2016 Leeds Rhinos season

2016 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League Rank9th
Challenge CupSixth Round
2016 recordWins: 14; Draws: 0; Losses: 18
Points scoredFor: 673; Against: 740
Team information
ChairmanEngland Paul Caddick
Head CoachEngland Brian McDermott
Captain
StadiumHeadingley Stadium
High attendance17,131 (v Saintscolours.svg St Helens)
Top scorers
TriesEngland Kallum Watkins (18)
GoalsEngland Liam Sutcliffe (54)
PointsEngland Liam Sutcliffe (144)
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2016 season. This was the Leeds Rhinos' 21st season in the Super League. Leeds Rhinos were the reigning winners of the Super League Grand Final, Super League Leaders' Shield and the Challenge Cup, after they became only the third team in the Super League era to win the treble in 2015.

Leeds Rhinos finished in 9th position after 23 rounds, their lowest finish since 1996, before demotion to The Qualifiers. Leeds Rhinos then finished 1st in The Qualifiers, winning six of their seven matches, to maintain their Super League status for the 2017 season.

Players

  • Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Qualifiers) as of 22 September 2016.
No Player Position Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 England Zak Hardaker Fullback Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 18 1 4 0 12
2 England Tom Briscoe Winger Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 13 9 0 0 36
3 England Kallum Watkins Centre Academy 33 18 4 0 80
4 Australia Joel Moon Centre Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 21 8 0 1 33
5 England Ryan Hall Wing Academy 19 7 0 0 28
6 England Danny McGuire Stand Off Academy 13 0 0 0 0
7 England Rob Burrow Scrum Half Academy 28 6 0 0 24
8 Australia Keith Galloway Prop Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 30 1 0 0 4
9 Australia Beau Falloon Hooker Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 11 0 0 0 0
10 Australia Adam Cuthbertson Prop Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 26 4 0 0 16
11 England Jamie Jones-Buchanan Second Row Academy 27 4 0 0 16
12 England Carl Ablett Second Row Academy 18 4 0 0 16
13 England Stevie Ward Loose Forward Academy 4 0 0 0 0
14 England Liam Sutcliffe Stand Off Academy 31 9 54 0 144
15 Australia Brett Delaney Second Row Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 13 0 0 0 0
16 Republic of Ireland Brad Singleton Prop Academy 26 3 0 0 12
17 Australia Mitch Garbutt Prop Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 23 2 0 0 8
18 Germany Jimmy Keinhorst Centre Academy 29 10 0 0 40
19 Australia Mitch Achurch Second Row Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 5 0 0 20
20 Republic of Ireland Anthony Mullally Prop Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 21 2 0 0 8
21 England Josh Walters Second Row Academy 19 5 0 0 20
22 England Ash Handley Wing Academy 24 7 0 0 28
23 Jamaica Ashton Golding Fullback Academy 17 5 0 0 20
24 England Jordan Baldwinson Loose Forward Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 2 0 0 0 0
25 England Jordan Lilley Scrum Half Academy 28 5 41 1 103
26 England Brett Ferres Second Row Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 26 5 0 0 20
27 England Sam Hallas Hooker Academy 3 0 0 0 0
28 England Cameron Smith Second Row Academy 2 0 0 0 0
29 England Luke Briscoe Wing Academy 7 1 0 0 4
30 Papua New Guinea James Segeyaro Hooker Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 10 6 0 0 24

Transfers

In

Nat Name Signed from Contract Announced Reference
Republic of Ireland Anthony Mullally Huddersfield Giants 3 Years May 2015
Australia Keith Galloway Wests Tigers 3 Years July 2015
England Jordan Baldwinson Featherstone Rovers 2 Years October 2015
Australia Beau Falloon Gold Coast Titans 1 Year October 2015
England Brett Ferres Huddersfield Giants 1 Year January 2016
James Segeyaro Penrith Panthers 1 Year June 2016

Out

Nat Name Signed for Contract Announced Reference
England Jamie Peacock Retirement N/A March 2015
England Kevin Sinfield Yorkshire Carnegie 2 Years March 2015
New Zealand Kylie Leuluai Retirement N/A June 2015
England Thomas Minns Hull Kingston Rovers 3 Years July 2015
Papua New Guinea Paul Aiton Catalans Dragons 3 Years August 2015
England Mason Tonks Doncaster 1 Year September 2015
England George Milton Doncaster 1 Year September 2015
England Chris Clarkson Hull Kingston Rovers 2 Years October 2015
England Alex Foster London Broncos 1 Year October 2015
England James Duckworth Hunslet Hawks 1 Year October 2015
England Elliott Minchella Sheffield Eagles 2 Years November 2015
England Robbie Ward Sunshine Coast Falcons 2 Years November 2015
England Rob Mulhern Hull Kingston Rovers 2 Years December 2015
England Zak Hardaker Penrith Panthers 1 Year June 2016
England Luke Briscoe Featherstone Rovers 1 Year July 2016
England Jordan Baldwinson Featherstone Rovers 1 Year July 2016
England Josh Walters Featherstone Rovers 1 Year July 2016

Competitions

Super League

Table

Pos Club P W D L For Agst Diff Points Qualification
7th Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 23 10 0 13 499 474 25 20 Super 8's
8th Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 23 10 0 13 485 654 -169 20
9th Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 23 8 0 15 404 576 -172 16 The Qualifiers
10th Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 23 10 0 13 560 569 -9 14*
11th HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 23 6 2 14 486 610 -124 14

* = Salford Red Devils were penalized six points for a salary cap infringement during the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Results

Key
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
4/2/16 1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 10-12 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Headingley Stadium Singleton, Hall Hardaker 1/2 16,168
14/2/16 2 Widnes colours.svg Widnes 56-12 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Halton Stadium Watkins, Burrow Lilley 2/2 6,596
27/2/16 3 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 32-28 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Stade Gilbert Brutus Watkins (2), Sutcliffe, Hall, Handley Lilley 4/5 8,172
4/3/16 4 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 20-16 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Headingley Stadium Moon, Sutcliffe, Keinhorst Lilley 4/4 14,962
11/3/16 5 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 28-6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos DW Stadium Hardaker Hardaker 1/1 14,425
18/3/16 6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 30-18 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens Headingley Stadium Jones-Buchanan, Cuthbertson, Sutcliffe, Ablett, Handley Sutcliffe 5/6 17,131
24/3/16 7 Cascolours.png Castleford 18-14 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos The Jungle Moon, Watkins, Briscoe Sutcliffe 1/3 11,426
28/3/16 8 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 16-20 Wcatscolours.svgWakefield Trinity Headingley Stadium Moon, Briscoe, Achurch Sutcliffe 2/3 16,314
1/4/16 9 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 10-30 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley Stadium Jones-Buchanan, Ablett Hardaker 1/2 15,384
9/4/16 10 Redscolours.svg Salford 14-10 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos AJ Bell Stadium Galloway, Golding Hardaker 1/3 4,912
15/4/16 11 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 20-18 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC Headingley Stadium Keinhorst, Lilley, Jones-Buchanan Lilley 4/5 15,888
22/4/16 12 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 28-34 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Langtree Park Golding, Burrow, Keinhorst (2), Handley, Mullally Lilley 5/6 11,271
29/4/16 13 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield 28-20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos John Smith's Stadium Lilley, Walters, Burrow Lilley 4/4 7,536
12/5/16 14 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 12-52 Cascolours.png Castleford Headingley Stadium Garbutt, Handley Lilley 2/2 17,213
21/5/16 15 Wigancolours.svg Wigan 40-8 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos St James' Park Watkins, Achurch Lilley 0/2 39,331
27/5/16 16 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington 52-18 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Halliwell Jones Stadium Keinhost, Ferres (2) Hardaker 3/3 10,317
3/6/16 17 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 12-24 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons Headingley Stadium Ferres, Walters Lilley 2/2 14,016
10/6/16 18 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 8-0 Redscolours.svg Salford Headingley Stadium Briscoe Sutcliffe 2/3 14,462
17/6/16 19 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 6-32 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Belle Vue Achurch, Singleton (2), Sutcliffe Sutcliffe 8/8 7,161
3/7/16 20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22-23 Widnes colours.svgWidnes Headingley Stadium Watkins, Hall, Moon, Garbutt Sutcliffe 3/5 16,130
8/7/16 21 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 15-20 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos KC Stadium Sutcliffe, Moon, Watkins (2) Sutcliffe 2/5 10,618
15/7/16 22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 18-16 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Headingley Stadium Watkins, Cuthbertson, Ferres Sutcliffe 3/4 16,712
21/7/16 23 HKRcolours.svgHull Kingston Rovers 20-24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Lightstream Stadium Keinhorst, Burrow, Segeyaro, Hall Sutcliffe 4/4 8,109
Qualifiers
Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
6/816 24 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers 6-62 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Bigfellas Stadium Watkins (4), Sutcliffe (2), Moon (2), Achurch, Ablett, Briscoe Sutcliffe 9/15 6,671
12/8/16 25 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22-18 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers Headingley Stadium Watkins, Segeyaro (2) Sutcliffe 5/6 14,180
20/8/16 26 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 28-42 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Ealing Trailfinders Stadium Briscoe (3), Sutcliffe, Segeyaro, Lilley, Achurch, Watkins Sutcliffe 5/8 1,845
2/9/16 27 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 30-8 Redscolours.svg Salford Headingley Stadium Jones-Buchanan, Watkins, Segeyaro, Ablett, Cuthbertson Lilley 4/7, Sutcliffe 1/1 13,996
9/9/16 28 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 32-0 Batley colours.svg Batley Bulldogs Headingley Stadium Briscoe, Watkins (2), Hall (2), Burrow Lilley 4/7 15,135
18/9/16 29 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield 22-14 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos John Smith's Stadium Cuthbertson, Briscoe, Handley Sutcliffe 1/3 6,666
22/9/16 30 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 37-12 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions Headingley Stadium Ferres, Keinhorst (2), Segeyaro, Golding, Moon, Briscoe Watkins 4/8 14,747

Challenge Cup

Date Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
0/0/16 6th Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield 36-22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos John Smith's Stadium Keinhorst (2), Sutcliffe, Mullally Lilley 3/6 4,979

World Club Challenge

Date Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Att
21/2/16 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 4-38 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Headingley Stadium Burrow Lilley 0/1 19,778
2016 World Club Series Teams
Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Positions North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
1. Zak Hardaker Fullback 1. Lachlan Coote
22. Ash Handley Winger 2. Kyle Feldt
3. Kallum Watkins Centre 3. Justin O'Neill
4. Joel Moon Centre 4. Kane Linnett
5. Ryan Hall Winger 5. Antonio Winterstein
14. Liam Sutcliffe Stand Off 6. Michael Morgan
25. Jordan Lilley Scrum Half 7. Johnathan Thurston (c)
8. Keith Galloway Prop 9. Matthew Scott
7. Rob Burrow (c) Hooker 9. Jake Granville
10. Adam Cuthbertson Prop 10. James Tamou
15. Brett Delaney Second Row 11. Gavin Cooper
26. Brett Ferres Second Row 12. Ethan Lowe
16. Brad Singleton Loose Forward 13. Jason Taumalolo
17. Mitch Garbutt Interchange 14. Rory Kostjasyn
18. Jimmy Keinhorst Interchange 15. John Asiata
20. Anthony Mullally Interchange 16. Scott Bolton
21. Josh Walters Interchange 17. Ben Hannant
Brian McDermott Coach Paul Green

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