The 2022 Townsville Blackhawks season is the eighth in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Josh Chudleigh, they competed in the Hostplus Cup.[1]
2022 Townsville Blackhawks season | ||||
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Queensland Cup Rank | 8th | |||
2022 record | Wins: 7; draws: 1; losses: 7 | |||
Points scored | For: 384; against: 320 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Justin Wilkins | |||
Coach | Aaron Payne | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Jack Manski Oval | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Kalifa Faifai Loa (12) | |||
Goals | Shaun Nona (29) | |||
Points | Shaun Nona (66) | |||
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Season summary
editMilestones
edit- Round 1: Jake Bourke, Tom Chester, Jordan Lipp, Kayleb Milne and Emry Pere made their debuts for the club.
- Round 1: Tom Chester scored his first try for the club.
- Round 2: Zac McMinn and Taniela Sadrugu made their debuts for the club.
- Round 2: Taniela Sadrugu scored his first try for the club.
- Round 3: Iosefo Baleiwairiki made his debut for the club.
- Round 3: Jordan Lipp, Aaron Moore and Emry Pere scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 4: Iosefo Baleiwairiki scored his first try for the club.
- Round 9: Oscar Carter and Justin Frain made their debuts for the club.
- Round 9: Justin Frain scored his first try for the club.
- Round 11: Zac Laybutt and D'Jazirhae Pua'avase made their debuts for the club.
- Round 11: Zac Laybutt and D'Jazirhae Pua'avase scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 11: Kyle Laybutt played his 80th game for the club, overtaking Sam Hoare was the club's most capped player.
- Round 13 Eddie Hampson made his debut for the club.
- Round 13: Zac McMinnm scored his first try for the club.
- Round 14: Edene Gebbie made his debut for the club.
- Round 14: Edene Gebbie and Eddie Hampson scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 16: Kulikefu Finefeuiaki and Jaymon Moore made their debuts for the club.
- Round 16: Jake Bourke scored his first try for the club.
2022 squad
editFirst team squad | Coaching Staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 27 July 2022 |
Squad movement
editGains
editPlayer | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
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Oscar Carter | Herbert River Crushers | 2022 |
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John Cullen | Townsville Brothers | 2022 |
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Justin Frain | Ryde-Eastwood Hawks | 2022 |
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Edene Gebbie | Wests Tigers | 2022 |
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Mitchell Grimes | Herbert River Crushers | 2022 |
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Robert Lui | Leeds Rhinos | 2022 |
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Kayleb Milne | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2022 |
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Jaymon Moore | Mackay Cutters | 2022 |
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Faron Morris | Townsville Brothers | 2022 |
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Jordon Remfrey | Mounties RLFC | 2022 |
Losses
editPlayer | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
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Carlin Anderson | Work commitments | – |
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Nick Brown | Released | – |
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Benn Campagnolo | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2022 |
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Sam Hoare | Retired | – |
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Josh Hoffman | Released | – |
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Cameron King | Retired | – |
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Sione Lousi | Retired | – |
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Sam Martin-Savage | Year off | – |
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Cody Maughan | Released | – |
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Kieran Quabba | Work commitments | – |
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Bacho Salam | Brisbane Tigers | 2022 |
Fixtures
editPre-season
editDate | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 5 March | Trial 1 | Northern Pride | Barlow Park | 6 – 22 | - | - | ||||
Saturday, 12 March | Trial 2 | Mackay Cutters | Denison Park | 24 – 18 | Chudleigh (2), Feeney, Lipp | Bell (4) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Regular season
editStatistics
edit* | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2022 season |
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Iosefi Baleiwairiki* | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Nathan Barrett | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Michael Bell | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 48 |
Jake Bourke* | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Joe Boyce | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Michael Carroll | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Oscar Carter | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Tom Chester* | 10 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Josh Chudleigh | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 15 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Jaelen Feeney | 8 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Kulikefu Finefeuiaki* | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Justin Frain | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Edene Gebbie | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Eddie Hampson | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Tom Hancock | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Patrick Kaufusi | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Jordan Kenworthy | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Kyle Laybutt | 14 | 2 | 5 | - | 18 |
Zac Laybutt* | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | 22 |
Jordan Lipp* | 11 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Robert Lui | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Cade Maloney | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Zac McMinn | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Kayleb Milne | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Aaron Moore | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Jaymon Moore | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Shaun Nona | 7 | 2 | 29 | - | 66 |
Emry Pere* | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Riley Price* | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
D'Jazirhae Pua'avase* | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Taniela Sadrugu* | 12 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Totals | 69 | 53 | 2 | 384 |