Round 1
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009
Kick Off: 5:30pm (local time)
Referee: Luke Potter
Venue: Olympic Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Melbourne Storm (26) | St George Illawarra Dragons (24) | ||
| 1 | Gareth WIDDOP | 1 | Henry RAIWALUI (c) |
| 2 | Josh JEROME | 2 | Kalifa FAIFAI LOA |
| 3 | Sam JOE | 3 | Dean WHARE |
| 4 | Robert ROCHOW | 4 | Kane LINNETT |
| 5 | Matt DUFFIE | 5 | Joe VICKERY |
| 6 | Dane CHISHOLM | 6 | Brock McGARITY |
| 7 | Luke KELLY (c) | 7 | Beau HENRY |
| 8 | Matt CROKER | 8 | Wes SUCKLEY |
| 9 | James WOOLFORD | 9 | Cameron KING |
| 10 | Jesse BROMWICH | 10 | Kenny EDWARDS |
| 11 | Brendan TRAIN | 11 | Jake MARKETO |
| 12 | Fred MAKIMARE | 12 | Brad HUDSON |
| 13 | Billy ROGERS | 13 | Clifford MORRIS |
| 14 | Pulou VAITUUTUU | 14 | Thomas HANCOCK |
| 15 | Jai JONES-WIEGOLD | 15 | Shannon WAKEMAN |
| 16 | Bleak LEARY | 16 | Brock DUNN |
| 17 | Andrew SMITH | 17 | Nathan JONES |
| Coach | Brad ARTHUR | Coach | Steve PRICE |
| Tries | Tries | ||
| Dane CHISHOLM | Beau HENRY (2) | ||
| Matt DUFFIE | Kalifa FAIFAI LOA | ||
| Josh JEROME | Brock McGARITY | ||
| Sam JOE | Joe VICKERY | ||
| James WOOLFORD | |||
| Goals | Goals | ||
| Gareth WIDDOP (3/5) | Beau HENRY (2/4) | ||
| Luke KELLY (0/1) | Henry RAIWALUI (0/2) |
18TH MAN 