2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

Rugby league team season

2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

NRL Rank| 10th (out of 16)
Play-off result| N/A
2009 record| Wins: 11; draws: 1; losses: 12
Points scored| For: 566; against: 549
Team information
CEO| Shane Richardson
Coach| Jason Taylor
Captain|

* Roy Asotasi

Stadium| ANZ Stadium
Top scorers
Tries| Nathan Merritt (19)
Goals| Chris Sandow (60)
Points| Chris Sandow (133)
| ← 2008 |  | 2010 →

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The 2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season in Australian rugby league was the 100th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, and despite being in 1st position at some points during the year and scoring over 500 points in a season for the first time,[1] they finished 10th out of 16 teams and so failed to reach the play-offs.

In Round 25, South Sydney defeated the minor premiers St. George Illawarra Dragons 41 to 6. This is the only loss greater than 20 points the Dragons have suffered since Wayne Bennett's inception as coach.

John Sutton was awarded the George Piggins Medal for Souths player of the year.[2]

On the ensuing 'Mad Monday', coach Jason Taylor and forward David Fa'alogo were involved in a drunken altercation and both sacked from the club. This prompted the club's co-owner Russell Crowe to write an 800-word letter of apology to a Sydney newspaper.[3]

## Pre season

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The Rabbitohs played three pre-season games in 2009.

Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Attendance | Report

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8 February | Return to Redfern |  Wests Tigers | ATP Performance Centre, Redfern | 26–30 | 5,000 | [4]
14 February | Coffs Harbour Trial |  Penrith Panthers | BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour | 38–4 |  | [5]
28 February | Charity Shield |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 18–6 | 25,871 | [6]
Legend:  Win Loss Draw

## Regular season

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Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Attendance | Report

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15 March | 1 |  Sydney Roosters | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 52–12 | 24,486 | [7]
20 March | 2 |  Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 8–14 | 20,871 | [1][permanent dead link‍]
29 March | 3 |  Newcastle Knights | Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast | 22–12 | 15,277 | [8]
5 April | 4 |  New Zealand Warriors | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | 22–16 | 19,386 | [9]
13 April | 5 |  Canterbury Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 12–14 | 22,775 | [10]
18 April | 6 |  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 8–24 | 14,225 | [11]
24 April | 7 |  Cronulla Sharks | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 32–26 | 11,208 | [12]
2 May | 8 |  Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park, Gold Coast | 14–22 |  | [13]
| 9 | BYE |  |  |  |
17 May | 10 |  Wests Tigers | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 23–22 | 29,970 | [2]
22 May | 11 |  Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 16–16 | 10,670 | [3]
1 June | 12 |  Canberra Raiders | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 18–34 | 9,805 | [4][permanent dead link‍]
6 June | 13 |  North Queensland Cowboys | Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville | 12–46 |  | [5]
13 June | 14 |  Melbourne Storm | nib Stadium, Perth | 22–28 | 15,198 | [6]
| 15 | BYE |  |  |  |
29 June | 16 |  Newcastle Knights | Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle | 20–25 | 14,204 | [7]
4 July | 17 |  Wests Tigers | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 20–54 | 14,856 | [8]
10 July | 18 |  Penrith Panthers | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 36–12 | 9,017 | [9]
17 July | 19 |  Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | 44–12 | 50,109 | [10]
27 July | 20 |  Sydney Roosters | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 40–20 | 11,031 | [11]
2 August | 21 |  Canterbury Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 18–26 | 24,217 | [12]
8 August | 22 |  Manly Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval, Manly | 36–22 | 15,702 | [13]
14 August | 23 |  Gold Coast Titans | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 14–22 | 11,977 | [14]
22 August | 24 |  Penrith Panthers | Penrith Stadium, Penrith | 10–40 | 14,214 | [15]
29 August | 25 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 41–6 | 19,218 | [16]
5 September | 26 |  Cronulla Sharks | Toyota Stadium, Cronulla | 26–24 | 14,879 | [17]

## Statistics

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Player | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Total Points

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Nathan Merritt | 19 | 0 | 1 | 77
Fetuli Talanoa | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52
Colin Best | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16
Rhys Wesser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Eddy Pettybourne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28
Chris Sandow | 3 | 60 | 1 | 133
Issac Luke | 4 | 15 | 0 | 46
Craig Wing | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26
Luke Capewell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24
Beau Champion | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44
David Kidwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
David Fa'alogo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16
Roy Asotasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Luke Stuart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Michael Crocker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8
Jamie Simpson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36
John Sutton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20
David Tyrrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Chris McQueen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8
Junior Vaivai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Ben Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Scott Geddes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4

## Ladder

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2009 NRL season

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts
1 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 548 | 329 | +219 | 38
2 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 575 | 428 | +147 | 381
3 |  Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 514 | 467 | +47 | 36
4 |  Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 505 | 348 | +157 | 33
5 |  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 549 | 459 | +90 | 32
6 |  Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 511 | 566 | −55 | 32
7 |  Newcastle Knights | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 508 | 491 | +17 | 30
8 |  Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 476 | 473 | +3 | 29
9 |  Wests Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 558 | 483 | +75 | 28
10 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 566 | 549 | +17 | 27
11 |  Penrith Panthers | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 515 | 589 | −74 | 27
12 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 474 | +84 | 26
13 |  Canberra Raiders | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 489 | 520 | −31 | 22
14 |  New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 377 | 565 | −188 | 20
15 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 359 | 568 | −209 | 14
16 |  Sydney Roosters | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 382 | 681 | −299 | 14

1 The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.

## Kit and Sponsors

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### National Australia Bank

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The National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

### DeLonghi

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DeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

### V8 Supercars Australia

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V8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

### Virgin Blue

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Virgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

## 2009 squad

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| No.  |  | Position  | Player

Roy Asotasi – PR (c) Colin Best – CE Luke Capewell – FE Beau Champion – CE Kane Cleal – PR Shaune Corrigan – CE Michael Crocker – SR Garrett Crossman – PR David Fa'alogo – SR Beau Falloon – HK Scott Geddes – PR Michael Greenfield – PR David Kidwell – SR Ben Lowe – LK

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Jaiman Lowe – PR Issac Luke – HK Shannan McPherson – SR Chris McQueen – WG Nathan Merritt – WG Eddy Pettybourne – SR Chris Sandow – HB Jamie Simpson – CE Luke Stuart – SR John Sutton – LK Fetuli Talanoa – WG David Tyrrell – SR Taioalo Vaivai – CE Rhys Wesser – FB Craig Wing – HB

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Source: [18]

## Player statistics

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Player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Total Points

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## Representative honours

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Player | All Stars | Anzac Test | Pacific Test | City / Country | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Four Nations

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## References

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1. ^ Walter, Brad (28 November 2009). "Crowe declares the new-look Rabbitohs as best squad in decades". League HQ (smh.com.au). Retrieved 1 December 2009.
2. ^ 4th Annual Report Archived 20 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine of the South Sydney Rabbitohs
3. ^ "No room for any sympathy by Russell Crowe/". The Daily Telegraph.
4. ^ "Tigers 30 – Rabbitohs 26 at Redfern Oval". 8 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
5. ^ "Rabbitohs Romp Over Panthers in Coffs Harbour". rabbitohs.com.au. 14 February 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
6. ^ "Rabbitohs Win Back-to-Back Charity Shields". rabbitohs.com.au. 28 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
7. ^ "Rabbitohs 52 defeat Roosters 12". rabbitohs.com.au. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
8. ^ "Rabbitohs 22 defeat Knights 12". rabbitohs.com.au. 29 March 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
9. ^ "Rabbitohs 22 defeat Warriors 16". rabbitohs.com.au. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
10. ^ "Bulldogs 14 defeat Rabbitohs 12". rabbitohs.com.au. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
11. ^ "Sea Eagles 24 defeat Rabbitohs 8". rabbitohs.com.au. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
12. ^ "Rabbitohs 32 defeat Sharks 26". rabbitohs.com.au. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
13. ^ "Titans 22 defeat Rabbitoghs 14". rabbitohs.com.au. 2 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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