Season Summary
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| 2020 Papua New Guinea Hunters season | ||||
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| Queensland Cup Rank | 6th | |||
| 2020 record | Wins: 1; losses: 0 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Reatau Rau | |||
| Coach | Mathew Church | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | National Football Stadium | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | 3 (Terry Wapi) | |||
| Goals | 6 (Ase Boas) | |||
| Points | 12 (Wapi, Boas) | |||
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The 2020 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters seventh season in the Queensland Cup after securing their future with a four year license from 2019 until 2022. [1] A 28 man squad was announced for the season. [2] However the 2020 QRL season was suspended on 17 March after Round 1 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [3]
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| First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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| Head coach
Assistant coach
Updated: 3 January 2020 | ||||||||
| Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhadley Brawa |  Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 2020 |
| Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses Meninga |  Townsville Blackhawks | 2020 | |
| McKenzie Yei |  Central Queensland Capras | 2020 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Easts Tigers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 2 |
| 2 |  Burleigh Bears | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 2 |
| 3 |  Tweed Heads Seagulls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Townsville Blackhawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 |  Redcliffe Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 |  Papua New Guinea Hunters | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Norths Devils | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Mackay Cutters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 |  Souths Logan Magpies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 0 |
| 10 |  Sunshine Coast Falcons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 0 |
| 11 |  Northern Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 0 |
| 12 |  Ipswich Jets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 0 |
| 13 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 34 | -28 | 0 |
| 14 | Central Queensland Capras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | -40 | 0 |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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| Saturday, 22 February | Trial 1 | CQ Capras | National Football Stadium | 30 – 12 | ||||||
| Saturday, 29 February | Trial 2 | Northern Pride | Barlow Park | 24 – 36 | ||||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 15 March | Round 1 | Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park | 32-30 | Wapi 3, Appo 2 | Boas 6/6 | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
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