2015 Leeds Rhinos season
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
Super League
2015 Super League Fixtures
Date | Competition | Rnd | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att | Live 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
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Teams in position to qualify for the Super League "Super 8 Play offs" |
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Teams in position to join 4 championship sides in the Super League "Super 8 Qualifiers" |
2015 Super 8's
Date | Competition | Rnd | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att | Live 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
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Team finishing top of the table, earning the League Leaders Shield |
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Teams qualifying for the Super League 2015 Play off Semi Finals. |
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Teams season is complete.. |
2015 Play-Offs
Player appearances
FB=Fullback | C=Centre | W=Winger | SO=Stand-Off | SH=Scrum Half | PR=Prop | H=Hooker | SR=Second Row | L=Loose Forward | B=Bench |
No | Player | 1 | 2 | 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
Date | Competition | Rnd | Vrs | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Att | TV |
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=Fullback | C=Centre | W=Winger | SO=Stand Off | SH=Scrum Half | P=Prop | H=Hooker | SR=Second Row | L=Loose Forward | B=Bench |
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]
2015 squad statistics
- Appearances and Points include (Super League,Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 10 October 2015.
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2015 transfers
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