2015 Canberra Raiders season

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2015 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank10th
2015 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 577; against: 569
Team information
CEODon Furner Jr.
Coach Ricky Stuart
Captain
Stadium GIO Stadium - 25,000
Avg. attendance9,629
High attendance13,113 (vs Sea Eagles, round 23)
Top scorers
Tries Blake Austin (14)
Goals Jarrod Croker (94)
Points Jarrod Croker (236)
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The 2015 Canberra Raiders season was the 34th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

Contents

Ladder

2015 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2418062591300+29140
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2417072574379+19538
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (P)2417072587454+13338
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102467348+11932
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102522480+4232
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102469476−732
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112465467−230
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24120122435408+2728
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24110132458492−3426
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100142577569+824
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2490152399477−7822
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2490152448573−12522
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2490152445588−14322
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2490152439636−19722
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2480162487562−7520
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162458612−15420

Squad List

Canberra Raiders
NRL SquadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 1 October 2014
Source(s): Raiders 2015 Squad

Gains

PlayerSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
Blake Austin Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2017 [1]
Josh Hodgson HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 2016 [2]
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2017 [3]
Iosia Soliola Saintscolours.svg St. Helens 2016 [4]
Sisa Waqa Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2016 [5]
Sam Williams Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 2016 [6]

Losses

PlayerSigned ToUntil End ofNotes
Terry Campese HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 2015 [7]
Jake Foster Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Tigers [8]
Reece Robinson Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels [9]

Fixtures

Preseason

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the Tigers, Warriors and Titans.

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 32015032+184
2 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 32015841+174
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 31024856−82
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 31024673−272
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTime (Local)RoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoals
Saturday, 31 January2:20pmRound 1 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Eden Park 16-10 Croker, Ahearn Ahearn (1/1)
Saturday, 31 January6:40pmRound 2 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Eden Park 23-19 Ahearn (Bonus point), Edwards, Pangai, Lee Buttriss (1/1), Williams (1/1), Ahearn (1/1), Croker (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February1:15pmRound 3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Eden Park 13-38
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Source: [10] [ circular reference ]

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Sunday 8 March1 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Remondis Stadium 24-20 [11] Wighton (2), Rapana, Waqa Croker (3)11,096
Sunday 15 March2 New Zealand Warriors GIO Stadium 6-18 [12] Waqa Croker (1)8,241 [13]
Saturday 21 March3 St George Illawarra Dragons GIO Stadium 20-22 [14] Hodgson, Soliola, Austin Croker (3)11,774
Sunday 29 March4 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 6-34 [15] Croker Croker (1)9,852
Saturday 4 April5 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Lavington Sports Ground 29-16 [16] Waqa, Austin, Kennedy, Rapana, Croker Croker (4/5), Williams (FG)6,436 [17]
Sunday 12 April6 Melbourne Storm GIO Stadium 10-14 [18] Hawkins Croker (3)10,536 [19]
Sunday 19 April7 West Tigers Leichhardt Oval 30-22 [20] Boyd, Croker, Nuuausala, Wighton, Rapana Croker (5/6)13,198
Sunday 26 April8 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park 30-22 [21] Rapana, E. Lee (2), Boyd, Papalii, Austin Croker (3/7)8,713
Saturday 9 May9 Gold Coast Titans GIO Stadium 56-16 [22] Austin (2), Croker (2), Vaughan, Rapana, Papalii, Soliola, E. Lee, Williams Croker (8/10)8,116
Sunday 17 May10 St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 18-32 [23] Soliola, Boyd, Papalii Croker (3)13,102 [24]
Sunday 24 May11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs GIO Stadium 34-41 [25] Waqa (2), Fensom, Papalii, Austin, Cornish, Croker (5/6)12,221
Saturday 24 May12 Brisbane Broncos GIO Stadium 12-24 [26] Austin, Kennedy Croker (2)10,090 [27]
Saturday 6 June 201513 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 44-22 [28] E. Lee (2), Austin (2), Wighton, Papalii, Croker Croker (8/9)13,504
Bye
Saturday 20 June15 North Queensland Cowboys GIO Stadium 20-21 [29] E. Lee, Austin, Wighton Croker (4)10,170 [30]
Saturday 27 June16 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 8-30 [31] Wighton Croker (2)13,110
17Bye
Friday 10 July18 Newcastle Knights GIO Stadium 36-22 [32] Austin (3), Papalii (2), Croker Croker (6)6,015
Saturday 18 July19 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 20-21 [33] E. Lee (2), Papalii Croker (4/5)9,853 [34]
Sunday 26 July20 Penrith Panthers Pepper Stadium 34-24 [35] Rapana (2), Vaughan (2), Fensom, E. Lee Croker (5/6)8,048
Sunday 1 August21 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 24-32 [36] Wighton, E. Lee, Soliola, Baptiste Croker (3/4)16,207 [37]
Monday 10 August22 West Tigers GIO Stadium 18-20 [38] Boyd (2), Croker Croker (3)8,704
Sunday 16 August23 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles GIO Stadium 24-26 Austin, Kennedy, Vaughan Croker (4)13,113 [39]
Sunday 23 August24 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium E. Lee 12-28 Croker, Williams Croker (2)8,762
Monday 31 August25 Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 34-18 [40] Baptiste, Croker, Fensom, Kennedy, Waqa, Williams Croker (5/6)6,717
Sunday 6 September26 Parramatta Eels Pirtek Stadium 28-24 [41] Croker (2), Hodgson, B. Lee, E. Lee Croker (4/5)10,515

Statistics

Source: [42]

Name App T G FG Pts
Blake Austin 2314--56
Kurt Baptiste 162--8
Mitchell Barnett 2---0
Luke Bateman 6---0
Shannon Boyd 205--20
Glen Buttriss 3---0
Mitch Cornish 71--4
Jarrod Croker 241294-236
Shaun Fensom 233--12
Jeremy Hawkins 41--4
Josh Hodgson 242--8
Jarrad Kennedy 234--16
Brenko Lee 21--4
Edrick Lee 2312--48
Joseph Leilua 6---0
Josh McCrone 4---0
Mark Nicholls 5---0
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala 241--4
Josh Papalii 248--32
Jordan Rapana 207--28
David Shillington 15---0
Iosia Soliola 194--16
Dane Tilse 6---0
Bill Tupou 1---0
Paul Vaughan 244--16
Sisa Waqa 216--24
Jack Wighton 207--28
Sam Williams 163-113

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