring timeline
| 5′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Quinn |
| 15′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Turner |
| 26′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Turner |
| 31′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Smith |
| 34′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Geyer |
| 40′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Turner |
| 58′ | Melbourne Storm — try, Slater |
| 73′ | Melbourne Storm — try, King |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Melbourne Storm | Tries: Quinn 5'; Turner 15'; Turner 26'; Smith 31'; Geyer 34'; Turner 40'; Slater 58'; King 73' Goals: Smith (2/2 conversions, 1/1 penalty goal); Folau (1/1 conversion) |
| Brisbane Broncos | No scorers recorded. |
Team sheets
| Melbourne Storm | Brisbane Broncos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Slater | Fullback | Darius Boyd | 1 |
| 2 | Steve Turner | Wing | Steve Michaels | 2 |
| 3 | Matt King | Centre | Nick Emmett | 3 |
| 4 | Israel Folau | Centre | Justin Hodges | 4 |
| 5 | Anthony Quinn | Wing | Alwyn Simpson | 21 |
| 15 | Matt Geyer | Five-Eighth | Sam Thaiday | 14 |
| 7 | Cooper Cronk | Halfback | Shane Perry | 7 |
| 8 | Garret Crossman | Prop | Dane Carlaw | 8 |
| 9 | Cameron Smith (c) | Hooker | Mick Roberts | 9 |
| 10 | Brett White | Prop | Petero Civoniceva (c) | 10 |
| 11 | Clint Newton | Second Row | Corey Parker | 11 |
| 12 | Ryan Hoffman | Second Row | Brad Thorn | 12 |
| 13 | Dallas Johnson | Lock | Ben Hannant | 15 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Jeremy Smith | Greg Eastwood | 6 | |
| 16 | Michael Crocker | Nick Kenny | 16 | |
| 17 | Jeff Lima | Ian Lacey | 17 | |
| 18 | James Aubusson | Clifford Manua | 18 | |
| Craig Bellamy | Coach | Wayne Bennett | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Clark |
Match report
Minor premiers Melbourne delivered a statement, running in eight tries to blank Wayne Bennett's Broncos in front of a modest Olympic Park crowd. Steve Turner claimed a first-half hat-trick either side of tries to Anthony Quinn, Cameron Smith and Matt Geyer, and the rout continued after the break through Billy Slater and Matt King. It was Brisbane's 500th game in the competition and their last of the 2007 season.