1997 Cairns Cyclones season

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CAIRNS CYCLONES
Club information
Full nameCairns Cyclones Rugby League Football Club
Colours Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Green, white and gold
Founded1996
Exited2000
Former details
Ground(s)
Competition Queensland Cup
Cairns Cyclones 1997 jersey.png
Team colours
Records
PremiershipsNil
Wooden spoons Nil

The 1997 Cairns Cyclones season was the second season that the Cairns Cyclones rugby league team competed in the Channel Nine Queensland Cup. The Queensland Cup was the second tier competition under the Brisbane Rugby League. The Cyclones were one of fourteen clubs competing in the eighteen-week-long competition. Three teams had left the competition at the end of the 1996 season, the Bundaberg Grizzlies, Mackay Sea Eagles and the Sunshine Coast Falcons and one team, the Gold Coast Burleigh Bears had joined.

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The Cairns Cyclones team was managed by Nigel Tillett and coached by Gary Smith.

1997 Cairns Cyclones Squad Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg

1. Shannon Van Balen (Fullback)
2. Richard Murgha (Threequarters)
3. Craig Cygler (Threequarters)
4. David Maiden (Threequarters)
5. Peter Dangerfield (Threequarters)
6. Paul Fowler (Halves)
7. Robbie Schmidt (captain) (Halves)
8. Scott Manns (Forwards)
9. Shane Vivian (Forwards)
10. Gavin Sant (Forwards)
11. Peter Deaves (Forwards)
12. Andy Henley (Forwards)
13. Shane Medhurst (Forwards)
14. Mick Skardon (Replacements)
15. Ben Zammataro (Replacements)
16. Nathan Woods (Replacements)
17. Nathan Butterworth (Replacements)

Other players

1997 Channel Nine Cup

1997 Ladder

Pos.TeamWLDP/FP/AP/DPts
1 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 1431498235+26329
2 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 1440573271+30228
3 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 1341521328+19327
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Gold Coast Burleigh Bears 1341427347+8027
5 Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 1242468271+19726
6 Central Comets colours.svg Central Capras 1062455398+5722
7 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 990460346+11418
8 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 990433518-8518
9 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones 7101318352-3415
10 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Toowoomba Clydesdales 6111312354-4213
11 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies 6111315424-10913
12 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers 6120391524-13312
13 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1161276657-3813
14 Hunter colours.svg Logan Scorpions 0171226648-4221

1997 Minor Premiers and Premiers

1997 Cairns Cyclones Matches

Round 1
Saturday, 29 March 1997
Redcliffe Dolphins Redcliffe colours.svg 44-14 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Video Highlights
Venue:
Redcliffe
Round 2
Saturday, 5 April 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 46-4 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers
Round 3
Sunday, 13 April 1997
Norths Devils Norths Devils colours.svg 54-12 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Venue:
Bishop Park, Nundah
Round 4
Saturday, 19 April 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 20-8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears
Round 5
Friday, 25 April 1997
Logan Scorpions Hunter colours.svg 20-22 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Venue:
Meakin Park, Slacks Creek, Logan City
Round 6
Sunday, 4 May 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 12-14 Western Suburbs colours.svg Souths Magpies
Round 7
Sunday, 11 May 1997
Wynnum Seagulls Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg 14-18 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Round 8
Saturday, 17 May 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 16-10 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Toowoomba Clydesdales
Venue:
Victoria Park
Round 9
Saturday, 24 May 1997
Wests Panthers Wests Panthers Colours.svg 24-8 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Round 10
Saturday, 31 May 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 10-10 Central Comets colours.svg Central Capras
Round 11
Saturday, 14 June 1997
Easts Tigers Balmain colours.svg 16-28 [1] Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Venue:
Langlands Park, Stones Corner, Brisbane
Round 12
Saturday, 21 June 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 12-22 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets
Round 13
Saturday, 28 June 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 20-22 Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers
Round 14
Sunday, 5 July 1997
Burleigh Bears Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 14-6 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Venue:
Pizzey Park, Miami, Gold Coast
Round 15
Saturday, 12 July 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 8-16 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils
Round 16
Sunday, 20 June 1997
Port Moresby Vipers Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg 26-10 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones
Round 17
Saturday, 26 July 1997
Cairns Cyclones Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg 10-18 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins
Venue:
Innisfail
Round 18
Saturday, 3 August 1997
Past Brothers Brothers Colours.svg 16-46 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Cairns Cyclones

References

  1. ↑ "QLD Rugby League". The Sydney Morning Herald . 16 June 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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