2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank10th (out of 16)
Play-off resultN/A
2009 recordWins: 11; draws: 1; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 566; against: 549
Team information
CEOShane Richardson
Coach Jason Taylor
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Nathan Merritt (19)
Goals Chris Sandow (60)
Points Chris Sandow (133)
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The 2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season in Australian rugby league was the 100th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, and despite being in 1st position at some points during the year and scoring over 500 points in a season for the first time, [1] they finished 10th out of 16 teams and so failed to reach the play-offs.

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In Round 25, South Sydney defeated the minor premiers St. George Illawarra Dragons 41 to 6. This is the only loss greater than 20 points the Dragons have suffered since Wayne Bennett's inception as coach.

John Sutton was awarded the George Piggins Medal for Souths player of the year. [2]

On the ensuing 'Mad Monday', coach Jason Taylor and forward David Fa'alogo were involved in a drunken altercation and both sacked from the club. This prompted the club's co-owner Russell Crowe to write an 800-word letter of apology to a Sydney newspaper. [3]

Pre season

The Rabbitohs played three pre-season games in 2009.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
8 February Return to Redfern Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers ATP Performance Centre, Redfern 26–305,000 [4]
14 FebruaryCoffs Harbour Trial Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour 38–4 [5]
28 February Charity Shield St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium, Sydney18–625,871 [6]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Regular season


DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
15 March1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney52–1224,486 [7]
20 March2 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney8–1420,871 [ permanent dead link ]
29 March3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast 22–1215,277 [8]
5 April4 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 22–1619,386 [9]
13 April5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney12–1422,775 [10]
18 April6 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles ANZ Stadium, Sydney8–2414,225 [11]
24 April7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks ANZ Stadium, Sydney32–2611,208 [12]
2 May8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast 14–22 [13]
9BYE
17 May10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney23–2229,970
22 May11 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney16–1610,670
1 June12 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders ANZ Stadium, Sydney18–349,805 [ permanent dead link ]
6 June13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville 12–46
13 June14 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm nib Stadium, Perth 22–2815,198
15BYE
29 June16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle 20–2514,204
4 July17 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers ANZ Stadium, Sydney20–5414,856
10 July18 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers ANZ Stadium, Sydney36–129,017
17 July19 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 44–1250,109
27 July20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters ANZ Stadium, Sydney40–2011,031
2 August21 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney18–2624,217
8 August22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Manly 36–2215,702
14 August23 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans ANZ Stadium, Sydney14–2211,977
22 August24 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Penrith Stadium, Penrith 10–4014,214
29 August25 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium, Sydney41–619,218
5 September26 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Toyota Stadium, Cronulla 26–2414,879

Statistics

PlayerTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points
Nathan Merritt190177
Fetuli Talanoa130052
Colin Best40016
Rhys Wesser1004
Eddy Pettybourne70028
Chris Sandow3601133
Issac Luke415046
Craig Wing61026
Luke Capewell60024
Beau Champion110044
David Kidwell1004
David Fa'alogo40016
Roy Asotasi1004
Luke Stuart1004
Michael Crocker2008
Jamie Simpson90036
John Sutton50020
David Tyrrell1004
Chris McQueen2008
Junior Vaivai1004
Ben Lowe1004
Scott Geddes1004

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 Auckland 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.

Kit and Sponsors

National Australia Bank

The National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

DeLonghi

DeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

V8 Supercars Australia

V8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

2009 squad

No.PositionPlayer
Flag placeholder.svg PR Roy Asotasi (c)
Flag placeholder.svg CE Colin Best
Flag placeholder.svg FE Luke Capewell
Flag placeholder.svg CE Beau Champion
Flag placeholder.svg PR Kane Cleal
Flag placeholder.svg CE Shaune Corrigan
Flag placeholder.svg SR Michael Crocker
Flag placeholder.svg PR Garrett Crossman
Flag placeholder.svg SR David Fa'alogo
Flag placeholder.svg HK Beau Falloon
Flag placeholder.svg PR Scott Geddes
Flag placeholder.svg PR Michael Greenfield
Flag placeholder.svg SR David Kidwell
Flag placeholder.svg LK Ben Lowe
No.PositionPlayer
Flag placeholder.svg PR Jaiman Lowe
Flag placeholder.svg HK Issac Luke
Flag placeholder.svg SR Shannan McPherson
Flag placeholder.svg WG Chris McQueen
Flag placeholder.svg WG Nathan Merritt
Flag placeholder.svg SR Eddy Pettybourne
Flag placeholder.svg HB Chris Sandow
Flag placeholder.svg CE Jamie Simpson
Flag placeholder.svg SR Luke Stuart
Flag placeholder.svg LK John Sutton
Flag placeholder.svg WG Fetuli Talanoa
Flag placeholder.svg SR David Tyrrell
Flag placeholder.svg FB Rhys Wesser
Flag placeholder.svg HB Craig Wing

Source:

Player statistics

PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points

Representative honours

Player All Stars Anzac Test Pacific Test City / Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations

Related Research Articles

References

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  2. 4th Annual Report Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine of the South Sydney Rabbitohs
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