2009 Bulldogs RLFC season

March 2020 May 2011 2009 2008 2010 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. Season summary After a poor 2008 season, in which the club finished bottom of the league, 2009 saw a number of new signings, including Brett Kimmorley, Josh Morris, Michael Ennis, David Stagg and Ben Hannant, along with mid-season signing Greg Eastwood. Fixtures 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. Trial Matches #eeeeee Trial 121 February 20097:00pm Local St. George Illawarra Dragons 16px 16px Bulldogs 24–12 Tries: Cooper, Nightingale, Thorby, ClarkeGoals: Soward 4/4 Tries: Utai, BarbaGoals: El Masri 1/1, Ennis 1/1 WIN Stadium, Wollongong 7,628 #eeeeee Trial 228 February 20098:00pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Canberra Raiders 24–16 Tries: Goodwin, Ennis, Patten, ArmitGoals: Ennis 3/3, El Masri 1/1 Tries: Monaghan 2, PurtellGoals: Campese 2/3 Meakin Park, Brisbane Regular season #eeeeee Round 114 March 20097:30pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 34–12 Tries: Goodwin 2, Idris 2, MorrisGoals: El Masri 7/7 Tries: Ballin, LyonGoals: Orford 2/2 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay 19,791 Cummins, Suttor #eeeeee Round 221 March 20097:30pm Local Penrith Panthers 16px 16px Bulldogs 26–28 Tries: Waterhouse 2, Aiton, TigheGoals: Gordon 5/5 Tries: Eastwood, Idris, Kimmorley, Roberts, StaggGoals: El Masri 4/5 CUA Stadium, Penrith 16,846 Cecchin, James #eeeeee Round 327 March 20097:35pm Local Gold Coast Titans 16px 16px Bulldogs 20–12 Tries: Campbell, O'Dwyer, Rogers, TongaGoals: Rogers 2/5 Tries: Goodwin, RyanGoals: El Masri 2/3 Skilled Park, Gold Coast 19,854 Maxwell, Shortall #eeeeee Round 45 April 20092:00pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24–12 Tries: El Masri, Goodwin, Morris, RyanGoals: El Masri 4/4 Tries: Gallen, TupouGoals: Covell 2/2 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay 15,520 Robinson, Sutton #eeeeee Round 513 April 20097:00pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px South Sydney Rabbitohs 14–12 Tries: Morris, RyanGoals: El Masri 2/2, Ennis 1/1 Tries: Champion, PettybourneGoals: Luke 1/1, Sandow 1/1 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay 22,775 Klein, Suttor #eeeeee Round 619 April 20093:00pm Local Parramatta Eels 16px 16px Bulldogs 18–48 Tries: Hauraki 2, HayneGoals: Burt 3/3 Tries: Morris 2, Patten 2, El Masri, Goodwin, Hodgson, Kimmorley, WarburtonGoals: El Masri 6/9 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay 18,223 Badger, De Las Heras #eeeeee Round 726 April 20092:00pm Local Canberra Raiders 16px 16px Bulldogs 20–30 Tries: Monaghan, Purtell, Thompson, TongueGoals: Dugan 2/4 Tries: El Masri, Ennis, Goodwin, Hannant, MillardGoals: El Masri 5/5 Canberra Stadium, Canberra 10,241 James, Klein #eeeeee Round 83 May 20093:00pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Wests Tigers 22–20 Tries: El Masri 2, Ennis, GoodwinGoals: El Masri 3/4 Tries: Moltzen, Payten, Ryan 2Goals: Gallant 2/5 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay 25,622 Hayne, De Las Heras #eeeeee Round 99–11 May 2009 white . white . Bye #eeeeee Round 1016 May 20097:30pm Local St. George Illawarra Dragons 16px 16px Bulldogs 20–18 Tries: Creagh, Poore, WeymanGoals: Soward 4/4 Tries: Hannant, Idris, KimmorleyGoals: El Masri 3/3 Jubilee Oval, Kogarah 18,415 Archer, Klein #eeeeee Round 1122–25 May 20097:30pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Melbourne Storm 26–10 Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford #eeeeee Round 1229 May - 1 June 20093:00pm Local Newcastle Knights 16px 16px Bulldogs 22–14 EnergyAustralia Stadium, Newcastle #eeeeee Round 135–8 June 2009 white . white . Bye #eeeeee Round 1412–15 June 20097:35pm Local Brisbane Broncos 16px 16px Bulldogs 22–44 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Ben Roberts (BUL) #eeeeee Round 1519–22 June 20097:35pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Penrith Panthers 19–12 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Round 1626–29 June 20097:35pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px North Queensland Cowboys 30–18 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Round 173–6 July 20097:35pm Local Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16px 16px Bulldogs 19–12 Brookvale Oval, Brookvale #eeeeee Round 1810–13 July 20092:00pm Local New Zealand Warriors 16px 16px Bulldogs 14–18 Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland #eeeeee Round 1917–20 July 20098:30pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Gold Coast Titans 23–16 Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane #eeeeee Round 2024–27 July 20095:30pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Parramatta Eels 8–27 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Round 2131 July - 3 August 20093:00pm Local South Sydney Rabbitohs 16px 16px Bulldogs 18–26 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Round 227–10 August 20097:30pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Canberra Raiders 23–20 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Round 2314–17 August 20097:35pm Local North Queensland Cowboys 16px 16px Bulldogs 12–22 Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville #eeeeee Round 2421–24 August 20097:00pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px Sydney Roosters 28–4 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Round 2528–31 August 20093:00pm Local Bulldogs 16px 16px New Zealand Warriors 40–20 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay 41,835 (record crowd) #eeeeee Round 264–6 September 20097:35pm Local Wests Tigers 16px 16px Bulldogs 34–12 Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park Finals Series #eeeeee Qualifying Final12 September 20098:35pm Local 16px Bulldogs Newcastle Knights 16px 26–12 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay #eeeeee Preliminary Final25 September 20097:45pm Local 16px Bulldogs Parramatta Eels 16px 12–22 ANZ Stadium, Homebush Bay Ladder 2009 squad Scotland PR Chris Armit Australia FE Ben Barba Australia FB Brent Crisp NZ SR Greg Eastwood Lebanon WG Hazem El Masri Australia HK Michael Ennis Australia WG Bryson Goodwin Australia SR Yileen Gordon Australia PR Ben Hannant Australia PR Jarrad Hickey Australia PR Michael Hodgson Australia FE Daniel Holdsworth AUS CE Jamal Idris Australia HB Brett Kimmorley Tonga PR John Kite American Samoa PR Charles Leaneo Fiji CE Daryl Millard Australia SR Brad Morrin Australia CE Josh Morris Australia WG Heka Nanai Australia FB Luke Patten NZ FE Ben Roberts Australia SR Andrew Ryan c AUS LK David Stagg Australia HK Michael Sullivan New Zealand SR Lee Te Maari Samoa WG Matt Utai Australia SR Gary Warburton Australia PR Danny Williams New Zealand CE Tim Winitana See also List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs seasons References External links Bulldogs: Season Review - NRL.com 2009 Category:2009 NRL season by club Category:2009 in sport in Sydney