2012 Queensland Cup

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2012 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 10 – September 23, 2012
Teams12
Premiers Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls (2nd title)
Minor premiers Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins (4th title)
Matches played138
Points scored6,617
Top points scorer(s) Redcliffe colours.svg Liam Georgetown (300)
Player of the year Redcliffe colours.svg Luke Capewell
(Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Redcliffe colours.svg Liam Georgetown (29)
  2011
2013  

The 2012 Queensland Cup season was the 17th 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 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September. [1]

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The Wynnum Manly Seagulls became the second team to win back-to-back premierships after defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 20–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Redcliffe Dolphins' halfback Luke Capewell was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal. [2] [3]

Teams

In 2012, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive year. The Central Comets began playing as the Central Queensland Capras again after using the Comets moniker for 12 seasons. [4] The Canberra Raiders ended their four-year affiliation with the Souths Logan Magpies, opting to return to the New South Wales Cup competition. [5]

ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach(s)Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Paul Bramley → Carl BriggsDarren Griffiths Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Central Comets colours.svg
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park John Harbin Tim Glasby 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 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 Craig Hodges Matt Smith Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Redcliffe colours.svg
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Isaak Ah Mau Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark BeaumontPhil DennisNone
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Sunshine Coast Stadium Dave CordwellTodd MurphyNone
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

2012 Queensland Cup
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 22170572439033434
2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P)22161562443618833
3 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 2214175304735729
4 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 2213275204219928
5 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 22122865451014426
6 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 22130962149612526
7 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 2212195544975725
8 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 2210012488544-5620
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 227114427479-5215
10 Central Comets colours.svg Central Queensland Capras 225116432743-31111
11 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles colours.png Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 224117376699-3239
12 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 223217422684-2628

Finals series

In 2012, the Queensland Cup competition returned to a five-team finals series for the first time since 2008.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Qualifying / Elimination Finals
Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 20 – 26 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1 September 2012, 2:00pm North Ipswich Reserve
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16 – 19 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 2 September 2012, 2:10pm BMD Kougari Oval
Semi-finals
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 30 – 22 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 8 September 2012, 2:00pm BMD Kougari Oval
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 32 – 16 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 9 September 2012, 1:15pm Dolphin Oval
Preliminary Final
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 30 – 4 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 16 September 2012, 1:50pm BMD Kougari Oval
Grand Final
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 10 – 20 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 23 September 2012, 4:00pm Suncorp Stadium
Qualifying / Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 32 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe 10
Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads 16 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 20
2 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 16 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads 4
3 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads 19 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 30
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 30
Norths Devils colours.svg Norths 22
4 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich 20
5 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths 26

Grand Final

Sunday, 23 September
Redcliffe Dolphins Redcliffe colours.svg 10 20 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Tries:
Delroy Berryman 1
Liam Georgetown 1
Goals:
Liam Georgetown 1
1st: 6 - 6
2nd: 4 - 14
Report
Tries:
1 Jacob Fauid
1 Charlie Gubb
1 Peter Gubb
1 Jason Moon
Goals:
1 Dane Carlaw
1 Matt Seamark
Suncorp Stadium
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Player of the Match: Luke Dalziel-Don (Wynnum Manly)
Redcliffe DolphinsPositionWynnum Manly Seagulls
  1. Joe Bond
FB
  1. Sean Loxley
2. Delroy Berryman WG 2. Peter Gubb
3. Marty Hatfield CE 3. Daniel Wallace
4. Aaron Whitchurch CE 4. Jason Moon
5. Liam Georgetown WG 5. Nathanael Barnes
6. Maurice Kennedy FE 6. Jacob Fauid
7. Luke Capewell HB 7. Matt Seamark
8. Matt Handcock PR 8. Ben Shea
15. Todd Murphy HK 9. Jake Granville
10. Isaak Ah Mau (c) PR 10. Dane Carlaw
11. Troy Giess SR 11. Mitchell Dodds
12. Derrick Watkins SR 12. John Te Reo
13. Nick Slyney LK 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c)
9. Tom Butterfield Bench15. Matt Smith
14. Tui Samoa Bench16. Andrew Clayton
16. James AckermanBench17. Charlie Gubb
17. Paul IvanBench20. Tim Natusch
John DixonCoach Paul Green

Redcliffe finished the regular season in first and won the minor premiership for the first time since 2002. They qualified for their 10th Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in the major semi final. It would be their first Grand Final appearance since 2007. Reigning premiers Wynnum Manly finished in second and faced Tweed Heads in the qualifying final, losing 16–19. This sent them to the Week 2 elimination final, where they defeated Norths 30–22. In the preliminary final, they got their revenge on Tweed, winning 30–4 to qualify for their second consecutive Grand Final.

First half

Redcliffe opened the scoring the Grand Final with a try to winger Liam Georgetown after a 40-metre line break from Marty Hatfield. In a low scoring half, Wynnum Manly levelled the scores five minutes before the break when a Luke Dalziel-Don offload found five-eighth Jacob Fauid who scored near the uprights.

Second half

The Seagulls came out firing in the second half, opening the scoring in the 42nd minute when centre Jason Moon crossed out wide. They extended their lead to eight after capitalising on a Dolphins' error, with winger Peter Gubb scoring in the 53rd minute. With six minutes remaining, the Dolphins set up a thrilling finish when winger Delroy Berryman scored after a Luke Capewell chip kick found fullback Joe Bond, who in turn found Berryman. Wynnum Manly sealed the victory, and their second premiership, in the 78th minute when interchange prop Charlie Gubb barged over under the posts. Retiring forward Dane Carlaw converted the try from in front to end his career on a high. Wynnum Manly became just the second club, after Redcliffe in 2002–2003, to win back-to-back premierships. [6] [7]

The 2012 Grand Final would be the last game at the club for Seagulls' head coach Paul Green, who joined the Sydney Roosters as an assistant to the NRL side and head coach of the under-20 side in 2013. [8] In 2014, Green became head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys and reunited with Jake Granville a year later, as the pair won the 2015 NRL Grand Final. [9]

End-of-season awards

See also

References

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  2. "Redcliffe Dolphins Dominate Qrl Awards With Luke Capewell Winning Courier Mail Medal As Queensland Cup Best And Fairest". The Courier Mail.[ dead link ]
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Rockhampton News | The Morning Bulletin | For all your news and events around Rockhampton, Morning Bulletin has you covered. Get the latest updates on sport and local news. | The Courier Mail". www.couriermail.com.au. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. Canberra eyes fruitful partnership [ dead link ]
  6. 2012 QLD Cup Grand Final Wynnum 20 v Redcliffe 10 , retrieved 16 November 2021
  7. "Wynnum Manly Seagulls Beat Redcliffe Dolphins 20 10 In Intrust Super Cup Grand Final At Suncorp Stadium". The Courier Mail.[ dead link ]
  8. Garry, Chris (8 October 2013). "Roosters sad to see Green go". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. "Why Green won't be rushed by the Cowboys". National Rugby League. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.