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

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 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk RC Novokuznetsk Kosmos Krasnoyarsk Rugby Academy Krasnoyarsk Siberian Federal University

East Division Fixtures

Stage One West Division

West Division Standings VVA-Podmoskovye Monino Imperia-Dynamo Penza Slava Moscow Spartak-GM Moscow 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)

Final Stage Fixtures

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Round Eight

Round Nine

Round Ten

Play-offs 2009 Russian Professional League Play-offsHomeScoreAwaySemi-Finals (Best of 3 Match Series)VVA-Podmoskovye Monino2-0Slava MoscowYenisy-STM Krasnoyarsk2-1Krasny Yar KrasnoyarskFinals (Best of 3 Match Series)3rd Place Play-off FinalKrasny Yar Krasnoyarsk2-0Slava MoscowChampionship FinalVVA-Podmoskovye Monino2-1Yenisy-STM Krasnoyarsk

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