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2009 Newcastle Knights season

The 2009 Newcastle Knights season was the 22nd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 7th (out of 16), reaching the play-offs for the first time since 2006. The Knights were then knocked out of the finals in the first week by the Bulldogs.

2009 Newcastle Knights season
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Season summary edit

The Knights won 9 consecutive games at EnergyAustralia Stadium, breaking the previous home record of 8. Season 2009 also saw coach Brian Smith sacked after announcing on July 19 that he had signed a four-year deal with the Sydney Roosters, and subsequently the team faltered as they lost three consecutive games until Newcastle officials dismissed Smith and appointed assistant coach Rick Stone. The season began well for the Knights with the side winning 7 of their opening 10 games and were sitting equal first with the Bulldogs, St. George Illawarra and the Gold Coast with 14 points. However, during the representative season, the Knights struggled and went through a bad period of 7 losses in 11 games, the last three losses were recorded after news broke of Smith's departure from the club. With Stone in charge, the Knights won 3 of their last 4 games to secure 7th place and a finals berth for the first time since 2006.

Match results edit

Round Opponent Result Score Venue Date Crowd
1   Gold Coast Titans Lost 20-34 Skilled Park Sunday, March 15 16,203
2   Cronulla Sharks Won 24-12 Toyota Stadium Monday, March 23 11,148
3   South Sydney Rabbitohs Lost 12-22 Bluetongue Stadium Sunday, March 29 15,227
4   Manly Sea Eagles Won 26-12 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday, April 5 15,324
5   New Zealand Warriors Won 24-22 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday, April 12 13,626
6   St. George Illawarra Dragons Won 24-18 WIN Jubilee Stadium Saturday, April 18 14,477
7   Wests Tigers Lost 24-26 Campbelltown Stadium Sunday, April 26 17,898
8   Brisbane Broncos Won 28-12 EnergyAustralia Stadium Saturday, May 2 18,154
9   Gold Coast Titans Won 23-18 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday, May 10 11,258
10   Sydney Roosters Won 38-6 Sydney Football Stadium Saturday, May 16 8,611
11   North Queensland Cowboys Lost 10-36 Dairy Farmers Stadium Monday, May 25 11,892
12   Bulldogs Won 22-14 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday, May 31 18,322
13   Parramatta Eels Lost 18-20 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday, June 7 18,085
14   New Zealand Warriors Lost 0-13 Mt. Smart Stadium Friday, June 12 14,255
15 BYE
16   South Sydney Rabbitohs Won 25-20 EnergyAustralia Stadium Monday, June 29 14,204
17   Melbourne Storm Lost 14-18 Olympic Park Saturday, July 4 9,041
18   Canberra Raiders Won 23-4 EnergyAustralia Stadium Saturday, July 11 15,355
19 BYE
20   Manly Sea Eagles Lost 20-44 Bluetongue Stadium Friday, July 24 15,857
21   Sydney Roosters Lost 18-30 EnergyAustralia Stadium Saturday, August 1 15,112
22   Parramatta Eels Lost 8-40 Parramatta Stadium Sunday, August 9 17,669
23   Melbourne Storm Won 26-14 EnergyAustralia Stadium Monday, August 17 13,580
24   North Queensland Cowboys Won 32-26 EnergyAustralia Stadium Saturday, August 22 15,408
25   Canberra Raiders Lost 14-30 Canberra Stadium Monday, August 31 9,400
26   Penrith Panthers Won 35-0 EnergyAustralia Stadium Sunday, September 6 22,152
QF   Bulldogs Lost 12-26 ANZ Stadium Saturday, September 12 21,369

NRL Standings edit

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 edit

Newcastle Knights 2009 Full-time Squad
Player Position DOB (Age) Height Weight Junior Club Previous Club(s)
Cameron Ciraldo   Second Row, Lock 30/10/1984 (24) 197 cm 103 kg Menai Cronulla Sharks
Ben Cross   Prop 06/12/1978 (30) 190 cm 110 kg Batemans Bay Canberra Raiders, Melbourne Storm
Isaac de Gois   Hooker 24/12/1984 (24) 180 cm 85 kg All Saints Liverpool Cronulla Sharks, Wests Tigers
Scott Dureau   Halfback 29/07/1986 (23) 173 cm 82 kg Port Macquarie Sharks Nil
Joel Edwards   Prop, Second Row Cessnock Goannas Nil
Richard Fa'aoso   Prop, Second Row 08/05/1984 (25) 182 cm 104 kg North Aspley Penrith Panthers, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels
Jimmy Fawcett   Fullback 21/04/1988 (21) 191 cm 86 kg Umina Bunnies Canterbury Bulldogs
Kurt Gidley (C) (GK)   Fullback, 5/8 07/07/1982 (27) 178 cm 89 kg Wests Newcastle Nil
Matt Hilder   Lock, Hooker 30/04/1982 (27) 184 cm 94 kg Cronulla Caringbah Cronulla Sharks, Gold Coast Titans
Chris Houston   Second Row, Lock 15/02/1985 (24) 193 cm 106 kg Narooma St George Illawarra Dragons
Marvin Karawana   Hooker, Lock 30/07/1986 (23) 181 cm 98 kg Wainui Lions Canterbury Bulldogs
Keith Lulia   Centre, Wing 17/06/1987 (22) 190 cm 97 kg Port Kembla St George Illawarra Dragons
Adam MacDougall   Centre, Wing 08/05/1975 (34) 183 cm 95 kg Harbord Diggers Sydney Roosters, South Sydney
Luke MacDougall   Centre, Wing 05/02/1982 (27) 183 cm 94 kg Cronulla Caringbah Cronulla Sharks, South Sydney Rabbitohs, St George Illawarra Dragons
Shannon McDonnell   Fullback, Wing - Wests Tigers
James McManus   Wing, Centre 15/01/1986 (24) 186 cm 91 kg Palmerston Raiders Nil
Constantine Mika   Second Row, Lock 14/09/1989 (19) 183 cm 98 kg - New Zealand Warriors
Jarrod Mullen   5/8, Halfback 09/04/1987 (22) 179 cm 88 kg Taree Panthers, Wests Newcastle, Old Bar Pirates Nil
Wes Naiqama   Centre, Wing, Fullback 19/10/1982 (26) 184 cm 95 kg Arncliffe Scots St George Illawarra Dragons
Tim Natusch   Prop 03/07/1986 (23) 184 cm 108 kg Wellington (NZ) Nil
George Ndaira   Hooker 22/02/1985 (23) 175 cm 88 kg Arncliffe Scots St George Illawarra Dragons, Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs
Cory Paterson   Second Row, Lock 14/07/1987 (22) 195 cm 107 kg South Perth Lions Nil
Ben Rogers   5/8, Lock 26/04/1985 (24) 184 cm 92 kg St Dominics St George Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Penrith Panthers
Junior Sa'u   Centre 18/04/1987 (22) 173 cm 102 kg Logan Brothers Canberra Raiders
Steve Simpson   Second Row 27/09/1979 (29) 191 cm 103 kg Singleton Greyhounds Nil
Zeb Taia   Lock, Second Row 11/10/1984 (24) 185 cm 106 kg St Clair Comets Parramatta Eels
Mark Taufua   Second Row, Prop 24/10/1981 (27) 187 cm 104 kg Woodberry Warriors Nil
Daniel Tolar   Prop, Second Row 11/04/1982 (27) 188 cm 103 kg Central Charlestown Nil
Sione Tovo   Prop 19/07/1988 (21) 178 cm 110 kg Mascot Jets South Sydney Rabbitohs
Akuila Uate   Wing 6/10/1987 (21) 185 cm 94 kg Woy Woy Nil
Cooper Vuna   Wing, Centre 05/07/1987 (22) 194 cm 103 kg Otahuhu Leopards New Zealand Warriors
Danny Wicks   Prop 05/12/1985 (23) 190 cm 124 kg Grafton Ghosts St George Illawarra Dragons

Sources edit

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