2022 Leeds Rhinos season

This article details the Leeds Rhinos's rugby league football club's 2022 season. They were coached by Richard Agar until May 2022, Jamie Jones-Buchanan as an interim coach and Rohan Smith from April 2022 onwards. The Rhinos competed in both the 2022 Betfred Super League and the 2022 Challenge Cup.

Season review
On 12 February, Leeds began their Super League campaign with a 22–20 loss to Warrington Wolves followed by losses at Wigan Warriors and at home to Catalans Dragons before their first win came in Round 4 with a 34–18 victory at Wakefield Trinity. Leeds had an early exit from the Challenge Cup with a 40–16 defeat by Castleford Tigers, and their run of poor results leading to the departure of Richard Agar as head coach meant that by mid-April Leeds were 11th in the table. Interim head coach Jamie Jones-Buchanan oversaw wins against Toulouse Olympique and Hull Kingston Rovers before the arrival of the newly appointed Rohan Smith. Towards the end of the season, Leeds went on a run of six wins before suffering a 32–18 loss to Catalans Dragons at the end of August. It meant that to qualify for the play-offs Leeds needed to avoid defeat in the final round of the regular season against Castleford, which they achieved with two late tries that gave them a 14–8 victory.

Leeds began their play-off campaign by travelling to Perpignan where a hat-trick by Liam Sutcliffe gave them a 20–10 win over Catalans Dragons. Leeds faced Wigan in the semi-final. At half time the score was 4–2 to Wigan, but a try from Jarrod O'Connor (his first for Leeds) and two from James Bentley saw Leeds reach their 11th Grand Final with a 20–8 win. The Grand Final took place on 24 September at Old Trafford where Leeds lost 24–12 to St Helens.

Team bracket

 * Source:Rugby League Project