2015 Widnes Vikings season

This article details the Widnes Vikings rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was the Vikings' 4th consecutive season back in the Super League.

Pre season friendlies

Widnes score is first.

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att
7/1/15	Pre Season	Warrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	0-16	-	-	-
18/1/15	Pre Season	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	W	20-16	Flynn, Ah Van, Hulme (2)	Tickle 0/2, Craven 2/2	-
25/1/15	Pre Season	Castleford	A	The Jungle	L	18-20	Brown	Tickle 1/2, Marsh 0/2	2,141

Table

Super League Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	23	16	1	6	758	477	+281	33	Super League Super 8s
2	St Helens	23	16	0	7	598	436	+162	32
3	Wigan Warriors	23	15	1	7	589	413	+176	31
4	Huddersfield Giants	23	13	2	8	538	394	+144	28
5	Castleford Tigers	23	13	0	10	547	505	+42	26
6	Warrington Wolves	23	12	0	11	552	456	+96	24
7	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	452	484	−32	22
8	Catalans Dragons	23	9	2	12	561	574	−13	20
9	Widnes Vikings	23	9	1	13	518	565	−47	19	The Qualifiers
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	9	0	14	534	646	−112	18
11	Salford City Reds	23	8	1	14	447	617	−170	17
12	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	3	0	20	402	929	−527	6

Super 8 Qualifier's Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull Kingston Rovers	7	7	0	0	234	118	+116	14	2016 Super League
2	Widnes Vikings	7	5	0	2	232	70	+162	10
3	Salford City Reds	7	5	0	2	239	203	+36	10
4	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (W)	7	3	0	4	153	170	−17	6	Million Pound Game
5	Bradford Bulls	7	3	0	4	167	240	−73	6
6	Halifax	7	2	0	5	162	186	−24	4	2016 Championship
7	Sheffield Eagles	7	2	0	5	152	267	−115	4
8	Leigh Centurions	7	1	0	6	146	231	−85	2

2015 fixtures and results

2015 Super League Fixtures

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
5/2/15	Super League XX	1	Wigan	H	Select Security Stadium	D	22-22	Mellor, Hanbury, Phelps, Dean	Tickle 2/2, Marsh 1/2	9,286	Sky Sports
13/2/15	Super League XX	2	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	6-38	Manuokafoa	Tickle 1/1	14,132	-
1/3/15	Super League XX	3	Wakefield Trinity	H	Select Security Stadium	W	58-16	Brown (2), White (4), Ah Van (2), Clarkson	Tickle 5/6, White 4/4	5,810	-
6/3/15	Super League XX	4	Huddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	12-24	Mellor, Manuokafoa	Tickle 2/2	5,452	-
13/3/15	Super League XX	5	St. Helens	H	Select Security Stadium	L	20-30	O'Carroll, Ah Van, Heremaia	Tickle 1/1, Marsh 3/3	7,772	-
22/3/15	Super League XX	6	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Select Security Stadium	W	20-16	Flynn (2), Galea	Owens 4/4	5,273	-
26/3/15	Super League XX	7	Salford	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	8-36	Flynn	Owens 2/2	3,476	Sky Sports
2/4/15	Super League XX	8	Warrington	H	Select Security Stadium	W	30-10	Brown, Owens	Owens 3/6	7,768	-
6/4/15	Super League XX	9	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	16-32	Owens, Marsh, Gerrard	Owens 2/3	7,000	Sky Sports
10/4/15	Super League XX	10	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	8-22	Brown, Ah Van	Owens 0/2	9,295	Sky Sports
19/4/15	Super League XX	11	Castleford	H	Select Security Stadium	W	46-16	Brown, Phelps	Owens 7/8	5,257	-
24/4/15	Super League XX	12	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	16-34	Brown, Mellor, Whitley	Owens 2/3	11,271	-
3/5/15	Super League XX	13	Warrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	20-22	Brown (2)	Owens 2/4	10,856	-
10/5/15	Super League XX	14	Leeds	H	Select Security Stadium	W	38-24	Clarkson, Marsh, Mellor, Galea, Manuokafoa, Dean, Heremaia	Owens 5/7	6,113	-
24/5/15	Super League XX	15	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	30-18	Hanbury, Marsh (3), Owens, White	Owens 0/3, White 3/3	3,132	-
30/5/15	Magic Weekend	16	Salford	N	St James' Park	W	38-16	Brown (3), Marsh	Owens 5/7	40,871	Sky Sports
4/6/15	Super League XX	17	Hull F.C.	H	Select Security Stadium	L	12-25	Owens, Whitley	Owens 2/2	5,573	Sky Sports
14/6/15	Super League XX	18	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	16-38	Brown, Dean	Owens 2/3	6,982	-
21/6/15	Super League XX	19	Huddersfield	H	Select Security Stadium	L	22-30	Brown (2)	Owens 3/4	5,420	-
5/7/15	Super League XX	20	Castleford	A	The Jungle	L	20-34	Owens, Clarkson, Gilmore, Leuluai	Owens 2/4	7,002	-
12/7/15	Super League XX	21	Catalans Dragons	H	Select Security Stadium	W	29-22	Ah Van (2), Gilmore, Flynn (2)	Marsh 3/3, Gilmore 1/3, Gilmore 1 DG	4,822	-
17/7/15	Super League XX	22	Wigan	A	DW Stadium	L	10-20	Gilmore, Dean	Gilmore 1/1	13,194	-
26/7/15	Super League XX	23	Salford	H	Select Security Stadium	W	21-20	Clarkson, Flynn, Marsh, Heremaia	Marsh 2/4, Craven 1 DG	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	Halifax	A	Shay Stadium	W	14-0	Runciman (2), Gerrard	White 1/3	3,022	-
16/8/15	Championship	S2	Sheffield	H	Halton Stadium	W	48-12	Brown, Marsh (3), Runciman (2), Hanbury, Galea, Mellor, Flynn	Tickle 2/4, White 2/4, Marsh 0/2	4,567	-
23/8/15	Championship	S3	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	Halton Stadium	L	8-12	Clarkson, Whitley	White 0/2	5,461	-
6/9/15	Championship	S4	Bradford	A	Odsal Stadium	W	56-12	Brown	White 2/4, Tickle 6/6	6,881	-
12/9/15	Championship	S5	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue Stadium	W	46-4	Brown, Flynn	Tickle 5/6, Ah Van 2/2	3,365	-
20/9/15	Championship	S6	Salford	H	Halton Stadium	L	10-24	Ah Van, White	Ah Van 1/2	3,876	-
27/9/15	Championship	S7	Leigh	H	Halton Stadium	W	50-6	Brown, Runciman, Flynn, Gerrard, Hanbury, Mellor, Owens	Tickle 5/7, Owens 2/2	5,550	-

Player appearances

• Super League Only

No	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
1	Rhys Hanbury	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB		FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
2	Paddy Flynn			W	W	W	W	W						W							W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W
3	Cameron Phelps	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	B	C	C	C			C	C
4	Stefan Marsh	C	W			C	C	C	W	C	C	C	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C		C	W	W	W
5	Patrick Ah Van	W		W	W	W				W	W	W			W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W			W	W	W	W
6	Kevin Brown	SO		SO	SO				SO		SO	SO	SO	SO	SO		SO	SO	SO	SO					SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO
7	Joe Mellor	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH		SH		SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH
8	Eamon O'Carroll	P	P	P	P	P		P	P		P	P	P	P							B	P	P
9	Lloyd White			H	H				H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	B					B	H	H	H	H	H	B
10	Manase Manuokafoa	B	B	B	B		B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	P	P	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	P
11	Danny Galea	x	B	B	B	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
12	Danny Tickle	SR	SR	SR	SR	L	B		SR					SR											B	SR	SR	SR	SR	B	SR
13	Hep Cahill	L	L	L	L																L	L	L	P	B		L	L	L	L	L
14	Chris Dean	B	C	C	C	C		SR	C		SR	SR	C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
15	Jack Owens	x	W	x	x	x	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W										B
16	Willie Isa	B	B									B	B	L	L	L	L	L	L	B	B	B	C	L	L	B
17	Chris Clarkson	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR						B	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		B	B	B	SR
18	Paul Johnson	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
19	Ben Kavanagh	x	x	B	B	P	B	B		P		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Declan Hulme	W		x	x	x	x	x	x	C	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Danny Craven	x	SO	x	x	B	x	x	x	FB	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	C	x	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	B	x
22	Liam Carberry	H	H	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
23	Philip Joseph	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	x	P	B	x	x	B	B	B	x	B	B						x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Macgraff Leuluai	x	x	x	x	B	L	L	L	SR		L	L			B	B	B	SR	L	B	B	B	B		L	x	x	x	x	x
25	Alex Gerrard	P	P	x	x	B	P	H	B	L	L	B	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	B	B	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
26	Tom Gilmore	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SO	x	SH	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SO	SO	SO	SO	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Grant Gore	x	x	x	x	SO	SO	B	x	SH	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Matt Whitley	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B	x	SR		B	B	B	C	B	B						B	B	B	B	SR	SR
29	Ed Chaimberlain	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	Ted Chapelhow	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
31	Ryan Ince	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
32	Almer Sevilla	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
33	Aaron Heremaia	B	B	B	B	H	H	SO	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	SO	B	B	B	H	H	H	H	H	H	B	B	B	B	B	H
34	Jay Chapelhow	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
35	Gil Dudson	x	x	P	P	B	P	P	P		P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	B	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	B
36	Charly Runciman	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	C

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV
17/5/15	Cup	6th	Batley	H	Halton Stadium	W	26-22	Brown (2), Phelps	Owens 3/5	3,866	-
28/6/15	Cup	QF	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	20-36	Mellor, Craven, Ah Van, Dean	Craven 1/2, Ah Van 1/2	8,806	BBC Sport

Player appearances

• Challenge Cup Games only

No	Player	6	QF
1	Rhys Hanbury		FB
2	Paddy Flynn	W	W
3	Cameron Phelps	C	x
4	Stefan Marsh	C	C
5	Patrick Ah Van	W	W
6	Kevin Brown	SO	SO
7	Joe Mellor	SH	SH
8	Eamon O'Carroll		x
9	Lloyd White	H	x
10	Manase Manuokafoa	B	P
11	Danny Galea		x
12	Danny Tickle		x
13	Hep Cahill		B
14	Chris Dean	B	C
15	Jack Owens	FB	x
16	Willie Isa	L	B
17	Chris Clarkson	SR	SR
18	Paul Johnson	x	x
19	Ben Kavanagh	x	x
20	Declan Hulme	x	x
21	Danny Craven	x	B
22	Liam Carberry	x	x
23	Philip Joseph	P	x
24	Macgraff Leuluai	B	L
25	Alex Gerrard		P
26	Tom Gilmore	x	x
27	Grant Gore	x	x
28	Matt Whitley	SR	SR
29	Ed Chaimberlain	x	x
30	Ted Chapelhow	x	x
31	Ryan Ince	x	x
32	Almer Sevilla	x	x
33	Aaron Heremaia	B	H
34	Jay Chapelhow	x	x
35	Gil Dudson	P	B

2015 squad statistics

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

= Injured = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out

In

Player	Position	Previous Club	Contract	Announced
Aaron Heremaia	Hooker	Hull F.C.	2 Years	June 2014
Manase Manuokafoa	Prop	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	July 2014
Chris Clarkson	Second row	Leeds Rhinos	1 Year Loan	September 2014
Gil Dudson	Prop	Wigan Warriors	2 Years	January 2015

Out

Player	Position	Signed for	Contract	Date
Steve Pickersgill	Prop	Retired	N/A	May 2014
Jon Clarke	Hooker	Retired - S & C Coach	N/A	June 2014
Adam Lawton	Second row	Australia	1 Year	July 2014
Rhodri Lloyd	Second row	Wigan Warriors	Loan return	September 2014
Paul Clough	Prop	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	September 2014
Dave Allen	Second row	Whitehaven	1 Year	November 2014

References

External links

• Widnes Vikings Website
• Widnes Vikings - SL Website