- Source: 2009 St Helens RLFC season
St. Helens entered their 137th year in 2009, and were in contention for of rugby league's Super League and Carnegie Challenge Cup competitions.
2009 season
= Super League XIV
=Round 1
Saints come back from a 14-nil deficit early in the second half to beat Warrington Wolves 26-14.
Round 2
Saints turn over the much improved from last season Huddersfield Giants 23-6.
Round 3
Hull Kingston Rovers inflict Saints' first defeat of the season, with Michael Dobson scoring a late penalty goal to give the Robins a 20-19 win.
Round 4
Saints scrape past newly promoted Crusaders in the lowest scoring game in the Super League; Tom Armstrong scoring the only try in a 4-nil win.
Round 5
Saints brush aside the Salford City Reds by 38 points to 12.
Round 6
Saints edge a heated epic with Leeds Rhinos - winning 26-18 at Knowsley Road.
Round 7
Saints hammer Wakefield Trinity Wildcats by 42-18. The Wildcats are in mourning for reserve player Leon Walker, who died in a reserve game.
Round 8
Saints scrape past a fired up Wigan Warriors outfit, winning 19-12 after being 6-nil and 12-6 down.
Round 9
Saints bounce Hull F.C. in the second game of the Easter period by 44-22.
Round 10
Saints become the first team in Super League XIV to surpass 60 points, winning 68-22 at Castleford. Tony Puletua scores 4 tries but the game is halted for 30 minutes as Joe Westerman suffers a serious head injury.
Round 11
Saints suffer only their second defeat of the season as Bradford come back to win 34-30.
Round 12
Saints produce arguably their worst display of the campaign, losing 38-18 to arch rivals Wigan at the Magic Weekend.
Round 13
Saints defeat Catalans Dragons for the second time in a week, by coming back from 22-10 down to win 32-28 to move them back to the top of the table.
Round 14
Saints survive a second-half rally from Harlequins RL to win 22-12.
Round 15
Saints ease past the challenge of Hull FC, winning 30-6.
Round 16
Saints thrash Castleford for a second time this season in a 50 points to 10 success.
Round 17
Saints set a new record of 16 consecutive away wins in Super League after cantering to a 44-18 success over Bradford Bulls.
Round 18
Saints nil the Celtic Crusaders for a second time in the season - in a 30-0 win.
Round 19
Saints lose their fourth game of the season in a shock 20-10 loss to Salford.
Round 20
Saints beat neighbours Warrington for the second time in the league, in another fantastic game, this time by a margin of 40-26.
Round 21
Despite outscoring their opponents Wakefield by 5 tries to four, Saints crash to their second defeat in three games, losing 22-20.
Round 22
Saints bounce back from two defeats in three games with a convincing 44-24 win at Harlequins to take them back to two points clear at the top of the table.
Round 23
Saints edge a third game of the season against Wigan, with Kyle Eastmond scoring a late try to secure a 10-6 victory.
Round 24
Saints lost their third game in six as they crashed to a 26-10 loss at Hull KR.
Round 25
Another below-par performance saw Saints scrape past a youthful Huddersfield outfit by 12 points to 10, after being 10 points down.
Round 26
In a much improved performance, Saints are edged out by bitter rivals Leeds 18-10 in a third superb encounter of the season to all but end their hopes of a fifth consecutive League Leader's Shield.
Round 27
Saints are beaten by Catalans in the last game of the regular season to finish second in the league ladder behind Leeds.
= Challenge Cup 2009
=Round 4
Saints just edge past a second epic in two weeks against Leeds in a bruising encounter - pulling through 22-18.
Round 5
Saints thrash Catalans Dragons 42-8 to reach the Quarter Finals.
Quarter-Finals
Saints trounce a spirited Gateshead Thunder side 66-6 to advance to a record ninth consecutive Semi-Final.
Semi-Finals
Despite a Francis Meli hat-trick of tries, holders Saints were beaten 24-14 by Huddersfield.
= Play-Off Series
=Week 1
Saints beat Huddersfield in Week One to progress to the qualifying round in a 15-2 success.
Week 3
Saints reached a fourth consecutive Super League Grand Final after beating Wigan in a thrilling 14-10 win. They will take on Leeds for a third consecutive time at Old Trafford.
Super League Grand Final
Saints lose the grand final to Leeds Rhinos 18-10, this being the third consecutive Grand Final they lose to Leeds.
= Upcoming Fixture(s)
=Saints will round off their Super League XIV campaign against Leeds Rhinos at the 2009 Super League Grand Final.
= News
=It has been announced that, for the 2010 Super League Season, Saints have signed New Zealand World Cup winning centre Iosia Soliola from the Sydney City Roosters on a three-year deal. Additionally, Scrum-half Sean Long will be leaving Knowsley Road after a 12-year stint. He is joining Hull F.C. on a two-year contract. Lee Gilmour is also on his way out of St Helens. The second-row has agreed a two-year deal with Huddersfield Giants for the 2010 season. Young half-back Matty Smith will join Salford City Reds for the 2010 season in a loan agreement. Prop-forward Jason Cayless will be leaving Saints too after 4 seasons with the club owing to a shoulder injury. He will return to Australia. Hull Kingston Rovers prop Nick Fozzard will re-join Saints after being released from the final year of his Rovers contract.
= Current squad
=2009 transfers
= Acquisitions
== Losses
=Fixtures and results
League table
2009 Squad
As of 29 July 2009:
1 - Meli and Puletua won caps for New Zealand before switching to Samoa
2 - Pryce is of Jamaican origin
3 - Fa'asavalu switched his allegiance to England under the residency rule
References
External links
St Helens' official website
engage Super League official website
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