Round 1
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009
Kick Off: 5:30pm (local time)
Referee: Gavin Morris
Venue: Toyota Stadium, Woolooware, New South Wales, Australia
| Cronulla Sharks (20) | Penrith Panthers (16) | ||
| 1 | Ben ORCHER | 1 | Zoram WATENE |
| 2 | Nathan STAPLETON | 2 | Stirling SIEJKA |
| 3 | Nick READ | 3 | Ioritana TUAU |
| 4 | Ricky LEUTELE | 4 | Lachlan MUSSING |
| 5 | Cass AIGA | 5 | Michael FUALALO |
| 6 | Matthew WRIGHT | 6 | Wade GRAHAM |
| 7 | Jason McGRADY | 7 | Sam JONES |
| 8 | John VIIGA | 8 | Sam McKENDRY |
| 9 | Lancen JOUDO | 9 | Joel ROMELO |
| 10 | Jonathan MANNAH | 10 | Tinirau ARONA |
| 11 | Luke LATHAM (c) | 11 | Daniel PENESE (c) |
| 12 | Trent GRUBB | 12 | Jesse SENE-LEFAO |
| 13 | Jake DENFORD | 13 | Evrett VAURASI |
| 14 | Blake WILLIAMSON | 14 | Luke CLYDSDALE |
| 15 | Jake ANLEZARK | 15 | Andrew PRITCHARD |
| 16 | Ahmad ELLAZ | 16 | Mitchell CAHALANE |
| 17 | Shane PUMIPI | 17 | Tim GLASBY |
| Coach | Joe GRIMA | Coach | Craig CULNANE |
| Tries | Tries | ||
| Nathan STAPLETON (2) | Tinirau ARONA | ||
| Matthew WRIGHT | Daniel PENESE | ||
| Ioritana TUAU | |||
| Goals | Goals | ||
| Nathan STAPLETON (3/3) | Stirling SIEJKA (2/2) | ||
| Matthew WRIGHT (1/1) | Sam JONES (0/1) |
18TH MAN 