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2009 European Cup

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Number of teams
  
6

Matches played
  
9

Winner
  
Wales (5th title)

Top scorer
  
Mick Nanyn (46)

Top try scorers
  
Karl Fitzpatrick (4) James Nixon (4)

The 2009 European Cup, known as the rugbyleague.com European Cup due to sponsorship, was a rugby league football tournament.

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The revamped European Cup 2009 involved six teams competing in two groups of three. Participating teams were: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Serbia, Lebanon and Italy. Russia were scheduled to take part in the competition, but were forced to pull out due to board restructuring within the Russian Rugby League Federation. They were replaced by the RLEF European Shield winners, Italy.

Lebanon

Coach: John Elias

  • Hazem El Masri was no longer available after retiring from the sport.
  • Robbie Farah was unavailable due to being named in Australia's Four Nations squad.
  • Charlie Farah, Anthony Farah, Nathan Dib and Jarrod Saffy were all injury withdrawals.

    • Wales

    Coach: Iestyn Harris (Crusaders Rugby League)

  • Anthony Blackwood (Celtic Crusaders), Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves), Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves) and Craig Kopczak (Bradford Bulls) were put on a four-man stand-by list that was used in case of injuries.
  • Notable omissions included Glenn Morrison, David Mills and James Evans.

    • Serbia

    Coach: Gerard Stokes (Whitehaven)

    Scotland

    Coach: Steve McCormack

    Ireland

    Coach: Andy Kelly

  • Sean Gleeson, Gareth Haggerty and Eamon O'Carroll were not selected through injury.

    • Italy

    Coach: Carlo Napolitano

  • Bradford's Chris Nero was forced to withdraw from the Italian squad.

    • References

    2009 European Cup Wikipedia
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