The 2013 Queensland Cup season was the 18th 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 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Mackay Cutters won their first premiership after defeating the Easts Tigers 27–20 in the Grand Final at North Ipswich Reserve. Easts Tigers' Cody Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.
Teams In 2013, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year. After partnering with the Gold Coast Titans since 2007, the Ipswich Jets became an affiliate of the Brisbane Broncos.Club Historyipswichjets.com.au
Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(es) Captain(s) NRL affiliate Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Carl Briggs Darren Griffiths Gold Coast Titans Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Jason Hetherington Gavin Hiscox Brisbane Broncos Easts Tigers Langlands Park Craig Ingebrigtsen Steven Thorpe Melbourne Storm Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander Brisbane Broncos Mackay Cutters Virgin Australia Stadium Kim Williams Jardine Bobongie & Joel Clinton North Queensland Cowboys Northern Pride Barlow Park Jason Demetriou Ty Williams North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils Bishop Park Andrew Wynyard Matt Smith Brisbane Broncos Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Petero Civoniceva Brisbane Broncos Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark Beaumont Phil Dennis None Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Sunshine Coast Stadium Dave Cordwell Callum Klein None Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Aaron Zimmerle Matt King & James Wood Gold Coast Titans Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Graham Murray → Jon Buchanan Luke Dalziel-Don Brisbane Broncos
Ladder 2013 Queensland Cup Team 1 Northern Pride2217 0 5 2 703 296 +407 382 Mackay Cutters (P)2214 2 6 2 577 483 +94 343 Easts Tigers2213 0 9 2 628 371 +257 304 Wynnum Manly Seagulls2213 0 9 2 521 452 +69 305 Ipswich Jets2212 1 9 2 494 520 -26 296 Norths Devils2211 2 9 2 507 571 -64 287 Redcliffe Dolphins2210 3 9 2 537 413 +124 278 Tweed Heads Seagulls 2211 1 10 2 458 494 -36 279 Souths Logan Magpies2211 0 11 2 415 554 -139 2610 Central Queensland Capras227 1 14 2 462 569 -107 1911 Burleigh Bears225 2 15 2 434 548 -114 1612 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles222 0 20 2 325 790 -465 8
Finals series HomeScore AwayMatch InformationDate and time (local)Venue Qualifying / Elimination Finals Wynnum Manly Seagulls 6 – 33 Ipswich Jets 8 September 2013, 2:00pm BMD Kougari Oval Mackay Cutters 18 – 31 Easts Tigers 8 September 2013, 2:00pm Virgin Australia Stadium Semi-finals Mackay Cutters 27 – 16 Ipswich Jets 14 September 2013, 6:00pm Virgin Australia Stadium Northern Pride 16 – 29 Easts Tigers 15 September 2013, 1:30pm Barlow Park Preliminary Final Northern Pride 6 – 20 Mackay Cutters 22 September 2013, 2:00pm Langlands Park Grand Final Easts Tigers 20 – 27 Mackay Cutters 29 September 2013, 3:50pm North Ipswich Reserve
Grand Final
Easts TigersPositionMackay CuttersBen Hampton FB Liam TaylorMaeli Seve WG Bureta FaraimoJunior Sa'u CE Michael MorganShane Neumann CE Kalifa Faifai LoaMahe Fonua WG David MilneCody Walker FE Dan MurphyGrant Giess HB Matt MintoSteven Thorpe (c) PR Tyson AndrewsTom Butterfield HK Anthony MitchellMitch Garbutt PR Sam HoareTim Glasby SR Jason TaumaloloDane Hogan SR Chris GeschMatt Zgrajewski LK Jardine Bobongie (c)Kenny Bromwich Bench Dean WebsterLiam McDonald Bench Jason SchirnackLeon Panapa Bench Karl DaviesIsaac Kaufmann Bench Kelvin NielsenCraig Ingebrigtsen Coach Kim Williams
Easts, who finished the regular season in third, qualified for their third Grand Final after upsetting the second-placed Mackay in Week 1 and the first-placed Northern Pride in the major semi final. Mackay, after losing to Easts, defeated Ipswich in the minor semi final and upset the Pride 20–6 in the preliminary final to qualify for their first Grand Final.
First half Easts were the first team to get on the board in the decided when centre Junior Sa'u scored in the 9th minute. In the 25th minute, they extended their lead to eight when Mackay put a dropout out on the full, kicking a penalty goal from right in front. The Cutters finally cracked the Tigers when winger Bureta Faraimo crossed in the right corner in the 29th minute. They took the lead for the first time when Faraimo scored his second in the 32nd minute, sprinting 50 metres down the sideline after a pass from his centre Michael Morgan. The lead didn't last long, as Easts scored in the 38th minute, when Sa'u latched onto a kick that the Cutters let bounce to score his second try.
Second half Mackay levelled the scores at 14-all seven minutes into the second half when winger David Milne scored in the left corner. In the 64th minute, Mackay captured their second lead of the contest when Morgan picked up a loose ball and ran 50 metres to score in the right corner. Again, the lead did not last long, as Easts' prop Mitch Garbutt muscled over to score in the 69th minute. The Cutters took a one-point lead when halfback Matt Minto slotted a field goal from 20 metres out with six minutes left in the game. Mackay sealed the win in the 79th minute when hooker Anthony Mitchell darted from dummy half to score and secure the club's first Queensland Cup premiership. Mitchell was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for Man of Match.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
A North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, the Cutters' side featured Michael Morgan and Jason Taumalolo, who would both go on to become NRL regulars for the Cowboys and play in the club's 2015 NRL Grand Final win over the Brisbane Broncos.
End-of-season awards Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Cody Walker ( Easts Tigers) Coach of the Year: Jason Demetriou ( Northern Pride) Rookie of the Year: Cameron Munster ( Central Queensland Capras) Representative Player of the Year: Nick Slyney ( Queensland Residents, Redcliffe Dolphins) XXXX People's Choice Award: Hezron Murga ( Northern Pride)
See also
Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League
References