2025 Queensland Cup

Last updated
2025 Queensland Cup
Duration8 March – 27 September 2025
Teams15
Minor premiers Burleigh Bears (5th title)
Points scored7,486
Top points scorer(s)Latrell Siegwalt (Souths Logan Magpies)
— 182 points
Top try-scorer(s)Dudley Dotoi (Townsville Blackhawks)
— 25 tries
  2024
2026  

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.

Contents

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.

ColoursClubHome ground(s)Head coach(s)Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Balmain colours.svg
Brisbane Tigers Totally Workwear Stadium Matt Church [1] Ryley Jacks Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Burleigh Bears UAA Park Luke Burt Sam Coster Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Central Comets colours.svg
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park
Rugby Park
Lionel Harbin Blake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski [2] Dolphins colours.png Dolphins
Ipswich Colours.svg
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Tye Ingebrigtsen [3] Blake Lenehan Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters colours.svg
Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Adam Cuthbertson Hiale Roycroft North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride colours.png
Northern Pride Barlow Park Russell Aitken [4] Nick Lui-Toso North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils colours.svg
Norths Devils Bishop Park Rohan Smith [5] Kierran Moseley Dolphins colours.png Dolphins
Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg
Papua New Guinea Hunters PNG Football Stadium Paul Aiton Ila AluNone
Redcliffe colours.svg
Redcliffe Dolphins Kayo Stadium Eric Smith [6] Kyle Schneider Dolphins colours.png Dolphins
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park
Logan Metro Sports Complex
Karmichael Hunt Rory Ferguson Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Colours.svg
Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Brad HendersonSam Burns Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks colours.png
Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Terry Campese Jack Campagnolo South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tweedheadscolours.png
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex David Penna Lindon McGrady Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg
Western Clydesdales Clive Berghofer Stadium Ned MurphyEmry Pere Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Mathew Head Luke Gale Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

Team1234567891011121314151617181920212223F1F2F3GF
Brisbane Tigers NTP
+8*
CQC
+0
IPS
-14
PNG
-34
SCF
+8
SLM
+12
TSV
-4
CQC
-14
RED
-4
TWE
+14
XNOR
-16
NTP
+28
PNG
+20
IPS
-12
SLM
+4
XBUR
-42
MAC
+14
TWE
-5
XWES
+20
WMS
-8
Burleigh Bears CQC
-10
WMS
-12
TWE
+2
WES
+14
IPS
+20
CQC
+8
PNG
-8
MAC
+4
NTP
+2
XSLM
+13
WES
0
TSV
-2
IPS
+12
TWE
+16
NOR
+4
XBRI
+42
NTP
+6
RED
+18
XNOR
+8
SCF
+24
WMS
+8
XRED
Central Queensland Capras BUR
+10†
BRI
+0
MAC
+20
XTSV
-2
BUR
-8
SLM
-20
BRI
+14
IPS
-20
NTP
-18
WMS
-28
SCF
-14
RED
-44
XMAC
-20
IPS
-22
PNG
+16
TWE
+4
WES
0
SCF
-4
WMS
+10
XNOR
-20
Ipswich Jets TSV
-1
*
XBRI
+14
TWE
+4
BUR
-20
PNG
+2
WMS
+16
NTP
-32
CQC
+20
RED
+2
WES
+30
MAC
-8
XBUR
-12
BRI
+12
CQC
+22
NOR
-8
PNG
-6
RED
-10
XWES
+20
SCF
-18
SLM
-18
SCF
+1
WMS
-22
Mackay Cutters PNG
+6
TSV
-7
CQC
-20
XNTP
+4
WES
-4
TWE
+4
BUR
-4
WMS
-20
NOR
-2
SCF
-26
IPS
+8
TWE
+14
XCQC
+20
SCF
+40
WMS
-16
NOR
-4
BRI
-14
SLM
-48
TSV
-4
XRED
-18
Northern Pride BRI
-8
*
TWE
-4
TSV
-14
NOR
-18
MAC
-4
WMS
-2
XIPS
+32
BUR
-2
MAC
+18
PNG
-4
SLM
+6
BRI
-28
WES
+26
TSV
+14
XRED
-4
SCF
-38
BUR
-6
NOR
-1
XTWE
+7
PNG
-30
Norths Devils RED
+20
WES
+36
SLM
+8
NTP
+18
XSCF
+10
WES
+22
RED
+4
PNG
-6
MAC
+2
TWE
+14
BRI
+16
XTSV
-8
SLM
-12
BUR
-4
IPS
+8
MAC
+4
WMS
+8
NTP
+1
XBUR
-8
CQC
+20
TSV
+12
XWMS
Papua New Guinea Hunters MAC
-6‡
SCF
-22
XBRI
+34
TWE
+6
IPS
-2
BUR
+8
WMS
+18
NOR
+6
TSV
-10
NTP
+4
RED
-34
SCF
+2
BRI
-20
XTSV
+18
CQC
-16
IPS
+6
XWES
+36
SLM
+20
WMS
-22
NTP
+30
RED
-20
Redcliffe Dolphins NOR
-20‡
SLM
+14
WMS
+20
XWES
+24
TSV
-22
SCF
-8
NOR
-4
BRI
+4
IPS
-2
XPNG
+34
CQC
+44
TWE
+8
WMS
-8
XNTP
+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
XTSV
-2
WES
+20
BUR
-13
NTP
-6
WMS
-13
XNOR
+12
BRI
-4
TWE
-4
RED
+6
TSV
+18
MAC
+48
PNG
-20
XIPS
+18
Sunshine Coast Falcons XPNG
+22
WES
-10
SLM
-24
BRI
-8
NOR
-10
RED
+8
TSV
+6
TWE
-10
XMAC
+26
CQC
+14
PNG
+2
WMS
-28
WES
+32
MAC
-40
XNTP
+38
TWE
+12
CQC
+4
RED
+32
IPS
+18
BUR
-24
IPS
-1
Townsville Blackhawks IPS
+1*
MAC
+7
NTP
+14
XCQC
+2
RED
+22
BRI
+4
SCF
-6
SLM
+2
PNG
+10
XWMS
+10
BUR
+2
NOR
+8
NTP
-14
PNG
-18
WES
+20
XSLM
-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
XMAC
-4
WES
+24
SCF
+10
BRI
-14
NOR
-14
XMAC
-14
RED
-8
BUR
-16
WES
+30
SLM
+4
CQC
-4
SCF
-12
BRI
+5
XNTP
-7
TSV
+12
Western Clydesdales SLM
-56*
NOR
-36
SCF
+10
BUR
-14
RED
-24
MAC
+4
NOR
-22
TWE
-24
XSLM
-20
IPS
-30
BUR
0
XNTP
-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
XSLM
+34
NTP
+2
IPS
-16
PNG
-18
MAC
+20
XCQC
+28
TSV
-10
SLM
+13
SCF
+28
RED
+8
XMAC
-16
WES
+26
NOR
-8
TSV
-22
CQC
-10
PNG
+22
BRI
+8
BUR
-8
IPS
+22
NOR
Team1234567891011121314151617181920212223F1F2F3GF
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

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 2015143581420+16137Finals series
2 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 2015053523370+15336
3 Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks 2014063488454+3434
4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 2013073527404+12332
5 Sunshine Coast Colours.svg Sunshine Coast Falcons 2012083480422+5830
6 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 2011093500414+8628
7 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Papua New Guinea Hunters 2011093524472+5228
8 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 20100103464455+926
9 Balmain colours.svg Brisbane Tigers 20911034875122525
10 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 2090113624532+9224
11 Tweedheadscolours.png Tweed Heads Seagulls 20701335045302620
12 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 20701334125018920
13 Central Comets colours.svg Central Queensland Capras 206212339854414620
14 Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 20601434174776018
15 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Western Clydesdales 202216330873042212
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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Brisbane Tigers 011135577911111315151719192121232525
Burleigh Bears 002468810121416171719212325272931333537
Central Queensland Capras 013555577777799911131416182020
Ipswich Jets 0246681010121416161818202222222224262626
Mackay Cutters 00024488888101214161818181818182020
Northern Pride 000000244668810121414141414161818
Norths Devils 02468101416161820222424242426283032343436
Papua New Guinea Hunters 002466810121214141414161818202224262628
Redcliffe Dolphins 02468888101012141618182022222424242628
Souths Logan Magpies 0002224881010101012141414161820202224
Sunshine Coast Falcons 2444446881012141616181820222426283030
Townsville Blackhawks 02468101214161820222426262628303032343434
Tweed Heads Seagulls 02222446888101010101214141416181820
Western Clydesdales 0022244466679999991010101012
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls 0224681010121416161820222426282828283032
Source: QRL.com.au

Finals series

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

Summary

Bracket

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
6 Sep. Burleigh
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 22
4 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 1414 Sep. Brisbane
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 34
7 Sep. Sunshine Coast Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1220 Sep. Burleigh
5 Sunshine Coast Colours.svg Sunshine Coast Falcons 24 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears
8 Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 25 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 27 Sep. Redcliffe
6 Sep. Redcliffe21 Sep. Brisbane
6 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 32 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils
7 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Papua New Guinea Hunters 1213 Sep. Townsville Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks 16
6 Sep. Brisbane Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 22
2 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 24
3 Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks 12

Grand Final

Saturday, 27 September
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
v
Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe
Duncan Hall Medal:

See also

References

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