2018 Hastings Deering Colts season

The 2018 Hastings Deering Colts season was the 1st season of the under-20 competition, sponsored by Hastings Deering and run by the Queensland Rugby League. Replacing the National Rugby League's National Youth Competition, the draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of its senior counterpart, the Queensland Cup.[1][2]

2018 Hastings Deering Colts
Teams15
Premiers Norths Devils (1st title)
Minor premiers Townsville Blackhawks (1st title)
Matches played143
Points scored7,251
Top points scorer(s) Shannon Gardiner (191)
Player of the year Shannon Gardiner
Top try-scorer(s) Riley Moore (16)
2019 →

Norths Devils were the inaugural premiers, defeating the Townsville Blackhawks in the Grand Final.[3]

Teams

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The inaugural season of the Hastings Deering Colts featured 15 teams, thirteen based in Queensland, one in northern New South Wales and one in Victoria. 13 Queensland Cup teams fielded a side in the competition, with the two unaffiliated clubs being the Victoria Thunderbolts and Western Mustangs. Like their senior counterparts, each team was also affiliated with an NRL club.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL affiliate
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jamie Mahon Apiata Noema   Gold Coast Titans
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Neil Beckett & Damien Seibold Ryan Flintham & Zaine Hammond None
Easts Tigers Suzuki Stadium Ian Gough Nathan Brown   Melbourne Storm
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Brendon Marshall Shar Walden   Brisbane Broncos
Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Jim Wilson → Michael Comerford Brendan White   North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride Barlow Park Dave Scott Patrick Gallen   North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils Bishop Park Kevin Neighbour Kobe Hetherington & Joe McGuire   Brisbane Broncos
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Stadium Chris Little Oscar Carter   Brisbane Broncos
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Shayne Boyd Rory Ferguson   Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Michael Buckley Stephen Buckley   Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval David Tangata-Toa Duarne Dempsey & Sam Martin-Savage   North Queensland Cowboys
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Steve Dowd Bostyn Hakaraia   Gold Coast Titans
Victoria Thunderbolts Casey Fields & Haines Drive Reserve Ben Jack Matt Stimson   Melbourne Storm
Western Mustangs Gold Park Eugene Seddon James Robinson   Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Joe O'Callaghan Shannon Gardiner & Mitipere Tuatai   Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Burleigh Bears SUN
4
RED
8
TWE
4
SOU
14
X WES
46
VIC
18
CQL
22
TVL
14
X EAS
38
MKY
8
IPS
6
NPR
1
X TWE
26
NOR
38
RED
14
X VIC
16
WYN
26
X TVL
16
EAS
50
Central Queensland Capras EAS
8
NOR
2
MKY
2
X IPS
48
SOU
6
NPR
50
BUR
22
SUN
2
X VIC
14
X TVL
14
TWE
26
X MKY
14
SOU
13
NOR
8
X WYN
14
NPR
32
IPS
10
SUN
24
WES
58
Easts Tigers CQL
8
MKY
17
VIC
44
SUN
16
RED
20
NPR
34
TWE
4
NOR
42
SOU
12
X BUR
38
WYN
28
WES
12
TVL
30
X IPS
24
X MKY
2
X NOR
4
TWE
10
SUN
46
SOU
14
BUR
50
Ipswich Jets X TVL
44
WES
6
WYN
24
CQL
48
MKY
14
SUN
36
RED
24
X TWE
30
NOR
26
X BUR
6
WES
18
X EAS
24
MKY
6
TVL
14
X RED
48
SUN
8
CQL
10
VIC
40
SOU
24
Mackay Cutters TVL
24
EAS
17
CQL
2
NPR
8
X IPS
14
RED
0
SUN
4
NOR
16
WES
18
X BUR
8
WYN
0
VIC
6
X CQL
14
IPS
6
EAS
2
X TWE
12
RED
1
NPR
1
NOR
18
X
Northern Pride X SOU
2
TVL
0
MKY
8
X EAS
34
CQL
50
X WYN
4
RED
1
TWE
2
NOR
10
SOU
20
BUR
1
X TVL
8
VIC
12
WES
28
X SUN
60
CQL
32
MKY
1
RED
8
TWE
4
Norths Devils TWE
10
CQL
2
SOU
8
WES
24
VIC
16
X TVL
40
EAS
42
MKY
16
X IPS
32
NPR
10
VIC
12
RED
6
X WES
56
BUR
38
CQL
8
X EAS
4
X WYN
16
MKY
18
SUN
1
Redcliffe Dolphins SOU
0
BUR
8
WYN
8
X EAS
20
VIC
2
MKY
0
IPS
24
X NPR
1
SUN
32
X TWE
42
NOR
6
X WYN
16
WES
52
BUR
14
X IPS
48
MKY
1
TVL
20
NPR
8
VIC
4
Souths Logan Magpies RED
0
NPR
2
NOR
8
BUR
14
WYN
16
CQL
6
WES
24
WYN
15
EAS
12
X WES
8
VIC
16
NPR
20
SUN
16
X X CQL
13
TWE
2
X TVL
2
X WES
46
EAS
14
IPS
24
Sunshine Coast Falcons BUR
4
WYN
20
X EAS
16
WES
18
TVL
12
IPS
36
MKY
4
CQL
2
X RED
32
TWE
8
X SOU
16
X VIC
1
TVL
4
WYN
36
X NPR
60
IPS
8
EAS
46
CQL
24
NOR
1
Townsville Blackhawks MKY
24
IPS
44
NPR
0
X TWE
2
SUN
12
NOR
40
VIC
22
BUR
14
X WYN
15
WES
52
CQL
14
EAS
30
X NPR
8
SUN
4
IPS
14
X SOU
2
X RED
20
BUR
16
WYN
4
Tweed Heads Seagulls NOR
10
VIC
20
BUR
4
X TVL
2
WYN
8
EAS
4
WES
13
X IPS
30
NPR
2
SUN
8
RED
42
CQL
26
X BUR
26
WYN
26
SOU
2
X MKY
12
EAS
10
VIC
38
X NPR
4
Victoria Thunderbolts WES
42
TWE
20
EAS
44
X NOR
16
RED
2
BUR
18
TVL
22
X WYN
3
CQL
14
SOU
16
NOR
12
MKY
6
X SUN
1
NPR
12
X X BUR
16
WES
58
TWE
38
IPS
40
RED
4
Western Mustangs VIC
42
X IPS
6
NOR
24
SUN
18
BUR
46
SOU
24
TWE
4
X MKY
18
SOU
8
TVL
52
EAS
12
IPS
18
X NOR
56
RED
52
NPR
28
X X VIC
58
SOU
46
WYN
50
CQL
58
Wynnum Manly Seagulls X SUN
20
RED
8
IPS
24
SOU
16
TWE
8
X SOU
15
NPR
4
VIC
3
TVL
15
EAS
28
MKY
0
X X RED
16
TWE
26
SUN
36
X CQL
14
BUR
26
NOR
16
WES
50
TVL
4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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2018 Hastings Deering Colts
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Townsville Blackhawks 19 15 1 3 5 547 250 +297 41
2   Norths Devils (P) 19 15 0 4 5 583 378 +205 40
3   Northern Pride 19 13 1 5 5 566 331 +235 37
4   Victoria Thunderbolts 19 13 0 6 5 632 364 +268 36
5   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 19 12 1 6 5 547 402 +145 35
6   Souths Logan Magpies 19 12 1 6 5 500 370 +130 35
7   Redcliffe Dolphins 19 10 2 7 5 523 355 +168 32
8   Burleigh Bears 19 11 0 8 5 504 393 +111 32
9   Tweed Heads Seagulls 19 10 0 9 5 478 516 -38 30
10   Sunshine Coast Falcons 19 8 0 11 5 477 535 -58 26
11   Mackay Cutters 19 5 2 12 5 345 442 -97 22
12   Central Queensland Capras 19 6 0 13 5 404 515 -111 22
13   Easts Tigers 20 6 0 14 4 351 620 -269 20
14   Western Mustangs 19 2 0 17 5 278 850 -572 14
15   Ipswich Jets 19 1 0 18 5 272 686 -414 12

Final series

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Elimination finals
  Victoria Thunderbolts 28 – 6   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 31 August 2018, 5:00pm AAMI Park
  Northern Pride 24 – 16   Souths Logan Magpies 1 September 2018, 1:00pm Stan Williams Park
Major/Minor semi-final
  Townsville Blackhawks 14 – 18   Norths Devils 8 September 2018, 1:00pm Jack Manski Oval
  Northern Pride 32 – 22   Victoria Thunderbolts 9 September 2018, 4:00pm Barlow Park
Preliminary final
  Townsville Blackhawks 26 – 22   Northern Pride 15 September 2018, 4:00pm Jack Manski Oval
Grand Final
  Norths Devils 20 – 16   Townsville Blackhawks 22 September 2018, 1:00pm Suncorp Stadium
Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand Final
1  Townsville142  Norths20
2  Norths181  Townsville16
4  Victoria281  Townsville26
5  Wynnum Manly63  Northern Pride22
3  Northern Pride32
4  Victoria22
3  Northern Pride24
6  Souths Logan16

Grand Final

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Sunday, September 23
1:00pm (local time)
Norths Devils   20 – 16   Townsville Blackhawks
Tries:
Joe McGuire (8') 1
Nesta Watene (15') 1
Liam Horne (23') 1
David Fauid (63') 1
Goals:
Gerome Burns 2
(9', 17')
1st: 16 – 12
2nd: 4 – 4
Report
Tries:
1 (28') Duarne Dempsey
1 (33') Tom McCagh
1 (69') Ben Condon
Goals:
2 Adam Cook
(29', 35')
Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Daniel Schwass
Player of the Match: Nesta Watene (Norths)
Team lists:
FB 1 David Fauid
WG 2 Fruean Easthope
CE 3 Brock Diment
CE 4 Liam Horne
WG 5 Jack Paterson
FE 6 Gerome Burns
HB 7 Cory Paix
PR 8 Ethan Bullemor
HK 9 Kobe Hetherington (c)
PR 10 Joe McGuire (c)
SR 11 Nesta Watene
SR 12 Jordan Riki
LK 13 Sosefo Filipine
Substitutes:
IC 14 Zak McGuire
IC 15 Jake Strasser
IC 16 Lorenzo Leapai
IC 17 Reed Young
Coach: Kevin Neighbour
FB 1 Marshall Hudson
WG 2 Tom McCagh
CE 3 Michael Carroll
CE 4 Lachlan La Rosa
WG 5 James Conroy
FE 6 Sam Martin-Savage (c)
HB 7 Adam Cook
PR 8 Jayden Stephesns
HK 9 Sean Mullany
PR 10 Logan Bayliss-Brow
SR 11 Campbell Duffy
SR 12 Ben Condon
LK 13 Solomon Vasuvulagi
Substitutes:
IC 14 Enemarki Shibasaki
IC 15 Jack Althaus
IC 16 Duarne Dempsey
IC 17 Nathan Barrett
Coach: David Tangata-Toa

Player statistics

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The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 24.

References

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  1. ^ "New comp to strengthen pathways". 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ "NRL announces state based competitions to replace Holden Cup under 20s from 2018". 17 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Norths withstand Townsville fightback for Colts honours". 23 September 2018.