2020 Leeds Rhinos season

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2020 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League Rank5
Challenge Cup Winners
2020 recordWins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 307; against: 278
Team information
Chairman Flag of England.svg Paul Caddick
Head Coach Flag of England.svg Richard Agar
Captain
Stadium Headingley
Leeds, United Kingdom
Avg. attendance13,706
Agg. attendance54,824
High attendance19,500 (v Hullcolours.svg Hull FC)
Low attendance0
Top scorers
Tries Flag of England.svg Ash Handley (12)
Goals Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Rhyse Martin (40)
Points Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Rhys Martin (84)
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Contents

2020 Squad

Leeds Rhinos 2020 Squad
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

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

Updated: 6 December 2019
Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

Table

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPPPtsPCTQualification [lower-alpha 1]
1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (L)171304408278146.82676.47Semi-finals
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens (C)171205469195240.52470.59
3 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves [upper-alpha 1] 171205365204178.92470.59Elimination semi-finals
4 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 13805376259145.21661.54
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 17100736939094.62058.82
6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 1790840543692.91852.94
7 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants [upper-alpha 2] 18701131836786.61438.89
8 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 16601032837986.51237.50
9 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils [upper-alpha 3] 18801035446975.51644.44
10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 18501332450364.41027.78
11 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 17301429052655.1617.65
Source: [ citation needed ]
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 TimeRndVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
18 September, 20:15QF HKRcolours.svg Hull KR N Totally Wicked Stadium W48–18Seumanufagai, Handley, L.Briscoe, Newman, Leeming (2), T.Briscoe, MartinMartin (8)—
3 October, 14:30SF Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors N Totally Wicked Stadium W26–12Martin, Handley (2), T. BriscoeMartin (5)—
17 October, 15:00F Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils N Wembley Stadium W17–16T. Briscoe, Handley (2)Martin (2), Gale DG—

Regular season

Date and TimeRndHomeScoreAwayVenueTriesGoalsAttendance
2 February, 19:451 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 4-30 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC Headingley Handley19,500
9 February, 15:00 [lower-alpha 1] 2 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants P-P Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos John Smiths Stadium
14 February, 19:453 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 52-10 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR Headingley Newman (2), Smith (2), Walker, Handley, Hurrell, Donaldson, MylerGale (8)11,057
22 February, 14:004 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 8-22 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos AJ Bell Stadium Gale, L. Briscoe, Oledzki, WalkerGale (3)4,757
28 February, 19:455 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 36-0 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Headingley Walker, Myler, Dwyer, Hurrell, Seumanufagai, HandleyMartin (6)12,124
5 March, 19:456 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 66-12 New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack Headingley Dwyer, Myler, Gale 2, Lui 2, Handley, Smith, Oledzki, Cuthbertson, HurrellMartin (11)12,143
14 March 17:00 [lower-alpha 2] 7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons P-P Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Stade Gilbert Brutus
20 March, 19:458 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos P-P Saintscolours.svg St Helens Headingley
26 March, 19:459 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers P-P Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Mend-A-Hose Jungle
9 April, 19:4510 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Headingley
17 May, 19:4511 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos DW Stadium
24 April, 19:4512 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Halliwell Jones Stadium
28 April, 19:452 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos John Smiths Stadium
1 May, 19:4513 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils Headingley
15 May, 19:4514 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Giantscolours.svg 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

playerClubContractDate
Ava Seumanufagai Cronulla Sharks 2 1/2 YearsApril 2019 [6]
Rhyse Martin Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 1/2 yearsJune 2019 [7]
Robert Lui Salford Red Devils 2 yearsJune 2019 [8]
Alex Mellor Huddersfield Giants 3 yearsJune 2019 [9]
Luke Gale Castleford Tigers 3 yearsJune 2019 [10]
Kruise Leeming Huddersfield Giants 2 yearsNovember 2019 [11]
Matt Prior Cronulla Sharks 2 yearsNovember 2019 [12]

Losses

playerClubContractDate
Kallum Watkins Gold Coast Titans 2 1/2 YearsJune 2019 [14]
Tui Lolohea Salford Red Devils 2 yearsJune 2019 [8]
Shaun Lunt ReleasedN/AN/A
Jamie Jones-Buchanan RetiredN/AN/A
Ashton Golding Huddersfield Giants 3 yearsOctober 2019 [15]
Matt Parcell Hull Kingston Rovers 1 yearOctober 2019 [16]
Sam Moorhouse Dewsbury Rams 1 yearOctober 2019 [17]
Nathaniel Peteru ReleasedN/AN/A
Brett Ferres Featherstone Rovers 1 yearNovember 2019 [18]
Brad Singleton Toronto Wolfpack N/ANovember 2019 [19]
Owen Trout Huddersfield Giants 4 yearsNovember 2019 [20]
Trent Merrin St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 YearsNovember 2019 [12]
Dan Waite-Pullan Bradford Bulls 1 yearJanuary 2020

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  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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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  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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