2025 Queensland Cup

2025 Queensland Cup
Duration	8 March – 27 September 2025
Teams	15
Minor premiers	Burleigh Bears (5th title)
Points scored	7,486
Top points scorer(s)	Latrell Siegwalt (Souths Logan Magpies) — 182 points
Top try-scorer(s)	Dudley Dotoi (Townsville Blackhawks) — 25 tries
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The 2025 Queensland Cup season is the 30th 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 are the defending premiers after they won the 2024 Grand Final 34–20 against the Redcliffe Dolphins.

Teams

In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.

Colours	Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL Affiliate
	Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Matt Church [1]	Ryley Jacks	Melbourne Storm
	Burleigh Bears	UAA Park	Luke Burt	Sam Coster	Brisbane Broncos
	Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park Rugby Park	Lionel Harbin	Blake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski [2]	Dolphins
	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Tye Ingebrigtsen [3]	Blake Lenehan	Gold Coast Titans
	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Adam Cuthbertson	Hiale Roycroft	North Queensland Cowboys
	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Russell Aitken [4]	Nick Lui-Toso	North Queensland Cowboys
	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	Rohan Smith [5]	Kierran Moseley	Dolphins
	Papua New Guinea Hunters	PNG Football Stadium	Paul Aiton	Ila Alu	None
	Redcliffe Dolphins	Kayo Stadium	Eric Smith [6]	Kyle Schneider	Dolphins
	Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park Logan Metro Sports Complex	Karmichael Hunt	Rory Ferguson	Brisbane Broncos
	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Brad Henderson	Sam Burns	Melbourne Storm
	Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	Terry Campese	Jack Campagnolo	South Sydney Rabbitohs
	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	David Penna	Lindon McGrady	Gold Coast Titans
	Western Clydesdales	Clive Berghofer Stadium	Ned Murphy	Emry Pere	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Mathew Head	Luke Gale	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	NTP +8*	CQC +0	IPS -14	PNG -34	SCF +8	SLM +12	TSV -4	CQC -14	RED -4	TWE +14	X	NOR -16	NTP +28	PNG +20	IPS -12	SLM +4	X	BUR -42	MAC +14	TWE -5	X	WES +20	WMS -8
Burleigh Bears	CQC -10†	WMS -12	TWE +2	WES +14	IPS +20	CQC +8	PNG -8	MAC +4	NTP +2	X	SLM +13	WES 0	TSV -2	IPS +12	TWE +16	NOR +4	X	BRI +42	NTP +6	RED +18	X	NOR +8	SCF +24	WMS +8	X	RED
Central Queensland Capras	BUR +10†	BRI +0	MAC +20	X	TSV -2	BUR -8	SLM -20	BRI +14	IPS -20	NTP -18	WMS -28	SCF -14	RED -44	X	MAC -20	IPS -22	PNG +16	TWE +4	WES 0	SCF -4	WMS +10	X	NOR -20
Ipswich Jets	TSV -1*	X	BRI +14	TWE +4	BUR -20	PNG +2	WMS +16	NTP -32	CQC +20	RED +2	WES +30	MAC -8	X	BUR -12	BRI +12	CQC +22	NOR -8	PNG -6	RED -10	X	WES +20	SCF -18	SLM -18	SCF +1	WMS -22
Mackay Cutters	PNG +6‡	TSV -7	CQC -20	X	NTP +4	WES -4	TWE +4	BUR -4	WMS -20	NOR -2	SCF -26	IPS +8	TWE +14	X	CQC +20	SCF +40	WMS -16	NOR -4	BRI -14	SLM -48	TSV -4	X	RED -18
Northern Pride	BRI -8*	TWE -4	TSV -14	NOR -18	MAC -4	WMS -2	X	IPS +32	BUR -2	MAC +18	PNG -4	SLM +6	BRI -28	WES +26	TSV +14	X	RED -4	SCF -38	BUR -6	NOR -1	X	TWE +7	PNG -30
Norths Devils	RED +20‡	WES +36	SLM +8	NTP +18	X	SCF +10	WES +22	RED +4	PNG -6	MAC +2	TWE +14	BRI +16	X	TSV -8	SLM -12	BUR -4	IPS +8	MAC +4	WMS +8	NTP +1	X	BUR -8	CQC +20	TSV +12	X	WMS
Papua New Guinea Hunters	MAC -6‡	SCF -22	X	BRI +34	TWE +6	IPS -2	BUR +8	WMS +18	NOR +6	TSV -10	NTP +4	RED -34	SCF +2	BRI -20	X	TSV +18	CQC -16	IPS +6	X	WES +36	SLM +20	WMS -22	NTP +30	RED -20
Redcliffe Dolphins	NOR -20‡	SLM +14	WMS +20	X	WES +24	TSV -22	SCF -8	NOR -4	BRI +4	IPS -2	X	PNG +34	CQC +44	TWE +8	WMS -8	X	NTP +4	SLM -6	IPS +10	BUR -18	SCF -32	TSV +26	MAC +18	PNG +12	TSV +6	BUR
Souths Logan Magpies	WES +56*	RED -14	NOR -8	SCF +24	WMS -34	BRI -12	CQC +20	X	TSV -2	WES +20	BUR -13	NTP -6	WMS -13	X	NOR +12	BRI -4	TWE -4	RED +6	TSV +18	MAC +48	PNG -20	X	IPS +18
Sunshine Coast Falcons	X	PNG +22	WES -10	SLM -24	BRI -8	NOR -10	RED +8	TSV +6	TWE -10	X	MAC +26	CQC +14	PNG +2	WMS -28	WES +32	MAC -40	X	NTP +38	TWE +12	CQC +4	RED +32	IPS +18	BUR -24	IPS -1
Townsville Blackhawks	IPS +1*	MAC +7	NTP +14	X	CQC +2	RED +22	BRI +4	SCF -6	SLM +2	PNG +10	X	WMS +10	BUR +2	NOR +8	NTP -14	PNG -18	WES +20	X	SLM -18	WMS +22	MAC +4	RED -26	TWE -12	NOR -12	RED -6
Tweed Heads Seagulls	WMS -10‡	NTP +4	BUR -2	IPS -4	PNG -6	X	MAC -4	WES +24	SCF +10	BRI -14	NOR -14	X	MAC -14	RED -8	BUR -16	WES +30	SLM +4	CQC -4	SCF -12	BRI +5	X	NTP -7	TSV +12
Western Clydesdales	SLM -56*	NOR -36	SCF +10	BUR -14	RED -24	MAC +4	NOR -22	TWE -24	X	SLM -20	IPS -30	BUR 0	X	NTP -26	SCF -32	TWE -30	TSV -20	WMS -26	CQC 0	PNG -36	IPS -20	BRI -20	X
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	TWE +10‡	BUR +12	RED -20	X	SLM +34	NTP +2	IPS -16	PNG -18	MAC +20	X	CQC +28	TSV -10	SLM +13	SCF +28	RED +8	X	MAC -16	WES +26	NOR -8	TSV -22	CQC -10	PNG +22	BRI +8	BUR -8	IPS +22	NOR
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      ‡ – Match postponed and played between rounds 6–7      * – Match postponed and played between rounds 8–9      † – Match postponed and played between rounds 19–20      Opponent for round listed above margin

Season summary

• Round 1 – Due to the impacts of severe tropical cyclone Alfred, the full slate of fixtures scheduled to begin on 8 March were postponed to dates later in the season. ^[7] Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place. ^[8]
• Round 19 – The competition's annual country week saw matches played in Augathella, Emerald, Charters Towers, Gayndah, Yarrabah, Moranbah, and Goondiwindi. ^[9]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burleigh Bears	20	15	1	4	3	581	420	+161	37	Finals series
2	Norths Devils	20	15	0	5	3	523	370	+153	36
3	Townsville Blackhawks	20	14	0	6	3	488	454	+34	34
4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	20	13	0	7	3	527	404	+123	32
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	20	12	0	8	3	480	422	+58	30
6	Redcliffe Dolphins	20	11	0	9	3	500	414	+86	28
7	Papua New Guinea Hunters	20	11	0	9	3	524	472	+52	28
8	Ipswich Jets	20	10	0	10	3	464	455	+9	26
9	Brisbane Tigers	20	9	1	10	3	487	512	−25	25
10	Souths Logan Magpies	20	9	0	11	3	624	532	+92	24
11	Tweed Heads Seagulls	20	7	0	13	3	504	530	−26	20
12	Mackay Cutters	20	7	0	13	3	412	501	−89	20
13	Central Queensland Capras	20	6	2	12	3	398	544	−146	20
14	Northern Pride	20	6	0	14	3	417	477	−60	18
15	Western Clydesdales	20	2	2	16	3	308	730	−422	12

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
Brisbane Tigers	0	1	1	1	3	5	5	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	15	17	19	19	21	21	23	25	25
Burleigh Bears	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	17	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	35	37
Central Queensland Capras	0	1	3	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	13	14	16	18	20	20
Ipswich Jets	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	22	22	22	24	26	26	26
Mackay Cutters	0	0	0	2	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20
Northern Pride	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	16	18	18
Norths Devils	0	2	4	6	8	10	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	34	36
Papua New Guinea Hunters	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	26	28
Redcliffe Dolphins	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	22	24	24	24	26	28
Souths Logan Magpies	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	24
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	30
Townsville Blackhawks	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	30	32	34	34	34
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	20
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	28	30	32

Source: QRL.com.au

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue
Qualifying and elimination finals
Burleigh Bears	22 –14	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	6 September, 2:00pm AEST	UAA Park
Norths Devils	24 –12	Townsville Blackhawks	6 September, 4:00pm AEST	Bishop Park
Redcliffe Dolphins	32 –12	Papua New Guinea Hunters	6 September, 6:00pm AEST	Kayo Stadium
Sunshine Coast Falcons	24 –25 ( g.p. )	Ipswich Jets	7 September, 2:10pm AEST	Sunshine Coast Stadium
Semi-finals
Townsville Blackhawks	16 –22	Redcliffe Dolphins	13 September, 2:10pm AEST	Jack Manski Oval
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	34 –12	Ipswich Jets	14 September, 2:10pm AEST	BMD Kougari Oval
Preliminary finals
Burleigh Bears		Redcliffe Dolphins	20 September, 2:10pm AEST	UAA Park
Norths Devils		Wynnum Manly Seagulls	21 September, 2:10pm AEST	Bishop Park
Grand Final
			27 September, 4:00pm AEST	Kayo Stadium

Bracket

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand Final
	6 Sep. Burleigh
	1	Burleigh Bears	22
	4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	14			14 Sep. Brisbane
						Wynnum Manly Seagulls		34
	7 Sep. Sunshine Coast					Ipswich Jets		12				20 Sep. Burleigh
	5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	24									Burleigh Bears
	8	Ipswich Jets	25									Redcliffe Dolphins					27 Sep. Redcliffe
	6 Sep. Redcliffe											21 Sep. Brisbane
	6	Redcliffe Dolphins	32									Norths Devils
	7	Papua New Guinea Hunters	12			13 Sep. Townsville						Wynnum Manly Seagulls
						Townsville Blackhawks		16
	6 Sep. Brisbane					Redcliffe Dolphins		22
	2	Norths Devils	24
	3	Townsville Blackhawks	12

Grand Final

Saturday, 27 September 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)

	v

Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe Duncan Hall Medal:

See also

• Queensland portal
• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League

References

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2. McKay, Pam (13 January 2025). "Blake Moore, Tyler Szepanowski appointed Capras' co-captains for 2025". Code Sports. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
3. Anderson, Rowan (9 January 2025). "The Ipswich Jets are ready for upcoming challenges in 2025". Local Ipswich News. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
4. Rocha, Gyan-Reece (24 September 2024). "Northern Pride announce new head coach". Cairns Post. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
5. "Rohan Smith returns as Devils coach". Norths Devils RLFC. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
6. "Redcliffe Dolphins announce new head coach for 2025". qrl.com.au. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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