1996 Leeds RLFC season

April 2022 1996 darkblue; border: solid gold 1px Gold Super League Super League I 10th 6 0 16 555 745 Challenge Cup Semi final 3 1 Head Coach Dean Bell Garry Schofield (until March)Neil Harmon (from March) Headingley Rugby Stadium 1995–96 1997 yes List of Leeds Rhinos seasons The 1996 Leeds RLFC season was the club's first season in the newly formed Super League. Coached by Dean Bell, the club competed in Super League I and finished in 10th place. The club also competed in the 1996 Challenge Cup, and were knocked out in the semi-finals by Bradford Bulls. At the end of the season, the club changed its name to Leeds Rhinos.Twin coup for Leeds https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-post-north-west-ed-twin-coup-fo/193785683/ 20 March 2026 Liverpool Daily Post 27 November 1996 33 Newspapers.com Challenge Cup 1996 Challenge Cup Date and timeRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceTVReport 4 February; 15:00Postponed from 28 January due to heavy snow.Watson Trevor Leeds fail in bid for Canberra scrum-half Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds 29 January 1996 21 20 March 2026 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005104/19960129/113/0021 British Newspaper Archive subscription Swinton and Leeds have agreed to play their Silk Cut Challenge Cup fourth round tie on Sunday (3.00). The match was one of 12 hit by the snow yesterday and the League have relaxed bye-laws to enable the matches next weekend. Round 4 Swinton 16 Swinton Lions A Gigg Lane W 27–22 Fallon, Hall, Holroyd, Morley, Tait Holroyd (3/5)Drop Goals: Holroyd 2,000 Not televised Watson Trevor Holroyd to the rescue Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds 5 February 1996 21 20 March 2026 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005104/19960205/147/0021 British Newspaper Archive subscription 10 February Round 5 Warrington 16 Warrington Wolves A Wilderspool Stadium W 30–10 Hall (2), Innes, Howard, Holroyd, Cummins Holroyd (3/6) 3,886 Not televised Watson Trevor Leeds are a cut above the Wire Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds 10 February 1996 1 20 March 2026 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005104/19960210/001/0001 British Newspaper Archive subscription 25 February Quarter-finals Halifax 16 Halifax Blue Sox A Thrum Hall W 35–24 Mann (2), Cummins, A. Gibbons, Hassan, Morley, Iro Holroyd (3/7)Drop Goals: Holroyd 7,451 Not televised Watson Trevor 'The Beast' lands a blitz Yorkshire Evening Post Leeds 26 February 1996 19 20 March 2026 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005104/19960226/199/0019 British Newspaper Archive subscription 23 March Semi-finals Bradford 16 Bradford Bulls N Kirklees Stadium L 6–28 Cummins Holroyd (0/1 + 1 pen.) 17,139 BBC 1 Hadfield Dave Leeds trampled upon by stampeding Bulls https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-leeds-trampled-upon-by-stampeding-bulls-1343944.html 20 March 2026 The Independent 25 March 1996 London Super League Super League I March 2026 Table LEE Transfers Gains Player Club Contract Date NZL rugby league Nathan Picchi Hawke's Bay April 1996 NZL rugby league Dean Clark Counties Manukau Heroes May 1996 TON rugby league Sateki Tuipulotu May 1996 ENG rugby league Daivd Hulme Widnes 12 Widnes Vikings June 1996 ENG rugby league Marcus St Hilaire Huddersfield 12 Huddersfield Giants July 1996 Losses Player Club Contract Date NZL rugby league Craig Innes Manly 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles February 1996 ENG rugby league James Lowes Bradford 12 Bradford Bulls February 1996 ENG rugby league Garry Schofield Huddersfield 12 Huddersfield Giants 4 years February 1996Richards Martin Scho's Huddy heights http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Scho%27s+Huddy+heights.-a061336222 The Mirror 18 February 2014 27 February 1996 Squad 1996 gold Leeds RLFC squad darkblue gold gold darkblue Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook Fletcher, Raymond 1997 Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997 Headline Book Publishing 89 978-0-7472-7764-4 1997 1 ENG Francis Cummins FB CE WG HB 2 ENG Jim Fallon WG 3 NZL Kevin Iro CE 4 ENG Carl Hall CE 5 ENG Marvin Golden WG 6 NZL Tony Kemp SO 7 ENG Graham Holroyd HB SO (gk) 8 ENG Neil Harmon PR yes 9 ENG Mick Shaw HK 10 ENG Harvey Howard PR 11 NZL George Mann SR HB PR 12 ENG Adrian Morley SR LF 13 ENG Mike Forshaw LF SR 14 NZL Gary Mercer LF SR PR 15 ENG Barrie McDermott PR 16 ENG Nick Fozzard SR PR 18 ENG Phil Hassan WG CE 20 USA Marcus Vassilakopoulos HK 21 ENG Matt Schultz SR LF 22 ENG David Gibbons SO HB 23 ENG Anthony Gibbons FB SO 25 SCO Alan Tait FB WG 27 ENG Paul Gleadhill WG 28 NZL Nathan Picchi LF 29 ENG Terry Newton HK SR 30 NZL Dean Clark HB LF CE SO 33 ENG Lee Maher FB 35 ENG Daivd Hulme HK LF NZL Dean Bell CE (Player-coach) ENG Gavin Brown SO SH NZL Esene Faimalo PR ENG Jamie Field SR LF ENG Patrick Handley HK ENG Adam Hughes CE NZL Craig Innes CE ENG Leroy Rivett WG ENG Garry Schofield SO ENG Marcus St Hilaire SO TON Sateki Tuipulotu SO CE NZL Dean Bell NZL rugby league Hugh McGahan (gk) = Goal kicker Notes References External links Official site: Rhinos Statistics Leeds - Rugby League Project Category:Leeds Rhinos seasons Leeds Rugby