2005 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2005 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank5th
Play-off resultLost Grand Final
2005 recordWins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 639; against: 563
Team information
CEODenis Keeffe
Coach Graham Murray
Captain
Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium
Avg. attendance20,590
High attendance22,477 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 10)
Top scorers
Tries Matthew Bowen (20)
Goals Josh Hannay (62)
Points Josh Hannay (152)
  2004 2006  

The 2004 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 11th in the club's history. Coached by Graham Murray and captained by Travis Norton, they competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 5th and played in their first Grand Final, which they lost to the Wests Tigers.

Contents

Season summary

Milestones

Squad List

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2005
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


Squad Movement

2005 Gains

PlayerSigned From
Jason Barsley Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers
Gavin Cooper Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins
Brett Firman Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (mid-season)
Keiran Kerr St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons
Brent McConnell Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears
Shane Muspratt Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Justin Smith South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Johnathan Thurston Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs
Carl Webb Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

2005 Losses

PlayerSigned From
Kevin Campion Retired
Nathan Fien Auckland colours.svg Warriors
Steven Goodhew Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers
Keiran Kerr Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings (mid-season)
Ben Laity Released
Jamie McDonald Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Michael Meigan Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers
Aaron Morgan Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils
Glenn Morrison Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Chris Sheppard St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons (mid-season)
Daniel Sorbello Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Hale Vaa'sa Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers
Derrick Watkins Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2416082704456+24836
2 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2416082655510+14536
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415092597484+11334
4 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers (P)24140102676575+10132
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24140102639563+7632
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24130112640462+17830
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24120122550564-1428
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122554632-7828
9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24110132488487+126
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110132554554026
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24100142515528-1324
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2491142472670-19823
13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2491142482700-21823
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490152465606-14122
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162467667-20020

Fixtures

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
13 MarchRound 1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 16 – 29 M. Bowen, Jensen, Williams Hannay (2/3)43,488
18 MarchRound 2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Dairy Farmers Stadium 24 – 12 M. Bowen, Hannay, Webb, Williams Hannay (4/7)21,138
27 MarchRound 3 Auckland colours.svg Warriors Ericsson Stadium 32 – 22 Jensen (2), M. Bowen, Southern, Williams Hannay (5/7), Thurston (1/1)13,888
2 AprilRound 4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Dairy Farmers Stadium 52 – 18 Hannay (2), Sing (2), M. Bowen, Smith, Southern, Thurston, Williams Hannay (5/7), Smith (2/2), Myles (1/1)22,347
9 AprilRound 5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Toyota Park 6 – 38 Webb Hannay (1/1)17,323
16 AprilRound 6 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Dairy Farmers Stadium 44 – 20 Sing (3), B. Bowen (2), Bowman, Jensen, Lowe Thurston (5/7), Rauhihi (1/1)20,361
23 AprilRound 7 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Penrith Stadium 36 – 22 M. Bowen (2), Jensen (2), B. Bowen, Luck Hannay (6/6)17,998
30 AprilRound 8 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Dairy Farmers Stadium 38 – 18 Bowman (2), M. Bowen, Faiumu, Hannay, O'Donnell, Smith Hannay (5/9)22,476
8 MayRound 9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 12 – 50 Faiumu, Sing Hannay (2/2)8,051
14 MayRound 10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Dairy Farmers Stadium 6 – 23 M. Bowen Hannay (1/2)22,477
Round 11 Bye
27 MayRound 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Carrara Stadium 48 – 12 Williams (2), M. Bowen, Lillyman, Payne, Southern, Thurston, Tronc Smith (4/4), Thurston (4/4)21,012
4 JuneRound 13 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Dairy Farmers Stadium 56 – 14 Bowman (2), Sing (2), Smith (2), B. Bowen, M. Bowen, Payne, Webb Smith (4/5), Thurston (4/5)20,843
12 JuneRound 14 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Oki Jubilee Stadium 4 – 34 Barsley Hannay (0/1)15,260
Round 15 Bye
25 JuneRound 16 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 22 – 23 M. Bowen, Bowman, Thurston Thurston (3/4)9,129
2 JulyRound 17 Auckland colours.svg Warriors Dairy Farmers Stadium 24 – 16 Jensen (2), Sweeney (2), Faiumu Hannay (2/5)20,078
10 JulyRound 18 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights EnergyAustralia Stadium 18 – 22 B. Bowen, Bowman, Sing, Williams Hannay (1/4)11,864
16 JulyRound 19 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Dairy Farmers Stadium 14 – 16 Sing, Smith, Williams Thurston (1/3)17,038
23 JulyRound 20 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Dairy Farmers Stadium 38 – 18 Hannay (2), M. Bowen, Firman, Thurston, Williams Hannay (6/7), Thurston (1/1)18,932
31 JulyRound 21 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 26 – 24 Williams (3), Jensen, Payne Hannay (3/5)13,118
5 AugustRound 22 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Dairy Farmers Stadium 16 – 36 M. Bowen, Bowman, Jensen Hannay (2/3)21,021
14 AugustRound 23 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium 16 – 28 M. Bowen, Sargent, Williams Thurston (2/3)20,527
20 AugustRound 24 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Dairy Farmers Stadium 31 – 28 Payne (2), M. Bowen, Thurston, Williams Hannay (5/5), Thurston (1 FG)17,893
28 AugustRound 25 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Central Coast Stadium 30 – 16 Sing (3), Faiumu, Norton, O'Donnell Hannay (3/7)13,079
3 SeptemberRound 26 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Dairy Farmers Stadium 30 – 24 M. Bowen (2), Bowman, Sing, Williams Thurston (5/6)22,471
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Finals

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
9 SeptemberQualifying Final Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Telstra Stadium 6 – 50 Sing Hannay (1/1)26,463
17 SeptemberSemi Final Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Aussie Stadium 24 – 16 Williams (2), M. Bowen, Faiumu Hannay (2/3), Thurston (2/2)16,810
25 SeptemberPreliminary Final Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Telstra Stadium 29 – 0 M. Bowen, Firman, Hannay, Jensen, Williams Hannay (4/6), Thurston (1 FG)44,327
2 OctoberGrand Final Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Telstra Stadium 16 – 30 M. Bowen, Bowman, Sing Hannay (2/3)82,453
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Jason Barsley 1----
Brenton Bowen 105--20
Matthew Bowen 2521--84
Paul Bowman 259--36
David Faiumu 215--20
Brett Firman 112--8
Josh Hannay 21762-152
Rod Jensen 2311--44
Jacob Lillyman 121--4
Jaiman Lowe 81--4
Micheal Luck 91--4
Leigh McWilliams 7----
David Myles 7-1-2
Travis Norton 172--8
Luke O'Donnell 262--8
Aaron Payne 285--20
Paul Rauhihi 26-1-2
Mitchell Sargent 191--4
Matthew Scott 3----
Chris Sheppard 5----
Matt Sing 2516--64
Justin Smith 25510-40
Steve Southern 273--12
Neil Sweeney 32--8
Johnathan Thurston 265282-78
Shane Tronc 271--4
Carl Webb 163--12
Ty Williams 2318--72
Totals1271022714

Source: [1]

Representatives

The following players played a representative match in 2005.

ANZAC Test City vs Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Tri-Nations
Matthew Bowen
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Paul Bowman
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
David Faiumu
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-
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New Zealand
Luke O'Donnell
City
-
-
-
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Australia
Paul Rauhihi
New Zealand
-
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New Zealand
Matt Sing
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Johnathan Thurston
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Carl Webb
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Queensland
Queensland
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Ty Williams
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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References

  1. "NRL 2005 – North Queensland Cowboys – Rugby League Project".

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