2025 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2025 North Queensland Cowboys season
Team information
CEOJeff Reibel
Coach Todd Payten
Captain
Stadium Queensland Country Bank Stadium
  2024 2026 

The 2025 North Queensland Cowboys season will be the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Todd Payten and captained by Reuben Cotter and Tom Dearden, they will compete in the NRL's 2025 Telstra Premiership. The club will celebrate its 30th anniversary during the season. [1]

Contents

Season summary

Milestones

Squad

Top 30 squad – 2025 NRL seasonDevelopment listCoaching staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Supplementary list [2]
  • Extended squad [3]
  • Train and trial [4]

Updated: 3 March 2025
Source(s): NQ Cowboys

Squad movement

Gains

PlayerSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
John Bateman Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
2026
[5]
Zac Herdegen Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins
2025
[6]
Karl Lawton Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles
2026
[7]
Nic Lenaz Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles
2025
[8]
Kai O'Donnell Leigh colours.svg Leigh Leopards
2026
[9]
Jaxson Paulo Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles
2026

Losses

PlayerSigned ToUntil End ofNotes
Jodeci Baker-Tiraha Balmain colours.svg Brisbane Tigers
2025
Kyle Feldt Saintscolours.svg St Helens
2026
Kulikefu Finefeuiaki Dolphins colours.png Dolphins
2027
Jake Granville Retired
Jai Hansen Central Comets colours.svg CQ Capras
2025
Valentine Holmes St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra
2027
D'Jazirhae Pua'avase Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles
2025
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown Retired
Chad Townsend Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
2025

Re-signings

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 11000308+222Advance to finals series
2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 110002822+62
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 000010002
4 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 000000000
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 000000000
6 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 000000000
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 000000000
8 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 000000000
9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 000000000
10 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 000000000
11 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 000000000
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 000000000
13 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 000000000
14 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 000000000
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 000000000
16 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10010222860
17 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 10010830220
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2025. Source: National Rugby League

Fixtures

Pre-season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Friday, 14 FebruaryTrial 1 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins Barlow Park 8 – 50 Derby, Subloo Rivett (0/1), Subloo (0/1)6,936
Sunday, 23 FebruaryTrial 2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Casey Fields 36 – 24 Drinkwater (2), Burns, Dearden, Paulo, Purdue, Vailea Duffy (3/4), Drinkwater (1/3)
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Regular season

Results by round

Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 8 MarchRound 1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 4 Pines Park
Saturday, 15 MarchRound 2 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks QCB Stadium
Friday, 21 MarchRound 3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium
Saturday, 29 MarchRound 4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders QCB Stadium
Friday, 4 AprilRound 5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers CommBank Stadium
Saturday, 12 AprilRound 6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Optus Stadium
Round 7 Bye
Saturday, 26 AprilRound 8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans QCB Stadium
Saturday, 3 MayRound 9 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Suncorp Stadium
Saturday, 10 MayRound 10 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers QCB Stadium
Saturday, 17 MayRound 11 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles QCB Stadium
Round 12 Bye
Saturday, 31 MayRound 13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers QCB Stadium
Friday, 6 JuneRound 14 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park
Saturday, 14 JuneRound 15 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins QCB Stadium
Sunday, 22 JuneRound 16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium
Sunday, 29 JuneRound 17 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium
Saturday, 5 JulyRound 18 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm QCB Stadium
Saturday, 12 JulyRound 19 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs QCB Stadium
Thursday, 17 JulyRound 20 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins Suncorp Stadium
Friday, 25 JulyRound 21 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons QCB Stadium
Sunday, 3 AugustRound 22 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sharks Stadium
Sunday, 10 AugustRound 23 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium
Sunday, 17 AugustRound 24 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights QCB Stadium
Sunday, 24 AugustRound 25 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval
Saturday, 30 AugustRound 26 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos QCB Stadium
Round 27 Bye
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Statistics


Representatives

The following players played a representative match in 2025.

Awards

Feeder clubs

Queensland Cup

Women's team

References

  1. "Cowboys unveil commemorative logo to celebrate 30th anniversary". NQ Cowboys. 25 October 2024.
  2. Development players train with the Top 30 squad but cannot play NRL until after Round 10
  3. Players in the extended squad train with the Top 30 squad but are on train and replacement or junior contracts
  4. Train and trial players are not contracted to the club but train with them over the pre-season
  5. "Bateman joins Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 18 December 2024.
  6. "Cowboys promote six to NRL squad for 2025". NQ Cowboys. 4 November 2024.
  7. "Cowboys sign Lawton". NQ Cowboys. 18 April 2024.
  8. "Get to know our young players ahead of Friday's trial". NQ Cowboys. 13 February 2025.
  9. "O'Donnell returns home". NQ Cowboys. 5 June 2024.
  10. "Cowboys sign Paulo". NQ Cowboys. 12 November 2024.
  11. "Cowboys utility back finds new home for 2025". Zero Tackle. 16 November 2024.
  12. "Kyle Feldt to Become a Saint". St Helens. 27 August 2024.
  13. "Finefeuiaki to join Dolphins from 2025". Dolphins. 24 April 2024.
  14. "Granville to depart Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 8 August 2024.
  15. "Capras are thrilled to announce the signing of Jai Hansen". Instagram. 12 November 2024.
  16. "Dragons announce signing of Valentine Holmes". St George Illawarra. 15 August 2024.
  17. "Cowboys release Pua'avase". NQ Cowboys. 13 November 2024.
  18. "North Queensland Cowboys' touching tribute to Taunoa-Brown". Townsville Bulletin. 21 November 2024.
  19. "Chad Townsend to Join Roosters in 2025". Sydney Roosters. 3 July 2024.