2009 Russian Professional Rugby League season

The 2009 Russian Professional Rugby League season was the fifth season of the Russian Professional Rugby League.

2010 Professional Rugby League season
Countries Russia
ChampionsVVA-Podmoskovye Monino (8th title)

This season saw yet another change in structure for the competition. The two-stage competition was retained, whereby the championship was still split into East and West. The somewhat complicated structure was as follows:

Stage One:

  • The professional teams divided into two groups based on geography, East (6) and West (5).
  • The top three teams from each group qualified for the Super League (Pos 1 - 6).
  • The bottom two clubs from the West entered a play-off stage against qualifying teams from the Federal Leagues to qualify for Stage Two (Pos 7 - 12).
  • The fourth (4th) ranked club in the East qualified automatically for Stage Two (Pos 7 - 12).

Stage Two:

  • Super League (Pos 1 - 6)
  • Play-offs (Pos 7 - 12)

Stage One East Division

East Division Standings

  1. Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk
  2. Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk
  3. RC Novokuznetsk
  4. Kosmos Krasnoyarsk
  5. Rugby Academy Krasnoyarsk
  6. Siberian Federal University

East Division Fixtures

Stage One West Division

West Division Standings

  1. VVA-Podmoskovye Monino
  2. Imperia-Dynamo Penza
  3. Slava Moscow
  4. Spartak-GM Moscow
  5. Fili Moscow

West Division Fixtures

Stage Two Qualifiers

At this stage the two non-qualified West Division teams, Fili Moscow and Spartak-GM Moscow, entered a round-robin stage against teams that qualified from the Federal District Leagues, which were:

  • South Krasnodar
  • Narva Zastava (St Petersberg)
  • Air Force Academy Monino
  • Nalchik

The six teams were divided into two groups of three. The top three ranked sides then entered a final stage in which they were joined by Rugby Academy Krasnoyarsk (after Kosmos Krasnoyarsk pulled out).

Group A Standings

Group A Fixtures

Group B Standings

Group B Fixtures

Final Standings (Pos 7 - 12)

Final Fixtures (Pos 7 - 12)

Super League (Places 1-6)
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 10 9 0 1 399 128 +271 37
2 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 10 9 0 1 331 140 +191 37
3 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 10 6 0 4 247 198 +49 28
4 Slava Moscow 10 3 0 7 126 267 −141 19
5 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 10 2 0 8 130 284 −154 16
6 RC Novokuznetsk 10 1 0 9 120 336 −216 13
Source:

Final Stage Fixtures

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Round One

15 July 2009 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 26 – 17 RC Novokuznetsk Russia  
17 July 2009 VVA Moino 23 – 9 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
17 July 2009 Slava Moscow 17 – 35 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Russia  

Round Two

21 July 2009 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 3 – 36 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Russia  
23 July 2009 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 67 – 3 RC Novokuznetsk Russia  
23 July 2009 VVA Monino 33 – 0 Slava Moscow Russia  

Round Three

29 July 2009 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 12 – 16 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
29 July 2009 RC Novokuznetsk 17 – 22 Slava Moscow Russia  
30 July 2009 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 30 – 19 VVA Monino Russia  

Round Four

4 August 2009 VVA Monino 31 – 6 Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  
10 August 2009 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 10 – 12 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Russia  
11 August 2009 Slava Moscow 18 – 13 Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  

Round Five

11 August 2009 RC Novokuznetsk 10 – 50 VVA Monino Russia  
16 August 2009 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 30 – 7 RC Novokuznetsk Russia  
17 August 2009 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 35 – 10 Slava Moscow Russia  

Round Six

20 August 2009 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 47 – 10 Slava Moscow Russia  
24 August 2009 RC Novokuznetsk 32 – 22 Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  
24 August 2009 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 20 – 48 VVA Monino Russia  

Round Seven

30 August 2009 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 47 – 9 Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  
30 August 2009 RC Novokuznetsk 7 – 30 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
31 August 2009 Slava Moscow 20 – 48 VVA Monino Russia  

Round Eight

3 September 2009 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 37 – 21 Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  
6 September 2009 VVA Monino 48 – 21 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Russia  
8 September 2009 Slava Moscow 12 – 10 RC Novokuznetsk Russia  

Round Nine

11 September 2009 VVA Monino 55 – 7 RC Novokuznetsk Russia  
14 September 2009 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 13 – 6 Slava Moscow Russia  
15 September 2009 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 42 – 7 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  

Round Ten

21 September 2009 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 5 – 44 VVA Monino Russia  
21 September 2009 RC Novokuznetsk 10 – 22 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Russia  
21 September 2009 Slava Moscow 11 – 16 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  

Play-offs
2009 Russian Professional League Play-offs
Home Score Away
Semi-Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-0 Slava Moscow
Yenisy-STM Krasnoyarsk 2-1 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk
Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)
3rd Place Play-off Final
Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 2-0 Slava Moscow
Championship Final
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 2-1 Yenisy-STM Krasnoyarsk

References
  1. "Professional Rugby League Website". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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