Australia and New Zealand in 2009
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Geelong
def. St Kilda, 80-68
No winner on record
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 2-1
England
def. Australia, 1-2 (2 drawn)
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sSerena Williams
- Date
- 31 Jan
February
- TennisAustralian Open men'sRafael Nadal
- Date
- 1 Feb
- FootballA-League MenMelbourne Victory def. Adelaide United, 1-0
- Season
- 2008-09
- Runner-up
- Adelaide United
- Minor premier
- Melbourne Victory
- Venue
- Telstra Dome, Melbourne
- Date
- 28 Feb
March
- F1Australian Grand PrixJenson Button (Brawn)
- Venue
- Albert Park
- Date
- 29 Mar
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 1, Melbourne
- BasketballNBLSouth Dragons def. Melbourne United
- Season
- 2008-09
- Runner-up
- Melbourne United
- CricketSheffield ShieldVictoria
- Season
- 2008-09
April
- ALWA-League WomenQueensland Roar
- Season
- 2008-09
- Minor premier
- Queensland Roar
- Note
- Played as the W-League; Grand Final date not in our data
May
- Rugby unionSuper RugbyBulls def. Chiefs
- Runner-up
- Chiefs
June: nothing in this view
July
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Lang Park
- Date
- 15 Jul
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: New South Wales 28, Queensland 16
August
- CricketThe AshesEngland def. Australia, 1-2 (2 drawn)
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 20 Aug
- Note
- Series in England; date is the start of the last Test
September
- AFLAFLGeelong def. St Kilda, 80-68
- Runner-up
- St Kilda
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 26 Sep
October
- NRLNRLNo winner on record
- Venue
- Stadium Australia
- Date
- 4 Oct
- Note
- Premiership stripped from Melbourne Storm
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 0-4
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 31 Oct
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- Rugby unionNPCCanterbury def. Wellington, 28-20
- Runner-up
- Wellington
- Venue
- AMI Stadium
- Note
- Played as the Air New Zealand Cup
November: nothing in this view
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestAustralia def. Pakistan, Australia won by 170 runs
- Runner-up
- Pakistan
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against Pakistan; the Test starts on 26 December
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union6-1-7
Beat South Africa
- Men's football6-4-2
Beat Japan
- Men's basketball1-0-1
Beat New Zealand
- Men's cricket
Test 7-3-3 · ODI 23-0-14 · T20I 3-0-5
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union10-0-4
Beat Australia
- Men's football2-3-5
Beat Bahrain
- Women's football1-2-4
Beat Netherlands
- Men's basketball1-0-1
Beat Australia
- Men's cricket
Test 1-3-4 · ODI 10-0-11 · T20I 6-0-6
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
Melbourne Storm NRL
Top club on the Line, 1686
City of the year
- Melbourne3
- Brisbane1
- Christchurch1
Titles by metro
- Melbourne: A-League Men, NBL, Sheffield Shield
- Brisbane: A-League Women
- Christchurch: NPC
- Geelong: AFL
- Johannesburg: Super Rugby
Since 1897, to 2009: Sydney 138, Melbourne 134
Trans-Tasman
Australia 5, New Zealand 7
By sport
- Basketball, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 1
- ODI cricket: Australia 3, New Zealand 2
- T20I cricket: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 4
This year in history
- The W-League began in 2008-09. Queensland Roar won the first premiership.