2021 Queensland Cup

2021 Queensland Cup
Teams	14
Premiers	Norths Devils (2nd title)
Minor premiers	Norths Devils (2nd title)
Matches played	128
Top points scorer(s)	Todd Murphy (156)
Player of the year	Jayden Berrell (Petero Civoniceva Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Jonathon Reuben Nat McGavin Luke Polselli Ezra Mam (12)
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The 2021 Queensland Cup season was the 26th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The 2021 season saw the return of the competition, after it was cancelled after just one round in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1] The Queensland Cup was to be played over 19 rounds in 2021, ^[2] but due to restrictions and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, has been reduced to 18 rounds, with the finals delayed into October. ^[3]

Teams

In 2021, the line-up of teams remains unchanged for the seventh consecutive season. On 4 September 2020, the Easts Tigers announced that they would be rebranding and playing as the Brisbane Tigers from the 2021 season onward. ^[4]

The 2021 season is the first in the partnership between the Redcliffe Dolphins and New Zealand Warriors. The Dolphins had been affiliated with the Brisbane Broncos since 2006. The Warriors affiliation with the Dolphins is their first in the Queensland Cup since their partnership with the Souths Magpies in the 2000 season. ^[5]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PNG Hunters are based out of the Gold Coast for the 2021 season, playing their home games at Runaway Bay's Bycroft Oval. ^[6]

Colours	Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL Affiliate
	Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Jon Buchanan [7]	Darren Nicholls	Melbourne Storm
	Burleigh Bears	Pizzey Park	Rick Stone	Luke Page	Gold Coast Titans
	Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park	Guy Williams [8]	Jack Madden	Brisbane Broncos
	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Keiron Lander	Nathaniel Neale	Newcastle Knights
	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Michael Crawley	Ross Bella	North Queensland Cowboys
	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Ty Williams	Jayden Hodges, Chris Ostwald	North Queensland Cowboys
	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	Rohan Smith	Jack Ahearn	Brisbane Broncos
	Papua New Guinea Hunters	Bycroft Oval	Matt Church	Ila Alu	None
	Redcliffe Dolphins	Moreton Daily Stadium	Adam Mogg	Cameron Cullen	New Zealand Warriors
	Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park	Steve Bretherton [9]	Christian Hazard	Brisbane Broncos
	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Sam Mawhinney	Dane Hogan, Todd Murphy	Melbourne Storm
	Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	Aaron Payne	Sam Hoare	North Queensland Cowboys
	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	Ben Woolf	Lamar Liolevave	Gold Coast Titans
	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Adam Brideson	Sam Scarlett	Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

2021 Queensland Cup
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Norths Devils (P)	17	15	0	2	521	320	+201	30
2	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	17	12	0	5	513	374	+139	24
3	Burleigh Bears	17	12	0	5	457	342	+115	24
4	Tweed Heads Seagulls	17	10	2	5	458	384	+74	22
5	Redcliffe Dolphins	17	11	0	6	450	397	+53	22
6	Souths Logan Magpies	17	10	1	6	517	446	+71	21
7	Townsville Blackhawks	17	9	1	7	468	361	+107	19
8	Sunshine Coast Falcons	17	9	0	8	448	390	+58	18
9	Northern Pride	17	8	2	7	376	387	-11	18
10	Papua New Guinea Hunters	17	6	0	11	386	479	-93	12
11	Brisbane Tigers	17	4	1	12	364	456	-92	9
12	Mackay Cutters	17	4	0	13	330	556	-226	8
13	Ipswich Jets	17	3	1	13	365	561	-196	7
14	Central Queensland Capras	17	1	2	14	303	503	-200	4

Final series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue
Qualifying & Elimination Finals
Redcliffe Dolphins	40 - 20	Sunshine Coast Falcons	18 September 2021, 2:10pm	Moreton Daily Stadium
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	22 - 14	Burleigh Bears	19 September 2021, 1:10pm	BMD Kougari Oval
Souths Logan Magpies	30 - 24	Townsville Blackhawks	19 September 2021, 2:00pm	Marsden State High School
Norths Devils	22 - 16	Tweed Heads Seagulls	19 September 2021, 3:05pm	Bishop Park
Semi-finals
Tweed Heads Seagulls	41 - 22	Redcliffe Dolphins	25 September 2021, 2:10pm	Tugun RLFC
Burleigh Bears	26 - 6	Souths Logan Magpies	26 September 2021, 3:10pm	Pizzey Park
Preliminary Finals
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	40 - 18	Tweed Heads Seagulls	3 October 2021, 12:15pm	Suncorp Stadium
Norths Devils	34 - 16	Burleigh Bears	3 October 2021, 2:45pm	Suncorp Stadium
Grand Final
Norths Devils	16 - 10	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	10 October 2021, 3:15pm	Moreton Daily Stadium

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	19 Sept, Bishop Park
	1	Norths Devils	22
	4	Tweed Heads Seagulls	16			25 Sept, Tugun RLFC
						Tweed Heads Seagulls		41
	18 Sept, Moreton Daily Stadium					Redcliffe Dolphins		22				3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium
	5	Redcliffe Dolphins	40									Norths Devils		34
	8	Sunshine Coast Falcons	20									Burleigh Bears		16			10 Oct, Moreton Daily Stadium
																	Norths Devils		16
	19 Sept, Marsden State High School											3 Oct, Suncorp Stadium					Wynnum Manly		10
	6	Souths Logan Magpies	30									Wynnum Manly		40
	7	Townsville Blackhawks	24			26 Sept, Pizzey Park						Tweed Heads Seagulls		18
						Burleigh Bears		26
	19 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval					Souths Logan Magpies		6
	2	Wynnum Manly	22
	3	Burleigh Bears	14

Grand Final

Sunday, 10 October 3:15pm (AEST)

Norths Devils	16 – 10	Wynnum Manly
Tries: Leivaha Pulu (7') 1 Tyrone Roberts (31') 1 Michael Molo (73') 1 Goals: Tyrone Roberts (33') 1 Connor Broadhurst (75') 1	1st: 10 - 6 2nd: 6 - 4 Report	Tries: 1 (37') Selwyn Cobbo 1 (66') David Mead Goals: 1 (39') Jack Campagnolo

Moreton Daily Stadium Attendance: 7,264 Referee: Nick Pelgrave Player of the Match: Michael Molo (Norths)

Norths Devils	Position	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Jack Ahearn (c)	FB	Selwyn Cobbo
Nene Macdonald	WG	David Mead
Jacob Gagan	CE	Delouise Hoeter
Bernard Gregorius	CE	Jesse Arthars
Jonathon Reuben	WG	Richard Kennar
Connor Broadhurst	FE	Jack Campagnolo
Tyrone Roberts	HB	Sam Scarlett (c)
Michael Molo	PR	Aaron Rockley
Danny Levi	HK	Jayden Berrell
Piki Rogers	PR	Max Elliott
Moses Noovao-McGreal	SR	Zeb Taia
Leivaha Pulu	SR	TC Robati
Michael Sio	LK	Luke Bateman
Matthew Milson	Bench	Kalolo Saitaua
Jerome Veve	Bench	Matiu Love-Henry
Ben Nakubuwai	Bench	Tristan Hope
Liam Horne	Bench	Francis Kalisolaite-Tualau
Hiale Roycroft	Reserve	Edward Burns
Rohan Smith	Coach	Adam Brideson

QRL awards

• Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Jayden Berrell ( Wynnum Manly Seagulls)
• Coach of the Year: Rohan Smith ( Norths Devils)
• Rookie of the Year: Ezra Mam ( Souths Logan Magpies)

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Team of the Year

Position	Nat	Winner	Club
Fullback		Trai Fuller	Redcliffe Dolphins
Wing		Jonathon Reuben	Norths Devils
Centre		Sami Sauiluma	Burleigh Bears
Five-eighth		Jack Campagnolo	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Halfback		Jack Ahearn	Norths Devils
Prop		Nathaniel Neale	Ipswich Jets
Hooker		Jayden Berrell	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Second-row		Josh Stuckey	Northern Pride
Lock		Luke Bateman	Wynnum Manly Seagulls

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See also

• Queensland portal
• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League

References

1. "Four QRL statewide competitions cancelled for 2020". QRL. 27 March 2020.
2. "QRL commits to statewide footprint as key changes unveiled". QRL. 19 October 2020.
3. Hillier, Michael (16 August 2021). "Intrust Super Cup and Hastings Deering Colts update". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
4. "Eastern Suburbs to play as the Brisbane Tigers from 2021". Brisbane Tigers. 4 September 2020.
5. "Uniting with the Dolphins". NZ Warriors. 8 June 2020.
6. "PNG Hunters pumped ahead of season opener". Post Courier. 17 March 2021.
7. "Buchanan replaces Broncos bound Matterson". Brisbane Tigers. 19 October 2020.
8. "CQ Capras named new head coach". The Daily Mercury. 12 January 2021.
9. "Steve Bretherton to take on Magpies Head Coaching Job". Souths Logan Magpies. 8 October 2020.
10. Hillier, Michael (24 September 2021). "Honours for Berrell and Teitzel at QRL Awards". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2021.