Rugby league team season
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
The Rabbitohs played three pre-season games in 2009.
Regular season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Attendance
Report
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
Player
Tries
Goals
Field Goals
Total Points
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
1 The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.
National Australia Bank
The National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.
DeLonghi
DeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2009 Telstra Premiership.
V8 Supercars Australia
V8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.
Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.
2009 squad
Source: [18]
Player statistics
Player
Appearances
Tries
Goals
Field Goals
Total Points
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Representative honours
References
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