Northern Rail Nines

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The Northern Rail Nines was a one-off rugby league nines tournament held in Lytham St Annes and Blackpool, England as part of a celebration weekend encompassing the Northern Rail Cup Final.

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Held over the weekend of 11 and 12 July 2009, it was won by Blackpool Panthers with Halifax winning the Plate final.

The tournament was staged at Woodlands Memorial Ground, Lytham St Annes, the home of Blackpool Panthers with the final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool. [1]

The event was supported by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), complementing a three-year £3.5million funding package to support a programme of signature events in Blackpool announced by the NWDA in June 2007. Every English Co-operative Championship and Championship 1 sides not involved in the 2009 Northern Rail Cup Final entered full strength sides into the tournament.

The first day of the competition will saw all eighteen clubs playing in group stages, with the top eight sides going forward to a straight knock-out competition on the Sunday for the Northern Rail Nine's trophy. Meanwhile the ten remaining sides also competed on the Sunday in a competition to win the Northern Rail Nine's plate.

The finals of both the Northern Rail Nine's trophy and plate were played as curtain raisers to the 13-a-side Northern Rail Cup Final at Bloomfield Road on 12 July.

The winners of the competition were awarded a place in the Carnegie Floodlit Nines.

Group stages

The teams were divided into five groups on Saturday. The top two teams in group's A, B and C progressed to the Northern Rail Nines Trophy competition whilst the bottom two entered the Plate competition. Each team in Pool D played each team in Pool E with the top side from each group qualifying for the Trophy competition and the remaining teams contesting the Plate. [1]

Group A

RankTeamPldWDLFADPoints
1 Dewsbury Rams 33007640369
2 Blackpool Panthers 32015844146
3 Swinton Lions 31023452-183
4 Rochdale Hornets 30032668-440

Group B

RankTeamPldWDLFADPoints
1 Hunslet Hawks 33004818309
2 Batley Bulldogs 32015222306
3 Doncaster 31023460-263
4 Keighley Cougars 30032860-320

Group C

RankTeamPldWDLFADPoints
1 York City Knights 33006230329
2 Leigh Centurions 32015026246
3 Gateshead Thunder 31024256-143
4 London Skolars 30033070-400

Groups D & E

Group D

RankTeamPldWDLFADPoints
1 Featherstone Rovers 32104836127
2 Whitehaven 31023654-183
3 Workington Town 30032670-440

Group E

RankTeamPldWDLFADPoints
1 Sheffield Eagles 32107240327
2 Halifax 32015430246
3 Oldham R.L.F.C. 31024450-63

Plate

12 July 2009
Workington Town 10–26 Rochdale Hornets

Trophy

12 July 2009
Dewsbury Rams 18–14 Batley Bulldogs

Winners

Trophy

Plate

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Northern Rail 9's". Northern Rail. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.