Carnegie Floodlit Nines is a

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event held at

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. The same stadium hosted the Headingley Sevens,

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tournament from 1965-78. The old

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is awarded to the winner of the competition.

2008 Event

The first Carnegie Nines event was held on Wednesday August 27, 2008 in front of a crowd of 2,232 spectators. The tournament featured a mixture of professional sides from England along with representative sides from the

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Rugby UK and

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. Rugby sevens legend

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played for Fiji UK. Before the main event, amateur clubs and development teams took part in an invitational junior tournament. The full list of teams that took part in the event were: *British Army *

*Fiji UK * Hull *

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The

won the inaugural competition, defeating

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22-10 in the final, to reach the final they defeated

in the first round,

in the Semi-final.

2009 Event

The 2009 Event took place on Wednesday August 26, once again at

. Six super league clubs along with representational clubs again competed in the event. Before the main event, there was a competition to determine the fastest player in rugby league, with representatives from a number of Super League clubs hoping to compete. Since the 2008 event, it was decided that this year's competition would have a 2 minute sin bin period for player misconduct, reduced from 5 minutes, to better reflect the length of games. The full list of teams entered into the 2009 event are: *

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*Cumbria RL *Leeds Met R

*British Army *The Royal Air Force (2009 Cheltenham Rugby Festival, Cheltenham Nines winners) *

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(2009

Northern Rail Nines 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 ...

winners) *

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* Hull *

2009 Fastest Man in Rugby League

Before the Nines competition, the stadium held host to the 2009 Fastest man in Rugby League competition, in which rugby league players raced over 96m in full playing kit to determine the fastest player in Rugby League. The provisional entries for the competition are as follows: *

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(Warrington) *Jamel Chisholm (Leeds) *Jack Briscoe (Hull FC) * Peter Fox (Hull KR) *Roy Calvert (Jamaica) *Tom Lineham (York City Knights) * Luke George (Wakefield) *

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(

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) *James Ford (

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) The competition has been revived after it was first held in

in 2005, However in the previous event the players had to run 90m while in full playing kit and carrying a ball. The person who went on to win the race was Leeds Rhinos youth prospect, Jamel Chisholm, who won the race in a photo finish from Warrington's Kevin Penny with York City Knights Tom Lineham 3rd and Hull FC's Jack Briscoe 4th.

References

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External links

Official site
Rugby league nines competitions in the United Kingdom

2008 Event

2009 Event

2009 Fastest Man in Rugby League

See also

References

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