2009 Bulldogs RLFC season
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The 2009 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 75th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 2nd (out of 16), a vast improvement on the previous season, when they came last. The Bulldogs came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Parramatta Eels.

Season summary

After an extremely disappointing 2008 season, in which the club finished with the wooden spoon, 2009 will be a season of rebuilding for the Bulldogs. A number of high-profile new recruits, including Brett Kimmorley, Josh Morris, Michael Ennis, David Stagg and Ben Hannant along with mid-season signing of Greg Eastwood will join the club.

Fixtures

During the regular season, the Bulldogs will play most home games at ANZ Stadium in Homebush Bay. ANZ Stadium is also the home ground of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and one of the home grounds of the Parramatta Eels, so Bulldogs away matches against these two teams will also be played at this venue. Two Bulldogs home games will be played away from Homebush Bay: the Round 11 match against Melbourne will be played at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford, and the Round 19 match against the Gold Coast will be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Trial Matches

Trial 1
21 February 2009
7:00pm Local
St. George Illawarra Dragons 24–12 Bulldogs
Tries: Cooper, Nightingale, Thorby, Clarke
Goals: Soward 4/4 		Tries: Utai, Barba
Goals: El Masri 1/1, Ennis 1/1
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Attendance: 7,628
Trial 2
28 February 2009
8:00pm Local
Bulldogs 24–16 Canberra Raiders
Tries: Goodwin, Ennis, Patten, Armit
Goals: Ennis 3/3, El Masri 1/1 		Tries: Monaghan 2, Purtell
Goals: Campese 2/3
Meakin Park, Brisbane

Regular season

Round 1
14 March 2009
7:30pm Local
Bulldogs 34–12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Tries: Goodwin 2, Idris 2, Morris
Goals: El Masri 7/7 		Tries: Ballin, Lyon
Goals: Orford 2/2
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 19,791
Referee: Cummins, Suttor
Round 2
21 March 2009
7:30pm Local
Penrith Panthers 26–28 Bulldogs
Tries: Waterhouse 2, Aiton, Tighe
Goals: Gordon 5/5 		Tries: Eastwood, Idris, Kimmorley, Roberts, Stagg
Goals: El Masri 4/5
CUA Stadium, Penrith
Attendance: 16,846
Referee: Cecchin, James
Round 3
27 March 2009
7:35pm Local
Gold Coast Titans 20–12 Bulldogs
Tries: Campbell, O'Dwyer, Rogers, Tonga
Goals: Rogers 2/5 		Tries: Goodwin, Ryan
Goals: El Masri 2/3
Skilled Park, Gold Coast
Attendance: 19,854
Referee: Maxwell, Shortall
Round 4
5 April 2009
2:00pm Local
Bulldogs 24–12 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tries: El Masri, Goodwin, Morris, Ryan
Goals: El Masri 4/4 		Tries: Gallen, Tupou
Goals: Covell 2/2
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 15,520
Referee: Robinson, Sutton
Round 5
13 April 2009
7:00pm Local
Bulldogs 14–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tries: Morris, Ryan
Goals: El Masri 2/2, Ennis 1/1 		Tries: Champion, Pettybourne
Goals: Luke 1/1, Sandow 1/1
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 22,775
Referee: Klein, Suttor
Round 6
19 April 2009
3:00pm Local
Parramatta Eels 18–48 Bulldogs
Tries: Hauraki 2, Hayne
Goals: Burt 3/3 		Tries: Morris 2, Patten 2, El Masri, Goodwin, Hodgson, Kimmorley, Warburton
Goals: El Masri 6/9
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 18,223
Referee: Badger, De Las Heras
Round 7
26 April 2009
2:00pm Local
Canberra Raiders 20–30 Bulldogs
Tries: Monaghan, Purtell, Thompson, Tongue
Goals: Dugan 2/4 		Tries: El Masri, Ennis, Goodwin, Hannant, Millard
Goals: El Masri 5/5
Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 10,241
Referee: James, Klein
Round 8
3 May 2009
3:00pm Local
Bulldogs 22–20 Wests Tigers
Tries: El Masri 2, Ennis, Goodwin
Goals: El Masri 3/4 		Tries: Moltzen, Payten, Ryan 2
Goals: Gallant 2/5
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 25,622
Referee: Hayne, De Las Heras
Round 9
9–11 May 2009
. Bye .
Round 10
16 May 2009
7:30pm Local
St. George Illawarra Dragons 20–18 Bulldogs
Tries: Creagh, Poore, Weyman
Goals: Soward 4/4 		Tries: Hannant, Idris, Kimmorley
Goals: El Masri 3/3
Jubilee Oval, Kogarah
Attendance: 18,415
Referee: Archer, Klein
Round 11
22–25 May 2009
7:30pm Local
Bulldogs 26–10 Melbourne Storm
Round 12
29 May - 1 June 2009
3:00pm Local
Newcastle Knights 22–14 Bulldogs
Round 13
5–8 June 2009
. Bye .
Round 14
12–15 June 2009
7:35pm Local
Brisbane Broncos 22–44 Bulldogs
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Player of the Match: Ben Roberts (BUL)
Round 15
19–22 June 2009
7:35pm Local
Bulldogs 19–12 Penrith Panthers
Round 16
26–29 June 2009
7:35pm Local
Bulldogs 30–18 North Queensland Cowboys
Round 17
3–6 July 2009
7:35pm Local
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 19–12 Bulldogs
Round 18
10–13 July 2009
2:00pm Local
New Zealand Warriors 14–18 Bulldogs
Round 19
17–20 July 2009
8:30pm Local
Bulldogs 23–16 Gold Coast Titans
Round 20
24–27 July 2009
5:30pm Local
Bulldogs 8–27 Parramatta Eels
Round 21
31 July - 3 August 2009
3:00pm Local
South Sydney Rabbitohs 18–26 Bulldogs
Round 22
7–10 August 2009
7:30pm Local
Bulldogs 23–20 Canberra Raiders
Round 23
14–17 August 2009
7:35pm Local
North Queensland Cowboys 12–22 Bulldogs
Round 24
21–24 August 2009
7:00pm Local
Bulldogs 28–4 Sydney Roosters
Round 25
28–31 August 2009
3:00pm Local
Bulldogs 40–20 New Zealand Warriors
ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay
Attendance: 41,835 (record crowd)
Round 26
4–6 September 2009
7:35pm Local
Wests Tigers 34–12 Bulldogs

Finals Series

Qualifying Final
12 September 2009
8:35pm Local
Bulldogs 26–12 Newcastle Knights
Preliminary Final
25 September 2009
7:45pm Local
Bulldogs 12–22 Parramatta Eels

Ladder

2009 NRL season
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.

2009 squad

No. Position Player

Chris Armit – PR Ben Barba – FE Brent Crisp – FB Greg Eastwood – SR Hazem El Masri – WG Michael Ennis – HK Bryson Goodwin – WG Yileen Gordon – SR Ben Hannant – PR Jarrad Hickey – PR Michael Hodgson – PR Daniel Holdsworth – FE Jamal Idris – CE Brett Kimmorley – HB John Kite – PR

No. Position Player

Charles Leaneo – PR Daryl Millard – CE Brad Morrin – SR Josh Morris – CE Heka Nanai – WG Luke Patten – FB Ben Roberts – FE Andrew Ryan – SR (c) David Stagg – LK Michael Sullivan – HK Lee Te Maari – SR Matt Utai – WG Gary Warburton – SR Danny Williams – PR Tim Winitana – CE

See also

References

External links

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2009 in rugby league
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