2009 Rugby League European Cup

The 2009 Rugby League European Cup, known as the rugbyleague.com European Cup due to sponsorship, was a rugby league football tournament.

The revamped Rugby League European Cup 2009 involved six teams competing in two groups of three. Participating teams were: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Serbia, Lebanon and Italy. Russia were scheduled to take part in the competition, but were forced to pull out due to board restructuring within the Russian Rugby League Federation. They were replaced by the RLEF European Shield winners, Italy.

Squads

Lebanon

Coach: John Elias

• Hazem El Masri was no longer available after retiring from the sport.
• Robbie Farah was unavailable due to being named in Australia's Four Nations squad.
• Charlie Farah, Anthony Farah, Nathan Dib and Jarrod Saffy were all injury withdrawals.

Wales

Coach: Iestyn Harris (Crusaders Rugby League)

• Anthony Blackwood (Celtic Crusaders), Ben Evans (Warrington Wolves), Rhys Evans (Warrington Wolves) and Craig Kopczak (Bradford Bulls) were put on a four-man stand-by list that was used in case of injuries.
• Notable omissions included Glenn Morrison, David Mills and James Evans.

Serbia

Coach: Gerard Stokes (Whitehaven)

Konstantin Putkin Unattached - Rugby Union

Scotland

Coach: Steve McCormack

Ireland

Coach: Andy Kelly

• Sean Gleeson, Gareth Haggerty and Eamon O'Carroll were not selected through injury.

Italy

Coach: Carlo Napolitano

• Bradford's Chris Nero was forced to withdraw from the Italian squad.

Group 1

Results

Final standings

Group 2

Results

Final standings

Finals

Championship final

3rd Place Match

5th place Match

Sources

• 2009 European Cup at rugbyleagueplanet.com
• Ireland VS Serbia 09 Appointment

References