2024 Queensland Reds season

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Queensland Reds
2024 season
Suncorp Stadium, April 2024 (Reds v Blues).jpg
Lang Park during half-time of the round ten fixture between the Reds and the Blues.
ChairmanBrett Clark
Coach Les Kiss
Stadium Lang Park, Brisbane
Super Rugby Pacific 5th
Super Rugby Pacific Finals Quarter-finals
Wales tour TBD
Highest home attendance17,782 vs. ACT Brumbies
30 March
Lowest home attendance10,864 vs. Melbourne Rebels
10 May
Average home league attendance14,516
Biggest win59–13vs. Western Force
(Home)
25 May
Biggest defeat43–21 vs. Chiefs
(Away)
7 June
  2023
2025  

The 2024 Queensland Reds season is the 28th and current Queensland Reds season in the Super Rugby since entering the professional era in 1996. In addition to the domestic competition (Super Rugby Pacific) played across the Tasman and the Pacific, the Reds will also host Wales on their tour of Australia following the conclusion of the season.

Contents

Squad and personnel

Coaching personnel

Following the resignation of former Reds coach Brad Thorn at the end of the 2023 season, the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) unveiled Queenslander Les Kiss as coach of the team just 39 days later. [1] It was believed in June that the QRU had interest in a number of coaches with significant experience domestically and internationally. [2] One such coach was The Sydney Morning Herald -endorsed candidate [3] Argentina head coach (2022–2023) and former Australia coach (2014–2019) Michael Cheika. [2] Cheika's duties with Argentina were to end following the 2023 Rugby World Cup, making him available before the 2024 season. Cheika had previously won the Super Rugby with the New South Wales Waratahs in 2014 before becoming coach of Australia. His The other two speculated interests of the QRU were London Irish coach Les Kiss and the former Wallabies Director of Rugby Scott Johnson. [2]

With reporting in early July pointing to Kiss being the favourite candidate, [4] it wasn't until late July that Kiss was confirmed as the new head coach. [1] Kiss was selected over forty-plus prospective coaches, [4] which included former Wallaby and Tonga coach (2016–2023) Toutai Kefu, former New Zealand assistant coach (2020–2022) Brad Mooar, former Australia defence coach and Australia U20 coach Nathan Grey, and Queensland Reds assistant under Thorn Mick Heenan. [4]

Once Kiss assumed the coaching position he brought along much of his coaching staff at London Irish. [5]

Coaching personnel [5] [6]
PositionName
Head CoachFlag of Australia (converted).svg Les Kiss
Assistant Coach [6] Flag of England.svg Jonathan Fisher [7]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Zane Hilton [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Davis
Academy CoachFlag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Roberson

Squad

Senior squad

The Queensland Reds squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season was announced in November 2023. [9]

Reds senior squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Outside backs

(cc) denotes team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped, DEV denotes a development squad player, ST denotes a short-term signing, Injury icon 2.svg denotes a player ruled out for the season with injury.
  1. Hilton has also been cited as the Forwards Coach. [8]

Academy squad

Reds academy squad

Props

Hookers

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ollie Barrett

Locks

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie Brosnan
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Daniels

Loose forwards

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Liddy
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Robinson

Scrum-halves

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Willem Johnstone

Fly-halves

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Nason

Centres

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Xavier Rubens

Outside backs

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Homan

Transfers

Season results

Pre-season trials

Reds score shown first.

2024 Pre-season trials
DateVenueTeamScoreResult (Margin)Ref.
Saturday, 3 February Ballymore Stadium, Herston (Brisbane) Western Force 19–21Lost (2 points) [21]
Saturday, 10 February Gallas Fox Park, Roma Waratahs 32–7Won (25 points) [22] [23]

Summary and fixtures

Round123456789101112131415
GroundHAHAAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWLWWLLLWLWWLWW
Position443255666655555
Source: Super Rugby
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Round (GR); not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days

Reds score shown first.

2024 Super Rugby season
Rnd.DateVenueTeamScoreResult (Margin)AttendancePos.Ref.
1 Saturday, 24 February Lang Park, Milton, (Brisbane) Waratahs 40–22Won (18 points)14,5934th [24]
2 Sunday, 3 March Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Olympic Park (Melbourne)Flag of New Zealand.svg Hurricanes 33–38Lost (5 points) [lower-alpha 2] 10,3394th [25]
3 Saturday, 9 MarchLang Park, Milton (Brisbane)Flag of New Zealand.svg Chiefs 25–19Won (6 points)16,7253rd [26] [27]
4 Friday, 15 MarchMelbourne Rectangular Stadium, Olympic Park (Melbourne) Melbourne Rebels 53–26Won (27 points)2nd [28] [29]
5 Saturday, 23 March Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth Western Force 31–40Lost (9 points)5,4625th [30] [31]
6 Saturday, 30 MarchLang Park, Milton (Brisbane) ACT Brumbies 19–20Lost (1 point)17,7825th [32] [33]
7 Bye6th [34]
8 Friday, 12 April Okara Park, Morningside (Whangārei)Flag of New Zealand.svg Moana Pasifika 14–17Lost (3 points)6th [35] [36]
9 Friday, 19 AprilLang Park, Milton (Brisbane)Flag of New Zealand.svg Highlanders 31–0Won (31 points)13,0006th [37] [38]
10 Saturday, 27 AprilLang Park, Milton (Brisbane)Flag of New Zealand.svg Blues 34–41Lost (7 points)16,3256th [39] [40]
11 Saturday, 4 May Rugby League Park, Addington (Christchurch)Flag of New Zealand.svg Crusaders 33–28Won (5 points)5th [41] [42]
12 Friday, 10 MayLang Park, Milton (Brisbane)Melbourne Rebels26–22Won (4 points)10,8645th [43] [44]
13 Saturday, 18 May HFC Bank Stadium, Laucala Bay (Suva)Flag of Fiji.svg Fijian Drua 19–28Lost (9 points)5th [45] [46]
14 Saturday, 25 MayLang Park, Milton (Brisbane)Western Force59–13Won (46 points)12,3215th [47] [48]
15 Friday, 31 May Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park (Sydney)Waratahs27–26Won (1 point)12,0185th [49] [50]
Finals series
QF Friday, 7 June Waikato Stadium, Hamilton Flag of New Zealand.svg Chiefs21–43Lost (22 points)11,639 [51] [52]

Season standings

2024 Super Rugby Pacific standings
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATBLBPtsQualification
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brumbies 141202410311+9954414052Advance to Quarter-finals
4Flag of New Zealand.svg Chiefs 14905486311+17566435243
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg Reds 14806444340+10466464440
6Flag of New Zealand.svg Highlanders 146083054029737542228
7Flag of Fiji.svg Drua 1460832542710240601126
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2024. Source: Super Rugby

Wales tour

Reds score shown first.

2024 Wales tour
DateVenueTeamScoreResult (Margin)Ref.
Friday, 19 JulyLang Park, Milton (Brisbane)Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales

Statistics

Notes

  1. Born in Fiji, King was raised in Gladstone, Queensland and represented the Junior Wallabies at the 2023 U20 Championship. [10]
  2. In Golden point.

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