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The Northern Rail Nines was a one-off rugby league nines tournament held in
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, 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,
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. The event was supported by the
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(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

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. Group A *
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* Rochdale Hornets * Blackpool Panthers * Dewsbury Rams Group B * Batley Bulldogs * Keighley Cougars * Hunslet Hawks * Doncaster Group C * London Skolars *
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* Gateshead Thunder * York City Knights Group D * Whitehaven * Workington Town * Featherstone Rovers Group E * Oldham R.L.F.C. *
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* Halifax


Group A

*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

*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

*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 Group E *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 ---- ---- *Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- ---- *Semi-finals ---- ---- *Plate final ----


Trophy

*Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- ---- *Semi-finals ---- ---- *Trophy final ----


Winners


Trophy

*2009 Blackpool Panthers 14–10
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*2010 Halifax 16–4
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Plate

*2009 Halifax 24–20 Gateshead Thunder


See also

* Northern Rail Cup


References


External links

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