2009 Featherstone Rovers season

The Featherstone Rovers competed in the Co-operative Championship in 2009.

Table

2009 Co-operative Championship
#	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.

2009 Fixtures and results

Competition	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Attendance	Date
Northern Rail Cup	-	Doncaster	Win	6-36	Away	Keepmoat Stadium	1,126	15/02/2009
Northern Rail Cup	-	Leigh Centurions	Win	10-6	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,487	18/02/2009
Northern Rail Cup	-	Dewsbury Rams	Loss	26-28	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,470	22/02/2009
Northern Rail Cup	-	Workington Town	Win	6-38	Away	Derwent Park	477	01/03/2009
Challenge Cup	3	British Army	Win	94-2	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,763	08/03/2009
Co-operative Championship	1	Batley Bulldogs	Win	8-34	Away	Mount Pleasant	1,127	15/03/2009
Co-operative Championship	2	Whitehaven	Loss	26-52	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,555	22/03/2009
Co-operative Championship	4	Gateshead Thunder	Win	2-23	Away	Gateshead International Stadium	651	10/04/2009
Co-operative Championship	5	Sheffield Eagles	Win	20-12	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,612	13/04/2009
Co-operative Championship	6	Whitehaven	Win	16-44	Away	Recreation Ground	1,411	19/04/2009
Co-operative Championship	7	Leigh Centurions	Win	16-30	Away	LSV	2,307	23/04/2009
Co-operative Championship	8	Halifax	Loss	26-39	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	2,673	30/04/2009
Challenge Cup	4	Warrington Wolves	Loss	8-56	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	3,127	10/05/2009
Co-operative Championship	10	Doncaster	Win	68-12	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,577	17/05/2009
Co-operative Championship	11	Barrow Raiders	Loss	44-12	Away	Craven Park	1,995	24/05/2009
Co-operative Championship	12	Leigh Centurions	Win	30-24	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,535	28/05/2009
Northern Rail Cup	QF	Oldham Roughyeds (TV)	Win	18-32	Away	LSV	853	04/06/2009
Co-operative Championship	13	Widnes Vikings	Loss	46-22	Away	Stobart Stadium Halton	3,278	13/06/2009
Northern Rail Cup	SF	Barrow Raiders	Loss	16-10	Away	Craven Park	2,775	18/06/2009
Co-operative Championship	14	Toulouse Olympique (TV {France})	Win	16-32	Away	Stade Ernest-Argeles	2321	27/06/2009
Co-operative Championship	15	Gateshead Thunder	Win	56-40	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1475	05/07/2009
Co-operative Championship	17	Halifax	Win	20-22	Home	Shay Stadium	2,456	24/07/2009
Co-operative Championship	18	Toulouse Olympique	Loss	18-34	Home	Chris Moyles Stadium	1,346	01/08/2009
Co-operative Championship	19	Widnes Vikings			Home	Chris Moyles Stadium		09/08/2009
Co-operative Championship	20	Doncaster			Away	Keepmoat Stadium		16/08/2009
Co-operative Championship	21	Barrow Raiders			Home	Chris Moyles Stadium		23/08/2009
Co-operative Championship	9	Sheffield Eagles			Away	Don Valley Stadium		27/08/2009
Co-operative Championship	22	Batley Bulldogs			Home	Chris Moyles Stadium		06/09/2009

2009 Squad

As of 25 December 2008:

No	Nat	Player	Position	Previous Club
1		Tommy Saxton	Full Back	Salford
2		Waine Pryce	Wing	Wakefield Trinity
3		Ian Hardman	Center	Widnes
4		Andrew "Andy" Kirk	Center	Widnes
5		Jon Steel	Wing	Hull KR
6		Iestyn Harris	Stand Off	Bradford Bulls
7		Andy Kain	Half Back	Widnes
8		Tony Tonks	Prop	Oldham
9		Jack Lee	Hooker	Featherstone Rovers
10		Stuart Dickens(C)	Prop	Featherstone Rovers
11		Matty Dale	Second Row	Hull
12		Jamie Field	Second Row	Featherstone Rovers
13		Richard Blakeway	Loose Forward	Featherstone Rovers
14		Tom Haughey	Second Row	Featherstone Rovers
15		James Houston	Prop	Featherstone Rovers
16		Joe McLocklan	Hooker	Doncaster
17		Joe Hirst	Second Row	Wakefield Trinity
18		Tim Spears	Second Row	Batley
19		Sean Hesketh	Prop/Second Row	Doncaster
20		Stuart Kain	Full Back	Gateshead Thunder
22		Matthew Handforth	Second Row
23		Gareth Swift (died 25 April 2010)	Loose Forward	Normanton Knights
24		John Fallon	Prop	Hull KR
25		Scott Wilson	Wing	Featherstone Rovers
26		Sam Smeaton	Wing	Featherstone Rovers

2009 Transfers In

Nat	Name	Moved From
	Ian Hardman	Widnes
	Jon Steel	Hull KR
	Iestyn Harris	Bradford Bulls
	Joe Hirst	Wakefield Trinity
	Jon Fallon	Hull KR
	Matt Dale	Hull
	Tim Spears	Batley
	Gareth Swift	Normanton Knights
	Stuart Kain	Gateshead Thunder
	Jack Lee	Castleford

2009 Transfers Out

Nat	Name	Moved To
	Paul Handforth	Released
	Loz Wildbore	Widnes
	Craig Cawthray	Hunslet
	Nathan Larvin	Hunslet
	Nathan Batty	Released
	Carl Hughes	Keighley
	Kevin Eadie	Released
	Ian Tonks	Dewsbury
	Lee Lingard	Dewsbury
	Anthony Thackray	End of Loan
	Nathan Massey	End of Loan
	Wayne McHugh	York

External links

• Rovers' official website