2013 Queensland Cup

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2013 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 16 – September 29, 2013
Teams12
Premiers Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters (1st title)
Minor premiers Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored6,310
Top points scorer(s) Balmain colours.svg Cody Walker (171)
Player of the year Balmain colours.svg Cody Walker (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Northern Pride colours.png Davin Crampton (18)
  2012
2014  

The 2013 Queensland Cup season was the 18th 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] [2] [3]

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The Mackay Cutters won their first premiership after defeating the Easts Tigers 27–20 in the Grand Final at North Ipswich Reserve. Easts Tigers' five-eighth Cody Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal. [4]

Teams

In 2013, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year. After partnering with the Gold Coast Titans since 2007, the Ipswich Jets became an affiliate of the Brisbane Broncos. [5]

ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach(es)Captain(s) NRL affiliate
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Carl BriggsDarren Griffiths Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Central Comets colours.svg
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Jason Hetherington Gavin Hiscox Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Balmain colours.svg
Easts Tigers Langlands Park Craig IngebrigtsenSteven Thorpe Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Ipswich Colours.svg
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Mackay Cutters colours.svg
Mackay Cutters Virgin Australia Stadium Kim WilliamsJardine Bobongie & Joel Clinton North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride colours.png
Northern Pride Barlow Park Jason Demetriou Ty Williams North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils colours.svg
Norths Devils Bishop Park Andrew Wynyard Matt Smith Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Redcliffe colours.svg
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Petero Civoniceva 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 CordwellCallum KleinNone
Tweedheadscolours.png
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Aaron ZimmerleMatt King & James Wood Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg
Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Graham Murray → Jon BuchananLuke Dalziel-Don Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

2013 Queensland Cup
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 2217052703296+40738
2 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters (P)2214262577483+9434
3 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 2213092628371+25730
4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 2213092521452+6930
5 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 2212192494520-2629
6 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 2211292507571-6428
7 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 2210392537413+12427
8 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 22111102458494-3627
9 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 22110112415554-13926
10 Central Comets colours.svg Central Queensland Capras 2271142462569-10719
11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 2252152434548-11416
12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles colours.png Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 2220202325790-4658

Finals series

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and time (local)Venue
Qualifying / Elimination Finals
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 6 – 33 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 8 September 2013, 2:00pm BMD Kougari Oval
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 18 – 31 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 8 September 2013, 2:00pm Virgin Australia Stadium
Semi-finals
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 27 – 16 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 14 September 2013, 6:00pm Virgin Australia Stadium
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 16 – 29 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 15 September 2013, 1:30pm Barlow Park
Preliminary Final
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 6 – 20 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 22 September 2013, 2:00pm Langlands Park
Grand Final
Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers 20 – 27 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 29 September 2013, 3:50pm North Ipswich Reserve
Qualifying / Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 16 Balmain colours.svg Easts 20
Balmain colours.svg Easts 29 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay 27
2 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay 18 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 6
3 Balmain colours.svg Easts 31 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay 20
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay 27
Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich 16
4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly 6
5 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich 33

Grand Final

2013 Queensland Cup Grand Final
Sunday, 29 September
15:50 AEST (UTC+10)
Easts Tigers Balmain colours.svg 20 27 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters
Tries:3
Sa'u Ru ball.svg 9', 38'
Garbutt Ru ball.svg 69'
Goals:4
Walker Rugby penalty.svg 9', pen 25', 39', 70'(4/4)
1st: 14–10
2nd: 6–17
Report
Tries:5
Faraimo Ru ball.svg 29', 32'
Milne Ru ball.svg 47'
Morgan Ru ball.svg 64'
Mitchell Ru ball.svg 79'
Goals:3
Taylor Rugby penalty.svg 34'(1/3)
Minto Rugby penalty.svg 65'(1/1)
Milne Rugby penalty.svg 80'(1/1)
Field goals:1
Minto Rugby penalty.svg 74'
Sin bins: 1
Taylor Yellow card.svg
North Ipswich Reserve
Attendance: 6,706
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Duncan Hall Medal: Anthony Mitchell (Mackay)

Easts TigersPositionMackay Cutters
Ben Hampton FB Liam Taylor
Maeli Seve WG Bureta Faraimo
Junior Sa'u CE Michael Morgan
Shane Neumann CE Kalifa Faifai Loa
Mahe Fonua WG David Milne
Cody Walker FE Dan Murphy
Grant Giess HB Matt Minto
Steven Thorpe (c) PR Tyson Andrews
Tom Butterfield HK Anthony Mitchell
Mitch Garbutt PR Sam Hoare
Tim Glasby SR Jason Taumalolo
Dane Hogan SR Chris Gesch
Matt Zgrajewski LK Jardine Bobongie (c)
Kenny Bromwich BenchDean Webster
Liam McDonaldBench Jason Schirnack
Leon PanapaBenchKarl Davies
Isaac KaufmannBenchKelvin Nielsen
Craig IngebrigtsenCoachKim Williams

Easts, who finished the regular season in third, qualified for their third Grand Final after upsetting the second-placed Mackay in Week 1 and the first-placed Northern Pride in the major semi final. Mackay, after losing to Easts, defeated Ipswich in the minor semi final and upset the Pride 20–6 in the preliminary final to qualify for their first Grand Final.

First half

Easts were the first team to get on the board in the decided when centre Junior Sa'u scored in the 9th minute. In the 25th minute, they extended their lead to eight when Mackay put a dropout out on the full, kicking a penalty goal from right in front. The Cutters finally cracked the Tigers when winger Bureta Faraimo crossed in the right corner in the 29th minute. They took the lead for the first time when Faraimo scored his second in the 32nd minute, sprinting 50 metres down the sideline after a pass from his centre Michael Morgan. The lead didn't last long, as Easts scored in the 38th minute, when Sa'u latched onto a kick that the Cutters let bounce to score his second try.

Second half

Mackay levelled the scores at 14-all seven minutes into the second half when winger David Milne scored in the left corner. In the 64th minute, Mackay captured their second lead of the contest when Morgan picked up a loose ball and ran 50 metres to score in the right corner. Again, the lead did not last long, as Easts' prop Mitch Garbutt muscled over to score in the 69th minute. The Cutters took a one-point lead when halfback Matt Minto slotted a field goal from 20 metres out with six minutes left in the game. Mackay sealed the win in the 79th minute when hooker Anthony Mitchell darted from dummy half to score and secure the club's first Queensland Cup premiership. Mitchell was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for Man of Match. [6] [7]

A North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, the Cutters' side featured Michael Morgan and Jason Taumalolo, who would both go on to become NRL regulars for the Cowboys and play in the club's 2015 NRL Grand Final win over the Brisbane Broncos. [8]

End-of-season awards

See also

References

  1. "QLD Cup". Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. "QLD Cup Clubs - Queensland Rugby League". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. "QRL". 13 May 2024.
  4. "Cody Walker wins Courier Mail medal". 5 September 2013.
  5. Club Historyipswichjets.com.au Archived 27 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "2013 QLD Cup Grand Final Mackay 27 v Easts 20". YouTube .
  7. "Cutters win maiden Intrust Super Cup title". 29 September 2013.
  8. "Morgan re-signing a defining moment in Cowboys history". 2 March 2018.