2024 Queensland Cup

2024 Queensland Cup
Duration	9 March – 15 September
Teams	15
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The 2024 Queensland Cup season is the 29th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, features 15 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September. The Brisbane Tigers are the defending premiers, having won the competition for the first time in their history in 2023.

Teams

In 2024, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the 2023 season. There were a number of affiliation changes during 2023. The Burleigh Bears switched to the Broncos, ^[1] while the Ipswich Jets joined the Titans. ^[2]

The Townsville Blackhawks (South Sydney Rabbitohs) and Western Clydesdales (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) maintain affiliations with NSW-based NRL clubs, and usually do not receive any players to play in Queensland Cup for these teams. However in April, a player availability issue at the Townsville Blackhawks saw South Sydney loan a player to the Blackhawks in a switch signed off by both the New South Wales Rugby League and Queensland Rugby League governing bodies. ^[3]

Colours	Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL Affiliate
	Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Matt Church	Ryley Jacks	Melbourne Storm
	Burleigh Bears	UAA Park	Luke Burt	Sami Sauiluma	Brisbane Broncos
	Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park	Lionel Harbin	Blake Moore	Dolphins
	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Ben Cross	Rhys Jacks	Gold Coast Titans
	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Michael Comerford	Sean Mullany	North Queensland Cowboys
	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Eric Smith	Kyle Schneider	North Queensland Cowboys
	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	David Elliott	Kierran Moseley	Dolphins
	Papua New Guinea Hunters	Santos National Football Stadium	Paul Aiton [4]	Ila Alu	None
	Redcliffe Dolphins	Kayo Stadium	Ben Te'o	Max Bailey	Dolphins
	Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park Logan Metro Sports Complex	Karmichael Hunt	Rory Ferguson	Brisbane Broncos
	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Brad Henderson	Patrice Siolo	Melbourne Storm
	Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	Terry Campese [5]	Kyle Laybutt	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	David Penna	Lindon McGrady	Gold Coast Titans
	Western Clydesdales	Clive Berghofer Stadium	Jason Alchin	Emry Pere	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Mathew Head	Bryce Donovan	Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

• Fixtures and results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18		19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Tigers	SCF -6	NTP -26	IPS +24	WES +48	X	CQC 0	TWE	MAC	NOR	SLM	X	TSV	WMS	BUR	X	SLM	RED	NTP		TSV	BUR	WES	PNG	WMS
Burleigh Bears	NOR -13	TSV +20	TWE +26	CQC -6	IPS +10	SLM +18	PNG	SCF	MAC	X	RED	WMS	NTP	BRI	TWE	WES	X	TSV		SLM	BRI	X	IPS	NTP
Central Queensland Capras	WES +18	PNG +20	MAC -12	BUR +6	NOR -30	BRI 0	SCF	SLM	RED	X	TSV	IPS	TWE	WMS	MAC	X	NTP	PNG		RED	WMS	X	NOR	TWE
Ipswich Jets	TSV -4	WES +20	BRI -24	RED -8	BUR -10	TWE -26	X	NTP	WMS	PNG	NOR	CQC	X	MAC	X	PNG	SCF	WES		SCF	MAC	RED	BUR	SLM
Mackay Cutters	X	SCF +20	CQC +12	TSV -1	WES +38	WMS +4	SLM	BRI	BUR	NTP	PNG	X	RED	IPS	CQC	NTP	TWE	SCF		NOR	IPS	X	WES	RED
Northern Pride	TWE +16	BRI +26	TSV +8	SCF -22	RED +8	NOR +26	X	IPS	PNG	MAC	SLM	X	BUR	WES	TSV	MAC	CQC	BRI		WMS	WES	SCF	X	BUR
Norths Devils	BUR +13	RED -4	SLM +24	WMS -6	CQC +30	NTP -26	WES	X	BRI	TSV	IPS	X	X	TWE	SLM	TSV	PNG	RED		MAC	TWE	WMS	CQC	SCF
Papua New Guinea Hunters	WMS +14	CQC -20	SCF +12	TWE -8	X	RED -19	BUR	TSV	NTP	IPS	MAC	SLM	WES	X	X	IPS	NOR	CQC	SCF	X	RED	TWE	BRI	WES
Redcliffe Dolphins	SLM +12	NOR +4	WMS -10	IPS +8	NTP +8	PNG +19	TSV	WES	CQC	X	BUR	SCF	MAC	X	WMS	TWE	BRI	NOR		CQC	PNG	IPS	X	MAC
Souths Logan Magpies	RED -12	TWE +8	NOR -24	X	SCF -36	BUR -18	MAC	CQC	WES	BRI	NTP	PNG	X	TSV	NOR	BRI	WMS	TWE		BUR	TSV	X	SCF	IPS
Sunshine Coast Falcons	BRI +6	MAC -20	PNG -12	NTP +22	SLM +36	TSV +14	CQC	BUR	X	WMS	TWE	RED	X	X	WES	WMS	IPS	MAC	PNG	IPS	X	NTP	SLM	NOR
Townsville Blackhawks	IPS +4	BUR -20	NTP -8	MAC +1	WMS -10	SCF -14	RED	PNG	TWE	NOR	CQC	BRI	X	SLM	NTP	NOR	WES	BUR		BRI	SLM	X	WMS	X
Tweed Heads Seagulls	NTP -16	SLM -8	BUR -26	PNG +8	X	IPS +26	BRI	WMS	TSV	X	SCF	WES	CQC	NOR	BUR	RED	MAC	SLM		WES	NOR	PNG	X	CQC
Western Clydesdales	CQC -18	IPS -20	X	BRI -48	MAC -38	X	NOR	RED	SLM	X	WMS	TWE	PNG	NTP	SCF	BUR	TSV	IPS		TWE	NTP	BRI	MAC	PNG
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	PNG -14	X	RED +10	NOR +6	TSV +10	MAC -4	X	TWE	IPS	SCF	WES	BUR	BRI	CQC	RED	SCF	SLM	X		NTP	CQC	NOR	TSV	BRI
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18		19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Key:      Bold – Home game      X – Bye      Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mackay Cutters	5	4	0	1	1	154	81	+73	10	Finals series
2	Redcliffe Dolphins	6	5	0	1	0	165	124	+41	10
3	Burleigh Bears	6	4	0	2	0	166	111	+55	8
4	Northern Pride	6	4	0	2	0	158	112	+46	8
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	6	4	0	2	0	158	112	+46	8
6	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	5	3	0	2	1	134	126	+8	8
7	Brisbane Tigers	5	2	1	2	1	120	80	+40	7
8	Central Queensland Capras	6	3	1	2	0	130	128	+2	7
9	Norths Devils	6	3	0	3	0	139	108	+31	6
10	Tweed Heads Seagulls	5	2	0	3	1	118	134	−16	6
11	Papua New Guinea Hunters	5	2	0	3	1	124	145	−21	6
12	Townsville Blackhawks	6	2	0	4	0	103	150	−47	4
13	Souths Logan Magpies	5	1	0	4	1	76	158	−82	4
14	Western Clydesdales	4	0	0	4	2	40	164	−124	4
15	Ipswich Jets	6	1	0	5	0	114	166	−52	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2024. Source: QRL

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
• Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
1	Mackay Cutters	2	4	6	6	8	10
2	Redcliffe Dolphins	2	4	4	6	8	10
3	Burleigh Bears	0	2	4	4	6	8
4	Northern Pride	2	4	6	6	6	8
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	2	2	4	6	8
6	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	4	6	8	8
7	Brisbane Tigers	0	0	2	4	6	7
8	Central Queensland Capras	2	4	4	6	6	7
9	Norths Devils	2	2	4	4	6	6
10	Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	0	0	2	4	6
11	Papua New Guinea Hunters	2	2	4	4	6	6
12	Townsville Blackhawks	2	2	2	4	4	4
13	Souths Logan Magpies	0	2	2	4	4	4
14	Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4
15	Ipswich Jets	0	2	2	2	2	2

See also

• Queensland portal
• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League

References

1. "Burleigh Bears Join Broncos As Affiliate Club for 2024-26". broncos.com.au. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
2. Molyneux, Mark (10 October 2023). "Gold Coast Titans and Ipswich Jets announce affiliation for 2024". The Sporting News. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. Darveniza, Nick (12 April 2024). "'First of its kind': Landmark loan deal sends Rabbitoh Tristan Alvarado to Townsville Blackhawks". Townsville Bulletin. Townsville, Queensland: Nationwide News Pty Ltd. NCA Sports Newsroom. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
4. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (15 February 2024). "New Cup coaches of 2024: Aiton at Hunters". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
5. "Football Staff Profiles". blackhawkstsv.com.au. Retrieved 6 March 2024.