| Year: | 2019 |
| Competition: | Queensland Cup |
| Duration: | March 9 – September 29, 2019 |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Count: | 4th |
| Mpcount: | 1st |
| Matches: | 170 |
| Points: | 7,549 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Todd Murphy (280) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Jonathon Reuben Matt Soper-Lawler (23) |
| Player Of The Year: | Jamal Fogarty (Petero Civoniceva Medal) |
| Nextseason Year: | 2020 |
The 2019 Queensland Cup season was the 24th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.[1]
The Burleigh Bears won their fourth premiership after defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls 28–10 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Stadium. Burleigh Jamal Fogarty was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.[2] [3]
In 2019, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year.
| 2019 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | ||||||||||
| 1 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 856 | 292 | +564 | 43 | |
| 2 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 652 | 362 | +290 | 36 | |
| 3 | Burleigh Bears (P) | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 663 | 304 | +359 | 34 | |
| 4 | Townsville Blackhawks | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 566 | 344 | +222 | 34 | |
| 5 | Norths Devils | 23 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 619 | 477 | +142 | 30 | |
| 6 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 464 | 438 | +26 | 28 | |
| 7 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 558 | 392 | +166 | 26 | |
| 8 | Easts Tigers | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 478 | 541 | -63 | 21 | |
| 9 | Ipswich Jets | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 466 | 563 | -97 | 19 | |
| 10 | Souths Logan Magpies | 23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 465 | 694 | -229 | 15 | |
| 11 | Mackay Cutters | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 416 | 566 | -150 | 14 | |
| 12 | Northern Pride | 23 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 342 | 635 | -293 | 10 | |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea Hunters | 23 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 315 | 750 | -435 | 9 | |
| 14 | Central Queensland Capras | 23 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 318 | 820 | -502 | 3 | |
For the first time in competition history, the Queensland Cup used an eight-team finals series in 2019, the same format used in the NRL.[4]
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=10% | Date and Time (Local) | width=10% | Venue | ||||
| Qualifying & Elimination Finals | |||||||
| Tweed Heads Seagulls | 24 – 25 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 8 September 2019, 11:40am | Piggabeen Sports Complex | |||
| Norths Devils | 20 – 24 | Easts Tigers | 8 September 2019, 1:10pm | Bishop Park | |||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 32 – 34 | Burleigh Bears | 8 September 2019, 2:00pm | BMD Kougari Oval | |||
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 12 – 20 | Townsville Blackhawks | 8 September 2019, 2:00pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium | |||
| Semi-finals | |||||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 – 16 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 15 September 2019, 12:05pm | BMD Kougari Oval | |||
| Sunshine Coast Falcons | 22 – 14 | Easts Tigers | 15 September 2019, 12:05pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium | |||
| Preliminary Finals | |||||||
| Townsville Blackhawks | 14 – 26 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 21 September 2019, 3:00pm | Jack Manski Oval | |||
| Burleigh Bears | 24 – 6 | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 22 September 2019, 3:05pm | Pizzey Park | |||
| Grand Final | |||||||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 10 – 28 | Burleigh Bears | 29 September 2019, 3:10pm | Dolphin Stadium | |||
| Wynnum Manly Seagulls | Position | Burleigh Bears | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurtis Rowe | |||
| Edward Burns | Tyronne Roberts-Davis | ||
| Sami Sauiluma | |||
| Josh Berkers | |||
| Anthony Don | |||
| Patrick Templeman | Dylan Phythian | ||
| Sam Scarlett | Jamal Fogarty | ||
| Aaron Rockley | Luke Page (c) | ||
| Mitch Cronin (c) | Pat Politoni | ||
| Jack Buchanan | |||
| Hayden Schwass | |||
| Alex Barr | Blake Leary | ||
| Kelly Tate | Sam Coster | ||
| Lucky Ta'avale | Bench | Matt Robinson | |
| Jayden Berrell | Bench | Josh Rogers | |
| Lachlan Lee | Bench | Oliver Percy | |
| Kalolo Saitaua | Bench | Api Noema-Matenga | |
| Coach | Jim Lenihan |
Burleigh got the scoring underway in the Grand Final, kicking a penalty goal in the 14th minute. They scored the first try of the game six minutes later when winger Tyronne Roberts-Davis scored in the left corner untouched. Another try in the 30th minute extended their lead to 12 after Jamal Fogarty grubbered through the line and regathered, finding Kurtis Rowe in support, who scored next to the posts. Wynnum Manly finally got on the scoreboard in the 34th minute, when halfback Sam Scarlett dived on his own kick after a Burleigh error in the in-goal.
Wynnum opened the second half strongly, with a try to winger Edward Burns from a Patrick Templeman kick, bringing them within two points of Burleigh. The Bears hit back shortly after, when Rowe caught a bouncing Dylan Phythian kick to score his second try of the game. In the 67th minute, hooker Pat Politoni extended Burleigh's lead to 12 when he darted over from dummy half to score. Burleigh sealed the victory, and their fourth premiership, when Fogarty picked up a Seagulls' kick and ran 90 metres untouched to score under the posts. Kurtis Rowe was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his two-try effort.[5] [6]
After winning the Grand Final, the Burleigh Bears qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Newtown Jets, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 16–20.[7] [8]
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).[9]
| Pos | width=140 | Player | Team | Tries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathon Reuben | Souths Logan Magpies | 23 | |
| Matt Soper-Lawler | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 23 | ||
| 3 | Troy Leo | Burleigh Bears | 22 | |
| 4 | Herbie Farnworth | Norths Devils | 20 | |
| 5 | Edene Gebbie | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 19 | |
| 6 | Edwards Burns | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 16 | |
| 7 | Kurtis Rowe | Burleigh Bears | 15 | |
| 8 | Harry Grant | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 14 | |
| BJ Aufaga-Toomaga | Central Queensland Capras | 14 | ||
| Talor Walters | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 14 | ||
| Pos | width=140 | Player | Team | width=20 | T | width=20 | G | width=20 | FG | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Murphy | Sunshine Coast Falcons | 10 | 120 | - | 280 | |||||
| 2 | Jamal Fogarty | Burleigh Bears | 7 | 95 | - | 218 | |||||
| 3 | Herbie Farnworth | Norths Devils | 20 | 62 | - | 204 | |||||
| 4 | Patrick Templeman | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 11 | 75 | - | 194 | |||||
| 5 | Lindon McGrady | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 5 | 76 | - | 172 | |||||
| 6 | BJ Aufaga-Toomaga | Central Queensland Capras | 14 | 43 | - | 142 | |||||
| 7 | Shaun Nona | Townsville Blackhawks | 1 | 60 | - | 124 | |||||
| 8 | Marmin Barba | Ipswich Jets | 10 | 41 | - | 122 | |||||
| 9 | Guy Hamilton | Souths Logan Magpies | 3 | 46 | 1 | 105 | |||||
| 10 | Carlin Anderson | Townsville Blackhawks | 6 | 39 | - | 102 | |||||
| Position | Nat | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Edene Gebbie | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | ||
 | Jonathon Reuben | Sunshine Coast Falcons | ||
| Izaia Perese | Redcliffe Dolphins | ||
| Patrick Templeman | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | ||
| Todd Murphy | Sunshine Coast Falcons | ||
| Jordan Grant | Redcliffe Dolphins | ||
| Harry Grant | Sunshine Coast Falcons | ||
| Chris Lewis | Sunshine Coast Falcons | ||
| Tom Gilbert | Townsville Blackhawks |