# 2019 Hastings Deering Colts

The 2019 Hastings Deering Colts season was the 2nd season of the under-20 competition, sponsored by Hastings Deering and run by the Queensland Rugby League. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of its senior counterpart, the Queensland Cup.
The Sunshine Coast Falcons won their first premiership, defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Grand Final.

## Teams

The Victoria Thunderbolts moved to the New South Wales-run Jersey Flegg Cup in 2019, leaving the competition with fourteen sides, thirteen based in Queensland and one in northern New South Wales. 13 Queensland Cup teams field a side in the competition, with each team affiliated with an NRL club.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL affiliate |
| Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Jamie Mahon | Tyler Szepanowski | Gold Coast Titans |
| Central Queensland Capras | Browne Park | Damien Seibold | Ryan Flintham & Zaine Hammond | Brisbane Broncos |
| Easts Tigers | Langlands Park | Ben King | Zac Teevan | Melbourne Storm |
| Ipswich Jets | North Ipswich Reserve | Brendon Marshall | Josh Williams | Brisbane Broncos |
| Mackay Cutters | BB Print Stadium | Michael Comerford | Brendan White | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Northern Pride | Barlow Park | Dave Scott | Simon Bevan & Joshtel Charlie | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Kevin Neighbour | Jake Strasser | Brisbane Broncos |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Stadium | Andrew Wynyard | Jayden Newbould | Brisbane Broncos |
| Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | Shayne Boyd | Jacob Alick | Brisbane Broncos |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | Sunshine Coast Stadium | Sean Mawhinney | Jack Wright | Melbourne Storm |
| Townsville Blackhawks | Jack Manski Oval | David Elliott | Nathan Barrett | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | Matt King | Tahne Robinson | Gold Coast Titans |
| Western Mustangs | Gold Park | Eugene Seddon | Blake Cullen | Gold Coast Titans |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | BMD Kougari Oval | Joe O'Callaghan | Shannon Gardiner | Brisbane Broncos |

## Ladder

Source:
2019 Hastings Deering Coltsvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Townsville Blackhawks | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 639 | 235 | +404 | 39 |
| 2 | Burleigh Bears | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 695 | 308 | +387 | 39 |
| 3 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 638 | 344 | -294 | 39 |
| 4 | Sunshine Coast Falcons (P) | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 576 | 328 | +248 | 34 |
| 5 | Mackay Cutters | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 530 | 300 | +230 | 32 |
| 6 | Norths Devils | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 504 | 461 | +43 | 29 |
| 7 | Easts Tigers | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 434 | 414 | +20 | 26 |
| 8 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 425 | 437 | -12 | 26 |
| 9 | Northern Pride | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 361 | 483 | -122 | 24 |
| 10 | Central Queensland Capras | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 368 | 486 | -118 | 20 |
| 11 | Souths Logan Magpies | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 441 | 606 | -165 | 20 |
| 12 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 282 | 646 | -364 | 13 |
| 13 | Western Mustangs | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 309 | 768 | -459 | 12 |
| 14 | Ipswich Jets | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 258 | 644 | -386 | 11 |

## Final series

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (Local) | Venue |
| Qualifying & Elimination Finals |||||
| Norths Devils | 40 – 20 | Easts Tigers | 8 September 2019, 11:20am | Bishop Park |
| Burleigh Bears | 19 – 24 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 8 September 2019, 12:15pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Townsville Blackhawks | 4 – 24 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 8 September 2019, 12:15pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium |
| Mackay Cutters | 23 – 10 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 9 September 2019, 1:40pm | Piggabeen Sports Complex |
| Semi-finals |||||
| Townsville Blackhawks | 6 – 30 | Mackay Cutters | 14 September 2019, 2:30pm | Jack Manski Oval |
| Burleigh Bears | 42 – 12 | Norths Devils | 14 September 2019, 4:00pm | Pizzey Park |
| Preliminary Finals |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 34 – 6 | Mackay Cutters | 21 September 2019, 1:00pm | Jack Manski Oval |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 23 – 16 | Burleigh Bears | 22 September 2019, 1:10pm | Pizzey Park |
| Grand Final |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 28 – 34 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 29 September 2019, 1:00pm | Dolphin Stadium |
| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 8 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | 8 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | 8 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Townsville | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Sunshine Coast | 24 | 14 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | 14 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | 14 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | | | | |
| | | | Townsville | Townsville | 6 | | | | |
| 8 Sept, Bishop Park | 8 Sept, Bishop Park | 8 Sept, Bishop Park | Mackay | Mackay | 30 | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | | | |
| 5 | Norths | 40 | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 34 | |
| 8 | Easts | 20 | | | | Mackay | Mackay | 6 | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium |
| | | | | | | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 28 |
| 9 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | 9 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | 9 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | | | | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | 34 |
| 6 | Mackay | 23 | | | | Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | 23 | | |
| 7 | Tweed Heads | 10 | 14 Sept, Pizzey Park | 14 Sept, Pizzey Park | 14 Sept, Pizzey Park | Burleigh | Burleigh | 16 | | |
| | | | Burleigh | Burleigh | 42 | | | | | | |
| 8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | Norths | Norths | 12 | | | | | |
| 2 | Burleigh | 19 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Wynnum Manly | 24 | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* Sunday, September 29 1:00pm (local time)
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 28 – 34 | Sunshine Coast Falcons |
| Tries: Davin Quinlan (10') 1 Lachlan Perry (20') 1 Dredin Sorensen-McGee (33') 1 Nofoasa Malutoa (44') 1 Goals: Shannon Gardiner 6 (11', 22', 34', 44', 52', 67') | 1st: 18 – 12 2nd: 10 – 22 Report | Tries: 2 (54', 58') Steven Borg 1 (12') Blake Wilson 1 (30') Trent Loiero 1 (39') Luke Murtagh 1 (64') Tyson Smoothy Goals: 5 Tyson Smoothy (14', 31', 40', 55', 65') |
* Dolphin Stadium Referee: Sam Swift Player of the Match: Tyson Smoothy (Sunshine Coast)
| FB | 1 | Shannon Gardiner |
| WG | 2 | Ryan O'Keefe |
| CE | 3 | Eliott Vincent |
| CE | 4 | Reece Hoffman |
| WG | 5 | Jalen Tangiiti-Turner |
| FE | 6 | Will Parslow |
| HB | 7 | David Quinlan |
| PR | 8 | Brock Richardson (c) |
| HK | 9 | Jake Simpkin |
| PR | 10 | Clayton Mack |
| SR | 11 | Lachlan Perry |
| SR | 12 | Dredin Sorensen-McGee |
| LK | 13 | Harrison Graham |
| Substitutes: ||
| IC | 14 | Jacson Lott |
| IC | 15 | Nofoasa Malutoa |
| IC | 16 | James Robinson |
| IC | 17 | David Butler |
| Coach: Joe O'Callaghan ||
| FB | 1 | Luke Murtagh |
| WG | 2 | Blake Wilson |
| CE | 3 | Kane Jackson |
| CE | 4 | Tom Dwan |
| WG | 5 | Gian Largiader |
| FE | 6 | Jaiden Zanchetta |
| HB | 7 | Jack Wright (c) |
| PR | 13 | Rowan Jardine |
| HK | 9 | Tyson Smoothy |
| PR | 10 | Wyatt Reynolds |
| SR | 11 | Trent Loiero |
| SR | 12 | Steven Borg |
| LK | 20 | Mateus Chankay |
| Substitutes: ||
| IC | 14 | Zac Green |
| IC | 15 | Aaron Nelson |
| IC | 16 | Nick Ellems |
| IC | 19 | Justin Makirere |
| Coach: Sam Mawhinney ||

## Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 23.