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{{Short description|2009 one-off rugby league nines tournament}}
The '''Northern Rail Nines''' is a [[rugby league nines]] tournament to be held in [[Blackpool]] as part of a celebration weekend encompassing the [[Northern Rail Cup]] Final. It will be staged at [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]] the home of [[Blackpool Panthers]], on the weekend of 11 and 12 July.
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The '''Northern Rail Nines''' was a one-off [[rugby league nines]] tournament held in [[Lytham St Annes]] and [[Blackpool]], England as part of a celebration weekend encompassing the [[Championship Cup|Northern Rail Cup]] Final.


Held over the weekend of 11 and 12 July 2009, it was won by [[Blackpool Panthers]] with [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] winning the Plate final.
The event will be supported by the [[Northwest Regional Development Agency]] (NWDA), complementing a three-year £3.5million funding package to support a programme of signature events in Blackpool announced by the NWDA in June 2007.


The tournament was staged at [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], Lytham St Annes, the home of [[Blackpool Panthers]] with the final at [[Bloomfield Road]], [[Blackpool]].<ref name="NR9">{{cite news|url=http://www.northernrail.org/northernrailcup/northern9s|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212070523/http://www.northernrail.org/northernrailcup/northern9s|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2009|title=Northern Rail 9's|publisher=[[Northern Rail]]|accessdate=12 July 2009}}</ref>
The event will see all English [[Co-operative Championship]] and [[Co-operative Championship|Championship 1]] sides not involved in the Northern Rail Cup Final enter full strength sides into the tournament.


The event was supported by the [[Northwest Regional Development Agency]] (NWDA), complementing a three-year £3.5million funding package to support a programme of signature events in Blackpool announced by the NWDA in June 2007. Every English [[Co-operative Championship]] and [[Co-operative Championship|Championship 1]] sides not involved in the 2009 [[Northern Rail Cup]] Final entered full strength sides into the tournament.
The first day of the competition will see all 18 clubs playing in group stages, with the top eight sides going forward to a straight knock-out competition on the Sunday for the Northern Rail 9's trophy. Meanwhile the 10 remaining sides will also compete on the Sunday in a competition to win the Northern Rail 9's plate.


The first day of the competition will saw all eighteen clubs playing in group stages, with the top eight sides going forward to a straight knock-out competition on the Sunday for the Northern Rail Nine's trophy. Meanwhile the ten remaining sides also competed on the Sunday in a competition to win the Northern Rail Nine's plate.
The finals of both the Northern Rail 9's trophy and plate will be played as curtain raisers to the 13-a-side Northern Rail Cup Final at [[Bloomfield Road]], Blackpool.

The finals of both the Northern Rail Nine's trophy and plate were played as curtain raisers to the 13-a-side Northern Rail Cup Final at Bloomfield Road on 12 July.

The winners of the competition were awarded a place in the [[Carnegie Floodlit Nines]].

== Group stages ==
The teams were divided into five groups on Saturday. The top two teams in group's A, B and C progressed to the Northern Rail Nines Trophy competition whilst the bottom two entered the Plate competition. Each team in Pool D played each team in Pool E with the top side from each group qualifying for the Trophy competition and the remaining teams contesting the Plate.<ref name="NR9"/>

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-break}}
'''Group A'''
*[[Swinton Lions]]
*[[Rochdale Hornets]]
*[[Blackpool Panthers]]
*[[Dewsbury Rams]]
{{Col-break}}
'''Group B'''
*[[Batley Bulldogs]]
*[[Keighley Cougars]]
*[[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]]
*[[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]]
{{Col-break}}
'''Group C'''
*[[London Skolars]]
*[[Leigh Centurions]]
*[[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]
*[[York City Knights]]
{{Col-break}}
'''Group D'''
*[[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]]
*[[Workington Town]]
*[[Featherstone Rovers]]
{{Col-break}}
'''Group E'''
*[[Oldham R.L.F.C.]]
*[[Sheffield Eagles]]
*[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]
{{col-end}}

=== Group A ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Team
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!D
!Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|[[Dewsbury Rams]]
|rowspan="1!|3
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|76
|rowspan="1"|40
|rowspan="1"|36
|rowspan="1!|9
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|[[Blackpool Panthers]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|58
|rowspan="1"|44
|rowspan="1"|14
|rowspan="1!|6
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|[[Swinton Lions]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|34
|rowspan="1"|52
|rowspan="1"|-18
|rowspan="1!|3
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|[[Rochdale Hornets]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|26
|rowspan="1"|68
|rowspan="1"|-44
|rowspan="1!|0
|-
|}

*Blackpool Panthers 20–8 Rochdale Hornets
*Dewsbury Rams 22–4 Swinton Lions
*Blackpool Panthers 26–10 Swinton Lions
*Dewsbury Rams 28–14 Rochdale Hornets
*Rochdale Hornets 4–20 Swinton Lions
*Blackpool Panthers 12–26 Dewsbury Rams

=== Group B ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Team
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!D
!Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|[[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]]
|rowspan="1!|3
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|48
|rowspan="1"|18
|rowspan="1"|30
|rowspan="1!|9
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|[[Batley Bulldogs]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|52
|rowspan="1"|22
|rowspan="1"|30
|rowspan="1!|6
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|[[Doncaster]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|34
|rowspan="1"|60
|rowspan="1"|-26
|rowspan="1!|3
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|[[Keighley Cougars]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|28
|rowspan="1"|60
|rowspan="1"|-32
|rowspan="1!|0
|-
|}

*Batley Bulldogs 24–6 Doncaster
*Hunslet Hawks 16–6 Keighley Cougars
*Batley Bulldogs 22–10 Keighley Cougars
*Hunslet Hawks 24–6 Doncaster
*Batley Bulldogs 6–8 Hunslet Hawks
*Doncaster 22–12 Keighley Cougars

=== Group C ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Team
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!D
!Points
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|[[York City Knights]]
|rowspan="1!|3
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|62
|rowspan="1"|30
|rowspan="1"|32
|rowspan="1!|9
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|[[Leigh Centurions]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|50
|rowspan="1"|26
|rowspan="1"|24
|rowspan="1!|6
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|[[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|42
|rowspan="1"|56
|rowspan="1"|-14
|rowspan="1!|3
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|[[London Skolars]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|30
|rowspan="1"|70
|rowspan="1"|-40
|rowspan="1!|0
|-
|}

*Leigh Centurions 22–0 London Skolars
*Gateshead Thunder 10–20 York City Knights
*Gateshead Thunder 10–20 Leigh Centurions
*London Skolars 14–26 York City Knights
*Gateshead Thunder 22–16 London Skolars
*Leigh Centurions 6–16 York City Knights

=== Groups D & E ===
'''Group D'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Team
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!D
!Points
|-
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|[[Featherstone Rovers]]
|rowspan="1!|3
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|48
|rowspan="1"|36
|rowspan="1"|12
|rowspan="1!|7
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|[[Whitehaven]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|36
|rowspan="1"|54
|rowspan="1"|-18
|rowspan="1!|3
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|[[Workington Town]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|26
|rowspan="1"|70
|rowspan="1"|-44
|rowspan="1!|0
|-
|}

'''Group E'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Team
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!F
!A
!D
!Points
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|[[Sheffield Eagles]]
|rowspan="1!|3
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|72
|rowspan="1"|40
|rowspan="1"|32
|rowspan="1!|7
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|[[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|54
|rowspan="1"|30
|rowspan="1"|24
|rowspan="1!|6
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|[[Oldham R.L.F.C.]]
|rowspan="1"|3
|rowspan="1"|1
|rowspan="1"|0
|rowspan="1"|2
|rowspan="1"|44
|rowspan="1"|50
|rowspan="1"|-6
|rowspan="1!|3
|-
|}

*Featherstone Rovers 16–8 Halifax
*Oldham 4–16 Whitehaven
*Sheffield Eagles 26–8 Workington Town
*Sheffield 24–10 Whitehaven
*Featherstone Rovers 20–16 Oldham
*Halifax 20–4 Workington
*Halifax 26–10 Whitehaven
*Featherstone Rovers 22–22 Sheffield Eagles
*Oldham 24–14 Workington Town

== Plate ==
*'''Qualifying round'''
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|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Workington Town]]
|score = 10–26
|report =
|team2 = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[London Skolars]]
|score = 4–26
|report =
|team2 = [[Keighley Cougars]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

*'''Quarter-finals'''
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Swinton Lions]]
|score = 17–16
|report =
|team2 = [[Whitehaven]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]
|score = 32–0
|report =
|team2 = [[Doncaster R.L.F.C.|Doncaster]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Oldham R.L.F.C.]]
|score = 8–26
|report =
|team2 = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]
|score = 20–10
|report =
|team2 = [[Keighley Cougars]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

*'''Semi-finals'''
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Swinton Lions]]
|score = 18–40
|report =
|team2 = [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]
|score = 36–30
|report =
|team2 = [[Rochdale Hornets]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

*'''Plate final'''
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]]
|score = 24–20
|report =
|team2 = [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Bloomfield Road]], [[Blackpool]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

== Trophy ==
*'''Quarter-finals'''
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Dewsbury Rams]]
|score = 18–14
|report =
|team2 = [[Batley Bulldogs]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Hunslet R.L.F.C.|Hunslet Hawks]]
|score = 12–28
|report =
|team2 = [[Blackpool Panthers]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Featherstone Rovers]]
|score = 32–4
|report =
|team2 = [[York City Knights]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Sheffield Eagles]]
|score = 50–10
|report =
|team2 = [[Leigh Centurions]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

*'''Semi-finals'''
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Featherstone Rovers]]
|score = 14–20
|report =
|team2 = [[Sheffield Eagles]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Dewsbury Rams]]
|score = 8–10
|report =
|team2 = [[Blackpool Panthers]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Woodlands Memorial Ground]], [[Lytham St Annes]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

*'''Trophy final'''
{{rugbyleaguebox
|date = 12 July 2009
|team1 = [[Blackpool Panthers]]
|score = 14–10
|report =
|team2 = [[Sheffield Eagles]]
|points1 =
|points2 =
|stadium = [[Bloomfield Road]], [[Blackpool]]
|attendance =
|referee= }}
----

==Winners==
===Trophy===
*2009 [[Blackpool Panthers]] 14–10 [[Sheffield Eagles]]
*2010 [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 16–4 [[Sheffield Eagles]]

===Plate===
*2009 [[Halifax R.L.F.C.|Halifax]] 24–20 [[Newcastle Thunder|Gateshead Thunder]]

==See also==
*[[National League Cup|Northern Rail Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}


==External links==
==External links==


{{Blackpool culture}}
* [http://www.nationalleagues.co.uk/story.php?id=12880 Northern Rail Nines on the National Leagues site]


[[Category:Sport in Blackpool]]
[[Category:Sport in Blackpool]]
[[Category:British rugby league nines competitions]]
[[Category:Rugby league nines competitions in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:2009 in English sport]]

Latest revision as of 01:30, 18 December 2023

The Northern Rail Nines was a one-off rugby league nines tournament held in Lytham St Annes and Blackpool, England as part of a celebration weekend encompassing the Northern Rail Cup Final.

Held over the weekend of 11 and 12 July 2009, it was won by Blackpool Panthers with Halifax winning the Plate final.

The tournament was staged at Woodlands Memorial Ground, Lytham St Annes, the home of Blackpool Panthers with the final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool.[1]

The event was supported by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), complementing a three-year £3.5million funding package to support a programme of signature events in Blackpool announced by the NWDA in June 2007. Every English Co-operative Championship and Championship 1 sides not involved in the 2009 Northern Rail Cup Final entered full strength sides into the tournament.

The first day of the competition will saw all eighteen clubs playing in group stages, with the top eight sides going forward to a straight knock-out competition on the Sunday for the Northern Rail Nine's trophy. Meanwhile the ten remaining sides also competed on the Sunday in a competition to win the Northern Rail Nine's plate.

The finals of both the Northern Rail Nine's trophy and plate were played as curtain raisers to the 13-a-side Northern Rail Cup Final at Bloomfield Road on 12 July.

The winners of the competition were awarded a place in the Carnegie Floodlit Nines.

Group stages

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The teams were divided into five groups on Saturday. The top two teams in group's A, B and C progressed to the Northern Rail Nines Trophy competition whilst the bottom two entered the Plate competition. Each team in Pool D played each team in Pool E with the top side from each group qualifying for the Trophy competition and the remaining teams contesting the Plate.[1]

Group A

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Rank Team Pld W D L F A D Points
1 Dewsbury Rams 3 3 0 0 76 40 36 9
2 Blackpool Panthers 3 2 0 1 58 44 14 6
3 Swinton Lions 3 1 0 2 34 52 -18 3
4 Rochdale Hornets 3 0 0 3 26 68 -44 0
  • Blackpool Panthers 20–8 Rochdale Hornets
  • Dewsbury Rams 22–4 Swinton Lions
  • Blackpool Panthers 26–10 Swinton Lions
  • Dewsbury Rams 28–14 Rochdale Hornets
  • Rochdale Hornets 4–20 Swinton Lions
  • Blackpool Panthers 12–26 Dewsbury Rams

Group B

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Rank Team Pld W D L F A D Points
1 Hunslet Hawks 3 3 0 0 48 18 30 9
2 Batley Bulldogs 3 2 0 1 52 22 30 6
3 Doncaster 3 1 0 2 34 60 -26 3
4 Keighley Cougars 3 0 0 3 28 60 -32 0
  • Batley Bulldogs 24–6 Doncaster
  • Hunslet Hawks 16–6 Keighley Cougars
  • Batley Bulldogs 22–10 Keighley Cougars
  • Hunslet Hawks 24–6 Doncaster
  • Batley Bulldogs 6–8 Hunslet Hawks
  • Doncaster 22–12 Keighley Cougars

Group C

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Rank Team Pld W D L F A D Points
1 York City Knights 3 3 0 0 62 30 32 9
2 Leigh Centurions 3 2 0 1 50 26 24 6
3 Gateshead Thunder 3 1 0 2 42 56 -14 3
4 London Skolars 3 0 0 3 30 70 -40 0
  • Leigh Centurions 22–0 London Skolars
  • Gateshead Thunder 10–20 York City Knights
  • Gateshead Thunder 10–20 Leigh Centurions
  • London Skolars 14–26 York City Knights
  • Gateshead Thunder 22–16 London Skolars
  • Leigh Centurions 6–16 York City Knights

Groups D & E

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Group D

Rank Team Pld W D L F A D Points
1 Featherstone Rovers 3 2 1 0 48 36 12 7
2 Whitehaven 3 1 0 2 36 54 -18 3
3 Workington Town 3 0 0 3 26 70 -44 0

Group E

Rank Team Pld W D L F A D Points
1 Sheffield Eagles 3 2 1 0 72 40 32 7
2 Halifax 3 2 0 1 54 30 24 6
3 Oldham R.L.F.C. 3 1 0 2 44 50 -6 3
  • Featherstone Rovers 16–8 Halifax
  • Oldham 4–16 Whitehaven
  • Sheffield Eagles 26–8 Workington Town
  • Sheffield 24–10 Whitehaven
  • Featherstone Rovers 20–16 Oldham
  • Halifax 20–4 Workington
  • Halifax 26–10 Whitehaven
  • Featherstone Rovers 22–22 Sheffield Eagles
  • Oldham 24–14 Workington Town

Plate

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  • Qualifying round
  • Quarter-finals
  • Semi-finals
  • Plate final

Trophy

[edit]
  • Quarter-finals
  • Semi-finals
  • Trophy final

Winners

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Trophy

[edit]

Plate

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Northern Rail 9's". Northern Rail. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
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