2022 Keighley Cougars season
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The 2022 season was the Keighley Cougars 122nd year in the Rugby Football League (RFL). Since 2015 the team have competed in League One, the third tier of professional rugby league in the United Kingdom. In 2022 the team competed in the League One season, Challenge Cup and the 1895 Cup.
2022 Keighley Cougars season | |
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2022 League One champions | |
2022 League One Rank | 1 |
Challenge Cup | Lost in 2nd round |
2022 record | Wins: 20; draws: 0; losses: 1 |
Points scored | For: 995; against: 216 |
Team information | |
Chairman | Mick O'Neil |
Coach | Rhys Lovegrove |
Captain | |
Stadium | Cougar Park |
Avg. attendance | 1,625 |
Agg. attendance | 16,250 |
High attendance | 2,712 v North Wales Crusaders, 28 August |
Top scorers | |
Tries | Mo Agoro (28) |
Goals | Jack Miller (134) |
Points | Jack Miller (340; 18t, 134g) |
After three early defeats in pre-season fixtures and the Challenge Cup, the Cougars went onto win all 20 league games and become only the third British team to complete a perfect season.[1][lower-alpha 1]
Winger Mo Agoro was the League 1 leading try-scorer with 28 tries, centre Charlie Graham was second in the table with 22 tries, while team captain Jack Miller was the division's regular season top goal-scorer kicking 134 goal as well as scoring 18 tries to make him the division's top-scorer with 338 points.[2][3]
In the RFL end of season awards, the club was named Betfred League One Club of the Year while head coach Rhys Lovegrove was named Betfred League One Coach of the Year and Jack Miller was named Betfred League One Player of the Year.[4] Mo Agoro was also nominated for the player of the year award.[5]