# 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.
Norths Devils were the inaugural premiers, defeating the Townsville Blackhawks in the Grand Final.

## Teams

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.
| 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

| 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

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

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | 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 Finals | Elimination Finals | Elimination Finals | Major / Minor Semi-finals | Major / Minor Semi-finals | Major / Minor Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | 1 | Townsville | 14 | | | | 2 | Norths | 20 |
| | | | 2 | Norths | 18 | | | | 1 | Townsville | 16 |
| 4 | Victoria | 28 | | | | 1 | Townsville | 26 | | | |
| 5 | Wynnum Manly | 6 | | | | 3 | Northern Pride | 22 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Northern Pride | 32 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Victoria | 22 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Northern Pride | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Souths Logan | 16 | | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* 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)
| 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

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