2015 Salford Red Devils season

2015 Salford Red Devils season
Super League XX Rank	11th
Play-off result	3rd - Super Eight's
Challenge Cup	5th Round
2015 record	Wins: 13; Draws: 1; Losses: 17
Points scored	For: 704; Against: 842
Team information
Chairman	Marwan Koukash
Head Coach	Iestyn Harris
Captain	Harrison Hansen
Stadium	AJ Bell Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Niall Evalds - 19
Goals	Josh Griffin - 54
Points	Josh Griffin - 152
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This article details the Salford Red Devils rugby league football club's 2015 season. This is the club's 7th consecutive season in the Super League and their 2nd season using the Salford Red Devils name.

Pre season friendlies[]

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Salford score is first.

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
17/1/15	Pre Season	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Kickers	Attendance
24/1/15	Pre Season	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goal Kickers	Attendance

Table[]

Position	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Pts for	Pts agst	Points
1	Leeds Rhinos	23	16	1	6	758	477	33
2	St. Helens	23	16	0	7	598	436	32
3	Wigan Warriors	23	15	1	7	589	413	31
4	Huddersfield Giants	23	13	2	8	538	394	28
5	Castleford Tigers	23	13	0	10	547	505	26
6	Warrington Wolves	23	12	0	11	552	456	24
7	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	452	484	22
8	Catalans Dragons	23	9	2	12	561	574	20
9	Widnes Vikings	23	9	1	13	518	565	19
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	9	0	14	534	646	18
11	Salford Red Devils	23	8	1	14	447	617	17
12	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	3	0	20	402	929	6

	Teams in position to qualify for the Super League "Super 8 Play offs"
	Teams in position to join 4 championship sides in the Super League "Super 8 Qualifiers"

2015 fixtures and results[]

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

2015 Super League Fixtures

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
7/2/15	Super League XX	1	Warrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	8-22	Jones-Bishop (2)	J.Griffin 0/1, Dobson 0/1	11,864	-
12/2/15	Super League XX	2	St. Helens	H	AJ Bell Stadium	L	6-52	Jones-Bishop	Dobson 1/1	4,975	Sky Sports
28/2/15	Super League XX	3	Hull F.C.	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	32-28	Evalds (2), Fages, J.Griffin (2), Sa'u	J.Griffin 4/6	3,606	-
7/3/15	Super League XX	4	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	D	40-40	Sa'u, J.Griffin, Paterson (2), Lee, Fages, Chase	J.Griffin 6/8	7,800	Sky Sports
15/3/15	Super League XX	5	Wakefield Trinity	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	24-18	Johnson, Hauraki, Chase, Sa'u	J.Griffin 4/4	2,712	-
20/3/15	Super League XX	6	Castleford	A	The Jungle	L	16-30	Lee, Hauraki, Jones-Bishop	J.Griffin 2/3	6,901	-
26/3/15	Super League XX	7	Widnes	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	36-8	Jones-Bishop, Hauraki, Johnson, Tasi, J.Griffin, Paterson, Taylor	J.Griffin 4/7	3,476	Sky Sports
3/4/15	Super League XX	8	Huddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	W	18-12	J.Griffin, Jones-Bishop, Forster	J.Griffin 3/3	6,003	-
6/4/15	Super League XX	9	Wigan	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	24-18	Evalds (2), Dobson, Jones-Bishop	J.Griffin 4/4	6,561	-
12/4/15	Super League XX	10	Leeds	H	AJ Bell Stadium	L	18-28	Tasi, Evalds (2)	Dobson 3/3	4,000	-
26/4/15	Super League XX	12	Castleford	H	AJ Bell Stadium	L	20-22	Fages, Locke (2), Taylor	Locke 1/3, Johnson 1/1	2,800	-
1/5/15	Super League XX	13	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	20-24	Locke, Greenwood, Gildart	Fages 4/4	9,385	-
8/5/15	Super League XX	14	Huddersfield	H	AJ Bell Stadium	L	0-19	-	-	Attendance	-
22/5/15	Super League XX	15	Warrington	H	AJ Bell Stadium	L	18-34	Paterson, Sa'u, Evalds	Paterson 3/3	6,159	-
30/5/15	Magic Weekend	16	Widnes	N	St James' Park	L	16-38	Paterson, Johnson, Jones-Bishop	J.Griffin 2/3	40,871	Sky Sports
5/6/15	Super League XX	17	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	12-32	Evalds, Chase	Paterson 2/2	11,664	-
14/6/15	Super League XX	18	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	24-16	Fages, Taylor, Hansen (2)	J.Griffin 4/4	3,240	-
19/6/15	Super League XX	19	Wigan	A	DW Stadium	L	12-19	Paterson, G.Griffin	J.Griffin 2/2	13,710	-
30/6/15	Super League XX	11	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	28-34	Caton-Brown, Jones-Bishop (2), J.Walne, Taylor	J.Griffin 4/5	6,717	-
5/7/15	Super League XX	20	Catalans Dragons	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	18-14	Evalds, Dobson (2)	J.Griffin 3/3	5,078	-
12/7/15	Super League XX	21	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	31-18	Jones-Bishop (2), J.Griffin, Hauraki, Fages, Evalds	J.Griffin 0/2, Dobson 3/4, Dobson 1 DG	4,500	-
17/7/15	Super League XX	22	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	6-70	Evalds	Paterson 1/1	14,190	-
26/7/15	Super League XX	23	Widnes	A	Halton Stadium	L	20-21	Evalds, Paterson, Taylor	J.Griffin 4/4	5,479	-

2015 Super 8 Qualifiers

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
9/8/15	Championship	S1	Wakefield Trinity	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	34-26	J.Griffin (2), G.Griffin, Paterson (2), Chase	J.Griffin 4/5, Paterson 1/1	3,400	-
16/8/15	Championship	S2	Leigh	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	46-18	Jones-Bishop, Taylor, Thornley, Chase (2), Sa'u, Evalds, Johnson	Dobson 7/8	4,547	-
23/8/15	Championship	S3	Bradford	A	Odsal Stadium	L	10-41	Chase, Thornley	Dobson 1/2	6,593	-
5/9/15	Championship	S4	Halifax	A	Shay Stadium	W	50-28	Evalds (3), Johnson (3), Jones-Bishop (3)	Dobson 3/3, J.Griffin 4/6	2,186	-
13/9/15	Championship	S5	Sheffield	H	AJ Bell Stadium	W	53-34	Hauraki, Hansen, J.Griffin (2), Hood, Tasi, Evalds, Thornley, G.Griffin	Dobson 8/9, Dobson 1 DG	3,000	-
20/9/15	Championship	S6	Widnes	A	Halton Stadium	W	24-10	J.Griffin, Taylor, Paterson, Sa'u	Dobson 4/4	3,876	-
27/9/15	Championship	S7	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	22-46	Johnson, Hansen, Tasi, Lannon	Jones-Bishop 3/3	7,543	-

Player appearances[]

• Super League Only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand-Off	SH=Scrum Half	PR=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose Forward	B=Bench

No	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	11	20	21	22	23	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
1	Kevin Locke		FB		FB	FB		FB	FB			W	W							x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Ben Jones-Bishop	W	W			W	W	W	W	W	W			W	W	W	W			W	W	W	W	W	FB	W	W	W	W	W	W
3	Josh Griffin	C	C	C	W	C	C	C	C	C						C		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	W			C	C	W	x
4	Junior Sa'u			C	C	C	C		C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C			C	C
5	Greg Johnson	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W					W	W	W	W	W	W		W
6	Rangi Chase	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO							SO	SO	FB	FB				SO	SO	SO	SO
7	Michael Dobson	B	SH			SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH								SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	x
8	Adrian Morley	B		B	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	B		B	B	B	P	P	P	P		P	P	B	B	B	L		B	B	B
9	Tommy Lee	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H															B	B	B	SO	SO	SO	SH
10	Lama Tasi	x	B	P	P	B	B	B	B	B	B	P	P	B					B	B						B	P		B	P	P
11	Harrison Hansen	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	L	L	SR	B	L	L	L	SR		B	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR
12	Weller Hauraki	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR				SR	SR	SH	SR		SR		SR	SR	SR				SR		L
13	Gareth Hock	P	P	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
14	Theo Fages	SH	B	SH	SH	B	B				SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SH	SH	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Darrell Griffin	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B		B	P		P	B	B			B	B	B
16	Scott Taylor	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	x
17	Jordan Walne	x	SR	L	L	L	L						H	SR	H	H	B	SR	B	SR	B	SR	B	L				B
18	Mason Caton-Brown	C	C	W	x	x	x	C	x	x	C	C	C	C			C	W	W	W	W	W	W
19	Niall Evalds	FB	x	FB	x	x	FB	x	x	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	B		FB	FB	FB	FB	B	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
20	Adam Walne	B	B	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	P			x	x	B	P									B	P
21	Tony Puletua																		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Jason Walton	x	x	x	x	B	B	x	x	x	SR	x	SH		C	B	x	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Andrew Dixon	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Liam Hood	x	x	B	B	x	x	B	B	B	H	B	B	B	B	B	H	B		B	B	B	B	B				B	B	B	B
25	George Griffin	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SH	SR	SH	B	L	L	B	B	B	L	L	L	P	P	P	SR	P	P
26	Carl Forster	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	L	SR	L	x	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	B	B	B	x	x
27	Luke Menzies	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B
28	Jonathon Ford	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Matty Gee	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
31	Cory Paterson	L	L	x	C			L	L	L					SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		B	SR	SR	L	L	B	L		B
32	Ryan Lannon	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B
33	Wayne Godwin	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	H	x	H	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
34	Oliver Gildart	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	C	C	C	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
35	James Greenwood	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	L	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
36	Josh Wood	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SH	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SO
37	Logan Tomkins	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
38	Olsi Krasniqi	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B		B	B	B	B	B		L	L
39	Jake Bibby	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	C
40	Reni Maitua	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR	SR	x	SR	SR	SR	SR
41	Ian Thornley	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	C	C	C	C	C	C

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup[]

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV
18/4/15	Cup	5th	Leigh	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	18-22	Fages, Evalds (2)	Dobson 1/1, Paterson 2/2	6,358	BBC Sport

Player appearances[]

• Challenge Cup Games only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand Off	SH=Scrum Half	P=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose Forward	B=Bench

No	Player	5
1	Kevin Locke
2	Ben Jones-Bishop	W
3	Josh Griffin
4	Junior Sa'u	C
5	Greg Johnson	W
6	Rangi Chase
7	Michael Dobson	SH
8	Adrian Morley	P
9	Tommy Lee
10	Lama Tasi	B
11	Harrison Hansen	SR
12	Weller Hauraki
14	Theo Fages	SO
15	Darrell Griffin	B
16	Scott Taylor	P
17	Jordan Walne
18	Mason Caton-Brown	C
19	Niall Evalds	FB
20	Adam Walne	x
21	Tony Puletua	x
22	Jason Walton	x
23	Andrew Dixon	x
24	Liam Hood	B
25	George Griffin	B
26	Carl Forster	L
27	Luke Menzies	x
28	Jonathan Ford	x
29		x
30	Matty Gee	x
31	Cory Paterson	SR
32	Ryan Lannon	x
33	Wayne Godwin	H

2015 squad statistics[]

• Appearances and points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 27 September 2015.

No	Player	Position	Age	Previous Club	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Kevin Locke	Fullback	N/A	New Zealand Warriors	7	3	1	0	14
2	Ben Jones-Bishop	Winger	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	25	16	3	0	70
3	Josh Griffin	Centre	N/A	Batley Bulldogs	21	11	54	0	152
4	Junior Sa'u	Centre	N/A	Melbourne Storm	23	6	0	0	24
5	Greg Johnson	Wing	N/A	Batley Bulldogs	26	8	1	0	34
6	Rangi Chase	Stand Off	N/A	Castleford Tigers	17	7	0	0	28
7	Michael Dobson	Scrum Half	N/A	Newcastle Knights	21	3	31	2	76
8	Adrian Morley	Prop	N/A	Warrington Wolves	27	0	0	0	0
9	Tommy Lee	Hooker	N/A	London Broncos	16	2	0	0	8
10	Lama Tasi	Prop	N/A	Brisbane Broncos	20	4	0	0	16
11	Harrison Hansen	Second-row	N/A	Wigan Warriors	29	4	0	0	16
12	Weller Hauraki	Second-row	N/A	Castleford Tigers	18	5	0	0	20
13	Gareth Hock	Loose Forward	N/A	Wigan Warriors	2	0	0	0	0
14	Theo Fages	Scrum Half	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	20	6	4	0	32
15	Darrell Griffin	Prop	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	19	0	0	0	0
16	Scott Taylor	Prop	N/A	Wigan Warriors	30	7	0	0	28
17	Jordan Walne	Prop	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	18	1	0	0	4
18	Mason Caton-Brown	Centre	N/A	London Broncos	16	1	0	0	4
19	Niall Evalds	Fullback	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	25	19	0	0	76
20	Adam Walne	Prop	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	10	0	0	0	0
21	Tony Puletua	Prop	N/A	St Helens R.F.C.	0	0	0	0	0
22	Jason Walton	Centre	N/A	Batley Bulldogs	7	0	0	0	0
23	Andrew Dixon	Second-row	N/A	St Helens R.F.C.	0	0	0	0	0
24	Liam Hood	Hooker	N/A	Hunslet Hawks	23	1	0	0	4
25	George Griffin	Second-row	N/A	London Broncos	19	3	0	0	12
26	Carl Forster	Prop	N/A	St Helens R.F.C.	13	1	0	0	4
27	Luke Menzies	Prop	N/A	Swinton Lions	1	0	0	0	0
28	Jonathon Ford	Stand Off	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	0	0	0	0	0
29		Hooker	N/A	Leeds Rhinos	0	0	0	0	0
30	Matty Gee	Centre	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	2	0	0	0	0
31	Cory Paterson	Loose Forward	N/A	Hull Kingston Rovers	21	10	9	0	58
32	Ryan Lannon	Loose Forward	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	4	1	0	0	4
33	Wayne Godwin	Hooker	N/A	Dewsbury Rams (Loan)	3	0	0	0	0
34	Oliver Gildart	Centre	N/A	Wigan Warriors (Loan)	3	1	0	0	4
35	James Greenwood	Loose Forward	N/A	Wigan Warriors (Loan)	2	1	0	0	4
36	Josh Wood	Scrum Half	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	2	0	0	0	0
37	Logan Tomkins	Hooker	N/A	Wigan Warriors (Loan)	15	0	0	0	0
38	Olsi Krasniqi	Prop	N/A	London Broncos	9	0	0	0	0
39	Jake Bibby	Second Row	N/A	Salford Red Devils Academy	1	0	0	0	0
40	Reni Maitua	Second Row	N/A	Featherstone Rovers	6	0	0	0	0
41	Ian Thornley	Centre	N/A	Wigan Warriors	6	3	0	0	12

= Injured = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out[]

In

Nat	Name	Signed from	Contract Length	Date
	Ben Jones Bishop	Leeds Rhinos	3 Years	May 2014
	Kevin Locke	New Zealand Warriors	3 ½ Years	May 2014
	Michael Dobson	Newcastle Knights	4 Years	June 2014
	Mason Caton-Brown	London Broncos	2 ½ Years	July 2014
	Weller Hauraki	Castleford Tigers	3 Years	July 2014
	Josh Griffin	Batley Bulldogs	2 ½ Years	August 2014
	Liam Hood	Hunslet Hawks	1 Year	August 2014
	Luke Menzies	Swinton Lions	2 Years	September 2014
	Matt Groat †	St. George Illawarra Dragons	1 Year	September 2014
		Leeds Rhinos	1 Year	September 2014
	Carl Forster	St. Helens	1 Year	September 2014
		Sheffield Eagles	Loan Return	September 2014
	Scott Taylor	Wigan Warriors	1 Year Loan	November 2014
	Cory Paterson	Wests Tigers	1 Year	November 2014

† = Matt Groat originally signed a 1-year deal, however, had to cancel it.

Out

Nat	Name	Sold To	Contract Length	Date
	Jacob Emmitt	Leigh Centurions	1 ½ Years	June 2014
	Marc Sneyd	Hull F.C.	3 Years	June 2014
	Michael Platt	Leigh Centurions	2 ½ Years	July 2014
	Jake Mullaney	Bradford Bulls	1 Year	July 2014
	Matty Ashurst	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2 Years	August 2014
	Danny Williams	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	September 2014
	Shannan McPherson	Parramatta Eels	1 Year	September 2014
	Logan Tomkins	Wigan Warriors	Loan Return	September 2014
	Martin Gleeson	Retired - Academy Coach	N/A	October 2014
	Francis Meli	Retired	N/A	October 2014
	Tim Smith	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	1 Year	October 2014
	Alex Davidson	North Wales Crusaders	2 Years	November 2014
	Gareth Owen	Oldham R.L.F.C.	1 Year	November 2014
	George Tyson	Oldham R.L.F.C.	1 Year	November 2014
	Jack Holmes	Oldham R.L.F.C.	2 Years	November 2014
	Stuart Howarth	Hull F.C.	1 Year	January 2015
	Andrew Dixon	Halifax	1 Month	January 2015
	Will Hope
	Steve Rapira

References[]

External links[]

• Salford Red Devils Website
• Salford Red Devils - SL Website