2011 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2011 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 17th season in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2011 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 7th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

2011 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultLost Qualifying Final
(v Manly Sea Eagles, 8-42)
2011 recordWins: 14; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 532; Against: 480
Team information
CEOPeter Jourdain
CoachNeil Henry
Captain
StadiumDairy Farmers Stadium
Avg. Attend.14,189
High. Attend.26,463 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 23)
Top scorers
TriesAshley Graham (12)
GoalsJohnathan Thurston (61)
PointsJohnathan Thurston (162)
< 2010 2012 >

Season summary

After missing the finals the previous three seasons, finishing 15th in both 2008 and 2010, the Cowboys underwent a major overhaul of personnel for the 2011 season. Club legend Ty Williams retired and they parted ways with club favourites Luke O'Donnell, Carl Webb and Steve Southern. Their biggest signing for the 2011 season was Queensland and Australian representative centre Brent Tate. They also made key recruits in the signings of former Melbourne Storm and Queensland State of Origin representative Dallas Johnson, premiership winner Glenn Hall from the English Super League, re-signing a former Cowboy in Gavin Cooper and picking up younger, experienced first graders such as Antonio Winterstein.

The Cowboys' new signings had a positive impact on the NRL team, with the club spending the majority of the year in the top four before a late slide dropped them to seventh position and giving them their first finals appearance since 2007. In 2011, they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their Round 4 clash against the Parramatta Eels was the fourth most watched sports event in Fox Sport's history.[1]

In the qualifying final, they led Manly 8–0 at half time before being overrun by the Sea Eagles who went on to claim the premiership.

Milestones

Squad List
North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2011
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Mick Crawley (Assistant Coach)
  • Peter Ryan (Assistant Coach)
  • Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
  • Glen Murphy (Head Conditioner)
  • Sean Edwards (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Squad Movement

2011 Gains
Player Signed From Until End of
Gavin Cooper Penrith Panthers
2012
Kalifa Faifai Loa St George Illawarra Dragons
2012
Glenn Hall Bradford Bulls
2012
Dallas Johnson Catalans Dragons
2013
Ben Jones Sydney Roosters
2012
Blake Leary Melbourne Storm
2012
Tyson Martin Mackay Cutters
2012
Cory Paterson Newcastle Knights (mid-season)
2012
Joel Riethmuller Northern Pride
2011
Ashton Sims Brisbane Broncos
2012
Tariq Sims Brisbane Broncos
2012
Brent Tate Warriors
2013
Ricky Thorby St George Illawarra Dragons
2012
Antonio Winterstein Brisbane Broncos
2013

2011 Losses
Player Signed To Until End of
Mitch Achurch Western Suburbs Magpies
2011
Obe GeiaReleased
-
Ben HarrisRetired
-
Donald Malone Ipswich Jets
2011
Willie Mason Hull Kingston Rovers
2013
Luke O'Donnell Huddersfield Giants
2014
Steve Rapira Warriors
2012
Grant Rovelli Mackay Cutters
2011
Nick Slyney Redcliffe Dolphins
2011
Steve Southern Newcastle Knights
2011
Arana Taumata Penrith Panthers
2011
Anthony Watts Sydney Roosters
2013
Carl Webb Parramatta Eels
2012
John Williams Cronulla Sharks
2011
Ty Williams Northern Pride
2011

Ladder
2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 2419-5252130821342
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 2418-6253933120840
3 Brisbane Broncos 2418-6251137213940
4 Wests Tigers 2415-925194308934
5 St. George Illawarra Dragons 241419248334114233
6 New Zealand Warriors 2414-10250439311132
7 North Queensland Cowboys 2414-1025324805232
8 Newcastle Knights 2412-1224784433528
9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2412-122449489-4028
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2411-132531562-3126
11 Sydney Roosters 2410-142417500-8324
12 Penrith Panthers 249-152430517-8722
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 247-172428557-12918
14 Parramatta Eels 2461172385538-15317
15 Canberra Raiders 246-182423623-20016
16 Gold Coast Titans 246-182363629-26616

Fixtures

Pre-season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
11 FebruaryTrial 1 Wests TigersJack Manski Oval10 – 22Martin, RiethmullerFaifai Loa (1/2)-
19 FebruaryTrial 2 Brisbane BroncosTraeger Park4 – 26Faifai LoaFaifai Loa (0/1)-
26 FebruaryTrial 3 Gold Coast TitansBarlow Park22 – 24Bowen, Bolton, Scott, TongaThurston (3/4)-
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
11 MarchRound 1 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium16 – 14Bani, Tamou, TupouThurston (2/3)45,119
19 MarchRound 2 Newcastle KnightsDairy Farmers Stadium22 – 34Graham (2), Ah Mau, JonesThurston (3/4)14,061
28 MarchRound 3 Melbourne StormDairy Farmers Stadium34 – 6Bowen (2), Graham (2), T Sims, TupouThurston (5/6)9,554
2 AprilRound 4 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium20 – 22Faifai Loa (2), Graham, TongaThurston (2/4)12,226
8 AprilRound 5 Gold Coast TitansDairy Farmers Stadium22 – 12Bowen, Cooper, Thurston, TongaThurston (3/4)13,651
16 AprilRound 6 Canberra RaidersDairy Farmers Stadium26 – 18Bolton, Hall, Thurston, WintersteinThurston (5/5)10,741
23 AprilRound 7 Cronulla SharksToyota Stadium30 – 12Cooper (2), Faifai Loa, Graham, TongaThurston (5/6)7,340
30 AprilRound 8 Manly Sea EaglesDairy Farmers Stadium22 – 20Bowen (2), Payne, ThurstonThurston (3/4)14,884
8 MayRound 9 St George Illawarra DragonsWIN Jubilee Oval8 – 22ThurstonThurston (2/2)13,056
14 MayRound 10 Parramatta EelsDairy Farmers Stadium40 – 26Thurston (2), Tonga (2), Faifai Loa, Hall, WintersteinThurston (6/7)13,610
Round 11Bye
28 MayRound 12 Sydney RoostersDairy Farmers Stadium20 – 6Hall, Tamou, ThurstonThurston (4/4)13,335
5 JuneRound 13 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium40 – 24Faifai Loa (2), T Sims (2), Hall, Payne, ThurstonThurston (6/7)11,128
11 JuneRound 14 Manly Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval4 – 24GrahamCooper (0/1)8,452
18 JuneRound 15 WarriorsDairy Farmers Stadium30 – 10Faifai Loa (2), Graham, Jones, Segeyaro, T Sims, ThurstonCooper (1/3), Graham (0/1) Thurston (0/3)16,081
26 JuneRound 16 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium20 – 30Cooper (2), Jones, SegeyaroThurston (2/4)14,090
Round 17Bye
11 JulyRound 18 Newcastle KnightsAusgrid Stadium22 – 12Paterson, Riethmuller, Segeyaro, TupouBowen (3/5)17,212
16 JulyRound 19 Wests TigersDairy Farmers Stadium18 – 38Paterson (2), Tonga (2)Bowen (1/4)12,880
23 JulyRound 20 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park28 – 20Graham (2), Cooper, Tate, TongaBowen (4/5)15,741
30 JulyRound 21 Penrith PanthersDairy Farmers Stadium30 – 18Segeyaro (2), Graham, A Sims, Tate, ThompsonBowen (2/4), Paterson (0/2)12,349
5 AugustRound 22 Canterbury BulldogsANZ Stadium6 – 14TateBowen (1/1)8,654
12 AugustRound 23 Brisbane BroncosDairy Farmers Stadium16 – 34Bowen, Faifai Loa, TateThurston (2/3)26,463
19 AugustRound 24 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium24 – 26Bowen, T Sims, Thurston, TongaThurston (4/5)11,208
27 AugustRound 25 Cronulla SharksDairy Farmers Stadium28 – 20Taumalolo (2), Bowen, Graham, HallThurston (4/5)12,655
3 SeptemberRound 26 WarriorsMt Smart Stadium6 – 18Faifai LoaThurston (1/1)20,802
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
3 SeptemberQualifying Final Manly Sea EaglesSFS8 – 32TongaThurston (2/2)13,972
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics
NameAppTGFGPts
Isaak Ah Mau1----
Leeson Ah Mau151--4
Clint Amos1----
Michael Bani21--4
Scott Bolton151--4
Matthew Bowen25812-56
Gavin Cooper2461-26
Kalifa Faifai Loa2210--40
Ashley Graham2512--48
Glenn Hall235--20
Dallas Johnson24----
Ben Jones83--12
Michael Morgan4----
Cory Paterson73--12
Aaron Payne232--8
Joel Riethmuller41--4
Matthew Scott22----
James Segeyaro195--20
Ashton Sims241--4
Tariq Sims205--20
James Tamou232--8
Brent Tate94--16
Jason Taumalolo32--8
Ray Thompson251--4
Johnathan Thurston191061-162
Willie Tonga2010--40
Will Tupou93--12
Antonio Winterstein92--8
Totals9874-540

Source:[2]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2011

All Stars matchANZAC TestState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3Prime Minister's XIIIWorld Cup QualifiersFour Nations
Matthew Bowen
Indigenous All Stars
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Prime Minister's XIII
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Kalifa Faifai Loa
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Zealand
Joel Riethmuller
-
-
-
-
-
-
Italy
-
Matthew Scott
NRL All Star
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
Australia
James Segeyaro
-
-
-
-
-
Papua New Guinea
-
-
Ray Thompson
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-
-
-
-
Papua New Guinea
-
-
Johnathan Thurston
Indigenous All Stars
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
Australia
Willie Tonga
Indigenous All Stars
-
Queensland
-
-
-
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Australia

Honours

League

Club

Feeder Clubs

National Youth Competition

Queensland Cup

References
  1. http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/07/21/249961_news.html
  2. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/nrl-2011/north-queensland-cowboys/summary.html

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