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Rugby Leaguer & League Express
www.totalrl.com SUPER LEAGUE XVI CLUB-BY-CLUB PREVIEW
LEEDS RHINOS Home ground: Headingley Carnegie Stadium
Last season: 4th (Qualifying Semi-Final) 2011 SQUAD
1 Brent Webb 2 Lee Smith 3 Brett Delaney 4 Keith Senior 5 Ryan Hall
6 Danny McGuire 7 Rob Burrow 8 Kylie Leuluai 9 Danny Buderus 10 Jamie Peacock 11 Jamie
Jones-Buchanan 12 Carl Ablett 13 Kevin Sinfield 14 Ali Lauitiiti 15 Ben Cross 16 Ryan Bailey 17 Ian Kirke 18 Luke Burgess 19 Kallum Watkins 20 Weller Hauraki 21 Chris Clarkson 22 Jay Pitts
23 Ben Jones-Bishop 24 Paul McShane 25 Kyle Amor
13 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS:
Smith, Hall, McGuire, Burrow,
Jones-Buchanan, Ablett, Sinfield, Bailey, Burgess, Watkins, Clarkson, Jones-Bishop, McShane
1 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS WHILST THERE: Pitts
INS: Zak Hardaker (Featherstone), Weller Hauraki (Crusaders), Ben Cross (Newcastle), Rory Kettlewell (Gloucester RU)
Scott Donald (retired), Luke Ambler (Harlequins, loan), Dane Manning (Batley), Tom Bush (York)
OUTS: Matt Diskin (Bradford), Greg Eastwood (Bulldogs),
BEST NEWCOMER: Ben Cross. The man
4 FEDERATION TRAINED: Senior, Peacock, Kirke, Amor
3 FEDERATION TRAINED (DISPENSATION):
Webb, Leuluai, Lauitiiti
4 NON-FEDERATION TRAINED: Delaney, Buderus, Cross, Hauraki
5 QUOTA:
Webb, Delaney, Buderus, Cross, Hauraki
COACH: Brian
McDermott
Super League coaching record (inc play-offs)
WD L %
Harlequins 44 3 70 38.6 (July 2006-2010)
KEY MAN: Kevin Sinfield (below). Still the glue that holds the Rhinos machine together.
GF Odds: 9/2
Albert Goldthorpe Medal favourite: Danny McGuire 20/1 Rookie of the Year favourite: Liam Hood 16/1
FIXTURES
13 Feb Bradford (MM)14:00 18 Feb Hull FC
(A) 20:00
25 Feb Harlequins (H) 20:00 5 Mar Warrington (A) 18:15 11 Mar Salford
(H) 20:00
19 Mar St Helens (H) 18:00 27 Mar Wakefield (A) 15:30 1 Apr Wigan
(H) 20:00
9 Apr Hull KR (A) 18:15 15 Apr Huddersfield (H) 20:00 21 Apr Bradford (A) TBC 25 Apr Crusaders (H) 15:00 29 Apr Castleford (A) 20:00 13 May Catalans (H) 20:00 27 May Warrington (H) 20:00 3 Jun St Helens (A) 20:00 12 Jun Hull KR (H) 18:00 17 Jun Crusaders (A) 20:00 24 Jun Bradford (H) 20:00 1 Jul Wigan
10 Jul Catalans (A) TBC 15 Jul Hull FC 29 Jul Salford
(A) 20:00 (H) 20:00
(A) 20:00
12 Aug Castleford (H) 20:00 20 Aug Harlequins (A) 15:00 2 Sep Wakefield (H) 20:00 11 Sep Huddersfield (A) 15:00
tasked with taking on Jamie Peacock’s workload during the opening rounds looks every bit the complete prop forward.
POINT TO PROVE: Kallum Watkins. Injury woes now firmly in the past, Watkins is ready for the big stage.
RUGBY PREDICTS... 5th A strong finish, falling just short of Grand Final
SALFORD CITY REDS Home ground: The Willows
Last season: 12th 2011 SQUAD
1 Luke Patten 2 Jodie Broughton 3 Mark Henry 4 Chris Nero 5 Ashley Gibson 6 Stefan Ratchford 7 Daniel Holdsworth 8 Ray Cashmere 9 Wayne Godwin 10 Lee Jewitt
11 Vinnie Anderson 12 Phil Bailey 13 Stephen Wild 14 Matty Smith 15 Luke Adamson 16 Rob Parker
17 Iafeta Palea'aesina 18 Adam Sidlow 19 Ryan Boyle 20 Sean Gleeson 22 Adam Neal 23 Marc Sneyd 24 Gareth Owen 25 Jack Spencer 27 Adam Clay
5 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS:
Ratchford, Adamson, Sneyd, Owen, Spencer
4 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS WHILST THERE:
Jewitt, Sidlow, Neal, Clay
8 FEDERATION TRAINED:
Broughton, Gibson, Godwin, Wild, Smith, Parker, Boyle, Gleeson
4 FEDERATION TRAINED (DISPENSATION): Nero, Anderson, Bailey, Palea'aesina
4 NON-FEDERATION TRAINED: Patten, Henry,
Holdsworth, Cashmere
5 QUOTA: Patten, Henry,
Holdsworth, Cashmere, Bailey
INS: Matty Smith (St Helens), Stephen Wild (Huddersfield), Luke Patten (Bulldogs), Chris Nero (Bradford), Wayne Godwin (Bradford), Iafeta Palea’aesina (Wigan), Phil Bailey (Wigan), Vinnie Anderson
(Warrington), Adam Neal (Warrington), Sean Gleeson (Wakefield)
OUTS: Malcolm Alker and Willie Talau (both retired), Phillip Leuluai (Lezignan), Luke Swain (Carcassonne), Stuart Littler (Leigh), Jeremy
Smith (Wakefield), Karl Fitzpatrick (released), Ian Sibbit (Bradford), Ste Tyrer (Widnes), Ben
Wood (Oldham), Lewis Palfrey (Whitehaven)
11th
COACH: Shaun McRae
Super League coaching record (inc play-offs)
St Helens
WD L % 50 2 18 73.5
(1996-1998) Gateshead 19 1 10 65.5 (1999) Hull FC
(2000-2004) Salford
(June 2007-present) Total SL record
KEY MAN:
Daniel Holdsworth. Despite a huge recruitment drive, Holdsworth is still Salford’s most important player.
80 8 55 58.8 17 0 48 26.1
166 11 131 55.7 GF Odds: 66/1
Albert Goldthorpe Medal favourite: Luke Patten 14/1 Rookie of the Year favourite: Jack Spencer 20/1
FIXTURES
13 Feb Crusaders (MM)12:00 18 Feb St Helens (H) 20:00 27 Feb Wakefield (A) 15:30 4 Mar Wigan 11 Mar Leeds
(H) 20:00 (A) 20:00
18 Mar Hull KR (H) 20:00 26 Mar Catalans (A) 18:30 2 Apr Crusaders (H) 18:15 10 Apr Castleford (A) 15:30 16 Apr Bradford (H) 18:15 22 Apr Warrington (H) 15:00 26 Apr Huddersfield (A) 19:00 30 Apr Harlequins (A) 18:15 13 May Hull FC
(H) 20:00
29 May Bradford (A) 15:00 3 Jun Wakefield (H) 20:00 12 Jun Warrington (A) 15:00 17 Jun Castleford (H) 20:00 24 Jun Crusaders (A) 20:00 1 Jul Harlequins (H) 20:00 8 Jul Hull FC
17 Jul Hull KR (A) 15:00 29 Jul Leeds 12 Aug Wigan
(A) 20:00 (H) 20:00
(A) 20:00
19 Aug Huddersfield (H) 20:00 2 Sep St Helens (A) 20:00 11 Sep Catalans (H) 15:00
BEST NEWCOMER: Luke Patten (left). The former Canterbury Bulldogs stalwart arrives with some impressive references.
POINT TO PROVE: Stefan Ratchford. Has the potential but faces a tall order to overhaul Daniel Holdsworth and Matty Smith in the halfbacks.
RUGBY PREDICTS... Steady improvement on 2010
7th February 2011
ST HELENS Home ground: Stobart Stadium, Widnes
Last season: 2nd (Grand Final Runners-Up) 2011 SQUAD
1 Paul Wellens 2 Ade Gardner 3 Michael Shenton 4 Sia Soliola 5 Francis Meli 6 Leon Pryce 7 Kyle Eastmond 8 Josh Perry 9 James Roby 10 James Graham 11 Tony Puletua 12 Jon Wilkin 13 Chris Flannery 14 Scott Moore 15 Louie
McCarthy-Scarsbrook 16 Paul Clough 17 Gary Wheeler 18 Matty Ashurst 19 Andrew Dixon 20 Jon Lomax 21 Shaun Magennis 22 Jamie Foster
24 Tom Armstrong 25 Lee Gaskell 26 Carl Forster
17 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS:
Wellens, Gardner, Eastmond, Roby, Graham, Wilkin, Moore, Clough, Wheeler, Ashurst, Dixon, Lomax, Magennis, Foster, Armstrong, Gaskell, Forster
0 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS WHILST THERE
3 FEDERATION TRAINED: Shenton, Pryce, McCarthy-Scarsbrook
2 FEDERATION TRAINED (DISPENSATION): Meli, Flannery
3 NON-FEDERATION TRAINED:
Soliola, Perry, Puletua 4 QUOTA:
Soliola, Perry, Puletua, Flannery
INS: Michael Shenton (Castleford), Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (Harlequins), Josh Perry (Manly)
OUTS: Keiron
Cunningham (retired), Matty Smith (Salford), Nick Fozzard
(Castleford), Jake Emmitt (Castleford), Bryn Hargreaves (Bradford), Paul Johnson
(Wakefield), Jamie Ellis (Leigh), Andrew Yates (Hunslet), Maurie Fa’asavalu (Harlequins RU), Jack Bradbury (Oldham), Chris Dean
(Wakefield), Matt Gidley (retired), Gareth
Frodsham (Widnes, loan) 4th
BEST NEWCOMER: Michael Shenton. The latest in a long line of centres to arrive at St Helens with an impressive pedigree.
COACH: Royce
Simmons
No Super League
coaching record
KEY MAN: Leon Pryce (below). Fully fit he can turn any match on its head in an instant.
FIXTURES
12 Feb Wigan (MM)19:00 18 Feb Salford
(A) 20:00
25 Feb Warrington (H) 20:00 5 Mar Catalans (A) 18:30 11 Mar Harlequins (H) 20:00 19 Mar Leeds
(A) 18:00
25 Mar Bradford (H) 20:00 1 Apr Hull KR (H) 20:00 8 Apr Crusaders (A) 20:00 15 Apr Wakefield (H) 20:00 22 Apr Wigan
25 Apr Castleford (H) 15:00 2 May Hull FC
(A) TBC (A) TBC
14 May Huddersfield (A) 18:15 27 May Crusaders (H) 20:00 3 Jun Leeds
12 Jun Bradford (A) 15:00 17 Jun Wigan
26 Jun Warrington (A) 15:00 1 Jul Hull FC
(H) 20:00 (H) 20:00 (H) 20:00
10 Jul Wakefield (A) 15:30 15 Jul Catalans (H) 20:00 31 Jul Castleford (A) 15:30 12 Aug Huddersfield (H) 20:00 21 Aug Hull KR (A) 15:00 2 Sep Salford
(H) 20:00 10 Sep Harlequins (A) 15:00
POINT TO PROVE: Sia Soliola. Spent the lion’s share of his first season on the sidelines. It’s time for him to show Super League what he can do.
RUGBY PREDICTS... No Old Trafford trip in 2011
GF Odds: 10/3
Albert Goldthorpe Medal favourite: Kyle Eastmond 16/1 Rookie of the Year favourite: Tom Armstrong 12/1
WAKEFIELD TRINITY WILDCATS Home ground: Rapid Solicitors Stadium, Belle Vue
Last season: 11th Rookie of the Year favourite: Josh Veivers 10/1 2011 SQUAD
1 Matt Blaymire 2 Kevin Penny 3 Aaron Murphy 4 Darryl Millard 5 Luke George 6 Ben Jeffries 7 Sam Obst
8 Michael Korkidas 9 Julien Rinaldi 10 Paul King
11 Kevin Henderson 12 Dale Ferguson 13 Glenn Morrison 14 Tommy Lee 15 Motu Tony 17 Paul Johnson 18 Chris Dean 19 Dale Morton 20 Ben Gledhill 21 Frankie Mariano 22 Stuart Howarth 23 Josh Veivers 24 James Davey 26 Matthew Wildie 27 Kieran Hyde
6 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS:
Murphy, George, Ferguson, Morton, Davey, Wildie
5 CLUB TRAINED PLAYERS WHILST THERE:
Blaymire, Gledhill, Howarth, Veivers, Hyde
6 FEDERATION TRAINED:
Penny, King, Lee, Johnson, Dean, Mariano
7 FEDERATION TRAINED (DISPENSATION): Jeffries, Obst, Korkidas, Rinaldi, Henderson, Morrison, Tony
1 NON-FEDERATION TRAINED: Millard
4 QUOTA:
Millard, Jeffries, Obst, Morrison
INS: Kevin Penny
(Warrington), Frankie Mariano (Hull KR), Chris
Dean (St Helens), Tommy Lee (Crusaders), Josh
Veivers (Wigan), Stuart Howarth (Wigan), Paul Johnson (St Helens),
Jeremy Smith (Salford), Andy Tate (Bradford), Motu Tony (Whitehaven)
Outs: Tevita Leo-Latu (released), Sean Gleeson (Salford), Paul Johnson (Crusaders), Richard Moore (Crusaders), Damien Blanch (Catalans), Jason Demetriou (Keighley), Paul Cooke (released), Kyle Bibb (Dewsbury)
COACH: John Kear
Super League coaching record (inc play-offs)
Sheffield
WD L % 25 3 37 40.3
(May 1997-1999) Hudds-Sheff 2 0 16 11.1 (2000-July 2000) Hull FC
(2005-April 2006) Wakefield 51 1 63 44.7 (July 2006-present)
Total SL record 79 76 140 42.4
KEY MAN: Ben Jeffries. One of the few survivors from more successful times will hope to inspire the Wildcats’ resistance in 2011
19 2 16 54.3
GF Odds: 200/1
Albert Goldthorpe Medal favourites: Ben Jeffries & Sam Obst 33/1
FIXTURES
12 Feb Castleford (MM)17:00 19 Feb Catalans (A) 18:30 27 Feb Salford
(H) 15:30
6 Mar Bradford (A) 15:00 11 Mar Warrington (H) 20:00 18 Mar Hull FC 27 Mar Leeds
(A) 20:00 (H) 15:30
3 Apr Huddersfield (A) 15:00 10 Apr Harlequins (H) 15:30 15 Apr St Helens (A) 20:00 22 Apr Castleford (A) 19:30 25 Apr Wigan
(H) 12:00
1 May Hull KR (H) 15:30 13 May Crusaders (A) 20:00 29 May Catalans (H) 15:30 3 Jun Salford
(A) 20:00
12 Jun Huddersfield (H) 15:30 18 Jun Harlequins (A) 15:00 26 Jun Hull FC
(H) 15:30
3 Jul Hull KR (A) 15:00 10 Jul St Helens (H) 15:30 15 Jul Wigan
(A) 20:00
31 Jul Crusaders (H) 15:30 14 Aug Warrington (A) 15:00 21 Aug Castleford (H) 15:30 2 Sep Leeds
(A) 20:00 11 Sep Bradford (H) 15:30 BEST NEWCOMER: Paul Johnson. POINT TO PROVE: Kevin Penny. RUGBY PREDICTS... 14th A long, hard summer in prospect
The former Saints youngster could be the one to make a name for himself.
Slowly running out of opportunities to prove the hype he generated as a rookie.
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