2009 Toulouse Olympique season

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2009 Toulouse Olympique season
Co-operative Championship Rank10th
2009 recordWins: 9; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 556 (8th); against: 582 (8th)
Team information
Chairman Carlos Zalduendo
Coach Gilles Dumas
Captain
Stadium Stade des Minimes
Avg. attendance2,372
Top scorers
Tries Rory Bromley (12)
Damien Couturier (12)
Goals Nathan Wynn (76)
Points Nathan Wynn (172)
  2008 2010  

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.

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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.

Fixtures and results

CompetitionRoundOpponentResultScoreHome/AwayVenueAttendanceDatePhotos
Challenge Cup 3 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Loss 22-6 Away Don Valley Stadium 1,55408/03/2009 1
Co-operative Championship 1 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Loss 70-0 Away Halton Stadium 5,07412/03/2009 1
Co-operative Championship 2 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Loss 12-18 Home Stade des Minimes 1,92321/03/2009 Full match [ permanent dead link ] 1 [ permanent dead link ], 2
Co-operative Championship 3 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Loss 40-26 Away Recreation Ground 1,22528/03/2009 Match extract 1
Co-operative Championship 5 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Win 22-60 Away Mount Pleasant 66213/04/2009 1
Co-operative Championship 6 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Win 46-10 Home Stade Ernest-Argeles 2,00018/04/2009 Full match [ permanent dead link ] 1 [ permanent dead link ]
Co-operative Championship 7 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Win 18-48 Away Keepmoat Stadium 1,08926/04/2009 1
Co-operative Championship 8 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven Win 38-18 Home Stade des Minimes 2,30002/05/2009 Match extract 1 [ permanent dead link ]
Co-operative Championship 10 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Win 22-14 Home Stade des Minimes 2,90016/05/2009 Full match [ permanent dead link ] 1 [ permanent dead link ]
Co-operative Championship 11 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles Loss 58-12 Away Don Valley Stadium 80923/05/2009 1, 2
Co-operative Championship 12 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder Win 16-52 Away Gateshead International Stadium 51607/06/2009 1, 2, 3
Co-operative Championship 13 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Win 32-24 Home Stade des Minimes 2,17613/06/2009 Full match [ permanent dead link ] 1
Co-operative Championship 14 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Loss 16-32 Home Stade Ernest-Argeles 2,00027/06/2009 Full match 1 [ permanent dead link ]
Co-operative Championship 15 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders Loss 30-22 Away Craven Park 2,45602/07/2009
Co-operative Championship 16 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Loss 16-54 Home Stade des Minimes 2,69718/07/2009 Full match 1, 2 [ permanent dead link ], 3
Co-operative Championship 17 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings Loss 24-32 Home Stade Ernest-Argeles 3,20625/07/2009 Full match 1
Co-operative Championship 18 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Win 18-34 Away Chris Moyles Stadium 1,34601/08/2009 Match extract
Co-operative Championship 19 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder Loss 20-48 Home Stade des Minimes 1,38608/08/2009 Match highlights 1 [ permanent dead link ]
Co-operative Championship 20 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Loss 26-6 Away Leigh Sports Village 1,50215/08/2009 1
Co-operative Championship 21 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster Win 52-6 Home Stade des Minimes 1,20022/08/2009
Co-operative Championship 22 Faxcolours.svg Halifax Loss 34-18 Away Shay Stadium 2,12805/09/2009 1

League table

2009 Co-operative Championship
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPtsQualification
1 Barrowcolours.svg Barrow Raiders 201307632361+271544Qualified for the play-offs
2 Faxcolours.svg Halifax 201307714476+238443
3 Sheffeagles colours.svg Sheffield Eagles 201109635447+188942
4 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 201109649438+211639
5 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 2012085655672339
6 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 201208619524+95137
7 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 2092961065747332
8 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs 20821053662084632
9 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 209011426572146532Relegated
10 ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique XIII 20901155658226330 [a]
11 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 20101925795569841 [b] Relegated
Source: www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk [2] and Rugby-League.com [3]
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 Squad and players' statistics

PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsDropPointsPositionFormer clubInternationalStatusNote
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rory Bromley 18120048Fullback Redcliffe Dolphins -Full-time
2 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Payan 1630012Winger Catalans Dragons -Part-time
3 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Planas 1880032Centre Toulouse Olympique YesFull-time
4 Flag of France.svg Damien Couturier 201212072Centre Toulouse Olympique -Full-time
5 Flag of France.svg Julien Lasserre 1992046Fullback Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
6 Flag of France.svg Constant Villegas 1980032Stand off Toulouse Olympique YesPart-time
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Wynn 175760172Scrum half Sydney Bulls -Full-time
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Worth 190000Prop Penrith Panthers -Full-time
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Martin Mitchell 1860024Hooker Parramatta Eels reserve-Full-time
10 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Griffi 1850020Prop Catalans Dragons YesFull-time
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Timothy Wynn 1830012Second row Wentworthville Magpies -Full-time
12 Flag of France.svg Mathieu Almarcha 163000Second row Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
13 Flag of France.svg Eric Anselme 1740016Loose forward Leeds Rhinos YesFull-time
14 Flag of France.svg Antoni Maria 1940016Second row St Gaudens -Toulouse academy
15 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Gout 00000Prop Toulouse Olympique -Part-timeInjured all season
16 Flag of France.svg Olivier Pramil 101004Prop New York Knights -Part-time
17 Flag of France.svg Yohan Barthau 60000Second row St Gaudens -Toulouse academy
18 Flag of France.svg Adrien Viala 72008Winger Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
19 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Delgal 20000Scrum half RC Albi XIII -Toulouse academy
20 Flag of France.svg Sylvain Houles 161000Loose forward Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
21 Flag of France.svg Bruno Ormeno1040016Centre Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
22 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Fauré 132008Prop Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
23 Flag of France.svg Cédric Gay 94000Hooker Toulouse Olympique -Part-time
- Flag of France.svg Clément Bienes 31000Winger Toulouse Olympique -Toulouse academy
- Flag of France.svg Kevin Liguoro 12000Winger Toulouse Olympique -Toulouse academy
- Flag of France.svg Teli Pelo 30000Winger Ramonvillea -
- Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Borlin 121004Prop St Gaudens YesArrived in May
- Flag of France.svg Yoan Tisseyre 32000Second row Lezignan -Arrived in the summer
- Flag of France.svg Carlos Mendes Varela 42000Winger Lyon -Arrived in the summer
- Flag of France.svg Florian Quintilla 30000Second row Catalans Dragons -On loan one month

References

  1. French federation press presentation [ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Co-Operative Championship Table". www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  3. "League Tables | Rugby-League.com". Rugby-League.com. RFL. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.