2025 Leeds Rhinos season

Leeds Rhinos 2025 season
2025 Super League season Rank	5th
2025 record	Wins: 3; draws: 0; losses: 2
Points scored	For: 82; against: 55
Team information
Club President	Gill Spencer
Head Coach	Brad Arthur
Captain	Cameron Smith Ash Handley
Stadium	Headingley Rugby Stadium
High attendance	15,324 Wakefield Trinity, 15 February
Low attendance	14,234 Castleford Tigers, 2 March
Top scorers
Tries	Ash Handley (3)
Goals	Jake Connor (11)
Points	Jake Connor (24)
Home 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 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	[1]
26 January; 15:00 [b]	Wigan Warriors	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium	W	22–4	Handley, C. Smith, Hall, Newman	Connor (3/4)	5,055	[2]

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	[3]
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	[4]
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	[5]
8 March; 17:30 (GMT)	Round 4	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	0–11			8,125	Sky Sports +		[6]
22 March; 17:30	Round 5	Wigan Warriors	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
28 March; 20:00	Round 6	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
10 April; 20:00	Round 7	Salford Red Devils	A	Salford Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports
18 April, 17:30	Round 8 (Rivals Round)	Huddersfield Giants	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports +
25 April, 20:00	Round 9	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
3 May; 19:30	Round 10 (Magic Weekend)	St Helens	N	St James' Park		–				Sky Sports
16 May; 20:00	Round 11	Hull F.C.	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
14 May; 14:30	Round 12	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle		–				Sky Sports BBC Sport Super League+
31 May; 14:30	Round 13	Wakefield Trinity	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports BBC Sport Super League+
14 June; 17:30	Round 14	Warrington Wolves	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
20 June; 20:00	Round 15	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium		–				Sky Sports
27 June; 20:00 [c]	Round 16	Leigh Leopards	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium		–				Sky Sports
6 July; 15:00	Round 17	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park		–				Sky Sports
11 July; 20:00 [c]	Round 18	St Helens	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
18 July; 20:00	Round 19	Salford Red Devils	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
24 July; 20:00	Round 20	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue		–				Sky Sports
7 August; 20:00	Round 21	Leigh Leopards	A	Leigh Sports Village		–				Sky Sports
16 August; 15:00	Round 22	Castleford Tigers	A	The Jungle		–				Sky Sports
21 August; 20:00	Round 23	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
30 August; 15:00	Round 24	Hull F.C.	A	MKM Stadium		–				Sky Sports
6 September; 17:30	Round 25	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium		–				Sky Sports
11 September; 20:00	Round 26	Catalans Dragons	H	Headingley Rugby Stadium		–				Sky Sports
19 September; 20:00	Round 27	Wigan Warriors	A	Brick Community Stadium		–				Sky Sports

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull KR	4	4	0	0	95	40	+55	8	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Leigh Leopards	4	3	1	0	81	38	+43	7
3	St Helens	4	3	0	1	164	32	+132	6	Advance to Eliminators
4	Hull FC	4	2	1	1	61	82	−21	5
5	Wigan Warriors	3	2	0	1	94	29	+65	4
6	Leeds Rhinos	4	2	0	2	82	55	+27	4
7	Warrington Wolves	3	2	0	1	62	72	−10	4
8	Wakefield Trinity	3	1	0	2	32	52	−20	2
9	Catalans Dragons	4	1	0	3	33	76	−43	2
10	Castleford Tigers	4	1	0	3	70	117	−47	2
11	Huddersfield Giants	3	0	0	3	32	55	−23	0
12	Salford Red Devils	4	0	0	4	20	178	−158	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2025. Source:

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. ^[8]

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. ^[9] 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. ^[10]

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. ^[11]

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	[12]
14 March; 20:00	Round 4	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium		–				The Sportsman

Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Ryan Hall	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 Year	April 2024 [13]
Keenan Palasia	Gold Coast Titans	2 Years	October 2024 [14]
Cooper Jenkins	Norths Devils	2 Years	October 2024 [14]
Jake Connor	Huddersfield Giants	2 Years	October 2024 [15]
Maika Sivo	Parramatta Eels	2 Years	October 2024 [16]
Ethan Clark-Wood	Gold Coast Titans	1 Year	February 2025 [17]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
James Donaldson	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	August 2024 [18]
Rhyse Martin	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	August 2024 [19]
David Fusitu'a	TBC		September 2024 [20]
Corey Johnson	Sheffield Eagles	2 Years	November 2024 [21]
Justin Sangare	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	November 2024 [22]
Mickaël Goudemand	Racing Club Albi XIII	End of Super XIII season	November 2024 [23]
Kieran Hudson	York Knights	1 Year	December 2024 [24]
Leon Ruan	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	December 2024 [25]
Paul Momirovski	FC Lézignan XIII	End of Super XIII season	December 2024 [26]
Luis Roberts	Midlands Hurricanes	1 Year	February 2025 [27]

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 7 Matt Frawley – SH, SO, HK 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 – WG, FB 24 Ben Littlewood – SR, PR 25 Ned McCormack – CE 26 Max Simpson – CE Ethan Clark-Wood – CE, WG Jack Smith – CE 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. Wetherby Whaler Festive Challenge
2. Ash Handley's testimonial match
3. Match will be played as part of a double bill following a Women's Super League match against the opponent's women's team. ^[7]

References

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