Leeds Rhinos Quiz Questions and Answers
Leeds Rhinos have been one of the defining clubs of the Super League era. These questions cover the club’s history from its Leeds RLFC roots through the 1997 rebrand to the Rhinos, the Grand Final successes, the Headingley ground, and the players who became synonymous with the shirt.
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- Leeds Rhinos play which sport? Rugby league
- What are the Rhinos' traditional kit colours? Blue and amber
- Leeds Rhinos compete in which competition? Super League
- What is the club's home stadium called? Headingley
- In which English city are the Rhinos based? Leeds
- Which animal gives the club its name and badge? A rhinoceros
- The Rhinos' biggest end-of-season match is the Super League…? Grand Final
- Which legendary kicker is the club's all-time top points scorer? Kevin Sinfield
- Leeds Rhinos are based in which English county? West Yorkshire
- The historic knockout cup Leeds have won many times is the…? Challenge Cup
- In rugby league, how many players are on each team on the field? 13
- Headingley is also a famous venue for which other sport? Cricket
- The Rhinos' run of success in the 2000s and 2010s is called their golden…? Generation
- Rob Burrow was famous for being one of the sport's…? Smallest players
- Which Leeds legend was diagnosed with MND and inspired millions before his death in 2024? Rob Burrow
- Super League is played mainly during which part of the year? Summer
- What shape is the ball used in rugby league? Oval
- Leeds' main local rivals, the Bulls, come from which neighbouring city? Bradford
- The Rhinos adopted their name during the launch of which league? Super League
- Headingley is shared with which county cricket club? Yorkshire
- How many points is a try worth in rugby league? 4
- Kevin Sinfield earned which affectionate nickname? Sir Kev
- Teams score by carrying the ball over the line for a…? Try
- A try plus its conversion is worth how many points in total? 6
- Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield were long-time teammates at which club? Leeds Rhinos
- Which Leeds legend ran gruelling marathons to raise money for MND? Kevin Sinfield
- What is the club's one-word nickname? Rhinos
- Rugby league matches are split into two…? Halves
- The team that tops the regular season wins the League Leaders'…? Shield
- Kevin Sinfield was renowned for his accurate…? Goal-kicking
- Which of these is a real rugby league position? Hooker
- Each team gets how many tackles before handing over possession? Six
Medium questions 32
- In which year did the club adopt the 'Rhinos' name? 1997
- Kevin Sinfield is Super League's most successful captain, with how many titles as skipper? Seven
- Rob Burrow mainly played in which position? Half-back
- Kevin Sinfield raised millions for MND by completing a series of extreme…? Marathon runs
- The World Club Challenge pits Super League's best against the champions of which country? Australia
- Which Leeds and England forward, nicknamed 'JP', anchored the golden generation? Jamie Peacock
- Which golden-generation half-back is Leeds' top try-scorer of the Super League era? Danny McGuire
- Leeds were a founding member of which 1895 breakaway that created rugby league? The Northern Union
- How many points is a drop goal worth in rugby league? 1
- In which year did Leeds win their most recent Challenge Cup? 2020
- Leeds won three Grand Finals in a row: 2007, 2008 and which year? 2009
- Which fearsome front-rower was known to Leeds fans as 'Barrie Mac'? Barrie McDermott
- Leeds' three World Club Challenge wins came in 2005, 2008 and which year? 2012
- The Super League Grand Final is traditionally staged at which stadium? Old Trafford
- The Challenge Cup final is traditionally played at which stadium? Wembley
- Which one-club man, 'JJB', spent 21 years at Headingley? Jamie Jones-Buchanan
- What is Leeds' historic nickname, still used by some fans? The Loiners
- In rugby league, a successful goal kick is worth how many points? 2
- After switching to rugby union, Kevin Sinfield joined the coaching staff of which national team? England
- Funds raised by Burrow and Sinfield helped build a specialist MND care centre in which city? Leeds
- Leeds' fierce West Yorkshire rivals of the late 1990s were the Bradford…? Bulls
- How many Super League Grand Finals had Leeds won in total by 2017? Eight
- Which 1930s winger, the 'Toowoomba Ghost', is Leeds' all-time record try-scorer with 392? Eric Harris
- Which Welsh dual-code great steered Leeds to their first Championship in 1961? Lewis Jones
- Which try-scoring centre was a world-record signing for Leeds in 1987 and won the Golden Boot? Garry Schofield
- Which coach led Leeds to four Super League titles, including the 2015 treble? Brian McDermott
- Leeds' 2015 'treble' was the Grand Final, the Challenge Cup and which league prize? The League Leaders' Shield
- Which Great Britain great and Hall of Famer had a spell at Leeds in the early 1990s? Ellery Hanley
- Leeds beat which Australian club to win the 2008 World Club Challenge? Melbourne Storm
- Which goal-kicking fullback was Man of Steel in Leeds' 2015 treble season? Zak Hardaker
- The 2015 Grand Final was the farewell game for Sinfield, Kylie Leuluai and which legend? Jamie Peacock
- The sport's oldest knockout cup, won by Leeds 14 times, is the…? The Challenge Cup
Hard questions 33
- In which year did Leeds win their first Super League Grand Final? 2004
- Kevin Sinfield's career points total for Leeds was closest to…? 3,967
- The Northern Union, which Leeds helped found, was formed in which year? 1895
- The 1996 takeover that led to the Rhinos rebrand was led by Paul Caddick and which partner? Gary Hetherington
- In which year did Rob Burrow make his Leeds debut? 2001
- Kevin Sinfield made how many appearances for Leeds (a Super League-era club record)? Over 500
- The original 1870 club was known as Leeds St…? John's
- The Super League Grand Final has been staged at Old Trafford since which year? 1998
- Leeds' 2020 Challenge Cup final win was unusual because the final was played…? Behind closed doors
- The World Club Challenge is contested against the champions of which competition? The NRL
- Sinfield's '7 marathons in 7 days' challenge supported which cause linked to Rob Burrow? Motor neurone disease
- Which dual-code goal-kicker won Man of Steel in 1998 while at Leeds? Iestyn Harris
- Kevin Sinfield made his Leeds debut in 1997 at what age? 16
- How many League Leaders' Shields did Kevin Sinfield win as captain? Three
- Which Challenge Cup did Leeds win immediately before their 2020 triumph? 2015
- Jamie Jones-Buchanan ('JJB') won how many Grand Finals across his career? Eight
- In 2012, Kevin Sinfield became the club's all-time leading…? Points scorer
- The 1895 breakaway clubs split away from which governing body? The RFU (rugby union)
- Leeds' 'Loiner' nickname is an old term for a person from which place? Leeds
- Leeds' run of three straight Grand Final wins came in which years? 2007, 2008, 2009
- Who coached Leeds to their first Super League Grand Final win in 2004? Tony Smith
- Which coach appointed Kevin Sinfield as Leeds captain back in 2003? Daryl Powell
- How many tries did record-holder Eric Harris score for Leeds in the 1930s? 392
- Lewis Jones, signed in 1952, commanded a then-record transfer fee of how much? £6,000
- In which year did Leeds win their first-ever league Championship? 1961
- Garry Schofield became a world-record signing for Leeds in which year? 1987
- Brian McDermott led Leeds to how many Super League titles? Four
- Before Super League, Leeds won the Championship in 1961, 1969 and which year? 1972
- Which legend holds Leeds' all-time appearance record with around 625 games? John Holmes
- Which legend, the '1,000th player to wear a Leeds shirt', became the club's first player-coach? Syd Hynes
- In the 2015 Grand Final, who kicked the match-winning conversion after Josh Walters' late try? Kevin Sinfield
- Record try-scorer Eric Harris was known by which nickname? The Toowoomba Ghost
- Leeds won which trophy at the old Wembley in 1999? The Challenge Cup
Legends questions 30
- In which year did Leeds adopt the name “Rhinos” for the Super League era? 1997
- In which English county is the Rhinos' Headingley home ground? West Yorkshire
- How many Super League Grand Finals had Leeds won by the end of 2017? Eight
- Who captained Leeds to their first Super League Grand Final win, in 2004? Kevin Sinfield
- Which half-back scored the winning try in Leeds' 2004 Grand Final triumph? Danny McGuire
- Who is Leeds Rhinos' and Super League's all-time record points scorer? Kevin Sinfield
- Rob Burrow wore which iconic squad number for the Rhinos? 7
- Rob Burrow campaigned to raise awareness of which illness? Motor neurone disease
- Which Leeds stand-off became the first player to score 200 Super League tries? Danny McGuire
- Leeds' 2015 treble was the Grand Final, the Challenge Cup and which trophy? The League Leaders' Shield
- Whom did Leeds beat in the 2015 Grand Final, Kevin Sinfield's final game? Wigan Warriors
- Which side beat Leeds in the 2005 Grand Final, Sinfield's only final defeat? Bradford Bulls
- In the 2017 Grand Final, Leeds beat which Yorkshire rivals 24-6? Castleford Tigers
- Which one-club forward, nicknamed “JJB,” gave Leeds 20-plus seasons of service? Jamie Jones-Buchanan
- The World Club Challenge pits the Super League champions against the champions of which league? The NRL
- Which prop joined Leeds from Bradford in 2006 and co-captained the Rhinos? Jamie Peacock
- Who became the second man to captain Leeds to Grand Final glory, in 2017? Danny McGuire
- Which Leeds winger eventually broke McGuire's Super League try record? Ryan Hall
- Leeds Rhinos' traditional colours are blue and what? Amber
- Which coach led Leeds to the Grand Final titles of 2015 and 2017? Brian McDermott
- Under which head coach did Leeds win their first Super League title in 2004? Tony Smith
- The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the man of the match in which game? The Super League Grand Final
- Roughly how many points did Kevin Sinfield score in his career? Nearly 4,000
- Which prop won six Grand Finals at Leeds between 2007 and 2015? Kylie Leuluai
- Leeds were founder members of the breakaway Northern Union in which year? 1895
- Which trophy did Leeds win at Wembley in 2020 with Sinfield as director of rugby? The Challenge Cup
- Which teammate joined Rob Burrow as the face of a major MND fundraising effort? Kevin Sinfield
- How many Super League titles did Kevin Sinfield win as Leeds captain? Seven
- Which academy-raised centre won the 2015 treble and later captained Leeds? Kallum Watkins
- Danny McGuire scored a record 39 tries in which title-winning season? 2004