National Rugby League Season Summary 2009

A summary of regular season team performances for 2009 National Rugby League Competition using sparklines⁺ to summarise game outcomes and rankings by round.

Rank	Team	Win - Lose - Draw	Won	Loss	Drawn	Points	For	Against	+/-	Rank by Round
1	Dragons		17	7	0	38	548	329	219
2	Bulldogs*		18	6	0	38	575	428	147
3	Titans		16	8	0	36	514	467	47
4	Storm		14	9	1	33	505	348	157
5	Sea Eagles		14	10	0	32	549	459	90
6	Broncos		14	10	0	32	511	566	-55
7	Knights		13	11	0	30	508	491	17
8	Eels		12	11	1	29	476	473	3
9	Tigers		12	12	0	28	558	483	75
10	Rabbits		11	12	1	27	566	549	17
11	Panthers		11	12	1	27	515	589	-74
12	Cowboys		11	13	0	26	558	474	84
13	Raiders		9	15	0	22	489	520	-31
14	Warriors		7	15	2	20	377	565	-188
15	Sharks		5	19	0	14	359	568	-209
16	Roosters		5	19	0	14	382	681	-299

+Sparklines are 'intense, simple, word-like graphics' so named by information design guru Edward Tufte.
*Bulldogs stripped of 2 competition points after an interchange breach in round 2.
#Each team has two byes per season.  Each bye earns two points.