Wikipedia

2011 Queensland Cup

The 2011 Queensland Cup season was the 16th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 12 teams playing a 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September.[1]

2011 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 19 – September 25, 2011
Teams12
Premiers Wynnum Manly Seagulls (1st title)
Minor premiers Tweed Heads Seagulls (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored5,889
Top points scorer(s) Liam Georgetown (206)
Player of the year Javarn White (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Javarn White (20)
← 2010
2012 →

The Wynnum Manly Seagulls won their first premiership after defeating the Tweed Heads Seagulls 16–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Norths Devils' fullback Javarn White was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[2]

Teams

edit

In 2011, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the third consecutive year. The Manly Sea Eagles cut ties with the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles in November 2010 after they were denied from having feeder clubs in both the Queensland and New South Wales Cup competitions. The Melbourne Storm returned to having an affiliate in the Queensland Cup, forming a partnership with the Easts Tigers.[3][4]

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
 
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Paul Bramley Scott Smith   Gold Coast Titans
 
 Central Comets Browne Park Wayne Barnett Guy Williams   Brisbane Broncos
 
 Easts Tigers Langlands Park Troy McCarthy Shane Neumann   Melbourne Storm
 
 Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander   Gold Coast Titans
 
 Mackay Cutters Shark Park, Virgin Australia Stadium Anthony Seibold Grant Rovelli   North Queensland Cowboys
 
 Northern Pride Barlow Park David Maiden Ty Williams   North Queensland Cowboys
 
 Norths Devils Bishop Park Trevor Bailey Mark Vaiao   Brisbane Broncos
 
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Chris Farrell   Brisbane Broncos
 
 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark Beaumont Phil Dennis   Canberra Raiders
 
 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Stockland Park Adam Mogg Wiremu Ratana None
 
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Anderson Brad Davis   Gold Coast Titans
 
 Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Paul Green Luke Dalziel-Don   Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

edit
2011 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Tweed Heads Seagulls 22 20 1 1 578 288 290 41
2   Northern Pride 22 15 2 5 596 373 223 32
3   Souths Logan Magpies 22 15 1 6 555 427 128 31
4   Redcliffe Dolphins 22 14 1 7 514 368 146 29
5   Ipswich Jets 22 11 4 7 560 386 174 26
6   Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P) 22 10 1 11 488 461 27 21
7   Burleigh Bears 22 8 2 12 382 460 -78 18
8   Easts Tigers 22 8 1 13 428 524 -96 17
9   Mackay Cutters 22 8 1 13 369 473 -104 17
10   Norths Devils 22 7 0 15 432 560 -128 14
11   Central Comets 22 7 0 15 425 634 -209 14
12   Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 22 2 0 20 350 723 -373 4

Ladder progression

edit
  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 6.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1   Tweed Heads Seagulls 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 41
2   Northern Pride 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 13 15 17 17 17 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 28 30 32
3   Souths Logan Magpies 0 2 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 25 27 29 31
4   Redcliffe Dolphins 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 24 25 27 27 29
5   Ipswich Jets 1 2 4 6 6 7 9 11 11 13 14 14 16 16 18 20 20 20 22 22 24 26
6   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 9 9 11 11 13 13 15 17 17 19 21 21
7   Burleigh Bears 2 3 3 3 5 7 7 9 9 11 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 18
8   Easts Tigers 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 15 17
9   Mackay Cutters 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 13 13 15 17 17 17 17 17 17
10   Norths Devils 0 0 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 14
11   Central Comets 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 14
12   Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4

Regular season

edit
See also: 2011 Queensland Cup season results

The 2011 Queensland Cup regular season featured 22 rounds.

Finals series

edit
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (local) Venue
Semi-finals
  Souths Logan Magpies 20 – 22   Redcliffe Dolphins 10 September 2011, 2:00pm Brandon Park
  Tweed Heads Seagulls 12 – 24   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 10 September 2011, 3:00pm Piggabeen Sports Complex
  Northern Pride 30 – 6   Ipswich Jets 10 September 2011, 5:30pm Barlow Park
Preliminary Finals
  Northern Pride 10 – 26   Tweed Heads Seagulls 17 September 2011, 2:00pm Dolphin Oval
  Redcliffe Dolphins 0 – 36   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 18 September 2011, 2:00pm Dolphin Oval
Grand Final
  Tweed Heads Seagulls 10 – 16   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 25 September 2011, 2:00pm Suncorp Stadium

Grand Final

edit
Saturday, 25 September
Tweed Heads Seagulls   10 – 16   Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Tries:
Tim Maccan 1
Cody Nelson 1
Goals:
Brad Davis 1 		1st: 10 - 6
2nd: 0 - 10
Report
 Tries:
1 Jake Granville
1 Shea Moylan
1 Matt Seamark
Goals:
2 Matt Seamark
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Michael Wise
Player of the Match: Jake Granville (Wynnum Manly)
Tweed Heads Seagulls Position Wynnum Manly Seagulls
1. Ryan Milligan FB 1. Jake Granville
2. Nathanael Barnes WG 2. Jason Moon
3. James Wood CE 3. Shea Moylan
4. Matt Hundy CE 4. Matt Grieve
5. Tom Merritt WG 5. Sam Te'o
6. Matt King FE 6. Reece Blayney
7. Brad Davis (c) HB 7. Matt Seamark
8. Aaron Cannings PR 8. Dane Carlaw
9. Tim Maccan HK 9. John Te Reo
10. Josh Starling PR 10. Mitchell Dodds
11. Ryan Simpkins SR 11. Tim Natusch
12. Selasi Berdie SR 12. Kurtis Lingwoodock
13. Cody Nelson LK 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c)
14. Tom Kingston Bench 14. Charlie Gubb
15. Rod Griffin Bench 15. Ben Shea
16. Jake Leary Bench 16. Jon Grieve
17. Brock Hunter Bench 17. Chris Birch
Ben Anderson Coach Paul Green

Tweed Heads were near unbeatable during the regular season, losing only 1 game and finishing 9 points clear of their nearest rivals to claim the minor premiership. Wynnum Manly started the season with six straight losses before finally entering the Top 6 in Round 18 and holding on to finish in 6th place and claiming the last spot in the finals series. Prior to the Grand Final the two sides had met each other three times during the 2011 season with Tweed defeating Wynnum Manly by 20 points in Round 5 and 40 points in Round 16, however Wynnum Manly did defeat Tweed Heads 24-12 in the semi-finals.

First half

edit

Tweed Heads were first on the board, crossing through hooker Tim Maccan, who pushed off four defenders to plant the ball in the corner. Brad Davis was the architect of the second try, selling the dummy to the Wynnum Manly defence and drawing the fullback before putting Cody Nelson over the line. Following an error by Tweed deep in their own half, Wynnum Manly took advantage, with halfback Matt Seamark putting through an inch-perfect grubber for fullback Jake Granville to score under the posts and cut the deficit to 10-6 at the break.

Second half

edit

The second half saw Wynnum Manly take the lead in the 47th minute, when Seamark dived on a kick from Reece Blayney in the in-goal area to score. Wynnum Manly wrapped up the game in the 73rd minute when Shea Moylan crossed in the left-hand corner after a line break from Blayney.[5] Wynnum Manly won their first ever Queensland Cup premiership, becoming the lowest ranked team (6th) to win the Grand Final. The win would be the first of back-to-back premierships for head coach Paul Green and his side.[6]

Wynnum Manly fullback Jake Granville was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal.[7]

Player statistics

edit

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 22.[8]

End-of-season awards

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "QRL Intrust Super Cup 2011 Draw » League Unlimited".
  2. ^ "Throwback Thursday: 2011 Grand Final Triumph - Wynnum Manly Seagulls". 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Storm and Tigers Extend Feeder Partnership". 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ ""Manly Says Goodbye; NRL Club's Boss Says Registration Rule Likely to End Ties with Coast" - Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), January 14, 2010". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ James, Ethan. "Bayside Spirit Engulfs Suncorp". Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "2011 QLD Cup Grand Final Wynnum 16 v Tweed Heads 10". YouTube.
  7. ^ "Wynnum manly crowned Queensland Cup champions". The Courier Mail.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Leading Scorers" (PDF). Queensland Rugby League.[permanent dead link‍]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011_Queensland_Cup&oldid=1172182924"