# 2020 Northern Pride RLFC season

2020 was the thirteenth competitive season for the Cairns based Kenfrost Homes Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 14 clubs that competed in the twenty-fifth season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Hostplus Cup. The Northern Pride were due to play 12 home games and 11 away games over 23 rounds between March and August, but the season was cancelled after Round One due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before the season was cancelled, the Pride played three pre-season trials, two of which attracted large crowds - the trial against the Blackhawks was a curtain-raiser to the NRL Cowboys v Broncos pre-season trial, and the Pride's trial against the Hunters attracted a large ex-pat following.
Coach Ty Williams named a new six-man 'leadership group' composed of Javid Bowen, Rod Griffin, Matolu Laumea, Patrick Gallen, Tom McGrath, and new recruit Josh Stuckey. From this group Williams chose Javid Bowen as captain , and Rod Griffin as vice-captain.
A new three-year naming rights sponsor, Kenfrost Homes was announced in December 2019. The Pride had been without a major sponsor since the Sea Swift sponsorship ended in 2017. The Pride are one of five QCup sides that do not have the financial backing of a major leagues club.
Before Round One, the QRL adopted the NRL's COVID-19 guidelines, which included a 'no fans' policy, meaning the games would be played before empty grandstands.
On 17 March, two days after the completion of Round One, QRL announced the competition would be suspended for ten weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was hoped QCup would resume with Round 12 in June, but the rapidly deteriorating situation with the pandemic meant on 26 March the Queensland Government announced Stage 1 Restrictions on movements across the Queensland border, which would affect NSW club Tweed Heads Seagulls, PNG club SP Hunters, and the feeder arrangements that Easts Tigers and SC Falcons had with the Melbourne Storm and the Ipswich Jets had with Newcastle Knights. Consequently, the next day QRL cancelled the competition for the 2020 season. QRL managing director Robert Moore stated, "by making this announcement now, it provides our clubs with the opportunity to re-set and turn their attention towards the 2021 season". The Pride reduced to a staff of three, with the CEO, Coach and Commercial Manager Alannah Giuffrida retained on reduced wages. Many of the Pride's New Zealand players returned home before the NZ border closed.
In the absence of football, the Cairns Post ran a series ranking the top fifty Northern Pride players from the last 12 seasons.
As the year progressed, there was talk of staging some games, with the Pride, Blackhawks, Cutters and CQ Capras playing a Northern Championship, but travel costs were prohibitive and the idea was abandoned.
In August the 'Kenfrost Homes Lightning Challenge' was held between two CDRL clubs (Brothers Cairns and Tully Tigers), and two teams from the Pride. The Pride combined their ISC side with their HDC U-20s side to make the 'Pride Giants' and 'Pride Reef Kings'. Games were played in Cairns and Tully over six rounds. Pride coach Ty Williams took a back seat, leaving the coaching to Bevan Walker, Pride's ISC assistant coach, and Dave Scott, Pride's HDC U-20 coach. Controversially, two of Brothers Cairns games were abandoned when match officials were abused. The 'Pride Reef Kings' were undefeated and won the competition.
At the end of the season, Northern Pride football operations manager Chey Bird resigned. CEO Tony Williamson also resigned.

## 2020 Season – Kenfrost Homes Northern Pride

   * Competition: Intrust Super Cup
   * Sponsor: Kenfrost Homes.
   * Jersey supplier: ISC.

### Staff
#### Coaches/Trainers

   * Coach: Ty Williams.
   * Assistant coach: Sam Obst.
   * Assistant coach: Bevan Walker.
   * Hastings Deering Colts U-20 coach: Dave Scott.
   * Mal Meninga Cup U-18 coach: Bobby Berg.
   * Strength and Conditioning Coach: Scott Callaghan.

#### Captain

   * Captain: Javid Bowen.
   * Vice-captain: Rod Griffin.

#### Managers

   * Football operations manager: Chey Bird.
   * Commercial manager: Alannah Giuffrida.
   * Chief executive: Mark Quinn.
   * Chairman: Tony Williamson.
   * Board Members: Peter Parr (replaced by Micheal Luck), Stephen Devenish, Gail Andrejic, Stephen Tillett, Colin Moore, Ian Lydiard, Terry Medhurst.

## 2020 squad

The Pride used 17 players in the one match they played this season. Eight of these players played for the Pride last season, and two of the Cowboys' allocation players had already played for the club. Seven players made their debut this season; four were new signings (Bernard Lewis, Chris Ostwald, Josh Stuckey and Nick Lui-Toso), and three were new Cowboys allocation players (Ben Condon*, Connelly Lemuelu* and Wiremu Greig*). Former Cowboys allocation players Gideon Gela-Mosby and Javid Bowen signed to the Pride for this season.
* Trial
* North Queensland Cowboys allocation

### Player gains

| Player | From League | From Club | Notes |
| Javid Bowen | NRL Telstra Premiership | North Queensland Cowboys | |
| Gideon Gela-Mosby | NRL Telstra Premiership | North Queensland Cowboys | |
| Nick Lui-Toso | NRL Telstra Premiership | Penrith Panthers | |
| Josh Stuckey | NRL Telstra Premiership | Canberra Raiders | |
| Bernard Lewis | NRL Telstra Premiership | Sydney Roosters | |
| George Fai | NRL Telstra Premiership | Brisbane Broncos | |
| Rod Griffin | Intrust Super Cup | Townsville Blackhawks | |
| Matt Egan | Intrust Super Cup | Burleigh Bears | |
| Chris Ostwald | Intrust Super Cup | Easts Tigers | |
| Taulata Fakalelu | CDRL | Innisfail Brothers | |
| Brooklyn Herewini | Manawatu RL | Whanganui Boxon | Development player |
| Raymon Tuaimalo Vaega | NRL U20s | New Zealand Warriors | Development player |
| Pio Seci | Intrust Super Cup | Ipswich Jets | Problems with his visa meant Seci did not arrive for pre-season training. |
| Tevin Arona | NZRL National Competition | Canterbury Bulls | Arona was released before the start of the season to return home to New Zealand. |
| George Fai | Intrust Super Cup | Souths Logan Magpies | Fai signed for the Pride, then changed his mind and signed to rugby union's Queensland Reds. |

### Player losses after 2019 season

| Player | To League | To Club |
| Tom Hancock | Intrust Super Cup | Townsville Blackhawks |
| Connor Jones | English RFL Championship | Featherstone Rovers |
| Dave Murphy | CDRL | Ivanhoes |
| James Dempsey | CDRL | Ivanhoes |
| Hugh Sedger | CDRL | Ivanhoes |
| Jordan Biondi Odo | CDRL | Brothers Cairns |
| Jared Allen | CDRL | Kangaroos RLFC |
| Will Bugden | Retired (concussion) | |
| Maurice Blair | Retired | |
| Bradley Stephen | Released | |
| Cameron Torpy | Released | |
| Brayden Torpy | Released | |

#### Cowboys no longer allocated to the Pride

| Player | To League | To Club |
| Enari Tuala* | NRL Telstra Premiership | Newcastle Knights |
| Nene Macdonald* | NRL Telstra Premiership | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
| Kurt Baptiste* | Intrust Super Cup | Easts Tigers |
| Gideon Gela-Mosby* | Intrust Super Cup | Northern Pride |
| Javid Bowen* | Intrust Super Cup | Northern Pride |

### 2020 season launch

   * Pre-Season Training: 4 November 2019, West Barlow Park.
   * Pre-Season Boot Camp: Daradgee Environmental Education Centre, Innisfail, 17–19 January 2020.
   * Professional Development Weekend with NRL coach Anthony Griffin: Daradgee Environmental Education Centre, Innisfail, 8–9 February 2020.
   * Season launch: 9 February 2020, Mount Sheridan Plaza, Mount Sheridan.
   * Season launch: 7 March 2020, The Pier Bar, Cairns $30.

#### 2020 player records

   * Most Points: Jake Clifford* (6).
   * Most Tries: Jake Clifford* (1), Connelly Lemuelu* (1).

### Jerseys

* 2020 primary Jersey

### Trial matches

| Round | Opponent | Score | Date | Venue |
| Trial 1 | Cairns Foley Shield side | 32 – 16 | Saturday, 15 February 2020 | Petersen Park, Edmonton |
| Trial 2 | Townsville Blackhawks | 6 – 34 | Saturday, 22 February 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns |
| Trial 3 | PNG Hunters | 36 – 24 | Saturday 29 February 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns |
* Pre-season Trial 1 Saturday, 15 February 2020
| Northern Pride | 32 – 16 | Cairns Foley Shield side |
| Tries: Josh Stuckey 1 Steven Tatipata 1 Bernard Lewis 1 Goals: ?? | | Tries: ?? Goals: ?? |
* Petersen Park (Edmonton, QLD)
* Kenfrost Homes Northern Pride: 1. Cephas Chinfat – FB 2. Matthew Musumeci – WG 3. Steven Tatipata – CE 4. Raymon Tuaimalo-Vaega – CE 5. Bernard Lewis – WG 6. Matthew Egan – FE 7. Jack Campagnolo – HB 8. Matolu Laumea – PR 9. Patrick Gallen – HK 10. Taulata Fakalelu – PR 11. Heilum Luki – SR 12. Josh Stuckey – SR 13. Joe Eichner – LK
* Unlimited Interchange: 14. Jacob Wallace, 15. Beau Berg, 16. Terrence Casey-Douglas, 17. Brad Lupi, 18. Jacob McCarthy, 19. Ewan Moore, 20. Gideon Gela-Mosby, 21. Mark Rosendale, 22. Gabriel Bon.
* * = Cowboys allocation.
* Coach: Ty Williams.
* Cairns Marlins Foley Shield Squad: 1. Kienan Grogan-Hayes – FB 2. Linton Enoch – WG 3. Bradley Stephen – CE 4. Dallas Skardon – CE 5. Ronald Ambrym – WG 6. Nathan Curcio – FE 7. Ned Blackman – HB 8. Mitch Ebden – PR 9. Ty Millard – HK 10. Joel Marama – PR 11. Johann Turner – SR 12. Graham Clark Jr – SR 13. Wyatt Barnes – LK
* Unlimited Interchange: 14. Rhy Young, 15. Minjiluk McInnes, 16. Richard Joinbee, 17. Masi Nona.
* Note: The temperature reached 40°C. Terrence Casey-Douglas went off with HIA.
* Pre-season Trial 2 Saturday, 22 February 2020 16:30 AEST (UTC+10)
| Northern Pride | 6 – 34 | Townsville Blackhawks |
| Tries: Steven Tatipata 1 Goals: Jack Campagnolo 1 | | Tries: 1 Jacob Kiraz 1 Kyle Laybutt 1 Jake Marketo 1 Carlin Anderson 1 Kalifa Fai Fai Loa 1 Jaelen Feeney Goals: 5 Carlin Anderson |
* Barlow Park (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
* Kenfrost Homes Northern Pride: 1. Cephas Chinfat – FB 2. Bernard Lewis – WG 3. Javid Bowen – CE 4. Gideon Gela-Mosby – CE 5. Matthew Musumeci – WG 6. Matthew Egan – FE 7. Jack Campagnolo – HB 8. Wiremu Greig* – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK 10. Nick Lui-Toso – PR 11. Ben Condon* – SR 12. Tom McGrath – SR 13. Rod Griffin – LK
* Unlimited Interchange: 14. Denzel King, 15. Shawn Bowen, 16. Steven Tatipata, 17. Patrick Gallen, 18. Matolu Laumea, 19. Taulata Fakalelu, 20. Ewan Moore, 21. Josh Stuckey, 22. Brad Lupi, 23. Terrence Casey-Douglas.
* * = Cowboys allocation (2 players allocated for this match).
* Townsville and District Mendi Blackhawks: ?
* Coach: Terry Campese.
* Note: This game was played as a curtain-raiser to the North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos pre-season trial. This was the first time in 30 years that the Broncos played in Cairns. The game was played in very wet conditions. Pride Prop Taulata Fakalelu was sin-binned in the match for repeated infringements in the ruck. Pride winger Bernard Lewis was placed on report for a shoulder charge late in the game.
* Pre-season Trial 3 Saturday, 29 February 2020 17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Northern Pride | 36 – 24 | PNG Hunters |
| Tries: Chris Ostwald 2 Goals: Jack Campagnolo (4 from 7) 4 | | Tries: ?? Goals: ?? |
* Barlow Park (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
* Kenfrost Homes Northern Pride: 1. Cephas Chinfat – FB 2. Shawn Bowen – WG 3. Javid Bowen – CE 4. Gideon Gela-Mosby – CE 5. Bernard Lewis – WG 6. Ben Hampton* – FE 7. Jack Campagnolo – HB 8. Wiremu Greig* – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK 10. Nick Lui Toso – PR 11. Ben Condon* – SR 12. Josh Stuckey – SR 13. Peter Hola* – LK
* Unlimited Interchange: 14. Patrick Gallen, 15. Tom McGrath, 16. Joe Eichner, 17. Matthew Musumeci, 18. Matolu Laumea, 19. Rod Griffin, 20. Brad Lupi,
* * = Cowboys allocation (4 players allocated for this match).
* SP PNG Hunters: 1. Terry Wapi – FB 2. Junior Rau – WG 3. Joe Joshua – CE 4. Brendan Nima – CE 5. Brandon Gotuno – WG 6. Charlie Simon – FE 7. Ase Boas (c) – HB 8. Enock Maki – PR 9. Nicky Hasu – HK 10. Junior Rop – PR 11. Epel Kapinias – SR 12. Keven Appo – SR 13. Ila Alu – LK
* Unlimited Interchange: 14. Stanely Olo, 15. Rhadley Brawa, 16. Mark Piti, 17. Stanton Albert, 18. Joe Frank, 19. Shane Nigel, 20. Francis Takai.

### Hostplus Cup matches

* Sunday 15 March 2020 15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 16 – 10 | Northern Pride |
| Tries: Fetuli Talanoa (5') 1 Lee Turner (26') 1 Kody Parsons (72') 1 Goals: Lindon McGrady (1 from 3) 1 Penalty Goals Lindon McGrady 1 | Half-time: 8 – 10 Penalties: 8 – 8 QRL Report | Tries: 1 Jake Clifford* (0') 1 Connelly Lemuelu* (14') Goals: 1 Jake Clifford* (1 from 2) Penalty Goals 0 |
* Venue: Tugun RLFC (Betty Diamond Complex, Tugun, QLD) Referee: Ethan Menchin, Jarrod Cole
* Kenfrost Homes Northern Pride: 1. Cephas Chinfat – FB 2. Gideon Gela-Mosby – WG 3. Javid Bowen (c) – CE 4. Connelly Lemuelu* – CE 5. Bernard Lewis – WG 6. Jack Campagnolo – FE 7. Jake Clifford* – HB 8. Nick Lui-Toso – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK 10. Wiremu Greig* – PR 11. Ben Condon* – SR 12. Josh Stuckey – SR 13. Peter Hola* – LK
* Interchange: 14. Patrick Gallen, 15. Joe Eichner, 16. Rod Griffin (vc), 17. Brad Lupi.
* Reserve: 18. Matthew Egan, 19. Denzel King, 20. Mat Laumea, 21. Matthew Musumeci.
* (* = Cowboys allocation - 5 players allocated for this match).
* Tweed Heads Seagulls: 1. Lindon McGrady – FB 2. Ryland Jacobs – WG 3. Lee Turner – CE 4. Fetuli Talanoa – CE 5. Caleb Hodges – WG 6. Will Brimson – FE 7. Blake Goodman – HB 8. Bayley Faull – PR 9. Brent Woolf – HK 10. Stuart Mason – PR 11. Lamar Manuel-Liolevave (c) – SR 12. Kody Parsons – SR 13. Jamie Hill – LK
* Interchange: 14. Liam Hampson, 15. Ioane Seiuli, 16. Rory Lillisayer, 17. Fabien Paletua-Kiri.
* (* = Gold Coast Titans allocation).
* Note: The match was relocated to Tugun in Queensland from the Seagulls usual home ground at Piggabeen Sports Complex, Tweed Heads West in NSW due to heavy rain affecting the playing surface. This was the Pride debut for Bernard Lewis, Nick Lui-Toso, Chris Ostwald, and Josh Stuckey, (Pride Players 170-172 & 175), and North Queensland Cowboys allocation players Connelly Lemuelu*, Wiremu Greig* and Ben Condon* (Pride Players 169 & 173-174).
| Position | Round 1 – 2020 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
| 11 | Northern Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 16 | -16 | 2 |

### 2020 ladder

2020 Queensland Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Easts Tigers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | +40 | 2 |
| 2 | Burleigh Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | +28 | 2 |
| 3 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 2 |
| 4 | Townsville Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 2 |
| 5 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 2 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 2 |
| 7 | Norths Devils | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 2 |
| 8 | Mackay Cutters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Souths Logan Magpies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 0 |
| 11 | Northern Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 | Ipswich Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 0 |
| 13 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 34 | -28 | 0 |
| 14 | Central Queensland Capras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 44 | -40 | 0 |

#### QCup matches cancelled due to COVID-19

| Round | Date | Venue | Home | Away |
| Round 2 | Saturday 21 March 2020 | Pathion Park, Brisbane | Norths Devils | Northern Pride |
| Round 3 | Saturday 28 March 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Suzuki Brisbane Tigers |
| Round 4 | Saturday 4 April 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | CQ Capras |
| Round 5 | Sunday 12 April 2020 | National Football Stadium, Port Moresby | SP PNG Hunters | Northern Pride |
| Round 6 | Sunday 19 April 2020 | CDJRL Grounds, Jones Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Mackay Cutters |
| Round 7 | Sunday 26 April 2020 | Jack Manski Oval, Townsville | Townsville Blackhawks | Northern Pride |
| Round 8 | Sunday 3 May 2020 | Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast | SC Falcons | Northern Pride |
| Round 9 | Saturday 9 May 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Round 10 | Sunday 24 May 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Ipswich Jets |
| Round 11 | Saturday 30 May 2020 | BMD Kougari Oval, Brisbane | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Northern Pride |
| Round 12 | Sunday 7 June 2020 | Davies Park, Brisbane | Souths Logan Magpies | Northern Pride |
| Round 13 | Saturday 13 June 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | SP PNG Hunters |
| Round 14 | Saturday 27 June 2020 | Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane | Redcliffe Dolphins | Northern Pride |
| Round 15 | Saturday 4 July 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Tweed Seagulls |
| Round 16 | Saturday 11 July 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Townsville Blackhawks |
| Round 17 | Saturday 18 July 2020 | TBA (Country Week) | Northern Pride | Burleigh Bears |
| Round 18 | Saturday 25 July 2020 | Totally Workwear Stadium, Brisbane | Suzuki Brisbane Tigers | Northern Pride |
| Round 19 | Saturday 1 August 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | SC Falcons |
| Round 20 | Saturday 8 August 2020 | Browne Park, Rockhampton | CQ Capras | Northern Pride |
| Round 21 | Saturday 15 August 2020 | BB Print Stadium, Mackay | Mackay Cutters | Northern Pride |
| Round 22 | Saturday 22 August 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Round 23 | Saturday 29 August 2020 | Barlow Park, Cairns | Northern Pride | Norths Devils |

## 2020 Northern Pride players

| Pride player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Pts |
| Bernard Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Lupi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cephas Chinfat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Ostwald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gideon Gela-Mosby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Campagnolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javid Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Eichner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Stuckey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Lui-Toso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Gallen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Pride in 2020

| Cowboys player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Pts |
| Ben Condon* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connelly Lemuelu* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jake Clifford* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Peter Hola* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wiremu Greig* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### 2020 Cairns 'Lightning Challenge'

* Saturday, 8 August 2020 14:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Kings | 30 – 22 | CDRL Brothers Cairns |
| Tries: Ricky Wardle Shaun Stephens Kurt Jackson 2 Denzel King Goals: | | Tries: Calan Dunbar 2 Jackson Clarke Isaiah Wigness Goals: |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Kings: 1. Mark Rosendale – FB 2. Jayson Mura – WG 3. Tyreece Chambers – CE 4. Rhy Young – CE 5. Shaun Stephens – WG 6. Sterling Addo Nona – FE 7. Evan Child (c) – HB 8. Jonah Rameka – PR 9. Denzel King – HK 10. Ricky Wardle – PR 11. Daniel Lazarus – SR 12. Ewan Moore – SR 13. Lata Fakelelu – LK
* Interchange: 14. Terrence Casey-Douglas 15. Zane Knowles 16. Luke Erbacher 17. Kurt Jackson 18. Quinlyn Cannon
* Coach: Dave Scott (Pride's U-20 Coach).
* Brothers Cairns: ?
* Coach: Paul Stevens.
* Saturday, 8 August 2020 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Giants | 44 – 12 | CDRL Tully Tigers |
| Tries: Matthew Musumeci Jack Campagnolo 2 Joe Eichner Adam Hepworth Heilum Luki Matt Egan 2 Goals: Matt Egan Jack Campagnolo 6 | | Tries: Phil Nona Shaun Nona Goals: Shaun Nona 2 |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Giants: 1. Matthew Musumeci – FB 2. Gideon Gela-Mosby – WG 3. Aiden Kawiri – CE 4. Bernard Lewis – CE 5. Kyle Wyatt – WG 6. Jack Campagnolo (c) – FE 7. Matthew Egan – HB 8. Brad Lupi – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK
* 10. Tyson Phineasa – PR 11. Josh Stuckey – SR 12. Heilum Luki – SR 13. Joe Eichner – LK
* Interchange: 14. Adam Hepworth 15. Colt Salmond 16. Dmitri Ahwang 17. Jacob McCarthy
* Coach: Bevan Walker (Pride's Intrust Super Cup Assistant Coach).
* Tully Tigers: 1. Benn Campagnolo, 2. Ronald Uhila, 3. Steven Stafford, 4. Michael Carroll, 5. Jackson Laza, 6. Tai Namaibai, 7. Jacob Rix, 8. Masiru Nona, 9. Ryan Flegler, 10. Fabian Tauli, 11. Dan Sagigi, 12. Cameron Vecchio, 13. Marcus Nona.
* Interchange: 14. Jack Myatt, 17. Shaun Nona, 18. Mitchell Robertson, 19. Phil Nona, 20. Fred Koraba.
* Coach: Paul Ketchell.
* Saturday, 15 August 2020 14:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Kings | 19 – 18 | CDRL Tully Tigers |
| Tries: Ewan Moore 2 Dallas Skardon Goals: Quinlyn Cannon 3 Field Goals: Evan Child. | | Tries: Benn Campagnolo Jackson Laza Ben Cocciolone Cody Macintosh Goals: Phil Nona 1. |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Kings: 1. Mark Rosendale – FB 2. Sireli Raivaroro – WG 3. Rhy Young – CE 4. Dallas Skardon – CE 5. Samisoni Raivaroro – WG 6. Evan Child (c) – FE 7. Quinlyn Cannon – HB 8. Tyson Phineasa – PR 9. Denzel King – HK 10. Jonah Rameka – PR 11. Ewan Moore – SR 12. Tom McGrath – SR 13. Jacob McCarthy – LK
* Interchange: 14. Patrick Gallen 15. Colt Salmond 16. Sterling Addo Nona 17. Ricky Wardle
* Coach: Dave Scott (Pride's U-20 Coach).
* Tully Tigers: ?
* Saturday, 15 August 2020 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| CDRL Brothers Cairns | 0 – 28 | Pride Reef Giants |
| | | Tries: Aiden Kawiri 2 Dmitri Ahwang Javid Bowen Josh Stuckey Heilum Luki Goals: Jack Campagnolo 2. |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Giants: 1. Dmitri Ahwang – FB 2. Matthew Musumeci – WG 3. Javid Bowen (c) – CE 4. Bernard Lewis – CE 5. Aiden Kawiri – WG 6. Jack Campagnolo (c) – FE 7. Matthew Egan – HB 8. Lata Fakalelu – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK 10. Brad Lupi – PR 11. Josh Stuckey – SR 12. Heilum Luki – SR 13. Terrence Casey-Douglas – LK
* Interchange: 14. Adam Hepworth 15. Joe Eichner 16. Whyatt Barnes 17. Usaia Fonongaloa
* Coach: Bevan Walker (Pride's Intrust Super Cup Assistant Coach).
* Brothers Cairns: 1. Jackson Clarke, 2. Luke Fleming, 3. Isaiah Wigness, 4. Calan Dunbar, 5. Peter Tuccandidgee, 6. Jordan Biondi-Odo, 7. Theo Majid, 8. Dru Hetet, 9. Tom Spark, 10. Corey Child, 11. Tye Smith, 12. Kyle Hansen, 13. Lee Kennedy.
* Interchange: 14. Lachlan Biondi-Odo, 15. Elijah Simpson, 16. Dennis Dau, 17. Thauki Satrick, 18. Elliot Gibuma.
* Coach: Paul Stevens
* Note: This game was abandoned in the 67th minute. Bernard Lewis was sin-binned after a minor scuffle in the 21st minute. Dennis Dau sent off for throwing a punch in the 66th minute. A melee broke out, a penalty was awarded to the Reef Giants. After the penalty Brothers players and on-field trainers abused the match officials, who called off the game.
* Saturday, 22 August 2020 14:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Kings | 40 – 20 | Pride Reef Giants |
| Tries: Sammi Raivaroro 2 Dallas Skardon 2 Tyreyce Chambers Tom McGrath Ewan Moore Jacob McCarthy Goals: Evan Child 3 Tyreyce Chambers. | | Tries: Dmitri Ahwang Aiden Kawiri-Kusu Jack Campagnolo Jesse Jackon Goals: Jack Campagnolo 2. |
* Tully Showgrounds (Tully, QLD)
* Pride Reef Kings: 1. Mark Rosendale – FB 2. Sireli Raivaroro – WG 3. Tyreece Chambers – CE 4. Dallas Skardon – CE 5. Samisoni Raivaroro – WG 6. Patrick Gallen – FE 7. Evan Child (c) – HB 8. Jonah Rameka – PR 9. Adam Hepworth – HK 10. Brad Lupi – PR 11. Tom McGrath – SR 12. Ewan Moore – SR 13. Jacob McCarthy – LK
* Interchange: 14. Luke Erbacher 15. Tyson Phineasa 16. Matthew Whybird 17. Munro Mosby 18. Zane Knowles
* Coach: Dave Scott (Pride's U-20 Coach).
* Pride Reef Giants: 1. Dmitri Ahwang – FB 2. Jayson Mura – WG 3. Aiden Kawiri – CE 4. Kyle Wyatt – CE 5. Shaun Stephens – WG 6. Jack Campagnolo (c) – FE 7. Starling Addo Nona – HB 8. Lata Fakalelu – PR 9. Denzel King – HK 10. Ricky Wardle – PR 11. Terrence Casey-Douglas – SR 12. Heilum Luki – SR 13. Matti Moyle – LK
* Interchange: 14. Colt Salmond 15. Jesse Jackson 16. Whyatt Barnes 17. Usaia Fonongaloa
* Coach: Bevan Walker (Pride's Intrust Super Cup Assistant Coach).
* Note: This game marked the opening of Tully Tigers new grandstand. In this week's Game 2, Tully Tigers beat Cairns Brothers 40-18.
* Saturday, 29 August 2020 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Giants | 36 – 18 | Pride Reef Kings |
| Tries: Goals: | | Tries: Goals: |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Giants: 1. Matthew Musemeci – FB 2. Shaun Stephens – WG 3. Aiden Kawiri – CE 4. Munro Mosby – CE 5. Kyle Wyatt – WG 6. Jack Campagnolo (c) – FE 7. Dmitri Ahwang – HB 8. Lata Fakalelu – PR 9. Patrick Gallen – HK 10. Colt Salmond – PR 11. Matti Moyle – SR 12. Heilum Luki – SR 13. Whyatt Barnes – LK
* Interchange: 14. Denzel King 15. Jesse Jackson 16. Terrence Casey-Douglas 17. Usaia Fonongaloa
* Coach: Bevan Walker (Pride's Intrust Super Cup Assistant Coach)
* Pride Reef Kings: 1. Mark Rosendale – FB 2. Sireli Raivaroro – WG 3. Shawn Bowen – CE 4. Dallas Skardon – CE 5. Samisoni Raivaroro – WG 6. Matt Egan – FE 7. Evan Child (c) – HB 8. Jonah Rameka – PR 9. Adam Hepworth – HK 10. Brad Lupi – PR 11. Josh Stuckey – SR 12. Ewan Moore – SR 13. Tom McGrath – LK
* Interchange: 14. Jacob McCarthy 15. Tyson Phineasa 16. Matthew Whybird 17. Sterling Addo Nona 18. Cephas Chinfat
* Coach: Dave Scott (Pride's U-20 Coach)
* Note: This game marked the 10-year anniversary of the Pride's inaugural Intrust Super Cup premiership, and was Northern Pride Old Boys' Day. In this week's Game 1, Tully Tigers defeated Cairns Brothers 32–26.
* Saturday, 5 September 2020 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Giants | Pride Reef Giants won by 50 points | CDRL Tully Tigers |
| Tries: Goals: | | Tries: Goals: |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Giants: Team ???
* Coach: Bevan Walker (Pride's Intrust Super Cup Assistant Coach)
* Tully Tigers: Team ???
* Saturday, 5 September 2020 18:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| CDRL Brothers Cairns | 26 – 14 | Pride Reef Kings |
| Tries: Jack Campagnolo Aiden Kawiri Dallas Skardon Chris Ostwald Cephas Chinfat Goals: Jack Campagnolo | | Tries: Elliot Gibuma Eddie Ingui Tye Smith Goals: |
* Stan Williams Park (Manunda, QLD)
* Pride Reef Kings: 1. Matthew Musumeci – FB 2. Sireli Raivaroro – WG 3. – CE 4. – CE 5. Samisoni Raivaroro – WG 6. Evan Child – FE 7. Jack Campagnolo – HB 8. Ricky Wardle – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK 10. Johan Rameka – PR 11. Matti Moyle – SR 12. Terrence Casey-Douglas – SR 13. Jacob McCarthy – LK
* Interchange: 14. Adam Hepworth 15. Luke Erbacher 16. Aiden Kawiri 17. Tyson Phinesa
* Coach: Dave Scott (Pride's U-20 Coach).
* Brothers Cairns: 1. Andrew Garrett, 2. Luke Fleming, 3. Dennis Dau, 4. Calan Dunbar, 5. Peter Tuccandidgee, 6. Elliot Gibuma, 7. Lachlan Biondi-Odo, 8. Tye Smith, 9. Tom Spark, 10. Nick Harrold, 11. Jarvis Yeatman, 12. Gabriel Bon, 13. Fletcher Harrold.
* Interchange: 14. Keishon Hunter-Flanders, 15. Billy Segeyaro, 16. Jackson Clark, 17. Milton Mossman, 18. Matti Gibuma, 20. Eddie Ingui, 21. Boshay Satrick.
* Coach: Paul Stevens
* Note: The match was abandoned in the 60th minute after Brothers players and on-field trainers abused the match officials, who called off the game. This was the second time a game between these sides was called off.
* Saturday, 12 September 2020 16:30 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Giants | 28 – 22 | CDRL Brothers Cairns |
| Tries: Samisoni Raivaroro 2 Patrick Gallen Adam Hepworth Usaia Fonogaloa Goals: Cephas Chinfat 4 | | Tries: Eddie Ingui Calan Dunbar Boshay Satrick Luke Fleming Keishon Hunter-Flanders Goals: |
* Tully Showgrounds (Tully, QLD)
* Pride Reef Giants: 1. Cephas Chinfat – FB 2. Shaun Stephens – WG 3. Samisoni Raivaroro – CE 4. Kyle Wyatt – CE 5. Sireli Raivaroro – WG 6. Patrick Gallen – FE 7. Dmitri Ahwang – HB 8. Usaia Fonogaloa – PR 9. Denzel King – HK 10. Colt Salmond – PR 11. Matti Moyle – SR 12. Terrence Casey-Douglas – SR 13. Tyson Phinesea – LK
* Interchange: 14. Adam Hepworth 15. Jesse Jackson 16. Matthew Whybird 17. Shawn Stephens 18. Ricky Wardle
* Coach: Bevan Walker (Pride's Intrust Super Cup Assistant Coach)
* Brothers Cairns: 1. Andrew Garrett, 2. Luke Fleming, 3. Boshay Satrick, 4. Calan Dunbar, 5. Peter Tuccandidgee, 6. Fletcher Harrold, 7. Lachlan Biondi-Odo, 8. Tye Smith, 9. Tom Spark, 10. Nick Harrold, 11. Jarvis Yeatman, 12. Darcy Simpson, 13. Greg Delaney.
* Interchange: 14. Keishon Hunter-Flanders, 15. Eddie Ingui, 16. Kyle Hansen, 17. Lassiman Baird.
* Coach: Paul Stevens.
* Saturday, 12 September 2020 18:00 AEST (UTC+10)
| Pride Reef Kings | 46 – 18 | CDRL Tully Tigers |
| Tries: Goals: | | Tries: Goals: |
* Tully Showgrounds (Tully, QLD)
* Pride Reef Kings: 1. Matthew Musumeci – FB 2. Bernard Lewis – WG 3. Aiden Kawiri – CE 4. Dallas Skardon – CE 5. Gideon Gela-Mosby – WG 6. Evan Child – FE 7. Jack Campagnolo – HB 8. Brad Lupi – PR 9. Chris Ostwald – HK 10. Johan Rameka – PR 11. Ewan Moore – SR 12. Josh Stuckey – SR 13. Tom McGrath – LK
* Interchange:
* 14. Adam Hepworth 15. Luke Erbacher 16. Jacob McCarthy 17. Heilum Luki 18. Lata Fakalelu 19. Whyatt Barnes
* Coach: Dave Scott (Pride's U-20 Coach).
* Tully Tigers: Team ???

#### 2020 Cairns 'Lightning Challenge' ladder

2020 Kenfrost Homes 'Lightning Challenge' :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Pride Reef Kings | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +87 | 12 |
| 2 | Pride Reef Giants | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +76 | 8 |
| 3 | CDRL Tully Tigers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -81 | 12 |
| 4 | CDRL Cairns Brothers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -82 | 0 |

### Cairns Post Top 50 Pride players (2008-2020)

In the absence of football during the pandemic, Rowan Sparkes, sports writer at the Cairns Post published an article ranking the top fifty Northern Pride players from the last 12 seasons.
   * 1. Chris Sheppard, (halfback), foundation captain, 60 games (2008-2010), Operations Manager (2008-2010), Chief Executive Officer (2011-2013).
   * 2. Jason Roos, (hooker), 164 games (2008-2015), co-captain (2014).
   * 3. Chey Bird, (fullback), 96 games (2008-2012), most points in a season (216 points 2011), most points scored (574 points - 23 tries, 226 goals, 2008-2012).
   * 4. Brett Anderson, (centre), 125+ games (2008, 2010-2015, 2018).
   * 5. Ben Spina, (second-row), 140+ games (2010-2017).
   * 6. Joel Riethmuller, (lock), (2008-2014, 2017).
   * 7. Sam Obst, (halfback), 74 games (2013-2015).
   * 8. Ben Laity, (prop), 117 games (2008-2013).
   * 9. Ty Williams, (centre), (2008-2015), captain (2011-2013), coach (2017-2023).
   * 10. Hezron Murgha, (fullback, threequarters), (2008-2014).
   * 11. Ryan Ghietti, (halfback, bench utility), 169 games (2011-2018), captain (2016-2018).
   * 12. Alex Starmer, (front rower), 120 games (2008-2015), Members’ Player of the Year in 2012.
   * 13. Shaun Nona, (five-eighth).
   * 14. Mark Cantoni, 69 games (2008-2011), Best Forward 2008.
   * 15. Ethan Lowe, (2012-2018), Rookie of the Year 2012, Best Forward 2013.
   * 16. Javid Bowen, (2014-2020)
   * 17. Davin Crampton, (fullback, wing, centre, second-row, lock), (2011-2014),
   * 18. Tom Hancock, 108 games (2014-2018), Most Improved Player 2015, Best Forward 2016, Player of the Year 2019, Players’ Player 2019, Members Player of the Year 2019, and Best Forward 2019.
   * 19. Linc Port, (fullback), 47 games (2014-2016).
   * 20. Kyle Feldt, (2013-2014).
   * 21. Blake Leary, (2011-2014).
   * 22. Luke Harlen, (2008-2009, 2011-20012), Best Forward, 2011.
   * 23. Rod Jensen, 69 games (2009-2012), Chief Executive officer (2015-2016).
   * 24. David Murphy, (2015-2016, 2018-2019), Player of the Year 2015.
   * 25. Noel Underwood, 77 games (2008-2013)
   * 26. Will Bugden, 55 games (2017-2019), Player's Player 2018, Member's Player of the Year 2018.
   * 27. Jake Clifford, (halfback), (2018-2020).
   * 28. Rod Griffin, (2008-2010, 2019-2020).
   * 29. Darryn Schonig, (2016-2019).
   * 30. Khan Ahwang,
   * 31. Connor Jones,
   * 32. Jack Svendsen,
   * 33. Tyrone McCarthy,
   * 34. Nick Slyney,
   * 35. Graham Clark,
   * 36. Ryan Stig,
   * 37. Ricky Thorby,
   * 38. Tom Humble,
   * 39. Semi Tadulala,
   * 40. Sheldon Powe-Hobbs,
   * 41. Justin Castellaro,
   * 42. Greg Byrnes,
   * 43. Michael Bani,
   * 44. Clint Amos,
   * 45. Vaipuna Tia Kilifi,
   * 46. Jackson Nicolau,
   * 47. Mark Dalle Cort,
   * 48. Jamie Frizzo,
   * 49. Luke George,
   * 50. Josh Vaughan,