The 2009 Wests Tigers

Wests Tigers

The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

 season was the tenth in the joint-venture club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and finished the season 9th (out of 16), only just missing out on a place in the finals series.

The major signing for the 2009 season was Great Britain

Great Britain national rugby league team

The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....

 international, Gareth Ellis

Gareth Ellis

Gareth Ellis is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League . He has represented at international level for Great Britain and England and primarily plays in the back row...

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Season summary

In late 2008, hooker Robbie Farah

Robbie Farah

Robert Peter "Robbie" Farah is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Wests Tigers club in the National Rugby League competition. He primarily plays at hooker and can operate as a half-back...

 was offered a contract with the Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

 commencing from the 2010 season. On 13 January, 2009, it was announced that Farah had chosen to re-sign with the Wests Tigers for a further four years, until the end of the 2013 season. At the same time, the club appointed Farah as team captain, succeeding Brett Hodgson

Brett Hodgson

Brett Hodgson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League...

 who had moved on to the Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants

Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....

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Only days before the commencement of the 2009 season, Wests Tigers secured Benji Marshall

Benji Marshall

Benji Marshall is a professional rugby league footballer with the Wests Tigers of the National Rugby League . A goal-kicking five-eighth, he is the current captain of the New Zealand national team, with whom he won the 2008 World Cup and 2010 Four Nations tournaments...

 for a further two years, through to the end of the 2011 season.

In November 2008, CEO Scott Longmuir announced the Wests Tigers will move from ANZ Stadium at Homebush to the Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park for the 2009 season.

Results

2009 Season Results
Round	Opponent	Result	Date	Venue	Crowd	Referee	Position/16
1	Canberra Raiders	Win	16 March 2009	Campbelltown Sports Stadium (H)	17,392	Jared Maxwell Gerard Sutton	6th
		34 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 2, Farah, Payten, Lawrence, Moltzen; Goals: Marshall 5/6; MoM: Ellis)  26 Raiders (Tries: Carney 2, Purtell, Milne; Goals: Campese 5/5)
2	North Queensland Cowboys	Loss	21 March 2009	Dairy Farmers Stadium (A)		Phil Haines Jason Robinson	13th
		42 Cowboys (Tries: Kaufusi, Webb, Bowen, Burns, Payne, T Williams, J Williams; Goals: Thurston 7/7)  14 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki, Morris, Moltzen; Goals: Marshall: 1/3)
3	Sydney Roosters	Win	27 March 2009	Sydney Football Stadium (H)		Tony Archer Gavin Badger	8th
		40 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 2, Lawrence 2, Collis, Farah, Moltzen; Goals: Marshall 6/8; MoM: Marshall)  24 Roosters (Tries: M Aubusson 2, Kenny-Dowall, Anasta; Goals: Fitzgibbon 4/4)
4	Penrith Panthers	Loss	4 April 2009	CUA Stadium (A)		Ben Cummins Phil Haines	12th
		42 Panthers (Tries: Lewis, Sammut, Jennings, Pritchard, Graham, Coote: Goals: Gordon 9/9)  22 Wests Tigers (Tries: Hanbury 2, Galloway, Tuiaki; Goals: Marshall 3/5)
5	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Loss	13 April 2009	Brookvale Oval (A)	17,942	Tony De Las Heras Shayne Hayne	13th
		23 Sea Eagles (Tries: B. Stewart 3, Hall; Goals: Lyon 3/4; Field Goal: Orford 1)  10 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan, Morris; Goals: Marshall 1/2)
6	Melbourne Storm	Win	20 April 2009	Leichhardt Oval (H)	12,646	Tony Archer Shayne Hayne	9th
		16 Wests Tigers (Tries: Lawrence 2, Moltzen; Goals: Marshall 2/3)  6 Storm (Tries: Hoffman; Goals: Smith 1/1)
7	Newcastle Knights	Win	26 April 2009	Campbelltown Sports Stadium (H)	17,898	Jason Robinson Gerard Sutton	7th
		26 Wests Tigers (Tries: Collis 3, Morris, Ryan; Goals: 3/5; MoM: Marshall)  24 Knights (Tries: Hilder, Houston, Wicks, Mullen; Goals: Gidley 4/4)
8	Bulldogs	Loss	3 May 2009	ANZ Stadium (A)	25,622	Shayne Hayne Tony De Las Heras	9th
		22 Bulldogs (Tries: El Masri 2, Ennis, Goodwin; Goals: El Masri 3/4; MoM: Ennis)  20 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan 2, Moltzen, Payten; Goals: Gallant 2/5)
9	Bye Bye Bye may refer to:*Bye , a special type of run scored in the game of cricket*Bye , when a player or team is allowed to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing*"Bye", a song by Elliott Smith from Figure 8...						8th
10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Loss	17 May 2009	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	29,970	Ashley Klein Jason Robinson	10th
		23 Rabbitohs (Tries: Talanoa 2, Fa'alongo, Champion; Goals: Luke 2/2, Sandow 1/2: Field Goal: Merritt)  22 Wests Tigers (Tries:Tuiaki 2, Farah, Moltzen; Tries: Marshall 3/4; MoM: Farah)
11	Brisbane Broncos	Loss	22 May 2009	Campbelltown Sports Ground (H)	9675	Ben Cummins Jared Maxwell	10th
		20 Broncos (Tries: Winterstein, Hunt, Te'o, Lockyer; Goals: Parker 2/4)  18 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tagive, Tuiaki, Marshall, Ayshford; Goals: Marshall 1/4)
12	New Zealand Warriors	Loss	31 May 2009	Mt Smart Stadium (A)	15,365	Gavin Badger Brett Suttor
		14 Warriors (Tries: Locke 2, McKinnon; Goals: Locke 1/3)  0 Wests Tigers (Tries: Goals: )
13	Penrith Panthers	Loss	5 June 2009	Leichhardt Oval (H)	14,100	Jason Robinson Bernard Sutton	14th
		26 Panthers (Tries: Walsh 2, Aiton, Daniela, Tighe; Goals: Walsh 2/3, Cooper 1/2)  10 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki, Farah; Goals: Marshall 1/2)
14	Parramatta Eels	Win	15 June 2009	Parramatta Stadium (A)	12,003	Ben Cummins Brett Suttor	13th
		23 Wests Tigers (Tries: Halatau, Mataka, Farah, Tuiaki; Goals: Marshall 3/4; Field Goal: Farah 1)  6 Eels (Tries: Burt; Goals: Burt 1/1)
15	Melbourne Storm	Loss	21 June 2009	Olympic Park (A)	10,417	Ashley Klein Steve Lyons
		14 Storm (Tries: Cronk, Cross; Goals: Tomane 3/3)  12 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ayshford, Moltzen; Goals: Marshall 2/2)
16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Loss	26 June 2009	Sydney Football Stadium (H)	15,211	Jason Robinson Tony De Las Heras	15th
		21 Dragons (Tries: Morris, Creagh, Hornby, Sailor; Goals: Soward 2/4; Field Goal: Soward 1)  10 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan, Marshall; Goals: Marshall 1/2)
17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	4 July 2009	ANZ Stadium (A)	14,856	Steve Lyons Alan Shortall	14th
		54 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 3, Ayshford 2, Payne, Moltzen, Ryan, Skandalis, Gallant; Goals: Marshall 7/10)  20 Rabbitohs (Tries: Capewell 3, Merritt; Goals: Sandow 2/4)
18	Bye Bye Bye may refer to:*Bye , a special type of run scored in the game of cricket*Bye , when a player or team is allowed to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing*"Bye", a song by Elliott Smith from Figure 8...						11th
19	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	19 July 2009	Leichhardt Oval (H)	18,804	Matt Cecchin Shayne Hayne	11th
		34 Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall, Lawrence, Tuiaki, Gallant, Payne, Farah; Tries: Marshall 5/7; MoM: Marshall)  14 Cowboys (Tries: Bowen, Webb; Goals: Thurston 2/2)
20	Canberra Raiders	Win	26 July 2009	Canberra Stadium (A)	11,150	Tony Archer Phil Haines	11th
		25 Wests Tigers (Tries: Moltzen 2, Morris, Tuiaki; Goals: Marshall 4/4; Field Goals: Farah)  4 Raiders (Tries: Vidot; Goals: Campese 0/1)
21	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Win	3 August 2009	Sydney Football Stadium (H)	13,531	Matt Cecchin Shayne Hayne	9th
		19 Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall, Ryan, Tuiaki; Goals: Marshall 3/4; Field Goals: Farah)  18 Sea Eagles (Tries: Watmough 2, T Williams; Goals: Orford 3/3)
22	Sydney Roosters	Win	9 August 2009	Sydney Football Stadium (A)	16,427	Gavin Badger Tony De Las Heras	7th
		17 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan 2, Tuiaki; Goals: Marshall 2/3; Field Goals: Farah)  10 Roosters (Tries: Sa, Kenny-Dowall; Goals: Fitzgibbon 1/2)
23	Cronulla Sharks	Win	16 August 2009	Toyota Stadium (A)		Steve Lyons Alan Shortall	5th
		56 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 3, Ayshford 2, Marshall 2, Ryan 2, Moltzen; Goals: Marshall 8/10)  10 Sharks (Tries: Brown, Wright; Goals: Covell 1/2)
24	Parramatta Eels	Loss	21 August 2009	Sydney Football Stadium (H)	34,272	Tony Archer Jared Maxwell	10th
		26 Eels (Tries: Burt, Inu, Robson, Hayne; Goals: Inu 5/5)  18 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ryan 2, Ayshford, Morris; Goals: Marshall 1/4)
25	Gold Coast Titans	Loss	29 August 2009	Skilled Park (A)		Tony Archer Bernard Sutton	10th
		34 Titans (Tries: Prince 2, Campbell, O'Dwyer, Rogers, Tagatese; Goals: Prince 6/7)  24 Wests Tigers (Tries: Farah 2, Hanbury 2, Marshall; Goals: Marshall 2/5)
26	Bulldogs	Win	4 September 2009	Sydney Football Stadium (H)		Steve Lyons Jared Maxwell	9th
		34 Wests Tigers (Tries: Ayshford, Lawrence, Moltzen, Galea, Marshall, Halatau; Goals: Marshall 5/6)  12 Bulldogs (Tries: Patten, Morris; Goals: El Masri 2/2)

2009 Pre-season trials

Wests Tigers 2009 Pre-season Trials
Opponent	Result	Date	Venue	Crowd	Referee
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... Return to Redfern	Win	8 February 2009	Redfern Oval Redfern Oval Redfern Oval is a football ground located in Sydney suburb of Redfern, New South Wales. The South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club played at Redfern Oval between 1948 and 1987...	5,000
		30 Wests Tigers (Tries: Marshall, Moltzen, Ryan, Gallant, Hanbury, Meaney; Goals: Marshall 2/3, Meaney 1/2)  26 South Sydney (Tries: Tyrell, McQueen, Lowe, Corrigan, Sayegh; Goals: Capewell 1/2, Reynolds 2/3)
Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League... Foundation Cup Foundation Cup The Foundation Cup is a rugby league match in Australia held annually before the commencing NRL season each year. It was introduced in 2007 and is contested between the Sydney Roosters and Wests Tigers to celebrate the foundation of rugby league in Australia, with the Sydney Roosters 1 of only 2...	Loss	21 February 2009	Sydney Football Stadium	8,716	Tony Archer
		16 Sydney Roosters (Tries: Aubusson, Minichiello, Pearce; Goals: Fitzgibbon 2/3)  12 Wests Tigers (Tries: Mataka, Gallant; Goals: Marshall 2/2)
Shellharbour City Dragons	Win	6 March 2009	Ron Costello Oval, Shellharbour	4,500
		70 Wests Tigers (Tries: Tuiaki 4, Moltzen 3, Collis 2, Roqica 2, Galloway, Ryan; Goals: Marshall 9)  4 Shellharbour City Dragons (Tries: Costigan)

2009 Gains and losses

2009 Player Movements
Gains		Losses
Player	Previous Club	Player	New Club
Gareth Ellis Gareth Ellis Gareth Ellis is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League . He has represented at international level for Great Britain and England and primarily plays in the back row...	Leeds Rhinos Leeds Rhinos Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...	Liam Fulton Liam Fulton Liam Mark Fulton is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He play for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition. Fulton primarily plays at lock....	Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....
John Skandalis John Skandalis John Skandalis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the NRL. He played previously for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Huddersfield Giants...	Western Suburbs Magpies Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...	Brett Hodgson Brett Hodgson Brett Hodgson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League...	Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....
Tame Tupou Tame Tupou Siokatame Gary Tupou also known as Tame Tupou and Gary Tupou is a former rugby league player who represented the New Zealand national side...	Bradford Bulls Bradford Bulls Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....	Shannon McDonnell	Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

External links

• NRL 2009 season draw