Leeds Rhinos - Season Summary
- Coach
- Dean Bell
- Captain
- Gary Mercer
- Biggest home crowd
- 19,137 (vs. Bradford in round 14)
- Average home crowd
- 10,365
- Top pointscorer
- League: Iestyn Harris (155)
- All Matches: Iestyn Harris (183)
- Top tryscorer
- League: Paul Sterling (15)
- All Matches: Paul Sterling (20)
Results
| Date | Day | Competition | Opposition | Score | Captain(s) | Coach(es) | Venue | Crowd | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9 | Sun 3:00pm | CC (4) | A | Whitehaven | W | 48 | - | 8 | D Bell | Recreation Gnd | 2,321 | |||
| 23 | Sun 3:00pm | CC (5) | H | Dewsbury | W | 48 | - | 22 | D Bell | Headingley | 6,775 | |||
| Mar 9 | Sun 3:00pm | CC (QF) | H | Featherstone R. | W | 32 | - | 12 | D Bell | Headingley | 9,579 | |||
| 16 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 1 | H | Oldham | W | 32 | - | 22 | D Bell | Headingley | 11,516 | 2nd | ||
| 21 | Fri 8:00pm | Round 2 | A | Paris St Germain | W | 28 | - | 18 | D Bell | Charlety | 10,513 | 3rd | ||
| 29 | Sat | CC (SF) | A * | Bradford | L | 10 | - | 24 | D Bell | Alfred McAlpine | 18,193 | |||
| Apr 1 | Tue 7:30pm | Round 4 | A | Halifax | L | 18 | - | 24 | D Bell | Thrum | 7,093 | 5th | ||
| 4 | Fri 3:30pm | Round 5 | H | Wigan | L | 16 | - | 17 | D Bell | Headingley | 11,317 | 7th | ||
| 11 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 6 | H | St Helens | W | 13 | - | 12 | D Bell | Headingley | 12,683 | 5th | ||
| 15 | Tue 7:30pm | Round 3 | H | Castleford | W | 24 | - | 21 | D Bell | Headingley | 10,303 | 6th | ||
| 20 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 7 | A | Sheffield | W | 30 | - | 18 | D Bell | Don Valley | 5,332 | 5th | ||
| 27 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 8 | A | London | L | 16 | - | 40 | D Bell | The Stoop | 5,919 | 4th | ||
| May 5 | Mon 7:30pm | Round 11 | H | Paris St Germain | W | 30 | - | 2 | D Bell | Headingley | 11,023 | 3rd | ||
| 11 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 9 | A | Salford | W | 33 | - | 20 | D Bell | The Willows | 5,921 | 4th | ||
| 18 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 10 | A | Oldham | W | 43 | - | 26 | D Bell | Boundary | 4,565 | 2nd | ||
| 26 | Mon 3:30pm | Round 12 | A | Castleford | D | 30 | - | 30 | D Bell | Wheldon Road | 6,815 | 2nd | ||
| 30 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 13 | H | Warrington | W | 50 | - | 12 | D Bell | Headingley | 10,150 | 2nd | ||
| Jun 7 | Sat 7:30pm | WCC (1) | A | North Qld | L | 20 | - | 42 | G Mercer | D Bell | Stockland | 14,561 | ||
| 13 | Fri 8:00pm | WCC (2) | A | Adelaide | L | 8 | - | 34 | G Mercer | D Bell | Adelaide | 14,360 | ||
| 29 | Sun 8:00pm | Round 14 | H | Bradford | L | 16 | - | 32 | D Bell | Headingley | 19,137 | 3rd | ||
| Jul 2 | Wed 7:30pm | Round 15 | H | Halifax | W | 20 | - | 18 | D Bell | Headingley | 7,462 | 4th | ||
| 6 | Sun 3:00pm | Round 16 | H | Salford | W | 34 | - | 18 | D Bell | Headingley | 8,508 | 2nd | ||
| 11 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 17 | A | Warrington | W | 23 | - | 16 | D Bell | Wilderspool | 4,704 | 2nd | ||
| 18 | Fri 7:30pm | WCC (4) | H | Adelaide | W | 22 | - | 14 | D Bell | Headingley | 11,269 | |||
| Aug 3 | Sun | WCC (6) | H | North Qld | L | 14 | - | 48 | D Bell | Headingley | 12,224 | |||
| 10 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 18 | A | Bradford | L | 8 | - | 22 | D Bell | Odsal | 16,542 | 3rd | ||
| 17 | Sun 6:30pm | Round 19 | H | London | W | 36 | - | 8 | D Bell | Headingley | 9,166 | 3rd | ||
| 22 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 20 | H | Sheffield | L | 22 | - | 24 | D Bell | Headingley | 9,813 | 3rd | ||
| 25 | Mon 3:00pm | Round 21 | A | St Helens | L | 18 | - | 25 | D Bell | Knowsley | 7,270 | 3rd | ||
| 29 | Fri 7:30pm | Round 22 | A | Wigan | L | 4 | - | 38 | D Bell | Central Park | 8,438 | 4th | ||
| Sep 8 | Mon | PT (P) | H | Oldham | W | 42 | - | 16 | D Bell | Headingley | 4,908 | |||
| 15 | Mon | PT (QF) | A | Wigan | L | 22 | - | 38 | D Bell | Central Park | 6,507 | |||
32 games
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Legend
H = Home
A = Away
N = Neutral/Alternative Venue
W = Win
L = Loss
D = Draw
Players
* Greyed out numbers in the table below indicate that the corresponding data is incomplete.
Ages listed based on 15 Sep 1997.
Age is sorted on both years and days. Other columns use player name as a secondary sort, or squad number if applicable.
Legend
Rep = Representative Status
App = Starting Appearances
Int = Interchange Appearances
T = Try/Penalty Try
G = Conversion/Penalty Goal
FG = Field Goal/Drop Goal
Pts = Points
B = 5/10 Minute Sin Bins
S = Sendoffs
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Terry Liberopoulos, Bill Bates
Sources:Richard Bailey's Rugby League World, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Wakefield Trinity Heritage







