2000 Queensland Cup

The 2000 Queensland Cup season was the 5th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Bundy Gold Cup due to sponsorship from Bundaberg Rum, featured 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from February to August.

2000 Queensland Cup
DurationFebruary 19 – August 19, 2000
Teams12
Premiers Redcliffe Dolphins (2nd title)
Minor premiers Redcliffe Dolphins (2nd title)
Matches played138
Points scored6,596
Top points scorer(s) Jace Van Dijk (200)
Player of the year Jason Bulgarelli
Top try-scorer(s) Aaron Douglas
Brook Martin (21)

The Redcliffe Dolphins defeated the Toowoomba Clydesdales 14–6 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium to claim their second premiership. Wests Panthers centre Jason Bulgarelli was named the competition's Player of the Year.[1]

Teams

For the first time, the competition featured the same 12 teams that participated the year before. The Central Capras re-branded as the Central Comets and changed their colour scheme to avoid confusion with the region's representative side.[2]

For the 2000 season, the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm were again affiliated with the Toowoomba Clydesdales and Norths Devils, respectively. After using Souths Magpies and Wynnum Seagulls as feeders clubs in 1999, the Auckland Warriors used Souths as their sole feeder. The North Queensland Cowboys did not use Cairns as their affiliate club, instead using their own team in the NSWRL's First Division competition.

Colours Club Home ground(s)
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park
 Cairns Cyclones Barlow Park[note 1]
 Central Comets Browne Park
 Easts Tigers Langlands Park
 Ipswich Jets First Provincial Oval
 Logan Scorpions Meakin Park
 Norths Devils Bishop Park
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval
 Souths Magpies Davies Park
 Toowoomba Clydesdales Athletic Oval, ANZ Stadium
 Wests Panthers Purtell Park
 Wynnum Seagulls Kougari Oval

Ladder
2000 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Redcliffe Dolphins (P) 221903546320+22638
2 Easts Tigers 221705654427+22734
3 Toowoomba Clydesdales 221606747409+33832
4 Burleigh Bears 221417600398+20229
5 Norths Devils 221318589484+10527
6 Ipswich Jets 2212010556516+2424
7 Logan Scorpions 2210111494488+621
8 Central Comets 2210111529550-2121
9 Souths Magpies 228212472624-15218
10 Wests Panthers 224117459601-1429
11 Wynnum Seagulls 223118386649-2637
12 Cairns Cyclones 222020288854-5664

Finals series
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Minor Semi Finals
Burleigh Bears 38 – 12 Norths Devils 29 July 2000 Pizzey Park
Easts Tigers 20 – 36 Toowoomba Clydesdales 30 July 2000 Langlands Park
Major Semi Finals
Redcliffe Dolphins 12 – 46 Toowoomba Clydesdales 5 August 2000 Dolphin Oval
Easts Tigers 36 – 10 Burleigh Bears 6 August 2000 Langlands Park
Preliminary Final
Redcliffe Dolphins 40 – 6 Easts Tigers 12 August 2000 Dolphin Oval
Grand Final
Toowoomba Clydesdales 6 – 14 Redcliffe Dolphins 19 August 2000 Suncorp Stadium
 
  Qualifying / Elimination Finals Major / Minor Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
                                     
1 Redcliffe 12  
    Toowoomba 46         Toowoomba 6
2 Easts 20     Redcliffe 40   Redcliffe 14
3 Toowoomba 36       Easts 6  
Easts 36
4 Burleigh 38   Burleigh 10  
5 Norths 12

Grand Final
Saturday, 19 August
Toowoomba Clydesdales 6 – 14 Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries:
Justin Hodges 1
Goals:
Paul Warwick 1		 1st: 6 - 10
2nd: 0 - 4		 Tries:
1 Trent Leis
1 Troy Lindsay
1 Craig O'Dwyer
Goals:
1 Damien Richters
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,280
Referee: Tony Maksoud
Toowoomba Clydesdales Position Redcliffe Dolphins
Justin HodgesFBAdam Mogg
Adam WarwickWGGeorge Wilson
Brent TateCEJohn Olzard
Alex WilsonCEDamien Richters
Chris WalkerWGTrent Leis
Paul WarwickFETony Gould
Jack van DijkHBBarry Denduck
Corey ParkerPRRobert Campbell
Michael RyanHKCraig O'Dwyer (c)
Damon Keating (c)PRTroy Lindsay
Darren MappSRLuke Scott
Neale WyattSRJames Hinchey
Darren IngramLKDanny Burke
Kerrod WaltersBenchTroy Mitchell
Nathan FriendBenchGrant Flugge
Carl WebbBenchRussell Lahiff
Dennis WhiteBenchAdam Starr
Ivan HenjakCoachNeil Wharton

Toowoomba, who finished the regular season in third, qualified for their second Grand Final after defeating Redcliffe in their major semi final. Redcliffe won their second straight minor premiership and once again earned a first week bye. After losing to Toowoomba they defeated Easts by 34 points in the preliminary final to set up a 1996 Grand Final rematch with the Clydesdales. In the regular season, the Dolphins defeated the Clydesdales in both of their meetings.

First half

Redcliffe winger Trent Leis opened the scoring in the 16th minute when he crossed out wide. In doing so, he became the first player to score in back-to-back Grand Finals. Four minutes later, the Dolphins pushed their lead to eight when prop Troy Lindsay barged over the try line. Toowoomba would finally get on the board with one minute left to play in the first when Justin Hodges stepped through a number of defenders to score under the posts.

Second half

The Dolphins regained an eight-point lead four minutes into the second half when their captain Craig O'Dwyer threw a dummy close to the line and darted over. The try would be the last points scored in the game as Redcliffe held on to become the first club to win two Grand Finals.

Redcliffe players Adam Mogg, George Wilson, Tony Gould, Troy Lindsay, James Hinchey and Russell Lahiff became the first players to win two Grand Finals with the same club, having all been involved in Redcliffe's 1997 triumph. Craig O'Dwyer became the second player (after Aaron Douglas a year earlier) to win two Grand Finals with two different clubs, winning his first with Norths in 1998.

Player statistics

End-of-season awards

See also

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20060119001646/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/2000/qld-cup.php
  2. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/04/13/the-more-you-know-cq-capras/
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20060119001646/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/2000/qld-cup.php
  1. Cairns played two of their 11 home games at Barlow Park and the other nine at various venues around the Cairns region[3]
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