2001 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 13th | |||
Play-off result | Missed finals | |||
2001 record | Wins: 6; draws: 2; losses: 18 | |||
Points scored | For: 514; against: 771 | |||
Team information | ||||
Coach | Tim Sheens (resigned on 25 May) Murray Hurst | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Dairy Farmers Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 13,133 | |||
High attendance | 21,729 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 1) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Glenn Morrison (13) | |||
Goals | Julian O'Neill (56) | |||
Points | Julian O'Neill (156) | |||
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The 2001 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 7th in the club's history. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Paul Bowman, they competed in the NRL's 2001 Telstra Premiership.
Following a mid-season club taker over by News Limited, Sheens resigned as head coach on 25 May and was replaced by his assistant, Murray Hurst.
2001 was another season that started with high hopes but ended in disaster for the club. It got off to an awful start before a ball was even kicked, when club captain Tim Brasher injured his knee in the pre-season, resulting in a complete reconstruction and ruling him out for the year. [1] The club struggled to replace the outgoing Scott Prince in the halves and Brasher at fullback, winning just two games after 11 games to sit in last place on the ladder.
Their Round 6 win over the Wests Tigers was shrouded in controversy when Tigers' winger John Hopoate, in an attempt to unsettle several of his opponents, inserted his finger in three players' anuses, the first occurring during the seventh minute of play. Hopoate was subsequently suspended for 12 games. [2]
Following the Round 11 loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs, Tim Sheens took a period of stress-leave and later resigned from the club on 25 May after News Limited took full control of the club. [3] He was replaced by his assistant, former Tongan national team coach Murray Hurst.
The change did little to alter the fortunes of the side, winning just four of their last 15 games. A win in Round 26 over the Warriors in Auckland spared the side of a second straight wooden spoon, finishing ahead of the Penrith Panthers on points differential.
Despite the issues on and off the field, there were a number of bright spots throughout the season, including the emergence of Matthew Bowen. Bowen, who made his debut in Round 2, would go onto play 270 games, scoring 130 tries, and representing Australia and Queensland during his 13-year career at the club. [4] Another positive was the selection of four players in the victorious Queensland squad for the 2001 State of Origin series, the most for the club at the time. All four players selected (Paul Bowman, John Buttigieg, John Doyle and Nathan Fien) were local products who came through the junior ranks of the club. [5]
Player | Signed From |
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Trent Leis | Redcliffe Dolphins |
Tim Maddison | Cronulla Sharks |
Danny Moore | London Broncos |
Adam Nable | Wests Tigers |
Lee Oudenryn | Auckland Warriors |
Scott Whiting | Wests Panthers |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Parramatta Eels | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 839 | 406 | +433 | 42 | |
2 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 617 | 568 | +49 | 37 | |
3 | Newcastle Knights (P) | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 782 | 639 | +143 | 33 | |
4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 594 | 513 | +81 | 32 | |
5 | Brisbane Broncos | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 696 | 511 | +185 | 29 | |
6 | Sydney Roosters | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 647 | 589 | +58 | 27 | |
7 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 661 | 573 | +88 | 26 | |
8 | New Zealand Warriors | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 638 | 629 | +9 | 26 | |
9 | Melbourne Storm | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 704 | 725 | -21 | 23 | |
10 | Northern Eagles | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 603 | 750 | -147 | 23 | |
11 | Canberra Raiders | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 600 | 623 | -23 | 19 | |
12 | Wests Tigers | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 474 | 746 | -272 | 19 | |
13 | North Queensland Cowboys | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 514 | 771 | -257 | 14 | |
14 | Penrith Panthers | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 521 | 847 | -326 | 14 |
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Geoff Bell | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Matthew Bowen | 15 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
Paul Bowman | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Tarin Bradford | 2 | - | - | - | - |
John Buttigieg | 15 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Adam Connelly | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Paul Dezolt | 5 | - | - | - | - |
John Doyle | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Nathan Fien | 26 | 5 | - | 2 | 22 |
George Gatis | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Josh Hannay | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Brett Hetherington | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Brian Jellick | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Peter Jones | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Naipolioni Kuricibi | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Trent Leis | 17 | 5 | 21 | - | 62 |
Micheal Luck | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Tim Maddison | 19 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Bruce Mamando | 1 | - | - | - | - |
John Manning | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Jamie McDonald | 13 | - | - | - | - |
Leigh McWilliams | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Danny Moore | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Glenn Morrison | 23 | 13 | - | - | 52 |
Chris Muckert | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Shane Muspratt | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Adam Nable | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Julian O'Neill | 23 | 11 | 56 | - | 156 |
Lee Oudenryn | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Nick Paterson | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Paul Pensini | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Robert Relf | 21 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Chris Sheppard | 17 | - | - | - | - |
Mark Shipway | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Damien Smith | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Daniel Strickland | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Shaun Valentine | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Kyle Warren | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Totals | 89 | 78 | 2 | 514 |
Source: [6]
The following players played a representative match in 2001.
City vs Country | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | |
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Paul Bowman | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |
John Buttigieg | - | Queensland | - | Queensland |
John Doyle | - | Queensland | - | Queensland |
Nathan Fien | - | - | Queensland | - |
Glenn Morrison | Country | - | - | - |
The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Matthew Jeremy Bowen is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback, he played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for Australian club, the North Queensland Cowboys, with whom he set the club's record for most matches, and in the Super League for English club, the Wigan Warriors. Bowen was the NRL's top try-scorer in the 2005 and 2007 seasons. Former Queensland and Australian captain Darren Lockyer has called Bowen a "little freak", citing his skills and dynamism. Two-time premiership winning coach Phil Gould remarked in 2005 that he was a "modern-day icon of the game", saying that "Bowen has unique football instincts. He performs the difficult with ease and some of his feats have redefined what we once believed to be impossible."
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