# 2015 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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.

## Awards

| Year | George Piggins Medal | Jack Rayner Players' Player Award | Bob McCarthy Clubman of the Year Award | John Sattler Rookie of the year Award | Burrow Appreciation Award | Roy Asotasi Members Choice | Tooheys New Fan Player of the Year | NYC Best and Fairest Award | NYC Players' Player of the Year Award |
| 2015 | Greg Inglis | Greg Inglis | Ben Lowe | Chris Grevsmuhl | Jason Clark | Bryson Goodwin | Alex Johnston | Cheyne Whitelaw | Cheyne Whitelaw |

## 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 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | Sutton | Lowe | Grevsmuhl | Clark | McQueen | T. Burgess |
| 2 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | Sutton | McQueen | Lowe | Grevsmuhl | Clark | T. Burgess |
| 3 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | Grant | McQueen | Grevsmuhl | Clark | T. Burgess | McInnes |
| 4 | Inglis | Johnston | Millard | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | McQueen | Grant | McInnes | Grevsmuhl | T. Burgess | Lowe |
| 5 | Inglis | Johnston | Millard | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | McQueen | Clark | Grant | Lowe | Grevsmuhl | T. Burgess |
| 6 | Inglis | Johnston | Millard | Goodwin | Reddy | Stewart | Keary | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Grevsmuhl | McQueen | Clark | Lowe | Grant | T. Burgess | Brown |
| 7 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Reddy | McInnes | Keary | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | McQueen | Clark | Brown | Grant | T. Burgess | Grevsmuhl |
| 8 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Reddy | Gray | Keary | G. Burgess | Luke | T. Burgess | Stewart | McQueen | Grevsmuhl | McInnes | Tyrrell | Clark | Grant |
| 9 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | McInnes | Tyrrell | Sutton | McQueen | Lowe | Luke | Grevsmuhl | T. Burgess | Grant |
| 10 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Sutton | Keary | G. Burgess | McInnes | Tyrrell | Grevsmuhl | McQueen | Lowe | Luke | Brown | T. Burgess | Grant |
| 11 | Johnston | Reddy | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Sutton | Keary | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Lowe | McQueen | Clark | McInnes | Brown | Grant | T. Burgess |
| 12 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Sutton | Keary | T. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Brown | McQueen | Clark | McInnes | Grant | G. Burgess | Grevsmuhl |
| 13 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Sutton | Keary | T. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Brown | McQueen | Lowe | Clark | Grevsmuhl | Grant | G. Burgess |
| 14 | Johnston | Olive | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | T. Burgess | McInnes | Tyrrell | Sutton | McQueen | Lowe | Clark | Grevsmuhl | Brown | G. Burgess |
| 16 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Grant | McQueen | Sutton | Lowe | Stewart | Grevsmuhl | Tyrrell | T. Burgess |
| 17 | Johnston | Reddy | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | Sutton | McQueen | Lowe | Grevsmuhl | T. Burgess | Clark |
| 19 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | McInnes | Grant | Stewart | Sutton | McQueen | Tyrrell | Lowe | Grevsmuhl | T. Burgess |
| 20 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Grant | Stewart | Sutton | McQueen | Lowe | Grevsmuhl | Tyrrell | T. Burgess |
| 21 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Grant | Stewart | Sutton | McQueen | Turner | Grevsmuhl | Tyrrell | T. Burgess |
| 22 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Goodwin | Gray | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Grant | Stewart | Sutton | McQueen | Grevsmuhl | Tyrrell | T. Burgess | Clark |
| 23 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Auva'a | Goodwin | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Turner | Sutton | McQueen | Clark | Grant | T. Burgess | Carter |
| 24 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Auva'a | Goodwin | Sutton | Reynolds | G. Burgess | McInnes | Tyrrell | Turner | Clark | McQueen | Carter | Stewart | Grant | T. Burgess |
| 25 | Walker | Johnston | Auva'a | Goodwin | Reddy | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | Luke | Tyrrell | Stewart | Sutton | Turner | Clark | Grevsmuhl | Grant | T. Burgess |
| 26 | Johnston | Reddy | Walker | Auva'a | Goodwin | Keary | Reynolds | G. Burgess | McInnes | T. Burgess | Stewart | McQueen | Turner | Clark | Grevsmuhl | Grant | Carter |
| FW1 | Inglis | Johnston | Walker | Auva'a | Goodwin | Keary | Reynolds | T. Burgess | McInnes | Tyrrell | Grevsmuhl | McQueen | Turner | Clark | Carter | Stewart | Grant |

## Squad Movement
### Gains

| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
| Paul Carter | Gold Coast Titans | 2016 | Due to being sacked from the Titans |
| Michael Oldfield | Catalans Dragons | 2016 | |
| Sam Burgess | Bath Rugby | 2018 | |
| Damien Cook | Canterbury Bulldogs | 2017 | |

### Losses

| Player | 2015 Club | Notes |
| Isaac Luke | New Zealand Warriors | |
| Ben Lowe | Retirement | |
| Chris McQueen | Gold Coast Titans | |
| Glenn Stewart | Catalans Dragons | |
| Dylan Walker | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Walker was originally released by souths before signing with Manly. |

### Re-signings

| Player | Club | Until End of |
| Thomas Burgess | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2016 |
| Alex Johnston | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2017 |
| Luke Keary | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2016 |
| Cameron McInnes | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2017 |
| Adam Reynolds | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2017 |
| David Tyrrell | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2017 |
| Aaron Gray | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2017 |
| Bryson Goodwin | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2017 |

## 2015 Tops
### Appearances

| Rank | Appearances (/25) | Player |
| =1 | 25 | Tom Burgess |
| =1 | 25 | Bryson Goodwin |
| =1 | 25 | Alex Johnston |

### Try Scores

| Rank | Tries | Player |
| 1 | 17 | Alex Johnston |
| 2 | 13 | Dylan Walker |
| 3 | 8 | Greg Inglis |
| 4 | 7 | Aaron Gray |
| =5 | 6 | Bryson Goodwin |
| =5 | 6 | Chris Grevsmuhl |

### Goal Kickers

| Rank | Goals Kicked | Player |
| 1 | 53 | Adam Reynolds |
| 2 | 19 | Issac Luke |
| 3 | 2 | Bryson Goodwin |

### Field Goal Kickers

| Rank | Goals Kicked | Player | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Adam Reynolds | |

### Point Scores

| Rank | Points | Player | Notes |
| 1 | 111 | Adam Reynolds | 1t, 53g, 1fg |
| 2 | 68 | Alex Johnston | 17t |
| 3 | 52 | Dylan Walker | 13t |
| 4 | 50 | Isaac Luke | 3t,19g |
| 5 | 32 | Greg Inglis | 8t |

## Ladder

2015 NRL seasonvte :
| 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 |

## Fixtures
### Pre-season

In 2015, the Rabbitohs again competed in three pre-season trial matches.
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Attendance |
| Sat 9 Feb | Return to Redfern | Papua New Guinea | ATP Performance Centre, Redfern | 38–12 | 5,000 |
| Sat 16 Feb | Coffs Harbour Trial | Newcastle Knights | BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour | 12–18 | 4,000 |
| Fri 22 Feb | Charity Shield | St. George Illawarra Dragons | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 28–12 | 20,675 |
| Legend: Win 13+ Win Loss 13+ Loss Draw |||||||

### 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

| Win | Lose | Draw |
| Green | Red | Yellow |
| Round | Vs | Score (Souths points first) | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Notes |
| 1 | Brisbane Broncos | 36–6 | 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 season Souths Debut Game Glenn Stewart (2nd Row 1) & Chris Grevsmuhl (Interchange) NRL Team of the week 1. Greg Inglis 7. Adam Reynolds 16. Thomas Burgess |
| 2 | Sydney Roosters | 34–26 | 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 2. Alex Johnston 6. Luke Keary 10. George Burgess 12. Glenn Stewart |
| 3 | West Tigers | 20–6 | 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 7. Dylan Walker |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 16–29 | Joel Reddy (9') Chris Grevsmuhl (34') Alex Johnston (61') | *Adam Reynolds (2/3) | – | Souths Debut Game Daryl Millard (Centre 1) |
| 5 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 18–17 | Isaac Luke (39') Dave Tyrrell (59') | Adam Reynolds (4/4) Bryson Goodwin (1/1) | – | NRL team of the Week 15. Chris McQueen |
| 6 | North Queensland Cowboys | 12–30 | Dave Tyrrell (2') Alex Johnston (20') | Isaac Luke (2/2) | – | Souths Debut Game Nathan Brown (Interchange) |
| 7 | Cronulla Sharks | 10–18 | Alex Johnston (31') Chris McQueen (53') | Isaac Luke (1/2) | – | |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 22–30 | 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 |
| 9 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 16–10 | Aaron Gray (33') Aaron Gray (47') Alex Johnston (58') | Adam Reynolds (2/4) | – | NRL team of the Week 15. Ben Lowe |
| 10 | Melbourne Storm | 12–16 | Alex Johnston (48') Aaron Gray (55') | Isaac Luke (1/2) Bryson Goodwin (1/1) | – | |
| 11 | Parramatta Eels | 14–12 | Aaron Gray (9') Aaron Gray (55') Cameron McInnes (75') | Isaac Luke (1/3) | – | NRL team of the Week 5. Aaron Gray 7 Luke Keary 17 Thomas Burgess 100th First Grade Game (all for Souths) Jason Clark |
| 12 | Gold Coast Titans | '22–16 | Greg Inglis (23') Chris Grevsmuhl (48') Alex Johnston (61') Chris Grevsmuhl (71') | Isaac Luke (3/4) | – | NRL team of the Week 6. John Sutton 12. Nathan Brown |
| 13 | New Zealand Warriors | '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 4. Dylan Walker 50th South Sydney Rabbitohs Games Dylan Walker |
| 14 | West Tigers | 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 |
| 15 | BYE | | | | | |
| 16 | Manly Sea Eagles | 20–8 | Aaron Gray (28') Bryson Goodwin (45') Aaron Gray (48') Luke Keary (63') | Isaac Luke (2/5) | – | NRL team of the Week 8. George Burgess |
| 17 | Penrith Panthers | 6–20 | Joel Reddy (74') | Adam Reynolds (1/1) | – | |

### Finals 2015

* 13 September 4:10pm
| Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | 28–12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
* Allianz Stadium Attendance: Man of the Match: Referee: Matt Cecchin, Ashley Klein
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Sydney Roosters | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Melbourne | 20 | 18 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 18 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 18 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | | | | |
| | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 38 | | | | |
| 12 Sept, Stadium Australia | 12 Sept, Stadium Australia | 12 Sept, Stadium Australia | Canterbury | Canterbury | 12 | 26 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 26 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 26 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | | | |
| 5 | Canterbury | 11 | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 12 | |
| 8 | St. George Illawarra | 10 | | | | North Queensland | North Queensland | 32 | 4 Oct, Stadium Australia | 4 Oct, Stadium Australia | 4 Oct, Stadium Australia |
| | | | | | | | | | Brisbane | Brisbane | 16 |
| 13 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 13 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 13 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | | | | 25 Sept, Lang Park | 25 Sept, Lang Park | 25 Sept, Lang Park | North Queensland | North Queensland | 17 |
| 6 | Cronulla | 28 | | | | Brisbane | Brisbane | 31 | | |
| 7 | Souths | 12 | 19 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | 19 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | 19 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 12 | | |
| | | | North Queensland | North Queensland | 39 | | | | | | |
| 12 Sept, Lang Park | 12 Sept, Lang Park | 12 Sept, Lang Park | Cronulla | Cronulla | 0 | | | | | |
| 2 | Brisbane | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | North Queensland | 12 | | | | | | | | |

## Player statistics

| Player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Total Points |
| Kirisome Auva'a | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Brown | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Burgess | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Burgess | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Paul Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Clark | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bryson Goodwin | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Tim Grant | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Aaron Gray | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Chris Grevsmuhl | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Greg Inglis (c) | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Alex Johnston | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Luke Keary | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Ben Lowe | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Issac Luke | 20 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 46 |
| Sam Manuleleua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sione Masima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron McInnes | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris McQueen | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Daryl Millard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Olive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Reddy | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Adam Reynolds | 18 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 111 |
| Scott Sorensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Stewart | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sutton | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Setefano Taukafa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Turner | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Tyrrell | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cody Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Walker | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Total | (Players) 32 | 70 – (280pts) | 62 – (124pts) | 1 – (1pt) | 405 |

## Representative Honours

| Name | All Stars | ANZAC Test | Pacific Test | City / Country | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Kiwis Tour | Prime Ministers XIII |
| Jason Clark | – | – | – | City | – | – | – | | – |
| Chris Grevsmuhl | Indigenous All Stars | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – |
| Greg Inglis | Indigenous All Stars | Australia | – | – | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland | | – |
| Alex Johnston | Indigenous All Stars | Australia | – | – | – | – | – | | Winger |
| Isaac Luke | – | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | | – | |
| Chris McQueen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Second Row |
| Daryl Millard | – | – | Fiji | – | – | – | | – | |
| Adam Reynolds | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | Halfback |
| Kyle Turner | Indigenous All Stars | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – |
| Dylan Walker | NRL All Stars | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – |
| Named on Team but did not play either due to injury or not selected in the final 17 ||||||||||
| Alex Johnston | – | – | – | | – | – | 18th Man | | – |
| Luke Keary | – | – | – | City (Injured) | – | – | – | | – |
| David Tyrell | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 18th Man |
| Dylan Walker | – | – | – | City (Injured) | – | 18th Man | – | | – |