2013 Leeds Rhinos season

2013 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League XVIII Rank3rd
Play-off resultSemi-final
Challenge Cup5th round
2013 recordWins: 21; draws: 1; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 773; against: 577
Team information
ChairmanPaul Caddick
Head CoachBrian McDermott
Captain
StadiumHeadingley Stadium
Top scorers
TriesKallum Watkins - 20
GoalsKevin Sinfield - 106
PointsKevin Sinfield - 230
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This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2013 season. This was the 18th season of the Super League era. The Rhinos enter the 2013 season as champions after defeating Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the 2012 Super League Grand Final.

Pre season friendlies

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Rhinos score is first.

Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Report
26/12/2012 Pre Season Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium W 40-26 Vickery (2), Singleton (2), Watson, Chisholm, Foster, Moon McShane 4/6, Sutcliffe 0/2 9,347 Report
20/1/2013 Pre Season Bradford Bulls H Headingley Stadium D 24-24 Vickery (2), Burrow, Hall, McGuire Sinfield 2/5 6,106 Report
27/1/2013 Pre Season Hunslet Hawks A South Leeds Stadium W 10-6 Watson, Sunley Morgan 1/2 742 Report

Player appearances

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  • Friendly Games Only
FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand Off SH=Scrum half P=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row LF=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 1 2 3
1 Zak Hardaker x FB x
2 Ben Jones-Bishop
3 Kallum Watkins x C x
4 Joel Moon C C x
5 Ryan Hall x W x
6 Danny McGuire SO SH x
7 Rob Burrow x H x
8 Kylie Leuluai x x x
9 Paul McShane SH B x
10 Jamie Peacock x P x
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan x SR x
12 Carl Ablett x L x
13 Kevin Sinfield x SO x
14 Stevie Ward L
15 Brett Delaney x SR x
16 Ryan Bailey P B x
17 Ian Kirke SR P x
18 Chris Clarkson x B x
19 Mitch Achurch SR B B
20 Darrell Griffin x B x
21 Richard Moore P
22 Jimmy Keinhorst C x C
23 Brad Singleton P x x
24 Liam Hood H x H
25 Joe Vickery W W x

= Injured

= Suspended

Table

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Super League XVIII
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Huddersfield Giants (L) 27 21 0 6 851 507 +344 42 Play-offs
2 Warrington Wolves 27 20 1 6 836 461 +375 41
3 Leeds Rhinos 27 18 1 8 712 507 +205 37
4 Wigan Warriors (C) 27 17 1 9 816 460 +356 35
5 St. Helens 27 15 1 11 678 536 +142 31
6 Hull F.C. 27 13 2 12 652 563 +89 28
7 Catalans Dragons 27 13 2 12 619 604 +15 28
8 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 13 0 14 642 760 −118 26
9 Bradford Bulls 27 10 2 15 640 658 −18 22
10 Widnes Vikings 27 10 2 15 695 841 −146 22
11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 10 1 16 660 749 −89 21
12 Castleford Tigers 27 9 2 16 702 881 −179 20
13 London Broncos 27 5 2 20 487 946 −459 12
14 Salford City Reds 27 6 1 20 436 953 −517 11[a]
Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Salford deducted 2 points on 14 June 2013 for fielding 14 players during home game against Castleford[1]

World Club Challenge

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Date Competition Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
22/2/13 WCC Storm H Headingley Stadium L 14-18 Hall, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield 3/3 20,400 Sky Sports Report
2013 World Club Challenge Teams
Leeds Rhinos positions Melbourne Storm
3. Kallum Watkins Fullback 1. Billy Slater
25. Joe Vickery Winger 2. Sisa Waqa
12. Carl Ablett Centre 3. Will Chambers
4. Joel Moon Centre 4. Justin O'Neill
5. Ryan Hall Winger 5. Mahe Fonua
13. Kevin Sinfield Stand off 6. Gareth Widdop
6. Danny McGuire Scrum half 7. Cooper Cronk
8. Kylie Leuluai Prop 8. Jesse Bromwich
7. Rob Burrow Hooker 9. Cameron Smith
10. Jamie Peacock Prop 10. Bryan Norrie
15. Brett Delaney 2nd Row 11. Tohu Harris
14. Stevie Ward 2nd Row 12. Ryan Hoffman
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan Loose forward 13. Ryan Hinchcliffe
9. Paul McShane Interchange 14. Jason Ryles
17. Ian Kirke Interchange 15. Siosaia Vave
18. Chris Clarkson Interchange 16. Junior Moors
19. Mitch Achurch Interchange 17. Lagi Setu
Brian McDermott Coach Craig Bellamy

2013 fixtures and results

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2013 Engage Super League

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att Live on TV Report
1/2/13 Super League XVIII 1 Hull FC H Headingley Stadium W 36-6 Sinfield, Moon, Peacock, Clarkson, McGuire, Hall Sinfield 6/6 15,297 Sky Sports Report
10/2/13 Super League XVIII 2 Tigers A The Jungle L 12-14 McGuire, Hall Sinfield 2/2 9,103 - Report
15/2/13 Super League XVIII 3 Salford City Reds H Headingley Stadium W 42-14 Ward, Moon (2), Watkins, McShane (2), Sinfield Sinfield 7/7 12,558 - Report
1/3/13 Super League XVIII 5 Saints A Langtree Park W 20-12 Hall (2), Leuluai Sinfield 4/5 12,228 Sky Sports Report
8/3/13 Super League XVIII 6 Giants H Headingley Stadium L 8-32 McShane Sinfield 2/2 15,013 - Report
15/3/13 Super League XVIII 7 Warriors H Headingley Stadium W 18-14 Hall, Moon, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield 3/3 15,524 Sky Sports Report
28/3/13 Super League XVIII 9 Bulls H Headingley Stadium D 18-18 Watkins, Achurch, Peacock Sinfield 3/3 16,604 Sky Sports Report
1/4/13 Super League XVIII 10 Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 27-12 Moon, McShane, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield 7/7, Sinfield 1 DG 9,465 Sky Sports Report
6/4/13 Super League XVIII 11 Wolves H Headingley Stadium W 28-22 McGuire, Hall (2), Watkins, McShane Sinfield 4/7 15,059 Sky Sports Report
12/4/13 Super League XVIII 12 Broncos H Headingley Stadium W 30-6 Moon (2), Hardaker, McGuire, Watkins Sinfield 5/6 12,855 - Report
28/4/13 Super League XVIII 13 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park W 44-10 Hall, Delaney, Hardaker, Achurch, Moon, Watkins (2), Kirke Sinfield 6/8 8,122 - Match Report
3/5/13 Super League XVIII 14 Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 42-22 Watkins, Achurch, Ablett (2), McGuire, Bailey, Hardaker Sinfield 7/7 12,016 Sky Sports Report
20/5/13 Super League XVIII 15 Saints H Headingley Stadium L 22-30 Watkins, Moon, Burrow, Bailey Sinfield 3/4 15,998 Sky Sports Report
26/5/13 Magic Weekend 16 Warriors N Etihad Stadium L 16-20 Sinfield, Watkins, Vickery Sinfield 2/4 31,249 Sky Sports Report
31/5/13 Super League XVIII 17 Hull FC A KC Stadium L 6-18 Delaney Sinfield 1/1 11,901 Sky Sports Match Report
7/6/13 Super League XVIII 18 Tigers H Headingley Stadium W 42-24 Minns, Keinhorst (3), Hardaker, Kirke, Moon Sinfield 7/8 17,035 - Report
17/6/13 Super League XVIII 4 Vikings H Headingley Stadium W 38-28 Burrow (2), Jones-Bishop, Jones-Buchanan, Hall (2), Sutcliffe Hardaker 5/7 12,782 Sky Sports Report
23/6/13 Super League XVIII 19 Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 18-40 Sutcliffe (2), Jones-Bishop Hardaker 3/3 7,756 - Report
30/6/13 Super League XVIII 20 Vikings A Stobart Stadium W 52-36 Moon (2), Sutcliffe (2), Burrow (2), Hall, Hardaker, Jones-Bishop, Watkins Hardaker 6/10 6,230 - Report
5/7/13 Super League XVIII 21 Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-19 Hall (2), Sutcliffe, Hardaker Hardaker 1/4 11,281 Sky Sports Report
19/7/13 Super League XVIII 22 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium W 20-18 Jones-Bishop (2), Moon, Hall Burrow 2/4 18,387 - Report
26/7/13 Super League XVIII 8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue W 31-24 Duckworth, Jones-Bishop, Moon, Ablett, Burrow Sinfield 5/5, Sinfield 1 DG 10,031 - Report
1/8/13 Super League XVIII 23 Broncos A Twickenham Stoop W 30-12 Peacock, Jones-Bishop, Foster, McShane (2) Sinfield 5/5 2,377 Sky Sports Match Report
9/8/13 Super League XVIII 24 Salford City Reds A City of Salford Stadium W 42-16 Watkins (2), Hardaker, Burrow, Ablett, Jones-Bishop, Minchella Sinfield 7/7 3,235 - Report
16/8/13 Super League XVIII 25 Hull Kingston Rovers H Headingley Stadium L 12-16 Watkins (2) Sinfield 2/2 14,868 Sky Sports Report
30/8/13 Super League XVIII 26 Dragons H Headingley Stadium W 20-12 Hall, Achurch, McGuire Sinfield 4/4 15,576 - Report
6/9/13 Super League XVIII 27 Warriors A DW Stadium W 20-6 Jones-Bishop, Ablett, Moon, Watkins Sinfield 2/4 14,982 Sky Sports Report

Player appearances

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  • Super League Only
FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand-off SH=Scrum half PR=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4 19 20 21 22 8 23 24 25 26 27
1 Zak Hardaker FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB C FB FB C FB FB
2 Ben Jones-Bishop W W W W W FB W W FB W W
3 Kallum Watkins C C C FB FB FB FB FB W W W W C C C C C C C C C C C
4 Joel Moon C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C
5 Ryan Hall W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
6 Danny McGuire SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH
7 Rob Burrow H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH x H
8 Kylie Leuluai x P P P P P P P P P P P P P B P P P B P
9 Paul McShane B B B B B x x B B B B B x B B H H H H H H x B H H
10 Jamie Peacock P P x P B P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan SR SR P L L SR SR SR L L L L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
12 Carl Ablett L L L C C C C C C C C C SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR
13 Kevin Sinfield SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO H H SO SO H SO
14 Stevie Ward x x SR SR B B B L SR SR SR
15 Brett Delaney SR SR x SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR B L L B
16 Ryan Bailey P P L x L P B P P P L L
17 Ian Kirke B B B B P B B B B B B B B B B P B B B P B B B B B B
18 Chris Clarkson B B SR B SR x x x B B B B L SR L SR B SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR x
19 Mitch Achurch B B B x x B B B SR SR B SR B B B B B B B x B B
20 Darrell Griffin x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
21 Richard Moore x x B B B B B B B x x x B x x x B P P P B B B L B x x
22 Jimmy Keinhorst x W W x x x x x x x x x x x x C C C B B B x x W x x x
23 Brad Singleton x x x x x x x x B B x x x B B B L L L L L P x x B P L
24 Liam Hood x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
25 Joe Vickery W W W W W W x W W W x x x x
26 Liam Sutcliffe x x x x x x x x x x x x B L B B SO SO SO SO SO SO SO C L SO B
27 Thomas Minns x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W B C x x x x x x x x x
28 Jordan Baldwinson x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x x x x x x
30 Alex Foster x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B B B B B B x
31 Elliott Minchella x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B x x x
32 James Duckworth x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W x x W x x

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

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LEGEND
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Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
19/4/13 Cup 4th Tigers H Headingley Stadium W 28-12 Watkins, Burrow, Clarkson, McGuire (2) Sinfield 4/5 8,130 - Report
11/5/13 Cup 5th Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 8-24 Watkins (2) Sinfield 0/2 11,389 BBC Sport Report

Player appearances

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  • Challenge Cup Games only
FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand Off SH=Scrum half P=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player 4 5
1 Zak Hardaker FB FB
2 Ben Jones-Bishop
3 Kallum Watkins W W
4 Joel Moon C C
5 Ryan Hall W W
6 Danny McGuire SO SO
7 Rob Burrow H H
8 Kylie Leuluai P P
9 Paul McShane B B
10 Jamie Peacock P P
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan L L
12 Carl Ablett C C
13 Kevin Sinfield SH SH
14 Stevie Ward SR
15 Brett Delaney SR SR
16 Ryan Bailey B
17 Ian Kirke B B
18 Chris Clarkson B B
19 Mitch Achurch B SR
20 Darrell Griffin x x
21 Richard Moore x x
22 Jimmy Keinhorst x x
23 Brad Singleton x x
24 Liam Hood x x
25 Joe Vickery x x

Playoffs

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Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
14/9/13 Play-offs QPO Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 20-40 Watkins, Sinfield, Hardaker (2) Sinfield 2/4 8,695 Sky Sports Report
20/9/13 Play-offs PSF Saints H Headingley Stadium W 11-10 Watkins, Moon Sinfield 1/2, McGuire 1 DG 12,189 Sky Sports Report
27/9/13 Play-offs SF Warriors A DW Stadium L 12-24 Moon, Sutcliffe Sinfield 2/2 14,600 Sky Sports Report

Player appearances

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  • Play Off Games only
FB=Fullback C=Centre W=Winger SO=Stand Off SH=Scrum half P=Prop H=Hooker SR=Second Row L=Loose forward B=Bench
No Player QPO PSF SF
1 Zak Hardaker FB FB FB
2 Ben Jones-Bishop W W W
3 Kallum Watkins C C C
4 Joel Moon C C C
5 Ryan Hall W W W
6 Danny McGuire SO SO SO
7 Rob Burrow H H H
8 Kylie Leuluai P P P
9 Paul McShane x x x
10 Jamie Peacock P P P
11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan SR SR SR
12 Carl Ablett SR SR SR
13 Kevin Sinfield SO SO SO
14 Stevie Ward x x x
15 Brett Delaney B L x
16 Ryan Bailey L B L
17 Ian Kirke B B B
18 Chris Clarkson x x B
19 Mitch Achurch x B B
20 Darrell Griffin x x x
21 Richard Moore x x x
22 Jimmy Keinhorst x x x
23 Brad Singleton B x x
24 Liam Hood x x x
25 Joe Vickery x x x
26 Liam Sutcliffe B B B
27 Thomas Minns x x x
28 Jordan Baldwinson x x x
30 Alex Foster x x x
31 Elliot Minchella x x x
32 James Duckworth x x x

2013 squad statistics

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Further information: Leeds Rhinos
  • Appearances and points include Super League, Challenge Cup, Play Offs and WCC as of 28 September 2013.
No Nat Player Position Age Previous Club Until End Of Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 England Zak Hardaker Fullback 21 Featherstone Rovers 2013 27 9 15 0 66
2 England Ben Jones-Bishop Wing 24 Leeds Rhinos 2013 14 9 0 0 36
3 England Kallum Watkins Centre 21 Leeds Rhinos 2013 29 20 0 0 80
4 Australia Joel Moon Centre 24 Salford City Reds 2013 30 17 0 0 68
5 England Ryan Hall Wing 25 Leeds Rhinos 2013 32 16 0 0 64
6 England Danny McGuire Stand off 30 Leeds Rhinos 2013 23 8 0 1 33
7 England Rob Burrow Scrum half 30 Leeds Rhinos 2013 32 8 2 0 36
8 New Zealand Kylie Leuluai Prop 34 Manly Sea Eagles 2013 25 1 0 0 4
9 England Paul McShane Hooker 23 Leeds Rhinos 2013 24 7 0 0 28
10 England Jamie Peacock Prop 35 Bradford Bulls 2013 29 3 0 0 12
11 England Jamie Jones-Buchanan Second row 31 Leeds Rhinos 2013 25 4 0 0 16
12 England Carl Ablett Second row 26 Leeds Rhinos 2013 28 5 0 0 20
13 England Kevin Sinfield Loose forward 32 Leeds Rhinos 2013 28 4 106 2 230
14 England Stevie Ward Scrum half 19 Leeds Rhinos 2013 11 1 0 0 4
15 Australia Brett Delaney Prop 27 Gold Coast Titans 2013 21 2 0 0 8
16 England Ryan Bailey Prop 29 Leeds Rhinos 2013 15 2 0 0 8
17 England Ian Kirke Second row 31 Dewsbury Rams 2013 32 2 0 0 8
18 England Chris Clarkson Loose forward 22 Leeds Rhinos 2013 26 2 0 0 8
19 Australia Mitch Achurch Prop 24 Penrith Panthers 2013 24 4 0 0 16
20 England Darrell Griffin Prop 31 Huddersfield Giants 2013 0 0 0 0 0
21 England Richard Moore Prop 32 Crusaders 2013 17 0 0 0 0
22 Germany Jimmy Keinhorst Centre 23 Leeds Rhinos 2013 9 3 0 0 12
23 England Brad Singleton Prop 20 Leeds Rhinos 2013 15 0 0 0 0
24 England Liam Hood Hooker N/A Leeds Rhinos 2013 0 0 0 0 0
25 Australia Joe Vickery Wing 23 Gold Coast Titans 2013 10 1 0 0 4
26 England Liam Sutcliffe Scrum half 18 Leeds Rhinos 2013 18 7 0 0 28
27 England Thomas Minns Wing 18 Leeds Rhinos 2013 3 1 0 0 4
28 England Jordan Baldwinson Loose forward 18 Leeds Rhinos 2013 2 0 0 0 0
30 England Alex Foster Second row 18 Leeds Rhinos 2013 8 1 0 0 4
31 England Elliott Minchella Loose forward 17 Leeds Rhinos 2013 1 1 0 0 4
32 England James Duckworth Wing 18 Leeds Rhinos 2013 2 1 0 0 4

= Injured = Suspended

Out of contract 2013

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Players out of contract in 2013:

2013 transfers in/out

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In

Name Position Signed from Date
Australia Mitch Achurch Prop Penrith Panthers August 2012
England Liam McAvoy Prop Bradford Bulls November 2012
Australia Joel Moon Centre Salford City Reds November 2012
Australia Joe Vickery Centre Gold Coast Titans December 2012

Out

Name Position Club Signed Date
England Jay Pitts Second row Hull F.C. March 2012
England Lee Smith Wing Wakefield Trinity Wildcats July 2012
England Luke Ambler Second row Halifax July 2012
New Zealand Brent Webb Fullback Catalans Dragons September 2012
New Zealand Weller Hauraki Second row Castleford Tigers September 2012
England Kyle Amor Prop Wakefield Trinity Wildcats September 2012
England

References

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  1. ^ "Salford City Reds deducted two points for fielding 14 players". BBC Sport. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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