2009 NRL Under-20s season

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2009 National Youth Competition
Teams16
Premiers Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne (1st title)
Minor premiers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly (1st title)
Matches played201
Points scored11082
Wooden spoon Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla  (1st spoon)
Player of the Year St. George colours.svg Beau Henry
Top point-scorer(s) Wests Tigers colours.svg Jake Mullaney (308)
Top try-scorer(s) Wests Tigers colours.svg Jake Mullaney (27)
  2008
2010  

The 2009 NRL Under-20s season was the second season of the NRL Under-20s competition. The Competition, known as the Toyota Cup for sponsorship purposes, is solely for under-20 players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League.

Contents

Season summary

Schedule

Ladder

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 2020 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

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

Team1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 246810121414141618202224252729313335373739394143
2 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 0024681012141618182022242628283032323436384042
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 24468101214161618202224242426283032323436384042
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 02466688101212131517191921232527272931313335
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 000002446810121214161820222426283032323234
6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 24444468101010111313151717191921232527292931
7 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 0024466681010111315171919212123232527293131
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 24688888101214151719202224262626262626262828
9 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 224446688810121212121416181820222224242628
10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 0022444688891111131313131515171919212123
11 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 0224681012141414151717171717171719192121232323
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 22244444668101010121214161616161616182020
13 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 000000246810121212141616161818202020202020
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 24668101010101010121214161616161818181818202020
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 00002224466888101212141616161616161616
16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 24446666888888888101010121212121212

Finals series

The NYC finals series adopts the McIntyre final eight system just like its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League.

Qualifying finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalsFinal
1 Manly 28
8 St. George Illawarra 481W St. George Illawarra 12
4W Canberra Raiders 34 Wests Tigers 36
2 Melbourne Storm 542L Wests Tigers 42
Wests Tigers 22
7 Wests Tigers 22
Melbourne Storm 24
3 Brisbane Broncos 462W Melbourne Storm 40
6 South Sydney 183W Brisbane Broncos 24 Brisbane Broncos 16
1L Manly 10
4 NZ Warriors 24
5 Canberra Raiders 32
HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Qualifying Finals
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 54-18 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 September 2009, 5:30pm Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Gavin Reynolds
Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 22-46 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 12 September 2009, 4:15pm Skilled Park, Robina Chris Butler
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28-32 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 12 September 2009, 6:15pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney Gavin Morris
St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 48-24 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 13 September 2009, 1:45pm WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah Adam Devcich
Semi-finals
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 34-42 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 18 September 2009, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Gavin Reynolds
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24-10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 19 September 2009, 5:30pm Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Adam Devcich
Preliminary Finals
St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12-36 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 25 September 2009, 5:30pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney Gavin Reynolds
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 40-16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 26 September 2009, 5:30pm Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Adam Devcich
Grand Final
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24-22 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 4 October 2009, 2:10pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney Gavin Reynolds

Grand Final

Melbourne Storm Position Wests Tigers
Gareth Widdop FB Jake Mullaney
Sam Joe WG Joel Jackson
Justin O'Neill CE Joel Wisbey
Pita Maile CE Jake Clarke
Matt Duffie WG Sama Sauvao
Dane Chisholm FE Robert Lui
Luke Kelly (c) HB Darren Nicholls (c)
Pulou Vaituutuu PR Andrew Fifita
James Woolford HK Chris Corby
Jesse Bromwich PR Aaron Woods
Rob Rochow SR Simon Dwyer
Theodore Stuart SR Jason Schirnack
Billy Rogers LK Matt Hyland
Jai Jones-Wiegold Bench Jay Florimo
Jordan McLean Bench Monikura Tikinau
Kevin Proctor Bench David Fifita
Fred Makimare Bench Rhys Curran
Brad Arthur Coach Grant Jones

English-born Melbourne young gun Gareth Widdop clinched the Toyota Cup grand final for the Storm with a 74th minute try and pressure conversion, his side downing the Wests Tigers 24-22 on Sunday.

Widdop finger-nailed a late grubber - his second try of the match - to draw his side level at 22-22 before calmly potting the conversion and delivering the second version of the national under-20s competition to Melbourne.

The Storm scored four of their five tries in the first half to lead 18-10 at the break before a burst of two four-pointers in three minutes from the Tigers took them to a 22-18 lead after 56 minutes.

The Tigers had looked to be coming home with a wet sail before Widdop, who missed three first-half conversions, made the difference in a match where the lead changed five times.

The match became a virtual showdown between two gun fullbacks as Wests Tigers tryscoring machine Jake Mullaney took his season tally to 29 tries from 27 games in 2009 with a double of his own.

The speedy Tigers fullback also scored a try on either side of halftime and set up five-eighth Robert Lui's four-pointer for the Tigers' second-half lead.

Melbourne, who finished third in the regular season, had held the ascendancy before that, and led 18-10 at the break with, ironically, Widdop's goal-kicking letting his side down.

The Storm had also been denied three times in the first half, twice with players held up, but scored tries through winger Matt Duffie, lock Billy Rogers, Gareth Widdop and centre Justin O'Neill. [1]


Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 (Gareth Widdop 2, Matt Duffie, Billy Rogers, Justin O'Neill tries; Gareth Widdop 2/5 goals)

Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 22 (Jake Mullaney 2, Rhys Curran, Robert Lui tries; Jake Mullaney 3/4 goals)

Half-Time: Melbourne 18-10

Jack Gibson Medal: Melbourne colours.svg Luke Kelly

Club and Player Statistics

Leading try scorers

Top 10 try scorers
PosNameTriesTeam
1 Jake Mullaney 29 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
2 Kane Morgan 26 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney
3 Matt Duffie 25 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne
4= Taioalo Vaivai 20 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney
4= Joe Vickery 20 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
6= Kane Linnett 18 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
6= Gareth Widdop 18 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne
8= Pakisonasi Afu 17 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
8= Daly Cherry-Evans 17 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly
8= Obe Geia 17 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland
8= Beau Henry 17 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
8= Shaun Johnson 17 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand

Leading point scorers

Top 10 overall point scorers
PlayerTeamTGFGPts
1 Jake Mullaney Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 29103-322
2 Gareth Widdop Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 18111-294
3 Beau Henry St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 1790-248
4 Shaun Johnson Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 17841237
5=Mitchell Porter Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 876-184
5=Stirling Siejka Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 582-184
7 Peter Mata'utia Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 1264-176
8 Michael Picker Canberra colours.svg Canberra 1063-166
9= Jordan Rankin Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 564-148
9= Taioalo Vaivai South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2034-148
9=Troyden Watene North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 760-148

Leading goal scorers

Top 10 goal scorers
PosNameGoalsTeam
1 Gareth Widdop 111 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne
2 Jake Mullaney 103 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
3 Beau Henry 90 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
4 Shaun Johnson 84 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand
5 Stirling Siejka 82 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith
6 Mitchell Porter 76 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly
7= Peter Mata'utia 64 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle
7= Jordan Rankin 64 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast
9= Michael Picker 63 Canberra colours.svg Canberra
9= Troyden Watene 60 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland

Leading field goal scorers

Top 10 field goal scorers
PosNameFG'sTeam
1 Daly Cherry-Evans 3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly
2 Darren Nicholls 2 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
3=Ben Cronin1 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland
3= Rhys Jack 1 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs
3= Shaun Johnson 1 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand
3= Luke Kelly 1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne
3= Robert Lui 1 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
3= Ben Murray 1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney
3= Shane Pumipi 1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla
3= Harry Siejka 1 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith
3= Ray Thompson 1 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland

Biggest Wins

Top 10 biggest winning margins
PosWinning TeamLosing TeamRoundScoreMargin
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 2564-1054
2= Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 252-448
2= Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 1764-1648
2= Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 2252-448
2= Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 1252-448
2= St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 1758-1048
7= Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 2356-1046
7= North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 1756-1046
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 850-644
10= Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 1342-042
10= Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 2658-1642

Winning Streaks

Winning streak still active
Top 5 longest winning streaks
PosTeamFirst WinRoundLast WinRoundGames Won
1= Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 40-16 vs Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 1448-24 vs Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 239
1= St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 36-12 vs Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 334-22 vs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 119
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 40-26 vs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 2224-22 vs Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers GF8
4= Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 40-20 vs Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 126-22 vs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 77
4= St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 34-22 vs Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 2148-24 vs Auckland colours.svg New Zealand QF7

Losing Streaks

Losing streak still active
Top 5 longest losing streaks
PosTeamFirst LossRoundLast LossRoundGames Lost
1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 24-16 vs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 644-12 vs Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 2013
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 48-10 vs South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2058-26 vs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 267
3= Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 40-16 vs Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 1428-16 vs Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 196
3= Canberra colours.svg Canberra 28-14 vs Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 1928-24 vs Auckland colours.svg New Zealand 246
3= Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 22-16 vs Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 728-6 vs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 136
3= Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith 20-16 vs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 134-30 vs Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 66

Awards

Toyota Cup Player of the Year

The winner of the award is decided by the most votes during the year as decided by the referee of each game on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the regular season.

Winner:

Toyota Cup team Of The Year

The Toyota Cup team of the Year is voted on by the 16 Toyota Cup coaches, with the players with the highest votes in each position selected.

PositionPlayerClub
Fullback Malcolm Webster South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney
Wing Joe Vickery St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
Centre Taioalo Vaivai South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney
Centre Siuatonga Likiliki Auckland colours.svg New Zealand
Wing Drury Low Canberra colours.svg Canberra
Five-Eight Robert Lui Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Halfback Beau Henry St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
Front Row Trent Merrin St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
Hooker Travis Waddell Canberra colours.svg Canberra
Front Row Jesse Bromwich Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne
Second Row Jake Marketo St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra
Second Row Jared Waerea-Hargreaves Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly
Lock Jamie Buhrer Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly
Bench Kieran Foran Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly
Bench Joel Romelo Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith
Bench Gareth Widdop Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne
Bench Daly Cherry-Evans Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly

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