# 2022 Townsville Blackhawks season

The 2022 Townsville Blackhawks season is the eighth in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Josh Chudleigh, they competed in the Hostplus Cup.

## Season summary
### Milestones

* Round 1: Jake Bourke, Tom Chester, Jordan Lipp, Kayleb Milne and Emry Pere made their debuts for the club.
* Round 1: Tom Chester scored his first try for the club.
* Round 2: Zac McMinn and Taniela Sadrugu made their debuts for the club.
* Round 2: Taniela Sadrugu scored his first try for the club.
* Round 3: Iosefo Baleiwairiki made his debut for the club.
* Round 3: Jordan Lipp, Aaron Moore and Emry Pere scored their first tries for the club.
* Round 4: Iosefo Baleiwairiki scored his first try for the club.
* Round 9: Oscar Carter and Justin Frain made their debuts for the club.
* Round 9: Justin Frain scored his first try for the club.
* Round 11: Zac Laybutt and D'Jazirhae Pua'avase made their debuts for the club.
* Round 11: Zac Laybutt and D'Jazirhae Pua'avase scored their first tries for the club.
* Round 11: Kyle Laybutt played his 80th game for the club, overtaking Sam Hoare was the club's most capped player.
* Round 13 Eddie Hampson made his debut for the club.
* Round 13: Zac McMinnm scored his first try for the club.
* Round 14: Edene Gebbie made his debut for the club.
* Round 14: Edene Gebbie and Eddie Hampson scored their first tries for the club.
* Round 16: Kulikefu Finefeuiaki and Jaymon Moore made their debuts for the club.
* Round 16: Jake Bourke scored his first try for the club.

## Squad movement
### Gains

| Player | Signed From | Until End of |
| Oscar Carter | Herbert River Crushers | 2022 |
| John Cullen | Townsville Brothers | 2022 |
| Justin Frain | Ryde-Eastwood Hawks | 2022 |
| Edene Gebbie | Wests Tigers | 2022 |
| Mitchell Grimes | Herbert River Crushers | 2022 |
| Robert Lui | Leeds Rhinos | 2022 |
| Kayleb Milne | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2022 |
| Jaymon Moore | Mackay Cutters | 2022 |
| Faron Morris | Townsville Brothers | 2022 |
| Jordon Remfrey | Mounties RLFC | 2022 |

### Losses

| Player | Signed To | Until End of |
| Carlin Anderson | Work commitments | – |
| Nick Brown | Released | – |
| Benn Campagnolo | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2022 |
| Sam Hoare | Retired | – |
| Josh Hoffman | Released | – |
| Cameron King | Retired | – |
| Sione Lousi | Retired | – |
| Sam Martin-Savage | Year off | – |
| Cody Maughan | Released | – |
| Kieran Quabba | Work commitments | – |
| Bacho Salam | Brisbane Tigers | 2022 |

## Fixtures
### Pre-season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 5 March | Trial 1 | Northern Pride | Barlow Park | 6 – 22 | - | - |
| Saturday, 12 March | Trial 2 | Mackay Cutters | Denison Park | 24 – 18 | Chudleigh (2), Feeney, Lipp | Bell (4) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |||||||

### Regular season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, March 20 | Round 1 | Norths Devils | Jack Manski Oval | 14 – 8 | Chester, Chudleigh, Faifai Loa | Chudleigh (1) |
| Saturday, March 26 | Round 2 | Burleigh Bears | Jack Manski Oval | 22 – 26 | Faifai Loa, Feeney, Price, Sadrugu | Bell (3) |
| Friday, April 1 | Round 3 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Jack Manski Oval | 28 – 12 | Faifai Loa, Kaufusi, Lipp, A Moore, Pere | K Laybutt (4) |
| Saturday, April 9 | Round 4 | Northern Pride | Barlow Park | 22 – 12 | Faifai Loa (2), Baleiwairiki, Bell | Bell (3) |
| Sunday, April 24 | Round 5 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Jack Manski Oval | 17 – 4 | Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Lui | Bell (2, 1 FG) |
| Saturday, April 30 | Round 6 | Redcliffe Dolphins | Moreton Daily Stadium | 29 – 28 | Bell (2), Baleiwairiki, Chudleigh, Sadrugu | Bell (4, 1 FG) |
| | Round 7 | Bye | | | | |
| Friday, May 13 | Round 8 | PNG Hunters | Jack Manski Oval | 20 – 42 | Feeney, Lipp, A Moore, Sadrugu | Bell (2) |
| Saturday, May 21 | Round 9 | Ipswich Jets | North Ipswich Reserve | 40 – 10 | Feeney (3), Lipp (2), Boyce, Frain | Nona (5), Bell (1) |
| Saturday, June 4 | Round 10 | Mackay Cutters | Jack Manski Oval | 18 – 28 | Faifai Loa, Feeney, K Laybutt | Nona (2), K Laybutt (1) |
| Saturday, June 11 | Round 11 | CQ Capras | Browne Park | 16 – 22 | Nona (2), Faifai Loa | Nona (2) |
| Saturday, June 18 | Round 12 | Brisbane Tigers | Jack Manski Oval | 30 – 18 | Baleiwairiki, Boyce, Faifai Loa, Z Laybutt, Pua'avase | Nona (5) |
| Saturday, July 2 | Round 13 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 18 – 28 | Carroll (2), McMinn | Z Laybutt (3) |
| Saturday, July 9 | Round 14 | Souths Logan Magpies | Jack Manski Oval | 72 – 0 | Chester (3), Faifai Loa (2), Z Laybutt (2), Bell, Gebbie, Hampson, K Laybutt, Maloney, Pere | Nona (10) |
| Saturday, July 16 | Round 15 | Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | 16 – 30 | Faifai Loa, Lui, Sadrugu | Nona (2) |
| Saturday, July 23 | Round 16 | Redcliffe Dolphins | Burdekin RL Park | 22 – 22 | Sadrugu (2), Bourke, Z Laybutt (2) | Nona (3) |
| Saturday, August 6 | Round 17 | Northern Pride | Jack Manski Oval | | | |
| Saturday, August 13 | Round 18 | PNG Hunters | Bycroft Oval | | | |
| Saturday, August 20 | Round 19 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | | | |
| Saturday, August 27 | Round 20 | Norths Devils | Bishop Park | | | |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |||||||

## Statistics

| * | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2022 season |
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Iosefi Baleiwairiki* | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Nathan Barrett | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Bell | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 48 |
| Jake Bourke* | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Joe Boyce | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Michael Carroll | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Oscar Carter | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Chester* | 10 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Josh Chudleigh | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 |
| Kalifa Faifai Loa | 15 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
| Jaelen Feeney | 8 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Kulikefu Finefeuiaki* | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Justin Frain | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Edene Gebbie | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Eddie Hampson | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Tom Hancock | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Patrick Kaufusi | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Jordan Kenworthy | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Kyle Laybutt | 14 | 2 | 5 | - | 18 |
| Zac Laybutt* | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | 22 |
| Jordan Lipp* | 11 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Robert Lui | 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Cade Maloney | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Zac McMinn | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Kayleb Milne | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Aaron Moore | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Jaymon Moore | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaun Nona | 7 | 2 | 29 | - | 66 |
| Emry Pere* | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Riley Price* | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| D'Jazirhae Pua'avase* | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Taniela Sadrugu* | 12 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Totals | | 69 | 53 | 2 | 384 |