# 2021 Queensland Cup

The 2021 Queensland Cup season was the 26th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The 2021 season saw the return of the competition, after it was cancelled after just one round in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Queensland Cup was to be played over 19 rounds in 2021, but due to restrictions and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, has been reduced to 18 rounds, with the finals delayed into October.

## Teams

In 2021, the line-up of teams remains unchanged for the seventh consecutive season. On 4 September 2020, the Easts Tigers announced that they would be rebranding and playing as the Brisbane Tigers from the 2021 season onward.
The 2021 season is the first in the partnership between the Redcliffe Dolphins and New Zealand Warriors. The Dolphins had been affiliated with the Brisbane Broncos since 2006. The Warriors affiliation with the Dolphins is their first in the Queensland Cup since their partnership with the Souths Magpies in the 2000 season.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PNG Hunters are based out of the Gold Coast for the 2021 season, playing their home games at Runaway Bay's Bycroft Oval.
| Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
| Brisbane Tigers | Totally Workwear Stadium | Jon Buchanan | Darren Nicholls | Melbourne Storm |
| Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Rick Stone | Luke Page | Gold Coast Titans |
| Central Queensland Capras | Browne Park | Guy Williams | Jack Madden | Brisbane Broncos |
| Ipswich Jets | North Ipswich Reserve | Keiron Lander | Nathaniel Neale | Newcastle Knights |
| Mackay Cutters | BB Print Stadium | Michael Crawley | Ross Bella | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Northern Pride | Barlow Park | Ty Williams | Jayden Hodges, Chris Ostwald | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Rohan Smith | Jack Ahearn | Brisbane Broncos |
| Papua New Guinea Hunters | Bycroft Oval | Matt Church | Ila Alu | None |
| Redcliffe Dolphins | Moreton Daily Stadium | Adam Mogg | Cameron Cullen | New Zealand Warriors |
| Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | Steve Bretherton | Christian Hazard | Brisbane Broncos |
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | Sunshine Coast Stadium | Sam Mawhinney | Dane Hogan, Todd Murphy | Melbourne Storm |
| Townsville Blackhawks | Jack Manski Oval | Aaron Payne | Sam Hoare | North Queensland Cowboys |
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | Ben Woolf | Lamar Liolevave | Gold Coast Titans |
| Wynnum-Manly Seagulls | BMD Kougari Oval | Adam Brideson | Sam Scarlett | Brisbane Broncos |

## Ladder

2021 Queensland Cup :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Norths Devils (P) | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 521 | 320 | +201 | 30 |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 513 | 374 | +139 | 24 |
| 3 | Burleigh Bears | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 457 | 342 | +115 | 24 |
| 4 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 458 | 384 | +74 | 22 |
| 5 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 450 | 397 | +53 | 22 |
| 6 | Souths Logan Magpies | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 517 | 446 | +71 | 21 |
| 7 | Townsville Blackhawks | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 468 | 361 | +107 | 19 |
| 8 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 448 | 390 | +58 | 18 |
| 9 | Northern Pride | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 376 | 387 | -11 | 18 |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 386 | 479 | -93 | 12 |
| 11 | Brisbane Tigers | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 364 | 456 | -92 | 9 |
| 12 | Mackay Cutters | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 330 | 556 | -226 | 8 |
| 13 | Ipswich Jets | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 365 | 561 | -196 | 7 |
| 14 | Central Queensland Capras | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 303 | 503 | -200 | 4 |

## Final series

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | Date and Time (Local) | Venue |
| Qualifying & Elimination Finals |||||
| Redcliffe Dolphins | 40 - 20 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 18 September 2021, 2:10pm | Moreton Daily Stadium |
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 22 - 14 | Burleigh Bears | 19 September 2021, 1:10pm | BMD Kougari Oval |
| Souths Logan Magpies | 30 - 24 | Townsville Blackhawks | 19 September 2021, 2:00pm | Marsden State High School |
| Norths Devils | 22 - 16 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 19 September 2021, 3:05pm | Bishop Park |
| Semi-finals |||||
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 41 - 22 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 25 September 2021, 2:10pm | Tugun RLFC |
| Burleigh Bears | 26 - 6 | Souths Logan Magpies | 26 September 2021, 3:10pm | Pizzey Park |
| Preliminary Finals |||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 40 - 18 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 3 October 2021, 12:15pm | Suncorp Stadium |
| Norths Devils | 34 - 16 | Burleigh Bears | 3 October 2021, 2:45pm | Suncorp Stadium |
| Grand Final |||||
| Norths Devils | 16 - 10 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 October 2021, 3:15pm | Moreton Daily 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 |
| 19 Sept, Bishop Park | 19 Sept, Bishop Park | 19 Sept, Bishop Park | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Norths Devils | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 16 | 25 Sept, Tugun RLFC | 25 Sept, Tugun RLFC | 25 Sept, Tugun RLFC | | | | |
| | | | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 41 | | | | |
| 18 Sept, Moreton Daily Stadium | 18 Sept, Moreton Daily Stadium | 18 Sept, Moreton Daily Stadium | Redcliffe Dolphins | Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 | 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | | | |
| 5 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 40 | | | | Norths Devils | Norths Devils | 34 | |
| 8 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 20 | | | | Burleigh Bears | Burleigh Bears | 16 | 10 Oct, Moreton Daily Stadium | 10 Oct, Moreton Daily Stadium | 10 Oct, Moreton Daily Stadium |
| | | | | | | | | | Norths Devils | Norths Devils | 16 |
| 19 Sept, Marsden State High School | 19 Sept, Marsden State High School | 19 Sept, Marsden State High School | | | | 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | 3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 10 |
| 6 | Souths Logan Magpies | 30 | | | | Wynnum Manly | Wynnum Manly | 40 | | |
| 7 | Townsville Blackhawks | 24 | 26 Sept, Pizzey Park | 26 Sept, Pizzey Park | 26 Sept, Pizzey Park | Tweed Heads Seagulls | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 18 | | |
| | | | Burleigh Bears | Burleigh Bears | 26 | | | | | | |
| 19 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 19 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | 19 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval | Souths Logan Magpies | Souths Logan Magpies | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Burleigh Bears | 14 | | | | | | | | |

## Grand Final

* Sunday, 10 October 3:15pm (AEST)
| Norths Devils | 16 – 10 | Wynnum Manly |
| Tries: Leivaha Pulu (7') 1 Tyrone Roberts (31') 1 Michael Molo (73') 1 Goals: Tyrone Roberts (33') 1 Connor Broadhurst (75') 1 | 1st: 10 - 6 2nd: 6 - 4 Report | Tries: 1 (37') Selwyn Cobbo 1 (66') David Mead Goals: 1 (39') Jack Campagnolo |
* Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 7,264 Referee: Nick Pelgrave Player of the Match: Michael Molo (Norths)
| Norths Devils | Position | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Jack Ahearn (c) | FB | Selwyn Cobbo |
| Nene Macdonald | WG | David Mead |
| Jacob Gagan | CE | Delouise Hoeter |
| Bernard Gregorius | CE | Jesse Arthars |
| Jonathon Reuben | WG | Richard Kennar |
| Connor Broadhurst | FE | Jack Campagnolo |
| Tyrone Roberts | HB | Sam Scarlett (c) |
| Michael Molo | PR | Aaron Rockley |
| Danny Levi | HK | Jayden Berrell |
| Piki Rogers | PR | Max Elliott |
| Moses Noovao-McGreal | SR | Zeb Taia |
| Leivaha Pulu | SR | TC Robati |
| Michael Sio | LK | Luke Bateman |
| Matthew Milson | Bench | Kalolo Saitaua |
| Jerome Veve | Bench | Matiu Love-Henry |
| Ben Nakubuwai | Bench | Tristan Hope |
| Liam Horne | Bench | Francis Kalisolaite-Tualau |
| Hiale Roycroft | Reserve | Edward Burns |
| Rohan Smith | Coach | Adam Brideson |

### Second half
## QRL awards

* Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Jayden Berrell ( Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
* Coach of the Year: Rohan Smith ( Norths Devils)
* Rookie of the Year: Ezra Mam ( Souths Logan Magpies)

### Team of the Year

| Position | Winner | Club |
| Fullback | Trai Fuller | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Wing | Jonathon Reuben | Norths Devils |
| Centre | Sami Sauiluma | Burleigh Bears |
| Five-eighth | Jack Campagnolo | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Halfback | Jack Ahearn | Norths Devils |
| Prop | Nathaniel Neale | Ipswich Jets |
| Hooker | Jayden Berrell | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Second-row | Josh Stuckey | Northern Pride |
| Lock | Luke Bateman | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |