# 2011 Queensland Cup

The 2011 Queensland Cup season was the 16th 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 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Wynnum Manly Seagulls won their first premiership after defeating the Tweed Heads Seagulls 16–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Norths Devils' fullback Javarn White was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.

## Teams

In 2011, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the third consecutive year. The Manly Sea Eagles cut ties with the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles in November 2010 after they were denied from having feeder clubs in both the Queensland and New South Wales Cup competitions. The Melbourne Storm returned to having an affiliate in the Queensland Cup, forming a partnership with the Easts Tigers.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
| Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Paul Bramley | Scott Smith | Gold Coast Titans |
| Central Comets | Browne Park | Wayne Barnett | Guy Williams | 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 | Shark Park, 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 | Trevor Bailey | Mark Vaiao | Brisbane Broncos |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Oval | John Dixon | Chris Farrell | Brisbane Broncos |
| Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | Mark Beaumont | Phil Dennis | Canberra Raiders |
| Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | Stockland Park | Adam Mogg | Wiremu Ratana | 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

2011 Queensland Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 578 | 288 | 290 | 41 |
| 2 | Northern Pride | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 596 | 373 | 223 | 32 |
| 3 | Souths Logan Magpies | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 555 | 427 | 128 | 31 |
| 4 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 514 | 368 | 146 | 29 |
| 5 | Ipswich Jets | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 560 | 386 | 174 | 26 |
| 6 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P) | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 488 | 461 | 27 | 21 |
| 7 | Burleigh Bears | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 382 | 460 | -78 | 18 |
| 8 | Easts Tigers | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 428 | 524 | -96 | 17 |
| 9 | Mackay Cutters | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 369 | 473 | -104 | 17 |
| 10 | Norths Devils | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 432 | 560 | -128 | 14 |
| 11 | Central Comets | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 425 | 634 | -209 | 14 |
| 12 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 350 | 723 | -373 | 4 |

### Ladder progression

* Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 6.
* Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
* Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
| | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 1 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 41 |
| 2 | Northern Pride | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 |
| 3 | Souths Logan Magpies | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 |
| 4 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 29 |
| 5 | Ipswich Jets | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 |
| 6 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| 7 | Burleigh Bears | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| 8 | Easts Tigers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| 9 | Mackay Cutters | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 10 | Norths Devils | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | Central Comets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Regular season

The 2011 Queensland Cup regular season featured 22 rounds.

## Finals series

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (local) | Venue |
| Semi-finals |||||
| Souths Logan Magpies | 20 – 22 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 10 September 2011, 2:00pm | Brandon Park |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 12 – 24 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 September 2011, 3:00pm | Piggabeen Sports Complex |
| Northern Pride | 30 – 6 | Ipswich Jets | 10 September 2011, 5:30pm | Barlow Park |
| Preliminary Finals |||||
| Northern Pride | 10 – 26 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 17 September 2011, 2:00pm | Dolphin Oval |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 0 – 36 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 18 September 2011, 2:00pm | Dolphin Oval |
| Grand Final |||||
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 10 – 16 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 25 September 2011, 2:00pm | Suncorp Stadium |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preliminary Finals | Preliminary Finals | Preliminary Finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 12 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northern Pride | 30 | 1W | Northern Pride | 10 | | | |
| | | | 1L | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 26 | | | |
| 4 | Souths Logan Magpies | 20 | | | | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 10 |
| 5 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 | | | | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 16 |
| | | | 2W | Redcliffe Dolphins | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Ipswich Jets | 6 | 3W | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 36 | | | |
| 3 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 24 | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* Saturday, 25 September
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 10 – 16 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Tries: Tim Maccan 1 Cody Nelson 1 Goals: Brad Davis 1 | 1st: 10 - 6 2nd: 0 - 10 Report | Tries: 1 Jake Granville 1 Shea Moylan 1 Matt Seamark Goals: 2 Matt Seamark |
* Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Michael Wise Player of the Match: Jake Granville (Wynnum Manly)
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | Position | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| 1. Ryan Milligan | FB | 1. Jake Granville |
| 2. Nathanael Barnes | WG | 2. Jason Moon |
| 3. James Wood | CE | 3. Shea Moylan |
| 4. Matt Hundy | CE | 4. Matt Grieve |
| 5. Tom Merritt | WG | 5. Sam Te'o |
| 6. Matt King | FE | 6. Reece Blayney |
| 7. Brad Davis (c) | HB | 7. Matt Seamark |
| 8. Aaron Cannings | PR | 8. Dane Carlaw |
| 9. Tim Maccan | HK | 9. John Te Reo |
| 10. Josh Starling | PR | 10. Mitchell Dodds |
| 11. Ryan Simpkins | SR | 11. Tim Natusch |
| 12. Selasi Berdie | SR | 12. Kurtis Lingwoodock |
| 13. Cody Nelson | LK | 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c) |
| 14. Tom Kingston | Bench | 14. Charlie Gubb |
| 15. Rod Griffin | Bench | 15. Ben Shea |
| 16. Jake Leary | Bench | 16. Jon Grieve |
| 17. Brock Hunter | Bench | 17. Chris Birch |
| Ben Anderson | Coach | Paul Green |
Tweed Heads were near unbeatable during the regular season, losing only 1 game and finishing 9 points clear of their nearest rivals to claim the minor premiership. Wynnum Manly started the season with six straight losses before finally entering the Top 6 in Round 18 and holding on to finish in 6th place and claiming the last spot in the finals series. Prior to the Grand Final the two sides had met each other three times during the 2011 season with Tweed defeating Wynnum Manly by 20 points in Round 5 and 40 points in Round 16, however Wynnum Manly did defeat Tweed Heads 24-12 in the semi-finals.

### First half

Tweed Heads were first on the board, crossing through hooker Tim Maccan, who pushed off four defenders to plant the ball in the corner. Brad Davis was the architect of the second try, selling the dummy to the Wynnum Manly defence and drawing the fullback before putting Cody Nelson over the line. Following an error by Tweed deep in their own half, Wynnum Manly took advantage, with halfback Matt Seamark putting through an inch-perfect grubber for fullback Jake Granville to score under the posts and cut the deficit to 10-6 at the break.

### Second half

The second half saw Wynnum Manly take the lead in the 47th minute, when Seamark dived on a kick from Reece Blayney in the in-goal area to score. Wynnum Manly wrapped up the game in the 73rd minute when Shea Moylan crossed in the left-hand corner after a line break from Blayney. Wynnum Manly won their first ever Queensland Cup premiership, becoming the lowest ranked team (6th) to win the Grand Final. The win would be the first of back-to-back premierships for head coach Paul Green and his side.
Wynnum Manly fullback Jake Granville was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal.

## Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 22.

## End-of-season awards

* Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Javarn White ( Norths Devils)
* QANTAS Player of the Year (Coaches Award): Jake Granville ( Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
* Coach of the Year: Ben Anderson ( Tweed Heads Seagulls)
* Rookie of the Year: Josh Starling ( Tweed Heads Seagulls)
* Representative Player of the Year: Luke Capewell ( Queensland Residents, Ipswich Jets)