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)
< 2014 List of seasons 2016 >

Ladder
2015 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2418062591300+29140
2 Brisbane Broncos 2417072574379+19538
3 North Queensland Cowboys (P) 2417072587454+13338
4 Melbourne Storm 24140102467348+11932
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102522480+4232
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102469476−732
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112465467−230
8 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24120122435408+2728
9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24110132458492−3426
10 Canberra Raiders 24100142577569+824
11 Penrith Panthers 2490152399477−7822
12 Parramatta Eels 2490152448573−12522
13 New Zealand Warriors 2490152445588−14322
14 Gold Coast Titans 2490152439636−19722
15 Wests Tigers 2480162487562−7520
16 Newcastle Knights 2480162458612−15420

Squad List
See also: List of Canberra Raiders players
Canberra Raiders
NRL Squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

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

Gains
Player Signed From Until End of Notes
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
Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Terry Campese Hull Kingston Rovers2015[7]
Jake Foster Eastern Suburbs Tigers[8]
Reece Robinson Parramatta Eels[9]

Fixtures

NRL Auckland Nines
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 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Raiders feature in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the Tigers, Warriors and Titans.

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Wests Tigers 3 2 0 1 50 32 +18 4
2 New Zealand Warriors 3 2 0 1 58 41 +17 4
3 Gold Coast Titans 3 1 0 2 48 56 −8 2
4 Canberra Raiders 3 1 0 2 46 73 −27 2
Source:
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
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]

Regular season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday 8 March 1 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Remondis Stadium 24-20[11] Wighton (2), Rapana, Waqa Croker (3) 11,096
Sunday 15 March 2 New Zealand Warriors GIO Stadium 6-18[12] Waqa Croker (1) 8,241[13]
Saturday 21 March 3 St George Illawarra Dragons GIO Stadium 20-22[14] Hodgson, Soliola, Austin Croker (3) 11,774
Sunday 29 March 4 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 6-34[15] Croker Croker (1) 9,852
Saturday 4 April 5 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Lavington Sports Ground 29-16[16] Waqa, Austin, Kennedy, Rapana, Croker Croker (4/5), Williams (FG) 6,436[17]
Sunday 12 April 6 Melbourne Storm GIO Stadium 10-14[18] Hawkins Croker (3) 10,536[19]
Sunday 19 April 7 West Tigers Leichhardt Oval 30-22[20] Boyd, Croker, Nuuausala, Wighton, Rapana Croker (5/6) 13,198
Sunday 26 April 8 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park 30-22[21] Rapana, E. Lee (2), Boyd, Papalii, Austin Croker (3/7) 8,713
Saturday 9 May 9 Gold Coast Titans GIO Stadium 56-16[22] Austin (2), Croker (2), Vaughan, Rapana, Papalii, Soliola, E. Lee, Williams Croker (8/10) 8,116
Sunday 17 May 10 St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 18-32[23] Soliola, Boyd, Papalii Croker (3) 13,102[24]
Sunday 24 May 11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs GIO Stadium 34-41[25] Waqa (2), Fensom, Papalii, Austin, Cornish, Croker (5/6) 12,221
Saturday 24 May 12 Brisbane Broncos GIO Stadium 12-24[26] Austin, Kennedy Croker (2) 10,090[27]
Saturday 6 June 2015 13 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 44-22[28] E. Lee (2), Austin (2), Wighton, Papalii, Croker Croker (8/9) 13,504
Bye
Saturday 20 June 15 North Queensland Cowboys GIO Stadium 20-21[29] E. Lee, Austin, Wighton Croker (4) 10,170[30]
Saturday 27 June 16 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 8-30[31] Wighton Croker (2) 13,110
17 Bye
Friday 10 July 18 Newcastle Knights GIO Stadium 36-22[32] Austin (3), Papalii (2), Croker Croker (6) 6,015
Saturday 18 July 19 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks GIO Stadium 20-21[33] E. Lee (2), Papalii Croker (4/5) 9,853[34]
Sunday 26 July 20 Penrith Panthers Pepper Stadium 34-24[35] Rapana (2), Vaughan (2), Fensom, E. Lee Croker (5/6) 8,048
Sunday 1 August 21 North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 24-32[36] Wighton, E. Lee, Soliola, Baptiste Croker (3/4) 16,207[37]
Monday 10 August 22 West Tigers GIO Stadium 18-20[38] Boyd (2), Croker Croker (3) 8,704
Sunday 16 August 23 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles GIO Stadium 24-26 Austin, Kennedy, Vaughan Croker (4) 13,113[39]
Sunday 23 August 24 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super StadiumE. Lee 12-28 Croker, Williams Croker (2) 8,762
Monday 31 August 25 Penrith Panthers GIO Stadium 34-18[40] Baptiste, Croker, Fensom, Kennedy, Waqa, Williams Croker (5/6) 6,717
Sunday 6 September 26 Parramatta Eels Pirtek Stadium 28-24[41] Croker (2), Hodgson, B. Lee, E. Lee Croker (4/5) 10,515

Statistics

Source:[42]

NameAppTGFGPts
Blake Austin2314--56
Kurt Baptiste 16 2 - - 8
Mitchell Barnett 2 - - - 0
Luke Bateman 6 - - - 0
Shannon Boyd 20 5 - - 20
Glen Buttriss 3 - - - 0
Mitch Cornish 7 1 - - 4
Jarrod Croker 24 12 94 - 236
Shaun Fensom 23 3 - - 12
Jeremy Hawkins 4 1 - - 4
Josh Hodgson 24 2 - - 8
Jarrad Kennedy 23 4 - - 16
Brenko Lee 2 1 - - 4
Edrick Lee 23 12 - - 48
Joseph Leilua 6 - - - 0
Josh McCrone 4 - - - 0
Mark Nicholls 5 - - - 0
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala 24 1 - - 4
Josh Papalii 24 8 - - 32
Jordan Rapana 20 7 - - 28
David Shillington 15 - - - 0
Iosia Soliola 19 4 - - 16
Dane Tilse 6 - - - 0
Bill Tupou 1 - - - 0
Paul Vaughan 24 4 - - 16
Sisa Waqa 21 6 - - 24
Jack Wighton 20 7 - - 28
Sam Williams 16 3 - 1 13

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