1996 Queensland Cup | |
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Duration | March 30 – August 31, 1996 |
Teams | 16 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 129 |
Points scored | 4,789 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() |
The 1996 Queensland Cup season was the 1st season of Queensland's premier statewide competition. [1] It had been formed after the Winfield State League was closed after the end of the 1995 Season. It was subsequently superseded by the Queensland Cup. [2] At this time it was considered as the second highest league, directly under the Brisbane Rugby League. It would run under the BRL until 1998 when it would become the highest rugby league competition in the state.
The inaugural Queensland Cup season featured 16 teams, 12 from south east Queensland, two from north Queensland and one each from central Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
The inaugural Queensland Cup consisted of 16 teams and ran for 15 regular season rounds (which included two split rounds) with a top 6 finals system. [3] [4]
1996 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
1 | ![]() | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 360 | 226 | +134 | 23 | |
2 | ![]() | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 365 | 193 | +172 | 22 | |
3 | ![]() | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 375 | 205 | +170 | 21 | |
4 | ![]() | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 359 | 208 | +151 | 21 | |
5 | ![]() | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 310 | 224 | +86 | 20 | |
6 | ![]() | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 315 | 224 | +91 | 19 | |
7 | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 325 | 225 | +100 | 18 | |
8 | ![]() | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 339 | 354 | -15 | 18 | |
9 | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 334 | 332 | +2 | 16 | |
10 | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 323 | 408 | -85 | 16 | |
11 | ![]() | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 309 | 336 | −27 | 14 | |
12 | ![]() | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 306 | 285 | +21 | 13 | |
13 | ![]() | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 211 | 348 | −137 | 9 | |
14 | ![]() | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 236 | 346 | −110 | 8 | |
15 | ![]() | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 184 | 397 | −213 | 2 | |
16 | ![]() | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 138 | 478 | −340 | 0 | |
1Awarded one point due to game being cancelled.
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue | |||||||
Week 1 Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
![]() | 12 – 16 | ![]() | 3 August 1996 | Barlow Park | ||||
![]() | 15 – 22 | ![]() | 3 August 1996 | Davies Park | ||||
![]() | 12 – 10 | ![]() | 3 August 1996 | Athletic Oval | ||||
Week 2 Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
![]() | 34 – 6 | ![]() | 10 August 1996 | Davies Park | ||||
![]() | 30 – 10 | ![]() | 11 August 1996 | Dolphin Oval | ||||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
![]() | 21 – 8 | ![]() | 17 August 1996 | Purtell Park | ||||
![]() | 6 – 0 | ![]() | 17 August 1996 | Athletic Oval | ||||
Preliminary Final | ||||||||
![]() | 19 – 8 | ![]() | 24 August 1996 | Athletic Oval | ||||
Grand Final | ||||||||
![]() | 6 – 8 | ![]() | 31 August 1996 | Suncorp Stadium |
Saturday, 31 August |
Redcliffe Dolphins ![]() | 6 – 8 | ![]() |
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Tries: Mark Shipway 1 Goals: Tony Gould 1 | 1st: 0 - 2 2nd: 6 - 6 | Tries: 1 Shaun Lawson Goals: 2 Scott Kuhnemann |
Redcliffe Dolphins | Position | Toowoomba Clydesdales |
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Barry Denduck | FB | Kyle Warren |
Stephen Leyden | WG | Peter Stennier |
Ricky Hewinson | CE | Andrew Richards |
Mark Shipway | CE | Jeffery Slater |
Aaron Douglas | WG | Darren Lawson |
Tom O'Reilly | FE | Cameron Hamblin |
Peter Robinson | HB | Damian Fry |
Grant Cleal | PR | Russell Voll |
Darren Smallhorne | HK | Mick Jenkins |
Danny Nutley | PR | Kayne Spicer |
Ian Graham (c) | SR | Scott Kuhnemann |
Kahu Tweedie | SR | Tony Evans |
Tony Gould | LK | Don Saunders (c) |
Graham Cotter | Bench | Paul Sutton |
James Hinchey | Bench | Ross Murray |
Bevan Canning | Bench | Shaun Lawson |
Cameron Hurren | Bench | Craig Scanlan |
John Boxsell | Coach | Gary Lawrence |
The inaugural Queensland Cup Grand Final featured minor premiers, the Toowoomba Clydesdales, and the second placed Redcliffe Dolphins, in what would be the fourth meeting between the two sides in 1996. The first encounter was in Round 13, with Redcliffe defeating Toowoomba 18-8 to secure the two competition points. The sides then met twice in the final series, with both matches being low-scoring, defensive battles. In the qualifying final, the Clydesdales recorded a narrow 12-10 win over the Dolphins, while two weeks later Redcliffe held on for a 6-0 victory to progress to the Grand Final.
Toowoomba second-rower Scott Kuhnemann recorded the only points in the first half, kicking a penalty goal in the 21st minute. This came after Redcliffe captain Ian Graham and Toowoomba's Paul Sutton were both sin binned for fighting.
The first try of the final was eventually scored by Clydesdales' interchange player Shaun Lawson, who dummied and stepped through the Dolphins' defence to score under the posts. Redcliffe then hit back through centre Mark Shipway, who received the ball 35 metres out from the try line and sprinted around the Toowoomba defence to get his side back into the contest.
Redcliffe were then denied twice in the dying minutes by the Clydesdales' defence. Halfback Peter Robinson was stopped just before the line by Toowoomba fullback Kyle Warren, who knocked himself unconscious in the process, while Cameron Hurren had the ball knocked out of his arms, just moments later, as he went over the try line. As of 2019, the 8–6 scoreline is still the lowest ever in a Queensland Cup Grand Final.
The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 15.
Leading try scorers
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