2009 Parramatta Eels season

The 2009 Parramatta Eels season was the 63rd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, just making the finals by finishing 8th (out of 16). The Eels then continued their winning streak into the play-offs, reaching the 2009 NRL grand final which they lost to the Melbourne Storm.

In round 6 the Eels' halfback Brett Finch was granted an early release from the club, accusing them of trying to push him out of the door by telling him that he is not in their future plans. Finch signs a short-term deal to play for the Melbourne Storm until the end of 2009, where he will play 5/8th.

Mid-season the Eels had a change of CEO. Denis Fitzgerald was replaced by Paul Osborne.

2009 Squad

No. Position Player
585 PR Nathan Cayless (c)
595 SR Nathan Hindmarsh
602 WG Luke Burt
608 WG Eric Grothe, Jr.
665 PR Fuifui Moimoi
673 LK Feleti Mateo
674 CE Ben Smith
683 CE Joel Reddy
690 FB Jarryd Hayne
692 SR Todd Lowrie
695 CE Krisnan Inu
696 SR Junior Paulo
No. Position Player
697 SR Weller Hauraki
698 CE Taulima Tautai
699 SR Joe Galuvao
700 HK Matt Keating
701 SR Brendan Oake
702 FE Kris Keating
704 SR Broderick Wright
705 PR Tim Mannah
706 HB Jeff Robson
707 WG Etu Uaisele
708 PR Jeremy Latimore
709 HK Kevin Kingston
710 FE Daniel Mortimer

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

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