2018 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2018 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 24th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership. The team finished the regular season in 13th position and did not qualify for the finals.[1]

2018 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank13th
2018 recordWins: 8; Draws: 0; Losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 449; Against: 521
Team information
CEOGreg Tonner
CoachPaul Green
Captain
Stadium1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. Attend.15,417
High. Attend.25,095 (vs. Parramatta Eels, Round 24)
Top scorers
TriesKyle Feldt (14)
GoalsJohnathan Thurston (77)
PointsJohnathan Thurston (166)
< 2017 2019 >

Season summary

Milestones

Squad
North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2018
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 09 June 2018
Source(s): Cowboys Squad 2018

Squad movement

Gains
Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Carlin Anderson Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[3]
Jordan McLean Melbourne Storm
2020
[4]
Francis Molo Townsville Blackhawks
2018
[5]

Losses
Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Corey Horsburgh Canberra Raiders
2019
Marcus Jensen Townsville Brothers
2018
Patrick Kaufusi Melbourne Storm
2019
[6]
Blake Leary Burleigh Bears
2018
Patrick Mago Brisbane Broncos
2018
[7]
Kalyn Ponga Newcastle Knights
2022
[8]
Ben Spina Herbert River Crushers
2018
Ray ThompsonRetired
-
[9]
Braden Uele Cronulla Sharks
2019
[10]

Re-signings
Player Club Until End of Notes
Jake Clifford North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[11]
Jake Granville North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[12]
Coen Hess North Queensland Cowboys
2022
[13]
Francis Molo North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[14]
Michael Morgan North Queensland Cowboys
2023
[15]
Justin O'Neill North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[16]
Emry Pere North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[17]
Shane Wright North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[18]

Ladder
2018 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Fixtures

Pre-season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 17 FebruaryTrial 1 Wests TigersBarlow Park30 – 16Asiata, Clifford, HessClifford (2/2), Lowe (0/1)-
Friday, 23 FebruaryTrial 2 Melbourne StormSuncorp Stadium16 – 14Feldt (3), ThurstonLowe (0/2), Cooper (0/1), Feldt (0/1)25,000[19]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 9 MarchRound 1 Cronulla Sharks1300SMILES Stadium20 – 14Cooper, Feldt, Hess, O'NeillThurston (2/5)15,900[20]
Friday, 16 MarchRound 2 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium20 – 24Cooper, Granville, McLeanThurston (4/4)46,080
Thursday, 22 MarchRound 3 Melbourne StormAAMI Park14 – 30Hess (2)Thurston (3/3)12,866
Thursday, 29 MarchRound 4 Penrith Panthers1300SMILES Stadium14 – 33Feldt (2), WintersteinThurston (1/3)11,907
Saturday, 7 AprilRound 5 WarriorsMt Smart Stadium12 – 22Feldt, HamptonThurston (2/2)25,600
Saturday, 14 AprilRound 6 Canterbury Bulldogs1300SMILES Stadium10 – 27Feldt, HamptonThurston (1/2)14,434
Saturday, 21 AprilRound 7 Gold Coast Titans1300SMILES Stadium26 – 14Feldt, Hampton, Hess, TaumaloloThurston (5/7)12,885
Saturday, 28 AprilRound 8 Canberra Raiders1300SMILES Stadium8 – 18CooperThurston (2/2)14,004
Friday, 4 MayRound 9 Penrith PanthersCarrington Park26 – 20Cooper, Hampton, Morgan, ThurstonThurston (5/6)10,289
Thursday, 10 MayRound 10 Wests TigersLeichhardt Oval12 – 20Martin, WintersteinThurston 2/2)13,127
Saturday, 19 MayRound 11 South Sydney Rabbitohs1300SMILES Stadium19 – 20Winterstein (2)Thurston (5/5); Morgan (1 FG)14,270
Friday, 25 MayRound 12 Melbourne Storm1300SMILES Stadium6 – 7FeldtThurston (1/1)16,003
Thursday, 31 MayRound 13 Manly Sea EaglesLottoland26 – 12Winterstein (2), Taumalolo, TualaThurston (5/6)6,172
Saturday, 9 JuneRound 14 Parramatta EelsTIO Stadium20 – 14Feldt, Scott, TualaThurston (1/3)8,393
Friday, 15 JuneRound 15 Warriors1300SMILES Stadium16 – 23Feldt (2), BowenThurston (2/4)11,062
Sunday, 1 JulyRound 16 South Sydney RabbitohsBarlow Park21 – 20Cooper, Coote, WintersteinThurston (4/4)7,651
Round 17Bye
Saturday, 14 JulyRound 18 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium12 – 38Coote, CooperThurston (2/2)11,471
Saturday, 21 JulyRound 19 St George Illawarra Dragons1300SMILES Stadium10 – 24CooperThurston (3/4)18,068
Friday, 27 JulyRound 20 Newcastle Knights1300SMILES Stadium20 – 18Cooper, Hess, O'Neill, ThurstonThurston (2/4)11,709
Saturday, 4 AugustRound 21 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium20 – 26Cooper, Taumalolo, ThurstonThurston (4/5)9,721
Thursday, 9 AugustRound 22 Brisbane Broncos1300SMILES Stadium34 – 30Cooper, Feldt, Gela-Mosby, Hess, TaumaloloThurston (7/8), Feldt (1/1)19,663
Saturday, 18 AugustRound 23 Cronulla SharksSouthern Cross Group Stadium16 – 28Cooper, Hess, McLeanThurston (2/4)12,270
Friday, 24 AugustRound 24 Parramatta Eels1300SMILES Stadium44 – 6Feldt (3), Hampton (2), Cooper Gela-MosbyThurston (6/6)25,095
Saturday, 1 SeptemberRound 25 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium30 –26Hampton (2), Cooper, Fensom, Gela-MosbyThurston (5/5)26,681
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics
NameAppTGFGPts
John Asiata15----
Scott Bolton22----
Javid Bowen61--4
Jake Clifford6----
Gavin Cooper2313--52
Lachlan Coote92--8
Mitchell Dunn2----
Kyle Feldt24141-58
Shaun Fensom141--4
Gideon Gela-Mosby43--12
Jake Granville241--4
Ben Hampton228--32
Coen Hess237--28
Sam Hoare3----
Corey Jensen18----
Kane Linnett12----
Ethan Lowe15----
Te Maire Martin231--4
Jordan McLean102--8
Francis Molo7----
Michael Morgan111-15
Justin O'Neill212--8
Matthew Scott181--4
Jason Taumalolo234--16
Johnathan Thurston24377-166
Enari Tuala102--8
Antonio Winterstein167--28
Shane Wright2----
Totals73781449

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2018.

Pacific TestDenver TestState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3Prime Minister's XIIIOctober Tests
Jake Clifford
–
–
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
–
Gavin Cooper
–
–
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
–
–
Coen Hess
–
–
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
–
–
Kyle Laybutt
–
–
–
–
–
Papua New Guinea
–
Te Maire Martin
–
New Zealand
–
–
–
–
–
Jordan McLean
–
–
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Michael Morgan
–
–
Queensland
–
–
–
–
Jason Taumalolo
Tonga
–
–
–
–
–
Tonga
Enari Tuala
–
–
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
–

Honours

League

Club

Feeder Clubs

Queensland Cup

References
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  2. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (10 March 2018). "JT Riding High in the Saddle". The Courier-Mail. pp. 84–85.
  3. "Anderson inks deal with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 26 April 2017.
  4. "McLean to join Cowboys from 2018". NQ Cowboys. 20 March 2017.
  5. https://twitter.com/nthqldcowboys/status/922267035735703552
  6. "Patrick Kaufusi set to join Storm". NRL. 1 September 2017.
  7. "Why Brisbane Broncos win from Adam Blair's money move". Fox Sports Australia. 5 October 2017.
  8. "Cowboys coach confirms Kalyn Ponga will join Knights". NQ Cowboys. 24 February 2017.
  9. "Ray Thompson to retire at season's end". NRL. 8 August 2017.
  10. "7th Tackle: Sharks snare Cowboys wrecking ball". Yahoo. 3 August 2017.
  11. "Granville extends stay with Cowboys". NRL. 28 May 2018.
  12. "Cowboys extend young star's contract with eye on post-JT era". NRL. 17 April 2018.
  13. "Hess extends stay with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 14 December 2018.
  14. "Molo extends stay with Cowboys". Cowboys. 19 June 2018.
  15. "Cowboys re-sign Morgan on five-year deal". NRL. 2 March 2018.
  16. "O'Neill reveals he penned three-year extension with Cowboys". Zero Tackle. 13 May 2019.
  17. "Pere re-signs as a Cowboy". NQ Cowboys. 27 April 2018.
  18. "Building young stock – Wright, Clifford re-sign". NQ Cowboys. 17 April 2018.
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