2009 Queensland Cup

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2009 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 14 – September 12, 2009
Teams12
Premiers Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
(1st title)
Minor premiers Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored6,308
Top points scorer(s) Redcliffe colours.svg Liam Georgetown
Player of the year Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Scott Smith (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Northern Pride colours.png Tom Humble
  2008
2010  

The 2009 Queensland Cup season was the 14th 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 12 teams playing a 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September. [1] [2]

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The Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles, in their first season back in the competition, won their first premiership after defeating the Northern Pride 32–18 at Stockland Park. Burleigh Bears' hooker Scott Smith was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal. [3]

Teams

In 2009, the Queensland Cup featured 12 teams for the first time since the 2004 season. The Sunshine Coast Falcons, re-branded as the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles, returned to the competition after the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles injected $1 million into the club and formed a partnership. [4]

ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach(s)Captain(s)NRL Affiliate
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jim Lenihan Scott Smith Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Central Comets colours.svg
Central Comets Browne Park Wayne BarnettNat Bowman Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Balmain colours.svg
Easts Tigers Langlands Park Darren Smith → Jason Gainey Ben Vaeau Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Ipswich Colours.svg
Ipswich Jets Briggs Rd Sporting Complex Glenn Lazarus Danny Coburn Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters colours.svg
Mackay Cutters Mackay JRL Grounds Shane Muspratt Jardine Bobongie North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride colours.png
Northern Pride Barlow Park Andrew Dunemann Chris Sheppard North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils colours.svg
Norths Devils Bishop ParkMark Gee → Kevin Carmichael Mark Leafa Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Redcliffe colours.svg
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval Gary O'BrienDanny Burke Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg
Souths Logan Magpies Meakin Park, Davies Park Paul BramleyPhil Dennis Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Stockland Park Brandon Costin Cameron Joyce Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Western Suburbs colours.svg
Tweed Heads Seagulls Ned Byrne Field Steve Anderson → Steve Lacey Brad Davis Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg
Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Shane McNally Darren Bain Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

2009 Queensland Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 221606711434+27732
2 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 221408564445+11928
3 Central Comets colours.svg Central Comets 221309508499+926
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles (P)221219562508+5425
5 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 2211011559524+3522
6 Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Heads Seagulls 2211011525515+1022
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 2211011445517-7222
8 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 229112455454+119
9 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 229112451548-9719
10 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 229013484548-6418
11 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 227213472518-4616
12 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 227114315541-22615

Final series

In 2009, after using a five-team finals series for 10 years, the Queensland Cup used a six-team system. The competition used a six-team format from 1996 to 1998, although the system used in 2009 was two weeks shorter.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (local)Venue
Semi-finals
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 16 – 8 Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Heads Seagulls 29 August 2009, 2:00pmMeakin Park
Central Comets colours.svg Central Comets 21 – 14 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 29 August 2009, 7:00pm Browne Park
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 44 – 16 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 29 August 2009, 8:00pm Barlow Park
Preliminary Finals
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 22 – 10 Central Comets colours.svg Central Comets 5 September 2009, 2:00pm Kougari Oval
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 26 – 30 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 5 September 2009, 3:00pmMeakin Park
Grand Final
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 18 – 32 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 12 September 2009, 2:00pm Stockland Park

Grand Final

Saturday, 13 September
Northern Pride Northern Pride colours.png 18 – 32 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
Tries:
Jamie Frizzo 1
Tom Humble 1
Rod Jensen 1
Goals:
Tom Humble 3
1st: 8 - 12
2nd: 10 - 20
Report
Tries:
3 Shane Neumann
1 Michael Chapman
1 Trent Hodkinson
1 Ryan Walker
1 Tony Williams
Goals:
2 Trent Hodkinson
Stockland Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Player of the Match: Tony Williams (Sunshine Coast)
Northern PridePositionSunshine Coast
Sea Eagles
Chey Bird FB Dennis Sandow
Josh Vaughan WG Michael Chapman
Rod Jensen CE Shane Neumann
Jamie Frizzo CE Andrew Suniula
Germaine Paulson WG Ryan Walker
Tom Humble FE Tony Williams
Chris Sheppard (c) HB Trent Hodkinson
Ben Laity PR Phil Morwood
Jason Roos HK Cameron Joyce (c)
Alex Starmer PR Junior Palau
Nick Slyney SR Vic Mauro
Mark Cantoni SR Jon Grieve
Joel Riethmuller LK Jon Muir
Luke MillwoodBench Tim Browne
Greg Byrnes BenchRob Godfrey
Chris ReisenBenchSteve McPhee
Rod Griffin Bench Heath L'Estrange
Andrew Dunemann Coach Brandon Costin

The Northern Pride, who finished the regular season in second, qualified for their first Grand Final after a 22–10 win over the Central Comets in the preliminary final. They were joined by the Sunshine Coast, who finished fourth in their return season, after they defeated reigning premiers Souths Logan 30–26 in the preliminary final.

First half

The Pride opened the scoring in the fifth minute when they created a huge overlap, with centre Jamie Frizzo finishing off the play with a try. The Sunshine Coast responded quickly when five-eighth Tony Williams bumped off a defender and threw an offload to centre Shane Neumann who crossed for his first try. The Sea Eagles hit the lead in the 27th minute when winger Michael Chapman scored untouched in the corner. They scored again four minutes later when Ryan Walker scored in the opposite corner. Poor goal kicking kept the Pride in the contest, as Williams missed all three conversion attempts. The Pride converted a penalty from right in front on the stroke of half time to trail by just eight at the break.

Second half

The Sunshine Coast extended the lead to 10 in the 47th minute when Williams dived over for a try of his own. The Sea Eagles kept the points coming when Neumann dived over in the corner for his second just six minutes later. With just over 10 minutes remaining, the Pride gave themselves a chance when Rod Jensen scored and cut the Sea Eagles' lead to 10. Three minutes later, the Sunshine Coast all but sealed victory when halfback Trent Hodkinson scored close to the posts. The Pride scored a late consolation try when Humble latched onto a wayward Sea Eagles' pass and ran 80 metres to score under the uprights. In the final minute, Neumann crossed for his hat trick as the Sea Eagles' wrapped up a 14-point victory.

Tony Williams, who was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal, and second rower Vic Mauro would go onto play in the Manly Sea Eagles' 2011 NRL Grand Final win over the New Zealand Warriors. [5]

End-of-season awards

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