2009 Canberra Raiders season

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2009 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank13th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
2009 recordWins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 489; Against: 510
Team information
CEO
Chairman
Don Furner
John McIntyre
Coach David Furner
Captain
Stadium Canberra Stadium
Avg. attendance11,027
High attendance19,350
Top scorers
Tries Jarrod Croker (12)
Goals Terry Campese (56)
Points Terry Campese (129)
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The 2009 Canberra Raiders season was the 28th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 13th (out of 16).

Contents

Pre-season

The Canberra Raiders lost founding father Les McIntyre in the pre-season in February leading to the disruption of a pre-season camp and his name being embroidered on the club jerseys for the rest of the season 2009 season. [1]

Season summary

Despite a disappointing start to the season for the Raiders, losing too many close matches, they were able to defeat the Melbourne Storm 26 – 16 at Canberra Stadium (Canberra's first victory over Melbourne in 7 years and 14 games) in round 16, keeping their slim finals hopes alive. [2] The Raiders in round 21 handed the Brisbane Broncos club the heaviest defeat in their history with a 56–0 trashing at Canberra Stadium, the largest winning margin of the season. The Raiders also had a memorable win over the number one team at the time St George-Illawarra Dragons, by 24–12. [3] Despite wins against three of the top four (St George Illawarra Dragons, Gold Coast Titans and the Melbourne Storm) and coming within three points of the other (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) losses to bottom placed teams Cronulla Sharks and Sydney Roosters at home saw the Raiders finish in 13th.

Results

Telstra Premiership

Trial Games
RoundOpponentResultCan.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
Trial 1 Cronulla Sharks Win321224 Jan Seiffert Oval N/A
Trial 2 Brisbane Broncos Loss163021 Feb Dolphin Oval 10,500N/A
Trial 3 Bulldogs Loss162428 Feb Meakin Park N/A
NRL Regular Season Games
1 (1989 League
Legends Cup)
Wests Tigers Loss263416 Mar Campbelltown Stadium 17,39211/16
2 Sydney Roosters Loss42822 Mar Canberra Stadium 13,10016/16
3 Parramatta Eels Loss161828 Mar Parramatta Stadium 11,11016/16
4 North Queensland Cowboys Win23186 Apr Canberra Stadium 12,19315/16
5 Cronulla Sharks Win241411 Apr Toyota Stadium 8,56111/16
6 Gold Coast Titans Loss101617 Apr Skilled Park 18,51014/16
7 Bulldogs Loss203026 Apr Canberra Stadium 10,24113/16
8 Penrith Panthers Loss10182 May Canberra Stadium 8,85014/16
9BYE9–11 May14/16
10
(Heritage Round)
Melbourne Storm Loss64618 May Olympic Park 10,11214/16
11 New Zealand Warriors Win381224 May Canberra Stadium 8,38314/16
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win34181 Jun ANZ Stadium 9,80512/16
13BYE5–8 Jun11/16
14 Cronulla Sharks Loss222414 Jun Canberra Stadium 10,10412/16
15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Loss142021 Jun Brookvale Oval 8,18215/16
16 Melbourne Storm Win261628 Jun Canberra Stadium 9,55112/16
17 Gold Coast Titans Win34285 Jul Canberra Stadium 9,80010/16
18 Newcastle Knights Loss42311 Jul Energy Australia Stadium 15,35512/16
19 Penrith Panthers Loss142718 Jul CUA Stadium 8,07414/16
20 Wests Tigers Loss42526 Jul Canberra Stadium 11,15014/16
21 Brisbane Broncos Win5601 Aug Canberra Stadium 10,20013/16
22 Bulldogs Loss20238 Aug ANZ Stadium 13,31013/16
23 St George Illawarra Dragons Win241215 Aug Canberra Stadium 19,35013/16
24 New Zealand Warriors Loss203423 Aug Mount Smart Stadium 8,81213/16
25 Newcastle Knights Win301431 Aug Canberra Stadium 9,40013/16
26 Brisbane Broncos Loss10226 Sep Suncorp Stadium 35,11213/16
ColourResult
GreenWin
RedLoss
YellowGolden point Win
BlueBye

Toyota Cup (Under 20s)

The Under 20s team was unsuccessful in defending its National Youth Competition title, the season started well but injuries and players moving up into first grade saw them enter a six match losing streak late in the regular season and saw them just scrape into the top eight on points differential. The team were able to upset the minor premiers Manly in week one of the finals but fell to the Wests Tigers in week two ending their title defence.

Club awards

AwardWinner
Mal Meninga Medal Josh Dugan
Josh Miller
Coaches Award Bronson Harrison
Rookie of the Year Josh Dugan
Fred Daly Memorial Clubman of the Year TrophyJohn Woods
National Youth Competition Player of the Year Steve Naughton
National Youth Competition Coaches Award Jarred Kennedy
Gordon McLucas Memorial Award (Junior representative player of the year) Haydon Hodge
Geoff Caldwell Memorial Award (Vocational Encouragement)Mark Nicholls

Squad

No.PositionPlayer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB David Milne
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Adrian Purtell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Jarrod Croker
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Joel Monaghan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Phil Graham
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE Terry Campese
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HB Marc Herbert
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Dane Tilse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Glen Buttriss
Flag of Scotland.svg PR Scott Logan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR David Shillington
Flag of New Zealand.svg SR Bronson Harrison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Alan Tongue (Captain)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Trevor Thurling
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Nigel Plum
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Troy Thompson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Joe Picker
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Michael Brophy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Daniel Vidot
No.PositionPlayer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Justin Carney
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Brad Cross
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Andrew Edwards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Shaun Fensom
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Stuart Flanagan
Flag of Tonga.svg WG Sam Huihahau
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Daniel Joyce
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Brett Kelly
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Cy Lasscock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE Josh McCrone
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Josh Miller
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE Zac Russ
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Nick Skinner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HB Matt Smith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE James Stuart
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Joel Thompson
Flag of New Zealand.svg SR Glen Turner
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB Josh Dugan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Travis Waddell
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg WG Drury Low

Ladders

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.

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2419142879417+46243
2 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2419052758461+29742
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2419052833597+23642
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2415182709588+12135
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415092698551+14734
6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24131102776568+20831
7 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24131102725612+11331
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24112112706685+2128
9 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24120122668683-1528
10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2491142596756-16023
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs 2491142649867-21823
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2480162604698-9420
13 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480162573755-18220
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480162542738-19620
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2460182443736-29316
16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2440202391838-44712

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