The 2009 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 75th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 2nd (out of 16), a vast improvement on the previous season, when they came last. The Bulldogs came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Parramatta Eels.
During the regular season, the Bulldogs will play most home games at ANZ Stadium in Homebush Bay. ANZ Stadium is also the home ground of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and one of the home grounds of the Parramatta Eels, so Bulldogs away matches against these two teams will also be played at this venue. Two Bulldogs home games will be played away from Homebush Bay: the Round 11 match against Melbourne will be played at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford, and the Round 19 match against the Gold Coast will be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
2009, bulldogs, rlfc, season, 75th, club, history, they, competed, 2009, telstra, premiership, finishing, regular, season, vast, improvement, previous, season, when, they, came, last, bulldogs, came, within, match, grand, final, were, knocked, parramatta, eels. The 2009 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 75th in the club s history They competed in the NRL s 2009 Telstra Premiership finishing the regular season 2nd out of 16 a vast improvement on the previous season when they came last The Bulldogs came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Parramatta Eels 2009 Bulldogs RLFC season 2008 2010 Contents 1 Season summary 2 Fixtures 2 1 Trial Matches 2 2 Regular season 2 3 Finals Series 3 Ladder 4 2009 squad 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksSeason summary editAfter an extremely disappointing 2008 season in which the club finished with the wooden spoon 2009 will be a season of rebuilding for the Bulldogs A number of high profile new recruits including Brett Kimmorley Josh Morris Michael Ennis David Stagg and Ben Hannant along with mid season signing of Greg Eastwood will join the club Fixtures editDuring the regular season the Bulldogs will play most home games at ANZ Stadium in Homebush Bay ANZ Stadium is also the home ground of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and one of the home grounds of the Parramatta Eels so Bulldogs away matches against these two teams will also be played at this venue Two Bulldogs home games will be played away from Homebush Bay the Round 11 match against Melbourne will be played at Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford and the Round 19 match against the Gold Coast will be played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane Trial Matches edit Trial 121 February 20097 00pm LocalSt George Illawarra Dragons nbsp 24 12 nbsp BulldogsTries Cooper Nightingale Thorby ClarkeGoals Soward 4 4 Tries Utai BarbaGoals El Masri 1 1 Ennis 1 1WIN Stadium WollongongAttendance 7 628 Trial 228 February 20098 00pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 24 16 nbsp Canberra RaidersTries Goodwin Ennis Patten ArmitGoals Ennis 3 3 El Masri 1 1 Tries Monaghan 2 PurtellGoals Campese 2 3Meakin Park Brisbane Regular season edit Round 114 March 20097 30pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 34 12 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea EaglesTries Goodwin 2 Idris 2 MorrisGoals El Masri 7 7 Tries Ballin LyonGoals Orford 2 2ANZ Stadium Homebush BayAttendance 19 791Referee Cummins Suttor Round 221 March 20097 30pm LocalPenrith Panthers nbsp 26 28 nbsp BulldogsTries Waterhouse 2 Aiton TigheGoals Gordon 5 5 Tries Eastwood Idris Kimmorley Roberts StaggGoals El Masri 4 5CUA Stadium PenrithAttendance 16 846Referee Cecchin James Round 327 March 20097 35pm LocalGold Coast Titans nbsp 20 12 nbsp BulldogsTries Campbell O Dwyer Rogers TongaGoals Rogers 2 5 Tries Goodwin RyanGoals El Masri 2 3Skilled Park Gold CoastAttendance 19 854Referee Maxwell Shortall Round 45 April 20092 00pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 24 12 nbsp Cronulla Sutherland SharksTries El Masri Goodwin Morris RyanGoals El Masri 4 4 Tries Gallen TupouGoals Covell 2 2ANZ Stadium Homebush BayAttendance 15 520Referee Robinson Sutton Round 513 April 20097 00pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 14 12 nbsp South Sydney RabbitohsTries Morris RyanGoals El Masri 2 2 Ennis 1 1 Tries Champion PettybourneGoals Luke 1 1 Sandow 1 1ANZ Stadium Homebush BayAttendance 22 775Referee Klein Suttor Round 619 April 20093 00pm LocalParramatta Eels nbsp 18 48 nbsp BulldogsTries Hauraki 2 HayneGoals Burt 3 3 Tries Morris 2 Patten 2 El Masri Goodwin Hodgson Kimmorley WarburtonGoals El Masri 6 9ANZ Stadium Homebush BayAttendance 18 223Referee Badger De Las Heras Round 726 April 20092 00pm LocalCanberra Raiders nbsp 20 30 nbsp BulldogsTries Monaghan Purtell Thompson TongueGoals Dugan 2 4 Tries El Masri Ennis Goodwin Hannant MillardGoals El Masri 5 5Canberra Stadium CanberraAttendance 10 241Referee James Klein Round 83 May 20093 00pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 22 20 nbsp Wests TigersTries El Masri 2 Ennis GoodwinGoals El Masri 3 4 Tries Moltzen Payten Ryan 2Goals Gallant 2 5ANZ Stadium Homebush BayAttendance 25 622Referee Hayne De Las Heras Round 99 11 May 2009 Bye Round 1016 May 20097 30pm LocalSt George Illawarra Dragons nbsp 20 18 nbsp BulldogsTries Creagh Poore WeymanGoals Soward 4 4 Tries Hannant Idris KimmorleyGoals El Masri 3 3Jubilee Oval KogarahAttendance 18 415Referee Archer Klein Round 1122 25 May 20097 30pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 26 10 nbsp Melbourne StormBluetongue Stadium Gosford Round 1229 May 1 June 20093 00pm LocalNewcastle Knights nbsp 22 14 nbsp BulldogsEnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle Round 135 8 June 2009 Bye Round 1412 15 June 20097 35pm LocalBrisbane Broncos nbsp 22 44 nbsp BulldogsSuncorp Stadium BrisbanePlayer of the Match Ben Roberts BUL Round 1519 22 June 20097 35pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 19 12 nbsp Penrith PanthersANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Round 1626 29 June 20097 35pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 30 18 nbsp North Queensland CowboysANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Round 173 6 July 20097 35pm LocalManly Warringah Sea Eagles nbsp 19 12 nbsp BulldogsBrookvale Oval Brookvale Round 1810 13 July 20092 00pm LocalNew Zealand Warriors nbsp 14 18 nbsp BulldogsMt Smart Stadium Auckland Round 1917 20 July 20098 30pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 23 16 nbsp Gold Coast TitansSuncorp Stadium Brisbane Round 2024 27 July 20095 30pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 8 27 nbsp Parramatta EelsANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Round 2131 July 3 August 20093 00pm LocalSouth Sydney Rabbitohs nbsp 18 26 nbsp BulldogsANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Round 227 10 August 20097 30pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 23 20 nbsp Canberra RaidersANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Round 2314 17 August 20097 35pm LocalNorth Queensland Cowboys nbsp 12 22 nbsp BulldogsDairy Farmers Stadium Townsville Round 2421 24 August 20097 00pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 28 4 nbsp Sydney RoostersANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Round 2528 31 August 20093 00pm LocalBulldogs nbsp 40 20 nbsp New Zealand WarriorsANZ Stadium Homebush BayAttendance 41 835 record crowd Round 264 6 September 20097 35pm LocalWests Tigers nbsp 34 12 nbsp BulldogsSydney Football Stadium Moore Park Finals Series edit Qualifying Final12 September 20098 35pm Local nbsp Bulldogs 26 12 Newcastle Knights nbsp ANZ Stadium Homebush Bay Preliminary Final25 September 20097 45pm Local nbsp Bulldogs 12 22 Parramatta Eels nbsp ANZ Stadium Homebush BayLadder edit2009 NRL seasonvtePos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts1 nbsp St George Illawarra Dragons 24 17 0 7 2 548 329 219 382 nbsp Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 24 18 0 6 2 575 428 147 3813 nbsp Gold Coast Titans 24 16 0 8 2 514 467 47 364 nbsp Melbourne Storm 24 14 1 9 2 505 348 157 335 nbsp Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 549 459 90 326 nbsp Brisbane Broncos 24 14 0 10 2 511 566 55 327 nbsp Newcastle Knights 24 13 0 11 2 508 491 17 308 nbsp Parramatta Eels 24 12 1 11 2 476 473 3 299 nbsp Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 2 558 483 75 2810 nbsp South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 1 12 2 566 549 17 2711 nbsp Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 515 589 74 2712 nbsp North Queensland Cowboys 24 11 0 13 2 558 474 84 2613 nbsp Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 2 489 520 31 2214 nbsp New Zealand Warriors 24 7 2 15 2 377 565 188 2015 nbsp Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 24 5 0 19 2 359 568 209 1416 nbsp Sydney Roosters 24 5 0 19 2 382 681 299 141 The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2 2009 squad editNo Position Player Chris Armit PR Ben Barba FE Brent Crisp FB Greg Eastwood SR Hazem El Masri WG Michael Ennis HK Bryson Goodwin WG Yileen Gordon SR Ben Hannant PR Jarrad Hickey PR Michael Hodgson PR Daniel Holdsworth FE Jamal Idris CE Brett Kimmorley HB John Kite PR No Position Player Charles Leaneo PR Daryl Millard CE Brad Morrin SR Josh Morris CE Heka Nanai WG Luke Patten FB Ben Roberts FE Andrew Ryan SR c David Stagg LK Michael Sullivan HK Lee Te Maari SR Matt Utai WG Gary Warburton SR Danny Williams PR Tim Winitana CESee also editList of Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs seasonsReferences editExternal links editBulldogs Season Review NRL com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2009 Bulldogs RLFC season amp oldid 1188191458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,