The
2009 National Rugby League season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds, starting on 13 March and ending on 6 September, followed by four weeks of play-offs which culminated in the
grand final
Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ...
on 4 October.
Regular season
Round 1
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Steve Price (New Zealand Warriors) played his 300th game in top grade rugby league in Australia.
*
Hazem El Masri (Bulldogs) overtook
Andrew Johns
Andrew Gary Johns (born 19 May 1974), also known by the nickname Joey, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He is considered one of the greatest rugby league players of all time. Johns ...
as the highest-scoring player in top grade rugby league in Australia.
* The Rabbitohs scored 50 or more for the first time since Round 17 1992 ending a 332-game drought, it was also the highest Round 1 score since 2002.
* Golden Point was used for the first time in the Dragons-Melbourne game with a Greg Inglis field goal proving the difference.
Round 2
*The Bulldogs had their two competition points stripped as they breached NRL match rules by fielding 14 players during the scoring of the match-winning try.
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
* Golden Point was used again in the Warriors-Roosters game, with a Stacey Jones field goal proving the difference.
Round 7
Round 8
*
Darren Lockyer
Darren James Lockyer (born 24 March 1977) is an Australian television commentator and former professional rugby league footballer. Lockyer was an Australian international and Queensland State representative captain, who played his entire profe ...
(Brisbane Broncos) played his 300th game in top grade rugby league in Australia.
Round 9
* 2 representative matches were played during this round,
City vs Country Origin
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and the
Australia vs New Zealand test match.
Round 10: Heritage Round
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Parramatta forward Nathan Hindmarsh played his 250th First Grade game for the club.
Round 20
Round 21
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Matt Bowen becomes the first
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Sinc ...
player to score 100 tries for the club.
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Channel Nine had its biggest Friday night TV ratings of the year for the Eels-Dragons game with the audience peaking at 580,000.
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Finals series
Qualifying finals
Semi finals
Preliminary finals
Grand final
Again, a Finals match up between the 2 clubs provided controversy. With just under 10 minutes remaining the Melbourne Storm fullback, Billy Slater was bringing the ball off his own line. Whilst playing the ball he appeared to drop the ball. However, referees Archer and Hayne gave a penalty saying that Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne had knocked the ball out of Slater's hand. From the subsequent penalty Storm centre Greg Inglis kicked a field goal to prevent a Parramatta comeback. In 2010 it was found that the Melbourne Storm had cheated the salary cap and as a result both this Premiership and the 2007 Premiership were wiped from the club as well as the 3 Minor Premierships it had gained and the World Club Challenge.
References
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Results
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National Rugby League season results