The 2019 Queensland Cup season was the 24th 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 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

The Burleigh Bears won their fourth premiership after defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls 28–10 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Stadium. Burleigh Jamal Fogarty was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.

Teams In 2019, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jim Lenihan Luke Page Gold Coast Titans Central Queensland Capras Browne Park David Faiumu Jack Madden None Easts Tigers Langlands Park Scott Sipple Jake Foster Melbourne Storm Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Nathaniel Neale None Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Steve Sheppard Cooper Bambling North Queensland Cowboys Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Tom Hancock North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils Bishop Park Rohan Smith Jack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos Papua New Guinea Hunters National Football Stadium Michael Marum Ase Boas None Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Stadium Adam Mogg Aaron Whitchurch Brisbane Broncos Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Jon Buchanan Brendon Gibb & Guy Hamilton Brisbane Broncos Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Eric Smith Dane Hogan Melbourne Storm Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne Sam Hoare North Queensland Cowboys Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf John Palavi Gold Coast Titans Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson Mitch Cronin Brisbane Broncos

Ladder 2019 Queensland Cup Team 1 Sunshine Coast Falcons2321 1 1 856 292 +564 432 Wynnum Manly Seagulls2318 0 5 652 362 +290 363 Burleigh Bears (P)2317 0 6 663 304 +359 344 Townsville Blackhawks2317 0 6 566 344 +222 345 Norths Devils2315 0 8 619 477 +142 306 Tweed Heads Seagulls2314 0 9 464 438 +26 287 Redcliffe Dolphins2313 0 10 558 392 +166 268 Easts Tigers2310 1 12 478 541 -63 219 Ipswich Jets239 1 13 466 563 -97 1910 Souths Logan Magpies237 1 15 465 694 -229 1511 Mackay Cutters237 0 16 416 566 -150 1412 Northern Pride235 0 18 342 635 -293 1013 Papua New Guinea Hunters234 1 18 315 750 -435 914 Central Queensland Capras231 1 21 318 820 -502 3

Final series For the first time in competition history, the Queensland Cup used an eight-team finals series in 2019, the same format used in the NRL. HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Qualifying & Elimination Finals Tweed Heads Seagulls 24 – 25 Redcliffe Dolphins 8 September 2019, 11:40am Piggabeen Sports Complex Norths Devils 20 – 24 Easts Tigers 8 September 2019, 1:10pm Bishop Park Wynnum Manly Seagulls 32 – 34 Burleigh Bears 8 September 2019, 2:00pm BMD Kougari Oval Sunshine Coast Falcons 12 – 20 Townsville Blackhawks 8 September 2019, 2:00pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Semi-finals Wynnum Manly Seagulls 20 – 16 Redcliffe Dolphins15 September 2019, 12:05pmBMD Kougari Oval Sunshine Coast Falcons 22 – 14 Easts Tigers15 September 2019, 12:05pmSunshine Coast Stadium Preliminary Finals Townsville Blackhawks 14 – 26 Wynnum Manly Seagulls21 September 2019, 3:00pmJack Manski Oval Burleigh Bears 24 – 6 Sunshine Coast Falcons22 September 2019, 3:05pmPizzey Park Grand Final Wynnum Manly Seagulls 10 – 28 Burleigh Bears29 September 2019, 3:10pmDolphin Stadium

Grand Final Wynnum Manly finished the regular season in second and were defeated by third-placed Burleigh in the second qualifying final. They then eliminated defending premiers Dolphins in the semi-final and travelled to Townsville, where they defeated the Blackhawks in the preliminary final to qualify for their third Grand Final. After defeating Wynnum Manly in the qualifying final, Burleigh earned a week off and faced minor premiers the Sunshine Coast, who they beat 20–6 to qualify for their sixth Grand Final.

First half Burleigh got the scoring underway in the Grand Final, kicking a penalty goal in the 14th minute. They scored the first try of the game six minutes later when winger Tyronne Roberts-Davis scored in the left corner untouched. Another try in the 30th minute extended their lead to 12 after Jamal Fogarty grubbered through the line and regathered, finding Kurtis Rowe in support, who scored next to the posts. Wynnum Manly finally got on the scoreboard in the 34th minute, when halfback Sam Scarlett dived on his own kick after a Burleigh error in the in-goal.

Second half Wynnum opened the second half strongly, with a try to winger Edward Burns from a Patrick Templeman kick, bringing them within two points of Burleigh. The Bears hit back shortly after, when Rowe caught a bouncing Dylan Phythian kick to score his second try of the game. In the 67th minute, hooker Pat Politoni extended Burleigh's lead to 12 when he darted over from dummy half to score. Burleigh sealed the victory, and their fourth premiership, when Fogarty picked up a Seagulls' kick and ran 90 metres untouched to score under the posts. Kurtis Rowe was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his two-try effort.Bears bury Seagulls to win fourth title The Courier Mail (subscription required)

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NRL State Championship

After winning the Grand Final, the Burleigh Bears qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Newtown Jets, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 16–20.

Player statistics The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).

Leading try scorers PosPlayerTeamTries1Jonathon Reuben Souths Logan Magpies23Matt Soper-Lawler Sunshine Coast Falcons233Troy Leo Burleigh Bears224Herbie Farnworth Norths Devils205Edene Gebbie Wynnum Manly Seagulls196Edwards Burns Wynnum Manly Seagulls167Kurtis Rowe Burleigh Bears158Harry Grant Sunshine Coast Falcons14BJ Aufaga-Toomaga Central Queensland Capras14Talor Walters Tweed Heads Seagulls14

Leading point scorers PosPlayerTeamTGFGPts1Todd Murphy Sunshine Coast Falcons 10 120 -2802Jamal Fogarty Burleigh Bears 7 95 -2183Herbie Farnworth Norths Devils 20 62 -2044Patrick Templeman Wynnum Manly Seagulls 11 75 -1945Lindon McGrady Tweed Heads Seagulls 5 76 -1726BJ Aufaga-Toomaga Central Queensland Capras 14 43 -1427Shaun Nona Townsville Blackhawks 1 60 -1248Marmin Barba Ipswich Jets 10 41 -1229Guy Hamilton Souths Logan Magpies 3 46 1 10510Carlin Anderson Townsville Blackhawks 6 39 -102

QRL awards Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Jamal Fogarty ( Burleigh Bears) Coach of the Year: Eric Smith ( Sunshine Coast Falcons) Rookie of the Year: Tom Gilbert ( Townsville Blackhawks) Representative Player of the Year: Xavier Coates ( Queensland under-18, Tweed Heads Seagulls)

Team of the Year PositionNatWinnerClubEdene Gebbie Wynnum Manly SeagullsJonathon Reuben Sunshine Coast FalconsIzaia Perese Redcliffe DolphinsPatrick Templeman Wynnum Manly SeagullsTodd Murphy Sunshine Coast FalconsJordan Grant Redcliffe DolphinsHarry Grant Sunshine Coast FalconsChris Lewis Sunshine Coast FalconsTom Gilbert Townsville Blackhawks

See also

Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League

References