2020 Leeds Rhinos season

Rugby league team season
Avg. attendance13,706Agg. attendance54,824High attendance19,500 (v Hull FC)Low attendance0Top scorersTriesEngland Ash Handley (12)GoalsPapua New Guinea Rhyse Martin (40)PointsPapua New Guinea Rhys Martin (84)
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

2020 Squad

Leeds Rhinos 2020 Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 6 December 2019
Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers


Table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification[a]
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 17 13 0 4 408 278 146.8 26 76.47 Semi-finals
2 St Helens (C) 17 12 0 5 469 195 240.5 24 70.59
3 Warrington Wolves[A] 17 12 0 5 365 204 178.9 24 70.59 Elimination semi-finals
4 Catalans Dragons 13 8 0 5 376 259 145.2 16 61.54
5 Leeds Rhinos 17 10 0 7 369 390 94.6 20 58.82
6 Hull F.C. 17 9 0 8 405 436 92.9 18 52.94
7 Huddersfield Giants[B] 18 7 0 11 318 367 86.6 14 38.89
8 Castleford Tigers 16 6 0 10 328 379 86.5 12 37.50
9 Salford Red Devils[C] 18 8 0 10 354 469 75.5 16 44.44
10 Wakefield Trinity 19 5 0 14 324 503 64.4 10 26.32
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 3 0 14 290 526 55.1 6 17.65
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[1]

Fixtures and Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Challenge Cup

Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance
18 September, 20:15 QF Hull KR N Totally Wicked Stadium W 48–18 Seumanufagai, Handley, L.Briscoe, Newman, Leeming (2), T.Briscoe, Martin Martin (8) —
3 October, 14:30 SF Wigan Warriors N Totally Wicked Stadium W 26–12 Martin, Handley (2), T. Briscoe Martin (5) —
17 October, 15:00 F Salford Red Devils N Wembley Stadium W 17–16 T. Briscoe, Handley (2) Martin (2), Gale DG —

Regular season

Date and Time Rnd Home Score Away Venue Tries Goals Attendance
2 February, 19:45 1 Leeds Rhinos 4-30 Hull FC Headingley Handley 19,500
9 February, 15:00[a] 2 Huddersfield Giants P-P Leeds Rhinos John Smiths Stadium
14 February, 19:45 3 Leeds Rhinos 52-10 Hull KR Headingley Newman (2), Smith (2), Walker, Handley, Hurrell, Donaldson, Myler Gale (8) 11,057
22 February, 14:00 4 Salford Red Devils 8-22 Leeds Rhinos AJ Bell Stadium Gale, L. Briscoe, Oledzki, Walker Gale (3) 4,757
28 February, 19:45 5 Leeds Rhinos 36-0 Warrington Wolves Headingley Walker, Myler, Dwyer, Hurrell, Seumanufagai, Handley Martin (6) 12,124
5 March, 19:45 6 Leeds Rhinos 66-12 Toronto Wolfpack Headingley Dwyer, Myler, Gale 2, Lui 2, Handley, Smith, Oledzki, Cuthbertson, Hurrell Martin (11) 12,143
14 March 17:00[b] 7 Catalans Dragons P-P Leeds Rhinos Stade Gilbert Brutus
20 March, 19:45 8 Leeds Rhinos P-P St Helens Headingley
26 March, 19:45 9 Castleford Tigers P-P Leeds Rhinos Mend-A-Hose Jungle
9 April, 19:45 10 Leeds Rhinos Wakefield Trinity Headingley
17 May, 19:45 11 Wigan Warriors Leeds Rhinos DW Stadium
24 April, 19:45 12 Warrington Wolves Leeds Rhinos Halliwell Jones Stadium
28 April, 19:45 2 Huddersfield Giants Leeds Rhinos John Smiths Stadium
1 May, 19:45 13 Leeds Rhinos Salford Red Devils Headingley
15 May, 19:45 14 Leeds Rhinos Huddersfield Giants Headingley
  1. ^ Original Match on 9 February postponed, due to severe weather caused by Storm Ciara
  2. ^ Game cancelled on 13 march, as Leeds decided that they won't be traveling to Perpignan, as one of the players had shown signs of pandemic of COVID-19 symptoms.[5]

2020 Transfers

Gains

player Club Contract Date
Ava Seumanufagai Cronulla Sharks 2 1/2 Years April 2019[6]
Rhyse Martin Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 1/2 years June 2019[7]
Robert Lui Salford Red Devils 2 years June 2019[8]
Alex Mellor Huddersfield Giants 3 years June 2019[9]
Luke Gale Castleford Tigers 3 years June 2019[10]
Kruise Leeming Huddersfield Giants 2 years November 2019[11]
Matt Prior Cronulla Sharks 2 years November 2019[12]

Losses

player Club Contract Date
Kallum Watkins Gold Coast Titans 2 1/2 Years June 2019[14]
Tui Lolohea Salford Red Devils 2 years June 2019[8]
Shaun Lunt Released N/A N/A
Jamie Jones-Buchanan Retired N/A N/A
Ashton Golding Huddersfield Giants 3 years October 2019[15]
Matt Parcell Hull Kingston Rovers 1 year October 2019[16]
Sam Moorhouse Dewsbury Rams 1 year October 2019[17]
Nathaniel Peteru Released N/A N/A
Brett Ferres Featherstone Rovers 1 year November 2019[18]
Brad Singleton Toronto Wolfpack N/A November 2019[19]
Owen Trout Huddersfield Giants 4 years November 2019[20]
Trent Merrin St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 Years November 2019[12]
Dan Waite-Pullan Bradford Bulls 1 year January 2020

Player statistics

# Player Position Tries Goals DG Points Red Cards Yellow Cards
1 Jack Walker Fullback 3 0 0 12 0 0
2 Tom Briscoe Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Harry Newman Wing 2 0 0 4 0 0
4 Konrad Hurrell Centre 3 0 0 12 0 0
5 Ash Handley Centre 4 0 0 16 0 0
6 Robert Lui Stand-off 2 0 0 8 0 0
7 Luke Gale Hooker 3 0 11 34 0 0
8 Ava Seumanufagai Prop 1 0 0 4 0 0
9 Kruise Leeming Hooker 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Matt Prior Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Alex Mellor Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Rhyse Martin Second-row 0 17 0 34 0 0
13 Stevie Ward Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Brad Dwyer Hooker 2 0 0 8 0 0
15 Liam Sutcliffe Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Richie Myler Scrum-half 3 0 0 12 0 0
17 Adam Cuthbertson Loose forward 1 0 0 4 0 0
18 Dom Crosby Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Mikolaj Olędzki Prop 2 0 0 8 0 0
21 Rhys Evans Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Cameron Smith Second-row 3 0 0 12 0 0
23 Callum McLelland Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Luke Briscoe Centre 1 0 0 4 0 0
25 James Donaldson Loose forward 1 0 0 4 0 0
26 Alex Sutcliffe Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Sam Walters Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Tom Holroyd Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Corey Johnson Hooker 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Muizz Mustapha Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Daniel Waite-Pullan Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Tyler Dupree Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Jarrod O'Connor Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Jack Broadbent Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Wellington Albert Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Joe Greenwood Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Updated to matches played on 5 March 2020

References

  1. ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Coronavirus: Rhinos opt not to travel to Catalans". 13 March 2020 – via www.superleague.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Ava Seumanufagai: Leeds Rhinos sign Cronulla Sharks forward". 10 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Rhyse Martin: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs back-rower joins Leeds Rhinos". 30 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ a b "Robert Lui & Tui Lolohea: Leeds Rhinos & Salford Red Devils agree swap". 26 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Alex Mellor: Leeds Rhinos to sign Huddersfield Giants back-rower in 2020". 5 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Leeds Rhinos sign Luke Gale but prepare to admit defeat in bid to keep Trent Merrin". www.telegraph.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Kruise Leeming: Leeds Rhinos sign hooker from Huddersfield Giants". 27 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ a b "Matt Prior: Leeds Rhinos sign forward as captain Trent Merrin leaves on compassionate grounds". 29 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Rhys Evans: Bradford Bulls loan centre to Leeds Rhinos in Super League". 2 January 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Kallum Watkins: Leeds Rhinos captain to join Australian NRL side Gold Coast Titans". 14 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Huddersfield Giants sign Ashton Golding from Leeds Rhinos". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  16. ^ "Shaun Lunt and Matt Parcell switch clubs as Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR agree swap". 26 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ^ "Dewsbury sign Leeds Rhinos youngster". 16 October 2019.
  18. ^ Darbyshire, Drew (6 November 2019). "Featherstone confirm signing of Brett Ferres". Love Rugby League.
  19. ^ "Brad Singleton & James Cunningham: Toronto Wolfpack sign Leeds prop and London Broncos half-back". 22 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  20. ^ Darbyshire, Drew (27 November 2019). "Leeds and Huddersfield complete Kruise Leeming and Owen Trout swap deal". Love Rugby League.
  1. ^ Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.[2]
  2. ^ Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.[3]
  3. ^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.[4]

External links

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  • Principal fan site and forum
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  • Leeds Rhinos Dedicated section on RugbyLeague.com
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