Round 1
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009
Kick Off: 5:30pm (local time)
Referee: Grant Atkins
Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia
| Canterbury Bulldogs (22) | Manly Sea Eagles (40) | ||
| 1 | Neenan SIMPSON | 1 | Scott BLANCH |
| 2 | Kele NIUSERE | 2 | Michael OLDFIELD |
| 3 | Keresoma SIONE | 3 | Matt GRIEVE |
| 4 | Rumone JACKSON | 4 | Blake DAVEY |
| 5 | Joseph SO’OALO | 5 | John GREY |
| 6 | Rhys JACK | 6 | Kieran FORAN |
| 7 | Matt MINTO | 7 | Daly CHERRY-EVANS |
| 8 | Martin TAUPAU | 8 | Ilija RADAN |
| 9 | Josh REYNOLDS (c) | 9 | Brad BENNETT |
| 10 | Joseph MATAPUKU | 10 | Jared WAEREA-HARGREAVES |
| 11 | Tony McLEAN | 11 | Michael TIOPIRA |
| 12 | Ben JAMES | 12 | Darcy LUSSICK |
| 13 | Nathan DIB | 13 | Jamie BUHRER (c) |
| 14 | Nehe MILNER-SKUDDER | 14 | Todd WILSON |
| 15 | David HARRIS | 15 | Lama TASI |
| 16 | Ben SHEA | 16 | James CUNNINGHAM |
| 17 | Pakisonasi AFU | 17 | Liam HIGGINS |
| Coach | Andrew PATMOR | Coach | David PENNA |
| Tries | Tries | ||
| Pakisonasi AFU | Brad BENNETT (2) | ||
| Matt MINTO | James CUNNINGHAM | ||
| Neenan SIMPSON | Blake DAVEY | ||
| Joseph SO’OALO | Kieran FORAN | ||
| Liam HIGGINS | |||
| Michael OLDFIELD | |||
| Lama TASI | |||
| Goals | Goals | ||
| Josh REYNOLDS (3/4) | Daly CHERRY-EVANS (4/8) |
18TH MAN 