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| Date | 1 March 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Elland Road | ||||||||||||
| Location | Leeds, England | ||||||||||||
| Man of the Match | Anthony Watmough  | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Jason Robinson  | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 32,569 | ||||||||||||
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The 2009 World Club Challenge was contested by Super League XIII champions, Leeds Rhinos, competing in their second consecutive World Club Challenge, and 2008 NRL Premiers, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[1] For the first time since 2003, the Australian champions defeated their English counterparts.[2]
The match featured 28 penalties and two punch-ups which resulted in rival Props Josh Perry (Manly) and Jamie Peacock (Leeds) sin-binned in the 20th minute. with Manly's three quick tries in the first seven minutes after the break proving decisive. Leeds scored three tries of their own towards the end of the match, but by then it was too late.[3]
- ^ BBC Sport (1 March 2009). "Leeds 20-28 Manly". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ AFP (2 March 2009). "Manly win World Club Challenge". Roar. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ AFP (2 March 2009). "Manly downs Leeds in World Club Challenge". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 24 November 2016.