2009 Men's Australian Hockey League

2009 Men's
Australian Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Teams	8
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	WA Thundersticks (8th title)
Runner-up	QLD Blades
Third place	NSW Waratahs
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	258 (4.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jason Wilson (12 goals)
Best player	Brent Livermore
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The 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League was the 19th edition of the men's field hockey tournament. The finals week of the tournament was held in the Tasmanian city of Hobart.

The WA Thundersticks won the gold medal for the eighth time by defeating the QLD Blades 2–1 in the final. ^[1]

Competition format

The 2009 Men's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.

Teams from all 8 states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage in home and away matches. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals, while the bottom four teams continued to the classification stage. ^[2]

Point Allocation

All matches had an outright result, meaning drawn matches were decided in either golden goal extra time, or a penalty shoot-out. Match points were as follows:

· 3 points for a win
· 1 points to each team in the event of a draw
· 0 points to the loser of the match

Teams

• Canberra Lakers
• Southern Hotshots

• NSW Waratahs
• Tassie Tigers

• NT Stingers
• VIC Vikings

• QLD Blades
• WA Thundersticks

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Blades	7	7	0	0	42	13	+29	21	Semi-finals
2	VIC Vikings	7	5	0	2	35	21	+14	15
3	WA Thundersticks	7	5	0	2	28	19	+9	15
4	NSW Waratahs	7	4	1	2	32	18	+14	13
5	Tassie Tigers	7	3	0	4	22	24	−2	9
6	Canberra Lakers	7	2	1	4	21	28	−7	7
7	Southern Hotshots	7	1	0	6	22	42	−20	3
8	NT Stingers	7	0	0	7	14	51	−37	0

Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[3]

Fixtures

6 March 2009 WA Thundersticks 3–2 QLD Blades Hearn  29' Pike  58' Dancer  62' Report Wilson  29' M. Bates  60' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

6 March 2009 Southern Hotshots 4–1 NT Stingers Boland  26' Peris  36' McGregor  41' Hughes  52' Report Edwards  23' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

6 March 2009 NSW Waratahs 1–3 Canberra Lakers Orchard  43' Report Wallace  27' Turner  31' Davidson  32' Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

6 March 2009 VIC Vikings 5–2 Tassie Tigers McLennan  17', 31' Pollard  34', 54' Ciriello  45' Report Guest  5' Stephenson  52' Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

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8 March 2009 WA Thundersticks 3–5 QLD Blades Dancer  38', 70' Pike  65' Report De Young  11', 46' T. Bates  47', 60' Burns  62' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

8 March 2009 Southern Hotshots 5–2 NT Stingers Hughes  15' Petherick  20', 29' Porter  60' Wyld  63' Report Brown  25', 66' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

8 March 2009 NSW Waratahs 3–1 Canberra Lakers Miller  29' Govers  66' Orchard  68' Report Wallace  10' Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

8 March 2009 VIC Vikings 1–0 Tassie Tigers Ford  13' Report Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

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13 March 2009 Tassie Tigers 2–4 QLD Blades Cock  47' Deavin  67' Report M. Bates  58', 69' Wilson  63', 64' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

13 March 2009 VIC Vikings 7–3 Southern Hotshots Simpson  14' Pollard  16', 25' Geraghty  19' Ciriello  38', 48', 55' Report Bowden  26' Telfer  43' Reece  65' Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

13 March 2009 WA Thundersticks 2–1 Canberra Lakers Kavanagh  10' Burcher  20' Report Backhus  37' Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

13 March 2009 NT Stingers 1–5 NSW Waratahs J. Lockley  52' Report M. Paterson  3', 65' Butturini  12', 23' I. Paterson  55' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

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15 March 2009 Tassie Tigers 0–4 QLD Blades Report Cramer  10' Gohdes  12' T. Bates  17', 64' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

15 March 2009 VIC Vikings 6–2 Southern Hotshots Ford  3' Smyth  45' Ciriello  48', 68' MacKinnon  55' Pollard  58' Report Petherick  29' Peris  29' Stadium: State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne

15 March 2009 WA Thundersticks 3–0 Canberra Lakers Charlesworth  8' Smith  30', 56' Report Stadium: Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth

15 March 2009 NT Stingers 0–5 NSW Waratahs Report Kelly  12', 64' Wark  26' Miller  56' Butturini  69' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

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21 March 2009 NSW Waratahs 2–0 VIC Vikings Govers  58' I. Paterson  64' Report Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

21 March 2009 Southern Hotshots 1–2 WA Thundersticks McGregor  20' Report Burcher  62' Taylor  72' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

21 March 2009 Canberra Lakers 2–1 Tassie Tigers Turner  21' Backhus  60' Report Clifford  1' Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

21 March 2009 QLD Blades 5–1 NT Stingers Wilson  2', 8', 67' De Young  6' Gohdes  35' Report Robertson  17' Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

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22 March 2009 NSW Waratahs 5–1 VIC Vikings Butturini  31', 44' Miller  33' I. Paterson  61' Orchard  66' Report Allan  64' Stadium: Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

22 March 2009 Southern Hotshots 1–2 WA Thundersticks Claxton  47' Report Charlesworth  58' Dancer  61' Stadium: State Hockey Centre, Adelaide

22 March 2009 Canberra Lakers 1–4 Tassie Tigers Hinde  54' Report Cock  13' Clifford  21' West  58' Richardson  67' Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

22 March 2009 QLD Blades 5–1 NT Stingers Wilson  10' M. Bates  15' De Young  24', 39', 58' Report Brown  63' Stadium: Queensland State Hockey Centre, Brisbane

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27 March 2009 Canberra Lakers 0–2 VIC Vikings Report Ciriello  13', 41' Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

27 March 2009 NT Stingers 2–3 WA Thundersticks A. Lockley  32' T. Carroll  51' Report Hearn  23', 57' Charlesworth  42' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

27 March 2009 QLD Blades 2–1 NSW Waratahs Butler  15' Gibbs  54' Report Govers  19' Stadium: Toowoomba Hockey Club, Toowoomba

27 March 2009 Tassie Tigers 5–1 Southern Hotshots Cock  7', 19', 47', 54' Richardson  65' Report Wickham  39' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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29 March 2009 Canberra Lakers 2–3 VIC Vikings Turner  4' Wallace  52' Report Ford  14' Smyth  29' Ciriello  38' Stadium: National Hockey Centre, Canberra

29 March 2009 NT Stingers 0–3 WA Thundersticks Report Taylor  6', 19' Boyne  41' Stadium: Marrara Hockey Centre, Darwin

29 March 2009 QLD Blades 4–1 NSW Waratahs Wilson  24', 47' Gibbs  53' T. Bates  70' Report Orchard  16' Stadium: Toowoomba Hockey Club, Toowoomba

29 March 2009 Tassie Tigers 1–0 Southern Hotshots Marshall  28' Report Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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6 April 2009 Canberra Lakers 5–3 NT Stingers Davidson  22' Backhus  27' Wallace  53' Bishop  57' D. Hotchkis  59' Report Brown  24' Edwards  32', 35' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

6 April 2009 Southern Hotshots 1–5 QLD Blades Cleghorn  42' Report M. Bates  2' Wilson  8', 26' Whetton  13' Gohdes  22' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

6 April 2009 VIC Vikings 3–0 WA Thundersticks Ciriello  28', 68' Pollard  57' Report Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

6 April 2009 NSW Waratahs 2–1 Tassie Tigers Matheson  8', 52' Report Marshall  18' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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7 April 2009 Canberra Lakers 6–2 Southern Hotshots Hinde  20' Davidson  33' Turner  45', 68' Ellis  48' Dawson  62' Report McGregor  2' Schubert  6' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

7 April 2009 WA Thundersticks 3–2 NSW Waratahs Dancer  2' Mitton  9' Taylor  70' Report Kelly  54' Poulton  61' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

7 April 2009 NT Stingers 0–4 Tassie Tigers Report Ockenden  5' Marshall  61' Deavin  65' Carey  70' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

7 April 2009 QLD Blades 2–0 VIC Vikings Hammond  15' Whetton  46' Report Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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9 April 2009 Southern Hotshots 2–5 NSW Waratahs Peris  1' Cleghorn  44' Report Govers  4' Livermore  12' Matheson  21', 34' Miller  32' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

9 April 2009 NT Stingers 3–7 VIC Vikings Spry  7' T. Carroll  35', 64' Report Allan  10' McLennan  20', 50' Ford  51', 58' MacKinnon  57' Kleinschmidt  60' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

9 April 2009 QLD Blades 4–0 Canberra Lakers T. Bates  10' Swann  40' De Young  61', 68' Report Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

9 April 2009 Tassie Tigers 2–4 WA Thundersticks Tremayne  67' Cock  70' Report Mitton  2' Hulbert  9' Smith  35' Pike  37' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	11 April 2009
	Tassie Tigers	3
					12 April 2009
	Southern Hotshots	1
					Tassie Tigers	6
	11 April 2009
					NT Stingers	2
	Canberra Lakers	2
	NT Stingers (a.e.t)	3
					Seventh place
					12 April 2009
					Southern Hotshots	3
					Canberra Lakers	2

Crossover

11 April 2009 12:00 Canberra Lakers 2–3 (a.e.t.) NT Stingers Turner  49', 55' Report Edwards  16', 21' Abbott  80' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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11 April 2009 14:00 Tassie Tigers 3–1 Southern Hotshots Browne  15', 29' Ockenden  65' Report McGregor  3' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Seventh and eighth place

12 April 2009 12:00 Southern Hotshots 3–2 Canberra Lakers Porter  13' Peris  19' Cleghorn  29' Report Bishop  52' D. Hotchkis  62' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Fifth and sixth place

12 April 2009 14:00 Tassie Tigers 6–2 NT Stingers Cock  12', 45', 55' Richardson  32', 56', 60' Report Carroll  21' A. Lockley  66' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 April 2009
	QLD Blades	4
					12 April 2009
	NSW Waratahs	2
					QLD Blades	1
	11 April 2009
					WA Thundersticks	2
	VIC Vikings	1
	WA Thundersticks	4
					Third place
					12 April 2009
					NSW Waratahs	4
					VIC Vikings	2

Semi-finals

11 April 2009 16:00 VIC Vikings 1–4 WA Thundersticks Ford  22' Report Dancer  13' Hulbert  37' Hearn  47', 48' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

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11 April 2009 18:00 QLD Blades 4–2 NSW Waratahs Whetton  15', 59' Butler  17' M. Bates  60' Report Govers  35' M. Paterson  40' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Third and fourth place

12 April 2009 16:00 NSW Waratahs 4–2 VIC Vikings Govers  4', 10', 48' Kelly  14' Report Ford  14' Pollard  21' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Final

12 April 2009 18:00 QLD Blades 1–2 WA Thundersticks Wilson  17' Report Dancer  11' Mitton  22' Stadium: Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final
Brent Livermore	Jason Wilson	Graeme Begbie

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	WA Thundersticks	9	7	0	2	34	21	+13	21	Gold Medal
	QLD Blades	9	8	0	1	47	17	+30	24	Silver Medal
	NSW Waratahs	9	5	1	3	38	24	+14	16	Bronze Medal
4	VIC Vikings	9	5	0	4	38	29	+9	15
5	Tassie Tigers	9	5	0	4	31	27	+4	15
6	NT Stingers	9	1	0	8	19	59	−40	3
7	Southern Hotshots	9	2	0	7	26	47	−21	6
8	Canberra Lakers	9	2	1	6	25	34	−9	7

Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers

There were 258 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 4.96 goals per match.

12 goals

• Jason Wilson

11 goals

• Christopher Ciriello

10 goals

• Geoffrey Cock

8 goals

• Kieran Govers
• Liam de Young

7 goals

• Glenn Turner
• Russell Ford
• Joshua Pollard
• Brent Dancer

6 goals

• Michael Bates
• Timothy Bates

5 goals

• Matthew Butturini
• Nathan Edwards
• Marcus Richardson
• Gregory Hearn

4 goals

• Jack Wallace
• Peter Kelly
• Eli Matheson
• Joshua Miller
• Simon Orchard
• Liam Brown
• Travis Carroll
• Jacob Whetton
• Matthew McGregor
• Jonathon Peris
• Alistair McLennan
• Travis Taylor

3 goals

• Garry Backhus
• Iain Davidson
• Ian Paterson
• Mark Paterson
• Matthew Gohdes
• Thomas Cleghorn
• Richard Petherick
• Phillip Marshall
• Jonathon Charlesworth
• Trent Mitton
• Samuel Pike
• Andrew Smith

2 goals

• Benjamin Bishop
• Kenji Hinde
• Daniel Hotchkis
• Adrian Lockley
• Dean Butler
• Ryan Gibbs
• Scott Hughes
• Robert Porter
• Kwandwane Browne
• Adam Clifford
• Timothy Deavin
• Edward Ockenden
• Angus Allan
• Paul MacKinnon
• Ian Smyth
• Ian Burcher
• Phillip Hulbert

1 goal

• Dean Dawson
• Justin Ellis
• Brent Livermore
• Benjamin Poulton
• Matthew Wark
• Desmond Abbott
• Jarrod Lockley
• Angus Robertson
• Adam Spry
• Jacob Burns
• Cale Cramer
• Robert Hammond
• Matthew Swann
• Evan Boland
• Fraser Bowden
• Matthew Claxton
• Gregory Reece
• Grant Schubert
• William Telfer
• Thomas Wickham
• Ruben Wyld
• Sean Carey
• David Guest
• Lloyd Stephenson
• Nicholas Tremayne
• Toby West
• Declan Geraghty
• Aaron Kleinschmidt
• Glenn Simpson
• Craig Boyne
• Fergus Kavanagh

Source: Clearing House

References

1. "WA secure second straight hockey title". abc.net.au. ABC News . Retrieved 30 March 2020.
2. "Hockey Australia Annual Report 2008–2009" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia . Retrieved 30 March 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Regulations