The 2022 Queensland Cup season was the 27th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, featured 14 teams playing a 24-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
It is the first season played under Hostplus sponsorship, after 11 seasons known as the Intrust Super Cup.
Norths Devils won their second consecutive grand final, defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 16–10 to take their third Queensland Cup premiership.
Teams In 2022, the line-up of teams remained unchanged for the eighth consecutive season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PNG Hunters were based out of the Gold Coast for the second consecutive season, playing their home games at Runaway Bay's Bycroft Oval. The Hunters were able eventually to return to Port Moresby to play their final match of the season at the National Football Stadium.
Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate Brisbane Tigers Totally Workwear Stadium Jon Buchanan Darren Nicholls Melbourne Storm Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Rick Stone Sami Sauiluma Gold Coast Titans Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Lionel Harbin Jack Madden Brisbane Broncos Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben Cross Nathaniel Neale Newcastle Knights Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium David Elliott Ross Bella North Queensland Cowboys Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Jayden Hodges North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils Bishop Park Kevin Neighbour & Ben King Jack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos Papua New Guinea Hunters Bycroft Oval Matt Church Keven Appo None Redcliffe Dolphins Moreton Daily Stadium Scott Murray Cameron Cullen New Zealand Warriors Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Steve Bretherton Cameron Booth Brisbane Broncos Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Brad Henderson Tyson Smoothy Melbourne Storm Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne Josh Chudleigh North Queensland Cowboys Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf Lamar Liolevave Gold Coast Titans Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson Sam Scarlett Brisbane Broncos
Regular season Fixtures & Results
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 F1 F2 F3 GF Brisbane TigersWMS+4SLM0PNG+10IPS+34CQC+14MAC-12XSCF-8NOR+12BUR-48WMS-10TSV-12RED-6NTP+2SLM+4PNG-8IPS+14SCF-4CQC+4TWE+8TWE-6 Burleigh BearsWMS+8TSV+4RED+12TWE-14PNG+34XSLM+22MAC+20CQC+6BRI+48SCF+10NOR+36NTP-4IPS+42TSV+14NOR+28TWE0MAC-4PNG-8WMS+24NOR-1CQC+14RED-12 Central Queensland CaprasSLM+2PNG+10IPS+20MAC+8BRI-14XNTP+24NOR-5BUR-6WMS+2TSV+6RED0TWE-6SCF+2PNG+38SCF+6MAC-18NOR-7BRI-4SLM+20NTP+8BUR-14 Ipswich JetsNTP-20MAC-40CQC-20BRI-34NOR-4SCF−30XWMS-52TSV-30RED-54TWE-10SLM+8PNG+18BUR-42MAC+6TWE-12BRI-14WMS+8NOR-40NTP-22 Mackay CuttersPNG-6IPS+40NTP+2CQC-8SCF-20BRI+12XBUR-20WMS-18TSV+10RED-2TWE+2SLM+6NOR-18IPS-6WMS-16CQC+18BUR+4SCF-18PNG-2 Northern PrideIPS+20WMS-18MAC-2TSV-10RED+12XCQC−24TWE-28SCF0SLM+8NOR-4PNG+24BUR+4BRI-2WMS+4SLM+6TSV+12TWE-6RED-39IPS+22CQC-8 Norths DevilsTSV+24RED-1TWE+9SLM+8IPS+4XPNG+4CQC+5BRI-12SCF-8NTP+4BUR-36WMS-14MAC+18RED-38BUR-28SLM+16CQC+7IPS+40TSV+8BUR+1XSCF+7RED+6 Papua New Guinea HuntersMAC+6CQC-10BRI-10SCF-14BUR-34XNOR-4TSV+22RED-14TWE-2SLM+4NTP-24IPS-18WMS+14CQC-38BRI+8SCF-38TSV0BUR+8MAC+2 Redcliffe DolphinsSCF-20NOR+1BUR-12WMS-28NTP-12TSV−1XSLM+32PNG+14IPS+54MAC+2CQC0BRI+6TWE+26NOR+38TSV0WMS+10SLM+12NTP+39SCF-2SCF+6XBUR+12NOR-6 Souths Logan MagpiesCQC-2BRI0SCF-12NOR-8WMS+6XBUR−22RED-32TWE-18NTP-8PNG-4IPS-8MAC-6TSV-72BRI-4NTP-6NOR-16RED-12WMS+4CQC-20 Sunshine Coast FalconsRED+20TWE-22SLM+12PNG+14MAC+20IPS+30XBRI+8NTP0NOR+8BUR-10WMS-8TSV+10CQC-2TWE+8CQC-6PNG+38BRI+4MAC+18RED+2RED-6TWE+2NOR-7 Townsville BlackhawksNOR-24BUR-4WMS+16NTP+10TWE+13RED+1XPNG-22IPS+30MAC-10CQC-6BRI+12SCF-10SLM+72BUR−14RED0NTP-12PNG0TWE-42NOR-8 Tweed Heads SeagullsBRI-4SCF+22NOR-9BUR+14TSV-13WMS−4XNTP+28SLM+18PNG+2IPS+10MAC-2CQC+6RED-26SCF−8IPS+12BUR0NTP+6TSW+42BRI-8BRI+6SCF-2 Wynnum Manly SeagullsBUR-8NTP+18TSV+16RED+28SLM-6TWE+4XIPS+52MAC+18CQC-2BRI+10SCF+8NOR+14PNG-14NTP−4MAC+16RED-10IPS-8SLM-4BUR-24 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 F1 F2 F3 GFKey: X Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder 2022 Queensland Cup Team 1 Burleigh Bears1914 1 4 1634 356 +278312 Sunshine Coast Falcons1913 1 5 1470 326 +144 293 Redcliffe Dolphins1911 2 6 1518 359 +159 264 Norths Devils (P)1912 0 7 1469 459 +10 265 Central Queensland Capras1911 1 7 1472 394 +78 256 Tweed Heads Seagulls1910 1 8 1474 388 +86 237 Brisbane Tigers1910 1 8 1452 454 -2 238 Northern Pride199 1 9 1370 391 -21 219 Wynnum Manly Seagulls199 0 10 1494 422 +72 2010 Townsville Blackhawks197 2 10 1445 443 +2 1811 Mackay Cutters198 0 11 1444 484 -40 1812 Papua New Guinea Hunters197 1 11 1389 531 -142 1713 Ipswich Jets194 0 15 1328 712 -384 1014 Souths Logan Magpies192 1 16 1346 586 -240 7
Final series HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Qualifying & Elimination Finals Tweed Heads Seagulls 24 – 18 Brisbane Tigers 3 September 2022, 3:10 pm Piggabeen Sports Complex Sunshine Coast Falcons 16 – 22 Redcliffe Dolphins 3 September 2022, 6:00 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Central Queensland Capras 30 – 22 Northern Pride4 September 2022, 2:15 pm Browne Park Burleigh Bears 19 – 20 Norths Devils 4 September 2022, 4:00 pm Pizzey Park Semi-finals Burleigh Bears 32 – 16 Central Queensland Capras 10 September 2022, 4:10 pm Pizzey Park Sunshine Coast Falcons 26 – 24 Tweed Heads Seagulls 11 September 2022, 11:00 am Sunshine Coast Stadium Preliminary Finals Norths Devils 20 – 13 Sunshine Coast Falcons 17 September 2022, 1:05 pm Bishop Park Redcliffe Dolphins 28 – 16 Burleigh Bears 17 September 2022, 3:10 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Grand Final Redcliffe Dolphins 10 – 16 Norths Devils 24 September 2022, 3:15 pm Moreton Daily Stadium
Grand Final
First half
Second half
NRL State Championship As Queensland Cup premiers, the Norths Devils faced NSW Cup premiers Penrith in the NRL State Championship.
QRL awards Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Taine Tuaupiki ( Burleigh Bears) Coach of the Year: Lionel Harbin ( Central Queensland Capras) Rookie of the Year: Taine Tuaupiki ( Burleigh Bears)
Team of the Year PositionNatWinnerClubTaine Tuaupiki Burleigh BearsAlofiana Khan-Pereira Burleigh BearsValynce Te Whare Redcliffe DolphinsJosh Rogers Burleigh BearsGuy Hamilton Burleigh BearsNick Lui-Toso Northern PrideTyson Smoothy Sunshine Coast FalconsNixon Putt Central Queensland CaprasSam Coster Burleigh Bears
See also
Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League
References