2013 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2013 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank8th
Play-off resultLost Qualifying Final
(v Cronulla Sharks, 18-20)
2013 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 507; against: 431
Team information
CEOPeter Jourdain
Coach Neil Henry
Captain
Stadium 1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. attendance14,112
High attendance19.510 (vs. Wests Tigers, Round 26)
Top scorers
Tries Antonio Winterstein (13)
Goals Johnathan Thurston (71)
Points Johnathan Thurston (151)
  2012 2014  

The 2013 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 19th in the club's history. Coached by Neil Henry and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2013 Telstra Premiership. The Cowboys finished the season in 8th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the Cronulla Sharks.

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Season summary

The Cowboys entered the 2013 NRL season with high expectations and without their long time hooker and club legend Aaron Payne, who retired at the end of 2012. The side won their Round 1 game against the Canterbury Bulldogs but would only win five of their next 19 games, leaving them sitting in 15th place after 20 rounds. Tragedy struck the club on 29 April, when talented rookie Alex Elisala died at age 20. The Cowboys defeated the Parramatta Eels five days later, dedicating the game and the rest of the season to Elisala.

On 29 July, coach Neil Henry had his contract terminated after re-signing until the end of 2014 in March. [1] [2] Henry stayed on as head coach until the end of 2013, as the Cowboys went on a six-game winning streak to finish in 8th place and qualify for the finals series. They were defeated 20-18 by the Cronulla Sharks in week 1 of the finals, in a game in which the Sharks scored a try on the 7th tackle of a set. [3]

On 1 October the club appointed former player Paul Green as their head coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. [4]

At the end of the season, the Cowboys' had 13 players selected for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Milestones

Squad List

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2013
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Terry Matterson (assistant coach)
  • Peter Ryan (assistant coach)
  • Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
  • Glen Murphy (head conditioner)
  • Steve Hooper (strength & conditioning coach)
  • Steve Sartori (physiotherapist)

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


Squad Movement

2013 Gains

PlayerSigned FromUntil End of
Clint Greenshields Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons
2013
Rory Kostjasyn Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
2014
Ethan Lowe Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride
2013
Scott Moore Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants
2014
Curtis Rona Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
2014

2013 Losses

PlayerSigned ToUntil End of
Luke Harlen Released
-
Dane Hogan Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers
2014
Ben Jones Newtown colours.svg Newtown Jets
2013
Aaron Payne Retired
-
Cory Paterson HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers
2014
Mosese Pangai Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2014
James Segeyaro Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
2015

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (P)2418062640325+31540
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2418062588384+20440
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416172589373+21637
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2415182588366+22235
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102468460+832
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112529463+6630
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24121112528422+10629
8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24120122507431+7628
9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24110132500518−1826
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110132495532−3726
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24110132495554−5926
12 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24101132434477−4325
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100142434624−19024
14 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2470172379530−15118
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172386687−30118
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2450192326740−41414

Fixtures

Pre-season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
9 FebruaryTrial 1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Alex Inch Oval28 24 Leary, Morgan, Munns, Thorby, Ulugia Feldt (2), Faifai Loa (1), Lowe (1)4,000
16 FebruaryTrial 2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Barlow Park 28 22J Bowen, Greenshields, Morgan, Riethmuller, Taumalolo Morgan (3), Feldt (1)-
23 FebruaryTrial 3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Virgin Australia Stadium 10 28 Faifai Loa, A Sims Lui (1)-
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
25 MarchRound 1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Central Coast Stadium 24 12 Graham (2), Cooper, Winterstein Thurston (4/6)11,627
16 MarchRound 2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 1300SMILES Stadium 10 32 Graham, Linnett Thurston (1/2)19,288
25 MarchRound 3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 6 34 Cooper Thurston (1/1)15,758
1 AprilRound 4 Auckland colours.svg Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 18 20 Faifai Loa, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (3/4)10,572
5 AprilRound 5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 1300SMILES Stadium 30 0 Linnett (2), Faifai Loa, Lui, Winterstein Thurston (5/6)12,341
12 AprilRound 6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 10 12 Graham, Greenshields Thurston (1/2)42,556
27 AprilRound 7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 1300SMILES Stadium 30 12 Bowen, Graham, Hall, Morgan, Tate Thurston (5/7)13,240
4 MayRound 8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 14 10 Graham, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (1/3)9,157
10 MayRound 9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 10 28 Winterstein (2) Thurston (1/2)15,972
18 MayRound 10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1300SMILES Stadium 8 12 Lui Thurston (2/3)13,666
24 MayRound 11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Stadium 20 22 Sims (2), Linnett, Winterstein Thurston (2/4)7,125
2 JuneRound 12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park 12 31 Graham, Lowe, Winterstein Lui (0/2), Morgan (0/1)12,790
8 JuneRound 13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs 1300SMILES Stadium 26 36 Greenshields, Johnson, Lui, Tate Lui (5/5)12,775
14 JuneRound 14 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 22 16 Greenshields, Linnett, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (3/4)9,035
Round 15 Bye
30 JuneRound 16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks 1300SMILES Stadium 24 4 Linnett, Cooper, Winterstein Thurston (4/5)14,434
7 JulyRound 17 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 18 26 Lui, Thurston, Winterstein Thurston (3/3)10,515
15 JulyRound 18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles 1300SMILES Stadium 14 34 Bowen, Morgan Lowe (3/3)9,029
Round 19 Bye
July 26Round 20 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 1300SMILES Stadium 16 18 Bowen, Cooper, Faifai Loa Thurston (2/3)17,702
3 AugustRound 21 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 1300SMILES Stadium 30 12 Linnett (2), Lui, T Sims, Tate Thurston (5/6)13,045
11 AugustRound 22 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium 36 4 Thompson (3), Feldt, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (6/6)6,611
17 AugustRound 23 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 1300SMILES Stadium 22 10 Feldt (2), Cooper, Hall Thurston (3/4)12,003
24 AugustRound 24 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 1300SMILES Stadium 26 6 Ulugia (2), Lui, Tate Thurston (5/6)12,208
1 SeptemberRound 25 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Remondis Stadium 31 18 Cooper (2), Bowen, T Sims, Tate Thurston (5/6, 1 FG)15,313
7 SeptemberRound 26 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 1300SMILES Stadium 50 22 Ulugia (3), Bowen (2), Lui, Taumalolo, Thurston, Winterstein Thurston (6/7), Bowen (1/2)19,519
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Finals

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
14 SeptemberQualifying Final Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Allianz Stadium 18 20 Tate, Taumalolo, Ulugia Thurston (3/4)32,747
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Scott Bolton 18----
Matthew Bowen 1961-26
Gavin Cooper 227--28
Kalifa Faifai Loa 73--12
Kyle Feldt 33--12
Ashley Graham 147--28
Clint Greenshields 63--12
Glenn Hall 252--8
Jayden Hodges 3----
Dallas Johnson 151--4
Rory Kostjasyn 20----
Blake Leary 1----
Kane Linnett 259--36
Ethan Lowe 213-10
Robert Lui 1675-38
Anthony Mitchell 4----
Scott Moore 6----
Michael Morgan 92--8
Joel Riethmuller 12----
Matthew Scott 22----
Ashton Sims 17----
Tariq Sims 234--16
James Tamou 22----
Brent Tate 2310--40
Jason Taumalolo 142--8
Ray Thompson 193--12
Ricky Thorby 8----
Johnathan Thurston 222711151
Wayne Ulugia 46--24
Antonio Winterstein 2413--52
Totals91801525

Source: [5]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2013

All Stars match City vs Country ANZAC Test Polynesian Cup State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII World Cup
Gavin Cooper
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Prime Minister's XIII
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Alex Elisala
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Samoa
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Kalifa Faifai Loa
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Samoa
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Clint Greenshields
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France
Rory Kostjasyn
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Ireland
Kane Linnett
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Scotland
Joel Riethmuller
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Samoa
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Italy
Matthew Scott
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Australia
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Australia
Ashton Sims
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Fiji
Tariq Sims
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Country
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Fiji
James Tamou
NRL All Stars
-
Australia
-
New South Wales
-
New South Wales
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Brent Tate
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Jason Taumalolo
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Tonga
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Tonga
Ray Thompson
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Papua New Guinea
Johnathan Thurston
Indigenous All Stars
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Australia
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Australia
Antonio Winterstein
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Samoa
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Samoa

Honours

League

Club

Feeder Clubs

National Youth Competition

Queensland Cup

References

  1. "Neil Henry has been sacked as coach of the North Queensland Cowboys | thetelegraph.com.au". Archived from the original on 29 July 2013.
  2. "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
  3. "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
  4. "Cowboys appoint Paul Green as head coach | NRL | Zero Tackle". www.zerotackle.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  5. "NRL 2013 - North Queensland Cowboys - Rugby League Project".

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