# 2025 Queensland Cup

The 2025 Queensland Cup season is the 30th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, features 15 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
Norths Devils are the defending premiers after they won the 2024 Grand Final 34–20 against the Redcliffe Dolphins.

## Teams

In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
| Brisbane Tigers | Totally Workwear Stadium | Matt Church | Ryley Jacks | Melbourne Storm |
| Burleigh Bears | UAA Park | Luke Burt | Sam Coster | Brisbane Broncos |
| Central Queensland Capras | Browne Park Rugby Park | Lionel Harbin | Blake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski | Dolphins |
| Ipswich Jets | North Ipswich Reserve | Tye Ingebrigtsen | TBC | Gold Coast Titans |
| Mackay Cutters | BB Print Stadium | Adam Cuthbertson | TBC | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Northern Pride | Barlow Park | Russell Aitken | Nick Lui-Toso | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Rohan Smith | Kierran Moseley | Dolphins |
| Papua New Guinea Hunters | PNG Football Stadium | Paul Aiton | Ila Alu | None |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Kayo Stadium | Eric Smith | Kyle Schneider | Dolphins |
| Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park Logan Metro Sports Complex | Karmichael Hunt | Rory Ferguson | Brisbane Broncos |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | Sunshine Coast Stadium | Brad Henderson | Sam Burns | Melbourne Storm |
| Townsville Blackhawks | Jack Manski Oval | Terry Campese | TBC | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | David Penna | Lindon McGrady | Gold Coast Titans |
| Western Clydesdales | Clive Berghofer Stadium | Ned Murphy | Emry Pere | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| Wynnum-Manly Seagulls | BMD Kougari Oval | Mathew Head | TBC | Brisbane Broncos |

## Regular season

* Fixtures and results
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
| Brisbane Tigers | NTP† | CQC +0 | IPS | PNG | SCF | SLM | TSV | CQC | RED | TWE | X | NOR | NTP | PNG | IPS | SLM | X | BUR | MAC | TWE | X | WES | WMS | | | | |
| Burleigh Bears | CQC* | WMS -12 | TWE | WES | IPS | CQC | PNG | MAC | NTP | X | SLM | WES | TSV | IPS | TWE | NOR | X | BRI | NTP | RED | X | NOR | SCF | | | | |
| Central Queensland Capras | BUR* | BRI +0 | MAC | X | TSV | BUR | SLM | BRI | IPS | NTP | WMS | SCF | RED | X | MAC | IPS | PNG | TWE | WES | SCF | WMS | X | NOR | | | | |
| Ipswich Jets | TSV† | X | BRI | TWE | BUR | PNG | WMS | NTP | CQC | RED | WES | MAC | X | BUR | BRI | CQC | NOR | PNG | RED | X | WES | SCF | SLM | | | | |
| Mackay Cutters | PNG‡ | TSV -7 | CQC | X | NTP | WES | TWE | BUR | WMS | NOR | SCF | IPS | TWE | X | CQC | SCF | WMS | NOR | BRI | SLM | TSV | X | RED | | | | |
| Northern Pride | BRI† | TWE -4 | TSV | NOR | MAC | WMS | X | IPS | BUR | MAC | PNG | SLM | BRI | WES | TSV | X | RED | SCF | BUR | NOR | X | TWE | PNG | | | | |
| Norths Devils | RED‡ | WES +36 | SLM | NTP | X | SCF | WES | RED | PNG | MAC | TWE | BRI | X | TSV | SLM | BUR | IPS | MAC | WMS | NTP | X | BUR | CQC | | | | |
| Papua New Guinea Hunters | MAC‡ | SCF -22 | X | BRI | TWE | IPS | BUR | WMS | NOR | TSV | NTP | RED | SCF | BRI | X | TSV | CQC | IPS | X | WES | SLM | WMS | NTP | | | | |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | NOR‡ | SLM +14 | WMS | X | WES | TSV | SCF | NOR | BRI | IPS | X | PNG | CQC | TWE | WMS | X | NTP | SLM | IPS | BUR | SCF | TSV | MAC | | | | |
| Souths Logan Magpies | WES† | RED -14 | NOR | SCF | WMS | BRI | CQC | X | TSV | WES | BUR | NTP | WMS | X | NOR | BRI | TWE | RED | TSV | MAC | PNG | X | IPS | | | | |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | X | PNG +22 | WES | SLM | BRI | NOR | RED | TSV | TWE | X | MAC | CQC | PNG | WMS | WES | MAC | X | NTP | TWE | CQC | RED | IPS | BUR | | | | |
| Townsville Blackhawks | IPS† | MAC +7 | NTP | X | CQC | RED | BRI | SCF | SLM | PNG | X | WMS | BUR | NOR | NTP | PNG | WES | X | SLM | WMS | MAC | RED | TWE | | | | |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | WMS‡ | NTP +4 | BUR | IPS | PNG | X | MAC | WES | SCF | BRI | NOR | X | MAC | RED | BUR | WES | SLM | CQC | SCF | BRI | X | NTP | TSV | | | | |
| Western Clydesdales | SLM† | NOR -36 | SCF | BUR | RED | MAC | NOR | TWE | X | SLM | IPS | BUR | X | NTP | SCF | TWE | TSV | WMS | CQC | PNG | IPS | BRI | X | | | | |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | TWE‡ | BUR +12 | RED | X | SLM | NTP | IPS | PNG | MAC | X | CQC | TSV | SLM | SCF | RED | X | MAC | WES | NOR | TSV | CQC | PNG | BRI | | | | |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
| Key: Bold – Home game X – Bye ‡ – Match postponed and played between rounds 6–7 * – Match postponed and played between rounds 8–9 † – Match postponed and played between rounds 19–20 Opponent for round listed above margin ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

### Season summary

* Round 1 – Due to the impacts of severe tropical cyclone Alfred, the full slate of fixtures scheduled to begin on 8 March were postponed to dates later in the season. Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place.

## Ladder

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 4 | Finals series |
| 2 | Norths Devils | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 8 | +36 | 2 | Finals series |
| 3 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 2 | Finals series |
| 4 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 2 | Finals series |
| 5 | Townsville Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 2 | Finals series |
| 6 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 2 | Finals series |
| 7 | Ipswich Jets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Finals series |
| 8 | Brisbane Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | Finals series |
| 9 | Central Queensland Capras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Northern Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 0 | |
| 11 | Mackay Cutters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 0 | |
| 12 | Burleigh Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 0 | |
| 13 | Souths Logan Magpies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 0 | |
| 14 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 0 | |
| 15 | Western Clydesdales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 44 | −36 | 0 | |

### Ladder progression

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 |
| Brisbane Tigers | 0 | 1 |
| Burleigh Bears | 0 | 0 |
| Central Queensland Capras | 0 | 1 |
| Ipswich Jets | 0 | 2 |
| Mackay Cutters | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Pride | 0 | 0 |
| Norths Devils | 0 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea Hunters | 0 | 0 |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 0 | 2 |
| Souths Logan Magpies | 0 | 0 |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 2 | 4 |
| Townsville Blackhawks | 0 | 2 |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 0 | 2 |
| Western Clydesdales | 0 | 0 |
| Wynnum-Manly Seagulls | 0 | 2 |