2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultElimination Final
2015 recordWins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 465; against: 467
Team information
CEOShane Richardson
Head CoachMichael Maguire
Captain
StadiumANZ Stadium
Top scorers
TriesAlex Johnston (17)
GoalsAdam Reynolds (53)
PointsAdam Reynolds (111)
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The 2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs season is the 106th in the club's history. Coached by Michael Maguire and captained by Greg Inglis, they are competing in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

Season summary[edit]

Squad List[edit]

South Sydney Rabbitohs Squad 2015
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Kurt Wrigley (assistant)
  • Wayne Collins (assistant)
  • Troy Thomson (high performance manager)
  • Sean Edwards (strength and conditioning)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker
  • Did not play a first Grade game for Souths in 2015

Updated: 15 August 2015
Source(s): Rabbitohs Squad


Awards[edit]

Year George Piggins Medal Jack Rayner Players' Player Award Bob McCarthy Clubman of the Year Award John Sattler Rookie of the year Award Burrow Appreciation Award Roy Asotasi Members Choice Tooheys New Fan Player of the Year NYC Best and Fairest Award NYC Players' Player of the Year Award
2015 Greg Inglis Greg Inglis Ben Lowe Chris Grevsmuhl Jason Clark Bryson Goodwin Alex Johnston Cheyne Whitelaw Cheyne Whitelaw

Squad Positions[edit]

Round Fullback Winger 1 Centre 1 Centre 2 Winger 2 Five Eight Halfback Prop 1 Hooker Prop 2 Second Row 1 Second Row 2 Lock Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 Bench 4
1 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart Sutton Lowe Grevsmuhl Clark McQueen T. Burgess
2 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart Sutton McQueen Lowe Grevsmuhl Clark T. Burgess
3 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart Grant McQueen Grevsmuhl Clark T. Burgess McInnes
4 Inglis Johnston Millard Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart McQueen Grant McInnes Grevsmuhl T. Burgess Lowe
5 Inglis Johnston Millard Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart McQueen Clark Grant Lowe Grevsmuhl T. Burgess
6 Inglis Johnston Millard Goodwin Reddy Stewart Keary G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Grevsmuhl McQueen Clark Lowe Grant T. Burgess Brown
7 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Reddy McInnes Keary G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart McQueen Clark Brown Grant T. Burgess Grevsmuhl
8 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Reddy Gray Keary G. Burgess Luke T. Burgess Stewart McQueen Grevsmuhl McInnes Tyrrell Clark Grant
9 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds G. Burgess McInnes Tyrrell Sutton McQueen Lowe Luke Grevsmuhl T. Burgess Grant
10 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Sutton Keary G. Burgess McInnes Tyrrell Grevsmuhl McQueen Lowe Luke Brown T. Burgess Grant
11 Johnston Reddy Walker Goodwin Gray Sutton Keary G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Lowe McQueen Clark McInnes Brown Grant T. Burgess
12 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Sutton Keary T. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Brown McQueen Clark McInnes Grant G. Burgess Grevsmuhl
13 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Sutton Keary T. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Brown McQueen Lowe Clark Grevsmuhl Grant G. Burgess
14 Johnston Olive Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds T. Burgess McInnes Tyrrell Sutton McQueen Lowe Clark Grevsmuhl Brown G. Burgess
16 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Grant McQueen Sutton Lowe Stewart Grevsmuhl Tyrrell T. Burgess
17 Johnston Reddy Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart Sutton McQueen Lowe Grevsmuhl T. Burgess Clark
19 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds G. Burgess McInnes Grant Stewart Sutton McQueen Tyrrell Lowe Grevsmuhl T. Burgess
20 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Grant Stewart Sutton McQueen Lowe Grevsmuhl Tyrrell T. Burgess
21 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Grant Stewart Sutton McQueen Turner Grevsmuhl Tyrrell T. Burgess
22 Inglis Johnston Walker Goodwin Gray Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Grant Stewart Sutton McQueen Grevsmuhl Tyrrell T. Burgess Clark
23 Inglis Johnston Walker Auva'a Goodwin Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Turner Sutton McQueen Clark Grant T. Burgess Carter
24 Inglis Johnston Walker Auva'a Goodwin Sutton Reynolds G. Burgess McInnes Tyrrell Turner Clark McQueen Carter Stewart Grant T. Burgess
25 Walker Johnston Auva'a Goodwin Reddy Keary Reynolds G. Burgess Luke Tyrrell Stewart Sutton Turner Clark Grevsmuhl Grant T. Burgess
26 Johnston Reddy Walker Auva'a Goodwin Keary Reynolds G. Burgess McInnes T. Burgess Stewart McQueen Turner Clark Grevsmuhl Grant Carter
FW1 Inglis Johnston Walker Auva'a Goodwin Keary Reynolds T. Burgess McInnes Tyrrell Grevsmuhl McQueen Turner Clark Carter Stewart Grant

Squad Movement[edit]

Gains[edit]

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Paul Carter Gold Coast Titans 2016 Due to being sacked from the Titans [1][2]
Michael Oldfield Catalans Dragons 2016 [3]
Sam Burgess Bath Rugby 2018 [4]
Damien Cook Canterbury Bulldogs 2017 [5]

Losses[edit]

Player 2015 Club Notes
Isaac Luke New Zealand Warriors
Ben Lowe Retirement [6]
Chris McQueen Gold Coast Titans [7]
Glenn Stewart Catalans Dragons [8]
Dylan Walker Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles [9] Walker was originally released by souths before signing with Manly.

Re-signings[edit]

Player Club Until End of Notes
Thomas Burgess South Sydney Rabbitohs
2016
Alex Johnston South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017
Luke Keary South Sydney Rabbitohs
2016
Cameron McInnes South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017
Adam Reynolds South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017
David Tyrrell South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017
Aaron Gray South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017
Bryson Goodwin South Sydney Rabbitohs
2017

2015 Tops[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Rank Appearances (/25) Player Notes
=1 25 Tom Burgess
=1 25 Bryson Goodwin
=1 25 Alex Johnston

Try Scores[edit]

Rank Tries Player Notes
1 17 Alex Johnston
2 13 Dylan Walker
3 8 Greg Inglis
4 7 Aaron Gray
=5 6 Bryson Goodwin
=5 6 Chris Grevsmuhl

Goal Kickers[edit]

Rank Goals Kicked Player Notes
1 53 Adam Reynolds
2 19 Issac Luke
3 2 Bryson Goodwin

Field Goal Kickers[edit]

Rank Goals Kicked Player Notes
1 1 Adam Reynolds

Point Scores[edit]

Rank Points Player Notes
1 111 Adam Reynolds 1t, 53g, 1fg
2 68 Alex Johnston 17t
3 52 Dylan Walker 13t
4 50 Isaac Luke 3t,19g
5 32 Greg Inglis 8t

Ladder[edit]

2015 NRL season
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[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

In 2015, the Rabbitohs again competed in three pre-season trial matches.

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Attendance Report
Sat 9 Feb Return to Redfern Papua New Guinea ATP Performance Centre, Redfern 38–12 5,000 [1]
Sat 16 Feb Coffs Harbour Trial Newcastle Knights BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour 12–18 4,000 [2]
Fri 22 Feb Charity Shield St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium, Sydney 28–12 20,675 [3]
Legend:   Win   13+ Win   Loss   13+ Loss   Draw

NRL Auckland Nines[edit]

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 Jan and 1 Feb at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Rabbitohs won the competition beating the Sharks in the grand final.

Regular season[edit]

Win Lose Draw
Green Red Yellow
Round Vs Score (Souths points first) Lineup and player stats Tries Goals Field Goals Notes
1 Brisbane Broncos 36–6 [10] *Adam Reynolds (8/8) – Dylan Walker scored the first try of the 2015 NRL season

Souths Debut Game

NRL Team of the week[11]

2 Sydney Roosters 34–26 [12] *Adam Reynolds (5/6) –

NRL Team of the week [13]

3 West Tigers 20–6 [14] *Adam Reynolds (2/4) –

Souths Debut Game

NRL Team of the week

4 Parramatta Eels 16–29 [15] *Adam Reynolds (2/3) –

Souths Debut Game

5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18–17 [17] –

NRL team of the Week[18]

6 North Queensland Cowboys 12–30 [19] –

Souths Debut Game

7 Cronulla Sharks 10–18 [20] –
8 Canberra Raiders 22–30 [21] –

Souths Debut Game

NRL team of the Week

9 St George Illawarra Dragons 16–10 [23] –

NRL team of the Week

10 Melbourne Storm 12–16 [25] –
11 Parramatta Eels 14–12 [26] –

NRL team of the Week [27]

100th First Grade Game (all for Souths)

12 Gold Coast Titans '22–16 [29] –

NRL team of the Week [30]

13 New Zealand Warriors '36–6 –

NRL team of the Week [31]

50th South Sydney Rabbitohs Games

14 West Tigers 6–34 –

South Sydney Rabbitohs First Grade Debuts

150th NRL Grade Game (all for souths including NYC and NRL)

15 BYE
16 Manly Sea Eagles 20–8 –

NRL team of the Week [34]

17 Penrith Panthers 6–20 –

Finals 2015[edit]

13 September
4:10pm
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 28–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs
[35]
Allianz Stadium
Attendance:
Man of the Match:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Ashley Klein

Player statistics[edit]

Player Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Total Points
Kirisome Auva'a 5 0 0 0 0
Nathan Brown 7 0 0 0 0
George Burgess 24 1 0 0 4
Tom Burgess 25 2 0 0 8
Paul Carter 4 0 0 0 0
Jason Clark 18 2 0 0 8
Bryson Goodwin 25 6 2 0 28
Tim Grant 21 1 0 0 4
Aaron Gray 12 7 0 0 28
Chris Grevsmuhl 22 6 0 0 24
Greg Inglis (c) 20 7 0 0 28
Alex Johnston 25 17 0 0 68
Luke Keary 24 4 0 0 16
Ben Lowe 14 0 0 0 0
Issac Luke 20 3 19 0 46
Sam Manuleleua 0 0 0 0 0
Sione Masima 0 0 0 0 0
Cameron McInnes 13 1 0 0 4
Chris McQueen 24 2 0 0 8
Daryl Millard 3 0 0 0 0
Ed Murphy 0 0 0 0 0
John Olive 1 0 0 0 0
Joel Reddy 13 4 0 0 16
Adam Reynolds 18 1 53 1 111
Scott Sorensen 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Stewart 18 0 0 0 0
John Sutton 17 2 0 0 8
Setefano Taukafa 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Turner 6 0 0 0 0
David Tyrrell 24 2 0 0 8
Cody Walker 0 0 0 0 0
Dylan Walker 22 13 0 0 52
Total (Players) 32 70 – (280pts) 62 – (124pts) 1 – (1pt) 405

Representative Honours[edit]

Name All Stars ANZAC Test Pacific Test City / Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Kiwis Tour Prime Ministers XIII
Jason Clark – – – City [36] – – – –
Chris Grevsmuhl Indigenous All Stars – – – – – – –
Greg Inglis Indigenous All Stars [37] Australia [38] – – Queensland Queensland Queensland –
Alex Johnston Indigenous All Stars [37] Australia [38] – – – – – Winger [39]
Isaac Luke – New Zealand [40] – – – – –
Chris McQueen – – – – – – – Second Row [39]
Daryl Millard – – Fiji [41] – – – –
Adam Reynolds – – – – – – – Halfback [39]
Kyle Turner Indigenous All Stars [37] – – – – – – –
Dylan Walker NRL All Stars [37] – – – – – – –
Named on Team but did not play either due to injury or not selected in the final 17
Alex Johnston – – – – – 18th Man –
Luke Keary – – – City (Injured) [42] – – – –
David Tyrell – – – – – – – 18th Man [39]
Dylan Walker – – – City (Injured) [42] – 18th Man – –

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