# 2009 Mackay Cutters season

The 2009 Mackay Cutters season was the second in the club's history. Coached by Shane Muspratt and captained by Jardine Bobongie, they competed in the QRL's Wizard Cup. The club finished the season in 14th, last place, winning the wooden spoon.

## Season summary

The 2009 season started strongly for the Cutters, with three straight wins before a run of nine straight losses sunk them to the bottom of the table. A 10–34 loss to the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the final game of the regular season saw them finish last on points differential. Local junior Jardine Bobongie joined the club in 2009 and won their Player of the Year award after spending the 2008 season playing for the St George Illawarra Dragons' New South Wales Cup side. He would go on to play an influential role in their maiden premiership four years later, captaining the side in the Grand Final victory. 2009 saw the Cutters have their first Queensland Residents representative, with North Queensland Cowboys contracted prop Dayne Weston being selected in the side.

### Milestones

* Round 3: The club recorded their sixth straight win, the club's longest winning streak.

## Squad List
### 2009 squad

The following players contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys played for the Cutters in 2009: Mitchell Achurch, Ben Farrar, Ben Harris, Shannon Hegarty, Antonio Kaufusi, Donald Malone, Anthony Perkins, Steve Rapira, Grant Rovelli, Anthony Watts and Dayne Weston.

## Squad movement
### Gains

| Player | Signed From | Until End of |
| Daniel Abraham | North Queensland Cowboys | 2009 |
| Roy Baira | Townsville Brothers | 2009 |
| Jardine Bobongie | St George Illawarra Dragons | 2009 |
| Craig Bowering | Melbourne Storm | 2009 |
| Chance Bunce | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2009 |
| Craig Chapman | Souths Logan Magpies | 2009 |
| Kaylib Gray | Ipswich Jets | 2009 |
| Darren Griffiths | Charters Towers Miners | 2009 |
| Quinton Mitchell | Townsville Brothers | 2009 |
| Troy Paget | Gold Coast Titans | 2009 |

### Losses

| Player | Signed To | Until End of |
| Jamie McDonald | Retired | – |
| Shane Muspratt | Retired | – |
| Cody Norton | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 2009 |
| Adam Schubert | Released | – |
| Kerrod Toby | Retired | – |

## Fixtures
### Regular season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 14 March | Round 1 | Ipswich Jets | Briggs Rd Sporting Complex | 18–16 | Fielder, Griffiths, Lightning | Abraham (3) |
| Saturday, 21 March | Round 2 | Easts Tigers | Mackay JRL Grounds | 34–18 | Lightning (2), Abraham, Baira, Bobongie, Seymour | Abraham (5) |
| Saturday, 28 March | Round 3 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | Stockland Park | 22–16 | Perkins (2), Fielder, Lightning, Malone | Abraham (1) |
| Saturday, 4 April | Round 4 | Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | 06–15 | Hegarty | Abraham (1) |
| Sunday, 12 April | Round 5 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | BMD Kougari Oval | 26–24 | Bobongie, Farrar, Fielder, Griffiths, Perkins | Abraham (3) |
| Saturday, 18 April | Round 6 | Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Oval | 12–22 | Bobongie, Lightning | Abraham (2) |
| Saturday, 25 April | Round 7 | Norths Devils | Mackay JRL Grounds | 12–28 | Bunce, Lightning | Abraham (2) |
| Saturday, 2 May | Round 8 | Central Comets | Browne Park | 06–50 | Abraham | Abraham (1) |
| Saturday, 9 May | Round 9 | Northern Pride | Barlow Park | 16–34 | Abraham, Bobongie, Watts | Abraham (2) |
| Saturday, 16 May | Round 10 | Souths Logan Magpies | Mackay JRL Grounds | 10–44 | Malone, Paget | Abraham (1) |
| Saturday, 23 May | Round 11 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Mackay JRL Grounds | 20–26 | Flynn, Harris, Malone, Perkins | Abraham 2) |
| Saturday, 30 May | Round 12 | Ipswich Jets | Mackay JRL Grounds | 00–30 | | |
| Saturday, 6 June | Round 13 | Easts Tigers | Langlands Park | 12–18 | Bunce, Tass | Abraham (2) |
| Saturday, 20 June | Round 14 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | Mackay JRL Grounds | 22–26 | Tass (2), Perkins, Seymour | Abraham (3) |
| Saturday, 27 June | Round 15 | Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | 10–40 | Flynn, Griffin | Malone (1) |
| Saturday, 10 July | Round 16 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Mackay JRL Grounds | 22–14 | Moore, Perkins, Seymour, Tass | Malone (3) |
| Saturday, 18 July | Round 17 | Redcliffe Dolphins | Mackay JRL Grounds | 6–6 | Griffin | Malone (1) |
| Sunday, 26 July | Round 18 | Norths Devils | Bishop Park | 12–40 | Bobongie, Rovelli | Malone (2) |
| Sunday, 2 August | Round 19 | Central Comets | Mackay JRL Grounds | 16–28 | Fielder, Flynn, Weston | Malone (2) |
| Sunday, 9 August | Round 20 | Northern Pride | Mackay JRL Grounds | 17–16 | Flynn, Perkins, Srama | Chapman (2, 1 FG) |
| Sunday, 16 August | Round 21 | Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | 06–40 | Flynn | Chapman (1) |
| Saturday, 22 August | Round 22 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Ned Byrne Field | 10–34 | Malone, Perkins | Malone (1) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |||||||

## Statistics

| * | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2009 season |
| Name | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Daniel Abraham | 3 | 28 | - | 68 |
| Roy Baira | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Jardine Bobongie | 5 | - | - | 28 |
| Chance Bunce | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Craig Chapman | - | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Ben Farrar | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Quinton Fielder | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Daniel Flynn | 5 | - | - | 20 |
| Matt Griffin | 2- | - | - | 8 |
| Darren Griffiths | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Ben Harris | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Shannon Hegarty | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Royston Lightning | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Donald Malone | 4 | 10 | - | 36 |
| Grant Moore | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Troy Paget | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Anthony Perkins | 8 | - | - | 32 |
| Josh Rovelli | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Todd Seymour | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Luke Srama | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Dean Tass | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Anthony Watts | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Dayne Weston | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Totals | 58 | 41 | 0 | 315 |

## Honours
### Club

* Player of the Year: Jardine Bobongie
* Sponsor's Player of the Year: Jardine Bobongie
* Rookie of the Year: Darren Griffiths
* Club Person of the Year: Tony Gambie