2015 Wests Tigers season

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2015 Wests Tigers season
NRL Rank15th
2015 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 487; against: 562
Team information
CEOGrant Meyer (until June) [1]
Phil Moss (June - September)
Justin Pascoe (current) [2]
Coach Jason Taylor
Captain
Avg. attendance11,709
High attendance20,121 (vs. Canterbury in round 4)
Top scorers
Tries Pat Richards and James Tedesco (17)
Goals Pat Richards (64) and 1 FG
Points Pat Richards (197)
<  2014 2016  >

The 2015 West Tigers season was the sixteenth season in the club's history. Coached by Jason Taylor and captained by Robbie Farah, they completed the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership in second last position.

Contents

Squad movement

Gains

PlayerSigned fromUntil end ofNotes
Kevin Naiqama Penrith Panthers 2016 [3]
Matthew Lodge Melbourne Storm 2017 [4]
John Sila Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs  ? [5]
Brenden Santi Parramatta Eels 2015 [6]
Josh Drinkwater London Broncos 2016 [7]

Losses

PlayerSigned toUntil end ofNotes
Adam Blair Brisbane Broncos 2017 [8]
Blake Austin Canberra Raiders 2017 [9]
Braith Anasta Retired- [10]
Liam Fulton Retired- [11]
Marika Koroibete Melbourne Storm 2018 [12]
Ben Murdoch-Masila Penrith Panthers 2015 [13]
Cory Paterson Retired- [14]
Jarred Farlow Lézignan Sangliers  ?
James Gavet Brisbane Broncos 2016 [15]
Bodene Thompson New Zealand Warriors 2017 [16]
Jy Hitchcox Featherstone Rovers 2016 [17]

Re-signings

PlayerUntil end ofNotes
James Tedesco 2017 [18]
Aaron Woods [19]
Curtis Sironen [20]
David Nofoaluma [21]
Ava Seumanufagai 2015 [22]
Sitaleki Akauola 2016 [22]
Manaia Cherrington [23]
Asipeli Fine 2017 [24]
Dallas Graham [24]
Delouise Hoeter 2016 [23]

Ladder

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

Fixtures

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 Tigers feature in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the New Zealand Warriors, Gold Coast Titans, Canberra Raiders and Sydney Roosters

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
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 3102485682
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 31024673272
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateTime (Local)RoundOpponentScoreTriesGoals
Saturday 31 January11:20am1 Canberra Raiders 16-10 [25] Kyle Lovett (2), Jack Buchanan Pat Richards (2/3)
3:15pm2 Gold Coast Titans 26-0 [26] Asipeli Fine, Manaia Cherrington, Josh Drinkwater, Tim Simona Pat Richards (2/4)
Sunday 1 February9:50am3 New Zealand Warriors 8-22 [27] Chris Lawrence, Manaia Cherrington
12:45pm4 Sydney Roosters 4-22 [28] Kevin Naiqama

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentStadiumScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday 7 March1 Titans Cbus Super 19-18 [29] P. Richards (2), James Tedesco P. Richards (3/4) (1 FG)14,319 [30]
Monday 16 March2 Dragons Campbelltown 22-4 [31] P. Richards (2), Kevin Naiqama, James Tedesco P. Richards (3/4)11,834
Sunday 22 March3 Rabbitohs ANZ 6-20 [32] Robbie Farah Pat Richards (1)23,211
Friday 27 March4 Bulldogs 24-25 [33] J. Tedesco (2), Kyle Lovett, Luke Brooks M. Moses (4)20,121
Monday 6 April5 Eels ANZ 22-6 [34] Kevin Naiqama, James Tedesco, Pat Richards, Luke Brooks P. Richards (3/5)35,510
Saturday 11 April6 Warriors Mt Smart 22-32 [35] T. Simona (2), James Tedesco, Pat Richards P. Richards (3/4)13,781
Sunday 19 April7 Raiders Leichhardt Oval 22-30 [36] Tim Simona, Keith Galloway, Luke Brooks, Pat Richards P Richards (3/4)13,198
Friday 24 April8 Bulldogs ANZ 38-14 [37] J. Tedesco (2), L. Brooks (2), Kevin Naiqama, Pat Richards P. Richards (7/9)18,521 [38]
Friday 8 May9 Roosters Allianz Stadium 4-36 [39] Dene Halatau 14,366
Sunday 17 May10 Knights Hunter 12-22 [40] Dene Halatau, Luke Brooks P. Richards (2)15,573 [41]
Saturday 23 May11 Cowboys Campbelltown 0-8 [42] 8,267
12BYE
Friday 5 June13 Titans Leichhardt Oval 20-27 [43] C. Lawrence (2), James Tedesco P. Richards (4)7,103
Friday 12 June14 Rabbitohs ANZ 34-6 [44] J. Tedesco (2), M. Taupau (2), Luke Brooks, David Nofoaluma P. Richards (5/6)15,118 [45]
Friday 19 June15 Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 20-30 [46] M. Moses (2), Pat Richards, Kevin Naiqama P. Richards (2/4)8,093
Sunday 28 June16 Panthers Leichhardt Oval 12-35 [47] Chris Lawrence, Kevin Naiqama P. Richards (2)14,234
Monday 6 July17 Eels ANZ 16-28 [48] K. Naiqama (2), Pat Richards P. Richards (2/4)15,347
18BYE
Sunday 19 July19 Broncos Suncorp 16-42 [49] Ava Seumanufagai, Manaia Cherrington, Mitchell Moses P. Richards (2/3)37,260
Friday 24 July20 Roosters ANZ 8-33 [50] James Tedesco, Pat Richards 10,186
Friday 31 July21 Storm Leichhardt Oval 34-16 [51] J. Tedesco (2), Dene Halatau, Kevin Naiqama, Pat Richards, David Nofoaluma P. Richards (5/6)7,419
Monday 10 August22 Raiders GIO 20-18 [52] Sauaso Sue, James Tedesco, Pat Richards, Luke Brooks P. Richards (2/4)8,704
Saturday 15 August23 Knights Campbelltown 18-24 [53] David Nofoaluma, Pat Richards, James Tedesco P. Richards (3/4)10,963 [54]
Saturday 22 August24 Sharks Remondis 18-40 [55] Tim Simona, Martin Taupau, Curtis Sironen P. Richards (3)15,738
Sunday 30 August25 Warriors Campbelltown 50-16 [56] D. Nofoaluma (2), K. Naiqama (2), Robbie Farah, Luke Brooks, Dene Halatau, Tim Simona, Martin Taupau, Pat Richards P. Richards (7/9)6,711
Saturday 5 September26 Dragons ANZ 30-32 [57] P. Richards (2), Luke Brooks, Aaron Woods, James Tedesco, David Nofoaluma P. Richards (3/6)17,685

Player statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Luke Brooks 23100040
Jack Buchanan 120000
Manaia Cherrington 111004
Josh Drinkwater 10000
Robbie Farah 172008
Keith Galloway 221004
Dene Halatau 2240016
Delouise Hoeter 70000
Chris Lawrence 1930012
Lamar Liolevave 10000
Matthew Lodge 80000
Kyle Lovett 211004
Nathan Milone 30000
Mitchell Moses 2435022
Kevin Naiqama 2490036
David Nofoaluma 1060024
Pat Richards 2317641197
Brenden Santi 100000
Ava Seumanufagi 231004
Tim Simona 2050020
Curtis Sironen 191004
Sauaso Sue 231004
Martin Taupau 2140016
James Tedesco 24170068
Aaron Woods 201004

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