2011 Queensland Cup

The 2011 Queensland Cup season was the 16th 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 12 teams playing a 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September.[1]

2011 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 19 – September 25, 2011
Teams12
Premiers Wynnum Manly Seagulls (1st title)
Minor premiers Tweed Heads Seagulls (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored5,889
Top points scorer(s) Liam Georgetown (206)
Player of the year Javarn White (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Javarn White (20)

The Wynnum Manly Seagulls won their first premiership after defeating the Tweed Heads Seagulls 16–10 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Norths Devils' fullback Javarn White was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[2][3]

Teams

In 2011, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the third consecutive year. The Manly Sea Eagles cut ties with the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles in November 2010 after they were denied from having feeder clubs in both the Queensland and New South Wales Cup competitions. The Melbourne Storm returned to having an affiliate in the Queensland Cup, forming a partnership with the Easts Tigers.[4][5][6]

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Paul Bramley Scott Smith Gold Coast Titans
Central Comets Browne Park Wayne Barnett Guy Williams Brisbane Broncos
Easts Tigers Langlands Park Troy McCarthy Shane Neumann Melbourne Storm
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters Shark Park, Virgin Australia Stadium Anthony Seibold Grant Rovelli North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride Barlow Park David Maiden Ty Williams North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils Bishop Park Trevor Bailey Mark Vaiao Brisbane Broncos
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Chris Farrell Brisbane Broncos
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark Beaumont Phil Dennis Canberra Raiders
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Stockland Park Adam Mogg Wiremu Ratana None
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Anderson Brad Davis Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Paul Green Luke Dalziel-Don Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

2011 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Tweed Heads Seagulls 22201157828829041
2 Northern Pride 22152559637322332
3 Souths Logan Magpies 22151655542712831
4 Redcliffe Dolphins 22141751436814629
5 Ipswich Jets 22114756038617426
6 Wynnum Manly Seagulls (P) 22101114884612721
7 Burleigh Bears 228212382460-7818
8 Easts Tigers 228113428524-9617
9 Mackay Cutters 228113369473-10417
10 Norths Devils 227015432560-12814
11 Central Comets 227015425634-20914
12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 222020350723-3734

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 6.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 Tweed Heads Seagulls 2468101214161820222426272931333537394141
2 Northern Pride 2468101113131517171717192022242628283032
3 Souths Logan Magpies 02444668810121214161820222425272931
4 Redcliffe Dolphins 2468101212121414161820222424242425272729
5 Ipswich Jets 1246679111113141416161820202022222426
6 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 00000024689911111313151717192121
7 Burleigh Bears 23335779911131515151616161616161618
8 Easts Tigers 11133333557999999911131517
9 Mackay Cutters 244466688881012131315171717171717
10 Norths Devils 00246688888888810121414141414
11 Central Comets 0000024466688101010101214141414
12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 0000000000000222222444

Regular season

The 2011 Queensland Cup regular season featured 22 rounds.

Finals series

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (local) Venue
Semi Finals
Souths Logan Magpies 20 – 22 Redcliffe Dolphins 10 September 2011, 2:00pm Brandon Park
Tweed Heads Seagulls 12 – 24 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 10 September 2011, 3:00pm Piggabeen Sports Complex
Northern Pride 30 – 6 Ipswich Jets 10 September 2011, 5:30pm Barlow Park
Preliminary Finals
Northern Pride 10 – 26 Tweed Heads Seagulls 17 September 2011, 2:00pm Dolphin Oval
Redcliffe Dolphins 0 – 36 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 18 September 2011, 2:00pm Dolphin Oval
Grand Final
Tweed Heads Seagulls 10 – 16 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 25 September 2011, 2:00pm Suncorp Stadium
  Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final
                           
1 Tweed Heads Seagulls 12
6 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 24 1W Northern Pride 10
  1L Tweed Heads Seagulls 26    
2 Northern Pride 30         Tweed Heads Seagulls 10
5 Ipswich Jets 6         Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16
  2W Redcliffe Dolphins 0    
3 Souths Logan Magpies 20 3W Wynnum Manly Seagulls 36
4 Redcliffe Dolphins 22

Grand Final

Saturday, 25 September
Tweed Heads Seagulls 10 16 Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Tries:
Tim Maccan 1
Cody Nelson 1
Goals:
Brad Davis 1
1st: 10 - 6
2nd: 0 - 10
Report
Tries:
1 Jake Granville
1 Shea Moylan
1 Matt Seamark
Goals:
2 Matt Seamark
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Michael Wise
Man of the Match: Jake Granville (Wynnum Manly)
Tweed Heads Seagulls Position Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Ryan MilliganFBJake Granville
Nathanael BarnesWGJason Moon
James WoodCEShea Moylan
Matt HundyCEMatt Grieve
Tom MerrittWGSam Te'o
Matt KingFEReece Blayney
Brad Davis (c)HBMatt Seamark
Aaron CanningsPRDane Carlaw
Tim MaccanHKJohn Te Reo
Josh StarlingPRMitchell Dodds
Ryan SimpkinsSRTim Natusch
Selasi BerdieSRKurtis Lingwoodock
Cody NelsonLKLuke Dalziel-Don (c)
Tom KingstonBenchCharlie Gubb
Rod GriffinBenchBen Shea
Jake LearyBenchJon Grieve
Brock HunterBenchChris Birch
Ben AndersonCoachPaul Green

Tweed Heads were near unbeatable during the regular season, losing only 1 game and finishing 9 points clear of their nearest rivals to claim the minor premiership. Wynnum Manly started the season with six straight losses before finally entering the Top 6 in Round 18 and holding on to finish in 6th place and claiming the last spot in the finals series. Prior to the Grand Final the two sides had met each other three times during the 2011 season with Tweed defeating Wynnum Manly by 20 points in Round 5 and 40 points in Round 16, however Wynnum Manly did defeat Tweed Heads 24-12 in the semi finals.

First half

Tweed Heads were first on the board, crossing through hooker Tim Maccan, who pushed off four defenders to plant the ball in the corner. Brad Davis was the architect of the second try, selling the dummy to the Wynnum Manly defence and drawing the fullback before putting Cody Nelson over the line. Following an error by Tweed deep in their own half, Wynnum Manly took advantage, with halfback Matt Seamark putting through an inch-perfect grubber for fullback Jake Granville to score under the posts and cut the deficit to 10-6 at the break.

Second half

The second half saw Wynnum Manly take the lead in the 47th minute, when Seamark dived on a kick from Reece Blayney in the in-goal area to score. Wynnum Manly wrapped up the game in the 73rd minute when Shea Moylan crossed in the left-hand corner after a line break from Blayney.[7] Wynnum Manly won their first ever Queensland Cup premiership, becoming the lowest ranked team (6th) to win the Grand Final. The win would be the first of back-to-back premierships for head coach Paul Green and his side.[8]

Wynnum Manly fullback Jake Granville was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal.[9]

Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 22.[10]

End-of-season awards

See also

References

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