The 2019 Queensland Cup season was the 24th 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 14 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.[1]
2019 Queensland Cup | |
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Duration | March 9 – September 29, 2019 |
Teams | 14 |
Premiers | Burleigh Bears (4th title) |
Minor premiers | Sunshine Coast Falcons (1st title) |
Matches played | 170 |
Points scored | 7,549 |
Top points scorer(s) | Todd Murphy (280) |
Player of the year | Jamal Fogarty (Petero Civoniceva Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Jonathon Reuben Matt Soper-Lawler (23) |
The Burleigh Bears won their fourth premiership after defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls 28–10 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Stadium. Burleigh halfback Jamal Fogarty was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.[2][3]
Teams
editIn 2019, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year.
Ladder
edit2019 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
1 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 856 | 292 | +564 | 43 | |
2 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 652 | 362 | +290 | 36 | |
3 | Burleigh Bears (P) | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 663 | 304 | +359 | 34 | |
4 | Townsville Blackhawks | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 566 | 344 | +222 | 34 | |
5 | Norths Devils | 23 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 619 | 477 | +142 | 30 | |
6 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 464 | 438 | +26 | 28 | |
7 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 558 | 392 | +166 | 26 | |
8 | Easts Tigers | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 478 | 541 | -63 | 21 | |
9 | Ipswich Jets | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 466 | 563 | -97 | 19 | |
10 | Souths Logan Magpies | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 465 | 694 | -229 | 15 | |
11 | Mackay Cutters | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 416 | 566 | -150 | 14 | |
12 | Northern Pride | 23 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 342 | 635 | -293 | 10 | |
13 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 315 | 750 | -435 | 9 | |
14 | Central Queensland Capras | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 318 | 820 | -502 | 3 |
Final series
editFor the first time in competition history, the Queensland Cup used an eight-team finals series in 2019, the same format used in the NRL.[4]
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | ||||||
Qualifying & Elimination Finals | |||||||
Tweed Heads Seagulls | 24 – 25 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 8 September 2019, 11:40am | Piggabeen Sports Complex | |||
Norths Devils | 20 – 24 | Easts Tigers | 8 September 2019, 1:10pm | Bishop Park | |||
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 32 – 34 | Burleigh Bears | 8 September 2019, 2:00pm | BMD Kougari Oval | |||
Sunshine Coast Falcons | 12 – 20 | Townsville Blackhawks | 8 September 2019, 2:00pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium | |||
Semi-finals | |||||||
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 – 16 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 15 September 2019, 12:05pm | BMD Kougari Oval | |||
Sunshine Coast Falcons | 22 – 14 | Easts Tigers | 15 September 2019, 12:05pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium | |||
Preliminary Finals | |||||||
Townsville Blackhawks | 14 – 26 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 21 September 2019, 3:00pm | Jack Manski Oval | |||
Burleigh Bears | 24 – 6 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 22 September 2019, 3:05pm | Pizzey Park | |||
Grand Final | |||||||
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 – 28 | Burleigh Bears | 29 September 2019, 3:10pm | Dolphin Stadium |
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
8 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Sunshine Coast | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Townsville | 20 | 15 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | ||||||||||||||||
Sunshine Coast | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 Sept, Bishop Park | Easts | 14 | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Norths | 20 | Townsville | 14 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Easts | 24 | Wynnum Manly | 26 | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium | ||||||||||||||
Wynnum Manly | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | Burleigh | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Tweed Heads | 24 | Burleigh | 24 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Redcliffe | 25 | 15 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | Sunshine Coast | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Wynnum Manly | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | Redcliffe | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Wynnum Manly | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Burleigh | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
editSunday, 29 September
3:10pm (AEST) |
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 – 28 | Burleigh Bears |
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Tries: Edward Burns 1 Sam Scarlett 1 Goals: Patrick Templeman 1 |
1st: 4 - 12 2nd: 6 - 16 Report |
Tries: 2 Kurtis Rowe 1 Jamal Fogarty 1 Pat Politoni 1 Tyronne Roberts-Davis Goals: 3 Jamal Fogarty 1 Tyronne Roberts-Davis |
Dolphin Stadium
Attendance: 7,784 Referee: Liam Kennedy, Tyson Brough Player of the Match: Kurtis Rowe (Burleigh) |
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Position | Burleigh Bears |
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Edene Gebbie | FB | Kurtis Rowe |
Edward Burns | WG | Tyronne Roberts-Davis |
Delouise Hoeter | CE | Sami Sauiluma |
Jordan Drew | CE | Josh Berkers |
Junior Pauga | WG | Anthony Don |
Patrick Templeman | FE | Dylan Phythian |
Sam Scarlett | HB | Jamal Fogarty |
Aaron Rockley | PR | Luke Page (c) |
Mitch Cronin (c) | HK | Pat Politoni |
Matt Groat | PR | Jack Buchanan |
Keenan Palasia | SR | Hayden Schwass |
Alex Barr | SR | Blake Leary |
Kelly Tate | LK | Sam Coster |
Lucky Ta'avale | Bench | Matt Robinson |
Jayden Berrell | Bench | Josh Rogers |
Lachlan Lee | Bench | Oliver Percy |
Kalolo Saitaua | Bench | Api Noema-Matenga |
Adam Brideson | Coach | Jim Lenihan |
Wynnum Manly finished the regular season in second and were defeated by third-placed Burleigh in the second qualifying final. They then eliminated defending premiers Dolphins in the semi-final and travelled to Townsville, where they defeated the Blackhawks in the preliminary final to qualify for their third Grand Final. After defeating Wynnum Manly in the qualifying final, Burleigh earned a week off and faced minor premiers the Sunshine Coast, who they beat 20–6 to qualify for their sixth Grand Final.
First half
editBurleigh got the scoring underway in the Grand Final, kicking a penalty goal in the 14th minute. They scored the first try of the game six minutes later when winger Tyronne Roberts-Davis scored in the left corner untouched. Another try in the 30th minute extended their lead to 12 after Jamal Fogarty grubbered through the line and regathered, finding Kurtis Rowe in support, who scored next to the posts. Wynnum Manly finally got on the scoreboard in the 34th minute, when halfback Sam Scarlett dived on his own kick after a Burleigh error in the in-goal.
Second half
editWynnum opened the second half strongly, with a try to winger Edward Burns from a Patrick Templeman kick, bringing them within two points of Burleigh. The Bears hit back shortly after, when Rowe caught a bouncing Dylan Phythian kick to score his second try of the game. In the 67th minute, hooker Pat Politoni extended Burleigh's lead to 12 when he darted over from dummy half to score. Burleigh sealed the victory, and their fourth premiership, when Fogarty picked up a Seagulls' kick and ran 90 metres untouched to score under the posts. Kurtis Rowe was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his two-try effort.[5][6]
NRL State Championship
editAfter winning the Grand Final, the Burleigh Bears qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Newtown Jets, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 16–20.[7][8]
Sunday, 6 October
1:35pm (AEDT) |
Newtown Jets | 20 – 16 | Burleigh Bears |
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Tries: Sione Katoa (54', 76') 2 Jackson Ferris (63', 80') 2 Goals: Braydon Trindall 1/4 (19' pen) Greg Eastwood 1/1 (80') Sin Bin: Ronaldo Mulitalo (38') |
1st: 2 – 10 2nd: 18 – 6 |
Tries: 2 (22', 30') Anthony Don 1 (47') Jamal Fogarty Goals: 2/3 Jamal Fogarty (32', 48') |
Player statistics
editThe following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).[9]
Leading try scorersedit
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Leading point scorersedit
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QRL awards
edit- Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Jamal Fogarty ( Burleigh Bears)
- Coach of the Year: Eric Smith ( Sunshine Coast Falcons)
- Rookie of the Year: Tom Gilbert ( Townsville Blackhawks)
- Representative Player of the Year: Xavier Coates ( Queensland under-18, Tweed Heads Seagulls)
Team of the Year
editPosition | Nat | Winner | Club |
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Fullback | Edene Gebbie | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | |
Wing | Jonathon Reuben | Sunshine Coast Falcons | |
Centre | Izaia Perese | Redcliffe Dolphins | |
Five-eighth | Patrick Templeman | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | |
Halfback | Todd Murphy | Sunshine Coast Falcons | |
Prop | Jordan Grant | Redcliffe Dolphins | |
Hooker | Harry Grant | Sunshine Coast Falcons | |
Second-row | Chris Lewis | Sunshine Coast Falcons | |
Lock | Tom Gilbert | Townsville Blackhawks |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Draw".
- ^ "2019 Year in Review: Burleigh Bears". 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Fogarty fires to win Petero Civoniceva Medal". 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Statewide Competitions finals format update". 31 July 2019.
- ^ "2019 QLD Cup Grand Final Burleigh v Wynnum". YouTube. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
- ^ Bears bury Seagulls to win fourth title The Courier Mail (subscription required)
- ^ "Jets stun Bears with last-minute winner". 6 October 2019.
- ^ "NRL State Championship: Newtown, Burleigh make late changes". 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Stats". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 22 February 2023.