Rugby league team season
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 .
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 ] 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 ]
The Club Home grounds Important figures League Premierships (2) Seasons (29) 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Other competitions Affiliations