2007 Queensland Cup | |
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Duration | March 16 – September 15, 2007 |
Teams | 11 |
Premiers | Tweed Heads Seagulls (1st title) |
Minor premiers | North Queensland Young Guns (2nd title) |
Matches played | 116 |
Points scored | 5,447 |
Top points scorer(s) | Nick Parfitt |
Player of the year | Shannon Walker (Courier Mail Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Rory Bromley John Tamanika |
The 2007 Queensland Cup season was the 12th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Tweed Heads Seagulls became the first team from outside of Queensland to win the Queensland Cup when they defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins 28–18 at Suncorp Stadium. Tweed Heads' fullback Shannon Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal. [1] [2]
11 teams participated in the Queensland Cup again in 2007, with the Aspley Broncos replacing the Toowoomba Clydesdales. [3] [4]
Colours | Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
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Aspley Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | Mark Gee | Nick Kenny | Brisbane Broncos | |
Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Jim Lenihan | Ryan Gundry | Gold Coast Titans | |
Central Comets | Browne Park | Steve Anderson | Wayne Barnett | None | |
Easts Tigers | Langlands Park | Michael Booth | Trent Young | None | |
Ipswich Jets | QLD Group Stadium, Carrara Stadium | Kevin Walters | Danny Coburn | Gold Coast Titans | |
North Queensland Young Guns | Dairy Farmers Stadium | Matt Parish | Shane Muspratt | North Queensland Cowboys | |
Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Kevin Carmichael | Marc Brentnall | Melbourne Storm | |
Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Oval | Anthony Griffin | Troy Lindsay | Brisbane Broncos | |
Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park, Brandon Park | Jason Burnham & Brandon Costin | Cameron Joyce | None | |
Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | Troy McCarthy | Andrew Moroney, Brad Davis | Gold Coast Titans | |
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Kougari Oval | Shane McNally | Jimmy Ahmat | None |
2007 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | North Queensland Young Guns | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 566 | 355 | +211 | 34 |
2 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 516 | 338 | +178 | 32 |
3 | Tweed Heads Seagulls (P) | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 546 | 404 | +142 | 31 |
4 | Ipswich Jets | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 510 | 400 | +110 | 31 |
5 | Easts Tigers | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 426 | 448 | -22 | 26 |
6 | Aspley Broncos | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 469 | 441 | +28 | 25 |
7 | Burleigh Bears | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 550 | 478 | +72 | 22 |
8 | Norths Devils | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 507 | 524 | -17 | 21 |
9 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 399 | 539 | -140 | 20 |
10 | Souths Logan Magpies | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 384 | 580 | -196 | 14 |
11 | Central Comets | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 310 | 666 | -356 | 8 |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | |||||||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
Ipswich Jets | 18 – 16 | Easts Tigers | 25 August 2007 | QLD Group Stadium | ||||
Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 – 18 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 25 August 2007 | Dolphin Oval | ||||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
North Queensland Young Guns | 18 – 28 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 31 August 2007 | Dairy Farmers Stadium | ||||
Tweed Heads Seagulls | 40 – 14 | Ipswich Jets | 1 September 2007 | Piggabeen Sports Complex | ||||
Preliminary Finals | ||||||||
North Queensland Young Guns | 10 – 34 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 8 September 2007 | Langlands Park | ||||
Grand Final | ||||||||
Redcliffe Dolphins | 18 – 28 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 15 September 2007 | Suncorp Stadium |
Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Major / Minor Semi Finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | North Qld | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Redcliffe | 28 | Redcliffe | 18 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Redcliffe | 22 | North Qld | 10 | Tweed Heads | 28 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tweed Heads | 18 | Tweed Heads | 34 | ||||||||||||||
Tweed Heads | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Ipswich | 18 | Ipswich | 14 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Easts | 16 |
Saturday, 15 September |
Redcliffe Dolphins | 18 – 28 | Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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Tries: Rory Bromley 1 Nick Emmett 1 Chris Fox 1 Goals: Alwyn Simpson 3 | 1st: 6 - 18 2nd: 12 - 10 Report | Tries: 2 David Myles 2 Shannon Walker 1 Brad Davis Goals: 4 Brad Davis |
Redcliffe Dolphins | Position | Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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Ryan Cullen | FB | Shannon Walker |
Alwyn Simpson | WG | Nathanael Barnes |
Matt Harris | CE | David Myles |
Nick Emmett | CE | James Wood |
Rory Bromley | WG | Josh Vaughan |
Daniel Green | FE | Brad Davis (c) |
Chris Fox | HB | Tim Maccan |
Troy Lindsay (c) | PR | Roy Friend |
Mick Roberts | HK | Matt King |
Adam Starr | PR | Chris Enahoro |
Nathan Tutt | SR | Will Matthews |
Danny Burke | SR | Selasi Berdie |
Grant Flugge | LK | Matthew Pow |
Pat Gardner | Bench | Andre Amato |
Mark Shipway | Bench | Matthew Austin |
Palmer Wapau | Bench | David Molenaar |
Marty Turner | Bench | Daniel Evans |
Anthony Griffin | Coach | Troy McCarthy |
Reigning premiers Redcliffe, who finished the regular season in 2nd, were the first team to qualify for the Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in Week 1 and North Queensland in the major semi final. It would be their nine Grand Final appearance in 12 seasons. After losing to Redcliffe, Tweed Heads faced Ipswich in an elimination final, which they won 40–14. A week later, they scored a major upset over minor premiers North Queensland to progress to their first Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance.
Redcliffe opened their premiership defence strongly when halfback Chris Fox scored in the ninth minute. Tweed Heads hit back in the 18th minute when David Myles latched onto a Tim Maccan grubber to score. The Seagulls moved into the lead for the first time when captain Brad Davis stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. Tweed Heads extended their lead to 12 just seconds before half time when Davis sent Myles over for his second try of the game.
The Dolphins got the scoring underway in the second half when centre Nick Emmett dived onto a kick from his winger Alwyn Simpson to get Redcliffe back into the contest. 10 minutes later, Tweed Heads pushed the lead back to 12 when the competition's Player of the Year Shannon Walker backed up a Maccan line break to score. Walker sealed the game for his side just five minutes later when he returned a Dolphins' kick 80 metres to score in the corner. Redcliffe gave themselves a small chance late when winger Rory Bromley crossed in the 74th minute but it wasn't enough as Tweed Heads won their first premiership. They became the first club from outside of Queensland to win the competition. [5] [6]
Seagulls' captain Brad Davis was named Man of the Match and awarded the first ever Duncan Hall Medal, named in honour of the Hall of Famer, who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 Tests for Australia. [7]
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