2009 NRL Under-20s season
| 2009 National Youth Competition | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers | File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne (1st title) |
| Minor premiers | File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly (1st title) |
| Matches played | 201 |
| Points scored | 11082 |
| Wooden spoon | File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla (1st spoon) |
| Player of the Year | File:St. George colours.svg Beau Henry |
| Top point-scorer(s) | File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Jake Mullaney (308) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Jake Mullaney (27) |
The 2009 NRL Under-20s season was the second season of the NRL Under-20s competition. The Competition, known as the Toyota Cup for sponsorship purposes, is solely for under-20 players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League.
Season summary
Schedule
Ladder
Ladder progression
Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
| 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 | File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 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 | File:St. George colours.svg 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 | File:Melbourne colours.svg 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 | File:Wests Tigers colours.svg 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 | File:Brisbane colours.svg 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 | File:South Sydney colours.svg 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 | File:New Zealand colours.svg 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 | File:Canberra colours.svg 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 | File:North Queensland colours.svg 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 | File:Newcastle colours.svg 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 | File:Canterbury colours.svg 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 | File:Parramatta colours.svg 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 | File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg 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 | File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg 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 | File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 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 | File:Cronulla colours.svg 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 |
Finals series
The NYC finals series adopts the McIntyre final eight system just like its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League.
| Qualifying finals | Semifinals | Preliminary finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Manly | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | St. George Illawarra | 48 | 1W | St. George Illawarra | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 4W | Canberra Raiders | 34 | Wests Tigers | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Melbourne Storm | 54 | 2L | Wests Tigers | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Wests Tigers | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Wests Tigers | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne Storm | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 46 | 2W | Melbourne Storm | 40 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | South Sydney | 18 | 3W | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | Brisbane Broncos | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1L | Manly | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | NZ Warriors | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Canberra Raiders | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
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]
File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 (Gareth Widdop 2, Matt Duffie, Billy Rogers, Justin O'Neill tries; Gareth Widdop 2/5 goals)
File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 22 (Jake Mullaney 2, Rhys Curran, Robert Lui tries; Jake Mullaney 3/4 goals)
Half-Time: Melbourne 18-10
Jack Gibson Medal: File:Melbourne colours.svg Luke Kelly
Club and Player Statistics
Leading try scorers
Leading point scorers
| Top 10 overall point scorers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | T | G | FG | Pts | |
| 1 | Jake Mullaney | File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers | 29 | 103 | - | 322 |
| 2 | Gareth Widdop | File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne | 18 | 111 | - | 294 |
| 3 | Beau Henry | File:St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra | 17 | 90 | - | 248 |
| 4 | Shaun Johnson | File:New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand | 17 | 84 | 1 | 237 |
| 5= | Mitchell Porter | File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly | 8 | 76 | - | 184 |
| 5= | Stirling Siejka | File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith | 5 | 82 | - | 184 |
| 7 | Peter Mata'utia | File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle | 12 | 64 | - | 176 |
| 8 | Michael Picker | File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra | 10 | 63 | - | 166 |
| 9= | Jordan Rankin | File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast | 5 | 64 | - | 148 |
| 9= | Taioalo Vaivai | File:South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney | 20 | 34 | - | 148 |
| 9= | Troyden Watene | File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland | 7 | 60 | - | 148 |
Leading goal scorers
Leading field goal scorers
Biggest Wins
Winning Streaks
| Winning streak still active |
| Top 5 longest winning streaks | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | First Win | Round | Last Win | Round | Games Won | ||
| 1= | File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane | 40-16 vs File:Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs | 14 | 48-24 vs File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith | 23 | 9 | ||
| 1= | File:St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra | 36-12 vs File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith | 3 | 34-22 vs File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla | 11 | 9 | ||
| 3 | File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne | 40-26 vs File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland | 22 | 24-22 vs File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers | GF | 8 | ||
| 4= | File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly | 40-20 vs File:Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs | 1 | 26-22 vs File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland | 7 | 7 | ||
| 4= | File:St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra | 34-22 vs File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne | 21 | 48-24 vs File:New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand | QF | 7 | ||
- QF = Qualifying Finals
- GF = Grand Final
Losing Streaks
| Losing streak still active |
Awards
Toyota Cup Player of the Year
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:
Toyota Cup team Of The Year
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.
See also
References
- ↑ "Melbourne Storm defeat Wests Tigers 24-22 to win 2009 Toyota Cup". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
External links
- NRL.com - Official site of the NYC, National Youth Competition