This article details the Leeds Rhinos rugby league football club's 2013 season. This was the 18th season of the Super League era. The Rhinos enter the 2013 season as champions after defeating Warrington Wolves 26-18 in the 2012 Super League Grand Final.
Pre season friendlies LEGEND
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Rhinos score is first. DateCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttReport26/12/2012 Pre Season Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium W 40-26 Vickery (2), Singleton (2), Watson, Chisholm, Foster, Moon McShane 4/6, Sutcliffe 0/2 9,347 Report20/1/2013 Pre Season Bradford Bulls H Headingley Stadium D 24-24 Vickery (2), Burrow, Hall, McGuire Sinfield 2/5 6,106 Report27/1/2013 Pre Season Hunslet Hawks A South Leeds Stadium W 10-6 Watson, Sunley Morgan 1/2 742 Report
Player appearances Friendly Games Only
FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum halfP=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowLF=Loose forwardB=Bench NoPlayer1231 Zak Hardaker x FB x2 Ben Jones-Bishop 3 Kallum Watkins x C x4 Joel Moon C C x5 Ryan Hall x W x6 Danny McGuire SO SH x7 Rob Burrow x H x8 Kylie Leuluai x x x9 Paul McShane SH B x10 Jamie Peacock x P x11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan x SR x12 Carl Ablett x L x13 Kevin Sinfield x SO x14 Stevie Ward L15 Brett Delaney x SR x16 Ryan Bailey P B x17 Ian Kirke SR P x18 Chris Clarkson x B x19 Mitch Achurch SR B B20 Darrell Griffin x B x21 Richard Moore P22 Jimmy Keinhorst C x C23 Brad Singleton P x x24 Liam Hood H x H25 Joe Vickery W W x
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World Club Challenge LEGEND
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DateCompetitionVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTVReport22/2/13 WCC Storm H Headingley Stadium L 14-18 Hall, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield 3/3 20,400 Sky Sports Report
+ 2013 World Club Challenge Teams Leeds Rhinos Melbourne Storm 3. Kallum Watkins Fullback 1. Billy Slater 25. Joe Vickery Winger 2. Sisa Waqa 12. Carl Ablett Centre 3. Will Chambers 4. Joel Moon Centre 4. Justin O'Neill 5. Ryan Hall Winger 5. Mahe Fonua 13. Kevin Sinfield Stand off 6. Gareth Widdop 6. Danny McGuire Scrum half 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Kylie Leuluai Prop 8. Jesse Bromwich 7. Rob Burrow Hooker 9. Cameron Smith 10. Jamie Peacock Prop 10. Bryan Norrie 15. Brett Delaney 2nd Row 11. Tohu Harris 14. Stevie Ward 2nd Row 12. Ryan Hoffman 11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan Loose forward 13. Ryan Hinchcliffe 9. Paul McShane Interchange 14. Jason Ryles 17. Ian Kirke Interchange 15. Siosaia Vave 18. Chris Clarkson Interchange 16. Junior Moors 19. Mitch Achurch Interchange 17. Lagi Setu Brian McDermott Coach Craig Bellamy
2013 fixtures and results LEGEND
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2013 Engage Super League DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttLive on TVReport1/2/13 Super League XVIII 1 Hull FC H Headingley Stadium W 36-6 Sinfield, Moon, Peacock, Clarkson, McGuire, Hall Sinfield 6/6 15,297 Sky Sports Report10/2/13 Super League XVIII 2 Tigers A The Jungle L 12-14 McGuire, Hall Sinfield 2/2 9,103 - Report15/2/13 Super League XVIII 3 Salford City Reds H Headingley Stadium W 42-14 Ward, Moon (2), Watkins, McShane (2), Sinfield Sinfield 7/7 12,558 - Report1/3/13 Super League XVIII 5 Saints A Langtree Park W 20-12 Hall (2), Leuluai Sinfield 4/5 12,228 Sky Sports Report8/3/13 Super League XVIII 6 Giants H Headingley Stadium L 8-32 McShane Sinfield 2/2 15,013 - Report15/3/13 Super League XVIII 7 Warriors H Headingley Stadium W 18-14 Hall, Moon, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield 3/3 15,524 Sky Sports Report28/3/13 Super League XVIII 9 Bulls H Headingley Stadium D 18-18 Watkins, Achurch, Peacock Sinfield 3/3 16,604 Sky Sports Report1/4/13 Super League XVIII 10 Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 27-12 Moon, McShane, Jones-Buchanan Sinfield 7/7, Sinfield 1 DG 9,465 Sky Sports Report6/4/13 Super League XVIII 11 Wolves H Headingley Stadium W 28-22 McGuire, Hall (2), Watkins, McShane Sinfield 4/7 15,059 Sky Sports Report12/4/13 Super League XVIII 12 Broncos H Headingley Stadium W 30-6 Moon (2), Hardaker, McGuire, Watkins Sinfield 5/6 12,855 - Report28/4/13 Super League XVIII 13 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park W 44-10 Hall, Delaney, Hardaker, Achurch, Moon, Watkins (2), Kirke Sinfield 6/8 8,122 - Match Report3/5/13 Super League XVIII 14 Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 42-22 Watkins, Achurch, Ablett (2), McGuire, Bailey, Hardaker Sinfield 7/7 12,016 Sky Sports Report20/5/13 Super League XVIII 15 Saints H Headingley Stadium L 22-30 Watkins, Moon, Burrow, Bailey Sinfield 3/4 15,998 Sky Sports Report26/5/13 Magic Weekend 16 Warriors N Etihad Stadium L 16-20 Sinfield, Watkins, Vickery Sinfield 2/4 31,249 Sky Sports Report31/5/13 Super League XVIII 17 Hull FC A KC Stadium L 6-18 Delaney Sinfield 1/1 11,901 Sky Sports Match Report7/6/13 Super League XVIII 18 Tigers H Headingley Stadium W 42-24 Minns, Keinhorst (3), Hardaker, Kirke, Moon Sinfield 7/8 17,035 - Report17/6/13 Super League XVIII 4 Vikings H Headingley Stadium W 38-28 Burrow (2), Jones-Bishop, Jones-Buchanan, Hall (2), Sutcliffe Hardaker 5/7 12,782 Sky Sports Report23/6/13 Super League XVIII 19 Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 18-40 Sutcliffe (2), Jones-Bishop Hardaker 3/3 7,756 - Report30/6/13 Super League XVIII 20 Vikings A Stobart Stadium W 52-36 Moon (2), Sutcliffe (2), Burrow (2), Hall, Hardaker, Jones-Bishop, Watkins Hardaker 6/10 6,230 - Report5/7/13 Super League XVIII 21 Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 18-19 Hall (2), Sutcliffe, Hardaker Hardaker 1/4 11,281 Sky Sports Report19/7/13 Super League XVIII 22 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Headingley Stadium W 20-18 Jones-Bishop (2), Moon, Hall Burrow 2/4 18,387 - Report26/7/13 Super League XVIII 8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue W 31-24 Duckworth, Jones-Bishop, Moon, Ablett, Burrow Sinfield 5/5, Sinfield 1 DG 10,031 - Report1/8/13 Super League XVIII 23 Broncos A Twickenham Stoop W 30-12 Peacock, Jones-Bishop, Foster, McShane (2) Sinfield 5/5 2,377 Sky Sports Match Report9/8/13 Super League XVIII 24 Salford City Reds A City of Salford Stadium W 42-16 Watkins (2), Hardaker, Burrow, Ablett, Jones-Bishop, Minchella Sinfield 7/7 3,235 - Report16/8/13 Super League XVIII 25 Hull Kingston Rovers H Headingley Stadium L 12-16 Watkins (2) Sinfield 2/2 14,868 Sky Sports Report30/8/13 Super League XVIII 26 Dragons H Headingley Stadium W 20-12 Hall, Achurch, McGuire Sinfield 4/4 15,576 - Report6/9/13 Super League XVIII 27 Warriors A DW Stadium W 20-6 Jones-Bishop, Ablett, Moon, Watkins Sinfield 2/4 14,982 Sky Sports Report
Player appearances Super League Only FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand-offSH=Scrum halfPR=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose forwardB=Bench NoPlayer12 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4 19 20 21 22 8 23 24 25 26 271 Zak Hardaker FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB FB C FB FB C FB FB2 Ben Jones-Bishop W W W W W FB W W FB W W 3 Kallum Watkins C C C FB FB FB FB FB W W W W C C C C C C C C C C C4 Joel Moon C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C5 Ryan Hall W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W6 Danny McGuire SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH7 Rob Burrow H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH SH x H8 Kylie Leuluai x P P P P P P P P P P P P P B P P P B P9 Paul McShane B B B B B x x B B B B B x B B H H H H H H x B H H 10 Jamie Peacock P P x P B P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan SR SR P L L SR SR SR L L L L SR SR SR SR SR SR SR12 Carl Ablett L L L C C C C C C C C C SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR13 Kevin Sinfield SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO H H SO SO H SO14 Stevie Ward x x SR SR B B B L SR SR SR 15 Brett Delaney SR SR x SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR B L L B16 Ryan Bailey P P L x L P B P P P L L 17 Ian Kirke B B B B P B B B B B B B B B B P B B B P B B B B B B18 Chris Clarkson B B SR B SR x x x B B B B L SR L SR B SR SR SR SR SR SR SR SR x19 Mitch Achurch B B B x x B B B SR SR B SR B B B B B B B x B B20 Darrell Griffin x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x21 Richard Moore x x B B B B B B B x x x B x x x B P P P B B B L B x x22 Jimmy Keinhorst x W W x x x x x x x x x x x x C C C B B B x x W x x x23 Brad Singleton x x x x x x x x B B x x x B B B L L L L L P x x B P L24 Liam Hood x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x25 Joe Vickery W W W W W W x W W W x x x x26 Liam Sutcliffe x x x x x x x x x x x x B L B B SO SO SO SO SO SO SO C L SO B27 Thomas Minns x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W B C x x x x x x x x x28 Jordan Baldwinson x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B x x x x x x x x x30 Alex Foster x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B B B B B B B B x31 Elliott Minchella x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x B x x x32 James Duckworth x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x W x x W x x
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Challenge Cup LEGEND
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DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTVReport19/4/13 Cup 4th Tigers H Headingley Stadium W 28-12 Watkins, Burrow, Clarkson, McGuire (2) Sinfield 4/5 8,130 - Report11/5/13 Cup 5th Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 8-24 Watkins (2) Sinfield 0/2 11,389 BBC Sport Report
Player appearances Challenge Cup Games only FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum halfP=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose forwardB=Bench NoPlayer451 Zak Hardaker FB FB2 Ben Jones-Bishop 3 Kallum Watkins W W4 Joel Moon C C5 Ryan Hall W W6 Danny McGuire SO SO7 Rob Burrow H H8 Kylie Leuluai P P9 Paul McShane B B10 Jamie Peacock P P11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan L L12 Carl Ablett C C13 Kevin Sinfield SH SH14 Stevie Ward SR 15 Brett Delaney SR SR16 Ryan Bailey B17 Ian Kirke B B18 Chris Clarkson B B19 Mitch Achurch B SR20 Darrell Griffin x x21 Richard Moore x x22 Jimmy Keinhorst x x23 Brad Singleton x x24 Liam Hood x x25 Joe Vickery x x
Playoffs LEGEND
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DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttTVReport14/9/13 Play-offs QPO Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 20-40 Watkins, Sinfield, Hardaker (2) Sinfield 2/4 8,695 Sky Sports Report20/9/13 Play-offs PSF Saints H Headingley Stadium W 11-10 Watkins, Moon Sinfield 1/2, McGuire 1 DG 12,189 Sky Sports Report27/9/13 Play-offs SF Warriors A DW Stadium L 12-24 Moon, Sutcliffe Sinfield 2/2 14,600 Sky Sports Report
Player appearances Play Off Games only FB=FullbackC=CentreW=WingerSO=Stand OffSH=Scrum halfP=PropH=HookerSR=Second RowL=Loose forwardB=Bench NoPlayerQPOPSFSF1 Zak Hardaker FB FB FB 2 Ben Jones-Bishop W W W 3 Kallum Watkins C C C 4 Joel Moon C C C 5 Ryan Hall W W W 6 Danny McGuire SO SO SO 7 Rob Burrow H H H 8 Kylie Leuluai P P P 9 Paul McShane x x x 10 Jamie Peacock P P P 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan SR SR SR 12 Carl Ablett SR SR SR 13 Kevin Sinfield SO SO SO14 Stevie Ward x x x 15 Brett Delaney B L x 16 Ryan Bailey L B L17 Ian Kirke B B B 18 Chris Clarkson x x B 19 Mitch Achurch x B B 20 Darrell Griffin x x x21 Richard Moore x x x22 Jimmy Keinhorst x x x23 Brad Singleton B x x24 Liam Hood x x x25 Joe Vickery x x x26 Liam Sutcliffe B B B 27 Thomas Minns x x x 28 Jordan Baldwinson x x x 30 Alex Foster x x x 31 Elliot Minchella x x x 32 James Duckworth x x x
2013 squad statistics
Appearances and points include Super League, Challenge Cup, Play Offs and WCC as of 28 September 2013.