2011 NRL Under-20s season explained

Year:	2011
2011 NRL Under-20s season
Teams:	16
Count:	2nd
Mpcount:	1st
Wooden Spoon:	Manly
Wooden Spoon Count:	1st
Matches:	201
Points:	10439
Mvp:	Tariq Sims
Mvp Link:	Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Dylan Collier (260)
Top Try Scorer:	Omar Sleimankhel (26)
Prevseason Link:	2010
Prevseason Year:	2010
Nextseason Link:	2012
Nextseason Year:	2012

The 2011 NRL Under-20s season was the fourth season of the National Rugby League's Under-20s competition. The competition, known commercially as the 2011 Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota, was solely for under-20s players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of the 2011 NRL Telstra Premiership season.

Season summary

Schedule

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
width=24%	Date and Time	width=17%	Venue	width=11%	Referee
Qualifying Finals
align=left	(4) Melbourne Storm	26-10	align=left	(5) Sydney Roosters	11 September 2011, 1:30pm	AAMI Park, Melbourne
align=left	(3) Cronulla Sharks	28-12	align=left	(6) Canterbury Bulldogs	10 September 2011, 6:00pm	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
align=left	(2) North Queensland Cowboys	48-26	align=left	(7) Wests Tigers	9 September 2011, 5:15pm	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
align=left	(1) New Zealand Warriors	54-6	align=left	(8) Newcastle Knights	10 September 2011, 4:15pm	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Semi-finals
align=left	Melbourne Storm	20-22	align=left	Canterbury Bulldogs	16 September 2011, 5:15pm	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
align=left	Cronulla Sharks	14-4	align=left	Sydney Roosters	17 September 2011, 5:15pm	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Preliminary Finals
align=left	North Queensland Cowboys	38-14	align=left	Cronulla Sharks	23 September 2011, 5:15pm	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
align=left	New Zealand Warriors	64-0	align=left	Canterbury Bulldogs	24 September 2011, 5:15pm	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Grand Final
align=left	New Zealand Warriors	31-30	align=left	North Queensland Cowboys	2 October 2011, 2:15pm	ANZ Stadium

Player statistics

Leading try scorers

Top 10 try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Omar Slaimankhel	26	New Zealand
2	Michael Parker-Walshe	21	North Queensland
3	Marmin Barba	19	Parramatta
4=	Tautau Moga	18	Sydney
4=	Luke Pickerd	18	Cronulla
6=	Daniel Abou-Sleiman	17	Canterbury
6=	Dale Copley	17	Brisbane
6=	Mahe Fonua	17	Melbourne
6=	Adam Henry	17	New Zealand
10	Wayne Ulugia	16	North Queensland

Most tries in a game

Top 5 most tries in a game
width=20 abbr="Position"		width=150	Player	width=150	Team	width=150	Opponent	width=20	Round	width=20	Tries
1=	Matthew Berwick	Brisbane	North Queensland	23	4
1=	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland	Newcastle	18	4
1=	Jerome Leedy	Brisbane	Manly	26	4
1=	Tautau Moga	Sydney	Cronulla	24	4
1=	James Tedesco	Wests Tigers	Melbourne	15	4
1=	Jack Wighton	Canberra	Gold Coast	4	4

Leading point scorers

Top 10 overall point scorers
width=20 abbr="Position"		width=125	Player	width=150	Team	width=20	T	width=20	G	width=20	FG	width=20	Pts
1	Dylan Collier	New Zealand	14	102	-	260
2	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland	14	87	-	230
3	Matt McGahan	Melbourne	6	85	-	194
4	Chris Medcalf	Canberra	9	78	-	192
5	Chris Taripo	Sydney	10	53	-	146
6	Mitchell Frei	Brisbane	4	62	-	140
7	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers	5	54	-	128
8	Kane Gillies	St. George Illawarra	8	44	-	120
9	Ali Hijazi	Cronulla	4	50	-	116
10	Cameron Breust	Parramatta	4	47	1	111

Most points in a game

Top 5 most points in a game
width=20 abbr="Position"		width=125	Player	width=150	Team	width=150	Opponent	width=20	Round	width=20	Tries	width=20	Goals	width=20	Field Goals	width=20	Points
1	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland	Newcastle	18	4	5	-	26
2	Blake Austin	Penrith	Cronulla	3	3	6	-	24
3	Chris Taripo	Sydney	Canberra	17	2	7	-	22
5=	Kane Gillies	St. George Illawarra	Manly	16	2	7	-	22
5=	Chris Medcalf	Canberra	Manly	9	1	9	-	22

Leading goal scorers

Top 10 goal scorers
Pos	Name	Goals	Team
1	Dylan Collier	102	New Zealand
2	Kyle Feldt	87	North Queensland
3	Matt McGahan	85	Melbourne
4	Chris Medcalf	78	Canberra
5	Mitchell Frei	62	Brisbane
6	Jacob Miller	54	Wests Tigers
7	Chris Taripo	53	Sydney
8	Ali Hijazi	51	Cronulla
9	Cameron Breust	47	Parramatta
10	Kane Gillies	44	St. George Illawarra

Most goals in a game

Top 5 most goals in a game
width=20 abbr="Position"		width=125	Player	width=150	Team	width=150	Opponent	width=20	Round	width=20	Goals
1=	Dylan Collier	New Zealand	South Sydney	11	9
1=	Mitchell Frei	Brisbane	Newcastle	5	9
1=	Chris Medcalf	Canberra	Gold Coast	4	9
1=	Chris Medcalf	Canberra	Manly	9	9
1=	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers	Melbourne	15	9
1=	Daniel Wallace	Brisbane	South Sydney	25	9

Leading field goal scorers

Top 10 field goal scorers
Pos	Name	Team	Field Goals
1=	Chad Townsend	Cronulla	2
1=	Jason Whebe	Parramatta	2
3=	Jay Bonnell	Wests Tigers	1
3=	Cameron Breust	Parramatta	1
3=	Ryley Jacks	Sydney	1
3=	Penani Manumalealii	Cronulla	1
3=	Jordan Meads	New Zealand	1
3=	Jordan Rankin	Gold Coast	1
3=	Aiden Sezer	Canterbury	1
3=	Sam Williams	Canberra	1

Club statistics

Biggest Wins

Top 10 biggest winning margins
Pos	Winning Team	Losing Team	Round	Score	Margin
1	Brisbane	Manly	26	64-0	64
1 =	New Zealand	Canterbury	Preliminary Final	64-0	64
2	New Zealand	South Sydney	11	62-6	56
3	Canterbury	Manly	24	52-0	52
4=	Brisbane	Newcastle	5	54-6	48
4=	Brisbane	South Sydney	25	54-6	48
4=	North Queensland	South Sydney	24	58-10	48
7	Newcastle	Penrith	1	62-16	46
8	Canterbury	Manly	13	50-6	44
9=	Sydney	Canterbury	21	50-8	42
9=	New Zealand	Sydney	5	42-0	42

Winning Streaks

width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"		Winning streak still active

Top 5 longest winning streaks
Pos	Team	First Win	Round	Last Win	Round	Games Won
1	Sydney	26-14 vs Newcastle	16	Current Streak	-	11
2=	Canterbury	38-16 vs South Sydney	7	30-26 vs Cronulla	15	7
2=	Cronulla	28-16 vs Gold Coast	16	38-18 vs Gold Coast	22	7
2=	Melbourne	34-30 vs Canterbury	4	24-12 vs Canberra	10	7
5	New Zealand	56-26 vs Penrith	8	30-16 vs Wests Tigers	14	6

QF = Qualifying Finals
SF = Semi-finals
PF = Preliminary Finals
GF = Grand Final

Losing Streaks

width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"		Losing streak still active

Top 5 longest losing streaks
Pos	Team	First Loss	Round	Last Loss	Round	Games Lost
1	South Sydney	16-17 vs Sydney	19	Current Streak	-	8
2=	Canberra	20-56 vs Sydney	17	8-24 vs Newcastle	22	6
2=	Manly	20-21 vs Cronulla	5	32-34 vs Gold Coast	10	6
2=	Manly	16-30 vs Parramatta	15	18-26 vs Sydney	22	6
2=	South Sydney	16-38 vs Canterbury	7	16-40 vs Melbourne	13	6

QF = Qualifying Finals
SF = Semi-finals
PF = Preliminary Finals
GF = Grand Final

Team of the Year

On 30 August 2011, the 2011 Toyota Cup team of the Year was announced.^[1] The team included 15 first time winners including coach John Ackland, while Dane Gagai and Dale Finucane had previously been named in the 2010 Team of the Year. Kenneath Bromwich and Jesse Bromwich, a member of the 2009 Team of the Year, became the first brothers to be selected in a team of the Year.

Position	Player	Club
Fullback	Omar Slaimankhel	New Zealand
Wing	Dane Gagai	Brisbane
Centre	Konrad Hurrell	New Zealand
Centre	Mahe Fonua	Melbourne
Wing	James Roberts	South Sydney
Five-Eight	Carlos Tuimavave	New Zealand
Halfback	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers
Prop	Kane Evans	Sydney
Hooker	Kurt Baptiste	Brisbane
Prop	Dale Finucane	Canterbury
Second-Row	Jason Taumalolo	North Queensland
Second-Row	Alex McKinnon	St. George Illawarra
Lock	Tyrone Peachey	Cronulla
Bench	Kenneath Bromwich	Melbourne
Bench	Tim Lafai	Canterbury
Bench	Jack de Belin	St. George Illawarra
Bench	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland
Coach	John Ackland	New Zealand

External links

NRL.com - Official site of the NYC, National Youth Competition

Notes and References

Web site: Toyota Cup Team of the Year. National Rugby League. 30 August 2011. 11 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150511103631/http://www.nrl.com/toyota-cup-team-of-the-year/tabid/10874/newsid/64496/default.aspx. dead.