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2019 Leeds Rhinos season
2019 Leeds Rhinos season
Super League Rank	9th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	6th Round (lost to Bradford Bulls 22–24)
2019 record	Wins: 13; draws: 0; losses: 18
Points scored	For: 650; against: 644
Team information
CEO	Gary Hetherington
Head Coach	David Furner → Richard Agar (interim)
Captain	Kallum Watkins;
Stadium	Emerald Headingley Stadium
Avg. attendance	12,158 (Not including home matches away from Headingley)
Agg. attendance	182,375 (Not including home matches away from Headingley)
High attendance	14,085 (vs Warrington Wolves Round 29) Not including home matches away from Headingley
Low attendance	4,197 (vs Workington Town Challenge Cup R5) Not including home matches away from Headingley
Top scorers
Tries	Ash Handley (22)
Goals	Liam Sutcliffe (52)
Points	Liam Sutcliffe (128)

The 2019 Leeds Rhinos season was the club's 24th season within the Super League. It was the coach's David Furner first season at the club but following 5 wins and 11 losses, including a Challenge Cup elimination his contract was terminated and he was replaced by assistant coach Richard Agar for the interim.^[1] Kallum Watkins was the club captain for the second consecutive year.

Super League

Win Draw Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
Sat 2 Feb 17:15	1	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	6-26	S. Ward	T. Lolohea (1)	13,098	Report
Fri 8 Feb 19:45	2	Wigan Warriors	A	JJB Stadium	16-34	B. Ferres, A. Handley, K. Watkins	T. Lolohea (2)	11,032	Report
Sun 17 Feb 15:00	10	Salford Red Devils	A	Salford City Stadium	46-14	J. Walker (3), K. Hurrell (2), A. Cuthbertson, A. Handley, M. Parcell	T. Lolohea (7)	4,385	Report

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	29	26	3	916	395	+521	52	League Leaders' Shield/ Play-off Semi Final
2	Wigan Warriors	29	18	11	699	539	+160	36	Play-off Qualifying Final
3	Salford Red Devils	29	17	12	783	597	+186	34	Play-off Qualifying Final
4	Warrington Wolves	29	16	13	709	533	+176	32	Play-off Elimination Final
5	Castleford Tigers	29	15	14	646	558	+88	30	Play-off Elimination Final
6	Hull F.C.	29	15	14	645	768	−123	30
7	Catalans Dragons	29	13	16	553	745	−192	26
8	Leeds Rhinos	29	12	17	650	644	+6	24
9	Wakefield Trinity	29	11	18	608	723	−115	22
10	Huddersfield Giants	29	11	18	571	776	−205	22
11	Hull KR	29	10	19	548	768	−220	20
12	London Broncos	29	10	19	505	787	−282	20	Relegated to Championship

Source: [1]

Squad

2019 Leeds Rhinos
First team squad								Coaching staff
Jack Walker – FB 2 Tom Briscoe – WG 3 Kallum Watkins (c) – CE, WG 4 Konrad Hurrell – CE 5 Ash Handley – WG, CE 6 Tuimoala Lolohea – FE, FB 7 Richard Myler – HB 8 Adam Cuthbertson – PR, LF 9 Matt Parcell – HK 10 Brad Singleton – PR, LF 11 Trent Merrin – SR, LF, PR 12 Carl Ablett – SR, CE, LF 13 Stevie Ward – SR, LF		14 Brad Dwyer – HK 15 Liam Sutcliffe – FE, CE, FB, SR, HB 16 Brett Ferres – SR, LF 17 Dom Crosby – PR 18 Nathaniel Peteru – PR 19 Mikolaj Oledzki – PR 20 Jamie Jones-Buchanan – SR, LF 21 Ashton Golding – FB, WG 22 Cameron Smith – SR, LF 23 Callum McLelland – HB, FE 24 Luke Briscoe – WG 25 James Donaldson – LF 26 Anthony Mullally – positions		27 Jack Ormondroyd – positions 28 Josh Walters – SR, LF 29 Harry Newman – CE 30 Alex Sutcliffe – CE, SR 31 Dan Waite-Pullan – SR 32 Thomas Holroyd – PR 33 Owen Trout – SR, LF 34 Corey Johnson – HK 35 Tyler Dupree – PR 36 Wellington Albert – PR 38 Ava Seumanufagai – PR 39 Shaun Lunt – HK 40 Robert Lui – FE				Head coach ~~David Furner~~ → Richard Agar Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 28 November 2018 Source(s): 2019 Squad

Challenge Cup

Win Draw Loss

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
Fri 12 April 19:45	5	Workington Town	H	Emerald Headingley Stadium	78-6	Harry Newman (4), Richard Myler (3), Ashton Golding (2), Wellington Albert, Luke Briscoe, Brett Ferres, Matt Parcell	Liam Sutcliffe (13)	4,197
Sat 11 May 14:30	6	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	22-24	Harry Newman, Tom Briscoe, Callum McLelland, Tuimoala Lolohea	Liam Sutcliffe (3)	10,258

Transfers

Source:^[2]

2019 Gains:

2019 Losses:

References

^ "David Furner: Leeds Rhinos sack head coach after 14 Super League games". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "Confirmed Super League signings for 2019". Total Rugby League. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[1] "David Furner: Leeds Rhinos sack head coach after 14 Super League games". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[2] "Confirmed Super League signings for 2019". Total Rugby League. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

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