2007 Queensland Cup
The 2007 Queensland Cup season was the 12th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
2007 Queensland Cup | |
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Duration | March 16 – September 15, 2007 |
Teams | 11 |
Premiers | ![]() |
Minor premiers | ![]() (2nd title) |
Matches played | 116 |
Points scored | 5,447 |
Top points scorer(s) | ![]() |
Player of the year | ![]() (Courier Mail Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() |
The Tweed Heads Seagulls became the first team from outside of Queensland to win the Queensland Cup when they defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins 28–18 at Suncorp Stadium. Tweed Heads' fullback Shannon Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[1][2]
Teams
11 teams participated in the Queensland Cup again in 2007, with the Aspley Broncos replacing the Toowoomba Clydesdales.[3][4]
Colours | Club | Home ground(s) | Head coach(s) | Captain(s) | NRL Affiliate |
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Aspley Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | Mark Gee | Nick Kenny | ![]() |
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Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park | Jim Lenihan | Ryan Gundry | ![]() |
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Central Comets | Browne Park | Steve Anderson | Wayne Barnett | None |
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Easts Tigers | Langlands Park | Michael Booth | Trent Young | None |
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Ipswich Jets | QLD Group Stadium, Carrara Stadium | Kevin Walters | Danny Coburn | ![]() |
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North Queensland Young Guns | Dairy Farmers Stadium | Matt Parish | Shane Muspratt | ![]() |
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Norths Devils | Bishop Park | Kevin Carmichael | Marc Brentnall | ![]() |
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Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Oval | Anthony Griffin | Troy Lindsay | ![]() |
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Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park, Brandon Park | Jason Burnham & Brandon Costin | Cameron Joyce | None |
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Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex | Troy McCarthy | Andrew Moroney, Brad Davis | ![]() |
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Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Kougari Oval | Shane McNally | Jimmy Ahmat | None |
Ladder
2007 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | ![]() |
20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 566 | 355 | +211 | 34 |
2 | ![]() |
20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 516 | 338 | +178 | 32 |
3 | ![]() |
20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 546 | 404 | +142 | 31 |
4 | ![]() |
20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 510 | 400 | +110 | 31 |
5 | ![]() |
20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 426 | 448 | -22 | 26 |
6 | ![]() |
20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 469 | 441 | +28 | 25 |
7 | ![]() |
20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 550 | 478 | +72 | 22 |
8 | ![]() |
20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 507 | 524 | -17 | 21 |
9 | ![]() |
20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 399 | 539 | -140 | 20 |
10 | ![]() |
20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 384 | 580 | -196 | 14 |
11 | ![]() |
20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 310 | 666 | -356 | 8 |
Finals series
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time | Venue | |||||||
Qualifying Finals | ||||||||
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18 – 16 | ![]() |
25 August 2007 | QLD Group Stadium | ||||
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22 – 18 | ![]() |
25 August 2007 | Dolphin Oval | ||||
Semi Finals | ||||||||
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18 – 28 | ![]() |
31 August 2007 | Dairy Farmers Stadium | ||||
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40 – 14 | ![]() |
1 September 2007 | Piggabeen Sports Complex | ||||
Preliminary Finals | ||||||||
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10 – 34 | ![]() |
8 September 2007 | Langlands Park | ||||
Grand Final | ||||||||
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18 – 28 | ![]() |
15 September 2007 | Suncorp Stadium |
Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Major / Minor Semi Finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
18 | ||||||||||||||||
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28 | ![]() |
18 | |||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() |
22 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
28 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
34 | ||||||||||||||
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40 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
14 | ||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
16 |
Grand Final
Saturday, 15 September |
Redcliffe Dolphins ![]() |
18 – 28 | ![]() |
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Tries: Rory Bromley 1 Nick Emmett 1 Chris Fox 1 Goals: Alwyn Simpson 3 |
1st: 6 - 18 2nd: 12 - 10 Report |
Tries: 2 David Myles 2 Shannon Walker 1 Brad Davis Goals: 4 Brad Davis |
Redcliffe Dolphins | Position | Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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Ryan Cullen | FB | Shannon Walker |
Alwyn Simpson | WG | Nathanael Barnes |
Matt Harris | CE | David Myles |
Nick Emmett | CE | James Wood |
Rory Bromley | WG | Josh Vaughan |
Daniel Green | FE | Brad Davis (c) |
Chris Fox | HB | Tim Maccan |
Troy Lindsay (c) | PR | Roy Friend |
Mick Roberts | HK | Matt King |
Adam Starr | PR | Chris Enahoro |
Nathan Tutt | SR | Will Matthews |
Danny Burke | SR | Selasi Berdie |
Grant Flugge | LK | Matthew Pow |
Pat Gardner | Bench | Andre Amato |
Mark Shipway | Bench | Matthew Austin |
Palmer Wapau | Bench | David Molenaar |
Marty Turner | Bench | Daniel Evans |
Anthony Griffin | Coach | Troy McCarthy |
Reigning premiers Redcliffe, who finished the regular season in 2nd, were the first team to qualify for the Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in Week 1 and North Queensland in the major semi final. It would be their nine Grand Final appearance in 12 seasons. After losing to Redcliffe, Tweed Heads faced Ipswich in an elimination final, which they won 40–14. A week later, they scored a major upset over minor premiers North Queensland to progress to their first Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance.
First half
Redcliffe opened their premiership defence strongly when halfback Chris Fox scored in the ninth minute. Tweed Heads hit back in the 18th minute when David Myles latched onto a Tim Maccan grubber to score. The Seagulls moved into the lead for the first time when captain Brad Davis stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. Tweed Heads extended their lead to 12 just seconds before half time when Davis sent Myles over for his second try of the game.
Second half
The Dolphins got the scoring underway in the second half when centre Nick Emmett dived onto a kick from his winger Alwyn Simpson to get Redcliffe back into the contest. 10 minutes later, Tweed Heads pushed the lead back to 12 when the competition's Player of the Year Shannon Walker backed up a Maccan line break to score. Walker sealed the game for his side just five minutes later when he returned a Dolphins' kick 80 metres to score in the corner. Redcliffe gave themselves a small chance late when winger Rory Bromley crossed in the 74th minute but it wasn't enough as Tweed Heads won their first premiership. They became the first club from outside of Queensland to win the competition.[5][6]
Seagulls' captain Brad Davis was named Man of the Match and awarded the first ever Duncan Hall Medal, named in honour of the Hall of Famer, who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 Tests for Australia.[7]
The loss in the Grand Final would effectively end the Redcliffe Dolphins dominant run in the Queensland Cup. From 1996 to 2007, the club won five premierships, appeared in nine of 12 Grand Finals and won three minor premierships. They would not qualify for another Grand Final until 2012 and would not win another until 2018.
End-of-season awards
- Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Shannon Walker (
Tweed Heads Seagulls)
- QANTAS Player of the Year (Coaches Award): Trent Young (
Easts Tigers)
- Coach of the Year: Anthony Griffin (
Redcliffe Dolphins)
- Rookie of the Year: Shannon Walker (
Tweed Heads Seagulls)
- Representative Player of the Year: Shane Muspratt (
Queensland Residents,
North Queensland Young Guns)
See also
References
- "Final to be switched?". www.couriermail.com.au. 16 September 2007.
- Queensland Rugby LeagueWizard Cup Heads South Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback MachineRetrieved 17 Dec 2007
- "Aspley new Brisbane Broncos feeder club". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 2006.
- "Overnight wrap: Broncos, Mason, Rogers » League Unlimited". League Unlimited.
- "2007 QLD Cup Grand Final Tweed Heads 28 v Redcliffe 18" – via www.youtube.com.
- Seagulls, Tweed Heads (25 May 2017). "Champion Gulls of '07 to reunite". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- "Farewell to a legend". Morning Bulletin. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.