# 2012 Queensland Cup

The 2012 Queensland Cup season was the 17th 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 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Wynnum Manly Seagulls became the second team to win back-to-back premierships after defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 20–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Redcliffe Dolphins' halfback Luke Capewell was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.

## Teams

In 2012, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive year. The Central Comets began playing as the Central Queensland Capras again after using the Comets moniker for 12 seasons. The Canberra Raiders ended their four-year affiliation with the Souths Logan Magpies, opting to return to the New South Wales Cup competition.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
| Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Paul Bramley → Carl Briggs | Darren Griffiths | Gold Coast Titans |
| Central Queensland Capras | Browne Park | John Harbin | Tim Glasby | Brisbane Broncos |
| Easts Tigers | Langlands Park | Troy McCarthy | Shane Neumann | Melbourne Storm |
| Ipswich Jets | North Ipswich Reserve | Ben & Shane Walker | Keiron Lander | Gold Coast Titans |
| Mackay Cutters | Virgin Australia Stadium | Anthony Seibold | Grant Rovelli | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Northern Pride | Barlow Park | David Maiden | Ty Williams | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Craig Hodges | Matt Smith | Brisbane Broncos |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Oval | John Dixon | Isaak Ah Mau | Brisbane Broncos |
| Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | Mark Beaumont | Phil Dennis | None |
| Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | Sunshine Coast Stadium | Dave Cordwell | Todd Murphy | None |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | Ben Anderson | Brad Davis | Gold Coast Titans |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | BMD Kougari Oval | Paul Green | Luke Dalziel-Don | Brisbane Broncos |

## Ladder

2012 Queensland Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 724 | 390 | 334 | 34 |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P) | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 624 | 436 | 188 | 33 |
| 3 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 530 | 473 | 57 | 29 |
| 4 | Ipswich Jets | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 520 | 421 | 99 | 28 |
| 5 | Norths Devils | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 654 | 510 | 144 | 26 |
| 6 | Easts Tigers | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 621 | 496 | 125 | 26 |
| 7 | Northern Pride | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 554 | 497 | 57 | 25 |
| 8 | Mackay Cutters | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 488 | 544 | -56 | 20 |
| 9 | Burleigh Bears | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 427 | 479 | -52 | 15 |
| 10 | Central Queensland Capras | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 432 | 743 | -311 | 11 |
| 11 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 376 | 699 | -323 | 9 |
| 12 | Souths Logan Magpies | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 422 | 684 | -262 | 8 |

## Finals series

In 2012, the Queensland Cup competition returned to a five-team finals series for the first time since 2008.
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (Local) | Venue |
| Qualifying / Elimination Finals |||||
| Ipswich Jets | 20 – 26 | Norths Devils | 1 September 2012, 2:00pm | North Ipswich Reserve |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 16 – 19 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 2 September 2012, 2:10pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Semi-finals |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 30 – 22 | Norths Devils | 8 September 2012, 2:00pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 32 – 16 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 9 September 2012, 1:15pm | Dolphin Oval |
| Preliminary Final |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 30 – 4 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 16 September 2012, 1:50pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Grand Final |||||
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 10 – 20 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 23 September 2012, 4:00pm | Suncorp Stadium |
| Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Qualifying / 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 | Redcliffe | 32 | | | | Redcliffe | 10 |
| | | | | Tweed Heads | 16 | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 20 |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly | 16 | | | | Tweed Heads | Tweed Heads | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Tweed Heads | 19 | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 30 | | | |
| | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 30 | | | | | | |
| | | | Norths | Norths | 22 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ipswich | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Norths | 26 | | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* Sunday, 23 September
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 10 – 20 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Tries: Delroy Berryman 1 Liam Georgetown 1 Goals: Liam Georgetown 1 | 1st: 6 - 6 2nd: 4 - 14 Report | Tries: 1 Jacob Fauid 1 Charlie Gubb 1 Peter Gubb 1 Jason Moon Goals: 1 Dane Carlaw 1 Matt Seamark |
* Suncorp Stadium Referee: Clayton Sharpe Player of the Match: Luke Dalziel-Don (Wynnum Manly)
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Position | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Joe Bond | FB | Sean Loxley |
| 2. Delroy Berryman | WG | 2. Peter Gubb |
| 3. Marty Hatfield | CE | 3. Daniel Wallace |
| 4. Aaron Whitchurch | CE | 4. Jason Moon |
| 5. Liam Georgetown | WG | 5. Nathanael Barnes |
| 6. Maurice Kennedy | FE | 6. Jacob Fauid |
| 7. Luke Capewell | HB | 7. Matt Seamark |
| 8. Matt Handcock | PR | 8. Ben Shea |
| 15. Todd Murphy | HK | 9. Jake Granville |
| 10. Isaak Ah Mau (c) | PR | 10. Dane Carlaw |
| 11. Troy Giess | SR | 11. Mitchell Dodds |
| 12. Derrick Watkins | SR | 12. John Te Reo |
| 13. Nick Slyney | LK | 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c) |
| 9. Tom Butterfield | Bench | 15. Matt Smith |
| 14. Tui Samoa | Bench | 16. Andrew Clayton |
| 16. James Ackerman | Bench | 17. Charlie Gubb |
| 17. Paul Ivan | Bench | 20. Tim Natusch |
| John Dixon | Coach | Paul Green |
Redcliffe finished the regular season in first and won the minor premiership for the first time since 2002. They qualified for their 10th Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in the major semi final. It would be their first Grand Final appearance since 2007. Reigning premiers Wynnum Manly finished in second and faced Tweed Heads in the qualifying final, losing 16–19. This sent them to the Week 2 elimination final, where they defeated Norths 30–22. In the preliminary final, they got their revenge on Tweed, winning 30–4 to qualify for their second consecutive Grand Final.

### First half

Redcliffe opened the scoring the Grand Final with a try to winger Liam Georgetown after a 40-metre line break from Marty Hatfield. In a low scoring half, Wynnum Manly levelled the scores five minutes before the break when a Luke Dalziel-Don offload found five-eighth Jacob Fauid who scored near the uprights.

### Second half

The Seagulls came out firing in the second half, opening the scoring in the 42nd minute when centre Jason Moon crossed out wide. They extended their lead to eight after capitalising on a Dolphins' error, with winger Peter Gubb scoring in the 53rd minute. With six minutes remaining, the Dolphins set up a thrilling finish when winger Delroy Berryman scored after a Luke Capewell chip kick found fullback Joe Bond, who in turn found Berryman. Wynnum Manly sealed the victory, and their second premiership, in the 78th minute when interchange prop Charlie Gubb barged over under the posts. Retiring forward Dane Carlaw converted the try from in front to end his career on a high. Wynnum Manly became just the second club, after Redcliffe in 2002–2003, to win back-to-back premierships.
The 2012 Grand Final would be the last game at the club for Seagulls' head coach Paul Green, who joined the Sydney Roosters as an assistant to the NRL side and head coach of the under-20 side in 2013. In 2014, Green became head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys and reunited with Jake Granville a year later, as the pair won the 2015 NRL Grand Final.

## End-of-season awards

* Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Luke Capewell ( Redcliffe Dolphins)
* Coach of the Year: Ben & Shane Walker ( Ipswich Jets)
* Rookie of the Year: Ethan Lowe ( Northern Pride)
* Representative Player of the Year: Grant Rovelli ( Queensland Residents, Mackay Cutters)