2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs season explained

Year:	2015
Team Colour:	ffffff
Font Colour:	66cc33
League:	NRL
League Rank:	7th
League Wins:	13
League Draws:	0
League Losses:	11
Points For:	465
Points Against:	467
Playoff Result:	Elimination Final
Ceo Title:	CEO
Coach Title:	Head Coach
Top Tries:	Alex Johnston (17)
Top Goals:	Adam Reynolds (53)
Top Points:	Adam Reynolds (111)
List:	yes
List Link:	South Sydney Rabbitohs#Season summaries

The 2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs season is the 106th in the club's history. Coached by Michael Maguire and captained by Greg Inglis, they are competing in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership.

Squad Positions

Round	Fullback	Winger 1	Centre 1	Centre 2	Winger 2	Five Eight	Halfback	Prop 1	Hooker	Prop 2	Second Row 1	Second Row 2	Lock	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3	Bench 4
1																	T. Burgess
2																	T. Burgess
3																	McInnes
4																	Lowe
5
6																	Brown
7																	Grevsmuhl
8
9
10
11																	T. Burgess
12																	Grevsmuhl
13
14
16
17
19
20
21
22
23				Auva'a													Carter
24				Auva'a
25			Auva'a
26				Auva'a													Carter
FW1				Auva'a

Squad Movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
		2016	Due to being sacked from the Titans ^[1] ^[2]
		2016	^[3]
		2018	^[4]
		2017	^[5]

Losses

Player	2015 Club	Notes
	Retirement	^[6]
		^[7]
		^[8]
		^[9] Walker was originally released by souths before signing with Manly.

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	South Sydney Rabbitohs

2015 Tops

Appearances

Rank	Appearances (/25)	Player	Notes
=1	25
=1	25
=1	25

Try Scores

Rank	Tries	Player	Notes
1	17
2	13
3	8
4	7
=5	6
=5	6

Goal Kickers

Rank	Goals Kicked	Player	Notes
1	53
2	19
3	2

Point Scores

Rank	Points	Player	Notes
1	111		1t, 53g, 1fg
2	68		17t
3	52		13t
4	50		3t,19g
5	32		8t

Fixtures

Pre-season

In 2015, the Rabbitohs again competed in three pre-season trial matches.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Attendance	Report
Sat 9 Feb	Return to Redfern	Papua New Guinea	ATP Performance Centre, Redfern	38–12	5,000	https://web.archive.org/web/20130213115640/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-38-Defeat-PNG-Residents-XIII-12-at-Return-to-Redfern-2013/68137
Sat 16 Feb	Coffs Harbour Trial	Newcastle Knights	BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour	12–18	4,000	https://web.archive.org/web/20130325181335/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Knights-Defence-Too-Strong-for-Rabbitohs-in-Coffs-Harbour-Trial/68483
Fri 22 Feb	Charity Shield	St. George Illawarra Dragons	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	28–12	20,675	https://web.archive.org/web/20130528171616/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news-display/Rabbitohs-Win-30th-Charity-Shield/68795
Legend:

NRL Auckland Nines

See main article: 2015 NRL Auckland Nines. 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 Jan and 1 Feb at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Rabbitohs won the competition beating the Sharks in the grand final.

Regular season

Round	Vs	Score (Souths points first)	Lineup and player stats	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Notes
1		36–6	^[10]	Dylan Walker (28') John Sutton (43') Greg Inglis (47') Luke Keary (57') Joel Reddy (69')	Adam Reynolds (8/8)	–	Dylan Walker scored the first try of the 2015 NRL seasonSouths Debut Game Glenn Stewart (2nd Row 1) & Chris Grevsmuhl (Interchange) NRL Team of the week^[11] 1. Greg Inglis 7. Adam Reynolds 16. Thomas Burgess
2		34–26	^[12]	Dylan Walker (6') Alex Johnston (13') George Burgess (51') Alex Johnston (61') Joel Reddy (69') Issac Luke (79')	Adam Reynolds (5/6)	–	NRL Team of the week ^[13] 2. Alex Johnston 6. Luke Keary 10. George Burgess
3		20–6	^[14]	Alex Johnston (35') Dylan Walker (40') Greg Inglis (46') Dylan Walker (75')	Adam Reynolds (2/4)	–	Souths Debut Game Tim Grant NRL Team of the week 1. Greg Inglis
4		16–29	^[15]	Joel Reddy (9') Chris Grevsmuhl (34') Alex Johnston (61')	Adam Reynolds (2/3)	–	Souths Debut Game Daryl Millard (Centre 1) ^[16]
5		18–17	^[17]	Isaac Luke (39') Dave Tyrrell (59')	Adam Reynolds (4/4) Bryson Goodwin (1/1)	–	NRL team of the Week^[18] 15. Chris McQueen
6		12–30	^[19]	Dave Tyrrell (2') Alex Johnston (20')	Isaac Luke (2/2)	–	Souths Debut Game Nathan Brown (Interchange)
7		10–18	^[20]	Alex Johnston (31') Chris McQueen (53')	Isaac Luke (1/2)	–
8		22–30	^[21]	Chris McQueen (19') Bryson Goodwin (26') Greg Inglis (35') Luke Keary (59')	Isaac Luke (3/4)	–	Souths Debut Game Aaron Gray (Five Eight) NRL team of the Week 15. Chris McQueen^[22]
9		16–10	^[23]	Aaron Gray (33') Aaron Gray (47') Alex Johnston (58')	Adam Reynolds (2/4)	–	NRL team of the Week 15. Ben Lowe^[24]
10		12–16	^[25]	Alex Johnston (48') Aaron Gray (55')	Isaac Luke (1/2) Bryson Goodwin (1/1)	–
11		14–12	^[26]	Aaron Gray (9') Aaron Gray (55') Cameron McInnes (75')	Isaac Luke (1/3)	–	NRL team of the Week ^[27] 5. Aaron Gray 7 Luke Keary 100th First Grade Game (all for Souths) Jason Clark^[28]
12		22–16	^[29]	Greg Inglis (23') Chris Grevsmuhl (48') Alex Johnston (61') Chris Grevsmuhl (71')	Isaac Luke (3/4)	–	NRL team of the Week ^[30] 6. John Sutton 12. Nathan Brown
13		36–6		Bryson Goodwin (8') Chris Grevsmuhl (37') Tim Grant (40') Dylan Walker (51') Alex Johnston (62') Dylan Walker (75')	Isaac Luke (6/8)	–	NRL team of the Week ^[31] 4. Dylan Walker 50th South Sydney Rabbitohs Games Dylan Walker^[32]
14		6–34		Bryson Goodwin (16)	Adam Reynolds (1/1)	–	South Sydney Rabbitohs First Grade Debuts John Olive 150th NRL Grade Game (all for souths including NYC and NRL) Jason Clark^[33]
15	BYE
16		20–8		Aaron Gray (28') Bryson Goodwin (45') Aaron Gray (48') Luke Keary (63')	Isaac Luke (2/5)	–	NRL team of the Week ^[34] 8. George Burgess
17		6–20		Joel Reddy (74')	Adam Reynolds (1/1)	–

Finals 2015

Player statistics

Player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Total Points
	5	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0	0
	24	1	0	0	4
	25	2	0	0	8
	4	0	0	0	0
	18	2	0	0	8
	25	6	2	0	28
	21	1	0	0	4
	12	7	0	0	28
	22	6	0	0	24
Greg Inglis (c)	20	7	0	0	28
	25	17	0	0	68
	24	4	0	0	16
	14	0	0	0	0
	20	3	19	0	46
	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0
	13	1	0	0	4
	24	2	0	0	8
	3	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	13	4	0	0	16
	18	1	53	1	111
	0	0	0	0	0
	18	0	0	0	0
	17	2	0	0	8
	0	0	0	0	0
	6	0	0	0	0
	24	2	0	0	8
	0	0	0	0	0
	22	13	0	0	52
Total	(Players) 32	70 – (280pts)	62 – (124pts)	1 – (1pt)	405

Representative Honours

Name									Prime Ministers XIII
	–	–	–	City ^[35]	–	–	–		–
	Indigenous All Stars	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
	Indigenous All Stars ^[36]	Australia ^[37]	–	–	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland		–
	Indigenous All Stars	Australia	–	–	–	–	–		Winger ^[38]
	–	New Zealand ^[39]	–	–	–	–		–
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Second Row
	–	–	Fiji ^[40]	–	–	–		–
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		Halfback
	Indigenous All Stars	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
	NRL All Stars	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
Named on Team but did not play either due to injury or not selected in the final 17
	–	–	–		–	–	18th Man		–
	–	–	–	City (Injured) ^[41]	–	–	–		–
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		18th Man
	–	–	–	City (Injured)	–	18th Man	–		–

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sign Paul Carter for Remainder of 2015 and 2016 . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
2. Web site: No CookiesPerth Now . Perthnow.com.au . 2015-10-17 .
3. Web site: Re-sign Goodwin & Confirm Signing Michael Oldfield . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
4. Web site: Burgess Back At Souths: It's official. South Sydney Rabbitohs have signed dual international, Sam Burgess. . 2015-11-06 . 2015-11-06.
5. Web site: Rabbitohs Sign Damien Cook . ZeroTackle . 2015-10-15.
6. Web site: Ben Lowe Announces His Retirement from Rugby League . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
7. News: South Sydney releases Queensland back rower Chris McQueen, who signs with the Gold Coast Titans . ABC News . 11 December 2015 . 2015-12-11.
8. Web site: Glenn Stewart signs on at Catalans. 10 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003060654/http://www.nrl.com/glenn-stewart-signs-on-at-catalans/tabid/10874/newsid/89681/default.aspx . 3 October 2015 .
9. Web site: Manly Sea Eagles sign Dylan Walker from South Sydney Rabbitohs . 17 December 2015 . SMH . 2015-12-17.
10. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
11. Web site: Round 1: Team of the Week . Nrl.com . 2015-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205042254/http://www.nrl.com/round-1-team-of-the-week/tabid/10959/contentid/729122/default.aspx . 5 February 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
12. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
13. Web site: Round 2: Team of the Week . NRL.com . 2015-03-17 . 2015-10-17.
14. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
15. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
16. Web site: NRL Team List. Rabbitohs. 2015-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20150614212243/http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/team/team-list.round_4.html. 14 June 2015. dead. dmy-all.
17. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
18. Web site: Team of the Week: Round 5 . NRL.com . 2015-04-07 . 2015-10-17.
19. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
20. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
21. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
22. Web site: Team of the Week: Round 8 . NRL.com . 2015-04-28 . 2015-10-17.
23. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
24. Web site: Round 9: Team of the Week . NRL.com . 2015-05-12 . 2015-10-17.
25. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
26. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
27. Web site: Team of the Week: Round 11 . 25 May 2015 . NRL.com . 2015-10-17.
28. Web site: Fujitsu Post-Match Reaction – Clark – Rd 11, 2015 . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
29. Web site: NRL Match Centre 2015 . Matchcentre.nrl.com . 2015-10-17.
30. Web site: Team of the Week: Round 12 . 2 June 2015 . NRL.com . 2015-10-17.
31. Web site: Team of the Week: Round 13 . 9 June 2015 . NRL.com . 2015-10-17.
32. Web site: Magic Moment: Walker's 50th . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
33. Web site: Clark to Reach 150 Grade Game Milestone . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
34. Web site: Round 16 Team of the Week . NRL.com . 2015-06-30 . 2015-10-17.
35. Web site: Three Rabbitohs to Represent City Against Country . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
36. Web site: 2015 All Stars teams revealed . 19 January 2015 . NRL.com . 2015-10-17.
37. Web site: Inglis & Johnston Selected in Kangaroos Side . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
38. Web site: Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII . NRL.com . 2015-09-15 . 2015-10-17.
39. Web site: Issac Luke Selected for Kiwis . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
40. Web site: Daryl Millard Selected for Fiji . Rabbitohs . 2015-10-17.
41. Web site: Luke Keary, Dylan Walker and Jarrod Mullen withdraw from City-Country Origin clash – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . Abc.net.au . 2015-04-27 . 2015-10-17.