2013 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2013 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 19th in the club's history. Coached by Neil Henry and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2013 Telstra Premiership. The Cowboys finished the season in 8th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the Cronulla Sharks.

2013 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank8th
Play-off resultLost Qualifying Final
(v Cronulla Sharks, 18-20)
2013 recordWins: 12; Draws: 0; Losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 507; Against: 431
Team information
CEOPeter Jourdain
CoachNeil Henry
Captain
Stadium1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. Attend.14,112
High. Attend.19.510 (vs. Wests Tigers, Round 26)
Top scorers
TriesAntonio Winterstein (13)
GoalsJohnathan Thurston (71)
PointsJohnathan Thurston (151)
< 2012 2014 >

Season summary

The Cowboys entered the 2013 NRL season with high expectations and without their long time hooker and club legend Aaron Payne, who retired at the end of 2012. The side won their Round 1 game against the Canterbury Bulldogs but would only win five of their next 19 games, leaving them sitting in 15th place after 20 rounds. Tragedy struck the club on 29 April, when talented rookie Alex Elisala died at age 20. The Cowboys defeated the Parramatta Eels five days later, dedicating the game and the rest of the season to Elisala.

On 29 July, coach Neil Henry had his contract terminated after re-signing until the end of 2014 in March.[1][2] Henry stayed on as head coach until the end of 2013, as the Cowboys went on a six-game winning streak to finish in 8th place and qualify for the finals series. They were defeated 20-18 by the Cronulla Sharks in week 1 of the finals, in a game in which the Sharks scored a try on the 7th tackle of a set.[3]

On 1 October the club appointed former player Paul Green as their head coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.[4]

At the end of the season, the Cowboys' had 13 players selected for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Milestones

Squad List
North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2013
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Terry Matterson (Assistant Coach)
  • Peter Ryan (Assistant Coach)
  • Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
  • Glen Murphy (Head Conditioner)
  • Steve Hooper (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
  • Steve Sartori (Physiotherapist)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Squad Movement

2013 Gains
Player Signed From Until End of
Clint Greenshields Catalans Dragons
2013
Rory Kostjasyn Melbourne Storm
2014
Ethan Lowe Northern Pride
2013
Scott Moore Huddersfield Giants
2014
Curtis Rona Sydney Roosters
2014

2013 Losses
Player Signed To Until End of
Luke HarlenReleased
-
Dane Hogan Easts Tigers
2014
Ben Jones Newtown Jets
2013
Aaron PayneRetired
-
Cory Paterson Hull Kingston Rovers
2014
Mosese Pangai Penrith Panthers
2014
James Segeyaro Penrith Panthers
2015

Ladder
2013 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters (P) 2418062640325+31540
2 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2418062588384+20440
3 Melbourne Storm 2416172589373+21637
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2415182588366+22235
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102468460+832
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112529463+6630
7 Newcastle Knights 24121112528422+10629
8 North Queensland Cowboys 24120122507431+7628
9 Gold Coast Titans 24110132500518−1826
10 Penrith Panthers 24110132495532−3726
11 New Zealand Warriors 24110132495554−5926
12 Brisbane Broncos 24101132434477−4325
13 Canberra Raiders 24100142434624−19024
14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2470172379530−15118
15 Wests Tigers 2470172386687−30118
16 Parramatta Eels 2450192326740−41414

Fixtures

Pre-season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
9 FebruaryTrial 1 Brisbane BroncosAlex Inch Oval28 – 24Leary, Morgan, Munns, Thorby, UlugiaFeldt (2), Faifai Loa (1), Lowe (1)4,000
16 FebruaryTrial 2 St George Illawarra DragonsBarlow Park28 – 22J Bowen, Greenshields, Morgan, Riethmuller, TaumaloloMorgan (3), Feldt (1)-
23 FebruaryTrial 3 Gold Coast TitansVirgin Australia Stadium10 – 28Faifai Loa, A SimsLui (1)-
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
25 MarchRound 1 Canterbury BulldogsCentral Coast Stadium24 – 12Graham (2), Cooper, WintersteinThurston (4/6)11,627
16 MarchRound 2 Melbourne Storm1300SMILES Stadium10 – 32Graham, LinnettThurston (1/2)19,288
25 MarchRound 3 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium6 – 34CooperThurston (1/1)15,758
1 AprilRound 4 WarriorsMt Smart Stadium18 – 20Faifai Loa, Tate, WintersteinThurston (3/4)10,572
5 AprilRound 5 Penrith Panthers1300SMILES Stadium30 – 0Linnett (2), Faifai Loa, Lui, WintersteinThurston (5/6)12,341
12 AprilRound 6 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium10 – 12Graham, GreenshieldsThurston (1/2)42,556
27 AprilRound 7 Canberra Raiders1300SMILES Stadium30 – 12Bowen, Graham, Hall, Morgan, TateThurston (5/7)13,240
4 MayRound 8 Parramatta EelsParramatta Stadium14 – 10Graham, Tate, WintersteinThurston (1/3)9,157
10 MayRound 9 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium10 – 28Winterstein (2)Thurston (1/2)15,972
18 MayRound 10 Sydney Roosters1300SMILES Stadium8 – 12LuiThurston (2/3)13,666
24 MayRound 11 Wests TigersLeichhardt Stadium20 – 22Sims (2), Linnett, WintersteinThurston (2/4)7,125
2 JuneRound 12 Gold Coast TitansSkilled Park12 – 31Graham, Lowe, WintersteinLui (0/2), Morgan (0/1)12,790
8 JuneRound 13 Canterbury Bulldogs1300SMILES Stadium26 – 36Greenshields, Johnson, Lui, TateLui (5/5)12,775
14 JuneRound 14 St George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium22 – 16Greenshields, Linnett, Tate, WintersteinThurston (3/4)9,035
Round 15Bye
30 JuneRound 16 Cronulla Sharks1300SMILES Stadium24 – 4Linnett, Cooper, WintersteinThurston (4/5)14,434
7 JulyRound 17 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium18 – 26Lui, Thurston, WintersteinThurston (3/3)10,515
15 JulyRound 18 Manly Sea Eagles1300SMILES Stadium14 – 34Bowen, MorganLowe (3/3)9,029
Round 19Bye
July 26Round 20 Brisbane Broncos1300SMILES Stadium16 – 18Bowen, Cooper, Faifai LoaThurston (2/3)17,702
3 AugustRound 21 South Sydney Rabbitohs1300SMILES Stadium30 – 12Linnett (2), Lui, T Sims, TateThurston (5/6)13,045
11 AugustRound 22 Penrith PanthersCentrebet Stadium36 – 4Thompson (3), Feldt, Tate, WintersteinThurston (6/6)6,611
17 AugustRound 23 Gold Coast Titans1300SMILES Stadium22 – 10Feldt (2), Cooper, HallThurston (3/4)12,003
24 AugustRound 24 Newcastle Knights1300SMILES Stadium26 – 6Ulugia (2), Lui, TateThurston (5/6)12,208
1 SeptemberRound 25 Cronulla SharksRemondis Stadium31 – 18Cooper (2), Bowen, T Sims, TateThurston (5/6, 1 FG)15,313
7 SeptemberRound 26 Wests Tigers1300SMILES Stadium50 – 22Ulugia (3), Bowen (2), Lui, Taumalolo, Thurston, WintersteinThurston (6/7), Bowen (1/2)19,519
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
14 SeptemberQualifying Final Cronulla SharksAllianz Stadium18 – 20Tate, Taumalolo, UlugiaThurston (3/4)32,747
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics
NameAppTGFGPts
Scott Bolton18----
Matthew Bowen1961-26
Gavin Cooper227--28
Kalifa Faifai Loa73--12
Kyle Feldt33--12
Ashley Graham147--28
Clint Greenshields63--12
Glenn Hall252--8
Jayden Hodges3----
Dallas Johnson151--4
Rory Kostjasyn20----
Blake Leary1----
Kane Linnett259--36
Ethan Lowe213-10
Robert Lui1675-38
Anthony Mitchell4----
Scott Moore6----
Michael Morgan92--8
Joel Riethmuller12----
Matthew Scott22----
Ashton Sims17----
Tariq Sims234--16
James Tamou22----
Brent Tate2310--40
Jason Taumalolo142--8
Ray Thompson193--12
Ricky Thorby8----
Johnathan Thurston222711151
Wayne Ulugia46--24
Antonio Winterstein2413--52
Totals91801525

Source:[5]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2013

All Stars matchCity vs CountryANZAC TestPacific TestState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3Prime Minister's XIIIWorld Cup
Gavin Cooper
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Prime Minister's XIII
-
Alex Elisala
-
-
-
Samoa
-
-
-
-
-
Kalifa Faifai Loa
-
-
-
Samoa
-
-
-
-
-
Clint Greenshields
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
France
Rory Kostjasyn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Ireland
Kane Linnett
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scotland
Joel Riethmuller
-
-
-
Samoa
-
-
-
-
Italy
Matthew Scott
-
-
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Australia
Ashton Sims
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fiji
Tariq Sims
-
Country
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fiji
James Tamou
NRL All Stars
-
Australia
-
New South Wales
-
New South Wales
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Brent Tate
-
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Jason Taumalolo
-
-
-
Tonga
-
-
-
-
Tonga
Ray Thompson
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Papua New Guinea
Johnathan Thurston
Indigenous All Stars
-
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Australia
Antonio Winterstein
-
-
-
Samoa
-
-
-
-
Samoa

Honours

League

Club

Feeder Clubs

National Youth Competition

Queensland Cup

References
  1. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/neil-henry-has-been-sacked-as-coach-of-the-north-queensland-cowboys/story-fni3g8pa-1226687517900
  2. http://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/neil-henry-re-signs-as-coach-of-north-queensland-cowboys/story-e6frf56c-1226597497767
  3. http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/cronulla-sharks-score-on-controversial-seventh-tackle-in-elimination-final/story-fn2mcuj6-1226719132811
  4. http://www.zerotackle.com/nrl/cowboys-appoint-paul-green-as-head-coach-11226/#dLyeP86crdzSmH6q.97
  5. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/nrl-2013/north-queensland-cowboys/summary.html

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