2011 Queensland Cup

The 2011 Queensland Cup season was the 16th 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 12 teams playing a 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September.

The Wynnum Manly Seagulls won their first premiership after defeating the Tweed Heads Seagulls 16–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Norths Devils' Javarn White was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.

Teams In 2011, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the third consecutive year. The Manly Sea Eagles cut ties with the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles in November 2010 after they were denied from having feeder clubs in both the Queensland and New South Wales Cup competitions. The Melbourne Storm returned to having an affiliate in the Queensland Cup, forming a partnership with the Easts Tigers.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Paul Bramley Scott Smith Gold Coast Titans Central Comets Browne Park Wayne Barnett Guy Williams Brisbane Broncos Easts Tigers Langlands Park Troy McCarthy Shane Neumann Melbourne Storm Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander Gold Coast Titans Mackay Cutters Shark Park, Virgin Australia Stadium Anthony Seibold Grant Rovelli North Queensland Cowboys Northern Pride Barlow Park David Maiden Ty Williams North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils Bishop Park Trevor Bailey Mark Vaiao Brisbane Broncos Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Chris Farrell Brisbane Broncos Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark Beaumont Phil Dennis Canberra Raiders Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Stockland Park Adam Mogg Wiremu Ratana None Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Anderson Brad Davis Gold Coast Titans Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Paul Green Luke Dalziel-Don Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 6. Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. Team123456789101112131415161718192021221 Tweed Heads Seagulls2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 412 Northern Pride2 4 6 8 10 11 13 13 15 17 17 17 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 28 30 323 Souths Logan Magpies 0 2 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 25 27 29 314 Redcliffe Dolphins2 4 6 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 24 25 27 27 295 Ipswich Jets1 2 4 6 6 7 9 11 11 13 14 14 16 16 18 20 20 20 22 22 24 266 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 9 9 11 11 13 13 15 17 17 19 21 217 Burleigh Bears2 3 3 3 5 7 7 9 9 11 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 188 Easts Tigers 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 15 179 Mackay Cutters2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 13 13 15 17 17 17 17 17 1710 Norths Devils 0 0 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 1411 Central Comets0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 1412 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4

Regular season

The 2011 Queensland Cup regular season featured 22 rounds.

Finals series

HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (local)Venue Semi-finals Souths Logan Magpies20 – 22 Redcliffe Dolphins10 September 2011, 2:00pmBrandon Park Tweed Heads Seagulls12 – 24 Wynnum Manly Seagulls10 September 2011, 3:00pmPiggabeen Sports Complex Northern Pride30 – 6 Ipswich Jets10 September 2011, 5:30pmBarlow Park Preliminary Finals Northern Pride10 – 26 Tweed Heads Seagulls17 September 2011, 2:00pmDolphin Oval Redcliffe Dolphins0 – 36 Wynnum Manly Seagulls18 September 2011, 2:00pmDolphin Oval Grand Final Tweed Heads Seagulls10 – 16 Wynnum Manly Seagulls25 September 2011, 2:00pm Suncorp Stadium

Grand Final

Tweed Heads SeagullsPositionWynnum Manly Seagulls1. Ryan Milligan FB 1. Jake Granville2. Nathanael Barnes WG 2. Jason Moon3. James Wood CE 3. Shea Moylan4. Matt Hundy CE 4. Matt Grieve5. Tom Merritt WG 5. Sam Te'o6. Matt King FE 6. Reece Blayney7. Brad Davis (c) HB 7. Matt Seamark8. Aaron Cannings PR 8. Dane Carlaw9. Tim Maccan HK 9. John Te Reo10. Josh Starling PR 10. Mitchell Dodds11. Ryan Simpkins SR 11. Tim Natusch12. Selasi Berdie SR 12. Kurtis Lingwoodock13. Cody Nelson LK 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c)14. Tom Kingston Bench 14. Charlie Gubb15. Rod Griffin Bench 15. Ben Shea16. Jake Leary Bench 16. Jon Grieve17. Brock Hunter Bench 17. Chris BirchBen Anderson Coach Paul Green

Tweed Heads were near unbeatable during the regular season, losing only 1 game and finishing 9 points clear of their nearest rivals to claim the minor premiership. Wynnum Manly started the season with six straight losses before finally entering the Top 6 in Round 18 and holding on to finish in 6th place and claiming the last spot in the finals series. Prior to the Grand Final the two sides had met each other three times during the 2011 season with Tweed defeating Wynnum Manly by 20 points in Round 5 and 40 points in Round 16, however Wynnum Manly did defeat Tweed Heads 24-12 in the semi-finals.

First half Tweed Heads were first on the board, crossing through hooker Tim Maccan, who pushed off four defenders to plant the ball in the corner. Brad Davis was the architect of the second try, selling the dummy to the Wynnum Manly defence and drawing the fullback before putting Cody Nelson over the line. Following an error by Tweed deep in their own half, Wynnum Manly took advantage, with halfback Matt Seamark putting through an inch-perfect grubber for fullback Jake Granville to score under the posts and cut the deficit to 10-6 at the break.

Second half The second half saw Wynnum Manly take the lead in the 47th minute, when Seamark dived on a kick from Reece Blayney in the in-goal area to score. Wynnum Manly wrapped up the game in the 73rd minute when Shea Moylan crossed in the left-hand corner after a line break from Blayney. Wynnum Manly won their first ever Queensland Cup premiership, becoming the lowest ranked team (6th) to win the Grand Final. The win would be the first of back-to-back premierships for head coach Paul Green and his side.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:

Wynnum Manly fullback Jake Granville was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal.

Player statistics The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 22.

Leading try scorers PosPlayerTeamTries1Javarn White Norths Devils202Nathanael Barnes Tweed Heads Seagulls193Luke Capewell Ipswich Jets184Brett Anderson Northern Pride15Liam Georgetown Redcliffe Dolphins15Drury Low Souths Logan Magpies157Hughie Stanley Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles14Kevin Stephensen Easts Tigers14

Leading point scorers

PosPlayerTeamTGFGPts1Liam Georgetown Redcliffe Dolphins1573-2062Chey Bird Northern Pride491-1983Brad Davis Tweed Heads Seagulls17441564Brendon Lindsay Ipswich Jets252-1125Nat Bowman Central Comets34621066Michael Picker Souths Logan Magpies64011057Liam Taylor Mackay Cutters248-1048Hughie Stanley Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles1416-88

End-of-season awards Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Javarn White ( Norths Devils) QANTAS Player of the Year (Coaches Award): Jake Granville ( Wynnum Manly Seagulls) Coach of the Year: Ben Anderson ( Tweed Heads Seagulls) Rookie of the Year: Josh Starling ( Tweed Heads Seagulls) Representative Player of the Year: Luke Capewell ( Queensland Residents, Ipswich Jets)

See also

Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League

References