2015 World Club Series

2015 World Club Series
Duration	3 games
Teams	6
Highest attendance	20,842 Wigan Warriors vs Brisbane Broncos
Lowest attendance	13,080 Warrington Wolves vs St George Illawarra Dragons
Average attendance	17,301
Broadcast partners	Sky Sports BBC Sport SLTV Fox Sports (Australia) beIN Sport Fox Soccer Plus Sport Klub
2015 Series
World Champions	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Series Winners	NRL
Top point-scorer(s)	Adam Reynolds (12)
Top try-scorer(s)	Joel Reddy (2)

The 2015 World Club Series was the inaugural World Club Series and was contested by six clubs (three each from the Super League and National Rugby League), including Super League XIX champions, St Helens R.F.C. and 2014 NRL Premiers, the South Sydney Rabbitohs. The 2015 series marked a departure from the previous format, whereby only the premiers from the two respective competitions would take part.

Background

In September 2014 it was announced that the World Club Series would be overhauled to include six clubs – three each from the Super League and Australia's National Rugby League.^[1] The 2015 series will take place between 22–25 February, and will feature three matches, the first and second essentially being two exhibition games and the final game being for the Championship trophy between the two respective premiers as in previous years.^[2]

Other than the two aforementioned teams, it was also announced that Super League clubs the Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors, as well as National Rugby League clubs the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Brisbane Broncos would also take part.^[3][4]

Series details

Series Score

Winners	Score	Runners-up
NRL	3 - 0	Super League

Game 1

20 February 2015

Warrington Wolves	12 – 18	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tries: Gareth O'Brien (13') 1 Ryan Atkins (30') 1 Goals: Gareth O'Brien 2/3 (14', 59' pen)	1st: 10 - 12 2nd: 2 - 6	Tries: 1 (2') Tyson Frizell 1 (19') Joel Thompson 1 (63') Josh Dugan Goals: 3/3 Gareth Widdop (3', 20', 64')

Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington Attendance: 13,080 Referee: Ben Thaler

Game 2

21 February 2015

Wigan Warriors	12 – 14	Brisbane Broncos
Tries: Liam Farrell (25') 1 Joe Burgess (79') 1 Goals: Matty Smith 2/2 (26', 80')	1st: 6 - 6 2nd: 6 - 6 ET: 0 - 2	Tries: 1 (7') Andrew McCullough 1 (56') Lachlan Maranta Goals: 3/4 Corey Parker (8', 69' pen, 90')

DW Stadium, Wigan Attendance: 20,842 Referee: Phil Bentham

World Club Challenge

The Totally Wicked Stadium hosted the match

22 February 2015

St Helens	0 – 39	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	1st: 0 – 24 2nd: 0 – 15	Tries: 2 (31', 67') Joel Reddy 1 (2') Glenn Stewart 1 (20') Dylan Walker 1 (24') Greg Inglis 1 (47') Luke Keary 1 (58') Chris McQueen Goals: 5/8 Adam Reynolds (3', 8' pen, 25', 33', 48') Field Goals: 1 (78') Adam Reynolds

Langtree Park, St. Helens Attendance: 17,980 Referee: Richard Silverwood Player of the Match: George Burgess

St. Helens Rugby League Football Club

Saints finished Super League XIX's regular season in 1st place and on 11 October 2014 defeated defending premiers the Wigan Warriors 14 - 6 in the 2014 Super League Grand Final,^[5][6] qualifying the Saints for their sixth World Club Challenge overall.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Further information: 2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs season and 2014 NRL Grand Final

The Rabbitohs finished the 2014 NRL season in third place and on 5 October 2014 defeated the 7th-placed Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30 - 6 in the 2014 NRL Grand Final,^[7] qualifying South Sydney for their first World Club Challenge.

2015 World Club Series Final Teams

St Helens	Posit.	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Jonny Lomax	Fullback	Greg Inglis (c)
Tommy Makinson	Winger	Alex Johnston
Mark Percival	Centre	Dylan Walker
Jordan Turner	Centre	Bryson Goodwin
Adam Swift	Winger	Joel Reddy
Travis Burns	Five-eighth	Luke Keary
Jon Wilkin (c)	Halfback	Adam Reynolds
Kyle Amor	Prop	George Burgess
James Roby	Hooker	Issac Luke
Mose Masoe	Prop	David Tyrrell
Joe Greenwood	Second Row	Glenn Stewart
Atelea Vea	Second Row	John Sutton
Mark Flanagan	Lock	Ben Lowe
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook	Interchange	Jason Clark
Alex Walmsley	Interchange	Chris McQueen
Luke Thompson	Interchange	Tom Burgess
Andre Savelio	Interchange	Chris Grevsmuhl
Keiron Cunningham	Coach	Michael Maguire

References

1. "WORLD CLUB SERIES DETAILS ANNOUNCED - Rugby League Week". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
2. "Dragons to play in World Club Series". 8 October 2014.
3. "Warrington Wolves to take part in 2015 World Club Series". BBC Sport. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
4. Clubs Confirmed for 2015 World Club Series, South Sydney Rabbitohs official website, 9 October 2014
5. "St Helens win Grand Final after Wigan's Ben Flower is sent off". The Guardian. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
6. "St Helens 14-6 Wigan Warriors". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
7. Chammas, Michael (5 October 2014). "NRL Grand Final: South Sydney win first title in 43 years with victory over Canterbury Bulldogs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 October 2014.