- 2009 National Youth Competition season (rugby league)
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2009 National Youth Competition Teams 16 Premiers 
Melbourne (1st title)Minor premiers 
Manly (1st title)Matches played 201 Points scored 11082 (total)
55.134 (per match)Top try scorer(s) 
Jake Mullany (27)The 2009 National Youth Competition is the second season of the 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.
Contents
Season summary
Schedule
See also: 2009 National Youth Competition (rugby league) season resultsLadder
National Youth Competition season 2009Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts 1 Manly24 19 1 4 2 879 417 +462 43 2 
St. George Illawarra24 19 0 5 2 758 461 +297 42 3 Melbourne24 19 0 5 2 833 597 +236 42 4 Wests Tigers24 15 1 8 2 709 588 +121 35 5 
Brisbane24 15 0 9 2 698 551 +147 34 6 
South Sydney24 13 1 10 2 776 568 +208 31 7 
New Zealand24 13 1 10 2 725 612 +113 31 8 
Canberra24 11 2 11 2 706 685 +21 28 9 
North Queensland24 12 0 12 2 668 683 -15 28 10 
Newcastle24 9 1 14 2 596 756 -160 23 11 
Bulldogs24 9 1 14 2 649 867 -218 23 12 
Parramatta24 8 0 16 2 604 698 -94 20 13 
Penrith24 8 0 16 2 573 755 -182 20 14 
Gold Coast24 8 0 16 2 542 738 -196 20 15 
Sydney24 6 0 18 2 443 736 -293 16 16 
Cronulla24 4 0 20 2 391 838 -447 12 Ladder Progression
Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
National Youth Competition season 20092 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 St. George Illawarra0 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 Melbourne2 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 Wests Tigers0 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 Brisbane0 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 South Sydney2 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 New Zealand0 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 Canberra2 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 North Queensland2 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 Newcastle0 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 Bulldogs0 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 Parramatta2 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 Penrith0 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 Gold Coast2 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 Sydney0 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 Cronulla2 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
See also: 2009 National Youth Competition (rugby league) season resultsThe NYC finals series adopts the McIntyre Final Eight System just like its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League.
Qualifying Finals Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final 1 Manly 28 8 Canberra Raiders 32 1W St. George Illawarra 12 2 St. George Illawarra 48 4W Canberra Raiders 34 Wests Tigers 36 7 NZ Warriors 24 2L Wests Tigers 42 Wests Tigers 22 Melbourne Storm 24 3 Melbourne Storm 54 2W Melbourne Storm 40 6 South Sydney 18 3W Brisbane Broncos 24 Brisbane Broncos 16 1L Manly 10 4 Wests Tigers 22 5 Brisbane Broncos 46 Home Score Away Match Information Date and Time Venue Referee Qualifying Finals 
Melbourne Storm54-18 
South Sydney Rabbitohs11 September 2009, 5:30pm Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Gavin Reynolds 
Wests Tigers22-46 
Brisbane Broncos12 September 2009, 4:15pm Skilled Park, Robina Chris Butler 
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles28-32 
Canberra Raiders12 September 2009, 6:15pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney Gavin Morris 
St. George Illawarra Dragons48-24 
New Zealand Warriors13 September 2009, 1:45pm WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah Adam Devcich Semi Finals Canberra Raiders34-42 Wests Tigers18 September 2009, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Gavin Reynolds Brisbane Broncos24-10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles19 September 2009, 5:30pm Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Adam Devcich Preliminary Finals St. George Illawarra Dragons12-36 Wests Tigers27 September 2009, 5:30pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney Gavin Reynolds Melbourne Storm40-16 Brisbane Broncos28 September 2009, 5:30pm Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Adam Devcich Grand Final Melbourne Storm24-22 Wests Tigers4 October 2009, 2:10pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney Gavin Reynolds Grand Final
Melbourne Storm Position Wests Tigers Gareth Widdop FB Jake Mullaney Sam Joe WG Joel Jackson Justin O'Neill CE Joel Wisbey Pita Maile CE Jake Clarke Matt Duffie WG Sama Sauvao Dane Chisholm FE Robert Lui Luke Kelly (c) HB Darren Nicholls (c) Pulou Vaituutuu PR Andrew Fifita James Woolford HK Chris Corby Jesse Bromwich PR Aaron Woods Rob Rochow SR Simon Dwyer Theodore Stuart SR Jason Schirnack Billy Rogers LK Matt Hyland Jai Jones-Wiegold Bench Jay Florimo Jordan McLean Bench Monikura Tikinau Kevin Proctor Bench David Fifita Fred Makimare Bench Rhys Curran Brad Arthur Coach Grant Jones 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]
Melbourne Storm 24 (Gareth Widdop 2, Matt Duffie, Billy Rogers, Justin O'Neill tries; Gareth Widdop 2/5 goals) Wests Tigers 22 (Jake Mullaney 2, Rhys Curran, Robert Lui tries; Jake Mullaney 3/4 goals)Half-Time: Melbourne 18-10
Jack Gibson Medal:
Luke KellyClub and Player Statistics
Leading try scorers
Top 10 try scorers Pos Name Tries Team 1 Jake Mullaney 29 Wests Tigers2 Kane Morgan 26 South Sydney3 Matt Duffie 25 Melbourne4= Taioalo Vaivai 20 South Sydney4= Joe Vickery 20 St. George Illawarra6= Kane Linnett 18 St. George Illawarra6= Gareth Widdop 18 Melbourne8= Pakisonasi Afu 17 Bulldogs8= Daly Cherry-Evans 17 Manly8= Obe Geia 17 North Queensland8= Beau Henry 17 St. George Illawarra8= Shaun Johnson 17 New ZealandLeading point scorers
Top 10 overall point scorers Player Team T G FG Pts 1 Jake Mullaney Wests Tigers29 103 - 322 2 Gareth Widdop Melbourne18 111 - 294 3 Beau Henry St. George Illawarra17 90 - 248 4 Shaun Johnson New Zealand17 84 1 237 5= Mitchell Porter Manly8 76 - 184 5= Stirling Siejka Penrith5 82 - 184 7 Peter Mata'utia Newcastle12 64 - 176 8 Michael Picker Canberra10 63 - 166 9= Jordan Rankin Gold Coast5 64 - 148 9= Taioalo Vaivai South Sydney20 34 - 148 9= Troyden Watene North Queensland7 60 - 148 Leading goal scorers
Top 10 goal scorers Pos Name Goals Team 1 Gareth Widdop 111 Melbourne2 Jake Mullaney 103 Wests Tigers3 Beau Henry 90 St. George Illawarra4 Shaun Johnson 84 New Zealand5 Stirling Siejka 82 Penrith6 Mitchell Porter 76 Manly7= Peter Mata'utia 64 Newcastle7= Jordan Rankin 64 Gold Coast9= Michael Picker 63 Canberra9= Troyden Watene 60 North QueenslandLeading field goal scorers
Top 10 field goal scorers Pos Name FG's Team 1 Daly Cherry-Evans 3 Manly2 Darren Nicholls 2 Wests Tigers3= Ben Cronin 1 North Queensland3= Rhys Jack 1 Bulldogs3= Shaun Johnson 1 New Zealand3= Luke Kelly 1 Melbourne3= Robert Lui 1 Wests Tigers3= Ben Murray 1 Sydney3= Shane Pumipi 1 Cronulla3= Harry Siejka 1 Penrith3= Ray Thompson 1 North QueenslandBiggest Wins
Top 10 biggest winning margins Pos Winning Team Losing Team Round Score Margin 1 Manly Cronulla25 64-10 54 2= Manly New Zealand2 52-4 48 2= Manly Bulldogs17 64-16 48 2= New Zealand Gold Coast22 52-4 48 2= Parramatta Cronulla12 52-4 48 2= St. George Illawarra Sydney17 58-10 48 7= Manly Sydney23 56-10 46 7= North Queensland Cronulla17 56-10 46 9 South Sydney Gold Coast8 50-6 44 10= Manly Sydney13 42-0 42 10= Wests Tigers Bulldogs26 58-16 42 Winning Streaks
Winning streak still active Top 5 longest winning streaks Pos Team First Win Round Last Win Round Games Won 1= Brisbane40-16 vs Bulldogs14 48-24 vs Penrith23 9 1= St. George Illawarra36-12 vs Penrith3 34-22 vs Cronulla11 9 3 Melbourne40-26 vs North Queensland22 24-22 vs Wests TigersGF 8 4= Manly40-20 vs Bulldogs1 26-22 vs North Queensland7 7 4= St. George Illawarra34-22 vs Melbourne21 48-24 vs New ZealandQF 7 - QF = Qualifying Finals
- GF = Grand Final
Losing Streaks
Losing streak still active Top 5 longest losing streaks Pos Team First Loss Round Last Loss Round Games Lost 1 Cronulla24-16 vs North Queensland6 44-12 vs Melbourne20 13 2 Sydney48-10 vs South Sydney20 58-26 vs North Queensland26 7 3= Bulldogs40-16 vs Brisbane14 28-16 vs Gold Coast19 6 3= Canberra28-14 vs Penrith19 28-24 vs New Zealand24 6 3= Gold Coast22-16 vs Penrith7 28-6 vs St. George Illawarra13 6 3= Penrith20-16 vs Cronulla1 34-30 vs Brisbane6 6 Awards
Toyota Cup Player of the Year
The winner of the award is decided by the most number of 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:
- Beau Henry,
St George Illawarra
- Beau Henry,
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.
Position Player Club Fullback Malcolm Webster South SydneyWing Joe Vickery St. George IllawarraCentre Taioalo Vaivai South SydneyCentre Siuatonga Likiliki New ZealandWing Drury Low CanberraFive-Eight Robert Lui Wests TigersHalfback Beau Henry St. George IllawarraFront Row Trent Merrin St. George IllawarraHooker Travis Waddell CanberraFront Row Jesse Bromwich MelbourneSecond Row Jake Marketo St. George IllawarraSecond Row Jared Waerea-Hargreaves ManlyLock Jamie Buhrer ManlyBench Kieran Foran ManlyBench Joel Romelo PenrithBench Gareth Widdop MelbourneBench Daly Cherry-Evans ManlySee also
- 2009 National Youth Competition (rugby league) season results
- 2009 NRL season
- 2009 Dally M Awards
- 2009 in rugby league
References
- ^ "Melbourne Storm defeat Wests Tigers 24-22 to win 2009 Toyota Cup". Fox Sports. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26163342-5016683,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
External links
- NRL.com - Official site of the NYC, National Youth Competition
National Youth Competition Current Teams Brisbane Broncos · Canberra Raiders · Canterbury Bulldogs · Cronulla Sharks · Gold Coast Titans · Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles · Melbourne Storm · Newcastle Knights · New Zealand Warriors · North Queensland Cowboys · Parramatta Eels · Penrith Panthers · St. George Illawarra Dragons · South Sydney Rabbitohs · Sydney Roosters · Wests TigersSeasons: Season results: 2009 NRL season Events By club Brisbane Broncos · Bulldogs · Canberra Raiders · Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks · Gold Coast Titans · Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles · Melbourne Storm · Newcastle Knights · New Zealand Warriors · North Queensland Cowboys · Parramatta Eels · Penrith Panthers · South Sydney Rabbitohs · Sydney Roosters · St. George Illawarra Dragons · Wests TigersRelated articles Categories:
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