The 2009 NRL season was the 102nd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the twelfth run by the National Rugby League. For the third consecutive year, sixteen teams competed for the 2009 Telstra Premiership title. The season commenced with the first match played on 13 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 4 October. The Grand Final was won by the Melbourne Storm in their fourth consecutive grand final appearance, however they were stripped of their Premiership on 22 April 2010 after they were found to be guilty of breaching the league's salary cap.
The second season of the National Youth Competition also commenced in line with the Telstra Premiership.
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