2011 Leeds Rhinos season

2011 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League XVI Rank5th
Play-off resultChampions
Challenge CupRunners-up
2011 recordWins: 23; draws: 1; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 757; against: 603
Team information
ChairmanPaul Caddick
Head coachBrian McDermott
Captain
StadiumHeadingley Stadium
Top scorers
TriesRyan Hall (32)
GoalsKevin Sinfield (160)
PointsKevin Sinfield (330)
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2011 season. This is the sixteenth season of the Super League era.

Season review

Key Dates

February

  • 13 February

Leeds beat local rivals Bradford Bulls 32–28 at Millennium Stadium with 4 tries in the last 18 minutes. Including a hat trick from Ben Jones Bishop with the hat trick coming from a penalty try in the 78th Minute.

  • 16 February

Leeds "Fantastic Four" Kallum Watkins, Ben Jones Bishop, Ryan Hall and Chris Clarkson all sign 4 Year Contracts with the club.

  • 18 February

Leeds Rhinos beat Hull F.C. 32–18 at the KC Stadium, with a 70-yard finish from Ben Jones Bishop potentially an early contender for try of the season.

  • 24 February

Kevin Sinfield became a Rhino For Life, signing a 4 Year contract. Keeping the Leeds Rhinos captain at the club until the end of 2014.

  • 25 February

Leeds Rhinos lost their first game of the season to high flying Harlequins RL, 2 tries from Quins hooker Andy Ellis won them the game, despite a strong start by Leeds Rhinos.

March

  • 5 March

Warrington Wolves overpowered a Leeds Rhinos team with only 2 first choice props available. Despite a strong start taking an 8-point lead the Wolves scored 28 points on the bounce, despite 3 late tries Leeds Rhinos lost 40–24.

  • 11 March

The Rhinos managed to outclass a Salford side that started strongly taking a 6–0 lead. Leeds rallied and thanks to 2 tires from Carl Ablett, and classy performances from the likes of Kallum Watkins, Brent Webb, Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield winning the game 46–12. The only downside losing rising star Ben Jones Bishop with a dislocated shoulder. Brad Singleton also became Leeds Rhinos 50th Academy graduate to play for the club.

Results

Pre-season

W Win D Draw L Loss

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Pre-season results
26 December Festive Challenge Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium W 40–22 12,015

The pre-season also included the Lazenby Cup match against Hunslet Hawks in January and a match against York City Knights in February. Leeds fielded mainly unders-20s and reserve players for these matches.[1]

Super League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Warrington Wolves (L) 27 22 0 5 1072 401 +671 44 Play-offs
2 Wigan Warriors 27 20 3 4 852 432 +420 43
3 St Helens 27 17 3 7 782 515 +267 37
4 Huddersfield Giants 27 16 0 11 707 524 +183 32
5 Leeds Rhinos (C) 27 15 1 11 757 603 +154 31
6 Catalans Dragons 27 15 1 11 689 626 +63 31
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 14 0 13 713 692 +21 28
8 Hull F.C. 27 13 1 13 718 569 +149 27
9 Castleford Tigers 27 12 2 13 664 808 −144 26
10 Bradford Bulls 27 9 2 16 570 826 −256 20
11 Salford City Reds 27 10 0 17 542 809 −267 20
12 Harlequins 27 6 1 20 524 951 −427 13
13 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 7 0 20 453 957 −504 10[a]
14 Crusaders 27 6 0 21 527 857 −330 8[b]
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield winners
Notes:
  1. ↑ Wakefield deducted 4 points for entering administration.
  2. ↑ Crusaders deducted 4 points for entering administration.

Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Super League results
13 February 1 Bradford Bulls N[a] Millennium Stadium W 32–28 Jones-Bishop (3), Hall, Burrow, Leuluai Sinfield (4/7) 29,323 [2][3]
18 February 2 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 32–18 Jones-Bishop, Hall, Burrow, Hauraki, Webb, Clarkson Sinfield (3 + DG), Burrow (DG) 12,513 [4][5]
25 February 3 Harlequins RL H Headingley Stadium L 26–36 Clarkson, Sinfield, Hall, Smith, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield (3) 14,350 [6][7]
5 March 4 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 24–40 Hall (2), Watkins, Webb Sinfield (4/5) 11,438 [8][9]
11 March 5 Salford City Reds H Headingley Stadium W 46–12 Ablett (2), Hauraki, Jones-Buchanan, Lauiti'iti, Senior, Watkins, Webb Sinfield (7) 13,068 [10][11]
19 March 6 St Helens H Headingley Stadium L 16–30 Hall, Hardaker, McShane Sinfield (2) 16,034 [12][13]
27 March 7 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Rapid Solicitors Stadium W 28–6 Watkins (4), Buderus Sinfield (4) 8,763 [14][15]
1 April 8 Wigan Warriors H Headingley Stadium D 22–22 Buderus, Jones-Buchanan, Webb Sinfield (5/5) 16,118 [16][17]
9 April 9 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 28–38 Watkins (2), Hall, McShane, Smith Sinfield (4) 8,673 [18][19]
15 April 10 Huddersfield Giants H Headingley Stadium L 6–38 Burrow Sinfield 14,768 [20][21]
21 April 11 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 30–22 Buderus, Hall, Jones-Buchanan, McShane, Senior Sinfield (5) 19,275 [22][23]
25 April 12 Crusaders H Headingley Stadium W 34–16 Senior (2), Ablett, Burrow, Delaney, Leuluai Sinfield (5) 14,165 [24][25]
29 April 13 Castleford Tigers A The PROBIZ Coliseum W 48–6 Hall (2), Burrow, Jones-Buchanan, Kirke, McGuire, McShane, Watkins Sinfield (8) 9,860 [26][27]
13 May 14 Catalans Dragons H Headingley Stadium W 30–6 Hardaker (2), Burrow, Hall, Leuluai Sinfield (5) 13,273 [28]
27 May 15 Warrington Wolves H Headingley Stadium L 6–42 Buderus Sinfield 17,276 [29]
3 June 16 St Helens A Stobart Stadium L 16–42 Jones-Buchanan, Smith Sinfield (4) 9,062 [30]
12 June 17 Hull Kingston Rovers H Headingley Stadium W 44–14 Hall (3), Delaney, Hardaker, Hauraki, McGuire, Smith Sinfield (6) 13,669 [31]
17 June 18 Crusaders A Racecourse Ground W 12–7 Lauiti'iti, McGuire Snifield (2) 3,035 [32]
24 June 19 Bradford Bulls H Headingley Stadium L 12–18 Hall, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield (2) 18,095 [33]
1 July 20 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L 24–26 Hardaker (2), Jones-Bishop, Webb Sinfield (4) 16,426 [34]
10 July 21 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 18–38 Buderus, Hall, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield (3) 10,688 [35][36]
15 July 22 Hull F.C. H Headingley Stadium W 20–0 Hall, Jones-Bishop, McGuire Sinfield (4) 14,809 [37][38]
29 July 23 Salford City Reds A The Willows W 30–22 Bailey, Hall, McGuire, Smith, Webb Sinfield (5) 4,024 [39][40]
12 August 24 Castleford Tigers H Headingley Stadium W 56–0 Burrow (2), Webb (2), Hall, Jones-Bishop, Jones-Buchanan, Lauiti'iti, McGuire, Watkins Sinfield (6), Burrow (2) 15,156 [41][42]
20 August 25 Harlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop L 22–32 Burrow, Hall, McGuire, Pitts Sinfield (3) 3,241 [43][44]
2 September 26 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium W 64–20 Hall (3), McGuire (2), Ablett, Buderus, Jones-Bishop, Lauiti'iti, Peacock, Smith Sinfield (10) 15,511 [45][46]
11 September 27 Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium W 31–24 Hall (2), Hardaker, Jones-Buchanan, Webb Sinfield (5 + DG) 10,428 [47][48]

Play-offs

W Win D Draw L Loss

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Play-off results
18 September EPO Hull F.C. H Headingley Stadium W 42–10 Bailey, Hauraki, Jones-Bishop, Jones-Buchanan, McGuire, Sinfield, Webb Sinfield (7/8) 9,075 [49][50]
23 September PSF Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium W 34–28 Hardaker (3), Webb (2), Jones-Bishop Sinfield (5) 7,872 [51][52]
30 September QSF Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 26–24 Hall (2), Ablett, Burrow Sinfield (5/6) 12,074 [53]
8 October GF St Helens N Old Trafford W 32–16 Ablett, Burrow, Hall, Hardaker, Webb Sinfield (6/7) 69,107 [54]

Challenge Cup

W Win D Draw L Loss

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Challenge Cup results
7 May 4 Crusaders H Headingley Stadium W 30–20 Buderus, Burrow, Hall, McShane, Pitts Sinfield (5/5) 10,954 [55][56]
20 May 5 Harlequins RL H Headingley Stadium W 40–20 Clarkson, Delaney, Hall, Hardaker, Jones-Buchanan, Lauiti'iti, Leuluai Sinfield (6/8) 7,147 [57][58]
24 July QF Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 38–22 Ablett (2), Jones-Bishop (2), Delaney, Lauiti'iti Sinfield (7/8) 9,496 [59][60]
6 August SF Castleford Tigers A Keepmoat Stadium W 10–8 Watkins Sinfield (3/3) 13,158 [61][62]
27 August F Wigan Warriors N Wembley Stadium L 18–28 Hall (2), Ablett, Jones-Bishop Sinfield (1/4) 78,482 [63][64]

Players

2011 squad

2011 Leeds Rhinos season
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

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


2011 Transfers in/out

Gains

PlayerPrevious clubYears signedDate
Ben CrossNewcastle Knights2October 2010
Zak HardakerFeatherstone Rovers5October 2010
Ben Jones BishopHarlequins RLLoan Return
Weller HaurakiCrusaders RL3November 2010
Rory KettlewellWigan Warriors2December 2010

Losses

PlayerFuture ClubYears signedDate
Greg EastwoodCanterbury Bulldogs3October 2010
Scott DonaldRetired
Matt DiskinBradford Bulls3October 2010
Dane ManningBatley Bulldogs
Zak HardakerFeatherstone RoversSeason Long Loan[b]2011
Tom BushYork City Knights1November 2010
Luke AmblerHarlequins RLSeason Long LoanNovember 2010
Kyle AmorWakefield Trinity WildcatsLoanFebruary 2011
Ben CrossReleasedJune 2011

Player statistics

Source:[66]

No.Nat.PlayerAppsTriesGoalsDGsPoints
1New ZealandBrent Webb 30130052
2EnglandLee Smith 1760024
3AustraliaBrett Delaney 2740016
4EnglandKeith Senior 1640016
5EnglandRyan Hall 353200128
6EnglandDanny McGuire 22100040
7EnglandRob Burrow 34122153
8SamoaKylie Leuluai 3140016
9AustraliaDanny Buderus 3570028
10EnglandJamie Peacock 231004
11EnglandJamie Jones-Buchanan 34120048
12EnglandCarl Ablett 3190036
13EnglandKevin Sinfield 3621602330
14New ZealandAli Lauitiiti 2160024
15AustraliaBen Cross 100000
16EnglandRyan Bailey 252008
17EnglandIan Kirke 331004
18EnglandLuke Burgess 120000
19EnglandKallum Watkins 17110044
20New ZealandWeller Hauraki 2740016
21EnglandChris Clarkson 2930012
22EnglandJay Pitts 132008
23EnglandBen Jones-Bishop 19130052
24EnglandPaul McShane 1850020
27EnglandZak Hardaker 15120048
28EnglandBrad Singleton 10000
32EnglandGeorge Elliot 10000

Notes

  1. ↑ Magic Weekend
  2. ↑ Hardaker was recalled from his loan spell in March 2011.[65]

References

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