The 2016 Queensland Cup season was the 21st season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 29-week long season (including finals) from March to September.[1]
2016 Queensland Cup | |
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Duration | March 5 – September 25, 2016 |
Teams | 14 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() |
Matches played | 167 |
Points scored | 8,020 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Player of the year | ![]() (Courier Mail Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() |
The Burleigh Bears won their third premiership after defeating the Burleigh Bears 26–16 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Mackay Cutters' hooker Josh Chudleigh was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[2][3]
Teams
editIn 2016, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the second consecutive year.
Ladder
edit2016 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 728 | 345 | +383 | 40 |
2 | Burleigh Bears (P) | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 680 | 497 | +183 | 39 |
3 | Townsville Blackhawks | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 694 | 403 | +291 | 37 |
4 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 23 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 541 | 421 | +120 | 34 |
5 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 501 | 462 | +39 | 29 |
6 | Easts Tigers | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 520 | +43 | 28 |
7 | Souths Logan Magpies | 23 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 587 | 590 | -3 | 28 |
8 | Northern Pride | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 516 | 495 | +21 | 26 |
9 | Ipswich Jets | 23 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 562 | 555 | +7 | 26 |
10 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 23 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 547 | 561 | -14 | 24 |
11 | Norths Devils | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 532 | 686 | -154 | 21 |
12 | Central Queensland Capras | 23 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 440 | 756 | -316 | 17 |
13 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 393 | 728 | -335 | 16 |
14 | Mackay Cutters | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 468 | 733 | -265 | 13 |
Final series
editStartseite | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | ||||||
Elimination Finals | |||||||
Townsville Blackhawks | 46 – 4 | Easts Tigers | 4 September 2016, 1:40 pm | Jack Manski Oval | |||
PNG Hunters | 12 – 18 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 4 September 2016, 3:00 pm | National Football Stadium | |||
Major / Minor Semi-final | |||||||
Townsville Blackhawks | 10 – 18 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 10 September 2016, 4:00 pm | Jack Manski Oval | |||
Redcliffe Dolphins | 24 – 40 | Burleigh Bears | 11 September 2016, 1:40 pm | Dolphin Oval | |||
Preliminary Final | |||||||
Redcliffe Dolphins | 38 – 16 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 18 September 2016, 2:30 pm | Dolphin Oval | |||
Grand Final | |||||||
Burleigh Bears | 26 – 16 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 25 September 2016, 3:55 pm | Suncorp Stadium |
Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Major / Minor Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Redcliffe | 24 | 2 | Burleigh | 26 | |||||||||||||
2 | Burleigh | 40 | 1 | Redcliffe | 16 | |||||||||||||
3 | Townsville | 46 | 1 | Redcliffe | 38 | |||||||||||||
6 | Easts | 4 | 5 | Sunshine Coast | 16 | |||||||||||||
3 | Townsville | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Sunshine Coast | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | PNG Hunters | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Sunshine Coast | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
editSunday, 25 September
3:55pm (AEST) |
Burleigh Bears | 26 – 16 | Redcliffe Dolphins |
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Tries: Kurtis Rowe 2 Cameron Cullen 1 Sami Sauiluma 1 Goals: Jamal Fogarty 5 |
1st: 14 - 10 2nd: 12 - 6 Report |
Tries: 1 Tyson Cleal 1 Darren Nicholls 1 Jonus Pearson Goals: 2 Darren Nicholls |
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,611 Referee: Peter Gough, Jarrod Cole Player of the Match: Cameron Cullen (Burleigh) |
Burleigh Bears | Position | Redcliffe Dolphins |
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FB |
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2. Waka Wanahi | WG | 24. Jonus Pearson |
15. Sami Sauiluma | CE | 3. Daniel Randall |
4. Connor Broadhurst | CE | 4. Joseph Bradley |
5. Oliver Regan | WG | 5. Curtis Johnston |
6. Cameron Cullen | FE | 6. Zach Strasser |
7. Jamal Fogarty (c) | HB | 7. Darren Nicholls |
8. Luke Page | PR | 8. Sam Anderson (c) |
9. Pat Politoni | HK | 9. Shane Pumipi |
10. Paterika Vaivai | PR | 10. Charlie Fainga'a |
21. Jamie Dowling | SR | 11. Aaron Whitchurch |
12. Hayden Schwass | SR | 12. Daniel Bridge |
13. Lachlan Burr | LK | 13. Chris Gesch |
17. Louis Fanene | Bench | 15. Brandon Lee |
20. Josh Ailaomai | Bench | 20. Taylor Brown |
22. Nathaniel Peteru | Bench | 23. Tyson Cleal |
24. Jeff Lynch | Bench | 25. Christian Hazard |
Jim Lenihan | Coach | Adam Mogg |
Burleigh returned to the finals for the first time in 11 years after finishing the regular season in 2nd. After their first week bye, they defeated Redcliffe 40–24 in the major semi final to qualify for their fifth Grand Final, their first since 2005. Redcliffe finished the regular season as minor premiers and qualified for the finals for the first time since 2012. After losing to Burleigh in the major semi final, they defeated the Sunshine Coast in the preliminary final and booked a spot in their 10th Grand Final, their third against Burleigh.
First half
editBurleigh got the scoring underway in the 12th minute when fullback Kurtis Rowe sliced through the Dolphins' defence and ran 35 metres to score. It took just four minutes for Redcliffe to hit back when winger Jonus Pearson scored following some slick offloading close to the line. In the 23rd minute, Rowe recorded his second try of the contest when he muscled his way over to extended Burleigh's lead to eight. A penalty goal converted from right in front pushed the Bears' lead to 10 before Redcliffe scored through Tyson Cleal to cut margin to four in the 33rd minute.
Second half
editThe Bears again scored the first points of the half, this time through centre Sami Sauiluma in the 49th minute. Halfback Jamal Fogarty converted the try from out wide to give Burleigh a 10-point lead. The Dolphins got back into the game in the 57th minute thanks to a try to halfback Darren Nicholls, as they trailed by just four points. In the 71st minute, the Bears sealed the win when five-eighth Cameron Cullen scored and gave his side an unassailable 10-point lead. The victory was Burleigh's third Grand Final triumph, making them the second most successful club in the competition. Cullen was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his performance.[4][5]
NRL State Championship
editAfter winning the Grand Final, the Burleigh Bears qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Illawarra Cutters, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 54–12.[6]
Sunday, 2 October
3:40pm (AEDT) |
Illawarra Cutters | 54 – 12 | Burleigh Bears |
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Tries: Shannon Wakeman (7') 1 Damian Sironen (23') 1 Adam Quinlan (26') 1 Jacob Host (32') 1 Chris Lewis (37') 1 Drew Hutchison (45') 1 Siliva Havili (53') 1 Kurt Mann (57') 1 Taane Milne (63') 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 9/9 (8', 24', 27', 34', 39', 47', 55', 58', 65') |
1st: 30 - 0 2nd: 24 - 12 |
Tries: 1 (61') Josh Ailaomai 1 (80') Kurtis Rowe Goals: 1/1 Darren Nicholls (61') 1/1 Luke Page (80') |
Player statistics
editThe following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).[7]
Leading try scorersedit
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Leading point scorersedit
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QRL awards
edit- Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Josh Chudleigh ( Mackay Cutters)
- Coach of the Year: Jim Lenihan ( Burleigh Bears)
- Rookie of the Year: Jonus Pearson ( Redcliffe Dolphins)
- Representative Player of the Year: Jai Arrow ( Queensland Residents, Norths Devils)
- XXXX People's Choice Award: Justin Olam ( PNG Hunters)
Team of the Year
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Competition » League Unlimited". leagueunlimited.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016.
- ^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (25 September 2016). "Bears break title drought in grand style". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Chudleigh wins Courier-Mail Medal". 31 August 2016.
- ^ "2016 QLD Cup Grand Final - Burleigh 26 v Redcliffe 16". YouTube. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
- ^ Geddes, Jon (26 September 2016). "New Sea Eagle stars in grand final". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "State championship 2016". The Courier Mail. (subscription required)
- ^ "Stats".