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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

May

June

13th: 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

Main article: Super League XIV

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

Main article: National Rugby League season 2009

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

City vs. Country Origin

Further information: 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

Main article: 2009 Rugby League 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.

Main article: 2009 New Zealand Domestic Championship

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://www.nrl.com/RepGames/RepGamesScores/tabid/10882/roundId/0/fixtureId/0/infoTabId/4/Default.aspx
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