2011 Leeds Rhinos season

2011 Leeds Rhinos season
2011 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League XVI Rank
Play-off result	Champions
Challenge Cup	To be decided
2011 record	Wins: 16; draws: 1; losses: 10
Points scored	For: 584; against: 527
Team information
Chairman	Paul Caddick
Head coach	Brian McDermott
Captain	Kevin Sinfield;
Stadium	Headingley Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Ryan Hall 18
Goals	Kevin Sinfield 94
Points	Kevin Sinfield 229

This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2011 season. This is the sixteenth season of the Super League era.

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 Rugby League, 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.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (L, C)	27	22	0	5	922	411	+511	44	Play-offs
2	St Helens	27	20	0	7	946	547	+399	40
3	Warrington Wolves	27	20	0	7	885	488	+397	40
4	Leeds Rhinos	27	17	1	9	725	561	+164	35
5	Huddersfield Giants	27	16	1	10	758	439	+319	33
6	Hull F.C.	27	16	0	11	569	584	−15	32
7	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	14	1	12	653	632	+21	29
8	Celtic Crusaders	27	12	0	15	547	732	−185	24
9	Castleford Tigers	27	11	0	16	648	766	−118	22
10	Bradford Bulls	27	9	1	17	528	728	−200	19
11	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	9	0	18	539	741	−202	18
12	Salford City Reds	27	8	0	19	448	857	−409	16
13	Harlequins	27	7	0	20	494	838	−344	14
14	Catalans Dragons	27	6	0	21	409	747	−338	12

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

2011 Results

Date	Competition	Round	Home	Score	Away	Result	Venue	Referee	Attendance	Notes
01/01/2011	Trial Game	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	40-22	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	W	Headingley Stadium		12,015	Boxing Day friendly

Results

Stadium	Team	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Scorers	Man of the Match	Referee	Attendance
Millennium Stadium	Bradford Bulls	W 32-28	Ben Jones Bishop (3), Ryan Hall, Rob Burrow, Kylie Leuluai	Kevin Sinfield (4)	Ben Jones Bishop	Steve Ganson	29,323
KC Stadium	Hull F.C.	W 32-18	Ben Jones Bishop, Ryan Hall, Rob Burrow, Weller Hauraki, Brent Webb, Chris Clarkson	Kevin Sinfield (3) + 1DG, Rob Burrow 1DG	Rob Burrow	Richard Silverwood	12,513
Headingley Stadium	Harlequins Rugby League	L 26-36	Chris Clarkson, Kevin Sinfield, Ryan Hall, Lee Smith, Jamie Jones Buchanan	Kevin Sinfield (3)	Kylie Leuluai	Ben Thaler	14,350
Halliwell Jones Stadium	Warrington Wolves	L 24-40	Ryan Hall (2), Kallum Watkins, Brent Webb	Kevin Sinfield (4)	Kevin Sinfield	Steve Ganson	11,438
Headingley Stadium	Salford City Reds	W 46-12	Carl Ablett (2), Brent Webb, Kallum Watkins, Jamie Jones Buchanan, Weller Hauraki, Ali Lauitiiti, Keith Senior	Kevin Sinfield (6) + 1 Penalty	Kallum Watkins	Thierry Alibert	13,068
Headingley Stadium	St Helens RLFC
Atlantic Solution Stadium	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Headingley Stadium	Wigan Warriors
Craven Park	Hull Kingston Rovers
Headingley Stadium	Huddersfield Giants
Grattan Stadium	Bradford Bulls
Headingley Stadium	Crusaders Rugby League
The PROBIZ Coliseum	Castleford Tigers
Headingley Stadium	Catalans Dragons
Headingley Stadium	Warrington Wolves
Halton Stadium	St Helens RLFC
Headingley Stadium	Hull Kingston Rovers
Racecourse Ground	Crusaders Rugby League
Headingley Stadium	Bradford Bulls
DW Stadium	Wigan Warriors
Stade Gilbert Brutus	Catalans Dragons
Headingley Stadium	Hull F.C.
The Willows	Salford City Reds
Headingley Stadium	Castleford Tigers
Twickenham Stoop	Harlequins Rugby League
Headingley Stadium	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Galpharm Stadium	Huddersfield Giants

2011 Squad

2011 Leeds Rhinos season
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Brent Webb – FB 2 Lee Smith – WG 3 Brett Delaney – CE 4 Keith Senior – CE 5 Ryan Hall – WG 6 Danny McGuire – SO 7 Rob Burrow – SH 8 Kylie Leuluai – PR 9 Danny Buderus – HK 10 Jamie Peacock (vc) – PR 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan – SR 12 Carl Ablett – SR 13 Kevin Sinfield (c) – LF		14 Ali Lauitiiti – SR 15 Ben Cross – PR 16 Ryan Bailey – PR 17 Ian Kirke – SR 18 Luke Burgess – PR 19 Kallum Watkins – CE 20 Weller Hauraki – SR 21 Chris Clarkson – SR 22 Jay Pitts – SR 23 Ben Jones Bishop – FB 24 Paul McShane – HK 25 Kyle Amor – PR 26 Michael Coady – CE		27 Zak Hardaker – FB 28 Brad Singleton – SR 29 Jared Stewart – SR 30 Liam Hood – HK 31 Callum Casey – SO				Head coach Brian McDermott Assistant coach James Lowes Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

2011 Transfers In/Out

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Years Signed	Until the End of
Ben Cross	Newcastle Knights	2	2012
Zak Hardaker	Featherstone Rovers	5	2015
Ben Jones Bishop	Harlequins RL	Loan Return
Weller Hauraki	Crusaders RL	3	2013

Losses

Player	Future Club	Years Signed	Until the End of
Greg Eastwood	Canterbury Bulldogs	3	2013
Scott Donald	Retired
Matt Diskin	Bradford Bulls	3	2013
Dane Manning	Batley Bulldogs
Zak Hardaker	Featherstone Rovers	Season Long Loan	2011
Tom Bush	York City Knights	1	2011
Luke Ambler	Harlequins RL	Season Long Loan	2011

Player Statistics

Player	Appearances/Substitutions	Tries	Goals	Points	Drop Goals	Average Rating	Man of the Match
Brent Webb	4	3	0	12	0	8	0
Lee Smith	2/1	1	0	4	0	6	0
Brett Delaney	2	0	0	0	0	7	0
Keith Senior	5	1	0	4	0	7	0
Ryan Hall	5	5	0	20	0	7.5	0
Danny McGuire	0	0	0	0	0		0
Rob Burrow	5	2	0	8	0	8	1
Kylie Leuluai	3	1	0	4	0	8	1
Danny Buderus	5	0	0	0	0	7.5	0
Jamie Peacock	0	0	0	0	0		0
Jamie Jones Buchanan	5	2	0	8	0	7.5	0
Carl Ablett	4	2	0	8	0	7.5	0
Kevin Sinfield	5	1	21	47	1	8.5	1
Ali Lauitiiti	4	1	0	4	0	7	0
Ben Cross	1/2	0	0	0	0	7	0
Ryan Bailey	0	0	0	0	0		0
Ian Kirke	1/4	0	0	0	0	7	0
Luke Burgess	3/1	0	0	0	0	7	0
Kallum Watkins	4/1	2	0	8	0	8	1
Weller Hauraki	2/2	2		8	0	7.5	0
Chris Clarkson	1/3	2	0	8	0	7	0
Jay Pitts	0/3	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
Ben Jones Bishop	4/1	4	0	16	0	7	1
Paul McShane	0/1	0	0	0	0	7	0
Kyle Amor	0	0	0	0	0		0
Michael Coady	0	0	0	0	0		0
Zak Hardaker	0	0	0	0	0		0
Brad Singleton	0/1	0	0	0	0	7	0
Jared Stewart	0	0	0	0	0		0
Liam Hood	0	0	0	0	0		0
Callum Casey	0	0	0	0	0		0
Rory Kettlewell	0	0	0	0	0		0

Top Scorers

Player	Tries
Ryan Hall	5
Ben Jones Bishop	4
Brent Webb	3
Chris Clarkson	2
Rob Burrow	2
Carl Ablett	2
Weller Hauraki	2
Jamie Jones Buchanan	2
Kallum Watkins	2
Lee Smith	1
Kevin Sinfield	1
Kylie Leuluai	1
Ali Lauitiiti	1
Keith Senior	1

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