# 2009 Featherstone Rovers season

The Featherstone Rovers competed in the Co-operative Championship in 2009.

## Table

2009 Co-operative Championship :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barrow Raiders | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 632 | 361 | +271 | 5 | 44 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 2 | Halifax | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 714 | 476 | +238 | 4 | 43 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 3 | Sheffield Eagles | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 635 | 447 | +188 | 9 | 42 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 4 | Widnes Vikings | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 649 | 438 | +211 | 6 | 39 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Whitehaven | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 565 | 567 | −2 | 3 | 39 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 619 | 524 | +95 | 1 | 37 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Gateshead Thunder | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 610 | 657 | −47 | 3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Batley Bulldogs | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 536 | 620 | −84 | 6 | 32 | |
| 9 | Leigh Centurions | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 426 | 572 | −146 | 5 | 32 | Relegated |
| 10 | Toulouse Olympique XIII | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 556 | 582 | −26 | 3 | 30 | |
| 11 | Doncaster | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 257 | 955 | −698 | −4 | −1 | Relegated |
* ↑ Toulouse were exempt from relegation.
* ↑ Doncaster had 5 bonus points, but lost 9 competition points for entering administration.

## 2009 fixtures and results

W Win D Draw L Loss

### Co-operative Championship

Co-operative Championship results :
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
    Note: Featherstone had byes in rounds 3 and 16.

#### Play-offs

| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Report |
| 11 September | Eliminators | Sheffield Eagles | A | Don Valley Stadium | W | 32-8 | RLP |
| 18 September | Semi-final | Widnes Vikings | A | Stobart Stadium Halton | W | 32-24 | RLP |
| 18 September | Elimination Final | Halifax | A | Shay Stadium | L | 30-36 | RLP |

##### Team bracket

| Eliminators | Eliminators | Eliminators | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Eliminator Final | Eliminator Final | Eliminator Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | 1 | Barrow Raiders | 35 | | | | 1 | Barrow Raiders | 26 |
| | | | 2 | Halifax | 12 | | | | 2 | Halifax | 18 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Halifax | 36 | | |
| 4 | Widnes Vikings | 26 | | | | 2 | Halifax | 36 | | |
| 4 | Widnes Vikings | 26 | | | | 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 30 | | |
| 5 | Whitehaven | 21 | | | | 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 30 | | |
| 5 | Whitehaven | 21 | 4 | Widnes Vikings | 24 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 32 | | | | | |
| 3 | Sheffield Eagles | 8 | 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 32 | | | | | |
| 6 | Featherstone Rovers | 32 | | | | | | | | |
    Source:Rugby League Project

### Northern Rail Cup

W Win L Loss
Northern Rail Cup results :
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |

### Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss
Challenge Cup results :
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |

## 2009 Squad

As of 25 December 2008:
| No | Player | Position | Previous Club |
| 1 | Tommy Saxton | Full back | Salford |
| 2 | Waine Pryce | Wing | Wakefield Trinity |
| 3 | Ian Hardman | Center | Widnes |
| 4 | Andrew "Andy" Kirk | Center | Widnes |
| 5 | Jon Steel | Wing | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| 6 | Iestyn Harris | Stand off | Bradford Bulls |
| 7 | Andy Kain | Half back | Widnes |
| 8 | Tony Tonks | Prop | Oldham |
| 9 | Jack Lee | Hooker | Featherstone Rovers |
| 10 | Stuart Dickens (C) | Prop | Featherstone Rovers |
| 11 | Matty Dale | Second row | Hull |
| 12 | Jamie Field | Second row | Featherstone Rovers |
| 13 | Richard Blakeway | Loose forward | Featherstone Rovers |
| 14 | Tom Haughey | Second row | Featherstone Rovers |
| 15 | James Houston | Prop | Featherstone Rovers |
| 16 | Joe McLocklan | Hooker | Doncaster |
| 17 | Joe Hirst | Second row | Wakefield Trinity |
| 18 | Tim Spears | Second row | Batley |
| 19 | Sean Hesketh | Prop/Second Row | Doncaster |
| 20 | Stuart Kain | Full back | Gateshead Thunder |
| 22 | Matthew Handforth | Second row | |
| 23 | Gareth Swift | Loose forward | Normanton Knights |
| 24 | John Fallon | Prop | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| 25 | Scott Wilson | Wing | Featherstone Rovers |
| 26 | Sam Smeaton | Wing | Featherstone Rovers |

### 2009 transfers in

| Name | Moved From |
| Ian Hardman | Widnes |
| Jon Steel | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Iestyn Harris | Bradford Bulls |
| Joe Hirst | Wakefield Trinity |
| Jon Fallon | Hull Kingston Rovers |
| Matt Dale | Hull |
| Tim Spears | Batley |
| Gareth Swift | Normanton Knights |
| Stuart Kain | Gateshead Thunder |
| Jack Lee | Castleford |

### 2009 transfers out

| Name | Moved To |
| Paul Handforth | Released |
| Loz Wildbore | Widnes |
| Craig Cawthray | Hunslet |
| Nathan Larvin | Hunslet |
| Nathan Batty | Released |
| Carl Hughes | Keighley |
| Kevin Eadie | Released |
| Ian Tonks | Dewsbury |
| Lee Lingard | Dewsbury |
| Anthony Thackray | End of Loan |
| Nathan Massey | End of Loan |
| Wayne McHugh | York City Knights |