The 2012 Queensland Cup season was the 17th season of the top-level rugby league competition in Queensland, Australia. It was 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 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Wynnum Manly Seagulls became the second team to win back-to-back premierships after defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 20–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Redcliffe Dolphins' Luke Capewell was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.
Teams In 2012, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive year. The Central Comets began playing as the Central Queensland Capras again after using the Comets moniker for 12 seasons. The Canberra Raiders ended their four-year affiliation with the Souths Logan Magpies, opting to return to the New South Wales Cup competition.Canberra eyes fruitful partnership
Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Paul Bramley → Carl Briggs Darren Griffiths Gold Coast Titans Central Queensland Capras Browne Park John Harbin Tim Glasby 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 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 Craig Hodges Matt Smith Brisbane Broncos Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Isaak Ah Mau Brisbane Broncos Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark Beaumont Phil Dennis None Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Sunshine Coast Stadium Dave Cordwell Todd Murphy 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 2012 Queensland Cup Team 1 Redcliffe Dolphins221705724390334342 Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P)221615624436188333 Tweed Heads Seagulls 22141753047357294 Ipswich Jets22132752042199285 Norths Devils221228654510144266 Easts Tigers221309621496125267 Northern Pride22121955449757258 Mackay Cutters2210012488544-56209 Burleigh Bears227114427479-521510 Central Queensland Capras225116432743-3111111 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles224117376699-323912 Souths Logan Magpies223217422684-2628
Finals series In 2012, the Queensland Cup competition returned to a five-team finals series for the first time since 2008.
HomeScore AwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Qualifying / Elimination Finals Ipswich Jets 20 – 26 Norths Devils 1 September 2012, 2:00pm North Ipswich Reserve Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16 – 19 Tweed Heads Seagulls 2 September 2012, 2:10pm BMD Kougari Oval Semi-finals Wynnum Manly Seagulls 30 – 22 Norths Devils 8 September 2012, 2:00pm BMD Kougari Oval Redcliffe Dolphins 32 – 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls 9 September 2012, 1:15pm Dolphin Oval Preliminary Final Wynnum Manly Seagulls 30 – 4 Tweed Heads Seagulls 16 September 2012, 1:50pm BMD Kougari Oval Grand Final Redcliffe Dolphins 10 – 20 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 23 September 2012, 4:00pm Suncorp Stadium
Grand Final
Redcliffe DolphinsPositionWynnum Manly Seagulls Joe Bond FB Sean Loxley2. Delroy Berryman WG 2. Peter Gubb3. Marty Hatfield CE 3. Daniel Wallace4. Aaron Whitchurch CE 4. Jason Moon5. Liam Georgetown WG 5. Nathanael Barnes6. Maurice Kennedy FE 6. Jacob Fauid7. Luke Capewell HB 7. Matt Seamark8. Matt Handcock PR 8. Ben Shea15. Todd Murphy HK 9. Jake Granville10. Isaak Ah Mau (c) PR 10. Dane Carlaw11. Troy Giess SR 11. Mitchell Dodds12. Derrick Watkins SR 12. John Te Reo13. Nick Slyney LK 13. Luke Dalziel-Don (c)9. Tom Butterfield Bench 15. Matt Smith14. Tui Samoa Bench 16. Andrew Clayton16. James Ackerman Bench 17. Charlie Gubb17. Paul Ivan Bench 20. Tim NatuschJohn Dixon Coach Paul Green
Redcliffe finished the regular season in first and won the minor premiership for the first time since 2002. They qualified for their 10th Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in the major semi final. It would be their first Grand Final appearance since 2007. Reigning premiers Wynnum Manly finished in second and faced Tweed Heads in the qualifying final, losing 16–19. This sent them to the Week 2 elimination final, where they defeated Norths 30–22. In the preliminary final, they got their revenge on Tweed, winning 30–4 to qualify for their second consecutive Grand Final.
First half Redcliffe opened the scoring the Grand Final with a try to winger Liam Georgetown after a 40-metre line break from Marty Hatfield. In a low scoring half, Wynnum Manly levelled the scores five minutes before the break when a Luke Dalziel-Don offload found five-eighth Jacob Fauid who scored near the uprights.
Second half The Seagulls came out firing in the second half, opening the scoring in the 42nd minute when centre Jason Moon crossed out wide. They extended their lead to eight after capitalising on a Dolphins' error, with winger Peter Gubb scoring in the 53rd minute. With six minutes remaining, the Dolphins set up a thrilling finish when winger Delroy Berryman scored after a Luke Capewell chip kick found fullback Joe Bond, who in turn found Berryman. Wynnum Manly sealed the victory, and their second premiership, in the 78th minute when interchange prop Charlie Gubb barged over under the posts. Retiring forward Dane Carlaw converted the try from in front to end his career on a high. Wynnum Manly became just the second club, after Redcliffe in 2002–2003, to win back-to-back premierships.
The 2012 Grand Final would be the last game at the club for Seagulls' head coach Paul Green, who joined the Sydney Roosters as an assistant to the NRL side and head coach of the under-20 side in 2013. In 2014, Green became head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys and reunited with Jake Granville a year later, as the pair won the 2015 NRL Grand Final.
End-of-season awards Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Luke Capewell ( Redcliffe Dolphins) Coach of the Year: Ben & Shane Walker ( Ipswich Jets) Rookie of the Year: Ethan Lowe ( Northern Pride) Representative Player of the Year: Grant Rovelli ( Queensland Residents, Mackay Cutters)
See also
Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League
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