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2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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NRL Rank
  
10th (out of 16)

Points scored
  
For: 566; Against: 549

Coach
  
Jason Taylor

Play-off result
  
N/A

CEO
  
Shane Richardson

2009 record
  
Wins: 11; Draws: 1; Losses: 12

The 2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season in Australian rugby league was the 100th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership, and despite being in 1st position at some points during the year and scoring over 500 points in a season for the first time, they finished 10th out of 16 teams and so failed to reach the play-offs.

Contents

In Round 25, South Sydney defeated the minor premiers St. George Illawarra Dragons 41 to 6. This is the only loss greater than 20 points the Dragons have suffered since Wayne Bennett's inception as coach.

John Sutton was awarded the George Piggins Medal for Souths player of the year.

On the ensuing 'Mad Monday', coach Jason Taylor and forward David Fa'alogo were involved in a drunken altercation and both sacked from the club. This promped the club's co-owner Russell Crowe to write an 800-word letter of apology to a Sydney newspaper.

Pre Season

The Rabbitohs played three pre-season games in 2009.

Ladder

* Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2

National Australia Bank

The National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

DeLonghi

DeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

V8 Supercars Australia

V8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2009 Telstra Premiership.

2009 Squad

Source: [28]

References

2009 South Sydney Rabbitohs season Wikipedia