2015 St Helens RLFC season

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2015 St Helens RLFC season
Super League XX 4th
Play-off result Leeds Rhinos 20-13 St Helens
Challenge Cup Semi-Final
2015 record Wins: 19; Draws: 0; Losses: 11
Points scored For: 766; Against: 624
Team information
Chairman Eamonn McManus
Head coach Keiron Cunningham
Captain
Stadium Langtree Park
Avg. Attend. 12,364
High. Attend. 17,980 (vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, 22 February 2015)
Top scorers
Tries Adam Swift (17)
Goals Travis Burns (28)
Points Tom Makinson (112)
< 2014 List of seasons 2016 >

The 2015 St Helens RLFC season is the clubs 141st in their history; their 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 RLFC 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
  • (vc) Vice captain

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]

Pre Season

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 12px Widnes Vikings H Langtree Park L 16-20 Greenwood, Swift, Roby Makinson (1), Hewitt (2) 3,508 No [1]
25/01/15 Friendly 12px 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 Catalanscolours.svg Catalan 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 Redscolours.svg 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 colours.svgSouth Sydney H Langtree Park R Silverwood 0-39 20:00 17,980 Sky Sports [5]
27/02/15 Super League 3 Castleford colours.svg 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 12px 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 12px 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 12px 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 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 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 12px Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium P Bentham 12-4 McCarthy-Scarsbrook 15:00 24,054 Sky Sports [11]
06/04/15 Super League 9 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC H Langtree Park R Hicks 20-28 Makinson, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Turner Makinson (4) 20:00 11,088 [12]
12/04/15 Super League 10 12px 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 12px 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 12px 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 12px Wakefield 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 Catalanscolours.svg 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 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 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 12px 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 Redscolours.svg 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 12px 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 colours.svg 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 12px 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 12px 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 12px 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 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 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

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  • 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 16px Jonny Lomax Fullback 24 St Helens Academy 5 0 0 0 0
2 16px Thomas Makinson Winger 23 St Helens Academy 19 17 22 0 112
3 Jordan Turner Centre 26 Hull FC 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 KR 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 Wildcats 24 2 0 0 8
11 Atelea Vea Second Row 28 London Broncos 9 3 0 0 12
12 Captain sports.svg16px Jon Wilkin Second Row 32 Hull KR 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 16px 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

Captain sports.svg = Captain 16px = Injured 16px = 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.

Table as of 26 July 2015:

Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts For Pts Agst Pts Diff Points
1 File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 23 16 1 6 758 477 281 33
2 File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens 23 16 0 7 598 436 162 32
3 File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 23 15 1 7 589 413 176 31
4 File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 23 13 2 8 538 394 144 28
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 23 13 0 10 547 505 42 26
6 File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 23 12 0 11 552 456 96 24
7 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 23 11 0 12 452 484 (-32) 22
8 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 23 9 2 12 561 574 (-13) 20
9 File:Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 23 9 1 13 518 565 (-47) 19
10 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 23 9 0 14 534 646 (-112) 18
11 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 23 8 1 14 447 617 (-170) 17
12 File:Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 23 3 0 20 402 929 (-527) 6
  Teams qualifying for the Super League Super 8 Play offs
  Teams in position to join 4 championship sides in the Super League "Qualifiers" Super 8's.

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 teams points and carried over and after the 7 additional games, the top 4 teams will contest the play off 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.

Table as of 25th September 2015:

Position Club Played Won Drawn Lost Pts for Pts agst Points
1 File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (Q) 30 20 1 9 944 650 41
2 File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors (Q) 30 20 1 9 798 530 41
3 File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants (Q) 30 18 2 10 750 534 38
4 File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens (Q) 30 19 0 11 766 624 38
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers (U) 30 16 0 14 731 746 32
6 File:Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves (U) 30 15 0 15 714 636 30
7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (U) 29 12 2 15 711 746 26
8 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC (U) 29 12 0 17 596 688 24

(Q)= Qualified for playoffs (U)= Unable to qualify for Playoffs

  Team finishing top of the table, earning the League Leaders Shield
  Teams qualifying for the Super League 2015 Play off Semi Finals.
  Teams season is complete..


# Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referee Attendance
SEMI-FINALS
SF1 File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 0 – 0 File:Saintscolours.svg St Helens 2 October, 20:00 BST Headingley Carnegie Stadium
SF2 File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 0 – 0 File:Giantscolours.svg 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 File:Yorkcolours.svg 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 File:Widnes colours.svg 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 File:Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos N Halliwell Jones Stadium L 24-14 Percival (2), Savelio Walsh 20:00 11,107 BBC Sport

References

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