2015 St Helens RLFC season

2015 St Helens RLFC season
Super League XX Rank4th
Play-off resultLeeds Rhinos 20-13 St. Helens
Challenge CupSemi-final
2015 recordWins: 19; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 766; against: 624
Team information
ChairmanEamonn McManus
Head coachKeiron Cunningham
Captain
StadiumLangtree Park
Avg. attendance12,364
High attendance17,980 (vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, 22 February 2015)
Top scorers
TriesAdam Swift (17)
GoalsTravis Burns (28)
PointsTom Makinson (112)
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The 2015 St Helens R.F.C. season is the club's 141st in its history; its 120th in rugby league. The Saints entered the season as defending champions after winning the Super League XIX title against Wigan Warriors 14-6 at Old Trafford after also winning the minor-premiership by topping the Super League ladder. Following the departure of previous head coach Nathan Brown, Saints entered the season with a new coach, former Saints player Keiron Cunningham

Saints began the defence of their title by playing the Catalans Dragons at Langtree Park which they won.[1] In February Saints played the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the World Club Challenge which they lost 35-0.

2015 transfers in/out

In

Player Previous Club Contract Date Signed
Tonga Atelea Vea London Broncos 2 Years July 2014
Australia Travis Burns Hull Kingston Rovers 3 Years September 2014
England Matthew Haggarty Dewsbury Rams 3 Years February 2015
Republic of Ireland Shannon McDonnell Wests Tigers 2 Years April 2015
Australia Adam Quinlan St. George Illawarra Dragons 6 Months July 2015

Out

Player Signed for Contract Announced
New Zealand Sia Soliola Canberra Raiders 2 Years August 2014
Australia Anthony Laffranchi Retired N/A August 2014
England Paul Clough Bradford Bulls 2 Years September 2014
England Carl Forster Salford Red Devils 1 Year September 2014
Tonga Willie Manu Retired N/A October 2014
England James Tilley Rochdale Hornets 1 Year October 2014
England Gary Wheeler Warrington Wolves 1 Year October 2014
England Richard Beaumont Leigh Centurions 1 Year October 2014
England Connor Dwyer Swinton Lions 2 Years November 2014
England Jordan Hand Whitehaven 1 Year Loan December 2014
Republic of Ireland Shannon McDonnell Wests Tigers 1 Year January 2015
England Alex Clare Released N/A January 2015
England Matthew Haggarty Dewsbury Rams Loan Feb 2015
New Zealand Lance Hohaia Retired N/A April 2015
England Paul Wellens Retired N/A June 2015

2015 squad

2015 St Helens Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 12 July 2015
Source(s): 2015 Squad Numbers

Other staff

Technical staff

Name Job title
Wales Keiron Cunningham Head coach
England Sean Long Assistant coach
New Zealand Jamahl Lolesi Assistant coach
England Matt Daniels Head of strength and conditioning, head trainer
England Ade Gardner Assistant strength and conditioning coach
England Joey Hayes, England Nathan Mill and England Adam Rowland Physiotherapists
England Craig Richards RL Coach Development Officer
England Steve Leonard Merseyside RL Development Manager
England Derek Traynor ASSE Manager & Under 19's Coach
England Ian Harris Training steward
England Alan Clarke and England Stan Wall Kit manager
England Neil Kilshaw Player Performance Manager
England Paul Johnson Club Chaplain
England Derek Jones Masseur
Wales Kel Coslett Gameday manager
England Simon Perritt Club doctor
England Ian Talbot Lead Community Rugby League Coach

[2]

Boardroom staff

Name Job title
England Eamonn McManus Chairman
England Mike Rush Chief executive officer
England Colin Whitehead Accounts
England Dave Hutchinson Head of Sales & Marketing
England Paul Sculthorpe Business development manager
England Steve Law Merchandising manager
England Mike Appleton Media manager
England Mark Onion Marketing manager
England Christine Hesketh Ticket Office manager
England Peter Speakman Lottery Operations
England Helen Emanuel Hospitality manager
England Gordon Pennington Saints Community Development Foundation
England Bill Harris Ground Safety

[3]

Preseason

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

Saints played two pre-season games to warm up for their title-defence. Both games were played at Langtree Park with the first match against Widnes Vikings ending in a 16-20 defeat and the second, against rivals Wigan Warriors ending in a 28-12 victory.

Date Competition Vs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att TV Report
18/01/15 Friendly Widnes Vikings H Langtree Park L 16-20 Greenwood, Swift, Roby Makinson (1), Hewitt (2) 3,508 No [1]
25/01/15 Friendly Wigan Warriors H Langtree Park W 28-12 Greenwood (2), Swift, Vea, Makinson Makinson (4) 6,888 No [2]

Super League XX & World Club Series Fixtures/results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vs H/A Venue Ref Score Tries Goals KO Att TV Report
06/02/15 Super League 1 Catalans Dragons H Langtree Park P Bentham 18-7 Vea, Turner, Savelio, Makinson Makinson 20:00 12,008 Sky Sports [3]
12/02/15 Super League 2 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium B Taylor 6-52 Percival (2), Turner (2), Greenwood (2), Thompson, Makinson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Savelio Percival (6) 20:00 4,975 Sky Sports [4]
22/02/15 World Club Series - South Sydney H Langtree Park R Silverwood 0-39 20:00 17,980 Sky Sports [5]
27/02/15 Super League 3 Castleford Tigers H Langtree Park R Silverwood 21-14 Swift, Makinson, Jones, Percival Percival (2), Wilkin (DG) 20:00 10,066 Sky Sports [6]
06/03/15 Super League 4 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue R Hicks 16-20 Wellens, Greenwood, Turner Percival, Makinson (3) 20:00 9,676 Sky Sports [7]
13/03/15 Super League 5 Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium R Hicks 20-30 Hohaia (2), Vea, Thompson, Turner Burns (5) 20:00 7,772 [8]
19/03/15 Super League 6 Warrington Wolves H Langtree Park B Thaler 32-24 Greenwood, Wilkin, Swift, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Makinson Burns (6) 20:00 12,618 Sky Sports [9]
27/03/15 Super League 7 Hull Kingston Rovers A KC Lightstream Stadium J Child 24-22 Wilkin, Makinson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Turner Burns (3) 20:00 7,311 Sky Sports

[10]

03/04/15 Super League 8 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium P Bentham 12-4 McCarthy-Scarsbrook 15:00 24,054 Sky Sports [11]
06/04/15 Super League 9 Hull F.C. H Langtree Park R Hicks 20-28 Makinson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Turner Makinson (4) 20:00 11,088 [12]
12/04/15 Super League 10 Huddersfield Giants A John Smith's Stadium J Child 8-11 Turner Burns (3), Walsh (DG) 15:00 5,825 [13]
17/04/15 Super League 11 Leeds Rhinos H Langtree Park B Thaler 16-41 Makinson, Turner (2) Burns (2) 20:00 12,640 Sky Sports

[14]

24/04/15 Super League 12 Widnes Vikings H Langtree Park P Bentham 34-16 Walsh, Burns, Walmsley, Fleming, Makinson, Percival Burns (5) 20:00 11,271

[15]

01/05/15 Super League 13 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Langtree Park C Leatherbarrow 44-4 Walsh (2), Charnock (2), Makinson (2), Turner, Swift, Masoe Burns (4) 20:00 10,001

[16]

09/05/15 Super League 14 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus J Child 33-26 Swift (4), McDonnell Walsh (3) 17:00 8,886 Sky Sports

[17]

22/05/15 Super League 15 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium M Thomason 10-17 McDonnell, Makinson Makinson (2), Charnock (2), Turner (DG) 20:00 10,320

[18]

31/05/15 Super League 16 Warrington Wolves N St James' Park R Silverwood 20-16 McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Swift, Wilkin Makinson (4) 15:15 26,970 Sky Sports

[19]

05/06/15 Super League 17 Salford Red Devils H Langtree Park B Thaler 32-12 Makinson (2), Swift, Turner, McDonnell Makinson (6) 20:00 11,664

[20]

12/06/15 Super League 18 Wigan Warriors H Langtree Park R Silverwood 30-14 Swift, Turner, Burns, McDonnell, Wilkin Percival (5) 20:00 15,500 Sky Sports

[21]

18/06/15 Super League 19 Castleford Tigers A The Jungle R Silverwood 25-24 Walsh, Walmsley, Greenwood, McDonnell Percival (4) 20:00 6,086 Sky Sports

[22]

03/07/15 Super League 20 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium R Silverwood 46-18 Jones, Turner, Amor Percival (3) 20:00 18,514 Sky Sports

[23]

10/07/15 Super League 21 Huddersfield Giants H Langtree Park B Thaler 35-34 Quinlan (3), Percival (2), Greenwood Walsh (5+DG) 20:00 11,164 Sky Sports

[24]

16/07/15 Super League 22 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium J Child 14-20 Roby, Masoe, Turner Walsh (4) 20:00 11,618 Sky Sports [25]
25/07/15 Super League 23 Hull Kingston Rovers H Langtree Park R Hicks 52-12 Greenwood (2), Burns, Dawson, Vea, Quinlan, Flanagan, Swift (2) Walsh (8) 20:00 10,781 Sky Sports [26]

2015 squad statistics

Further information: St Helens R.F.C.
  • Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 24 July 2015.
No Player Position Age Previous Club Apps Tries Goals DG Points
1 Jonny Lomax Fullback 24 St Helens Academy 5 0 0 0 0
2 Thomas Makinson Winger 23 St Helens Academy 19 17 22 0 112
3 Jordan Turner Centre 26 Hull F.C. 23 15 0 1 61
4 Josh Jones Centre 21 St Helens Academy 21 2 0 0 8
5 Adam Swift Wing 21 St Helens Academy 26 16 0 0 64
6 Travis Burns Stand off 31 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 3 28 0 68
7 Luke Walsh Scrum half 27 Penrith Panthers 11 4 16 2 50
8 Mose Masoe Prop 25 Penrith Panthers 26 2 0 0 8
9 James Roby Hooker 29 St Helens Academy 22 1 0 0 4
10 Kyle Amor Prop 27 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 24 2 0 0 8
11 Atelea Vea Second row 28 London Broncos 9 3 0 0 12
12 (c) Jon Wilkin Second row 32 Hull Kingston Rovers 20 4 0 1 17
13 Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook Loose forward 29 London Broncos 24 6 0 0 24
14 Alex Walmsley Prop 24 Batley Bulldogs 25 2 0 0 8
15 Mark Flanagan Second row 27 Wests Tigers 21 2 0 0 8
16 Lance Hohaia Scrum half 31 New Zealand Warriors 8 2 0 0 8
17 Mark Percival Centre 20 St Helens Academy 17 9 27 0 90
18 Luke Thompson Prop 19 St Helens Academy 17 2 0 0 8
19 Greg Richards Prop 20 St Helens Academy 22 0 0 0 0
20 Paul Wellens Fullback 35 St Helens Academy 4 1 0 0 4
21 Joe Greenwood Prop 21 St Helens Academy 14 8 0 0 32
22 Matty Dawson Wing 24 Huddersfield Giants 13 2 0 0 8
23 Jordan Hand Second row 21 St Helens Academy 0 0 0 0 0
24 Andre Savelio Prop 20 St Helens Academy 21 2 0 0 8
26 Lewis Charnock Stand off 20 St Helens Academy 4 2 5 0 18
27 Dave Hewitt Stand off 20 St Helens Academy 0 0 0 0 0
28 Jack Ashworth Second row 20 St Helens Academy 1 0 0 0 0
29 Olly Davies Second row 20 St Helens Academy 1 0 0 0 0
30 Matty Fleming Centre 20 St Helens Academy 6 1 0 0 4
31 Matty Fozard Hooker 20 St Helens Academy 0 0 0 0 0
32 Matthew Haggarty 20 St Helens Academy 0 0 0 0 0
33 Ricky Bailey 20 St Helens Academy 1 0 0 0 0
34 Shannon McDonnell Fullback 27 Wests Tigers 8 5 0 0 20
35 Morgan Knowles 20 St Helens Academy 1 0 0 0 0
36 Danny Richardson 20 St Helens Academy 0 0 0 0 0
37 Adam Quinlan Fullback 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 4 0 0 16

= Injured = Suspended

Standings

Regular season

The 2015 Super League season will see teams play every other team twice each, once home and once away, whilst playing one team for a third time at the Magic Weekend, which is a bonus round. After 23 games the league table is frozen and the teams are split up into 2 of the 3 "Super 8's". Teams finishing in the top 8 will go on to contest "Super League" and will all retain a place in the 2016 competition, as they go on to play 7 more games each, as they compete for a place in the Grand Final. Teams finishing in the bottom four (9-12) will be put alongside the top 4 teams from the 2015 Championship, in "The Qualifiers" Super 8 group. Where these teams will reset their season standings to 0 and also play 7 extra games each, as they attempt to earn a place in the 2016 Super League competition.


Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leeds Rhinos 23 16 1 6 758 477 +281 33 Super League Super 8s
2 St Helens 23 16 0 7 598 436 +162 32
3 Wigan Warriors 23 15 1 7 589 413 +176 31
4 Huddersfield Giants 23 13 2 8 538 394 +144 28
5 Castleford Tigers 23 13 0 10 547 505 +42 26
6 Warrington Wolves 23 12 0 11 552 456 +96 24
7 Hull F.C. 23 11 0 12 452 484 −32 22
8 Catalans Dragons 23 9 2 12 561 574 −13 20
9 Widnes Vikings 23 9 1 13 518 565 −47 19 The Qualifiers
10 Hull Kingston Rovers 23 9 0 14 534 646 −112 18
11 Salford City Reds 23 8 1 14 447 617 −170 17
12 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 3 0 20 402 929 −527 6
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8's

  • Super League

The Super League Super 8's sees the top 8 teams from the Super League play 7 games each. Each team's points are carried over and after the 7 additional games, the top 4 teams will contest the playoff semi finals with the team in 1st hosting the team in 4th, and the team finishing 2nd hosting the 3rd placed team; the winners of these semi finals will contest the Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford. Teams finishing 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th after the 7 additional games will take no further part in the 2015 season and will play in Super League again in 2016.


Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Leeds Rhinos (L, C) 30 20 1 9 944 650 +294 41 Semi-finals
2 Wigan Warriors 30 20 1 9 798 530 +268 41
3 Huddersfield Giants 30 18 2 10 750 534 +216 38
4 St Helens 30 19 0 11 766 624 +142 38
5 Castleford Tigers 30 16 0 14 731 746 −15 32
6 Warrington Wolves 30 15 0 15 714 636 +78 30
7 Catalans Dragons 30 13 2 15 739 770 −31 28
8 Hull F.C. 30 12 0 18 620 716 −96 24
Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and time(Local) Venue Referee Attendance
Semi-finals
SF1 Leeds Rhinos 0 – 0 St. Helens 2 October, 20:00 BST Headingley Carnegie Stadium
SF2 Wigan Warriors 0 – 0 Huddersfield Giants 1 October, 20:00 BST DW Stadium
GRAND FINAL
F Winner SF1 0 – 0 Winner SF2 10 October, 18:00 BST Old Trafford, Manchester

2015 Tetley's Challenge Cup Fixtures\Results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
Date Competition Rnd Vs H/A Venue R Score Tries Goals KO Att TV Report
15/05/2015 Challenge Cup Round 6 York City Knights H Langtree Park W 46-6 Swift (3), Makinson (4), Percival, Flanagan Makinson (3), Charnock (2) 20:00 3,271 N/A [27]
28/06/2015 Challenge Cup Quarter-final Widnes Vikings H Langtree Park W 36-20 Swift, Percival (2), Dawson, Amor, Turner Percival (6) 16:00 8,806 BBC Sport [28]
31/07/2015 Challenge Cup Semi-final Leeds Rhinos N Halliwell Jones Stadium L 24-14 Percival (2), Savelio Walsh 20:00 11,107 BBC Sport

References

  1. ^ "Super League: St Helens 18-7 Catalans Dragons". BBC.co.uk. BBC Sport. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Team Coaching and Staff | Welcome to the Official Website of St. Helens R.F.C." Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Who's Who". saintsrlfc.com. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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