2009 Canberra Raiders season

2009 Canberra Raiders season
NRL 13th
Play-off result Did not qualify
2009 record Wins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 15
Points scored For: 489; Against: 510
Team information
CEO
Chairman
Don Furner
John McIntyre
Coach David Furner
Captain
Stadium Canberra Stadium
Avg. Attend. 11,027
High. Attend. 19,350
Top scorers
Tries Jarrod Croker (12)
Goals Terry Campese (56)
Points Terry Campese (129)
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The 2009 Canberra Raiders season was the 28th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 13th (out of 16).

Pre-season

The Canberra Raiders lost founding father Les McIntyre in the pre-season in February leading to the distruption of a pre-season camp and his name being embroidered on the club jerseys for the rest of the season 2009 season.[1]

Season summary

Despite a disappointing start to the season for the Raiders, losing too many close matches, they were able to defeat the Melbourne Storm 26 – 16 at Canberra Stadium (Canberra's first victory over Melbourne in 7 years and 14 games) in round 16, keeping their slim finals hopes alive.[2] The Raiders in round 21 handed the Brisbane Broncos club the heaviest defeat in their history with a 56–0 trashing at Canberra Stadium, the largest winning margin of the season. The Raiders also had a memorable win over the number one team at the time St George-Illawarra Dragons, by 24–12.[3] Despite wins against three of the top four (St George Illawarra Dragons, Gold Coast Titans and the Melbourne Storm) and coming within three points of the other (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) losses to bottom placed teams Cronulla Sharks and Sydney Roosters at home saw the raiders finish in 13th.

Results

Telstra Premiership

Trial Games
Round Opponent Result Can. Opp. Date Venue Crowd Position
Trial 1 Cronulla Sharks Win 32 12 24 Jan Seiffert Oval N/A
Trial 2Brisbane Broncos Loss 16 30 21 Feb Dolphin Oval 10,500 N/A
Trial 3 Bulldogs Loss 16 24 28 Feb Meakin Park N/A
NRL Regular Season Games
1 (1989 League
Legends Cup)
Wests Tigers Loss 26 34 16 Mar Campbelltown Stadium 17,392 11/16
2 Sydney Roosters Loss 4 28 22 Mar Canberra Stadium 13,100 16/16
3 Parramatta Eels Loss 16 18 28 Mar Parramatta Stadium 11,110 16/16
4 North Queensland Cowboys Win 23 18 6 Apr Canberra Stadium 12,193 15/16
5 Cronulla Sharks Win 24 14 11 Apr Toyota Stadium 8,561 11/16
6 Gold Coast Titans Loss 10 16 17 Apr Skilled Park 18,510 14/16
7 Bulldogs Loss 20 30 26 Apr Canberra Stadium 10,241 13/16
8 Penrith Panthers Loss 10 18 2 May Canberra Stadium 8,850 14/16
9 BYE 9–11 May 14/16
10
(Heritage Round)
Melbourne Storm Loss 6 46 18 May Olympic Park 10,112 14/16
11 New Zealand Warriors Win 38 12 24 May Canberra Stadium 8,383 14/16
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 34 18 1 Jun ANZ Stadium 9,805 12/16
13 BYE 5–8 Jun 11/16
14 Cronulla Sharks Loss 22 24 14 Jun Canberra Stadium 10,104 12/16
15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Loss 14 20 21 Jun Brookvale Oval 8,182 15/16
16 Melbourne Storm Win 26 16 28 Jun Canberra Stadium 9,551 12/16
17 Gold Coast Titans Win 34 28 5 Jul Canberra Stadium 9,800 10/16
18 Newcastle Knights Loss 4 23 11 Jul Energy Australia Stadium 15,355 12/16
19 Penrith Panthers Loss 14 27 18 Jul CUA Stadium 8,074 14/16
20 Wests Tigers Loss 4 25 26 Jul Canberra Stadium 11,150 14/16
21 Brisbane Broncos Win 56 0 1 Aug Canberra Stadium 10,200 13/16
22 Bulldogs Loss 20 23 8 Aug ANZ Stadium 13,310 13/16
23 St George Illawarra Dragons Win 24 12 15 Aug Canberra Stadium 19,350 13/16
24 New Zealand Warriors Loss 20 34 23 Aug Mount Smart Stadium 8,812 13/16
25 Newcastle Knights WIn 30 14 31 Aug Canberra Stadium 9,400 13/16
26 Brisbane Broncos Loss 10 22 6 Sep Suncorp Stadium 35,112 13/16
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Colour Result
Green Win
Red Loss
Yellow Golden point Win
Blue Bye

Toyota Cup (Under 20s)

The Under 20s team was unsuccessful in defending its National Youth Competition title, the season started well but injuries and players moving up into first grade saw them enter a six match losing streak late in the regular season and saw them just scrape into the top eight on points differential. The team were able to upset the minor premiers Manly in week one of the finals but fell to the Wests Tigers in week two ending their title defence.

Club awards

Award Winner
Mal Meninga Medal Josh Dugan
Josh Miller
Coaches Award Bronson Harrison
Rookie of the Year Josh Dugan
Fred Daly Memorial Clubman of the Year Trophy John Woods
National Youth Competition Player of the Year Steve Naughton
National Youth Competition Coaches Award Jarred Kennedy
Gordon McLucas Memorial Award (Junior representative player of the year) Haydon Hodge
Geoff Caldwell Memorial Award (Vocational Encouragement) Mark Nicholls

Squad

No. Position Player
Australia FB David Milne
Australia WG Adrian Purtell
Australia CE Jarrod Croker
Australia CE Joel Monaghan
Australia WG Phil Graham
Australia FE Terry Campese
Australia HB Marc Herbert
Australia PR Dane Tilse
Australia HK Glen Buttriss
Scotland PR Scott Logan
Australia PR David Shillington
New Zealand SR Bronson Harrison
Australia LK Alan Tongue (Captain)
Australia SR Trevor Thurling
Australia SR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Australia SR Nigel Plum
Australia PR Troy Thompson
Australia SR Joe Picker
Australia WG Michael Brophy
Australia CE Daniel Vidot
No. Position Player
Australia WG Justin Carney
Australia CE Brad Cross
Australia SR Andrew Edwards
Australia LK Shaun Fensom
Australia HK Stuart Flanagan
Tonga WG Sam Huihahau
Australia PR Daniel Joyce
Australia WG Brett Kelly
Australia SR Cy Lasscock
Australia FE Josh McCrone
Australia PR Josh Miller
Australia FE Zac Russ
Australia PR Nick Skinner
Australia HB Matt Smith
Australia CE James Stuart
Australia SR Joel Thompson
New Zealand SR Glen Turner
Australia FB Josh Dugan
Australia HK Travis Waddell
Cook Islands WG Drury Low

Ladders

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George Illawarra 2417072548329+21938
2 Bulldogs 2418062575428+14738*
3 Gold Coast 2416082514467+4736
4 Melbourne (P) *stripped 2414192505348+15733
5 Manly-Warringah 24140102549439+9032
6 Brisbane 24140102511566−5532
7 Newcastle 24130112508491+1730
8 Parramatta 24121112476473+329
9 Wests Tigers 24120122558483+7528
10 South Sydney 24111122566549+1727
11 Penrith 24111122515589−7427
12 North Queensland 24110132558474+8426
13 Canberra 2490152489510−3122
14 New Zealand 2472152377545−18820
15 Cronulla-Sutherland 2450192359568−20914
16 Sydney Roosters 2450192382681−29914

* Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2

Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Manly 2419142879417+46243
2 St. George Illawarra 2419052758461+29742
3 Melbourne 2419052833597+23642
4 Wests Tigers 2415182709588+12135
5 Brisbane 2415092698551+14734
6 South Sydney 24131102776568+20831
7 New Zealand 24131102725612+11331
8 Canberra 24112112706685+2128
9 North Queensland 24120122668683-1528
10 Newcastle 2491142596756-16023
11 Bulldogs 2491142649867-21823
12 Parramatta 2480162604698-9420
13 Penrith 2480162573755-18220
14 Gold Coast 2480162542738-19620
15 Sydney 2460182443736-29316
16 Cronulla 2440202391838-44712

References

  1. David Stockman (23 February 2009). "Tributes flow for Raiders founder". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. "Hungry Raiders break Storm curse". ABC. 28 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  3. "Raiders upset Dragons". Sportal Australia. 15 August 2009. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.

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