2009 Co-operative Championship

Stats

Champions: Barrow
Runners Up: Halifax
League Leaders: Barrow
Wooden Spoon: Doncaster
Top Tryscorer: James Nixon (26)
Top Pointscorer: Lee Patterson (240)

No. Of Teams: 11
No. Of Games: 116
No. Of Players: 360
No. Of Tries: 1,143
No. Of Goals: 954 / 1,255 (76.02%)
No. Of F.Goals: 19

Total Attendance: 219,588
Average Crowd: 1,893
Average Crowd (Reg. Season): 1,785
Highest Crowd: 11,398
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season): 5,236
Lowest Crowd: 275

Mean Scoreline: 38-18
Median Scoreline: 34-18
Highest Scoreline: 72-28
Lowest Scoreline: 8-10
Highest Team Score: Sheffield (78-8)
Average PPG: 63.72

The bottom two sides were to be relegated, but Toulouse was exempt. As the next lowest placed side, Leigh faced demotion to the third tier competition. However, in the off-season, Gateshead were found in breach of the insolvency rules and forcefully relegated instead, saving Leigh from the drop.

Ladder

		Home								Away								Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	L ^<12	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	L ^<12	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	L ^<12	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	Barrow	10	8	2	-	2	352	142	210	10	5	5	-	3	280	219	61	20	13	7	-	5	632	361	44	+271	31.60	18.05
2.	Halifax	10	7	3	-	2	412	224	188	10	6	4	-	2	302	252	50	20	13	7	-	4	714	476	43	+238	35.70	23.80
3.	Sheffield	10	7	3	-	3	321	196	125	10	4	6	-	6	314	251	63	20	11	9	-	9	635	447	42	+188	31.75	22.35
4.	Widnes	10	8	2	-	1	422	157	265	10	3	7	-	5	227	281	-54	20	11	9	-	6	649	438	39	+211	32.45	21.90
5.	Whitehaven	10	8	2	-	1	310	218	92	10	4	6	-	2	255	349	-94	20	12	8	-	3	565	567	39	-2	28.25	28.35
6.	Featherstone R.	10	5	5	-	1	332	318	14	10	7	3	-	-	287	206	81	20	12	8	-	1	619	524	37	+95	30.95	26.20
7.	Gateshead	10	5	4	1	1	284	333	-49	10	4	5	1	-	326	324	2	20	9	9	2	1	610	657	32	-47	30.50	32.85
8.	Batley	10	5	4	1	2	310	280	30	10	3	6	1	2	226	340	-114	20	8	10	2	4	536	620	32	-84	26.80	31.00
9.	Leigh	10	5	5	-	3	249	244	5	10	4	6	-	2	177	328	-151	20	9	11	-	5	426	572	32	-146	21.30	28.60
10.	Toulouse	10	5	5	-	2	278	250	28	10	4	6	-	1	278	332	-54	20	9	11	-	3	556	582	30	-26	27.80	29.10
11.	Doncaster	10	-	10	-	3	92	475	-383	10	1	9	-	2	165	480	-315	20	1	19	-	5	257	955	* -1	-698	12.85	47.75
Doncaster deducted 9 competition points for going into administration

Playoffs/Finals

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Quarter Final

Sep 10

2,375

Quarter Final

802

Semi Final

2,823

Semi Final

3,296

Prelim Final

2,556

Grand Final

Oct 4

11,398

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Barrow Raiders	1st	21	10	0	921	560	Clark, Deakin	26	-	Nixon	104	-	Nixon	Craven Park	2,385	League Champions
Batley Bulldogs	8th	11	14	2	704	870	Thornton, Harrison	20	-	McGillvary	140	-	Mennell	Mount Pleasant	872
Doncaster RLFC	11th	5	21	0	395	1089	Miller	4	-	Weeden, Handforth, Cook	50	-	Weeden	Keepmoat	735	Wooden Spoon
Featherstone Rovers	6th	20	12	0	1017	746	Powell	16	-	Hardman	142	-	Dickens	Big Fellas	1,807	Prelim Final
Gateshead Thunder	7th	14	12	2	852	915	Hood, McCormack	15	-	Youngquest, McAlpine	192	-	Knowles	Gateshead	927
Halifax RLFC	2nd	21	11	0	1168	743	Calland	20	-	Royston	240	-	Patterson	The Shay	2,311	Runners Up
Leigh Centurions	9th	13	14	0	662	750	Kelly, Rowley	8	-	Nanyn, Durbin	132	-	Mort	Leigh Sports	1,868
Sheffield Eagles	3rd	15	13	0	825	669	Aston	12	-	Yere, Ropati	202	-	Woodcock	Don Valley	1,088	Quarter Final
Toulouse Olympique	10th	9	12	0	562	604	Dumas	12	-	Couturier, Bromley	172	-	Wynn	Minimes	2,098
Whitehaven RLFC	5th	14	12	0	730	737	Stokes	19	-	McNally	206	-	McNally	Recreation Gnd	1,599	Quarter Final
Widnes Vikings	4th	18	13	0	1018	637	McCormack, Stankevitch, Cullen	18	-	Flynn	96	-	Hartley	Stobart	3,311	Semi Final

2009 Co-operative Championship

Stats

Ladder

Playoffs/Finals

Team Stats (includes Cup/Tour matches)

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