| 2009 Toulouse Olympique season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Championship Rank | 10th | |||
| 2009 record | Wins: 9; losses: 11 | |||
| Points scored | For: 556 (8th); against: 582 (8th) | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Chairman | Carlos Zalduendo | |||
| Coach | Gilles Dumas | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Stade des Minimes | |||
| Avg. attendance | 2,372 | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Rory Bromley (12) Damien Couturier (12) | |||
| Goals | Nathan Wynn (76) | |||
| Points | Nathan Wynn (172) | |||
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2009 was the first year of participation to the Championship for the Toulouse Olympique rugby league club. Toulouse was allowed special dispensation to field five overseas players in their first season. The new Toulouse team was composed of 9 full-time players, 13 part-time players and 10 members of the Toulouse academy. [1] With a largely renewed team and a lack of preseason (only friendly with the Dragons cancelled due to the weather), the TO started its season with a series of defeat. Its first match in the Championship proved to be too much of a challenge with a hammering 70-0 at Widnes in front of Sky cameras. However, after the victory away against Batley, the TO accumulated victories and looked on track for a top 4 spot.
The match against Featherstone at home in June however marked another turning point in the season. With the injury of the play maker Nathan Wynn and several referee decisions going against the team, the TO lost the match. Without Wynn, at the crucial time where the team was to be opposed to the favourite of the Championship, the TO lost 4 games in a row. With Wynn coming back a win away at Featherstone was a short lived success. An unexpected defeat at home against Gateshead in battle for relegation removed almost any chance left of making the playoffs. Without much stakes left in the Championship (given the absence of relegation for the TO in its first 3 seasons in Championship), Toulouse lost also two of its last 3 matches at Leigh and Halifax.
The final ranking of Toulouse, 10 out of 11, does not represent fairly the quality of a team who won 9 out of 20 matches in a very competitive division where the final champion, Barrow, won only 13 of its matches.
| # | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Barrow Raiders | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 632 | 261 | 271 | 5 | 44 |
| 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 |
| 10 |  Toulouse Olympique XIII | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 556 | 582 | −26 | 3 | 30(a) |
| 11 |  Doncaster | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 257 | 955 | −698 | 5 | -1(b) |
| Teams qualifying for the Play-offs | |
| Teams in relegation position |
Source: Co-Operative Championship Table
Note (a): Toulouse were exempt from relegation.
Note: (b): Doncaster lost 9 competition points for entering administration.
Classification: 1st on league points; 2nd on match points difference.
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; BP = Bonus Points; Pts = League points.
| Player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Drop | Points | Position | Former club | International | Status | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rory Bromley | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Fullback | Redcliffe Dolphins | - | Full-time | |
| 2 |  Sébastien Payan | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Winger | Catalans Dragons | - | Part-time | |
| 3 | Sébastien Planas | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | Centre | Toulouse Olympique | Yes | Full-time | |
| 4 | Damien Couturier | 20 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 72 | Centre | Toulouse Olympique | - | Full-time | |
| 5 | Julien Lasserre | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 46 | Fullback | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| 6 | Constant Villegas | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | Stand off | Toulouse Olympique | Yes | Part-time | |
| 7 | Nathan Wynn | 17 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 172 | Scrum half | Sydney Bulls | - | Full-time | |
| 8 | Brendan Worth | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prop | Penrith Panthers | - | Full-time | |
| 9 |  Martin Mitchell | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Hooker | Parramatta Eels reserve | - | Full-time | |
| 10 | Mathieu Griffi | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Prop | Catalans Dragons | Yes | Full-time | |
| 11 | Timothy Wynn | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Second row | Wentworthville Magpies | - | Full-time | |
| 12 | Mathieu Almarcha | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second row | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| 13 | Eric Anselme | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Loose forward | Leeds Rhinos | Yes | Full-time | |
| 14 | Antoni Maria | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Second row | St Gaudens | - | Toulouse academy | |
| 15 | Jérôme Gout | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prop | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | Injured all season |
| 16 | Olivier Pramil | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Prop | New York Knights | - | Part-time | |
| 17 | Yohan Barthau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second row | St Gaudens | - | Toulouse academy | |
| 18 | Adrien Viala | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Winger | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| 19 | Nicolas Delgal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scrum half | RC Albi XIII | - | Toulouse academy | |
| 20 | Sylvain Houles | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Loose forward | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| 21 | Bruno Ormeno | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Centre | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| 22 | Nicolas Fauré | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Prop | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| 23 | Cédric Gay | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hooker | Toulouse Olympique | - | Part-time | |
| - | Clément Bienes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winger | Toulouse Olympique | - | Toulouse academy | |
| - | Kevin Liguoro | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winger | Toulouse Olympique | - | Toulouse academy | |
| - | Teli Pelo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winger | Ramonvillea | - | ||
| - | Jean-Christophe Borlin | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Prop | St Gaudens | Yes | Arrived in May | |
| - | Yoan Tisseyre | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second row | Lezignan | - | Arrived in the summer | |
| - | Carlos Mendes Varela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winger | Lyon | - | Arrived in the summer | |
| - | Florian Quintilla | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Second row | Catalans Dragons | - | On loan one month |
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