# 2019 Queensland Cup

The 2019 Queensland Cup season was the 24th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Burleigh Bears won their fourth premiership after defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls 28–10 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Stadium. Burleigh halfback Jamal Fogarty was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.

## Teams

In 2019, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
| Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Jim Lenihan | Luke Page | Gold Coast Titans |
| Central Queensland Capras | Browne Park | David Faiumu | Jack Madden | None |
| Easts Tigers | Langlands Park | Scott Sipple | Jake Foster | Melbourne Storm |
| Ipswich Jets | North Ipswich Reserve | Ben & Shane Walker | Nathaniel Neale | None |
| Mackay Cutters | BB Print Stadium | Steve Sheppard | Cooper Bambling | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Northern Pride | Barlow Park | Ty Williams | Tom Hancock | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Rohan Smith | Jack Ahearn | Brisbane Broncos |
| Papua New Guinea Hunters | National Football Stadium | Michael Marum | Ase Boas | None |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Stadium | Adam Mogg | Aaron Whitchurch | Brisbane Broncos |
| Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | Jon Buchanan | Brendon Gibb & Guy Hamilton | Brisbane Broncos |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | Sunshine Coast Stadium | Eric Smith | Dane Hogan | Melbourne Storm |
| Townsville Blackhawks | Jack Manski Oval | Aaron Payne | Sam Hoare | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | Ben Woolf | John Palavi | Gold Coast Titans |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | BMD Kougari Oval | Adam Brideson | Mitch Cronin | Brisbane Broncos |

## Ladder

2019 Queensland Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 856 | 292 | +564 | 43 |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 652 | 362 | +290 | 36 |
| 3 | Burleigh Bears (P) | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 663 | 304 | +359 | 34 |
| 4 | Townsville Blackhawks | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 566 | 344 | +222 | 34 |
| 5 | Norths Devils | 23 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 619 | 477 | +142 | 30 |
| 6 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 464 | 438 | +26 | 28 |
| 7 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 558 | 392 | +166 | 26 |
| 8 | Easts Tigers | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 478 | 541 | -63 | 21 |
| 9 | Ipswich Jets | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 466 | 563 | -97 | 19 |
| 10 | Souths Logan Magpies | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 465 | 694 | -229 | 15 |
| 11 | Mackay Cutters | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 416 | 566 | -150 | 14 |
| 12 | Northern Pride | 23 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 342 | 635 | -293 | 10 |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 315 | 750 | -435 | 9 |
| 14 | Central Queensland Capras | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 318 | 820 | -502 | 3 |

## Final series

For the first time in competition history, the Queensland Cup used an eight-team finals series in 2019, the same format used in the NRL.
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (Local) | Venue |
| Qualifying & Elimination Finals |||||
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 24 – 25 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 8 September 2019, 11:40am | Piggabeen Sports Complex |
| Norths Devils | 20 – 24 | Easts Tigers | 8 September 2019, 1:10pm | Bishop Park |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 32 – 34 | Burleigh Bears | 8 September 2019, 2:00pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 12 – 20 | Townsville Blackhawks | 8 September 2019, 2:00pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium |
| Semi-finals |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 – 16 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 15 September 2019, 12:05pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 22 – 14 | Easts Tigers | 15 September 2019, 12:05pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium |
| Preliminary Finals |||||
| Townsville Blackhawks | 14 – 26 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 21 September 2019, 3:00pm | Jack Manski Oval |
| Burleigh Bears | 24 – 6 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 22 September 2019, 3:05pm | Pizzey Park |
| Grand Final |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 – 28 | Burleigh Bears | 29 September 2019, 3:10pm | 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 | Sunshine Coast | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Townsville | 20 | 15 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | 15 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | 15 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium | | | | |
| | | | Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | 22 | | | | |
| 8 Sept, Bishop Park | 8 Sept, Bishop Park | 8 Sept, Bishop Park | Easts | Easts | 14 | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | 21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval | | | |
| 5 | Norths | 20 | | | | Townsville | Townsville | 14 | |
| 8 | Easts | 24 | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 26 | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium | 29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium |
| | | | | | | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 10 |
| 8 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | 8 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | 8 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex | | | | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | 22 Sept, Pizzey Park | Burleigh | Burleigh | 28 |
| 6 | Tweed Heads | 24 | | | | Burleigh | Burleigh | 24 | | |
| 7 | Redcliffe | 25 | 15 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 15 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 15 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | Sunshine Coast | Sunshine Coast | 6 | | |
| | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 20 | | | | | | |
| 8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | Redcliffe | Redcliffe | 16 | | | | | |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly | 32 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Burleigh | 34 | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* Sunday, 29 September 3:10pm (AEST)
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 – 28 | Burleigh Bears |
| Tries: Edward Burns 1 Sam Scarlett 1 Goals: Patrick Templeman 1 | 1st: 4 - 12 2nd: 6 - 16 Report | Tries: 2 Kurtis Rowe 1 Jamal Fogarty 1 Pat Politoni 1 Tyronne Roberts-Davis Goals: 3 Jamal Fogarty 1 Tyronne Roberts-Davis |
* Dolphin Stadium Attendance: 7,784 Referee: Liam Kennedy, Tyson Brough Player of the Match: Kurtis Rowe (Burleigh)
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Position | Burleigh Bears |
| Edene Gebbie | FB | Kurtis Rowe |
| Edward Burns | WG | Tyronne Roberts-Davis |
| Delouise Hoeter | CE | Sami Sauiluma |
| Jordan Drew | CE | Josh Berkers |
| Junior Pauga | WG | Anthony Don |
| Patrick Templeman | FE | Dylan Phythian |
| Sam Scarlett | HB | Jamal Fogarty |
| Aaron Rockley | PR | Luke Page (c) |
| Mitch Cronin (c) | HK | Pat Politoni |
| Matt Groat | PR | Jack Buchanan |
| Keenan Palasia | SR | Hayden Schwass |
| Alex Barr | SR | Blake Leary |
| Kelly Tate | LK | Sam Coster |
| Lucky Ta'avale | Bench | Matt Robinson |
| Jayden Berrell | Bench | Josh Rogers |
| Lachlan Lee | Bench | Oliver Percy |
| Kalolo Saitaua | Bench | Api Noema-Matenga |
| Adam Brideson | Coach | Jim Lenihan |
Wynnum Manly finished the regular season in second and were defeated by third-placed Burleigh in the second qualifying final. They then eliminated defending premiers Dolphins in the semi-final and travelled to Townsville, where they defeated the Blackhawks in the preliminary final to qualify for their third Grand Final. After defeating Wynnum Manly in the qualifying final, Burleigh earned a week off and faced minor premiers the Sunshine Coast, who they beat 20–6 to qualify for their sixth Grand Final.

### First half

Burleigh got the scoring underway in the Grand Final, kicking a penalty goal in the 14th minute. They scored the first try of the game six minutes later when winger Tyronne Roberts-Davis scored in the left corner untouched. Another try in the 30th minute extended their lead to 12 after Jamal Fogarty grubbered through the line and regathered, finding Kurtis Rowe in support, who scored next to the posts. Wynnum Manly finally got on the scoreboard in the 34th minute, when halfback Sam Scarlett dived on his own kick after a Burleigh error in the in-goal.

### Second half

Wynnum opened the second half strongly, with a try to winger Edward Burns from a Patrick Templeman kick, bringing them within two points of Burleigh. The Bears hit back shortly after, when Rowe caught a bouncing Dylan Phythian kick to score his second try of the game. In the 67th minute, hooker Pat Politoni extended Burleigh's lead to 12 when he darted over from dummy half to score. Burleigh sealed the victory, and their fourth premiership, when Fogarty picked up a Seagulls' kick and ran 90 metres untouched to score under the posts. Kurtis Rowe was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his two-try effort.

### NRL State Championship

After winning the Grand Final, the Burleigh Bears qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Newtown Jets, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 16–20.
* Sunday, 6 October 1:35pm (AEDT)
| Newtown Jets | 20 – 16 | Burleigh Bears |
| Tries: Sione Katoa (54', 76') 2 Jackson Ferris (63', 80') 2 Goals: Braydon Trindall 1/4 (19' pen) Greg Eastwood 1/1 (80') Sin Bin: Ronaldo Mulitalo (38') | 1st: 2 – 10 2nd: 18 – 6 | Tries: 2 (22', 30') Anthony Don 1 (47') Jamal Fogarty Goals: 2/3 Jamal Fogarty (32', 48') |
* ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Todd Smith, Tyson Brough

## Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).

## QRL awards

* Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Jamal Fogarty ( Burleigh Bears)
* Coach of the Year: Eric Smith ( Sunshine Coast Falcons)
* Rookie of the Year: Tom Gilbert ( Townsville Blackhawks)
* Representative Player of the Year: Xavier Coates ( Queensland under-18, Tweed Heads Seagulls)

### Team of the Year

| Position | Winner | Club |
| Fullback | Edene Gebbie | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Wing | Jonathon Reuben | Sunshine Coast Falcons |
| Centre | Izaia Perese | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Five-eighth | Patrick Templeman | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Halfback | Todd Murphy | Sunshine Coast Falcons |
| Prop | Jordan Grant | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Hooker | Harry Grant | Sunshine Coast Falcons |
| Second-row | Chris Lewis | Sunshine Coast Falcons |
| Lock | Tom Gilbert | Townsville Blackhawks |