This article details the Leeds Rhinos 2009 Super League XIV season.

Notable moments

February

• February 6 – The Rhinos kick off their Super League season against the Crusaders, winning 28 – 6 at home.
• February 14 – It was announced that new signing Greg Eastwood had been denied a work visa to play for the Rhinos.^[1]

March

• March 1 – Leeds lose the World Club Challenge 20–28 to Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, at Elland Road.
• March 8 – Leeds beat Warrington Wolves 20–14 to maintain their place at the top of the Super League
• March 13 – Leeds beat Wigan Warriors 34–10 with an impressive performance to open up a two-point gap at the top the Super League.
• March 20 – Leeds lose their first league game of the season, to St Helens

April

• April 4 – Leeds are knocked out of the Challenge Cup in the fourth round by St Helens.
• April 10 – Bradford beat Leeds in the traditional Easter fixture.
• April 13 – Leeds' poor form continues, losing their third Super League fixture in four games, this time to Salford.
• April 18 – Leeds return to winning ways, beating Huddersfield away from home.
• April 24 – Leeds lose to Harlequins, almost being "nilled" for the first time in 11 years, narrowly avoiding this by scoring their only points with the last move of the game.

May

• May 3 – Leeds' Magic Weekend fixture ends in a 16–36 win against Catalans
• May 15 – Leeds beat Castleford with the last kick of the match, a penalty conceded on 79:57 and converted after the hooter sounded.
• May 26 – Keith Senior scores twice in his 300th match for the Leeds Rhinos, who comfortably beat Hull FC at Headingley.

June

• June 6 – Leeds suffer only their second defeat at the hands of Catalans, going down 32–30 in Perpignan to a try awarded by the video referee after the full 80 minutes had elapsed.
• June 14 – Leeds regain second place in the table after beating Huddersfield.

July

• July 4 – Keith Senior plays and scores in his 500th professional match, away at Hull FC.
• July 17 – Leeds come from behind against Hull KR to end the weekend level on points at the top of the table with St Helens.

August

• August 14 – Leeds become the first team to score 70 or more points in Super League XIV, beating Castleford 76 – 12.

September

• September 4 – Rhinos beat St Helens 18–10 to go two points clear at the top of the table.
• September 11 – Leeds beat Salford 30–24 to win the League Leaders' Shield for the first time since 2004.

October

• October 2 – Leeds Rhinos defeat Catalans Dragons 27–20 to progress to the Grand Final for the third year in a row.

• October 10 – Leeds make history, being the first team to win three consecutive Super League Grand Finals, beating Saint Helens 18–10

2009 Squad

As of 7 April 2009

Nat	No	Player	Position	App	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
	1	Brent Webb	Full-Back	1	0	0	0	0
	2	Scott Donald	Wing	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Lee Smith	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
	4	Keith Senior	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Ryan Hall	Wing	0	0	0	0	0
	6	Danny McGuire	Stand-off	0	0	0	0	0
	7	Rob Burrow	Scrum-Half	0	0	0	0	0
	8	Kylie Leuluai	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
	9	Danny Buderus	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0
	10	Jamie Peacock	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
	11	Jamie Jones-Buchanan	Second-Row	0	0	0	0	0
	12	Ali Lauitiiti	Second-Row	0	0	0	0	0
	13	Kevin Sinfield (C)	Loose-Forward	0	0	0	0	0
	14	Matt Diskin	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0
	15	Michael Ratu	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
	16	Ryan Bailey	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
	17	Ian Kirke	Second-Row	0	0	0	0	0
	18	Carl Ablett	Second-Row	0	0	0	0	0
	19	Luke Burgess	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
	20	Ashley Gibson	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
	21	Simon Worrall	Second Row	0	0	0	0	0
	22	Danny Allan	Loose forward	0	0	0	0	0
	23	Kallum Watkins	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
	24	Ben Jones-Bishop	Full back	0	0	0	0	0
	26	Paul McShane	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0
	27	Luke Ambler	Prop	0	0	0	0	0

2009 Player Signings/Transfers

Gains

Losses

Coaching Set-Up

Nationality	Staff Name	Position
	Brian McClennan	Head coach
	Francis Cummins	Assistant Coach
	Willie Poching	Assistant Coach
	Barrie McDermott	Head of Youth Development
	Aleks Gross	Match Analyst
	Billy Watts	Time-Keeper
	Jason Davidson	Head Conditioner
	Meirion Jones	Head Physiotherapist
	Rob Wilson	Masseur

2009 Results

Date	Competition	Round	Home	Score	Away	Result	Venue	Referee	Attendance	Notes
26/12/2008	Friendly	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	16–22	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	L	Headingley	Matthew Thomason	8,143	2008 Boxing Day friendly
19/01/2009	Friendly	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	12–10	Salford City Reds	W	Hodges Stadium	Ben Thaler		Friendly held in Jacksonville, Florida.
26/01/2009	Friendly	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	16–20	Hull FC	L	Headingley	Gareth Hewer	5,329	Jamie Jones-Buchanan's testimonial game
06/02/2009	Super League XIV	3	Leeds Rhinos	28–6	Crusaders	W	Headingley	Ben Thaler	14,827	Round 3 played before round 1 to accommodate World Club Challenge fixture on Round 3 weekend
13/02/2009	Super League XIV	1	Leeds Rhinos	18–4	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	W	Headingley	Steve Ganson	15,643
20/02/2009	Super League XIV	2	Hull Kingston Rovers	10–19	Leeds Rhinos	W	Craven Park	Phil Bentham	8,623
01/03/2009	2009 World Club Challenge	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	20–28	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	L	Elland Road	Jason Robinson	32,569
08/03/2009	Super League XIV	4	Warrington Wolves	14–20	Leeds Rhinos	W	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Steve Ganson	9,863
13/03/2009	Super League XIV	5	Leeds Rhinos	34–10	Wigan Warriors	W	Headingley	Ian Smith	17,677
20/03/2009	Super League XIV	6	St Helens R.F.C.	26–18	Leeds Rhinos	L	GPW Recruitment Stadium	Phil Bentham	13,966
27/03/2009	Super League XIV	7	Leeds Rhinos	42–14	Catalans Dragons	W	Headingley	Ben Thaler	13,425
05/04/2009	2009 Challenge Cup	4	Leeds Rhinos	18–22	St Helens RLFC	L	Headingley	Phil Bentham	17,689
10/04/2009	Super League XIV	8	Bradford Bulls	10–6	Leeds Rhinos	L	Grattan Stadium	Ian Smith	14,554
13/04/2009	Super League XIV	9	Leeds Rhinos	20–30	Salford City Reds	L	Headingley	James Child	14,381
18/04/2009	Super League XIV	10	Huddersfield Giants	4–34	Leeds Rhinos	W	Galpharm Stadium	Richard Silverwood	11,593
24/04/2009	Super League XIV	11	Leeds Rhinos	4–21	Harlequins RL	L	Headingley	Steve Ganson	13,912
03/05/2009	Super League XIV	12	Catalans Dragons	16–36	Leeds Rhinos	W	Murrayfield Stadium	Thierry Alibert	30,122*	Magic Weekend fixture
15/05/2009	Super League XIV	13	Castleford Tigers	22–24	Leeds Rhinos	W	The Jungle	Ian Smith	8,082
26/05/2009	Super League XIV	14	Leeds Rhinos	46–16	Hull FC	W	Headingley	Thierry Alibert	15,929
06/06/2009	Super League XIV	15	Catalans Dragons	32–30	Leeds Rhinos	L	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Steve Ganson	7,913
14/06/2009	Super League XIV	16	Leeds Rhinos	20–12	Huddersfield Giants	W	Headingley	Thierry Alibert	14,934
20/06/2009	Super League XIV	17	Harlequins RL	14–48	Leeds Rhinos	W	Twickenham Stoop	Ian Smith	4,378
26/06/2009	Super League XIV	18	Leeds Rhinos	33–20	Bradford Bulls	W	Headingley	Phil Bentham	17,824
04/07/2009	Super League XIV	19	Hull FC	30–43	Leeds Rhinos	W	KC Stadium	Ian Smith	11,780
10/07/2009	Super League XIV	20	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	30–32	Leeds Rhinos	W	Belle Vue	Steve Ganson	6,425
17/07/2009	Super League XIV	21	Leeds Rhinos	24–12	Hull Kingston Rovers	W	Headingley	Ben Thaler	16,192
24/07/2009	Super League XIV	22	Wigan Warriors	28–10	Leeds Rhinos	L	JJB Stadium	Phil Bentham	20,295
01/08/2009	Super League XIV	23	Leeds Rhinos	24–22	Warrington Wolves	W	Headingley	Ian Smith	13,386
14/08/2009	Super League XIV	24	Leeds Rhinos	76–12	Castleford Tigers	W	Headingley	Ben Thaler	16,931
22/08/2009	Super League XIV	25	Celtic Crusaders	0–68	Leeds Rhinos	W	Brewery Field	Thierry Alibert	5,597
04/09/2009	Super League XIV	26	Leeds Rhinos	18–10	St Helens RLFC	W	Headingley	Phil Bentham	19,997
11/09/2009	Super League XIV	27	Salford City Reds	24–30	Leeds Rhinos	W	The Willows	Thierry Alibert	6,101
18/09/2009	Super League XIV	QPO1	Leeds Rhinos	44–8	Hull Kingston Rovers	W	Headingley	Steve Ganson	11,220
02/10/2009	Super League XIV	QSF1	Leeds Rhinos	27–20	Catalans Dragons	W	Headingley	Richard Silverwood	13,409

* Aggregate attendance for second day of Magic Weekend.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos (L, C)	27	21	0	6	805	453	+352	42	Play-offs
2	St Helens	27	19	0	8	733	466	+267	38
3	Huddersfield Giants	27	18	0	9	690	416	+274	36
4	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	17	1	9	650	516	+134	35
5	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	16	0	11	685	609	+76	32
6	Wigan Warriors	27	15	0	12	659	551	+108	30
7	Castleford Tigers	27	14	0	13	645	702	−57	28
8	Catalans Dragons	27	13	0	14	613	660	−47	26
9	Bradford Bulls	27	12	1	14	653	668	−15	25
10	Warrington Wolves	27	12	0	15	649	705	−56	24
11	Harlequins	27	11	0	16	591	691	−100	22
12	Hull F.C.	27	10	0	17	502	623	−121	20
13	Salford City Reds	27	7	0	20	456	754	−298	14
14	Celtic Crusaders	27	3	0	24	357	874	−517	6