2020 Leeds Rhinos season

2020 Leeds Rhinos season
2020 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League Rank	5
Challenge Cup	Winners
2020 record	Wins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scored	For: 307; against: 278
Team information
Chairman	Paul Caddick
Head Coach	Richard Agar
Captain	Stevie Ward;
Stadium	Headingley; Leeds, United Kingdom
Avg. attendance	13,706
Agg. attendance	54,824
High attendance	19,500 (v Hull FC)
Low attendance	0
Top scorers
Tries	Ash Handley (12)
Goals	Rhyse Martin (40)
Points	Rhys Martin (84)

This article details the Leeds Rhinos's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Super League

Win Draw Loss

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

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification^[c]
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	17	13	4	408	278	146.8	26	76.47	Semi-finals
2	St Helens (C)	17	12	5	469	195	240.5	24	70.59	Semi-finals
3	Warrington Wolves^[A]	17	12	5	365	204	178.9	24	70.59	Elimination semi-finals
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	5	376	259	145.2	16	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	7	369	390	94.6	20	58.82
6	Hull F.C.	17	9	8	405	436	92.9	18	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants^[B]	18	7	11	318	367	86.6	14	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	10	328	379	86.5	12	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils^[C]	18	8	10	354	469	75.5	16	44.44
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	14	324	503	64.4	10	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	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:

^ Original Match on 9 February postponed, due to severe weather caused by Storm Ciara
^ 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.^[1]
^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[2]

Challenge Cup

Win Draw Loss

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	—

Squad

Leeds Rhinos 2020 Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Jack Walker – FB 2 Tom Briscoe – WG 3 Harry Newman – CE, WG 4 Konrad Hurrell – CE 5 Ash Handley – WG, CE 6 Robert Lui – SO 7 Luke Gale – HK, SH, SO (vc) 8 Ava Seumanufagai – PR 9 Kruise Leeming – HK 10 Matt Prior – CE, PR, SR 11 Alex Mellor – SR 12 Rhyse Martin – SR 13 Stevie Ward – LF, SR (C)		14 Brad Dwyer – HK 15 Liam Sutcliffe – CE, FB, LF, SO 16 Richie Myler – SH 17 Adam Cuthbertson – LF, PR, SR 18 Dom Crosby – PR 19 Mikolaj Olędzki – PR 20 21 Rhys Evans – CE, FB, WG 22 Cameron Smith – SR, LF 23 Callum McLelland – SH, SO 24 Luke Briscoe – FB, CE, WG 25 James Donaldson – LF, SR 26 Alex Sutcliffe – CE		27 Sam Walters 28 Tom Holroyd – PR 29 Corey Johnson – HK 30 Muizz Mustapha – SR, LF 31 Daniel Waite-Pullan – SR 32 Tyler Dupree – PR 33 Jarrod O'Connor 34 Jack Broadbent 35 Wellington Albert – PR, LF 36 Corey Hall 37 Joe Greenwood – SR				Head coach Richard Agar Assistant coach Chev Walker Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 6 December 2019 Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

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

Updated to matches played on 5 March 2020

Notes

References

^ "Coronavirus: Rhinos opt not to travel to Catalans". 13 March 2020 – via www.superleague.co.uk.
^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Ava Seumanufagai: Leeds Rhinos sign Cronulla Sharks forward". BBC Sport. 10 April 2019.
^ "Rhyse Martin: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs back-rower joins Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 30 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Robert Lui & Tui Lolohea: Leeds Rhinos & Salford Red Devils agree swap". BBC Sport. 26 June 2019.
^ "Alex Mellor: Leeds Rhinos to sign Huddersfield Giants back-rower in 2020". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019.
^ "Leeds Rhinos sign Luke Gale but prepare to admit defeat in bid to keep Trent Merrin". www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ "Kruise Leeming: Leeds Rhinos sign hooker from Huddersfield Giants". BBC Sport. 27 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Matt Prior: Leeds Rhinos sign forward as captain Trent Merrin leaves on compassionate grounds". BBC Sport. 29 November 2019.
^ "Rhys Evans: Bradford Bulls loan centre to Leeds Rhinos in Super League". BBC Sport. 2 January 2020.
^ "Kallum Watkins: Leeds Rhinos captain to join Australian NRL side Gold Coast Titans". BBC Sport. 14 June 2019.
^ "Huddersfield Giants sign Ashton Golding from Leeds Rhinos". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
^ "Shaun Lunt and Matt Parcell switch clubs as Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR agree swap". BBC Sport. 26 June 2019.
^ "Dewsbury sign Leeds Rhinos youngster". 16 October 2019.
^ Darbyshire, Drew (6 November 2019). "Featherstone confirm signing of Brett Ferres". Love Rugby League.
^ "Brad Singleton & James Cunningham: Toronto Wolfpack sign Leeds prop and London Broncos half-back". BBC Sport. 22 November 2019.
^ Darbyshire, Drew (27 November 2019). "Leeds and Huddersfield complete Kruise Leeming and Owen Trout swap deal". Love Rugby League.

^ 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.^[3]
^ 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.^[4]
^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.^[5]

External links

[1] Original Match on 9 February postponed, due to severe weather caused by Storm Ciara

[3] 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.^[1]

[5] Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[2]

[2] "Coronavirus: Rhinos opt not to travel to Catalans". 13 March 2020 – via www.superleague.co.uk.

[rule_change-4] "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[BBC281020-6] "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[8] "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[10] "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[12] "Ava Seumanufagai: Leeds Rhinos sign Cronulla Sharks forward". BBC Sport. 10 April 2019.

[13] "Rhyse Martin: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs back-rower joins Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 30 June 2019.

[auto1-14] "Robert Lui & Tui Lolohea: Leeds Rhinos & Salford Red Devils agree swap". BBC Sport. 26 June 2019.

[15] "Alex Mellor: Leeds Rhinos to sign Huddersfield Giants back-rower in 2020". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019.

[16] "Leeds Rhinos sign Luke Gale but prepare to admit defeat in bid to keep Trent Merrin". www.telegraph.co.uk.

[17] "Kruise Leeming: Leeds Rhinos sign hooker from Huddersfield Giants". BBC Sport. 27 November 2019.

[auto-18] "Matt Prior: Leeds Rhinos sign forward as captain Trent Merrin leaves on compassionate grounds". BBC Sport. 29 November 2019.

[19] "Rhys Evans: Bradford Bulls loan centre to Leeds Rhinos in Super League". BBC Sport. 2 January 2020.

[20] "Kallum Watkins: Leeds Rhinos captain to join Australian NRL side Gold Coast Titans". BBC Sport. 14 June 2019.

[21] "Huddersfield Giants sign Ashton Golding from Leeds Rhinos". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.

[22] "Shaun Lunt and Matt Parcell switch clubs as Leeds Rhinos and Hull KR agree swap". BBC Sport. 26 June 2019.

[23] "Dewsbury sign Leeds Rhinos youngster". 16 October 2019.

[24] Darbyshire, Drew (6 November 2019). "Featherstone confirm signing of Brett Ferres". Love Rugby League.

[25] "Brad Singleton & James Cunningham: Toronto Wolfpack sign Leeds prop and London Broncos half-back". BBC Sport. 22 November 2019.

[26] Darbyshire, Drew (27 November 2019). "Leeds and Huddersfield complete Kruise Leeming and Owen Trout swap deal". Love Rugby League.

[forfeit-7] 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.^[3]

[standby2-9] 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.^[4]

[11] Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.^[5]

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