2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs 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 promped 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.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance
8 February	Return to Redfern	Wests Tigers	ATP Performance Centre, Redfern	26 – 30	5,000
14 February	Coffs Harbour Trial	Penrith Panthers	BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour	38 – 4
28 February	Charity Shield	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	18 – 6	25,871
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular Season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance
15 March	1	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney	52 – 12	24,486
20 March	2	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	8 – 14	20,871
29 March	3	Newcastle Knights	Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast	22 – 12	15,277
5 April	4	New Zealand Warriors	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland	22 – 16	19,386
13 April	5	Canterbury Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	12 – 14	22,775
18 April	6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	8 – 24	14,225
24 April	7	Cronulla Sharks	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	32 – 26	11,208
2 May	8	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park, Gold Coast	14 – 22
	9	BYE
17 May	10	Wests Tigers	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	23 – 22	29,970
22 May	11	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	16 – 16	10,670
1 June	12	Canberra Raiders	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	18 – 34	9,805
6 June	13	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	12 – 46
13 June	14	Melbourne Storm	nib Stadium, Perth	22 – 28	15,198
	15	BYE
29 June	16	Newcastle Knights	Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle	20 – 25	14,204
4 July	17	Wests Tigers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	20 – 54	14,856
10 July	18	Penrith Panthers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	36 – 12	9,017
17 July	19	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	44 – 12	50,109
27 July	20	Sydney Roosters	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	40 – 20	11,031
2 August	21	Canterbury Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	18 – 26	24,217
8 August	22	Manly Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval, Manly	36 – 22	15,702
14 August	23	Gold Coast Titans	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	14 – 22	11,977
22 August	24	Penrith Panthers	Penrith Stadium, Penrith	10 – 40	14,214
29 August	25	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	41 – 6	19,218
5 September	26	Cronulla Sharks	Toyota Stadium, Cronulla	26 – 24	14,879

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

2009 NRL season
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. George Illawarra	24	17	0	7	2	548	329	+219	38
2	Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	575	428	+147	38*
3	Gold Coast	24	16	0	8	2	514	467	+47	36
4	Melbourne	24	14	1	9	2	505	348	+157	33
5	Manly-Warringah	24	14	0	10	2	549	439	+90	32
6	Brisbane	24	14	0	10	2	511	566	−55	32
7	Newcastle	24	13	0	11	2	508	491	+17	30
8	Parramatta	24	12	1	11	2	476	473	+3	29
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	2	558	483	+75	28
10	South Sydney	24	11	1	12	2	566	549	+17	27
11	Penrith	24	11	1	12	2	515	589	−74	27
12	North Queensland	24	11	0	13	2	558	474	+84	26
13	Canberra	24	9	0	15	2	489	510	−31	22
14	New Zealand	24	7	2	15	2	377	545	−188	20
15	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	5	0	19	2	359	568	−209	14
16	Sydney Roosters	24	5	0	19	2	382	681	−299	14

* Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2

Kit and Sponsors

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

No.		Position	Player
		PR	Roy Asotasi (c)
		CE	Colin Best
		FE	Luke Capewell
		CE	Beau Champion
		PR	Kane Cleal
		CE	Shaune Corrigan
		SR	Michael Crocker
		PR	Garrett Crossman
		SR	David Fa'alogo
		HK	Beau Falloon
		PR	Scott Geddes
		PR	Michael Greenfield
		SR	David Kidwell
		LK	Ben Lowe

No.		Position	Player
		PR	Jaiman Lowe
		HK	Issac Luke
		SR	Shannan McPherson
		WG	Chris McQueen
		WG	Nathan Merritt
		SR	Eddy Pettybourne
		HB	Chris Sandow
		CE	Jamie Simpson
		SR	Luke Stuart
		LK	John Sutton
		WG	Fetuli Talanoa
		SR	David Tyrrell
		FB	Rhys Wesser
		HB	Craig Wing

Source:

Player Statistics

Player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Total Points

–	–	–	–	–	–

Representative Honours

Player	All Stars	ANZAC Test	Pacific Test	City / Country	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Four Nations

References

↑ Walter, Brad (2009-11-28). "Crowe declares the new-look Rabbitohs as best squad in decades". League HQ (smh.com.au). Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
↑ 4th Annual Report of the South Sydney Rabbitohs
↑ "'I'm embarrassed, and accept responsibility for my bad behaviour,' says an apologetic Russell Crowe in 800-word letter to fans". Daily Mail. London. 16 September 2009.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

Seasons (105)	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

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