2011 NRL Under-20s season

The 2011 NRL Under-20s season was the fourth season of the National Rugby League's Under-20s competition. The competition, known commercially as the 2011 Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota, was solely for under-20s players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of the 2011 NRL Telstra Premiership season.

2011 NRL Under-20s season
Teams16
Premiers New Zealand Warriors (2nd title)
Minor premiers New Zealand Warriors (1st title)
Matches played201
Points scored10439
Wooden spoon Manly (1st spoon)
Player of the Year Tariq Sims
Top point-scorer(s) Dylan Collier (260)
Top try-scorer(s) Omar Sleimankhel (26)
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Season summary

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Schedule

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Ladder

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Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   New Zealand Warriors (P) 24 19 1 4 2 851 494 +357 43
2   North Queensland Cowboys 24 17 0 7 2 758 509 +249 38
3   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 1 7 2 707 600 +107 37
4   Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 2 678 517 +161 36
5   Sydney Roosters 24 15 1 8 2 639 523 +116 35
6   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 659 458 +201 32
7   Wests Tigers 24 12 2 10 2 607 529 +78 30
8   Newcastle Knights 24 12 1 11 2 638 660 -22 29
9   Brisbane Broncos 24 11 2 11 2 752 551 +201 28
10   Penrith Panthers 24 12 0 12 2 558 709 -151 28
11   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 2 12 2 562 594 -32 26
12   Parramatta Eels 24 10 1 13 2 547 556 -9 25
13   Canberra Raiders 24 8 1 15 2 683 749 -66 21
14   Gold Coast Titans 24 5 1 18 2 467 779 -312 15
15   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 4 1 19 2 454 881 -427 13
16   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 4 0 20 2 432 843 -411 12

Finals series

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Qualifying Finals
(4)   Melbourne Storm 26-10 (5)   Sydney Roosters 11 September 2011, 1:30pm AAMI Park, Melbourne
(3)   Cronulla Sharks 28-12 (6)   Canterbury Bulldogs 10 September 2011, 6:00pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
(2)   North Queensland Cowboys 48-26 (7)   Wests Tigers 9 September 2011, 5:15pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney
(1)   New Zealand Warriors 54-6 (8)   Newcastle Knights 10 September 2011, 4:15pm Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Semi-finals
  Melbourne Storm 20-22   Canterbury Bulldogs 16 September 2011, 5:15pm Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
  Cronulla Sharks 14-4   Sydney Roosters 17 September 2011, 5:15pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Preliminary Finals
  North Queensland Cowboys 38-14   Cronulla Sharks 23 September 2011, 5:15pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
  New Zealand Warriors 64-0   Canterbury Bulldogs 24 September 2011, 5:15pm AAMI Park, Melbourne
Grand Final
  New Zealand Warriors 31-30   North Queensland Cowboys 2 October 2011, 2:15pm ANZ Stadium

Player statistics

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Leading try scorers

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Top 10 try scorers
Pos Name Tries Team
1 Omar Slaimankhel 26   New Zealand
2 Michael Parker-Walshe 21   North Queensland
3 Marmin Barba 19   Parramatta
4= Tautau Moga 18   Sydney
4= Luke Pickerd 18   Cronulla
6= Daniel Abou-Sleiman 17   Canterbury
6= Dale Copley 17   Brisbane
6= Mahe Fonua 17   Melbourne
6= Adam Henry 17   New Zealand
10 Wayne Ulugia 16   North Queensland

Most tries in a game

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Top 5 most tries in a game
Player Team Opponent Round Tries
1= Matthew Berwick   Brisbane   North Queensland 23 4
1= Kyle Feldt   North Queensland   Newcastle 18 4
1= Jerome Leedy   Brisbane   Manly 26 4
1= Tautau Moga   Sydney   Cronulla 24 4
1= James Tedesco   Wests Tigers   Melbourne 15 4
1= Jack Wighton   Canberra   Gold Coast 4 4

Leading point scorers

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Top 10 overall point scorers
Player Team T G FG Pts
1 Dylan Collier   New Zealand 14 102 - 260
2 Kyle Feldt   North Queensland 14 87 - 230
3 Matt McGahan   Melbourne 6 85 - 194
4 Chris Medcalf   Canberra 9 78 - 192
5 Chris Taripo   Sydney 10 53 - 146
6 Mitchell Frei   Brisbane 4 62 - 140
7 Jacob Miller   Wests Tigers 5 54 - 128
8 Kane Gillies   St. George Illawarra 8 44 - 120
9 Ali Hijazi   Cronulla 4 50 - 116
10 Cameron Breust   Parramatta 4 47 1 111

Most points in a game

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Top 5 most points in a game
Player Team Opponent Round Tries Goals Field Goals Points
1 Kyle Feldt   North Queensland   Newcastle 18 4 5 - 26
2 Blake Austin   Penrith   Cronulla 3 3 6 - 24
3 Chris Taripo   Sydney   Canberra 17 2 7 - 22
5= Kane Gillies   St. George Illawarra   Manly 16 2 7 - 22
5= Chris Medcalf   Canberra   Manly 9 1 9 - 22

Leading goal scorers

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Top 10 goal scorers
Pos Name Goals Team
1 Dylan Collier 102   New Zealand
2 Kyle Feldt 87   North Queensland
3 Matt McGahan 85   Melbourne
4 Chris Medcalf 78   Canberra
5 Mitchell Frei 62   Brisbane
6 Jacob Miller 54   Wests Tigers
7 Chris Taripo 53   Sydney
8 Ali Hijazi 51   Cronulla
9 Cameron Breust 47   Parramatta
10 Kane Gillies 44   St. George Illawarra

Most goals in a game

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Top 5 most goals in a game
Player Team Opponent Round Goals
1= Dylan Collier   New Zealand   South Sydney 11 9
1= Mitchell Frei   Brisbane   Newcastle 5 9
1= Chris Medcalf   Canberra   Gold Coast 4 9
1= Chris Medcalf   Canberra   Manly 9 9
1= Jacob Miller   Wests Tigers   Melbourne 15 9
1= Daniel Wallace   Brisbane   South Sydney 25 9

Leading field goal scorers

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Top 10 field goal scorers
Pos Name Team Field Goals
1= Chad Townsend   Cronulla 2
1= Jason Whebe   Parramatta 2
3= Jay Bonnell   Wests Tigers 1
3= Cameron Breust   Parramatta 1
3= Ryley Jacks   Sydney 1
3= Penani Manumalealii   Cronulla 1
3= Jordan Meads   New Zealand 1
3= Jordan Rankin   Gold Coast 1
3= Aiden Sezer   Canterbury 1
3= Sam Williams   Canberra 1

Club statistics

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Biggest Wins

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Top 10 biggest winning margins
Pos Winning Team Losing Team Round Score Margin
1   Brisbane   Manly 26 64-0 64
1 =   New Zealand   Canterbury Preliminary Final 64-0 64
2   New Zealand   South Sydney 11 62-6 56
3   Canterbury   Manly 24 52-0 52
4=   Brisbane   Newcastle 5 54-6 48
4=   Brisbane   South Sydney 25 54-6 48
4=   North Queensland   South Sydney 24 58-10 48
7   Newcastle   Penrith 1 62-16 46
8   Canterbury   Manly 13 50-6 44
9=   Sydney   Canterbury 21 50-8 42
9=   New Zealand   Sydney 5 42-0 42

Winning Streaks

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Winning streak still active
Top 5 longest winning streaks
Pos Team First Win Round Last Win Round Games Won
1   Sydney 26-14 vs   Newcastle 16 Current Streak - 11
2=   Canterbury 38-16 vs   South Sydney 7 30-26 vs   Cronulla 15 7
2=   Cronulla 28-16 vs   Gold Coast 16 38-18 vs   Gold Coast 22 7
2=   Melbourne 34-30 vs   Canterbury 4 24-12 vs   Canberra 10 7
5   New Zealand 56-26 vs   Penrith 8 30-16 vs   Wests Tigers 14 6
  • QF = Qualifying Finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • PF = Preliminary Finals
  • GF = Grand Final

Losing Streaks

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Losing streak still active
Top 5 longest losing streaks
Pos Team First Loss Round Last Loss Round Games Lost
1   South Sydney 16-17 vs   Sydney 19 Current Streak - 8
2=   Canberra 20-56 vs   Sydney 17 8-24 vs   Newcastle 22 6
2=   Manly 20-21 vs   Cronulla 5 32-34 vs   Gold Coast 10 6
2=   Manly 16-30 vs   Parramatta 15 18-26 vs   Sydney 22 6
2=   South Sydney 16-38 vs   Canterbury 7 16-40 vs   Melbourne 13 6
  • QF = Qualifying Finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • PF = Preliminary Finals
  • GF = Grand Final

Team of the Year

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On 30 August 2011, the 2011 Toyota Cup team of the Year was announced.[1] The team included 15 first time winners including coach John Ackland, while Dane Gagai and Dale Finucane had previously been named in the 2010 Team of the Year. Kenneath Bromwich and Jesse Bromwich, a member of the 2009 Team of the Year, became the first brothers to be selected in a team of the Year.

Position Player Club
Fullback Omar Slaimankhel   New Zealand
Wing Dane Gagai   Brisbane
Centre Konrad Hurrell   New Zealand
Centre Mahe Fonua   Melbourne
Wing James Roberts   South Sydney
Five-Eight Carlos Tuimavave   New Zealand
Halfback Jacob Miller   Wests Tigers
Prop Kane Evans   Sydney
Hooker Kurt Baptiste   Brisbane
Prop Dale Finucane   Canterbury
Second-Row Jason Taumalolo   North Queensland
Second-Row Alex McKinnon   St. George Illawarra
Lock Tyrone Peachey   Cronulla
Bench Kenneath Bromwich   Melbourne
Bench Tim Lafai   Canterbury
Bench Jack de Belin   St. George Illawarra
Bench Kyle Feldt   North Queensland
Coach John Ackland   New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ "Toyota Cup Team of the Year". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
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