# 2015 Wests Tigers season

The 2015 West Tigers season was the sixteenth season in the club's history. Coached by Jason Taylor and captained by Robbie Farah, they completed the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership in second last position.

## Squad movement
### Gains

| Player | Signed from | Until end of |
| Kevin Naiqama | Penrith Panthers | 2016 |
| Matthew Lodge | Melbourne Storm | 2017 |
| John Sila | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ? |
| Brenden Santi | Parramatta Eels | 2015 |
| Josh Drinkwater | London Broncos | 2016 |

### Losses

| Player | Signed to | Until end of |
| Adam Blair | Brisbane Broncos | 2017 |
| Blake Austin | Canberra Raiders | 2017 |
| Braith Anasta | Retired | - |
| Liam Fulton | Retired | - |
| Marika Koroibete | Melbourne Storm | 2018 |
| Ben Murdoch-Masila | Penrith Panthers | 2015 |
| Cory Paterson | Retired | - |
| Jarred Farlow | Lézignan Sangliers | ? |
| James Gavet | Brisbane Broncos | 2016 |
| Bodene Thompson | New Zealand Warriors | 2017 |
| Jy Hitchcox | Featherstone Rovers | 2016 |

### Re-signings

| Player | Until end of |
| James Tedesco | 2017 |
| Aaron Woods | 2017 |
| Curtis Sironen | 2017 |
| David Nofoaluma | 2017 |
| Ava Seumanufagai | 2015 |
| Sitaleki Akauola | 2016 |
| Manaia Cherrington | 2016 |
| Asipeli Fine | 2017 |
| Dallas Graham | 2017 |
| Delouise Hoeter | 2016 |

## 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
### 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 Tigers feature in the Hunua Ranges pool and played the New Zealand Warriors, Gold Coast Titans, Canberra Raiders and Sydney Roosters
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday 31 January | 11:20am | 1 | Canberra Raiders | 16-10 | Kyle Lovett (2), Jack Buchanan | Pat Richards (2/3) |
| Saturday 31 January | 3:15pm | 2 | Gold Coast Titans | 26-0 | Asipeli Fine, Manaia Cherrington, Josh Drinkwater, Tim Simona | Pat Richards (2/4) |
| Sunday 1 February | 9:50am | 3 | New Zealand Warriors | 8-22 | Chris Lawrence, Manaia Cherrington | |
| Sunday 1 February | 12:45pm | 4 | Sydney Roosters | 4-22 | Kevin Naiqama | |

### Regular season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Stadium | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Saturday 7 March | 1 | Titans | Cbus Super | 19-18 | P. Richards (2), James Tedesco | P. Richards (3/4) (1 FG) | 14,319 |
| Monday 16 March | 2 | Dragons | Campbelltown | 22-4 | P. Richards (2), Kevin Naiqama, James Tedesco | P. Richards (3/4) | 11,834 |
| Sunday 22 March | 3 | Rabbitohs | ANZ | 6-20 | Robbie Farah | Pat Richards (1) | 23,211 |
| Friday 27 March | 4 | Bulldogs | ANZ | 24-25 | J. Tedesco (2), Kyle Lovett, Luke Brooks | M. Moses (4) | 20,121 |
| Monday 6 April | 5 | Eels | ANZ | 22-6 | Kevin Naiqama, James Tedesco, Pat Richards, Luke Brooks | P. Richards (3/5) | 35,510 |
| Saturday 11 April | 6 | Warriors | Mt Smart | 22-32 | T. Simona (2), James Tedesco, Pat Richards | P. Richards (3/4) | 13,781 |
| Sunday 19 April | 7 | Raiders | Leichhardt Oval | 22-30 | Tim Simona, Keith Galloway, Luke Brooks, Pat Richards | P Richards (3/4) | 13,198 |
| Friday 24 April | 8 | Bulldogs | ANZ | 38-14 | J. Tedesco (2), L. Brooks (2), Kevin Naiqama, Pat Richards | P. Richards (7/9) | 18,521 |
| Friday 8 May | 9 | Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 4-36 | Dene Halatau | | 14,366 |
| Sunday 17 May | 10 | Knights | Hunter | 12-22 | Dene Halatau, Luke Brooks | P. Richards (2) | 15,573 |
| Saturday 23 May | 11 | Cowboys | Campbelltown | 0-8 | | | 8,267 |
| | 12 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| Friday 5 June | 13 | Titans | Leichhardt Oval | 20-27 | C. Lawrence (2), James Tedesco | P. Richards (4) | 7,103 |
| Friday 12 June | 14 | Rabbitohs | ANZ | 34-6 | J. Tedesco (2), M. Taupau (2), Luke Brooks, David Nofoaluma | P. Richards (5/6) | 15,118 |
| Friday 19 June | 15 | Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | 20-30 | M. Moses (2), Pat Richards, Kevin Naiqama | P. Richards (2/4) | 8,093 |
| Sunday 28 June | 16 | Panthers | Leichhardt Oval | 12-35 | Chris Lawrence, Kevin Naiqama | P. Richards (2) | 14,234 |
| Monday 6 July | 17 | Eels | ANZ | 16-28 | K. Naiqama (2), Pat Richards | P. Richards (2/4) | 15,347 |
| | 18 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| Sunday 19 July | 19 | Broncos | Suncorp | 16-42 | Ava Seumanufagai, Manaia Cherrington, Mitchell Moses | P. Richards (2/3) | 37,260 |
| Friday 24 July | 20 | Roosters | ANZ | 8-33 | James Tedesco, Pat Richards | | 10,186 |
| Friday 31 July | 21 | Storm | Leichhardt Oval | 34-16 | J. Tedesco (2), Dene Halatau, Kevin Naiqama, Pat Richards, David Nofoaluma | P. Richards (5/6) | 7,419 |
| Monday 10 August | 22 | Raiders | GIO | 20-18 | Sauaso Sue, James Tedesco, Pat Richards, Luke Brooks | P. Richards (2/4) | 8,704 |
| Saturday 15 August | 23 | Knights | Campbelltown | 18-24 | David Nofoaluma, Pat Richards, James Tedesco | P. Richards (3/4) | 10,963 |
| Saturday 22 August | 24 | Sharks | Remondis | 18-40 | Tim Simona, Martin Taupau, Curtis Sironen | P. Richards (3) | 15,738 |
| Sunday 30 August | 25 | Warriors | Campbelltown | 50-16 | D. Nofoaluma (2), K. Naiqama (2), Robbie Farah, Luke Brooks, Dene Halatau, Tim Simona, Martin Taupau, Pat Richards | P. Richards (7/9) | 6,711 |
| Saturday 5 September | 26 | Dragons | ANZ | 30-32 | P. Richards (2), Luke Brooks, Aaron Woods, James Tedesco, David Nofoaluma | P. Richards (3/6) | 17,685 |

## Player statistics

| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Luke Brooks | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Jack Buchanan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manaia Cherrington | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Josh Drinkwater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbie Farah | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Keith Galloway | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dene Halatau | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Delouise Hoeter | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Lawrence | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Lamar Liolevave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Lodge | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Lovett | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nathan Milone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitchell Moses | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Kevin Naiqama | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| David Nofoaluma | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Pat Richards | 23 | 17 | 64 | 1 | 197 |
| Brenden Santi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ava Seumanufagi | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tim Simona | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Curtis Sironen | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sauaso Sue | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Martin Taupau | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| James Tedesco | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Aaron Woods | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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