2009 Mackay Cutters season
- Jardine Bobongie
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The 2009 Mackay Cutters season was the second in the club's history. Coached by Shane Muspratt and captained by Jardine Bobongie, they competed in the QRL's Wizard Cup.[1][2] The club finished the season in 14th, last place, winning the wooden spoon.[3]
Season summary
The 2009 season started strongly for the Cutters, with three straight wins before a run of nine straight losses sunk them to the bottom of the table. A 10–34 loss to the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the final game of the regular season saw them finish last on points differential. Local junior Jardine Bobongie joined the club in 2009 and won their Player of the Year award after spending the 2008 season playing for the St George Illawarra Dragons' New South Wales Cup side. He would go on to play an influential role in their maiden premiership four years later, captaining the side in the Grand Final victory. 2009 saw the Cutters have their first Queensland Residents representative, with North Queensland Cowboys contracted prop Dayne Weston being selected in the side.[4]
Milestones
- Round 3: The club recorded their sixth straight win, the club's longest winning streak.
Squad List
2009 squad
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
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The following players contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys played for the Cutters in 2009: Mitchell Achurch, Ben Farrar, Ben Harris, Shannon Hegarty, Antonio Kaufusi, Donald Malone, Anthony Perkins, Steve Rapira, Grant Rovelli, Anthony Watts and Dayne Weston.
Squad movement
Gains
Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Daniel Abraham | ![]() | 2009 | [1] |
Roy Baira | ![]() | 2009 | [1] |
Jardine Bobongie | ![]() | 2009 | [1] |
Craig Bowering | ![]() | 2009 | [1] |
Chance Bunce | ![]() | 2009 | [5] |
Craig Chapman | ![]() | 2009 | [6] |
Kaylib Gray | ![]() | 2009 | [7] |
Darren Griffiths | ![]() | 2009 | [7] |
Quinton Mitchell | ![]() | 2009 | [7] |
Troy Paget | ![]() | 2009 | [7] |
Losses
Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Jamie McDonald | Retired | – | [7] |
Shane Muspratt | Retired | – | [7] |
Cody Norton | ![]() | 2009 | [7] |
Adam Schubert | Released | – | [7] |
Kerrod Toby | Retired | – | [7] |
Fixtures
Regular season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 14 March | Round 1 | ![]() | Briggs Rd Sporting Complex | 18–16 | Fielder, Griffiths, Lightning | Abraham (3) | ||||
Saturday, 21 March | Round 2 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 34–18 | Lightning (2), Abraham, Baira, Bobongie, Seymour | Abraham (5) | ||||
Saturday, 28 March | Round 3 | ![]() | Stockland Park | 22–16 | Perkins (2), Fielder, Lightning, Malone | Abraham (1) | ||||
Saturday, 4 April | Round 4 | ![]() | Pizzey Park | 06–15 | Hegarty | Abraham (1) | ||||
Sunday, 12 April | Round 5 | ![]() | BMD Kougari Oval | 26–24 | Bobongie, Farrar, Fielder, Griffiths, Perkins | Abraham (3) | ||||
Saturday, 18 April | Round 6 | ![]() | Dolphin Oval | 12–22 | Bobongie, Lightning | Abraham (2) | ||||
Saturday, 25 April | Round 7 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 12–28 | Bunce, Lightning | Abraham (2) | ||||
Saturday, 2 May | Round 8 | ![]() | Browne Park | 06–50 | Abraham | Abraham (1) | ||||
Saturday, 9 May | Round 9 | ![]() | Barlow Park | 16–34 | Abraham, Bobongie, Watts | Abraham (2) | ||||
Saturday, 16 May | Round 10 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 10–44 | Malone, Paget | Abraham (1) | ||||
Saturday, 23 May | Round 11 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 20–26 | Flynn, Harris, Malone, Perkins | Abraham 2) | ||||
Saturday, 30 May | Round 12 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 00–30 | ||||||
Saturday, 6 June | Round 13 | ![]() | Langlands Park | 12–18 | Bunce, Tass | Abraham (2) | ||||
Saturday, 20 June | Round 14 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 22–26 | Tass (2), Perkins, Seymour | Abraham (3) | ||||
Saturday, 27 June | Round 15 | ![]() | Pizzey Park | 10–40 | Flynn, Griffin | Malone (1) | ||||
Saturday, 10 July | Round 16 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 22–14 | Moore, Perkins, Seymour, Tass | Malone (3) | ||||
Saturday, 18 July | Round 17 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 6–6 | Griffin | Malone (1) | ||||
Sunday, 26 July | Round 18 | ![]() | Bishop Park | 12–40 | Bobongie, Rovelli | Malone (2) | ||||
Sunday, 2 August | Round 19 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 16–28 | Fielder, Flynn, Weston | Malone (2) | ||||
Sunday, 9 August | Round 20 | ![]() | Mackay JRL Grounds | 17–16 | Flynn, Perkins, Srama | Chapman (2, 1 FG) | ||||
Sunday, 16 August | Round 21 | ![]() | Davies Park | 06–40 | Flynn | Chapman (1) | ||||
Saturday, 22 August | Round 22 | ![]() | Ned Byrne Field | 10–34 | Malone, Perkins | Malone (1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics
* | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2009 season |
Name | T | G | FG | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Abraham | 3 | 28 | - | 68 |
Roy Baira | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Jardine Bobongie | 5 | - | - | 28 |
Chance Bunce | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Craig Chapman | - | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Ben Farrar | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Quinton Fielder | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Daniel Flynn | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Matt Griffin | 2- | - | - | 8 |
Darren Griffiths | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Ben Harris | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Shannon Hegarty | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Royston Lightning | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Donald Malone | 4 | 10 | - | 36 |
Grant Moore | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Troy Paget | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Anthony Perkins | 8 | - | - | 32 |
Josh Rovelli | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Todd Seymour | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Luke Srama | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Dean Tass | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Anthony Watts | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Dayne Weston | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Totals | 58 | 41 | 0 | 315 |
Honours
Club
- Player of the Year: Jardine Bobongie
- Sponsor's Player of the Year: Jardine Bobongie
- Rookie of the Year: Darren Griffiths
- Club Person of the Year: Tony Gambie
References
- ^ a b c d e Signs good for Cutters in 2009 The Courier Mail. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2022
- ^ Jardine Bobongie returns [dead link]
- ^ Boxall, By Sally (23 August 2009). "Wooden spoon for Cutters". The Courier Mail.
- ^ Weston linking with Bears The Australian 19 November 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2022
- ^ Charles Payne. "Signs good for Cutters in 2009". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Chance for Chapman". The Courier Mail. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "QLD Cup formguide". 11 March 2009.