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	Alan Tongue
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 2	Brisbane 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 FB David Milne WG Adrian Purtell CE Jarrod Croker CE Joel Monaghan WG Phil Graham FE Terry Campese HB Marc Herbert PR Dane Tilse HK Glen Buttriss PR Scott Logan PR David Shillington SR Bronson Harrison LK Alan Tongue (Captain) SR Trevor Thurling SR Tom Learoyd-Lahrs SR Nigel Plum PR Troy Thompson SR Joe Picker WG Michael Brophy CE Daniel Vidot

No. Position Player WG Justin Carney CE Brad Cross SR Andrew Edwards LK Shaun Fensom HK Stuart Flanagan WG Sam Huihahau PR Daniel Joyce WG Brett Kelly SR Cy Lasscock FE Josh McCrone PR Josh Miller FE Zac Russ PR Nick Skinner HB Matt Smith CE James Stuart SR Joel Thompson SR Glen Turner FB Josh Dugan HK Travis Waddell WG Drury Low

Ladders

2009 NRL season Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 St. George Illawarra 24 17 0 7 2 548 329 +219 38 2 Bulldogs 24 18 0 6 2 575 428 +147 38* 3 Gold Coast 24 16 0 8 2 514 467 +47 36 4 Melbourne (P) *stripped 24 14 1 9 2 505 348 +157 33 5 Manly-Warringah 24 14 0 10 2 549 439 +90 32 6 Brisbane 24 14 0 10 2 511 566 −55 32 7 Newcastle 24 13 0 11 2 508 491 +17 30 8 Parramatta 24 12 1 11 2 476 473 +3 29 9 Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 2 558 483 +75 28 10 South Sydney 24 11 1 12 2 566 549 +17 27 11 Penrith 24 11 1 12 2 515 589 −74 27 12 North Queensland 24 11 0 13 2 558 474 +84 26 13 Canberra 24 9 0 15 2 489 510 −31 22 14 New Zealand 24 7 2 15 2 377 545 −188 20 15 Cronulla-Sutherland 24 5 0 19 2 359 568 −209 14 16 Sydney Roosters 24 5 0 19 2 382 681 −299 14 * Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2

National Youth Competition season 2009 Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Manly 24 19 1 4 2 879 417 +462 43 2 St. George Illawarra 24 19 0 5 2 758 461 +297 42 3 Melbourne 24 19 0 5 2 833 597 +236 42 4 Wests Tigers 24 15 1 8 2 709 588 +121 35 5 Brisbane 24 15 0 9 2 698 551 +147 34 6 South Sydney 24 13 1 10 2 776 568 +208 31 7 New Zealand 24 13 1 10 2 725 612 +113 31 8 Canberra 24 11 2 11 2 706 685 +21 28 9 North Queensland 24 12 0 12 2 668 683 -15 28 10 Newcastle 24 9 1 14 2 596 756 -160 23 11 Bulldogs 24 9 1 14 2 649 867 -218 23 12 Parramatta 24 8 0 16 2 604 698 -94 20 13 Penrith 24 8 0 16 2 573 755 -182 20 14 Gold Coast 24 8 0 16 2 542 738 -196 20 15 Sydney 24 6 0 18 2 443 736 -293 16 16 Cronulla 24 4 0 20 2 391 838 -447 12

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.

External links

• Canberra Raiders: Season Review – NRL.com