2009 Featherstone Rovers season explained

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

2009 fixtures and results

Co-operative Championship

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report	+ Co-operative Championship results	15 March	1	Batley Bulldogs	A	Mount Pleasant		34-8			1,127	Co-op
22 March	2	Whitehaven	H	Big Fellas Stadium		26-52			1,555	Co-op
10 April	4	Gateshead Thunder	A	Gateshead International Stadium		23-2			651	Co-op
13 April	5	Sheffield Eagles	H	Big Fellas Stadium		20-12			1,612	Co-op
19 April	6	Whitehaven	A	Recreation Ground		44-16			1,411	Co-op
23 April	7	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village		30-16			2,307	Co-op
30 April	8	Halifax	H	Big Fellas Stadium		26-39			2,673	Co-op
17 May	10	Doncaster	H	Big Fellas Stadium		68-12			1,577	Featherstone
24 May	11	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park		12-44			1,995	Featherstone
28 May	12	Leigh Centurions	H	Big Fellas Stadium		30-24			1,535	Featherstone
13 June	13	Widnes Vikings	A	Stobart Stadium Halton		22-46			3,278	Co-op
27 June	14	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Argeles		32-16			2,321	Featherstone
5 July	15	Gateshead Thunder	H	Big Fellas Stadium		56-40			1,475	Featherstone
24 July	17	Halifax	A	Shay Stadium		22-20			2,456	Co-op
1 August	18	Toulouse Olympique	H	Big Fellas Stadium		18-34			1,346	RLP
9 August	19	Widnes Vikings	H	Big Fellas Stadium		34-29				RLP
16 August	20	Doncaster	A	Keepmoat Stadium		56-10				RLP
23 August	21	Barrow Raiders	H	Big Fellas Stadium		28-46				RLP
27 August	9	Sheffield Eagles	A	Don Valley Stadium		12-28				RLP
6 September	22	Batley Bulldogs	H	Big Fellas Stadium		26-30				RLP

Note: Featherstone had byes in rounds 3 and 16.

Play-offs

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

Team bracket

Northern Rail Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report	+ Northern Rail Cup results	15 February	Group	Doncaster	A			36-6			1,126	Featherstone
18 February	Group	Leigh Centurions	H			10-6			1,487	Featherstone
22 February	Group	Dewsbury Rams	H			26-28			1,470	Featherstone
1 March	Group	Workington Town	A	Derwent Park		38-6			477	Featherstone
4 June	Quarter-final	Oldham	A	Leigh Sports Village		32-18			853	Featherstone
18 June	Semi-final	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park		10-16			2,775	RLP

Challenge Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report	+ Challenge Cup results	8 March	3	British Army	H	Big Fellas Stadium		94-2			1,763	Featherstone
10 May	4	Warrington Wolves	H	Big Fellas Stadium		8-56			3,127	Featherstone

2009 Squad

As of 25 December 2008:

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

2009 transfers in

scope=col style="background:navy; color:white"	Nat	scope=col style="background:navy; color:white"	Name	scope=col style="background:navy; color:white;"	Moved From
scope=row		Ian Hardman	Widnes
scope=row		Jon Steel	Hull Kingston Rovers
scope=row		Iestyn Harris	Bradford Bulls
scope=row		Joe Hirst	Wakefield Trinity
scope=row		Jon Fallon	Hull Kingston Rovers
scope=row		Matt Dale	Hull
scope=row		Tim Spears	Batley
scope=row		Gareth Swift	Normanton Knights
scope=row		Stuart Kain	Gateshead Thunder
scope=row		Jack Lee	Castleford

2009 transfers out

scope=col style="background:navy; color:white"	Nat	scope=col style="background:navy; color:white"	Name	scope=col style="background:navy; color:white;"	Moved To
scope=row		Paul Handforth	Released
scope=row		Loz Wildbore	Widnes
scope=row		Craig Cawthray	Hunslet
scope=row		Nathan Larvin	Hunslet
scope=row		Nathan Batty	Released
scope=row		Carl Hughes	Keighley
scope=row		Kevin Eadie	Released
scope=row		Ian Tonks	Dewsbury
scope=row		Lee Lingard	Dewsbury
scope=row		Anthony Thackray	End of Loan
scope=row		Nathan Massey	End of Loan
scope=row		Wayne McHugh	York City Knights

External links

• Rovers' official website