2009 European Cup

2009 (2009) European Cup ()
2009 European Cup
Number of teams	6
Winner	Wales (5th title)
Matches played	9
Top scorer	Mick Nanyn (46)
Top try scorers	Karl Fitzpatrick (4); James Nixon (4)
	Tournaments < 2005 2010 >

The 2009 European Cup, known as the rugbyleague.com European Cup due to sponsorship,^[1] was a rugby league football tournament.

The revamped European Cup 2009 involved six teams competing in two groups of three. Participating teams were: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Serbia, Lebanon and Italy. Russia were scheduled to take part in the competition, but were forced to pull out due to board restructuring within the Russian Rugby League Federation. They were replaced by the RLEF European Shield winners, Italy.^[2]

Squads[]

Lebanon[]

Coach: John Elias^[3]

Club Team	Players
Canterbury Bulldogs	Liam Ayoub and Jamie Clarke
Sydney Roosters
Bankstown City	Danny Barakat, and Chris Salem (Captain)
Windsor Wolves	Danny Chiha and
	and
Newtown Jets
Cronulla Sharks	Ahmad Ellaz
LAU	and Jad Hashem
Wentworthville Magpies
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Josh Mansour
Newcastle Knights	George Ndaira
North Sydney Bears	Reece Robinson
Chester Hill Rhinos	Travis Robinson
Western Suburbs Magpies

Hazem El Masri was no longer available after retiring from the sport.
Robbie Farah was unavailable due to being named in Australia's Four Nations squad.
Charlie Farah, Anthony Farah, and Jarrod Saffy were all injury withdrawals.

Wales[]

Coach: Iestyn Harris (Crusaders Rugby League)^[4]

Club Team	Players
Gateshead Thunder	Matt Barron
Celtic Crusaders	Ashley Bateman, Chris Beasley, Neil Budworth, Geraint Davies, Gil Dudson, Ben Flower (Captain), Jordan James, Elliot Kear, Lewis Mills, Ross Wardle, Lloyd White and Lee Williams
Featherstone Rovers	Ross Divorty
Leeds Met University	Rhys Griffiths
Bridgend Blue Bulls	Christian Roets
London Skolars	Matt Thomas
Leigh Centurions	Ian Watson
Central Comets	Ian Webster
Warrington Wolves	Rhys Williams

Anthony Blackwood (Celtic Crusaders), Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves), Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves) and Craig Kopczak (Bradford Bulls) were put on a four-man stand-by list that was used in case of injuries.
Notable omissions included Glenn Morrison, David Mills and James Evans.

Serbia[]

Coach: Gerard Stokes (Whitehaven) ^[5]

Club Team	Players
Whitehaven	Soni Radovanovic (Captain)
	, , , , , , ,
	, , Zoran Pešić and
Oldham R.L.F.C.
Souths Sunnybank

Scotland[]

Coach: Steve McCormack ^[6]

Club Team	Players
Barrow Raiders	James Nixon
Featherstone Rovers	Jon Steel
Doncaster	Dean Colton
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Kevin Henderson
Leigh Centurions	Mick Nanyn
Widnes Vikings	Lee Paterson, John Duffy and Iain Morrison
York City Knights	Gareth Moore
Huddersfield Giants	Paul Jackson
Sheffield Eagles	Mitch Stringer, Alex Szostak, Jack Howieson and Brendon Lindsay
Hunslet Hawks	Neil Lowe
Hull Kingston Rovers	Ben Fisher (Captain) and Rhys Lovegrove
Gateshead Thunder	Andrew Henderson, , and
Whitehaven
Workington Town	, Paddy Coupar and
Edinburgh Eagles
	Jamie Benn

Ireland[]

Coach: Andy Kelly^[7]

Club Team	Players
Barrow Raiders	Liam Harrison and Dave Allen
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Scott Grix (Captain)
Halifax	Bob Beswick
Salford City Reds	Karl Fitzpatrick
Dewsbury Rams	Liam Finn
Leeds Rhinos	Luke Ambler
Oldham R.L.F.C.	Marcus St Hilaire and Wayne Kerr
Wigan Warriors	Pat Richards and Michael McIlorum
Warrington Wolves	Tyrone McCarthy
Harlequins RL	Jason Golden
York City Knights	Sean Hesketh
Castleford Tigers	Ryan Boyle
Dublin City Exiles	John Coleman
Treaty City Titans	Brendan Guilfoyle
Laois Panthers	Tim Bergin
Carlow Crusaders	Stevie Gibbons and

Sean Gleeson, Gareth Haggerty and Eamon O'Carroll were not selected through injury.

Italy[]

Coach: Carlo Napolitano ^[8]

Club Team	Players
	Dominic Brambani


West Bowling
Leeds Akkies
Avignon XIII

	and
Lyon Villeurbanne
	, , , , and
	, , , and
	and
Melbourne Storm	Aidan Guerra
Redcliffe Dolphins
Paris XIII
Gateshead Thunder	Paul Franze
Wests Tigers
Unattached	and Mark Dalle Cort

Bradford's Chris Nero was forced to withdraw from the Italian squad.

Group 1[]

Results[]

17 October 2009

Italy	0 - 104	Scotland
	Report	Try: Nixon (4) Steel (2) Henderson (2) Fletcher (2) Benn (2) Nanyn (2) Paterson Moore Fisher Goal: Nanyn (16)

Stadio Plebiscito, Padova, Italy
Attendance: 2,139
Referee: Steve Ganson

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24 October 2009

Lebanon	86 - 0	Italy
Tries: T. Robinson (2) Ellaz (4) Mansour R. Robinson (3) Clark, (2) Goals: (12) Clark	Report

International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Thierry Alibert

1 November 2009

Scotland	22 - 10	Lebanon
	Report

Hughenden Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Leon Williamson

Final standings[]

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Scotland	2	2	0	126	10	116	4
Lebanon	2	1	1	96	22	74	2
Italy	2	0	2	0	190	-190	0

Group 2[]

Results[]

18 October 2009

Ireland	82 - 0	Serbia
Try: Fitzpatrick (4) Ambler (2) Bergin (2) Coleman Finn Allen Hesketh Harrison Guilfoyle Goal: Finn (9) Hesketh (4)	Report

Spollanstown, Tullamore, Ireland
Attendance: 295
Referee: Leon Williamson

25 October 2009

Serbia	8 - 88	Wales
Try: Goals: (2)	Report	Tries: Roets (3) James (2) Divorty (2) R. Williams (2) Thomas L. Williams Bateman Watson Goals: Webster (14)

FK Smederevo Stadium, Smederevo, Serbia
Attendance: 93
Referee: Shayne Hayne

1 November 2009

Wales	42 - 12	Ireland
Try: Ian Webster Lee Williams Rhys Williams Ashley Bateman Geraint Davies Jordan James Elliot Kear Gil Dudson Goal: Lloyd White (5)	Report	Try: Marcus St Hilaire Liam Finn Goal: Pat Richards (2)

Sardis Road, Pontypridd, Wales
Attendance: 2,143
Referee: Thierry Alibert

Final standings[]

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Wales	2	2	0	130	20	110	4
Ireland	2	1	1	94	42	52	2
Serbia	2	0	2	8	170	-162	0

Finals[]

Championship Final[]

08-11-2009

Scotland	16 - 28	Wales
	Report

Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales
Attendance: 1,608^[10]
Referee: Shayne Hayne

Man of the Match: Elliot Kear^[10]

3rd Place Match[]

08-11-2009

Lebanon	40 - 16	Ireland
Tries: Saleh (2) Mansour (9) Travis Robinson (12, 27) Clark (22) Reece Robinson (40, 75) Chiha (48) Goals: Clark (0/2) Reece Robinson (4/5) Travis Robinson (0/1)	Report	Tries: Haley (30, 36) Beswick (64) Goals: Finn 2/3

Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales
Attendance: 1,608
Referee: Steve Ganson

5th place Match[]

08-11-2009

Italy

42 - 14

Serbia

Try: Falcone (28, 65, 76)

Vicelich (30, 37, 69) Nasso (39)

Goals: Veronese 7/7

Report

Try: Brkić (13)

Vukanović (16, 44)

Goals: Brkić 1/3

Maesteg, Wales
Attendance: TBA
Referee: Phil Bentham

Sources[]

References[]

^ "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
^ "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
^ "Lebanon Set To Do It Tough". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ Welsh confirm squad for European Cup Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine NRL.com, 23 October 2009
^ "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
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[1] "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-09-28.

[2] "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2009-09-03.

[3] "Lebanon Set To Do It Tough". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

[4] Welsh confirm squad for European Cup Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine NRL.com, 23 October 2009

[5] "Rugby League Europe Federation". Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-09-21.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-10-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[RLEF-09-09-09-final-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b "EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - WALES 28 SCOTLAND 16". RLEF. 2009-09-09. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2009-11-09.

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