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

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.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Warrington Wolves (L)	27	22	0	5	1072	401	+671	44	Play-offs
2	Wigan Warriors	27	20	3	4	852	432	+420	43
3	St Helens	27	17	3	7	782	515	+267	37
4	Huddersfield Giants	27	16	0	11	707	524	+183	32
5	Leeds Rhinos (C)	27	15	1	11	757	603	+154	31
6	Catalans Dragons	27	15	1	11	689	626	+63	31
7	Hull Kingston Rovers	27	14	0	13	713	692	+21	28
8	Hull F.C.	27	13	1	13	718	569	+149	27
9	Castleford Tigers	27	12	2	13	664	808	−144	26
10	Bradford Bulls	27	9	2	16	570	826	−256	20
11	Salford City Reds	27	10	0	17	542	809	−267	20
12	Harlequins	27	6	1	20	524	951	−427	13
13	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	27	7	0	20	453	957	−504	10 [a]
14	Crusaders	27	6	0	21	527	857	−330	8 [b]

2011 results

Date	Competition	Round	Home	Score	Away	Result	Venue	Referee	Attendance	Notes
01/01/2011	Trial Game	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	40-22	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	W	Headingley Stadium		12,015	Boxing Day friendly

Results

2011 squad

2011 Transfers in/out

Gains

Losses

Player statistics

Source: ^[2]

No.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points
1		Brent Webb	30	13	0	0	52
2		Lee Smith	17	6	0	0	24
3		Brett Delaney	27	4	0	0	16
4		Keith Senior	16	4	0	0	16
5		Ryan Hall	35	32	0	0	128
6		Danny McGuire	22	10	0	0	40
7		Rob Burrow	34	12	2	1	53
8		Kylie Leuluai	31	4	0	0	16
9		Danny Buderus	35	7	0	0	28
10		Jamie Peacock	23	1	0	0	4
11		Jamie Jones-Buchanan	34	12	0	0	48
12		Carl Ablett	31	9	0	0	36
13		Kevin Sinfield	36	2	160	2	330
14		Ali Lauitiiti	21	6	0	0	24
15		Ben Cross	10	0	0	0	0
16		Ryan Bailey	25	2	0	0	8
17		Ian Kirke	33	1	0	0	4
18		Luke Burgess	12	0	0	0	0
19		Kallum Watkins	17	11	0	0	44
20		Weller Hauraki	27	4	0	0	16
21		Chris Clarkson	29	3	0	0	12
22		Jay Pitts	13	2	0	0	8
23		Ben Jones-Bishop	19	13	0	0	52
24		Paul McShane	18	5	0	0	20
27		Zak Hardaker	15	12	0	0	48
28		Brad Singleton	1	0	0	0	0
32		George Elliot	1	0	0	0	0

References

External links

• Leeds Rhinos Website
• BBC Sport-Rugby League