2009 Bulldogs RLFC season

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2009 Bulldogs RLFC season
  2008 2010  

The 2009 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 75th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 2nd (out of 16), a vast improvement on the previous season, when they came last. The Bulldogs came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Parramatta Eels.

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Season summary

After an extremely disappointing 2008 season, in which the club finished with the wooden spoon, 2009 will be a season of rebuilding for the Bulldogs. A number of high-profile new recruits, including Brett Kimmorley, Josh Morris, Michael Ennis, David Stagg and Ben Hannant along with mid-season signing of Greg Eastwood will join the club.

Fixtures

During the regular season, the Bulldogs will play most home games at ANZ Stadium in Homebush Bay. ANZ Stadium is also the home ground of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and one of the home grounds of the Parramatta Eels, so Bulldogs away matches against these two teams will also be played at this venue. Two Bulldogs home games will be played away from Homebush Bay: the Round 11 match against Melbourne will be played at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford, and the Round 19 match against the Gold Coast will be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Trial Matches

Trial 1
21 February 2009
7:00pm Local
St. George Illawarra Dragons St. George colours.svg 24–12 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Tries: Cooper, Nightingale, Thorby, Clarke
Goals: Soward 4/4
Tries: Utai, Barba
Goals: El Masri 1/1, Ennis 1/1
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Attendance: 7,628

Trial 2
28 February 2009
8:00pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 24–16 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Tries: Goodwin, Ennis, Patten, Armit
Goals: Ennis 3/3, El Masri 1/1
Tries: Monaghan 2, Purtell
Goals: Campese 2/3
Meakin Park, Brisbane

Regular season

Round 1
14 March 2009
7:30pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 34–12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Tries: Goodwin 2, Idris 2, Morris
Goals: El Masri 7/7
Tries: Ballin, Lyon
Goals: Orford 2/2
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 19,791
Referee: Cummins, Suttor

Round 2
21 March 2009
7:30pm Local
Penrith Panthers Penrith colours.svg 26–28 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Tries: Waterhouse 2, Aiton, Tighe
Goals: Gordon 5/5
Tries: Eastwood, Idris, Kimmorley, Roberts, Stagg
Goals: El Masri 4/5
CUA Stadium, Penrith
Attendance: 16,846
Referee: Cecchin, James

Round 3
27 March 2009
7:35pm Local
Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Titans colours.svg 20–12 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Tries: Campbell, O'Dwyer, Rogers, Tonga
Goals: Rogers 2/5
Tries: Goodwin, Ryan
Goals: El Masri 2/3
Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Attendance: 19,854
Referee: Maxwell, Shortall

Round 4
5 April 2009
2:00pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 24–12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tries: El Masri, Goodwin, Morris, Ryan
Goals: El Masri 4/4
Tries: Gallen, Tupou
Goals: Covell 2/2
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 15,520
Referee: Robinson, Sutton

Round 5
13 April 2009
7:00pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 14–12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tries: Morris, Ryan
Goals: El Masri 2/2, Ennis 1/1
Tries: Champion, Pettybourne
Goals: Luke 1/1, Sandow 1/1
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 22,775
Referee: Klein, Suttor

Round 6
19 April 2009
3:00pm Local
Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg 18–48 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Tries: Hauraki 2, Hayne
Goals: Burt 3/3
Tries: Morris 2, Patten 2, El Masri, Goodwin, Hodgson, Kimmorley, Warburton
Goals: El Masri 6/9
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 18,223
Referee: Badger, De Las Heras

Round 7
26 April 2009
2:00pm Local
Canberra Raiders Canberra colours.svg 20–30 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Tries: Monaghan, Purtell, Thompson, Tongue
Goals: Dugan 2/4
Tries: El Masri, Ennis, Goodwin, Hannant, Millard
Goals: El Masri 5/5
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 10,241
Referee: James, Klein

Round 8
3 May 2009
3:00pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 22–20 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Tries: El Masri 2, Ennis, Goodwin
Goals: El Masri 3/4
Tries: Moltzen, Payten, Ryan 2
Goals: Gallant 2/5
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 25,622
Referee: Hayne, De Las Heras

Round 9
9–11 May 2009
.Bye.

Round 10
16 May 2009
7:30pm Local
St. George Illawarra Dragons St. George colours.svg 20–18 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Tries: Creagh, Poore, Weyman
Goals: Soward 4/4
Tries: Hannant, Idris, Kimmorley
Goals: El Masri 3/3
Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Attendance: 18,415
Referee: Archer, Klein

Round 11
22–25 May 2009
7:30pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 26–10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm

Round 12
29 May - 1 June 2009
3:00pm Local
Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg 22–14 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs

Round 13
5–8 June 2009
.Bye.

Round 14
12–15 June 2009
7:35pm Local
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 22–44 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Player of the Match: Ben Roberts (BUL)

Round 15
19–22 June 2009
7:35pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 19–12 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers

Round 16
26–29 June 2009
7:35pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 30–18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys

Round 17
3–6 July 2009
7:35pm Local
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 19–12 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs

Round 18
10–13 July 2009
2:00pm Local
New Zealand Warriors New Zealand colours.svg 14–18 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs

Round 19
17–20 July 2009
8:30pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 23–16 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans

Round 20
24–27 July 2009
5:30pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 8–27 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels

Round 21
31 July - 3 August 2009
3:00pm Local
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg 18–26 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs

Round 22
7–10 August 2009
7:30pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 23–20 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders

Round 23
14–17 August 2009
7:35pm Local
North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland colours.svg 12–22 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs

Round 24
21–24 August 2009
7:00pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 28–4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters

Round 25
28–31 August 2009
3:00pm Local
Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 40–20 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 41,835 (record crowd)

Round 26
4–6 September 2009
7:35pm Local
Wests Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg 34–12 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs

Finals Series

Qualifying Final
12 September 2009
8:35pm Local
Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 26–12 Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg

Preliminary Final
25 September 2009
7:45pm Local
Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 12–22 Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2417072548329+21938
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062575428+147381
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2416082514467+4736
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2414192505348+15733
5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102549459+9032
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24140102511566−5532
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24130112508491+1730
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24121112476473+329
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120122558483+7528
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24111122566549+1727
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24111122515589−7427
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24110132558474+8426
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490152489520−3122
14 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2472152377565−18820
15 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192359568−20914
16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2450192382681−29914

1The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.

2009 squad

No.PositionPlayer

Chris Armit PR Ben Barba FE Brent Crisp FB Greg Eastwood SR Hazem El Masri WG Michael Ennis HK Bryson Goodwin WG Yileen Gordon SR Ben Hannant PR Jarrad Hickey PR Michael Hodgson PR Daniel Holdsworth FE Jamal Idris CE Brett Kimmorley HB John Kite PR

No.PositionPlayer

Charles Leaneo PR Daryl Millard CE Brad Morrin SR Josh Morris CE Heka Nanai WG Luke Patten FB Ben Roberts FE Andrew Ryan SR (c) David Stagg LK Michael Sullivan HK Lee Te Maari SR Matt Utai WG Gary Warburton SR Danny Williams PR Tim Winitana CE

See also

References