2015 Leeds Rhinos season

2015 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League Rank1st - Winners
Play-off resultWinners
Challenge CupWinners
2015 recordWins: 26; Draws: 1; Losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 1132; Against: 719
Team information
ChairmanEngland Paul Caddick
Head CoachEngland Brian McDermott
Captain
StadiumHeadingley Stadium
High attendance18,514 (v Saintscolours.svg St Helens)
Top scorers
TriesEngland Ryan Hall (22)
GoalsEngland Kevin Sinfield (137)
PointsEngland Kevin Sinfield (289)
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was the Rhinos 20th season in the Super League. Leeds Rhinos were reigning Challenge Cup winners and became only the third team in the Super League era to win the treble, winning the Challenge Cup, Super League Leaders' Shield and the 2015 Super League Grand Final.

Players

Squad

  • Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 10 October 2015.
No Player Position Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 England Zak Hardaker Fullback Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 31 13 9 1 71
2 England Tom Briscoe Winger Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 17 15 0 0 60
3 England Kallum Watkins Centre Academy 32 20 0 0 80
4 Australia Joel Moon Centre Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 32 15 0 0 60
5 England Ryan Hall Wing Academy 31 22 0 0 88
6 England Danny McGuire Stand Off Academy 34 17 0 0 68
7 England Rob Burrow Scrum-half Academy 30 12 0 0 48
8 New Zealand Kylie Leuluai Prop Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 22 2 0 0 8
9 Papua New Guinea Paul Aiton Hooker Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 27 3 0 0 12
10 England Jamie Peacock Prop Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 34 3 0 0 12
11 England Jamie Jones-Buchanan Second Row Academy 11 0 0 0 0
12 England Carl Ablett Second Row Academy 36 12 0 0 48
13 England Kevin Sinfield Loose forward Academy 30 3 137 3 289
14 England Stevie Ward Loose forward Academy 28 5 0 0 20
15 Australia Brett Delaney Second Row Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 26 4 0 0 16
16 Australia Mitch Achurch Prop Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 20 3 0 0 12
17 Australia Adam Cuthbertson Prop Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 34 9 0 0 36
18 England Liam Sutcliffe Stand-off Academy 15 6 25 0 74
19 Republic of Ireland Brad Singleton Prop Academy 34 9 0 0 36
20 Germany Jimmy Keinhorst Centre Academy 17 6 0 0 24
21 England Josh Walters Second Row Academy 12 2 0 0 8
22 England Andy Yates Prop Academy 10 1 0 0 4
23 England Elliott Minchella Loose forward Academy 0 0 0 0 0
24 England Robbie Ward Hooker Academy 3 0 0 0 0
26 Jamaica Ashton Golding Fullback Academy 4 0 0 0 0
27 England Ash Handley Wing Academy 20 13 0 0 52
28 England Rob Mulhern Prop Academy 2 0 0 0 0
29 England Jordan Lilley Prop Academy 6 0 1 0 2
30 Australia Mitch Garbutt Prop Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 14 1 0 0 4

Transfers

In

Nat Name Signed from Contract Date
Australia Beau Falloon Gold Coast Titans 1 Year November 2015
Australia Adam Cuthbertson Newcastle Knights 4 Years May 2014
England Jordan Baldwinson New Zealand Warriors 3 Years June 2014
England Mason Tonks New Zealand Warriors 3 Years June 2014
England James Duckworth London Broncos Loan Return August 2014
Germany Jimmy Keinhorst Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Loan Return September 2014

Out

Nat Name Sold To Contract Date
England Ben Jones-Bishop Salford Red Devils 3 Years June 2014
England Brad England Salford Red Devils 1 Year September 2014
England Chris Clarkson Widnes Vikings 1 Year Loan September 2014
England Ryan Bailey Hull Kingston Rovers 2 Years October 2014
England Ian Kirke Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 Year November 2014
England Alex Foster Featherstone Rovers 1 Year Loan November 2014
England Thomas Minns Featherstone Rovers 1 Year Loan November 2014
England Jordan Baldwinson Featherstone Rovers 1 Year Loan November 2014
England Mason Tonks Featherstone Rovers 1 Year Loan November 2014
England Luke Briscoe Hunslet Hawks dual registration January 2015
England Robbie Ward Hunslet Hawks dual registration January 2015
England Rob Mulhern Hunslet Hawks dual registration January 2015
England James Duckworth Hunslet Hawks dual registration January 2015

Competitions

Super League

Table

Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts for Pts agst Points Qualification
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 23 16 1 6 758 477 33 Super 8s
2 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 23 16 0 7 598 436 32
3 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 23 15 1 7 589 413 31
4 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 23 13 2 8 538 394 28
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 23 13 0 10 547 505 26
6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 23 12 0 11 552 456 24
7 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 23 11 0 12 452 484 22
8 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 23 9 2 12 561 574 20
9 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 23 9 1 13 518 565 19 Qualifiers
10 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 23 9 0 14 534 646 18
11 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 23 8 1 14 447 617 17
12 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 3 0 20 402 929 6

Results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
8/2/15 1 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 30-40 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Craven Park Briscoe, Sinfield, McGuire (2), Watkins, Hardaker, Singleton Sinfield 6/7 11,811
13/2/15 2 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 38-6 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Headingley Stadium Hardaker, Hall, Cuthbertson, Briscoe, McGuire, Watkins, Sinfield Sinfield 5/7 14,132
26/2/15 3 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 28-24 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Headingley Stadium Ablett, Cuthbertson, Hall, Briscoe, Aiton Sinfield 4/5 12,878
5/3/15 4 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 12-43 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos KC Stadium McGuire (2), Singleton, Watkins, Leuluai, Burrow (2) Sinfield 7/7, Sinfield 1 DG 10,887
13/3/15 5 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 18-6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Halliwell Jones Stadium Briscoe Sinfield 1/1 10,075
20/3/15 6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 26-14 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Headingley Stadium Cuthbertson, Handley, Singleton, Sutcliffe, Burrow Sutcliffe 3/6 18,350
28/3/15 7 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons 22-38 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Stade Gilbert Brutus Ablett, S.Ward, Singleton, McGuire, Sutcliffe, Watkins, Hardaker Sutcliffe 5/7 8,876
3/4/15 8 Cascolours.pngCastleford 12-26 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos The Jungle Moon, Hall (2), S.Ward, Cuthbertson Sutcliffe 3/5 11,323
6/4/15 9 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 48-22 Wcatscolours.svgWakefield Trinity Headingley Stadium Hall, Hardaker, Burrow (2), Watkins (2), Handley, Yates Sinfield 8/8 17,608
12/4/15 10 Redscolours.svgSalford 18-28 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos AJ Bell Stadium Peacock (2), Handley, Burrow, Hardaker Sinfield 4/5 4,000
17/4/15 11 Saintscolours.svgSt. Helens 16-41 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Langtree Park Handley (3), Hardaker, McGuire, Sutcliffe, Moon Sutcliffe 3/4, Sinfield 3/3, Sinfield 1 DG 12,640
24/4/15 12 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 10-29 Wolvescolours.svgWarrington Headingley Stadium Watkins, Achurch Sutcliffe 0/1, Sinfield 1/1 17,430
30/4/15 13 Giantscolours.svgHuddersfield 24-24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Galpharm Stadium Delaney, Ablett, Moon, Watkins Sutcliffe 4/5 6,381
10/5/15 14 Widnes colours.svgWidnes 38-24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Halton Stadium S.Ward, Moon, Watkins (2), Keinhorst Sutcliffe 2/5 6,113
22/5/15 15 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 36-16 HKRcolours.svgHull Kingston Rovers Headingley Stadium S.Ward, Achurch, Hall (2), Singleton, Sinfield Sinfield 6/6 15,206
30/5/15 16 Wigancolours.svgWigan 27-12 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos St James' Park Cuthbertson, Moon Sinfield 2/2 40,871
7/6/15 17 Wcatscolours.svgWakefield Trinity 26-58 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Belle Vue Sutcliffe (3), McGuire, Burrow, Ablett, Handley (2), Keinhorst, Singleton (2) Sinfield 5/7, Sutcliffe 2/4 4,000
11/6/15 18 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 24-31 Cascolours.pngCastleford Headingley Stadium Ablett, Hall, Cuthbertson, Keinhorst Sutcliffe 2/3, Sinfield 2/2 15,089
21/6/15 19 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 32-20 Hullcolours.svgHull FC Headingley Stadium McGuire, Moon (2), Keinhorst, Ablett Sutcliffe 1/2, Sinfield 5/5 16,203
3/7/15 20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 46-18 Saintscolours.svgSt. Helens Headingley Stadium Watkins, Leuluai, Hall (2), Handley (3), Ablett Sinfield 7/8 18,514
9/7/15 21 Wigancolours.svgWigan 26-24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos DW Stadium Aiton, Singleton, Handley, Burrow Sinfield 4/4 15,009
17/7/15 22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 70-6 Redscolours.svgSalford Headingley Stadium McGuire, Cuthbertson, Watkins, Delaney, Hardaker (2), Hall (2), Moon, Keinhorst, Walters, Ablett Hardaker 9/13 14,190
26/7/15 23 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 36-22 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons Headingley Stadium Briscoe (3), Garbutt, Watkins, Delaney Sinfield 6/6 15,534

Super 8s

Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts for Pts agst Points Qualification
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 30 20 1 9 944 650 41 Playoffs
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 30 20 1 9 798 530 41
3 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 30 18 2 10 750 534 38
4 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 30 19 0 11 766 624 38
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 30 16 0 14 731 746 32
6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 30 15 0 15 714 636 30
7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 30 13 2 15 739 770 28
8 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 30 12 0 18 620 716 24
Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
7/8/15 24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 49-10 Wolvescolours.svgWarrington Headingley Stadium Watkins, Briscoe, Hardaker (2), McGuire, Moon, Burrow, Ablett Sinfield 8/8, Sinfield 1 DG 13,118
14/8/15 25 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 25-18 Wigancolours.svgWigan Headingley Stadium McGuire, Moon, Hall, Watkins Sinfield 4/4, Hardaker 1 DG 15,026
21/8/15 26 Hullcolours.svgHull FC 36-22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos KC Stadium Handley, Ablett, Burrow (2), Hall, Briscoe Sinfield 6/6 7,900
4/9/15 27 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 18-32 Saintscolours.svgSt. Helens Headingley Stadium Keinhorst, Achurch, Hall Sinfield 3/3 16,142
12/9/15 28 Catalanscolours.svgCatalans Dragons 46-16 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Stade Gilbert Brutus Hall, McGuire, Moon Sinfield 2/3 8,851
17/9/15 29 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22-29 Cascolours.pngCastleford Headingley Stadium Hall (2), Moon, Cuthbertson Sinfield 2/3, Lilley 1/1 15,069
25/9/15 30 Giantscolours.svgHuddersfield 16-20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Galpharm Stadium S.Ward, Briscoe, Hall Sinfield 4/4 9,326

Playoffs

Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
2/10/15 Semi Final Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 20-13 Saintscolours.svgSt. Helens Headingley Stadium Hardaker, Hall, Watkins Sinfield 4/4 17,192
10/10/15 Grand Final Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22-20 Wigancolours.svgWigan Old Trafford McGuire (2), Moon, Walters Sinfield 3/4 73,512
2015 Super League Grand Final
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos positions Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
1. Zak Hardaker Fullback 1. Matty Bowen
2. Tom Briscoe Winger 22. Dominic Manfredi
3. Kallum Watkins Centre 14. John Bateman
4. Joel Moon Centre 34. Oliver Gildart
5. Ryan Hall Winger 5. Joe Burgess
13. Kevin Sinfield (c) Stand Off 6. George Williams
6. Danny McGuire Scrum half 7. Matty Smith
30. Mitch Garbutt Prop 8. Dom Crosby
7. Rob Burrow Hooker 9. Michael McIlorum
10. Jamie Peacock Prop 10. Ben Flower
12. Carl Ablett Second Row 11. Joel Tomkins
15. Brett Delaney Second Row 12. Liam Farrell
19. Brad Singleton Loose forward 13. Sean O'Loughlin (c)
8. Kylie Leuluai Interchange 16. Sam Powell
17. Adam Cuthbertson Interchange 17. Tony Clubb
20. Jimmy Keinhorst Interchange 23. Lee Mossop
21. Josh Walters Interchange 25. Larne Patrick
Brian McDermott Coach Shaun Wane

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
16/5/15 6th Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 48-16 Giantscolours.svgHuddersfield Headingley Stadium Watkins (2), Hall (2), Aiton, McGuire, Cuthbertson, Ablett Sinfield 8/8 8,133
26/6/15 QF Hullcolours.svgHull FC 6-24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos KC Stadium Moon, Watkins, Hardaker Sinfield 6/6 9,261
31/7/15 SF Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 24-14 Saintscolours.svgSt. Helens Halliwell Jones Stadium Hardaker, Moon, Peacock, Watkins Sinfield 4/4 11,107
29/8/15 Final Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 50-0 HKRcolours.svgHull Kingston Rovers Wembley Stadium Delaney, McGuire, Briscoe (5), Singleton, Burrow Sinfield 7/9 80,140

Club vs. Country

As part of their 2015 tour of Great Britain the New Zealand national rugby league team played a match against Leeds, winning 34 - 16. The match was the first time Leeds had played the Kiwis since 1992. The match celebrated the 125th anniversary of Headingley Stadium. Prior to the match, Leeds had defeated New Zealand once in eleven matches between the two teams.

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
23 October 2015 Kiwis Tour New Zealand Kiwis colours.svgNew Zealand H Headingley Stadium L 16-34 Moon (2), Briscoe Lilley (2/3) 20,158
2015 Club vs. Country Teams
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos positions New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg New Zealand
Ashton Golding Fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Tom Briscoe Winger Jason Nightingale
Jimmy Keinhorst Centre Jordan Kahu
Joel Moon Centre Dean Whare
Ash Handley Winger Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Danny McGuire Stand Off Peta Hiku
Jordan Lilley Scrum half Tuimoala Lolohea
Kylie Leuluai Prop Jesse Bromwich
Robbie Ward Hooker Issac Luke
Mitch Garbutt Prop Ben Matulino
Adrian Morley 2nd Row Kevin Proctor
Josh Walters 2nd Row Tohu Harris
Adam Cuthbertson Loose forward Martin Taupau
Ali Lauitiiti Interchange Kodi Nikorima
Anthony Mullally Interchange Adam Blair
Mitch Achurch Interchange Sam Moa
Jordan Baldwinson Interchange Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Robbie Mulhern Interchange Alex Glenn
Brad Singleton Interchange Lewis Brown
Brian McDermott Coach Stephen Kearney

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