2020 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League Rank5
Challenge CupWinners
2020 recordWins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 307; against: 278
Team information
ChairmanEngland Paul Caddick
Head CoachEngland Richard Agar
Captain
StadiumHeadingley
Leeds, United Kingdom
Avg. attendance13,706
Agg. attendance54,824
High attendance19,500 (v Hull FC)
Low attendance0
Top scorers
TriesEngland 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
 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

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]

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