2009 Featherstone Rovers season

The Featherstone Rovers competed in the Co-operative Championship in 2009.

Table

2009 Co-operative Championship

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification
1	Barrow Raiders	20	13	0	7	632	361	+271	5	44	Qualified for the play-offs
2	Halifax	20	13	0	7	714	476	+238	4	43
3	Sheffield Eagles	20	11	0	9	635	447	+188	9	42
4	Widnes Vikings	20	11	0	9	649	438	+211	6	39
5	Whitehaven	20	12	0	8	565	567	−2	3	39
6	Featherstone Rovers	20	12	0	8	619	524	+95	1	37
7	Gateshead Thunder	20	9	2	9	610	657	−47	3	32
8	Batley Bulldogs	20	8	2	10	536	620	−84	6	32
9	Leigh Centurions	20	9	0	11	426	572	−146	5	32	Relegated
10	Toulouse Olympique XIII	20	9	0	11	556	582	−26	3	30 [a]
11	Doncaster	20	1	0	19	257	955	−698	−4	−1 [b]	Relegated

Source: www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk ^[1] and Rugby-League.com ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1st on league points; 2nd on match points difference.
Notes:

1. Toulouse were exempt from relegation.
2. Doncaster had 5 bonus points, but lost 9 competition points for entering administration.

2009 fixtures and results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Co-operative Championship

Co-operative Championship results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
15 March	1	Batley Bulldogs	A	Mount Pleasant	W	34-8			1,127	Co-op
22 March	2	Whitehaven	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	26-52			1,555	Co-op
10 April	4	Gateshead Thunder	A	Gateshead International Stadium	W	23-2			651	Co-op
13 April	5	Sheffield Eagles	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	20-12			1,612	Co-op
19 April	6	Whitehaven	A	Recreation Ground	W	44-16			1,411	Co-op
23 April	7	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	30-16			2,307	Co-op
30 April	8	Halifax	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	26-39			2,673	Co-op
17 May	10	Doncaster	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	68-12			1,577	Featherstone
24 May	11	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park	L	12-44			1,995	Featherstone
28 May	12	Leigh Centurions	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	30-24			1,535	Featherstone
13 June	13	Widnes Vikings	A	Stobart Stadium Halton	L	22-46			3,278	Co-op
27 June	14	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Argeles	W	32-16			2,321	Featherstone
5 July	15	Gateshead Thunder	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	56-40			1,475	Featherstone
24 July	17	Halifax	A	Shay Stadium	W	22-20			2,456	Co-op
1 August	18	Toulouse Olympique	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	18-34			1,346	RLP
9 August	19	Widnes Vikings	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	34-29				RLP
16 August	20	Doncaster	A	Keepmoat Stadium	W	56-10				RLP
23 August	21	Barrow Raiders	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	28-46				RLP
27 August	9	Sheffield Eagles	A	Don Valley Stadium	L	12-28				RLP
6 September	22	Batley Bulldogs	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	26-30				RLP

Note: Featherstone had byes in rounds 3 and 16.

Play-offs

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Live on TV	Report
11 September	Eliminators	Sheffield Eagles	A	Don Valley Stadium	W	32-8					RLP
18 September	Semi-final	Widnes Vikings	A	Stobart Stadium Halton	W	32-24					RLP
18 September	Elimination Final	Halifax	A	Shay Stadium	L	30-36					RLP

Team bracket

	Eliminators					Semi-finals					Eliminator Final					Grand Final
						1	Barrow Raiders	35								1	Barrow Raiders	26
						2	Halifax	12								2	Halifax	18
											2	Halifax	36
	4	Widnes Vikings	26
											6	Featherstone Rovers	30
	5	Whitehaven	21
						4	Widnes Vikings	24
						6	Featherstone Rovers	32
	3	Sheffield Eagles	8
	6	Featherstone Rovers	32

Source:Rugby League Project

Northern Rail Cup

W WinL Loss

Northern Rail Cup results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
15 February	Group	Doncaster	A	Keepmoat Stadium	W	36-6			1,126	Featherstone
18 February	Group	Leigh Centurions	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	10-6			1,487	Featherstone
22 February	Group	Dewsbury Rams	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	26-28			1,470	Featherstone
1 March	Group	Workington Town	A	Derwent Park	W	38-6			477	Featherstone
4 June	Quarter-final	Oldham	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	32-18			853	Featherstone
18 June	Semi-final	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park	L	10-16			2,775	RLP

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2009 Challenge Cup

W WinL Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
8 March	3	British Army	H	Big Fellas Stadium	W	94-2			1,763	Featherstone
10 May	4	Warrington Wolves	H	Big Fellas Stadium	L	8-56			3,127	Featherstone

2009 Squad

As of 25 December 2008:

No	Nat	Player	Position	Previous Club
1		Tommy Saxton	Full back	Salford
2		Waine Pryce	Wing	Wakefield Trinity
3		Ian Hardman	Center	Widnes
4		Andrew "Andy" Kirk	Center	Widnes
5		Jon Steel	Wing	Hull Kingston Rovers
6		Iestyn Harris	Stand off	Bradford Bulls
7		Andy Kain	Half back	Widnes
8		Tony Tonks	Prop	Oldham
9		Jack Lee	Hooker	Featherstone Rovers
10		Stuart Dickens (C)	Prop	Featherstone Rovers
11		Matty Dale	Second row	Hull
12		Jamie Field	Second row	Featherstone Rovers
13		Richard Blakeway	Loose forward	Featherstone Rovers
14		Tom Haughey	Second row	Featherstone Rovers
15		James Houston	Prop	Featherstone Rovers
16		Joe McLocklan	Hooker	Doncaster
17		Joe Hirst	Second row	Wakefield Trinity
18		Tim Spears	Second row	Batley
19		Sean Hesketh	Prop/Second Row	Doncaster
20		Stuart Kain	Full back	Gateshead Thunder
22		Matthew Handforth	Second row
23		Gareth Swift	Loose forward	Normanton Knights
24		John Fallon	Prop	Hull Kingston Rovers
25		Scott Wilson	Wing	Featherstone Rovers
26		Sam Smeaton	Wing	Featherstone Rovers

2009 transfers in

Nat	Name	Moved From
	Ian Hardman	Widnes
	Jon Steel	Hull Kingston Rovers
	Iestyn Harris	Bradford Bulls
	Joe Hirst	Wakefield Trinity
	Jon Fallon	Hull Kingston Rovers
	Matt Dale	Hull
	Tim Spears	Batley
	Gareth Swift	Normanton Knights
	Stuart Kain	Gateshead Thunder
	Jack Lee	Castleford

2009 transfers out

Nat	Name	Moved To
	Paul Handforth	Released
	Loz Wildbore	Widnes
	Craig Cawthray	Hunslet
	Nathan Larvin	Hunslet
	Nathan Batty	Released
	Carl Hughes	Keighley
	Kevin Eadie	Released
	Ian Tonks	Dewsbury
	Lee Lingard	Dewsbury
	Anthony Thackray	End of Loan
	Nathan Massey	End of Loan
	Wayne McHugh	York City Knights

External links

• Rovers' official website

1. "Co-Operative Championship Table". www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
2. "League Tables | Rugby-League.com". Rugby-League.com. RFL. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.