2015 Wests Tigers season

2015 Wests Tigers season
NRL Rank	15th
2015 record	Wins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scored	For: 487; against: 562
Team information
CEO	Grant Meyer (until June) [1] Phil Moss (June - September) Justin Pascoe (current) [2]
Coach	Jason Taylor
Captain	Robbie Farah
Avg. attendance	11,709
High attendance	20,121 (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)
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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.

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed from	Until end of	Notes
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

Player	Signed to	Until end of	Notes
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

Player	Until end of	Notes
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

2015 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines

Main article: 2015 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wests Tigers	3	2	0	1	50	32	+18	4
2	New Zealand Warriors	3	2	0	1	58	41	+17	4
3	Gold Coast Titans	3	1	0	2	48	56	−8	2
4	Canberra Raiders	3	1	0	2	46	73	−27	2

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Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday 31 January	11:20am	1	Canberra Raiders	16-10 [25]	Kyle Lovett (2), Jack Buchanan	Pat Richards (2/3)
	3:15pm	2	Gold Coast Titans	26-0 [26]	Asipeli Fine, Manaia Cherrington, Josh Drinkwater, Tim Simona	Pat Richards (2/4)
Sunday 1 February	9:50am	3	New Zealand Warriors	8-22 [27]	Chris Lawrence, Manaia Cherrington
	12:45pm	4	Sydney Roosters	4-22 [28]	Kevin Naiqama

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday 7 March	1	Titans	Cbus Super	19-18 [29]	P. Richards (2), James Tedesco	P. Richards (3/4) (1 FG)	14,319 [30]
Monday 16 March	2	Dragons	Campbelltown	22-4 [31]	P. Richards (2), Kevin Naiqama, James Tedesco	P. Richards (3/4)	11,834
Sunday 22 March	3	Rabbitohs	ANZ	6-20 [32]	Robbie Farah	Pat Richards (1)	23,211
Friday 27 March	4	Bulldogs		24-25 [33]	J. Tedesco (2), Kyle Lovett, Luke Brooks	M. Moses (4)	20,121
Monday 6 April	5	Eels	ANZ	22-6 [34]	Kevin Naiqama, James Tedesco, Pat Richards, Luke Brooks	P. Richards (3/5)	35,510
Saturday 11 April	6	Warriors	Mt Smart	22-32 [35]	T. Simona (2), James Tedesco, Pat Richards	P. Richards (3/4)	13,781
Sunday 19 April	7	Raiders	Leichhardt Oval	22-30 [36]	Tim Simona, Keith Galloway, Luke Brooks, Pat Richards	P Richards (3/4)	13,198
Friday 24 April	8	Bulldogs	ANZ	38-14 [37]	J. Tedesco (2), L. Brooks (2), Kevin Naiqama, Pat Richards	P. Richards (7/9)	18,521 [38]
Friday 8 May	9	Roosters	Allianz Stadium	4-36 [39]	Dene Halatau		14,366
Sunday 17 May	10	Knights	Hunter	12-22 [40]	Dene Halatau, Luke Brooks	P. Richards (2)	15,573 [41]
Saturday 23 May	11	Cowboys	Campbelltown	0-8 [42]			8,267
	12	BYE
Friday 5 June	13	Titans	Leichhardt Oval	20-27 [43]	C. Lawrence (2), James Tedesco	P. Richards (4)	7,103
Friday 12 June	14	Rabbitohs	ANZ	34-6 [44]	J. Tedesco (2), M. Taupau (2), Luke Brooks, David Nofoaluma	P. Richards (5/6)	15,118 [45]
Friday 19 June	15	Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval	20-30 [46]	M. Moses (2), Pat Richards, Kevin Naiqama	P. Richards (2/4)	8,093
Sunday 28 June	16	Panthers	Leichhardt Oval	12-35 [47]	Chris Lawrence, Kevin Naiqama	P. Richards (2)	14,234
Monday 6 July	17	Eels	ANZ	16-28 [48]	K. Naiqama (2), Pat Richards	P. Richards (2/4)	15,347
	18	BYE
Sunday 19 July	19	Broncos	Suncorp	16-42 [49]	Ava Seumanufagai, Manaia Cherrington, Mitchell Moses	P. Richards (2/3)	37,260
Friday 24 July	20	Roosters	ANZ	8-33 [50]	James Tedesco, Pat Richards		10,186
Friday 31 July	21	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 August	22	Raiders	GIO	20-18 [52]	Sauaso Sue, James Tedesco, Pat Richards, Luke Brooks	P. Richards (2/4)	8,704
Saturday 15 August	23	Knights	Campbelltown	18-24 [53]	David Nofoaluma, Pat Richards, James Tedesco	P. Richards (3/4)	10,963 [54]
Saturday 22 August	24	Sharks	Remondis	18-40 [55]	Tim Simona, Martin Taupau, Curtis Sironen	P. Richards (3)	15,738
Sunday 30 August	25	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 September	26	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	23	10	0	0	40
Jack Buchanan	12	0	0	0	0
Manaia Cherrington	11	1	0	0	4
Josh Drinkwater	1	0	0	0	0
Robbie Farah	17	2	0	0	8
Keith Galloway	22	1	0	0	4
Dene Halatau	22	4	0	0	16
Delouise Hoeter	7	0	0	0	0
Chris Lawrence	19	3	0	0	12
Lamar Liolevave	1	0	0	0	0
Matthew Lodge	8	0	0	0	0
Kyle Lovett	21	1	0	0	4
Nathan Milone	3	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Moses	24	3	5	0	22
Kevin Naiqama	24	9	0	0	36
David Nofoaluma	10	6	0	0	24
Pat Richards	23	17	64	1	197
Brenden Santi	10	0	0	0	0
Ava Seumanufagi	23	1	0	0	4
Tim Simona	20	5	0	0	20
Curtis Sironen	19	1	0	0	4
Sauaso Sue	23	1	0	0	4
Martin Taupau	21	4	0	0	16
James Tedesco	24	17	0	0	68
Aaron Woods	20	1	0	0	4

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