2024 Queensland Cup

2024 Queensland Cup
Duration	9 March – 22 September, 2024
Teams	15
Premiers	Norths Devils (4th title)
Minor premiers	Northern Pride (3rd title)
Matches played	159
Points scored	8,000
Top points scorer(s)	Thomas Duffy (Northern Pride) – 192 points
Player of the year	Judah Rimbu (PNG Hunters) (Petero Civoniceva Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Manase Kaho (Norths Devils) – 19 tries
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The 2024 Queensland Cup season was 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.

Norths Devils won the Grand Final 34–20 against the Redcliffe Dolphins, after the Dolphins had eliminated minor premiers Northern Pride in the preliminary final.

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 Rugby 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	PNG 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 +4
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 -10	CQC -8
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 +12	BUR +8	RED -18
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 +8
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 -18
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 +10	SCF +38	X	RED -1
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 -26	RED +28	X	PNG +16	RED +14
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 +34	WMS +15	SCF +14	NOR -16
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 +18	NOR -28	CQC +18	NTP +1	NOR -14
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 -8
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 +26	NTP -38	PNG -14
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 -8
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 -34
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 -4	PNG -15
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

• Round 8 – The Western Clydesdales claim victory for the first time in 273 days, defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 32–30 at Clive Berghofer Stadium. The Clydesdales trailed by eight points with 10 minutes remaining, scoring twice for kicker Corey Fenning to score the winning points. ^[10]
• 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. ^[11]
• 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. ^[12]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Pride	20	17	0	3	3	660	308	+352	40	Finals series
2	Norths Devils	20	13	0	7	3	615	396	+219	32
3	Redcliffe Dolphins	20	13	0	7	3	616	414	+202	32
4	Sunshine Coast Falcons	20	12	0	8	3	546	387	+159	30
5	Papua New Guinea Hunters	20	12	0	8	3	602	595	+7	30
6	Central Queensland Capras	20	10	2	8	3	474	452	+22	28
7	Burleigh Bears	20	10	1	9	3	542	404	+138	27
8	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	20	10	1	9	3	492	508	−16	27
9	Townsville Blackhawks	20	10	1	9	3	418	500	−82	27
10	Souths Logan Magpies	20	9	0	11	3	473	584	−111	24
11	Brisbane Tigers	20	8	1	11	3	454	524	−70	23
12	Mackay Cutters	20	8	0	12	3	474	543	−69	22
13	Tweed Heads Seagulls	20	8	0	12	3	486	569	−83	22
14	Ipswich Jets	20	6	0	14	3	388	578	−190	18
15	Western Clydesdales	20	1	0	19	3	320	798	−478	8

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	40
Norths Devils	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	30	30	32	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	32
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	30
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	30
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	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	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	27
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	24
Brisbane Tigers	0	0	2	4	6	7	7	9	9	11	13	13	13	15	17	17	17	17	17	19	21	21	23
Mackay Cutters	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	22	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	22
Ipswich Jets	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	16	18
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Source: QRL.com.au

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue
Qualifying and elimination finals
Northern Pride	38–0	Sunshine Coast Falcons	31 August, 2:00 pm AEST	Barlow Park
Papua New Guinea Hunters	23–8	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	31 August, 4:00 pm AEST	PNG Football Stadium
Central Queensland Capras	32–24	Burleigh Bears	31 August, 6:00 pm AEST	Rugby Park
Norths Devils	46–18	Redcliffe Dolphins	1 September, 2:00 pm AEST	Bishop Park
Semi-finals
Redcliffe Dolphins	36–18	Central Queensland Capras	7 September, 5:10 pm AEST	Kayo Stadium
Sunshine Coast Falcons	10–24	Papua New Guinea Hunters	8 September, 2:10 pm AEST	Sunshine Coast Stadium
Preliminary finals
Northern Queensland Pride	16–17*	Redcliffe Dolphins	14 September, 2:10 pm AEST	Barlow Park
Norths Devils	46–30	Papua New Guinea Hunters	15 September, 2:10 pm AEST	Bishop Park
Grand Final
Redcliffe Dolphins	20–34	Norths Devils	22 September, 5:30 pm	Kayo Stadium

Summary

• Qualifying finals: Notching up their 13th consecutive win, the Northern Pride shut out the Sunshine Coast Falcons at Barlow Park, with the minor premiers winning 38–0. Pride halfback Tom Duffy scored a try and converted all seven of his goal attempts in the win. ^[13]

• Preliminary final: In golden point extra time, the Redcliffe Dolphins defeated the Northern Pride 17–16 to progress to the Grand Final. Dolphins halfback Joshua James scored a field goal in the 83rd minute to win the match after scores were level at full time. ^{[14] [15]}

Bracket

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand Final
	31 Aug. Cairns
	1	Northern Pride	38
	4	Sunshine Coast Falcons	0			7 Sep. Sunshine Coast
						Sunshine Coast Falcons		10
	31 Aug. Port Moresby					Papua New Guinea Hunters		24				14 Sep. Cairns
	5	Papua New Guinea Hunters	23									Northern Pride		16
	8	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	8									Redcliffe Dolphins		17			22 Sep. Redcliffe
																	Redcliffe Dolphins		20
	31 Aug. Rockhampton											15 Sep. Brisbane					Norths Devils		34
	6	Central Queensland Capras	32									Norths Devils		46
	7	Burleigh Bears	24			8 Sep. Redcliffe						Papua New Guinea Hunters		30
						Central Queensland Capras		18
	1 Sep. Brisbane					Redcliffe Dolphins		36
	2	Norths Devils	46
	3	Redcliffe Dolphins	18

Grand Final

Sunday, 22 September 17:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Norths Devils	34 – 20	Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries:6 Niu  11', 17' Lipp  28' Paskins  43' Kaho  64' Duffy  70' Goals:5 Lipp  13', 19', 29', 44', 72'(5/6)	1st: 18–10 2nd: 16–10 Report	Tries:4 Casey  22' Dobson  36' Kerr  47' Walsh  61' Goals:2 Siegwalt  24', 49'(2/4)

Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe Attendance: 7,173 [16] Referee: Jarrod Cole [17] Touch judges: Nick Morel, Tori Wilkie Duncan Hall Medal: Tesi Niu (Norths Devils)

Team details

Norths Devils		Position	Redcliffe Dolphins
Name	Number		Number	Name
Jordan Lipp	1	Fullback	1	Latrell Siegwalt
Blake Paskins	2	Wing	2	William Dobson
Tesi Niu	3	Centre	3	John Fineanganofo
Jacob Gagan	4	Centre	4	Valynce Te Whare
Manase Kaho	5	Wing	5	Steven Numambo
Jack Wright	6	Five eighth	6	Thomas Casey
Jack Ahern	7	Half back	7	Joshua James
Cooper Jenkins	8	Prop forward	8	Tray Lolesio
Kierran Moseley (c)	9	Hooker	9	Brent Woolf
Tukimihia Simpkins	10	Prop forward	10	Josh Kerr
Oryn Keeley	11	Second row	11	Max Bailey (c)
Jeremiah Simbiken	12	Second row	12	Jaron Purcell
Mason Teague	13	Lock forward	13	Sheldon Pitama
Julian Christian	14	Interchange	14	James Walsh
Sam Elliott	16	Interchange	15	Nathan Watts
Campbell Duffy	18	Interchange	16	Jackson Frei
George Fai	20	Interchange	17	Harrison Graham
James Flack (not used)	15	Concussion substitute	18	Tauaalo Vaipulu (not used)
Dave Elliott		Coach		Ben Te'o

QRL awards

• Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Judah Rimbu (PNG Hunters) ^[18]
• Coach of the Year: Eric Smith (Northern Pride)
• Rookie of the Year: Latrell Siegwalt (Redcliffe Dolphins)
• Duncan Hall Medal (Grand Final player of the match): Tesi Niu (Norths Devils)

Team of the Year

Position	Nat	Winner	Club
Fullback		Trai Fuller	Redcliffe Dolphins
Wing		Manase Kaho	Norths Devils
Centre		Ethan Quai-Ward	Souths Logan Magpies
Five-eighth		Jake Clifford	Northern Pride
Halfback		Thomas Duffy	Northern Pride
Prop		Tukimihia Simpkins	Norths Devils
Hooker		Cory Paix	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Second-row		Dane Aukafolau	Northern Pride
Lock		Sam Coster	Burleigh Bears

See also

• Queensland portal
• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League

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