2009 NRL Under-20s season

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

National Youth Competition season 2009
	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1	Manly	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	25	27	29	31	33	35	37	37	39	39	41	43
2	St. George Illawarra	0	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	32	32	34	36	38	40	42
3	Melbourne	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	32	34	36	38	40	42
4	Wests Tigers	0	2	4	6	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	13	15	17	19	19	21	23	25	27	27	29	31	31	33	35
5	Brisbane	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	32	32	34
6	South Sydney	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	11	13	13	15	17	17	19	19	21	23	25	27	29	29	31
7	New Zealand	0	0	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	11	13	15	17	19	19	21	21	23	23	25	27	29	31	31
8	Canberra	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	15	17	19	20	22	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	28	28
9	North Queensland	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	22	24	24	26	28
10	Newcastle	0	0	2	2	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	15	15	17	19	19	21	21	23
11	Bulldogs	0	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	21	21	23	23	23
12	Parramatta	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	20
13	Penrith	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	12	12	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20
14	Gold Coast	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20
15	Sydney	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
16	Cronulla	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12

English-born Melbourne young gun Gareth Widdop clinched the Toyota Cup grand final for the Storm with a 74th minute try and pressure conversion, his side downing the Wests Tigers 24-22 on Sunday.

Widdop finger-nailed a late grubber - his second try of the match - to draw his side level at 22-22 before calmly potting the conversion and delivering the second version of the national under-20s competition to Melbourne.

The Storm scored four of their five tries in the first half to lead 18-10 at the break before a burst of two four-pointers in three minutes from the Tigers took them to a 22-18 lead after 56 minutes.

The Tigers had looked to be coming home with a wet sail before Widdop, who missed three first-half conversions, made the difference in a match where the lead changed five times.

The match became a virtual showdown between two gun fullbacks as Wests Tigers tryscoring machine Jake Mullaney took his season tally to 29 tries from 27 games in 2009 with a double of his own.

The speedy Tigers fullback also scored a try on either side of halftime and set up five-eighth Robert Lui's four-pointer for the Tigers' second-half lead.

Melbourne, who finished third in the regular season, had held the ascendancy before that, and led 18-10 at the break with, ironically, Widdop's goal-kicking letting his side down.

The Storm had also been denied three times in the first half, twice with players held up, but scored tries through winger Matt Duffie, lock Billy Rogers, Gareth Widdop and centre Justin O'Neill.[1]

Melbourne Storm 24 (Gareth Widdop 2, Matt Duffie, Billy Rogers, Justin O'Neill tries; Gareth Widdop 2/5 goals)

Wests Tigers 22 (Jake Mullaney 2, Rhys Curran, Robert Lui tries; Jake Mullaney 3/4 goals)

Half-Time: Melbourne 18-10

Jack Gibson Medal: Luke Kelly

Top 5 longest winning streaks
Pos	Team	First Win	Round	Last Win	Round	Games Won
1=	Brisbane	40-16 vs Bulldogs	14	48-24 vs Penrith	23	9
1=	St. George Illawarra	36-12 vs Penrith	3	34-22 vs Cronulla	11	9
3	Melbourne	40-26 vs North Queensland	22	24-22 vs Wests Tigers	GF	8
4=	Manly	40-20 vs Bulldogs	1	26-22 vs North Queensland	7	7
4=	St. George Illawarra	34-22 vs Melbourne	21	48-24 vs New Zealand	QF	7

• QF = Qualifying Finals
• GF = Grand Final

The winner of the award is decided by the most votes during the year as decided by the referee of each game on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the regular season.

Winner:

The Toyota Cup team of the Year is voted on by the 16 Toyota Cup coaches, with the players with the highest votes in each position selected.

Position	Player	Club
Fullback	Malcolm Webster	South Sydney
Wing	Joe Vickery	St. George Illawarra
Centre	Taioalo Vaivai	South Sydney
Centre	Siuatonga Likiliki	New Zealand
Wing	Drury Low	Canberra
Five-Eight	Robert Lui	Wests Tigers
Halfback	Beau Henry	St. George Illawarra
Front Row	Trent Merrin	St. George Illawarra
Hooker	Travis Waddell	Canberra
Front Row	Jesse Bromwich	Melbourne
Second Row	Jake Marketo	St. George Illawarra
Second Row	Jared Waerea-Hargreaves	Manly
Lock	Jamie Buhrer	Manly
Bench	Kieran Foran	Manly
Bench	Joel Romelo	Penrith
Bench	Gareth Widdop	Melbourne
Bench	Daly Cherry-Evans	Manly