2009 (2009) European Cup  ()
Number of teams	6
Winner	Wales (5th title)
Matches played	9
Top scorers	Mick Nanyn (46) Ian Webster (32)
Top try scorers	Karl Fitzpatrick (4) James Nixon (4)
Tournaments  < 2005 2010 >

The 2009 European Cup, formerly the European Nations Cup and known as the rugbyleague.com European Cup for sponsorship purposes^[1], is a current rugby league tournament.

The revamped European Cup for 2009 will involve six teams competing in two groups of three. Participating teams will be: 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^[2].

Contents 1 Squads 1.1 Lebanon 1.2 Wales 1.3 Serbia 1.4 Scotland 1.5 Ireland 1.6 Italy 2 Group 1 2.1 Results 2.2 Final standings 3 Group 2 3.1 Results 3.2 Final standings 4 Finals 4.1 Championship Final 4.2 3rd Place Match 4.3 5th place Match 5 Sources 6 References

[edit] Squads

[edit] Lebanon

Coach: John Elias^[3]

Club Team	Players
Canterbury Bulldogs	Liam Ayoub and Jamie Clarke
Sydney Roosters	Steven Azzi
Bankstown City	Danny Barakat, Adnan Saleh and Chris Salem (Captain)
Windsor Wolves	Danny Chiha and Wael Harb
Jounieh RLFC	Ghassan Dandach and Youssef El Helou
Newtown Jets	Khaled Deeb
Cronulla Sharks	Ahmad Ellaz
LAU	Robin Hachache and Jad Hashem
Wentworthville Magpies	John Koborsi
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Josh Mansour
Newcastle Knights	George Ndaira
North Sydney Bears	Reece Robinson
Chester Hill Rhinos	Travis Robinson
Western Suburbs Magpies	Allen Soultan

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

[edit] Wales

Coach: Iestyn Harris (Crusaders Rugby League)^[4]

Club Team	Players
Gateshead Thunder	Matt Barron
Celtic Crusaders	Ashley Bateman, Chris Beasley, Neil Budworth, Geraint Davies, Gil Dudson, Ben Flower (Captain), Jordan James, Elliot Kear, Lewis Mills, Ross Wardle, Lloyd White and Lee Williams
Featherstone Rovers	Ross Divorty
Leeds Met University	Rhys Griffiths
Bridgend Blue Bulls	Christian Roets
London Skolars	Matt Thomas
Leigh Centurions	Ian Watson
Central Comets	Ian Webster
Warrington Wolves	Rhys Williams

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

[edit] Serbia

Coach: Gerard Stokes (Whitehaven RLFC) ^[5]

Club Team	Players
Whitehaven RLFC	Soni Radovanovic (Captain)
RK Dorćol	Dalibor Vukanović, Stevan Stevanović, Milan Šušnjara, Vladan Kikanović, Dejan Lukenić, Nikša Unković, Dimitris Dajč, Filip Brkić and Miloš Milanko
R13K Podbara	Mario Milosavljević, Nenad Grbić, Zoran Pešić and Marko Žebeljan
Oldham RLFC	Austen Novaković
Souths Sunnybank	Milan Radojević
RK Beogradski Univerzitet	Ivan Šušnjara
R13K Niš	Aleksandar Sič
RLK Crvena Zvezda	Ivan Djordjević

[edit] Scotland

Coach: Steve McCormack ^[6]

Club Team	Players
Barrow Raiders	James Nixon
Featherstone Rovers	Jon Steel
Doncaster RLFC	Dean Colton
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Kevin Henderson
Leigh Centurions	Mick Nanyn
Widnes Vikings	Lee Paterson, John Duffy and Iain Morrison
York City Knights	Gareth Moore
Huddersfield Giants	Paul Jackson
Sheffield Eagles	Mitch Stringer, Alex Szostak, Jack Howieson and Brendon Lindsay
Hunslet Hawks	Neil Lowe
Hull KR	Ben Fisher (Captain) and Rhys Lovegrove
Gateshead Thunder	Andrew Henderson, Mark Dack, Dave Vernon and Crawford Mathews
Whitehaven RLFC	Dexter Miller
Workington Town	Rob Lunt, Paddy Coupar and Dave Arnott
Edinburgh Eagles	John Cox
Castleford Panthers	Jamie Benn

[edit] Ireland

Coach: Andy Kelly^[7]

Club Team	Players
Barrow Raiders	James Nixon, Liam Harrison and Dave Allen
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Scott Grix (Captain)
Halifax RLFC	Bob Beswick
Salford City Reds	Karl Fitzpatrick
Dewsbury Rams	Liam Finn
Leeds Rhinos	Luke Ambler
Oldham Roughyeds	Marcus St Hilaire and Wayne Kerr
Wigan Warriors	Pat Richards and Michael McIlorum
Warrington Wolves	Tyrone McCarthy
Harlequins Rugby League	Jason Golden
York City Knights	Sean Hesketh
Castleford Tigers	Ryan Boyle
Dublin City Exiles	John Coleman
Treaty City Titans	Brendan Guilfoyle
Laois Panthers	Tim Bergin
Carlow Crusaders	Stevie Gibbons and Paddy Barcoe

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

[edit] Italy

Coach: Carlo Napolitano ^[8]

Club Team	Players
Hinterland Storm	Dominic Brambani
Woodrush RU	Edoardo Lerna
Queensbury rugby leauge	Angelo Ricci
West Bowling	Jonathan Marcinzack
Leeds Akkies	Jason Dubas-Fisher
Avignon XIII	Cyril Armani
Cumbria rugby league	Alex D'aprile
Piemonte XIII	Filippo Maserati and Pier Luigi Gentile
Lyon Villeurbanne	Matthew Sands
Mastini XIII	Mauro Di Maggio, Fabio Berzieri, Daniele Pasqualini, Giovanni Franchi, Filippo Righetto and Matteo Foschi
Nafit XIII	Paul Stanica, Claudio Forte, Nicolino Facco, Daniele Gnata and Ludovico Torreggiani
La Rocca XIII	Filippo Veronese and Andrea Zacchia
Melbourne Storm	Aidan Guerra
Redcliffe Dolphins	Chris Borgese
Paris XIII	Anthony Severin
Gateshead Thunder	Paul Franze
West Tigers	Franco Kmet
Unattached	Marco Ferrazzano and Mark Dalle Cort

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

[edit] Group 1

[edit] Results

17 October 2009	Italy	0 - 104	Scotland	Stadio Plebiscito, Padova, Italy Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Steve Ganson [9]
		Report	Try: Nixon (4) Steel (2) Henderson (2) Fletcher (2) Benn (2) Nanyn (2) Paterson Moore Cox Fisher Goal: Nanyn (16)

24 October 2009	Lebanon	86 - 0	Italy	International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli, Lebanon Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Thierry Alibert
	Tries: T. Robinson (2) Ellaz Saleh (4) Mansour R. Robinson (3) Clark, Harb (2) El Helou Goals: Ndeira (12) Clark	Report

1 November 2009	Scotland	22 - 10	Lebanon	Hughenden Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Leon Williamson
		Report

[edit] Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Scotland	2	2	0	0	126	10	116	4
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	96	22	74	2
Italy	2	0	0	2	0	190	-190	0

[edit] Group 2

[edit] Results

18 October 2009	Ireland	82 - 0	Serbia	Spollanstown, Tullamore, Ireland Attendance: 295 Referee: Leon Williamson
	Try: Fitzpatrick (4) Ambler (2) Bergin (2) Coleman Finn Allen Hesketh Harrison Guilfoyle Goal: Finn (9) Hesketh (4)	Report

25 October 2009	Serbia	8 - 88	Wales	Fortress Stadium, Smederevo, Serbia Attendance: 93 Referee: Shayne Hayne
	Try: Novakovic Goals: Brkic (2)	Report	Tries: Roets (3) James (2) Divorty (2) R. Williams (2) Kear Thomas L. Williams Bateman Watson Goals: Webster (14)

1 November 2009	Wales	42 - 12	Ireland	Sardis Road, Pontypridd, Wales Attendance: 2,143 Referee: Thierry Alibert
	Try: Ian Webster Lee Williams Rhys Williams Ashley Bateman Geraint Davies Jordan James Elliot Kear Gil Dudson Goal: Lloyd White (5)	Report	Try: Marcus St Hilaire Liam Finn Goal: Pat Richards (2)

[edit] Final standings

Team	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Points
Wales	2	2	0	0	130	20	110	4
Ireland	2	1	0	1	94	42	52	2
Serbia	2	0	0	2	8	170	-162	0

[edit] Finals

[edit] Championship Final

08-11-2009	Scotland	16 - 28	Wales	Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales Attendance: 1,608[10] Referee: Shayne Hayne Man of the Match: Elliot Kear[10]
		Report

[edit] 3rd Place Match

08-11-2009	Lebanon	40 - 16	Ireland	Brewery Field, Bridgend, Wales Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Steve Ganson
	Tries: Saleh (2) Mansour (9) Travis Robinson (12, 27) Clark (22) Reece Robinson (40, 75) Chiha (48) Goals: Clark (0/2) Reece Robinson (4/5) Travis Robinson (0/1)	Report	Tries: Haley (30, 36) Beswick (64) Goals: Finn 2/3

[edit] 5th place Match

08-11-2009	Italy	42 - 14	Serbia	Maesteg, Wales Attendance: TBA Referee: Phil Bentham
	Try: Falcone (28, 65, 76) Vicelich (30, 37, 69) Nasso (39) Goals: Veronese 7/7	Report	Try: Radovanovic (13) Vukanovic (16, 44) Goals: Brkic 1/3

[edit] Sources

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

[edit] References

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