2021 Queensland Cup

The 2021 Queensland Cup season will be the 26th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The 2021 season will be the return of the competition, after it was cancelled after just one round in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Queensland Cup will be played over 19 rounds in 2021.[2]

2021 Queensland Cup
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Teams

In 2021, the line-up of teams remains unchanged for the seventh consecutive season. On 4 September 2020, the Easts Tigers announced that they would be rebranding and playing as the Brisbane Tigers from the 2021 season onward.[3]

The 2021 season will be the first in the partnership between the Redcliffe Dolphins and New Zealand Warriors. The Dolphins had been affiliated with the Brisbane Broncos since 2006. The Warriors affiliation with the Dolphins is their first in the Queensland Cup since their partnership with the Souths Magpies in the 2000 season.[4]

Queensland Cup
Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
 Brisbane Tigers Langlands Park Jon Buchanan[5] TBA Melbourne Storm
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Rick Stone TBA Gold Coast Titans
 Central Queensland Capras Browne Park David Faiumu TBA Brisbane Broncos
 Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Keiron Lander TBA Newcastle Knights
 Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Michael Crawley [TBA North Queensland Cowboys
 Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams TBA North Queensland Cowboys
 Norths Devils Pathion Park[6] Rohan Smith TBA Brisbane Broncos
 Papua New Guinea Hunters National Football Stadium Matt Church TBA None
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Stadium Adam Mogg TBA New Zealand Warriors
 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Steve Bretherton[7] TBA Brisbane Broncos
 Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Sam Mawhinney TBA Melbourne Storm
 Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne TBA North Queensland Cowboys
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf [TBA Gold Coast Titans
 Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson TBA Brisbane Broncos

See also

References
  1. "Four QRL statewide competitions cancelled for 2020". QRL. 27 March 2020.
  2. "QRL commits to statewide footprint as key changes unveiled". QRL. 19 October 2020.
  3. "Eastern Suburbs to play as the Brisbane Tigers from 2021". Brisbane Tigers. 4 September 2020.
  4. "Uniting with the Dolphins". NZ Warriors. 8 June 2020.
  5. "Buchanan replaces Broncos bound Matterson". Brisbane Tigers. 19 October 2020.
  6. https://northsdevilsrlfc.com/2019/11/22/pathion-sponsorship-announcement/
  7. "Steve Bretherton to take on Magpies Head Coaching Job". Souths Logan Magpies. 8 October 2020.
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