2024 Queensland Cup

2024 Queensland Cup
Duration	9 March – 22 September, 2024
Teams	15
Minor premiers	Northern Pride (3rd title)
Top points scorer(s)	Thomas Duffy (184)
Top try-scorer(s)	Manase Kaho (18)
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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 27-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 [4] [5] Tye Ingebrigtsen	Rhys Jacks	Gold Coast Titans
	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Michael Comerford [6] Adam Cuthbertson	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 [7]	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 [8]	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 [9]	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 -38	MAC +12	NOR -46	SLM +6	X	TSV -10	WMS -2	BUR -4	X	SLM -1	RED -14	NTP -8	TSV -12	BUR +1	WES +16	PNG -22	WMS
Burleigh Bears	NOR -13	TSV +20	TWE +26	CQC -6	IPS +10	SLM +18	PNG +24	SCF +7	MAC +16	X	RED -9	WMS +14	NTP -8	BRI +4	TWE +42	WES +38	X	TSV 0	SLM -14	BRI -1	X	IPS -12	NTP
Central Queensland Capras	WES +18	PNG +20	MAC -12	BUR +6	NOR -30	BRI 0	SCF -8	SLM -12	RED +14	X	TSV -16	IPS +10	TWE +4	WMS 0	MAC +12	X	NTP -28	PNG -14	RED +28	WMS +36	X	NOR -18	TWE
Ipswich Jets	TSV -4	WES +20	BRI -24	RED -8	BUR -10	TWE -26	X	NTP -44	WMS -32	PNG -18	NOR -34	CQC -10	X	MAC -14	X	PNG -6	SCF +2	WES +36	SCF -16	MAC +18	RED -40	BUR +12	SLM
Mackay Cutters	X	SCF +20	CQC +12	TSV -1	WES +38	WMS +4	SLM -14	BRI -12	BUR -16	NTP -46	PNG +14	X	RED -36	IPS +14	CQC -12	NTP -8	TWE +6	SCF -18	NOR -14	IPS -18	X	WES +36	RED
Northern Pride	TWE +16	BRI +26	TSV +8	SCF -22	RED -8	NOR +26	X	IPS +44	PNG -18	MAC +46	SLM +18	X	BUR +8	WES +20	TSV +48	MAC +8	CQC +28	BRI +8	WMS +20	WES +46	SCF +20	X	BUR
Norths Devils	BUR +13	RED -4	SLM +24	WMS -6	CQC +30	NTP -26	WES +26	X	BRI +46	TSV +10	IPS +34	X	X	TWE +32	SLM +28	TSV +26	PNG -2	RED +4	MAC +14	TWE -4	WMS -18	CQC +18	SCF
Papua New Guinea Hunters	WMS +14	CQC -20	SCF +12	TWE -8	X	RED -19	BUR -24	TSV +36	NTP +18	IPS +18	MAC -14	SLM -12	WES +6	SCF* -58	X	IPS +6	NOR +2	CQC +14	X	RED -32	TWE +12	BRI +22	WES
Redcliffe Dolphins	SLM +12	NOR +4	WMS -10	IPS +8	NTP +8	PNG +19	TSV -8	WES -2	CQC -14	X	BUR +9	SCF -8	MAC +36	X	WMS +30	TWE +46	BRI +14	NOR -4	CQC -28	PNG +32	IPS +40	X	MAC
Souths Logan Magpies	RED -12	TWE +8	NOR -24	X	SCF -36	BUR -18	MAC +14	CQC +12	WES +6	BRI -6	NTP -18	PNG +12	X	TSV -12	NOR -28	BRI +1	WMS +30	TWE -40	BUR +14	TSV -18	X	SCF +12	IPS
Sunshine Coast Falcons	BRI +6	MAC -20	PNG -12	NTP +22	SLM +36	TSV +14	CQC +8	BUR -7	X	WMS -8	TWE -6	RED +8	X	PNG* +58	WES +30	WMS +4	IPS -2	MAC +18	IPS +16	X	NTP -20	SLM -12	NOR
Townsville Blackhawks	IPS +4	BUR -20	NTP -8	MAC +1	WMS -10	SCF -14	RED +8	PNG -36	TWE +1	NOR -10	CQC +16	BRI +10	X	SLM +12	NTP -48	NOR -26	WES +32	BUR 0	BRI +12	SLM +18	X	WMS -24	X
Tweed Heads Seagulls	NTP -16	SLM -8	BUR -26	PNG +8	X	IPS +26	BRI +38	WMS -24	TSV -1	X	SCF +6	WES +10	CQC -4	NOR -32	BUR -42	RED -46	MAC -6	SLM +40	WES +14	NOR +4	PNG -12	X	CQC
Western Clydesdales	CQC -18	IPS -20	X	BRI -48	MAC -38	X	NOR -26	RED +2	SLM -6	X	WMS -8	TWE -10	PNG -6	NTP -20	SCF -30	BUR -38	TSV -32	IPS -36	TWE -14	NTP -46	BRI -16	MAC -36	PNG
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	PNG -14	X	RED +10	NOR +6	TSV +10	MAC -4	X	TWE +24	IPS +32	SCF +8	WES +8	BUR -14	BRI +2	CQC 0	RED -30	SCF -4	SLM -30	X	NTP -20	CQC -36	NOR +18	TSV +24	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      * - Match postponed and played between rounds 18–19

Season summary

• 21 May – Following a string of losses, Ben Cross was sacked as coach of the Ipswich Jets. ^[4]
• Round 17 – Under recently hired coach Tye Ingebritsen, Ipswich win just their second game for the season, defeating the Sunshine Coast Falcons.
• 20 July – Mackay Cutters part ways with coach Michael Comerford, installing Adam Cuthbertson as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. ^[6]
• Round 19 – The annual country week saw matches played in Cooktown, Mount Isa, Bowen, Middlemount, South Kolan, Mount Tamborine, and Dalby. ^[10]
• Round 21 – Northern Pride clinch the minor premiership following their round 21 win over the Sunshine Coast Falcons, a match in which they wore a replica jersey of the Pride squad that won the 2014 Queensland Cup. ^[11]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Pride	19	16	0	3	3	626	284	+342	38	Finals series
2	Norths Devils	19	13	0	6	3	599	354	+245	32
3	Redcliffe Dolphins	19	12	0	7	3	570	386	+184	30
4	Sunshine Coast Falcons	19	11	0	8	3	504	371	+133	28
5	Papua New Guinea Hunters	19	11	0	8	3	556	583	−27	28
6	Burleigh Bears	19	10	1	8	3	518	370	+148	27
7	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	19	10	1	8	3	464	476	−12	27
8	Central Queensland Capras	19	9	2	8	3	438	428	+10	26
9	Townsville Blackhawks	20	10	1	9	2	418	500	−82	25
10	Souths Logan Magpies	19	9	0	10	3	457	560	−103	24
11	Mackay Cutters	19	8	0	11	3	446	497	−51	22
12	Tweed Heads Seagulls	19	8	0	11	3	462	533	−71	22
13	Brisbane Tigers	19	7	1	11	3	422	496	−74	21
14	Ipswich Jets	19	5	0	14	3	364	562	−198	16
15	Western Clydesdales	19	1	0	18	3	308	752	−444	8

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2024. Source: QRL RLP

Ladder progression

  Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

  Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.

  Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

  Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Northern Pride	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38
Norths Devils	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	30	30	32
Redcliffe Dolphins	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	26	28	30
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	26	28	28	28
Papua New Guinea Hunters	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	26	28
Burleigh Bears	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	20	22	24	25	25	25	27	27
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	21	21	21	21	23	23	23	25	27
Central Queensland Capras	2	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	16	18	20	20	20	22	24	26	26
Townsville Blackhawks	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	16	18	19	21	23	25	25	27
Souths Logan Magpies	0	2	2	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	20	22	24
Mackay Cutters	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	22
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	18	20	20	22
Brisbane Tigers	0	0	2	4	6	7	7	9	9	11	13	13	13	15	17	17	17	17	17	19	21	21
Ipswich Jets	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	16
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Source: QRL.com.au

Final series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue
Qualifying & Elimination Finals
Northern Pride		TBC	31 August or 1 September	Barlow Park
TBC		TBC	31 August or 1 September	TBC
TBC		TBC	31 August or 1 September	TBC
TBC		TBC	31 August or 1 September	TBC
Semi-finals
TBC		TBC	7 or 8 September	TBC
TBC		TBC	7 or 8 September	TBC
Preliminary Finals
TBC		TBC	14 or 15 September	TBC
TBC		TBC	14 or 15 September	TBC
Grand Final
TBC		TBC	22 September, 5:30 pm	Kayo Stadium

Bracket

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	1	Northern Pride
	4
	5
	8
	6
	7
	2
	3

Grand Final

To be played 22 September 2024 at Kayo Stadium.

See also

• Queensland portal
• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League

References

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