2015 Leeds Rhinos season

2015 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League XX 1st - Winners
Play-off result Winners
Challenge Cup Winners
2015 record Wins: 26; Draws: 1; Losses: 9
Points scored For: 1132; Against: 719
Team information
Chairman Paul Caddick
Head Coach Brian McDermott
Captain
Stadium Headingley Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Ryan Hall - 22
Goals Kevin Sinfield - 137
Points Kevin Sinfield - 289
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2015 season. This is the Rhinos 20th season in Super League. Leeds are 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.


Season overview

CompetitionResult
Challenge Cup Winners
Super League Winners
Grand Final Winners

Super League

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2015 Super League Fixtures

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TV
8/2/15 Super League XX 1 Hull KR A Craven Park W 40-30 Briscoe, Sinfield, McGuire (2), Watkins, Hardaker, Singleton Sinfield 6/7 11,811 -
13/2/15 Super League XX 2 Widnes H Headingley Stadium W 38-6 Hardaker, Hall, Cuthbertson, Briscoe, McGuire, Watkins, Sinfield Sinfield 5/7 14,132 -
26/2/15 Super League XX 3 Huddersfield H Headingley Stadium W 28-24 Ablett, Cuthbertson, Hall, Briscoe, Aiton Sinfield 4/5 12,878 Sky Sports
5/3/15 Super League XX 4 Hull FC A KC Stadium W 43-12 McGuire (2), Singleton, Watkins, Leuluai, Burrow (2) Sinfield 7/7, Sinfield 1 DG 10,887 Sky Sports
13/3/15 Super League XX 5 Warrington A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 6-18 Briscoe Sinfield 1/1 10,075 Sky Sports
20/3/15 Super League XX 6 Wigan H Headingley Stadium W 26-14 Cuthbertson, Handley, Singleton, Sutcliffe, Burrow Sutcliffe 3/6 18,350 Sky Sports
28/3/15 Super League XX 7 Catalan A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 38-22 Ablett, S.Ward, Singleton, McGuire, Sutcliffe, Watkins, Hardaker Sutcliffe 5/7 8,876 Sky Sports
3/4/15 Super League XX 8 Castleford A The Jungle W 26-12 Moon, Hall (2), S.Ward, Cuthbertson Sutcliffe 3/5 11,323 Sky Sports
6/4/15 Super League XX 9 Wakefield H Headingley Stadium W 48-22 Hall, Hardaker, Burrow (2), Watkins (2), Handley, Yates Sinfield 8/8 17,608 -
12/4/15 Super League XX 10 Salford A AJ Bell Stadium W 28-18 Peacock (2), Handley, Burrow, Hardaker Sinfield 4/5 4,000 -
17/4/15 Super League XX 11 St Helens A Langtree Park W 41-16 Handley (3), Hardaker, McGuire, Sutcliffe, Moon Sutcliffe 3/4, Sinfield 3/3, Sinfield 1 DG 12,640 Sky Sports
24/4/15 Super League XX 12 Warrington H Headingley Stadium L 10-29 Watkins, Achurch Sutcliffe 0/1, Sinfield 1/1 17,430 Sky Sports
30/4/15 Super League XX 13 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium D 24-24 Delaney, Ablett, Moon, Watkins Sutcliffe 4/5 6,381 Sky Sports
10/5/15 Super League XX 14 Widnes A Halton Stadium L 24-38 S.Ward, Moon, Watkins (2), Keinhorst Sutcliffe 2/5 6,113 -
22/5/15 Super League XX 15 Hull KR H Headingley Stadium W 36-16 S.Ward, Achurch, Hall (2), Singleton, Sinfield Sinfield 6/6 15,206 Sky Sports
30/5/15 Magic Weekend 16 Wigan N St James Park L 12-27 Cuthbertson, Moon Sinfield 2/2 40,871 Sky Sports
7/6/15 Super League XX 17 Wakefield A Wakefield W 58-26 Sutcliffe (3), McGuire, Burrow, Ablett, Handley (2), Keinhorst, Singleton (2) Sinfield 5/7, Sutcliffe 2/4 4,000 -
11/6/15 Super League XX 18 Castleford H Headingley Stadium L 24-31 Ablett, Hall, Cuthbertson, Keinhorst Sutcliffe 2/3, Sinfield 2/2 15,089 Sky Sports
21/6/15 Super League XX 19 Hull FC H Headingley Stadium W 32-20 McGuire, Moon (2), Keinhorst, Ablett Sutcliffe 1/2, Sinfield 5/5 16,203 -
3/7/15 Super League XX 20 St Helens H Headingley Stadium W 46-18 Watkins, Leuluai, Hall (2), Handley (3), Ablett Sinfield 7/8 18,514 Sky Sports
9/7/15 Super League XX 21 Wigan A DW Stadium L 24-26 Aiton, Singleton, Handley, Burrow Sinfield 4/4 15,009 Sky Sports
17/7/15 Super League XX 22 Salford H Headingley Stadium W 70-6 McGuire, Cuthbertson, Watkins, Delaney, Hardaker (2), Hall (2), Moon, Keinhorst, Walters, Ablett Hardaker 9/13 14,190 -
26/7/15 Super League XX 23 Catalan H Headingley Stadium W 36-22 Briscoe (3), Garbutt, Watkins, Delaney Sinfield 6/6 15,534 -

Table

Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts for Pts agst Points
1 Leeds Rhinos 23 16 1 6 758 477 33
2 St Helens 23 16 0 7 598 436 32
3 Wigan Warriors 23 15 1 7 589 413 31
4 Huddersfield Giants 23 13 2 8 538 394 28
5 Castleford Tigers 23 13 0 10 547 505 26
6 Warrington Wolves 23 12 0 11 552 456 24
7 Hull FC 23 11 0 12 452 484 22
8 Catalans Dragons 23 9 2 12 561 574 20
9 Widnes Vikings 23 9 1 13 518 565 19
10 Hull KR 23 9 0 14 534 646 18
11 Salford Red Devils 23 8 1 14 447 617 17
12 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 3 0 20 402 929 6
  Teams in position to qualify for the Super League "Super 8 Play offs"
  Teams in position to join 4 championship sides in the Super League "Super 8 Qualifiers"

2015 Super 8's

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TV
7/8/15 Super League XX S1 Warrington H Headingley Stadium W 49-10 Watkins, Briscoe, Hardaker (2), McGuire, Moon, Burrow, Ablett Sinfield 8/8, Sinfield 1 DG 13,118 Sky Sports
14/8/15 Super League XX S2 Wigan H Headingley Stadium W 25-18 McGuire, Moon, Hall, Watkins Sinfield 4/4, Hardaker 1 DG 15,026 Sky Sports
21/8/15 Super League XX S3 Hull FC A KC Stadium W 36-22 Handley, Ablett, Burrow (2), Hall, Briscoe Sinfield 6/6 7,900 -
4/9/15 Super League XX S4 St Helens H Headingley Stadium L 18-32 Keinhorst, Achurch, Hall Sinfield 3/3 16,142 Sky Sports
12/9/15 Super League XX S5 Catalan A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 16-46 Hall, McGuire, Moon Sinfield 2/3 8,851 Sky Sports
17/9/15 Super League XX S6 Castleford H Headingley Stadium L 22-29 Hall (2), Moon, Cuthbertson Sinfield 2/3, Lilley 1/1 15,069 Sky Sports
25/9/15 Super League XX S7 Huddersfield A Galpharm Stadium W 20-16 S.Ward, Briscoe, Hall Sinfield 4/4 9,326 Sky Sports

Table

Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts for Pts agst Points
1 Leeds Rhinos 30 20 1 9 944 650 41
2 Wigan Warriors 30 20 1 9 798 530 41
3 Huddersfield Giants 30 18 2 10 750 534 38
4 St Helens 30 19 0 11 766 624 38
5 Castleford Tigers 30 16 0 14 731 746 32
6 Warrington Wolves 30 15 0 15 714 636 30
7 Catalans Dragons 30 13 2 15 739 770 28
8 Hull FC 30 12 0 18 620 716 24
  Team finishing top of the table, earning the League Leaders Shield
  Teams qualifying for the Super League 2015 Play off Semi Finals.
  Teams season is complete..

2015 Play-Offs

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TV
2/10/15 Super League XX Semi Final St Helens H Headingley Stadium W 20-13 Hardaker, Hall, Watkins Sinfield 4/4 17,192 Sky Sports
10/10/15 Super League XX Grand Final Wigan N Old Trafford W 22-20 McGuire (2), Moon, Walters Sinfield 3/4 73,512 Sky Sports
2015 Super League Grand Final
Leeds Rhinos positions 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 McIllorum
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

Player appearances

FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand-OffSH=Scrum HalfPR=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose ForwardB=Bench
NoPlayer12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 SF
1 Zak Hardaker FB FB FB FB x FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB
2 Tom Briscoe W W W W W W W W C W W W W W
3 Kallum Watkins C C C C C C C C C W W W W C C C C C C FB C C C C C C C
4 Joel Moon C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
5 Ryan Hall W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
6 Danny McGuire SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH B SO SH SH SH SH SH SH SO SO SH SH SH SO B SH SH SH SH SH SH SH
7 Rob Burrow B B B B B B SH SH B B B H B B SH SH B B SH SH B B SH H H
8 Kylie Leuluai B B B B B P P P P P B B B B P B B P
9 Paul Aiton H H H H H H H H H H H H H B H H H H H H H H H H
10 Jamie Peacock P P P P P P P P x P P P P B P P P P B P P P P P B P P P B B
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan P L L L L L B L B B
12 Carl Ablett SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR C C C SR SR L L SR SR L L SR SR SR SR SR C SR C SR SR SR
13 Kevin Sinfield SO SO SO SO SO L L B B SO SO L B B SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO
14 Stevie Ward SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR B SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
15 Brett Delaney x B B B B SR B SR SR SR L SR B SR L SR B L L L B SR
16 Mitch Achurch B B B B B B B SR B B B B SR B B B B SR
17 Adam Cuthbertson L P P P P P L L P B P P P P P P P L B B L P B L H H H P L L
18 Liam Sutcliffe x B B x x SO SO SO SO B SO SO SO SO B FB FB SO
19 Brad Singleton B B B B B B P P P P L L B P B B B P P B B L B L P B B B P B
20 Jimmy Keinhorst x x x x x x x x x x x x C C x x C C SR SR C SR C SR B SR C B
21 Josh Walters x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B x B B B B B L B B
22 Andy Yeates x B x x x B x B B B B x x x x x B B x x B x x x x x x x x x x
23 Elliott Minchella x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
24 Robbie Ward x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B x x x H x x x x x
26 Ashton Golding x x x x FB x x x x W x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B FB x x x x
27 Ash Handley x x x x x W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W ]
28 Rob Mulhern x x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
29 Jordan Lilley x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B x x x x x x x x x B B H B B
30 Mitch Garbutt x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B P P P P B B P P

= Captain

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTV
16/5/15 Cup 6th Huddersfield H Headingley Stadium W 48-16 Watkins (2), Hall (2), Aiton, McGuire, Cuthbertson, Ablett Sinfield 8/8 8,133 BBC Sport
26/6/15 Cup QF Hull FC A KC Stadium W 24-6 Moon, Watkins, Hardaker Sinfield 6/6 9,261 Sky Sports
31/7/15 Cup SF St Helens N Halliwell Jones Stadium W 24-14 Hardaker, Moon, Peacock, Watkins Sinfield 4/4 11,107 BBC Sport
29/8/15 Cup Final Hull KR N Wembley Stadium W 50-0 Delaney, McGuire, Briscoe (5), Singleton, Burrow Sinfield 7/9 80,140 BBC Sport

Player appearances

FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum HalfP=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose ForwardB=Bench
NoPlayer6QFSFF
1 Zak Hardaker FB FB FB FB
2 Tom Briscoe W W
3 Kallum Watkins C C C C
4 Joel Moon C C C C
5 Ryan Hall W W W W
6 Danny McGuire SH SH SH
7 Rob Burrow B SH B B
8 Kylie Leuluai P B B
9 Paul Aiton H H H
10 Jamie Peacock P P P P
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan L
12 Carl Ablett L L SR SR
13 Kevin Sinfield SO SO SO SO
14 Stevie Ward SR SR SR
15 Brett Delaney SR B SR L
16 Mitch Achurch B B
17 Adam Cuthbertson P P H
18 Liam Sutcliffe x
19 Brad Singleton B B B
20 Jimmy Keinhorst x SR B x
21 Josh Walters B x x
22 Andy Yeates x B x x
23 Elliott Minchella x x x x
24 Robbie Ward x B x x
26 Ashton Golding x x x x
27 Ash Handley W W x
28 Rob Mulhern x x x x
30 Mitch Garbutt x x B P

Club vs. Country

As part of their 2015 tour of Great Britain the New Zealand Kiwis 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.[1][2]

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
DateCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
23 October 2015 Kiwis Tour New Zealand H Headingley Stadium L 16-34 Moon (2), Briscoe Lilley (2/3) 20,158
2015 Club vs. Country Teams
Leeds Rhinos positions 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/Halfback 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/Lock 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

2015 squad statistics

For more details on this topic, see Leeds Rhinos.
No Player Position Age Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Zak Hardaker Fullback N/A Featherstone Rovers 31 13 9 1 71
2 Tom Briscoe Winger N/A Hull FC 17 15 0 0 60
3 Kallum Watkins Centre N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 32 20 0 0 80
4 Joel Moon Centre N/A Salford Red Devils 32 15 0 0 60
5 Ryan Hall Wing N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 31 22 0 0 88
6 Danny McGuire Stand Off N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 34 17 0 0 68
7 Rob Burrow Scrum Half N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 30 12 0 0 48
8 Kylie Leuluai Prop N/A Manly Sea Eagles 22 2 0 0 8
9 Paul Aiton Hooker N/A Wakefield Wildcats 27 3 0 0 12
10 Jamie Peacock Prop N/A Bradford Bulls 34 3 0 0 12
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan Second Row N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 11 0 0 0 0
12 Carl Ablett Second Row N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 36 12 0 0 48
13 Kevin Sinfield Loose Forward N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 30 3 137 3 289
14 Stevie Ward Loose Forward N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 28 5 0 0 20
15 Brett Delaney Second Row N/A Gold Coast Titans 26 4 0 0 16
16 Mitch Achurch Prop N/A Penrith Panthers 20 3 0 0 12
17 Adam Cuthbertson Prop N/A Newcastle Knights 34 9 0 0 36
18 Liam Sutcliffe Stand Off N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 15 6 25 0 74
19 Brad Singleton Prop N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 34 9 0 0 36
20 Jimmy Keinhorst Centre N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 17 6 0 0 24
21 Josh Walters Second Row N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 12 2 0 0 8
22 Andy Yates Prop N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 10 1 0 0 4
23 Elliott Minchella Loose Forward N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 0 0 0 0 0
24 Robbie Ward Hooker N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 3 0 0 0 0
26 Ashton Golding Fullback N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 4 0 0 0 0
27 Ash Handley Wing N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 20 13 0 0 52
28 Rob Mulhern Prop N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 2 0 0 0 0
29 Jordan Lilley Prop N/A Leeds Rhinos Academy 6 0 1 0 2
30 Mitch Garbutt Prop N/A Brisbane Broncos 14 1 0 0 4

= Captain = Injured = Suspended

2015 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 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 KR 2 Years October 2014
England Ian Kirke Wakefield 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 Reg January 2015
England Robbie Ward Hunslet Hawks Dual Reg January 2015
England Rob Mulhern Hunslet Hawks Dual Reg January 2015
England James Duckworth Hunslet Hawks Dual Reg January 2015

References

  1. "Kiwis to take on Leeds in historic clash". New Zealand Herald. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. "Kiwis take on Rhinos in historic clash". nzrl.co.nz. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

External links


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