2011 Queensland Cup

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2011 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 19 – September 25, 2011
Teams12
Premiers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls (1st title)
Minor premiers Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored5,889
Top points scorer(s) Redcliffe colours.svg Liam Georgetown (206)
Player of the year Norths Devils colours.svg Javarn White (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Norths Devils colours.svg Javarn White (20)
  2010
2012  

The 2011 Queensland Cup season was the 16th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 12 teams playing a 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September. [1]

Contents

The Wynnum Manly Seagulls won their first premiership after defeating the Tweed Heads Seagulls 16–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Norths Devils' fullback Javarn White was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal. [2]

Teams

In 2011, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the third consecutive year. The Manly Sea Eagles cut ties with the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles in November 2010 after they were denied from having feeder clubs in both the Queensland and New South Wales Cup competitions. The Melbourne Storm returned to having an affiliate in the Queensland Cup, forming a partnership with the Easts Tigers. [3] [4]

ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach(s)Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Paul BramleyScott Smith Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Central Comets colours.svg
Central Comets Browne Park Wayne Barnett Guy Williams Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Balmain colours.svg
Easts Tigers Langlands Park Troy McCarthy Shane Neumann Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Ipswich Colours.svg
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters colours.svg
Mackay Cutters Shark Park, Virgin Australia Stadium Anthony Seibold Grant Rovelli North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride colours.png
Northern Pride Barlow Park David Maiden Ty Williams North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils colours.svg
Norths Devils Bishop Park Trevor Bailey Mark Vaiao Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Redcliffe colours.svg
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John DixonChris Farrell Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark BeaumontPhil Dennis Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Stockland Park Adam Mogg Wiremu RatanaNone
Tweedheadscolours.png
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Anderson Brad Davis Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg
Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Paul Green Luke Dalziel-Don Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

2011 Queensland Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 22201157828829041
2 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 22152559637322332
3 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 22151655542712831
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 22141751436814629
5 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 22114756038617426
6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P)22101114884612721
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 228212382460-7818
8 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 228113428524-9617
9 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 228113369473-10417
10 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 227015432560-12814
11 Central Comets colours.svg Central Comets 227015425634-20914
12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles colours.png Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 222020350723-3734

Ladder progression

Team12345678910111213141516171819202122
1 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 2468101214161820222426272931333537394141
2 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 2468101113131517171717192022242628283032
3 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 02444668810121214161820222425272931
4 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 2468101212121414161820222424242425272729
5 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1246679111113141416161820202022222426
6 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 00000024689911111313151717192121
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 23335779911131515151616161616161618
8 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 11133333557999999911131517
9 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 244466688881012131315171717171717
10 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 00246688888888810121414141414
11 Central Comets colours.svg Central Comets 0000024466688101010101214141414
12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles colours.png Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 0000000000000222222444

Regular season

The 2011 Queensland Cup regular season featured 22 rounds.

Finals series

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (local)Venue
Semi-finals
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 20 – 22 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 10 September 2011, 2:00pmBrandon Park
Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 12 – 24 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 10 September 2011, 3:00pm Piggabeen Sports Complex
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 30 – 6 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 10 September 2011, 5:30pm Barlow Park
Preliminary Finals
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 10 – 26 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 17 September 2011, 2:00pm Dolphin Oval
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 0 – 36 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 18 September 2011, 2:00pm Dolphin Oval
Grand Final
Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 10 – 16 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 25 September 2011, 2:00pm Suncorp Stadium
SemifinalsPreliminary FinalsGrand Final
1 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 12
6 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 301W Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 10
1L Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 26
4 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 20 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 10
5 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 22 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16
2W Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 0
2 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 63W Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 36
3 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 24

Grand Final

Saturday, 25 September
Tweed Heads Seagulls Tweedheadscolours.png 10 – 16 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Tries:
Tim Maccan 1
Cody Nelson 1
Goals:
Brad Davis 1
1st: 10 - 6
2nd: 0 - 10
Report
Tries:
1 Jake Granville
1 Shea Moylan
1 Matt Seamark
Goals:
2 Matt Seamark
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Michael Wise
Player of the Match: Jake Granville (Wynnum Manly)
Tweed Heads SeagullsPositionWynnum Manly Seagulls
1. Ryan Milligan FB 1. Jake Granville
2. Nathanael Barnes WG 2. Jason Moon
3. James Wood CE 3. Shea Moylan
4. Matt Hundy CE 4. Matt Grieve
5. Tom Merritt WG 5. Sam Te'o
6. Matt King FE 6. Reece Blayney
7. Brad Davis (c) HB 7. Matt Seamark
8. Aaron Cannings PR 8. Dane Carlaw
9. Tim Maccan HK 9. John Te Reo
10. Josh Starling PR 10. Mitchell Dodds
11. Ryan Simpkins SR 11. Tim Natusch
12. Selasi Berdie SR 12. Kurtis Lingwoodock
13. Cody Nelson LK 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c)
14. Tom Kingston Bench14. Charlie Gubb
15. Rod Griffin Bench15. Ben Shea
16. Jake LearyBench16. Jon Grieve
17. Brock HunterBench17. Chris Birch
Ben Anderson Coach Paul Green

Tweed Heads were near unbeatable during the regular season, losing only 1 game and finishing 9 points clear of their nearest rivals to claim the minor premiership. Wynnum Manly started the season with six straight losses before finally entering the Top 6 in Round 18 and holding on to finish in 6th place and claiming the last spot in the finals series. Prior to the Grand Final the two sides had met each other three times during the 2011 season with Tweed defeating Wynnum Manly by 20 points in Round 5 and 40 points in Round 16, however Wynnum Manly did defeat Tweed Heads 24-12 in the semi-finals.

First half

Tweed Heads were first on the board, crossing through hooker Tim Maccan, who pushed off four defenders to plant the ball in the corner. Brad Davis was the architect of the second try, selling the dummy to the Wynnum Manly defence and drawing the fullback before putting Cody Nelson over the line. Following an error by Tweed deep in their own half, Wynnum Manly took advantage, with halfback Matt Seamark putting through an inch-perfect grubber for fullback Jake Granville to score under the posts and cut the deficit to 10-6 at the break.

Second half

The second half saw Wynnum Manly take the lead in the 47th minute, when Seamark dived on a kick from Reece Blayney in the in-goal area to score. Wynnum Manly wrapped up the game in the 73rd minute when Shea Moylan crossed in the left-hand corner after a line break from Blayney. [5] Wynnum Manly won their first ever Queensland Cup premiership, becoming the lowest ranked team (6th) to win the Grand Final. The win would be the first of back-to-back premierships for head coach Paul Green and his side. [6]

Wynnum Manly fullback Jake Granville was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal. [7]

Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 22. [8]

End-of-season awards

See also

References

  1. "QRL Intrust Super Cup 2011 Draw » League Unlimited".
  2. "Throwback Thursday: 2011 Grand Final Triumph - Wynnum Manly Seagulls". 11 December 2019.
  3. "Storm and Tigers Extend Feeder Partnership". 28 July 2016.
  4. ""Manly Says Goodbye; NRL Club's Boss Says Registration Rule Likely to End Ties with Coast" - Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), January 14, 2010". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. James, Ethan. "Bayside Spirit Engulfs Suncorp". Queensland Rugby League. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "2011 QLD Cup Grand Final Wynnum 16 v Tweed Heads 10". YouTube .
  7. "Wynnum manly crowned Queensland Cup champions". The Courier Mail.[ dead link ]
  8. "Leading Scorers" (PDF). Queensland Rugby League.[ permanent dead link ]