Queensland under-20 rugby league team
The Queensland Under-20 rugby league team, also known as Queensland Under-20s or Queensland U20, represents Queensland in the sport of rugby league at an under-20 age level. Since 2012, the team has played an annual fixture against the New South Wales Under-20s team for the Darren Lockyer Shield. The team features players selected from the NRL, Intrust Super Cup, Canterbury Cup NSW, Hastings Deering Colts and Jersey Flegg Cup competitions. They are administered by the Queensland Rugby League.
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Maroons | |
| Governing body | Queensland Rugby League | |
| Head coach | Ben Woolf | |
| Captain | Cory Paix | |
| Most caps | Luke Bateman (3) | |
| Top try-scorer | Bernard Lewis (3) | |
| Top point-scorer | Jake Clifford (18) | |
| Home stadium | Suncorp Stadium (52,500) | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Team results | ||
| First game | ||
  (Penrith Stadium, Sydney; 21 April 2012) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
(Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane; 11 July 2018) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
(ANZ Stadium, Sydney; 10 July 2019) | ||
History
Prior to the advent of the National Youth Competition, junior interstate matches were contested at under-17 and under-19 levels. In 2008, the age levels switched to an under-16 and under-18 format but no under-20 game was held until 2012. In March 2012, the first under-20 Origin match was announced by the National Rugby League. The NRL had been looking into running the match for more than 18 months.[1] In 2007, then-Gold Coast Titans managing director Michael Searle suggested an under-20 Origin series as a curtain raiser to the three senior State of Origin games.[2] Former Queensland representative and Queensland Origin coach Kevin Walters was named as inaugural coach of the Queensland under-20 team.[3]
From 2012 to 2014, the under-20 Origin fixture was held in April, on the Representative Weekend. In 2015, the game was moved to July as a curtain-raiser to State of Origin.
In April 2017, Queensland legend Justin Hodges was named as head coach of the side.[4]
In 2018, they recorded their first win in the fixture, defeating New South Wales 30–12 at Suncorp Stadium.[5] On 16 November 2018, assistant coach and former Queensland representative Scott Prince took over as co-head coach, alongside former Brisbane Broncos women's head coach Paul Dyer, after Hodges was elevated to assistant coach of the senior Queensland side.[6]
Players
Players selected for the Queensland under-20 team are under contract with a National Rugby League (NRL) side and play in either the NRL, Intrust Super Cup, Canterbury Cup NSW, Hastings Deering Colts or Jersey Flegg Cup competitions. Since 2013, the QRL has selected a pre-season under-20 squad featuring players in contention for the mid-season fixture. The squad participates in a weekend camp at the Queensland Academy of Sport.[7][8]
2020 squad
The 24-man training squad selected for the 2020 season:[9]
Results
2012
21 April 2012 |
| New South Wales U20 |
18 – 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Kane Evans 1 Chanel Mata'utia 1 Harry Siejka 1 Goals Harry Siejka 3 |
Report | Tries 2 Edrick Lee 1 Aaron Whitchurch Goals 1 Mitchell Frei |
| 2012 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 15 January 2016 | |||||||
2013
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match.
20 April 2013 |
| New South Wales U20 |
36 – 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Mitchell Cornish 2 George Jennings 2 Charly Runciman 2 Michael Lichaa 1 ' Goals Dylan Walker 4 |
Report | Tries 1 Anthony Milford 1 Brandon Tago Goals 2 Anthony Milford |
Centerbet Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 10,142 Referee: Grant Atkins, Peter Gough Man of the Match: Mitchell Cornish (NSW) |
| 2013 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 15 January 2016 | |||||||
2014
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match.
3 May 2014 |
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30 – 8 | Queensland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Jake Mamo 3 Sione Mata'utia 1 Tyrone Phillips 1 Goals Clinton Gutherson 5 |
Report | Tries 1 Luke Bateman 1 John Folau |
| 2014 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 15 January 2016 | |||||||
2015
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2015 State of Origin series.
8 July 2015 |
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16 – 32 | New South Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Alex Barr 1 Luke Bateman 1 Gideon Gela-Mosby 1 Goals Ashley Taylor 2 |
Report | Tries 4 Brian Kelly 1 Jackson Hastings 1 Latrell Mitchell Goals 3 Jackson Hastings 1 Addison Demetriou |
| 2015 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 15 January 2016 | |||||||
2016
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2016 State of Origin series.
13 July 2016 |
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22 – 36 | New South Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Bernard Lewis 3 Gideon Gela-Mosby 1 Bacho Salam 1 Goals Brodie Croft 1 |
Report | Tries 1 Jack Cogger 1 Lachlan Croker 1 Matthew Dufty 1 Reuben Garrick 1 Bayley Sironen 1 Zac Woolford Goals 6 Brian Kelly |
| 2016 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 15 July 2016 | ||||||||
2017
Played as a curtain raiser to Game I of the 2017 State of Origin series.
31 May 2017 |
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16 – 30 | New South Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Brodie Croft 1 Corey Horsburgh 1 Tristan Sailor 1 Goals Tristan Sailor 2 |
Report | Tries 1 Nat Butcher 1 Jai Field 1 Reuben Garrick 1 Blake Lawrie 1 Jack Murchie Goals 5 Jai Field |
| 2017 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 23 May 2017 | |||||||
2018
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2018 State of Origin series.
11 July 2018 |
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30 – 12 | New South Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Jake Clifford 2 Corey Horsburgh 1 Tristan Sailor 1 Kurt Wiltshire 1 Goals Jake Clifford 5 |
Report | Tries 1 Billy Smith 1 Brian To'o Goals 2 Kyle Flanagan |
| 2018 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 11 July 2018 | |||||||
2019
Played as a curtain raiser to Game III of the 2019 State of Origin series.
10 July 2019 |
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36 – 10 | Queensland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries Matt Burton 2 Mathew Croker 1 Ethan Parry 1 Ky Rodwell 1 Teig Wilton 1 Goals Stephen Crichton 6 |
Report | Tries 1 Ronaldo Mulitalo 1 Murray Taulagi Goals 1 Braydon Trindall |
| 2019 team | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Updated: 10 July 2019 | |||||||
See also
References
- http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/under-20s-get-their-own-state-of-origin-match-featuring-nrl-toyota-nsw-and-queensland-cup-players/story-fn31yxah-1226305838741
- http://leagueunlimited.com/news/titans-push-under-20-origin-series#2I3YH24CEwuVS8L4.97
- http://www.nrl.com/toyota-u/20s-origin-squads-named/tabid/10874/newsid/66909/default.aspx
- "Hodges named young Maroons coach". NRL.com. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/07/11/clifford-leads-the-way-in-qld-breakthrough/
- https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/112/16/prince-to-coach-young-maroons/
- http://www.qrl.com.au/state-of-origin/qas-emerging-squads.html
- http://www.qrl.com.au/news/2016/01/06/broncos_players_domi.html
- https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/12/19/queensland-under-20-emerging-origin-squad-for-2020/
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