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This article contains information on rugby league events to be played in 2009. The season commenced with a friendly match between English Super League clubs Leeds and Salford in the United States in January, and is scheduled to conclude with the Scottish tour of South Africa in December.

January

February

March

April

• 6 April, 2009 marked the 75th anniversary of the creation of the French Rugby League.

May

June

England vs France

On 13 the 13th of June England played the first rugby league international since the 2008 World Cup against France in Paris' Stade Jean-Bouin.

Teams:

France:
Constant Villegas (Toulouse); Vincent Duport (Catalans Dragons), Sébastien Planas (Toulouse), Jean-Philippe Baile (Catalans Dragons), Frédéric Vaccari (Catalans Dragons); Mickaël Murcia (Limoux), Thomas Bosc (Catalans Dragons); Rémi Casty (Catalans Dragons), Bentley (Catalans Dragons), Jérôme Guisset (Catalans Dragons, capt), Cyril Gossard (Catalans Dragons), Grégory Mounis (Catalans Dragons), Éric Anselme (Toulouse).

Replacements: Sébastien Martins (Pia), Romain Gagliazzo (Carcassonne), William Barthau (Catalans Dragons), Mathieu Griffi (Toulouse).

Coach: Bobbie Goulding

England:
Shaun Briscoe (Hull KR); Peter Fox (Hull KR), Michael Shenton (Castleford), Ryan Atkins (Wakefield), Ryan Hall (Leeds); Danny McGuire (Leeds), Richard Myler (Salford); Adrian Morley (Warrington), Scott Moore (Huddersfield), Jamie Peacock (Leeds, capt), Gareth Hock (Wigan), Ben Westwood (Warrington), Sam Burgess (Bradford).

Replacements: James Roby (St Helens), James Graham (St Helens), Tony Clubb (Harlequins), Eorl Crabtree (Huddersfield).

Coach: Tony Smith

Super League

The English Super league will continue in 2009 with two more teams than in previous seasons. There used to be a relegation system whereby the lowest team in a season was relegated to National League 1 but this has now been abolished. Leeds Rhinos are the back-to-back defending champions after beating St Helens RLFC for the last two seasons.

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League (NRL), contested between 16 teams from Australia and New Zealand, will hold its 102nd season in 2009. The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles won this competition in 2008, winning the final 40-0 against the Melbourne Storm.

Representative fixtures

Annual Test Match

Teams:

AUSTRALIA:
Billy Slater (Melbourne Storm), Israel Folau (Brisbane Broncos), Greg Inglis (Melbourne Storm), Justin Hodges (Brisbane Broncos), Darius Boyd (St George Illawarra Dragons), Darren Lockyer (captain - Brisbane Broncos), Johnathan Thurston (North Qld Cowboys)
Petero Civoniceva (Penrith Panthers), Cameron Smith (Melbourne Storm), Steve Price (NZ Warriors) Anthony Laffranchi (Gold Coast Titans), Paul Gallen (Cronulla Sharks), Glenn Stewart (Manly Sea Eagles)
Replacements: Kurt Gidley (Newcastle Knights), Brent Kite (Manly Sea Eagles), Luke Bailey (Gold Coast Titans), Anthony Watmough (Manly Sea Eagles) Coach: Tim Sheens

MEW ZEALAND:
Lance Hohaia (New Zealand Warriors); Sam Perrett (Sydney Roosters), Iosia Soliola (Roosters), Jerome Ropati (Warriors), Manu Vatuvei (Warriors); Nathan Fien (Warriors), Benji Marshall (captain - Wests Tigers)
Roy Asotasi (South Sydney), Dene Halatau (Wests Tigers), Adam Blair (Melbourne Storm); David Fa'alogo (South Sydney), Bronson Harrison (Canberra Raiders); Simon Mannering (Warriors)
Replacements: Greg Eastwood (Canterbury Bulldogs), Jeff Lima (Storm), Jason Nightingale (St George Illawarra), Sika Manu (Storm) Coach: Stephen Kearney

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Australia Kangaroos	38 - 10	New Zealand Kiwis	8 May 2009, 7:45pm	Suncorp Stadium	Richard Silverwood	37,152

City vs. Country Origin

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Country Origin	18 - 40	City Origin	8 May 2009, 7:35pm	Wade Park, Orange	Gavin Badger Shayne Hayne	8,226

Teams:
Country: 1. Luke Patten (1 try), 2. James McManus, 3. Beau Scott, 4. Jamie Lyon (1 try, 3 goals), 5. Joel Monaghan, 6. Terry Campese, 7. Jarrod Mullen, 8. Josh Perry, 9. Michael Ennis, 10. Michael Weyman, 11. Andrew Ryan (c), 12. Ben Creagh, 13. Alan Tongue (1 try). Subs: 14. Justin Poore, 15. Chris Heighington, 16. Anthony Tupou, 17. Jamie Soward.

City: 1. Wade McKinnon, 2. Jarryd Hayne (1 try), 3. Michael Jennings (1 try), 4. Ben Pomeroy, 5. David Williams (1 try), 6. John Sutton, 7. Peter Wallace (1 try, 6 goals), 8. Keith Galloway, 9. Robbie Farah (c), 10. Luke Stuart, 11. Trent Waterhouse, 12. Mark Minichiello (2 tries), 13. Luke O'Donnell. Subs: 14. Craig Wing (1 try), 15. Shane Shackleton, 16. Mark O'Meley, 17. Ryan Hoffman.

Four Nations

Later in the year, New Zealand, Australia, England and France will compete in a new 4 Nations competition. It replaces the previous Rugby League Tri-Nations, with France making its debut this year. All four teams have been playing regularly for a few years. However due to France's poor performances at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup they may have to qualify to make this tournament.

In August this competition will kick off. It started last year and features 6 teams all over New Zealand.

References

1. "France 12-66 England". BBC Sport. news.bbc.co.uk. 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-14. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8035844.stm
3. http://www.nrl.com/RepGames/RepGamesScores/tabid/10882/roundId/0/fixtureId/0/infoTabId/4/Default.aspx

• Hadfield, Dave (2006-11-11). "France are invited to join Tri-Nations as game looks to go global". The Independent (online). {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• Rugby League international scores, 2009
• Rugby League Internationals

• 2009 in rugby league