2015 Canberra Raiders season

The 2015 Canberra Raiders season was the 34th in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Stuart and captained by Jarrod Croker, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

2015 Canberra Raiders season
NRL Rank10th
2015 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 577; against: 569
Team information
CEODon Furner Jr.
CoachRicky Stuart
Captain
StadiumGIO Stadium - 25,000
Avg. attendance9,629
High attendance13,113 (vs Sea Eagles, round 23)
Top scorers
TriesBlake Austin (14)
GoalsJarrod Croker (94)
PointsJarrod Croker (236)
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Ladder edit

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Sydney Roosters2418062591300+29140
2 Brisbane Broncos2417072574379+19538
3 North Queensland Cowboys (P)2417072587454+13338
4 Melbourne Storm24140102467348+11932
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs24140102522480+4232
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks24140102469476−732
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs24130112465467−230
8 St. George Illawarra Dragons24120122435408+2728
9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles24110132458492−3426
10 Canberra Raiders24100142577569+824
11 Penrith Panthers2490152399477−7822
12 Parramatta Eels2490152448573−12522
13 New Zealand Warriors2490152445588−14322
14 Gold Coast Titans2490152439636−19722
15 Wests Tigers2480162487562−7520
16 Newcastle Knights2480162458612−15420

Squad List edit

Canberra Raiders
NRL SquadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 1 October 2014
Source(s): Raiders 2015 Squad


Gains edit

PlayerSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
Blake Austin Wests Tigers2017[1]
Josh Hodgson Hull Kingston Rovers2016[2]
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Sydney Roosters2017[3]
Iosia Soliola St. Helens2016[4]
Sisa Waqa Melbourne Storm2016[5]
Sam Williams Catalans Dragons2016[6]

Losses edit

PlayerSigned ToUntil End ofNotes
Terry Campese Hull Kingston Rovers2015[7]
Jake Foster Eastern Suburbs Tigers[8]
Reece Robinson Parramatta Eels[9]

Fixtures edit

Preseason edit

NRL Auckland Nines edit

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the Tigers, Warriors and Titans.

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Wests Tigers32015032+184
2 New Zealand Warriors32015841+174
3 Gold Coast Titans31024856−82
4 Canberra Raiders31024673−272
Source: [citation needed]
DateTime (Local)RoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoals
Saturday, 31 January2:20pmRound 1 Wests TigersEden Park16-10Croker, AhearnAhearn (1/1)
Saturday, 31 January6:40pmRound 2 New Zealand WarriorsEden Park23-19Ahearn (Bonus point), Edwards, Pangai, LeeButtriss (1/1), Williams (1/1), Ahearn (1/1), Croker (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February1:15pmRound 3 Gold Coast TitansEden Park13-38
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Source:[10][circular reference]

Regular season edit

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Sunday 8 March1Cronulla-Sutherland SharksRemondis Stadium24-20[11]Wighton (2), Rapana, WaqaCroker (3)11,096
Sunday 15 March2New Zealand WarriorsGIO Stadium6-18[12]WaqaCroker (1)8,241[13]
Saturday 21 March3St George Illawarra DragonsGIO Stadium20-22[14]Hodgson, Soliola, AustinCroker (3)11,774
Sunday 29 March4Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium6-34[15]CrokerCroker (1)9,852
Saturday 4 April5Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesLavington Sports Ground29-16[16]Waqa, Austin, Kennedy, Rapana, CrokerCroker (4/5), Williams (FG)6,436[17]
Sunday 12 April6Melbourne StormGIO Stadium10-14[18]HawkinsCroker (3)10,536[19]
Sunday 19 April7West TigersLeichhardt Oval30-22[20]Boyd, Croker, Nuuausala, Wighton, RapanaCroker (5/6)13,198
Sunday 26 April8South Sydney RabbitohsBarlow Park30-22[21]Rapana, E. Lee (2), Boyd, Papalii, AustinCroker (3/7)8,713
Saturday 9 May9Gold Coast TitansGIO Stadium56-16[22]Austin (2), Croker (2), Vaughan, Rapana, Papalii, Soliola, E. Lee, WilliamsCroker (8/10)8,116
Sunday 17 May10St George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium18-32[23]Soliola, Boyd, PapaliiCroker (3)13,102[24]
Sunday 24 May11Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsGIO Stadium34-41[25]Waqa (2), Fensom, Papalii, Austin, Cornish,Croker (5/6)12,221
Saturday 24 May12Brisbane BroncosGIO Stadium12-24[26]Austin, KennedyCroker (2)10,090[27]
Saturday 6 June 201513Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium44-22[28]E. Lee (2), Austin (2), Wighton, Papalii, CrokerCroker (8/9)13,504
Bye
Saturday 20 June15North Queensland CowboysGIO Stadium20-21[29]E. Lee, Austin, WightonCroker (4)10,170[30]
Saturday 27 June16New Zealand WarriorsMt Smart Stadium8-30[31]WightonCroker (2)13,110
17Bye
Friday 10 July18Newcastle KnightsGIO Stadium36-22[32]Austin (3), Papalii (2), CrokerCroker (6)6,015
Saturday 18 July19Cronulla-Sutherland SharksGIO Stadium20-21[33]E. Lee (2), PapaliiCroker (4/5)9,853[34]
Sunday 26 July20Penrith PanthersPepper Stadium34-24[35]Rapana (2), Vaughan (2), Fensom, E. LeeCroker (5/6)8,048
Sunday 1 August21North Queensland Cowboys1300SMILES Stadium24-32[36]Wighton, E. Lee, Soliola, BaptisteCroker (3/4)16,207[37]
Monday 10 August22West TigersGIO Stadium18-20[38]Boyd (2), CrokerCroker (3)8,704
Sunday 16 August23Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesGIO Stadium24-26Austin, Kennedy, VaughanCroker (4)13,113[39]
Sunday 23 August24Gold Coast TitansCbus Super StadiumE. Lee12-28Croker, WilliamsCroker (2)8,762
Monday 31 August25Penrith PanthersGIO Stadium34-18[40]Baptiste, Croker, Fensom, Kennedy, Waqa, WilliamsCroker (5/6)6,717
Sunday 6 September26Parramatta EelsPirtek Stadium28-24[41]Croker (2), Hodgson, B. Lee, E. LeeCroker (4/5)10,515

Statistics edit

Source:[42]

NameAppTGFGPts
Blake Austin2314--56
Kurt Baptiste162--8
Mitchell Barnett2---0
Luke Bateman6---0
Shannon Boyd205--20
Glen Buttriss3---0
Mitch Cornish71--4
Jarrod Croker241294-236
Shaun Fensom233--12
Jeremy Hawkins41--4
Josh Hodgson242--8
Jarrad Kennedy234--16
Brenko Lee21--4
Edrick Lee2312--48
Joseph Leilua6---0
Josh McCrone4---0
Mark Nicholls5---0
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala241--4
Josh Papalii248--32
Jordan Rapana207--28
David Shillington15---0
Iosia Soliola194--16
Dane Tilse6---0
Bill Tupou1---0
Paul Vaughan244--16
Sisa Waqa216--24
Jack Wighton207--28
Sam Williams163-113

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