This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2011 season. This is the sixteenth season of the Super League era.

Season review Key Dates February 13 February Leeds beat local rivals Bradford Bulls 32–28 at Millennium Stadium with 4 tries in the last 18 minutes. Including a hat trick from Ben Jones Bishop with the hat trick coming from a penalty try in the 78th Minute.

16 February Leeds "Fantastic Four" Kallum Watkins, Ben Jones Bishop, Ryan Hall and Chris Clarkson all sign 4 Year Contracts with the club.

18 February Leeds Rhinos beat Hull F.C. 32–18 at the KC Stadium, with a 70-yard finish from Ben Jones Bishop potentially an early contender for try of the season.

24 February Kevin Sinfield became a Rhino For Life, signing a 4 Year contract. Keeping the Leeds Rhinos captain at the club until the end of 2014.

25 February Leeds Rhinos lost their first game of the season to high flying Harlequins RL, 2 tries from Quins hooker Andy Ellis won them the game, despite a strong start by Leeds Rhinos.

March 5 March Warrington Wolves overpowered a Leeds Rhinos team with only 2 first choice props available. Despite a strong start taking an 8-point lead the Wolves scored 28 points on the bounce, despite 3 late tries Leeds Rhinos lost 40–24. 11 March The Rhinos managed to outclass a Salford side that started strongly taking a 6–0 lead. Leeds rallied and thanks to 2 tires from Carl Ablett, and classy performances from the likes of Kallum Watkins, Brent Webb, Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield winning the game 46–12. The only downside losing rising star Ben Jones Bishop with a dislocated shoulder. Brad Singleton also became Leeds Rhinos 50th Academy graduate to play for the club.

Results Pre-season

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport+Pre-season results 26 December Festive Challenge Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium 40–22 12,015 The pre-season also included the Lazenby Cup match against Hunslet Hawks in January and a match against York City Knights in February. Leeds fielded mainly unders-20s and reserve players for these matches.

Super League

Table

Super League results

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport+Super League results 13 February 1 Bradford Bulls N Millennium Stadium 32–28 Jones-Bishop (3), Hall, Burrow, Leuluai Sinfield (4/7) 29,323 18 February 2 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium 32–18 Jones-Bishop, Hall, Burrow, Hauraki, Webb, Clarkson Sinfield (3 + DG), Burrow (DG) 12,513 25 February 3 Harlequins RL H Headingley Stadium 26–36 Clarkson, Sinfield, Hall, Smith, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield (3) 14,350 5 March 4 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium 24–40 Hall (2), Watkins, Webb Sinfield (4/5) 11,438 11 March 5 Salford City Reds H Headingley Stadium 46–12 Ablett (2), Hauraki, Jones-Buchanan, Lauiti'iti, Senior, Watkins, Webb Sinfield (7) 13,068 19 March 6 St Helens H Headingley Stadium 16–30 Hall, Hardaker, McShane Sinfield (2) 16,034 27 March 7 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Rapid Solicitors Stadium 28–6 Watkins (4), Buderus Sinfield (4) 8,763 1 April 8 Wigan Warriors H Headingley Stadium 22–22 Buderus, Jones-Buchanan, Webb Sinfield (5/5) 16,118 9 April 9 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park 28–38 Watkins (2), Hall, McShane, Smith Sinfield (4) 8,673 15 April 10 Huddersfield Giants H Headingley Stadium 6–38 Burrow Sinfield 14,768 21 April 11 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium 30–22 Buderus, Hall, Jones-Buchanan, McShane, Senior Sinfield (5) 19,275 25 April 12 Crusaders H Headingley Stadium 34–16 Senior (2), Ablett, Burrow, Delaney, Leuluai Sinfield (5) 14,165 29 April 13 Castleford Tigers A The PROBIZ Coliseum 48–6 Hall (2), Burrow, Jones-Buchanan, Kirke, McGuire, McShane, Watkins Sinfield (8) 9,860 13 May 14 Catalans Dragons H Headingley Stadium 30–6 Hardaker (2), Burrow, Hall, Leuluai Sinfield (5) 13,273 27 May 15 Warrington Wolves H Headingley Stadium 6–42 Buderus Sinfield 17,276 3 June 16 St Helens A Stobart Stadium 16–42 Jones-Buchanan, Smith Sinfield (4) 9,062 12 June 17 Hull Kingston Rovers H Headingley Stadium 44–14 Hall (3), Delaney, Hardaker, Hauraki, McGuire, Smith Sinfield (6) 13,669 17 June 18 Crusaders A Racecourse Ground 12–7 Lauiti'iti, McGuire Snifield (2) 3,035 24 June 19 Bradford Bulls H Headingley Stadium 12–18 Hall, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield (2) 18,095 1 July 20 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium 24–26 Hardaker (2), Jones-Bishop, Webb Sinfield (4) 16,426 10 July 21 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus 18–38 Buderus, Hall, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield (3) 10,688 15 July 22 Hull F.C. H Headingley Stadium 20–0 Hall, Jones-Bishop, McGuire Sinfield (4) 14,809 29 July 23 Salford City Reds A The Willows 30–22 Bailey, Hall, McGuire, Smith, Webb Sinfield (5) 4,024 12 August 24 Castleford Tigers H Headingley Stadium 56–0 Burrow (2), Webb (2), Hall, Jones-Bishop, Jones-Buchanan, Lauiti'iti, McGuire, Watkins Sinfield (6), Burrow (2) 15,156 20 August 25 Harlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop 22–32 Burrow, Hall, McGuire, Pitts Sinfield (3) 3,241 2 September 26 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium 64–20 Hall (3), McGuire (2), Ablett, Buderus, Jones-Bishop, Lauiti'iti, Peacock, Smith Sinfield (10) 15,511 11 September 27 Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium 31–24 Hall (2), Hardaker, Jones-Buchanan, Webb Sinfield (5 + DG) 10,428

Play-offs

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport+Play-off results 18 September Hull F.C. H Headingley Stadium 42–10 Bailey, Hauraki, Jones-Bishop, Jones-Buchanan, McGuire, Sinfield, Webb Sinfield (7/8) 9,075 23 September Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium 34–28 Hardaker (3), Webb (2), Jones-Bishop Sinfield (5) 7,872 30 September Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium 26–24 Hall (2), Ablett, Burrow Sinfield (5/6) 12,074 8 October St Helens N Old Trafford 32–16 Ablett, Burrow, Hall, Hardaker, Webb Sinfield (6/7) 69,107 Challenge Cup

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport+Challenge Cup results 7 May 4 Crusaders H Headingley Stadium 30–20 Buderus, Burrow, Hall, McShane, Pitts Sinfield (5/5) 10,954 20 May 5 Harlequins RL H Headingley Stadium 40–20 Clarkson, Delaney, Hall, Hardaker, Jones-Buchanan, Lauiti'iti, Leuluai Sinfield (6/8) 7,147 24 July QF Hull F.C. A KC Stadium 38–22 Ablett (2), Jones-Bishop (2), Delaney, Lauiti'iti Sinfield (7/8) 9,496 6 August SF Castleford Tigers A Keepmoat Stadium 10–8 Watkins Sinfield (3/3) 13,158 27 August F Wigan Warriors N Wembley Stadium 18–28 Hall (2), Ablett, Jones-Bishop Sinfield (1/4) 78,482 Players 2011 squad

2011 Transfers in/out

Gains Player Previous club Years signed Date Ben Cross Newcastle Knights 2 October 2010 Zak Hardaker Featherstone Rovers 5 October 2010 Ben Jones Bishop Harlequins RL Loan Return Weller Hauraki Crusaders RL 3 November 2010 Rory Kettlewell Wigan Warriors 2 December 2010

Losses Player Future Club Years signed Date Greg Eastwood Canterbury Bulldogs 3 October 2010 Scott Donald Retired Matt Diskin Bradford Bulls 3 October 2010 Dane Manning Batley Bulldogs Zak Hardaker Featherstone Rovers Season Long Loan 2011 Tom Bush York City Knights 1 November 2010 Luke Ambler Harlequins RL Season Long Loan November 2010 Kyle Amor Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Loan February 2011 Ben Cross Released June 2011

Player statistics Source: No.Nat.PlayerAppsTriesGoalsDGsPoints 1 30 13 0 0 52 2 17 6 0 0 24 3 27 4 0 0 16 4 16 4 0 0 16 5 35 32 0 0 128 6 22 10 0 0 40 7 34 12 2 1 53 8 31 4 0 0 16 9 35 7 0 0 28 10 23 1 0 0 4 11 34 12 0 0 48 12 31 9 0 0 36 13 36 2 160 2 330 14 21 6 0 0 24 15 10 0 0 0 0 16 25 2 0 0 8 17 33 1 0 0 4 18 12 0 0 0 0 19 17 11 0 0 44 20 27 4 0 0 16 21 29 3 0 0 12 22 13 2 0 0 8 23 19 13 0 0 52 24 18 5 0 0 20 27 15 12 0 0 48 28 1 0 0 0 0 32 1 0 0 0 0

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References

External links Leeds Rhinos Website BBC Sport-Rugby League