2025 Leeds Rhinos season

Leeds Rhinos 2025 season
2025 Super League season Rank	4th
Challenge Cup	Round 4
2025 record	Wins: 19; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scored	For: 610; against: 310
Team information
Club President	Gill Spencer
Head Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Cameron Smith Ash Handley
Stadium	Headingley Rugby Stadium
High attendance	16,863 Hull Kingston Rovers, 25 April [1]
Low attendance	14,234 Castleford Tigers, 2 March
Top scorers
Tries	Ryan Hall (10)
Goals	Jake Connor (72)
Points	Jake Connor (172)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2025 season is Leeds Rhinos' twenty-ninth consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. They are competing in the 2025 Super League season and competed in the 2025 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
26 December 2024; 11:00 [a]	Wakefield Trinity	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	18–16	Connor (2), Brown	Connor (2/2), J. Sinfield (1/1)	10,883	[2]
26 January; 15:00 [b]	Wigan Warriors	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	22–4	Handley, C. Smith, Hall, Newman	Connor (3/4)	5,055	[3]

Super League

Main article: 2025 Super League season

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Pos.	Report
15 February; 15:00	Round 1	Wakefield Trinity	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	L	12–14	Newman, Lisone	Connor (2/2)	15,374	Sky Sports +	11th	[4]
22 February; 15:00	Round 2	Salford Red Devils	A	Salford Community Stadium	W	32–6	Lumb (2), Gannon, Handley, Bentley, Hall	Connor (3/6 + 1 pen.)	5,798	Sky Sports +	6th	[5]
2 March; 15:00	Round 3	Castleford Tigers	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	38–24	Connor (2), Handley (2) Palasia, Hall, Lumb	Connor (5/7)	14,234	Sky Sports +	5th	[6]
8 March; 17:30 (GMT)	Round 4	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	0–11			8,125	Sky Sports +	6th	[7]
22 March; 17:30	Round 5	Wigan Warriors	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	12–10	Lumb, Sinfield	Connor (1/2 + 1 pen.)	15,966	Sky Sports Main Event	6th	[8]
28 March; 20:00	Round 6 [c]	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	14–16	Lumb, McDonnell, Hall	Connor (1/3)	10,523	Sky Sports Action	7th	[10]
10 April; 20:00	Round 7	Salford Red Devils	A	Salford Community Stadium	W	28–0	McDonnell (4), Miller	Miller (3/5 + 1 pen.)	4,159	Sky Sports Action	6th	[11]
18 April, 17:30	Round 8 (Rivals Round)	Huddersfield Giants	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	28–6	Miller, Watkins, Handley, Connor, Hall	Miller (4/5)	14,566	Sky Sports +	6th	[12]
25 April, 20:00	Round 9	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	L	14–20	Handley, Lumb	Miller (1/2 + 2 pen.)	16,863 [1]	Sky Sports Action	6th	[13]
3 May; 19:30	Round 10 (Magic Weekend)	St Helens	N	St James' Park	W	17–4	Lumb, Miller, Gannon	Miller (2/3) Drop-goals: Sinfield	31,294 [d]	Sky Sports Action	4th	[14]
16 May; 20:00	Round 11	Hull F.C.	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	18–16	McDonnell, Holroyd, Lumb, Hall	Miller (1/4)	15,602	Sky Sports +	4th	[15]
24 May; 14:30	Round 12	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	W	29–6	Newman (2), Croft, Hall, Lisone	Connor (4/5) Drop-goals: Connor	8,069 [16]	Sky Sports + BBC iPlayer	3rd	[17]
31 May; 16:30	Round 13	Wakefield Trinity	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	22–18	Newman, Connor, Lumb	Connor (3/3 + 2 pen.)		Sky Sports + BBC Two	3rd	[18]
14 June; 17:30	Round 14	Warrington Wolves	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	36–12	Smith (2), Croft, Holroyd, Connor, Gannon	Connor (4/6 + 1 pen.), Watkins (1/1)	14,306	Sky Sports +	3rd	[19]
20 June; 20:00	Round 15	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	4–18	Lumb	Connor (0/1)	11,179	Sky Sports +	4th	[20]
27 June; 20:00 [e]	Round 16	Leigh Leopards	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	48–30	Watkins (2), Newman (2), Miller, Smith, Holroyd, Olędzki	Connor (8/8)		Sky Sports Action	3rd	[22]
6 July; 15:00	Round 17	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	W	14–8	Lisone, Miller	Connor (4/6 + 1 pen.)		Sky Sports Action	3rd	[23]
11 July; 20:00 [e]	Round 18	St Helens	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	L	0–6			15,093	Sky Sports Main Event	5th	[24]
18 July; 20:00	Round 19	Salford Red Devils	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	42–6	Edgell (3), Miller, Newman, McDonnell, Jenkins	Connor (6/7 + 1 pen.)		Sky Sports +	4th	[25]
24 July; 20:00	Round 20	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	14–15	Lisone, O'Connor	Connor (1/1 + 1 pen.), Sinfield (1/1)	9,252	Sky Sports +	5th	[26]
7 August; 20:00	Round 21	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	22–14	Miller, Lisone, Bentley, Croft	Connor (3/4)		Sky Sports Action	4th	[27]
16 August; 15:00	Round 22	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle	W	64–6	Hall (2), Croft (2), Handley (2), Newman, Miller, Cassell, Bentley, Connor	Connor (9/10), Hankinson (1/1)		Sky Sports +	3rd	[28]
21 August; 20:00	Round 23	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	28–6	Connor, Cassell, Miller, Newman	Connor (4/4 + 2 pen.)	16,260	Sky Sports Action	4th	[29]
30 August; 15:00	Round 24	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium	W	34–0	Hall, Watkins, Connor, Gannon, Croft, McDonnell	Connor (5/6)		Sky Sports +	3rd	[30]
6 September; 17:30	Round 25	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	26–0	Newman, Gannon, Croft, Olędzki	Miller (3/4), Connor (2 pen.)		Sky Sports +	3rd	[31]
11 September; 20:00	Round 26	Catalans Dragons	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	L	8–16	Hall, Croft	Miller (0/2)		Sky Sports +	4th	[32]
19 September; 20:00	Round 27	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium	L	6–22	Hankinson	J. Sinfield (1/1)		Sky Sports Action	4th	[33]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull KR (L)	27	22	0	5	786	292	+494	44	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	27	21	0	6	794	333	+461	42
3	Leigh Leopards	27	19	1	7	619	452	+167	39	Advance to Eliminators
4	Leeds Rhinos	27	18	0	9	610	310	+300	36
5	St Helens	27	17	0	10	677	314	+363	34
6	Wakefield Trinity [A]	27	15	0	12	688	458	+230	30
7	Hull FC	27	13	1	13	539	461	+78	27
8	Warrington Wolves	27	10	0	17	480	641	−161	20
9	Catalans Dragons	27	10	0	17	425	652	−227	20
10	Huddersfield Giants	27	7	0	20	347	738	−391	14
11	Castleford Tigers	27	6	0	21	396	815	−419	12
12	Salford Red Devils [A]	27	3	0	24	234	1129	−895	4 [f]

Source:
(L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge
2. Ash Handley's testimonial match
3. 5,000th match of Super League rugby ^[9]
4. Attendance recorded across three fixtures.
5. Match played as part of a double bill following a Women's Super League match against the opponent's women's team. ^[21]
6. On 22 September 2025, Salford Red Devils were deducted two points breaching "a number of RFL operational rules" surrounding their team selection for their Round 1 fixture against St Helens on 15 February 2025. ^[35]

1. Salford forfeited their game against Wakefield. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 48–0 victory for Wakefield, and converse loss for Salford, with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams. ^[34]

Play-offs

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
27 September; 20:00	Eliminators	St Helens	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports Action

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2025 Challenge Cup

On 25 June 2024, the RFL announced a change to the Challenge Cup format, totalling 7 rounds compared to the previous 9, with Super League teams entering to play away from home at round 3. ^[36]

Leeds Rhinos were drawn on 14 January to play the Wests Warriors, who play in the Southern Conference League, in Round 3, following fixtures in Rounds 1 and 2 that eliminated the British Army and the Royal Navy rugby league teams from contention. ^[37] The fixture was originally set to be played away at Wests Warriors' Twyford Avenue Sports Ground venue in Acton, however both teams later agreed to swap the venue to the Headingley Rugby Stadium. ^[38]

Following their victory against the Wests Warriors, Leeds Rhinos were drawn on 15 February to play St Helens away at the Totally Wicked Stadium on 14 March. ^[39] Leeds were ultimately knocked out of the 2025 Challenge Cup by St Helens during the Round 4 fixture. ^[40]

Date and time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
8 February; 12:00	Round 3	Wests Warriors	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	92–0	Hall (3), Lisone (3), Sinfield (2), Gannon (2), Lumb, Connor, Smith, Frawley, Edgell, Holroyd	Connor (14/16)	1,310	Not televised	[41]
14 March; 20:00	Round 4	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	14–22	Handley, Newman	Connor (2/2 + 1 pen.)	7,531 [42]	The Sportsman	[40]

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Ryan Hall	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 Year	April 2024 [43]
Keenan Palasia	Gold Coast Titans	2 Years	October 2024 [44]
Cooper Jenkins	Norths Devils	2 Years	October 2024 [44]
Jake Connor	Huddersfield Giants	2 Years	October 2024 [45]
Maika Sivo	Parramatta Eels	2 Years	October 2024 [46]
Ethan Clark-Wood	Gold Coast Titans	1 Year	February 2025 [47]
Kallum Watkins	Salford Red Devils	End of season	April 2025 [48]
Chris Hankinson	Salford Red Devils	End of season	August 2025 [49]

Loans in

Player	Club	Loan period	Date
Joe Shorrocks	Salford Red Devils	End of season	August 2025 [50]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
James Donaldson	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2024 [51]
Rhyse Martin	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	August 2024 [52]
David Fusitu'a	TBC		September 2024 [53]
Corey Johnson	Sheffield Eagles	2 Years	November 2024 [54]
Justin Sangare	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	November 2024 [55]
Mickaël Goudemand	Racing Club Albi XIII	End of Super XIII season	November 2024 [56]
Kieran Hudson	York Knights	1 Year	December 2024 [57]
Leon Ruan	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	December 2024 [58]
Paul Momirovski	FC Lézignan XIII	End of Super XIII season	December 2024 [59]
Luis Roberts	Midlands Hurricanes	1 Year	February 2025 [60]

Loans out

Player	Club	Loan period	Date
Matt Frawley	Huddersfield Giants	Three weeks	June 2025 [61]
Ben Littlewood	Salford Red Devils	One week [a]	August 2025 [62]
Riley Lumb	Salford Red Devils	One week [a]	August 2025 [62]

Squad

Leeds Rhinos 2025 Squad

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First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Lachie Miller – FB, WG 2 Maika Sivo – WG 3 Harry Newman – CE 4 Ash Handley (c) – WG, CE 5 Ryan Hall – WG 6 Brodie Croft – SO, SH 8 Mikołaj Olędzki – PR 9 Andy Ackers – HK 10 Keenan Palasia – PR, LK, SR 11 James Bentley – SR, LF, HK 12 James McDonnell – CE, SR 13 Cameron Smith (c) – LF, SR		14 Jarrod O'Connor – LF, HK 15 Sam Lisone – PR 16 Morgan Gannon – SR, LF 17 Cooper Jenkins – PR, SR 18 Jake Connor – CE, FB, SO, SH 19 Tom Holroyd – PR 20 Jack Sinfield – SH, SO 21 Alfie Edgell – WG, FB 22 Tom Nicholson-Watton – PR 23 Riley Lumb – FB, WG 24 Ben Littlewood – SR 25 Ned McCormack – CE		26 Max Simpson – CE 27 Ethan Clark-Wood – CE, WG 28 Kallum Watkins – SR, CE 29 Presley Cassell – LF, PR 30 George Brown – SO, SH 31 Chris Hankinson – CE, WG 32 Joe Shorrocks – LF, SR Fergus McCormack – SH, SO Jack Smith – WG, CE, FB Toby Warren – SR				Head coach Brad Arthur Assistant coaches Jamie Langley Scott Grix Chev Walker Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) = suspended = injured (gk) = Goal kicker Updated: 1 January 2025 Source(s): Rhinos reveal squad numbers for 2025

Notes

1. By special dispensation of the RFL; minimum loan period is usually two weeks.

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