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 Rank	10th
2015 record	Wins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scored	For: 577; against: 569
Team information
CEO	Don Furner Jr.
Coach	Ricky Stuart
Captain	Jarrod Croker
Stadium	GIO Stadium - 25,000
Avg. attendance	9,629
High attendance	13,113 (vs Sea Eagles, round 23)
Top scorers
Tries	Blake Austin (14)
Goals	Jarrod Croker (94)
Points	Jarrod Croker (236)
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Ladder

2015 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Squad List

See also: List of Canberra Raiders players

Canberra Raiders

NRL Squad								Coaching staff
Blake Austin – FE, HK, HB Kurt Baptiste – HK, HB, FE Shannon Boyd – PR Glen Buttriss – HK, LK Mitch Cornish – HB, FE, FB Jarrod Croker (c) – CE, WG Joel Edwards – SR, LK, PR Shaun Fensom – LK, SR Jeremy Hawkins – WG, CE Josh Hodgson – HK		Jarrad Kennedy – SR, LK, CE Brenko Lee – CE, WG Edrick Lee – WG, CE Josh McCrone – HK Mark Nicholls – PR, SR, LK Frank-Paul Nu'uausala – PR, SR, LK Kyle O'Donnell – PR, SR, LK Josh Papalii – SR, LK Jordan Rapana – WG, FB, CE David Shillington – PR		Iosia Soliola – CE, SR Dane Tilse – PR Bill Tupou – WG, CE Paul Vaughan – PR, SR, LK Sisa Waqa – WG Jack Wighton – FB, CE, FE Sam Williams – HB, FE				Head coach Ricky Stuart Assistant coaches Dean Pay Mick Crawley 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 Tigers	2017	^[1]
Josh Hodgson	Hull Kingston Rovers	2016	^[2]
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala	Sydney Roosters	2017	^[3]
Iosia Soliola	St. Helens	2016	^[4]
Sisa Waqa	Melbourne Storm	2016	^[5]
Sam Williams	Catalans Dragons	2016	^[6]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Terry Campese	Hull Kingston Rovers	2015	^[7]
Jake Foster	Eastern Suburbs Tigers		^[8]
Reece Robinson	Parramatta Eels		^[9]

Fixtures

Preseason

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 v t e	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:^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 31 January	2:20pm	Round 1	Wests Tigers	Eden Park	16-10	Croker, Ahearn	Ahearn (1/1)
Saturday, 31 January	6:40pm	Round 2	New Zealand Warriors	Eden Park	23-19	Ahearn (Bonus point), Edwards, Pangai, Lee	Buttriss (1/1), Williams (1/1), Ahearn (1/1), Croker (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February	1:15pm	Round 3	Gold Coast Titans	Eden Park	13-38
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Source:^{[10][circular reference]}

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]

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Blake Austin	23	14	-	-	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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