2018 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2018 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank13th
Play-off resultMissed finals
2018 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 449; against: 521
Team information
CEOGreg Tonner
Coach Paul Green
Captain
Stadium 1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. attendance15,417
High attendance25,095 (vs. Parramatta Eels, Round 24)
Top scorers
Tries Kyle Feldt (14)
Goals Johnathan Thurston (77)
Points Johnathan Thurston (166)
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The 2018 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 24th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership. The team finished the regular season in 13th position and did not qualify for the finals. [1]

Contents

Season summary

Milestones

Squad

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2018
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 9 June 2018
Source(s): Cowboys Squad 2018

Squad movement

Gains

PlayerSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
Carlin Anderson Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[3]
Jordan McLean Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
2020
[4]
Francis Molo Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks
2018
[5]

Losses

PlayerSigned ToUntil End ofNotes
Corey Horsburgh Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
2019
Marcus Jensen Scotland colours.svg Townsville Brothers
2018
Patrick Kaufusi Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
2019
[6]
Blake Leary Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears
2018
Patrick Mago Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
2018
[7]
Kalyn Ponga Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
2022
[8]
Ben Spina Balmain colours.svg Herbert River Crushers
2018
Ray Thompson Retired
-
[9]
Braden Uele Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks
2019

Re-signings

PlayerClubUntil End ofNotes
Jake Clifford North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2021
Jake Granville North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2020
Coen Hess North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2022
Francis Molo North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2020
Michael Morgan North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Justin O'Neill North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2021
Emry Pere North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2020
Shane Wright North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
2020

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Fixtures

Pre-season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 17 FebruaryTrial 1 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Barlow Park 30 – 16 Asiata, Clifford, Hess Clifford (2/2), Lowe (0/1)-
Friday, 23 FebruaryTrial 2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 16 – 14 Feldt (3), Thurston Lowe (0/2), Cooper (0/1), Feldt (0/1)25,000 [19]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Friday, 9 MarchRound 1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 14 Cooper, Feldt, Hess, O'Neill Thurston (2/5)15,900 [20]
Friday, 16 MarchRound 2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 20 – 24 Cooper, Granville, McLean Thurston (4/4)46,080
Thursday, 22 MarchRound 3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 14 – 30 Hess (2) Thurston (3/3)12,866
Thursday, 29 MarchRound 4 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 33 Feldt (2), Winterstein Thurston (1/3)11,907
Saturday, 7 AprilRound 5 Auckland colours.svg Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 12 – 22 Feldt, Hampton Thurston (2/2)25,600
Saturday, 14 AprilRound 6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs 1300SMILES Stadium 10 – 27 Feldt, Hampton Thurston (1/2)14,434
Saturday, 21 AprilRound 7 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 1300SMILES Stadium 26 – 14 Feldt, Hampton, Hess, Taumalolo Thurston (5/7)12,885
Saturday, 28 AprilRound 8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 1300SMILES Stadium 8 – 18 Cooper Thurston (2/2)14,004
Friday, 4 MayRound 9 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Carrington Park 26 – 20 Cooper, Hampton, Morgan, Thurston Thurston (5/6)10,289
Thursday, 10 MayRound 10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 12 – 20 Martin, Winterstein Thurston 2/2)13,127
Saturday, 19 MayRound 11 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 1300SMILES Stadium 19 – 20 Winterstein (2) Thurston (5/5); Morgan (1 FG)14,270
Friday, 25 MayRound 12 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 1300SMILES Stadium 6 – 7 Feldt Thurston (1/1)16,003
Thursday, 31 MayRound 13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles Lottoland 26 – 12 Winterstein (2), Taumalolo, Tuala Thurston (5/6)6,172
Saturday, 9 JuneRound 14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels TIO Stadium 20 – 14 Feldt, Scott, Tuala Thurston (1/3)8,393
Friday, 15 JuneRound 15 Auckland colours.svg Warriors 1300SMILES Stadium 16 – 23 Feldt (2), Bowen Thurston (2/4)11,062
Sunday, 1 JulyRound 16 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park 21 – 20 Cooper, Coote, Winterstein Thurston (4/4)7,651
Round 17 Bye
Saturday, 14 JulyRound 18 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 12 – 38 Coote, Cooper Thurston (2/2)11,471
Saturday, 21 JulyRound 19 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 1300SMILES Stadium 10 – 24 Cooper Thurston (3/4)18,068
Friday, 27 JulyRound 20 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 18 Cooper, Hess, O'Neill, Thurston Thurston (2/4)11,709
Saturday, 4 AugustRound 21 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 20 – 26 Cooper, Taumalolo, Thurston Thurston (4/5)9,721
Thursday, 9 AugustRound 22 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 1300SMILES Stadium 34 – 30 Cooper, Feldt, Gela-Mosby, Hess, Taumalolo Thurston (7/8), Feldt (1/1)19,663
Saturday, 18 AugustRound 23 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 16 – 28 Cooper, Hess, McLean Thurston (2/4)12,270
Friday, 24 AugustRound 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1300SMILES Stadium 44 – 6 Feldt (3), Hampton (2), Cooper Gela-Mosby Thurston (6/6)25,095
Saturday, 1 SeptemberRound 25 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 30 –26 Hampton (2), Cooper, Fensom, Gela-Mosby Thurston (5/5)26,681
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
John Asiata 15----
Scott Bolton 22----
Javid Bowen 61--4
Jake Clifford 6----
Gavin Cooper 2313--52
Lachlan Coote 92--8
Mitchell Dunn 2----
Kyle Feldt 24141-58
Shaun Fensom 141--4
Gideon Gela-Mosby 43--12
Jake Granville 241--4
Ben Hampton 228--32
Coen Hess 237--28
Sam Hoare 3----
Corey Jensen 18----
Kane Linnett 12----
Ethan Lowe 15----
Te Maire Martin 231--4
Jordan McLean 102--8
Francis Molo 7----
Michael Morgan 111-15
Justin O'Neill 212--8
Matthew Scott 181--4
Jason Taumalolo 234--16
Johnathan Thurston 24377-166
Enari Tuala 102--8
Antonio Winterstein 167--28
Shane Wright 2----
Totals73781449

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2018.

Pacific Test Denver Test State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII October Tests
Jake Clifford
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Prime Minister's XIII
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Gavin Cooper
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Coen Hess
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Kyle Laybutt
–
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Papua New Guinea
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Te Maire Martin
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New Zealand
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Jordan McLean
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Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Michael Morgan
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Queensland
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Jason Taumalolo
Tonga
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Tonga
Enari Tuala
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Prime Minister's XIII
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Honours

League

Club

Feeder Clubs

Queensland Cup

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