2009 NRL season results

• Steve Price (New Zealand Warriors) played his 300th game in top grade rugby league in Australia.[1]
• Hazem El Masri (Bulldogs) overtook Andrew Johns as the highest-scoring player in top grade rugby league in Australia.[2]
• The Rabbitohs scored 50 or more for the first time since Round 17 1992 ending a 332-game drought, it was also the highest Round 1 score since 2002.
• Golden Point was used for the first time in the Dragons-Melbourne game with a Greg Inglis field goal proving the difference.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Melbourne Storm	17–16	St George Illawarra Dragons	13 March 2009, 7:35 pm	Olympic Park Stadium	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	14,870
Brisbane Broncos	19–18	North Queensland Cowboys	13 March 2009, 7:35 pm	Suncorp Stadium	Jared Maxwell Tony De Las Heras	45,022
New Zealand Warriors	26–18	Parramatta Eels	14 March 2009, 7:30 pm	Mt Smart Stadium	Ashley Klein Alan Shortall	17,447
Cronulla Sharks	18–10	Penrith Panthers	14 March 2009, 7:30 pm	Toyota Stadium	Jason Robinson Phil Haines	10,617
Bulldogs	34–12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	14 March 2009, 7:30 pm	ANZ Stadium	Ben Cummins Brett Suttor	19,791
Gold Coast Titans	34–20	Newcastle Knights	15 March 2009, 1:00 pm	Skilled Park	M Cecchin Chris James	16,203
Sydney Roosters	12–52	South Sydney Rabbitohs	15 March 2009, 3:00 pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Tony De Las Heras Steve Lyons	24,486
Wests Tigers	34–26	Canberra Raiders	16 March 2009, 7:00 pm	Campbelltown Stadium	Jared Maxwell Gerard Sutton	17,392
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 1". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

• The Bulldogs had their two competition points stripped as they breached NRL match rules by fielding 14 players during the scoring of the match-winning try.[3]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
South Sydney Rabbitohs	8–14	Parramatta Eels	20 March 2009, 7:35 pm	ANZ Stadium	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	20,871
Brisbane Broncos	16–14	Melbourne Storm	20 March 2009, 7:35 pm	Suncorp Stadium	Ben Cummins Tony De Las Heras	36,647
St George Illawarra Dragons	16–10	Gold Coast Titans	21 March 2009, 5:30 pm	WIN Stadium	Ashley Klien Alan Shortall	13,329
Penrith Panthers	26–28	Bulldogs	21 March 2009, 7:30 pm	CUA Stadium	Matt Cecchin Chris James	16,846
North Queensland Cowboys	42–14	Wests Tigers	21 March 2009, 8:30 pm	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Jason Robinson Phil Haines	19,879
Canberra Raiders	4–28	Sydney Roosters	22 March 2009, 2:00 pm	Canberra Stadium	Jared Maxwell Gerard Sutton	13,100
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24–26	New Zealand Warriors	22 March 2009, 3:00 pm	Brookvale Oval	Shayne Hayne Gavin Badger	16,307
Cronulla Sharks	12–24	Newcastle Knights	23 March 2009, 7:00 pm	Toyota Stadium	Ben Cummins Brett Suttor	11,148
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 2". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

• Golden Point was used again in the Warriors-Roosters game, with a Stacey Jones field goal proving the difference.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Penrith Panthers	18–38	Brisbane Broncos	17 April 2009, 7:35pm	CUA Stadium	Tony De Las Heras Shayne Hayne	14,332
Gold Coast Titans	16–10	Canberra Raiders	17 April 2009, 7:35pm	Skilled Park	Tony Archer Steve Lyons	18,510
St George Illawarra Dragons	18–24	Newcastle Knights	18 April 2009, 5:30pm	WIN Jubilee Oval	Jason Robinson Gerard Sutton	14,477
South Sydney Rabbitohs	8–24	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18 April 2009, 7:30pm	ANZ Stadium	Matt Cecchin Jared Maxwell	14,225
New Zealand Warriors	17–16	Sydney Roosters	19 April 2009, 2:00pm	Mt Smart Stadium	Ben Cummins Alan Shortall	16,309
Cronulla Sharks	10–34	North Queensland Cowboys	19 April 2009, 1:30pm	Hindmarsh Stadium	Chris James Ashley Klein	8,547
Parramatta Eels	18–48	Bulldogs	19 April 2009, 3:00pm	ANZ Stadium	Gavin Badger Tony De Las Heras	18,223
Wests Tigers	16–6	Melbourne Storm	20 April 2009, 7:00pm	Leichhardt Oval	Tony Archer Shayne Hayne	12,646
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 6". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

• Darren Lockyer (Brisbane Broncos) played his 300th game in top grade rugby league in Australia.[4]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	8–22	Melbourne Storm	1 May 2009, 7:35pm	Brookvale Oval	Tony De Las Heras Shayne Hayne	10,752
Parramatta Eels	28–18	North Queensland Cowboys	1 May 2009, 7:35pm	Parramatta Stadium	Jason Robinson Gerard Sutton	8,104
Gold Coast Titans	22–14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2 May 2009, 3:00pm	Skilled Park	Chris James Ashley Klein	19,833
Cronulla Sharks	12–19	Sydney Roosters	2 May 2009, 5:30pm	Toyota Stadium	Gavin Badger Matt Cecchin	9,879
Newcastle Knights	28–12	Brisbane Broncos	2 May 2009, 7:30pm	Energy Australia Stadium	Tony Archer Phil Haines	18,154
Canberra Raiders	10–18	Penrith Panthers	2 May 2009, 7:30pm	Canberra Stadium	Steve Lyons Brett Suttor	8,850
St George Illawarra Dragons	12–11	New Zealand Warriors	3 May 2009, 2:00pm	WIN Stadium	Ben Cummins Jason Robinson	14,562
Bulldogs	22–20	Wests Tigers	3 May 2009, 3:00pm	ANZ Stadium	Tony De Las Heras Jared Maxwell	25,622
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 8". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

• 2 representative matches were played during this round, City vs Country Origin and the Australia vs New Zealand test match.[5]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Crowd
North Queensland Cowboys	24–20	St George Illawarra Dragons	9 May 2009, 7:30pm	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Ashley Klein Brett Suttor	16,031
Newcastle Knights	23–18	Gold Coast Titans	10 May 2009, 2:00pm	Energy Australia Stadium	Ben Cummins Steve Lyons	11,258
Brisbane Broncos	20–22	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10 May 2009, 3:00pm	Suncorp Stadium	Tony Archer Matt Cecchin	27,527
Sydney Roosters	12-28	Melbourne Storm	11 May 2009, 7:00pm	Bluetongue Stadium	Tony De Las Heras Jason Robinson	8,412
BYE Round for: 8 teams - Bulldogs, Canberra Raiders, Cronulla Sharks, New Zealand Warriors, Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Wests Tigers.
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 9". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 9 September 2009.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Brisbane Broncos	12–44	South Sydney Rabbitohs	17 July 2009, 6:40pm	Suncorp Stadium	Gavin Badger Tony De Las Heras, Phil Haines.[6]	50,109
Bulldogs	23–16	Gold Coast Titans	17 July 2009, 8:30pm		Ben Cuummins Jared Maxwell
Penrith Panthers	27–14	Canberra Raiders	18 July 2009, 5:30pm	CUA Stadium	Json Robinson Gerard Sutton	8,074
Cronulla Sharks	26–32	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18 July 2009, 7:30pm	Toyota Stadium	Steve Lyons Alan Shortall	10,114
Sydney Roosters	24–30	New Zealand Warriors	19 July 2009, 2:00pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Brett Suttor Ben Cummins	8,021
Wests Tigers	34–14	North Queensland Cowboys	19 July 2009, 3:00pm	Leichhardt Oval	Shane Hayne Matt Cecchin	18,804
Parramatta Eels	18–16	Melbourne Storm	20 July 2009, 7:00pm	Parramatta Stadium	Ashley Klein Bernard Sutton	10,804
BYE Round for: 2 teams - Newcastle Knights & St George Illawarra Dragons.
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 19". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

Parramatta forward Nathan Hindmarsh played his 250th First Grade game for the club.

• Matt Bowen becomes the first North Queensland Cowboys player to score 100 tries for the club.[7]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Gold Coast Titans	18–34	North Queensland Cowboys	31 July 2009, 7:35pm	Skilled Park	Tony Archer Ashley Klein	20,315
St George Illawarra Dragons	26–12	Melbourne Storm	31 July 2009, 7:35pm	WIN Jubilee Oval	Matt Cecchin Jared Maxwell	16,474
Canberra Raiders	56–0	Brisbane Broncos	1 August 2009, 5:30pm	Canberra Stadium	Jason Robinson Gerard Sutton	10,200
Newcastle Knights	18–30	Sydney Roosters	1 August 2009, 7:30pm	Energy Australia Stadium	Ben Cummins Brett Suttor	15,112
Penrith Panthers	32–32	New Zealand Warriors	1 August 2009, 7:30pm	CUA Stadium	Steve Lyons Alan Shortall	12,677
Cronulla Sharks	0–30	Parramatta Eels	2 August 2009, 2:00pm	Toyota Stadium	Jared Maxwell Bernard Sutton	12,246
South Sydney Rabbitohs	18–26	Bulldogs	2 August 2009, 3:00pm	ANZ Stadium	Gavin Badger Asley Klein	24,217
Wests Tigers	19–18	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	3 August 2009, 7:00pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Matt Cecchin Shayne Hayne	13,531
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 21". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

Channel Nine had its biggest Friday night TV ratings of the year for the Eels-Dragons game with the audience peaking at 580,000.[8]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
St George Illawarra Dragons	37–0	Parramatta Eels	4 September 2009, 7:45pm	WIN Jubilee Oval	Tony Archer Gavin Badger	17,974
Wests Tigers	34–12	Bulldogs	4 September 2009, 7:45pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Steve Lyons Jared Maxwell	17,375
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	38–4	Gold Coast Titans	5 September 2009, 7:30pm	Brookvale Oval	Shayne Hayne Bernard Sutton	14,165
Cronulla Sharks	24–26	South Sydney Rabbitohs	5 September 2009, 7:30pm	Toyota Stadium	Matt Cecchin Gerard Sutton	14,879
New Zealand Warriors	0–30	Melbourne Storm	5 September 2009, 7:30pm	Mt Smart Stadium	Ashley Klein Alan Shortall	14,734
Sydney Roosters	16–32	North Queensland Cowboys	6 September 2009, 2:00pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Chris James Steve Lyons	10,277
Newcastle Knights	35–0	Penrith Panthers	6 September 2009, 3:00pm	Energy Australia Stadium	Gavin Badger Ben Cummins	22,152
Brisbane Broncos	22–10	Canberra Raiders	6 September 2009, 7:00pm	Suncorp Stadium	Jason Robinson Brett Suttor	35,112
Source: "NRL 2009 Round 26". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Melbourne Storm	23 – 16	Parramatta Eels	4 October, 5:00pm	ANZ Stadium	Tony Archer Shayne Hayne	82,538

Again, a Finals match up between the 2 clubs provided controversy. With just under 10 minutes remaining the Melbourne Storm fullback, Billy Slater was bringing the ball off his own line. Whilst playing the ball he appeared to drop the ball. However, referees Archer and Hayne gave a penalty saying that Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne had knocked the ball out of Slater's hand. From the subsequent penalty Storm centre Greg Inglis kicked a field goal to prevent a Parramatta comeback. In 2010 it was found that the Melbourne Storm had cheated the salary cap and as a result both this Premiership and the 2007 Premiership were wiped from the club as well as the 3 Minor Premierships it had gained and the World Club Challenge.