2009 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2009 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 15th season in the club's history. Coached by Neill Henry and captained by Johnathan Thurston, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season 12th (out of 16), failing to reach the play-offs for the second consecutive year. Luke O'Donnell was named the club's player of the year.[1]

Contents

Ladder

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

Players

Squad

Although other players may play for the North Queensland Cowboys during the year, all NRL clubs are required to select a top 25 First Grade squad at the beginning of the season.

No. Position Player
SR Mitchell Achurch
HK Clint Amos
SR Matthew Bartlett
SR Scott Bolton
FE Travis Burns
CE Brandon Boor
FB Matthew Bowen
FE Travis Burns
WG Ben Farrar
CE Ashley Graham
CE Ben Harris
WG Shannon Hegarty
SR Antonio Kaufusi
WG Donald Malone
FE Manase Manuokafoa
FB David Pangai
No. Position Player
HK Aaron Payne (vc)
WG Anthony Perkins
SR Steve Rapira
HB Grant Rovelli
PR Matthew Scott
LK Nick Slyney
SR Steve Southern
SR James Tamou
HB Johnathan Thurston (c)
SR Willie Tonga
PR Shane Tronc
HK Anthony Watts
SR Carl Webb
PR Dayne Weston
CE John Williams
CE Ty Williams

Player Movement

Squad changes from 2008 season.

Gains

Name From Details
Mitchell Achurch Wests Tigers 2009–2010
Sepuloni 'Ron' Alovili Gold Coast Titans 2009–2011
Clint Amos Gold Coast Titans 2009–2010
Shannon Hegarty South Sydney Rabbitohs 2009 - 2009
Billy Johnstone Gold Coast Titans (Strength & Conditioning Coach) 2009–2011
Antonio Kaufusi Melbourne Storm 2009–2011
Donald Malone Ipswich Jets 2009–2011
Manase Manuokafoa South Sydney Rabbitohs 2009–2011
Steve Rapira New Zealand Warriors U20 2009–2010
Grant Rovelli New Zealand Warriors 2009–2010
James Tamou Sydney Roosters 2009–2010
Willie Tonga Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club 2009–2012

Losses

Name Club Going To Details
Ray Cashmere Salford City Reds 2009
Mark Henry Salford City Reds
Jacob Lillyman New Zealand Warriors 2009–2010
Sione Faumuina Castleford Tigers
Justin Smith Retired
Jackson Nicolau Gold Coast Titans
John Frith Released
Sam Faust Released
Ben Vaeau Released
Daniel Backo Released
Keiron Lander Released

Fixtures & Results

Trial matches

Trial Match
14 February 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys Cancelled Mackay Cutters Leprechaun Park, Mackay, Queensland
Trial Match
21 February 2009		 New Zealand Warriors 32 - 28 North Queensland Cowboys North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Trial Match
28 February 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 18 - 18 Penrith Panthers Barlow Park, Cairns, Queensland

Telstra Premiership

Round 1
13 March 2009		 Brisbane Broncos 19 - 18 North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 45,000
Man of the Match: Sam Thaiday
Tries:
Folau (1)
Parker (1)
Winterstein (1)
Yow Yeh (1)
Goals
Parker (1/4)
Field Goals
Wallace (1)		 Tries:
Tonga (1)
Webb (1)
Bowen (1)
Goals
Thurston (3/3)
Round 2
21 March 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 42 - 14 Wests Tigers Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, Queensland
Attendance: 19,879
Referee/s: Jason Robinson, Phil Haines
Tries:
Bowen (1)
Burns (1)
Kaufusi (1)
Payne (1)
Webb (1)
J. Williams (1)
T. Williams (1)
Goals:
Thurston (7/7)		 Tries:
Moltzen (1)
Morris (1)
Tuiaki (1)
Goals:
Marshall (1/3)
Round 3
28 March 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 12 - 26 Melbourne Storm Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, Queensland
Tries:
Bolton (1)
J. Williams (1)
Goals:
Thurston (2/2)		 Tries:
Inglis (1)
Cronk (1)
Quinn (1)
Turner (1)
Goals:
Smith (4/4)
Penalty Goals
Smith (1)
Round 4
6 April 2009		 Canberra Raiders 23 - 18 North Queensland Cowboys Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Tries:
Plum (1)
Croker (1)
Purtell (1)
Picker (1)
Goals:
Campese (2/4)
Penalty Goals:
Campese (1)
Field Goals:
Campese (1)		 Tries:
Burns (1)
J. Williams (1)
Farrar (1)
Goals:
Thurston (3/3)
Round 5
11 April 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 10 - 14 Gold Coast Titans Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Tries:
Hegarty (1)
Thurston (1)
Goals:
Thurston (1/2)		 Tries:
Walker (1)
Friend (1)
Goals:
Prince (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
Prince (1)
Round 6
19 April 2009		 Cronulla Sharks 10 - 34 North Queensland Cowboys Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Tries:
Wright (1)
Tupou (1)
Goals:
Covell (1/2)		 Tries:
Hegarty (1)
O'Donnell (1)
Tonga (1)
Farrar (1)
Bowen (1)
Tronc (1)
Goals:
Thurston (5/6)
Round 7
25 April 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 26 - 12 Manly Sea Eagles Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Tries:
Farrar (1)
Bolton (1)
Bowen (2)
Goals:
Thurston (4/4)
Penalty Goals:
Thurston (1)		 Tries:
Hall (1)
Bailey (1)
Goals:
Lyon (2/2)
Round 8
1 May 2009		 Parramatta Eels 28 - 18 North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta
Tries:
Burt (1)
Galuvao (1)
Hauraki (1)
Hayne (1)
M. Keating
Goals:
K. Keating (3/3)
Burt (1/3)		 Tries:
Farrar (1)
Southern (1)
Tamou (1)
Goals:
Thurston (3/3)
Round 9
9 May 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 24 - 20 St. George Illawarra Dragons Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Tries:
Thurston (3)
Tamou (1)
Goals:
Thurston (4/5)		 Tries:
Morris (4)
Goals:
Soward (2/4)
Round 10
17 May 2009		 New Zealand Warriors 12 - 34 North Queensland Cowboys Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Tries:
Fien (1)
Kemp (1)
Goals:
Kemp (2/3)		 Tries:
Bowen (1)
Farrar (1)
Graham (1)
O'Donnell (1)
Thurston (1)
Tonga (1)
Goals:
Thurston (5/6)
Round 11
25 May 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 36 - 10 Newcastle Knights Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Tries:
Burns (1)
Kaufusi (1)
O'Donnell (1)
Southern (1)
Thurston (1)
J. Williams (1)
Goals:
Thurston (6/7)		 Tries:
Houston (1)
Uate (1)
Goals:
Gidley (1)
Round 12
BYE		 ' ' '
Round 13
6 June 2009		 North Queensland Cowboys 46 - 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Tries:
J. Williams (2)
Graham (2)
Payne (1)
Bolton (1)
Bowen (1)
T. Williams (1)
Scott (1)
Goals:
Thurston (5/9)		 Tries:
Champion (1)
Wing (1)
Goals:
Sandow (2/2)
Round 14
14 June 2009		 St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 - 18 North Queensland Cowboys WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Tries:
Cooper (2)
Morris (1)
Creagh (1)
Soward (1)
Goals:
Soward (6/6)		 Tries:
Williams (1)
O'Donnell (1)
Tonga (1)
Goals:
Thurston (3/3)

Statistics

Updated: 6 June 2009 (prior to Round 13)

Name P T G FG Pts
Clint Amos 4 (4) 1 0 0 0
Scott Bolton 11 (3) 2 0 0 8
Matt Bowen 11 (0) 6 0 0 24
Travis Burns 11 (0) 3 0 0 12
Ben Farrar 10 (0) 5 0 0 20
Ashley Graham 9 (0) 1 0 0 4
Ben Harris 6 (2) 0 0 0 0
Shannon Hegarty 5 (0) 2 0 0 0
Antonio Kaufusi 11 (3) 2 0 0 8
Manase Manuokafoa 3 (2) 0 0 0 0
Luke O'Donnell 10 (0) 3 0 0 12
Aaron Payne 11 (0) 1 0 0 4
Steve Rapira 4 (4) 0 0 0 0
Grant Rovelli 4 (3) 1 0 0 0
Matthew Scott 11 (8) 0 0 0 0
James Tamou 4 (4) 2 0 0 8
Johnathan Thurston 11 (0) 6 44/49 0 112
Willie Tonga 7 (0) 3 0 0 12
Shane Tronc 11 (1) 1 0 0 4
Carl Webb 10 (2) 2 0 0 8
Dayne Weston 1 (1) 0 0 0 0
John Williams 8 (0) 4 0 0 16
Ty Williams 4 (0) 1 0 0 4
Total 272

References

  1. ^ Honours at cowboys.com.au

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