2019 Townsville Blackhawks season explained

Year:	2019
Team Colour:	green
Font Colour:	white
League:	Queensland Cup
League Rank:	4th
League Wins:	17
League Draws:	0
League Losses:	6
Points For:	566
Points Against:	344
Playoff Result:	Lost preliminary final
Ceo Title:	CEO
Ceo:	Justin Wilkins
Coach Title:	Coach
Top Tries:	Kalifa Faifai Loa (13)
Top Goals:	Shaun Nona (60)
Top Points:	Shaun Nona (124)
Next Season:	2020

The 2019 Townsville Blackhawks season was the fifth in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Sam Hoare, they competed in the Intrust Super Cup. Payne, a former North Queensland Cowboys player and Townsville junior, took over as head coach from Kristian Woolf, who joined the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach.^[1]

Season summary

Milestones

• Round 1: Tom Gilbert, Ryan Lloyd and Shaun Nona made their debuts for the club.
• Round 1: Tom Gilbert scored his first try for the club.
• Round 1: Aaron Payne recorded his first win as head coach.
• Round 3: Sam Murphy and Nathan Traill made their debuts for the club.
• Round 4: Tom Opacic made his debut for the club.
• Round 5: Murray Taulagi made his debut for the club.
• Round 5: Joe Boyce scored his first try for the club.
• Round 6: Wiremu Greig and Jayden Stephens made their debuts for the club.
• Round 8: Josh Chudleigh made his debut for the club.
• Round 9: Chippie Korostchuk made his debut for the club.
• Round 9: Josh Chudleigh scored his first try for the club.
• Round 15: Cody Maughan made his debut for the club.
• Round 15: Nathan Traill scored his first try for the club.
• Round 16: Michael Bell made his debut for the club.
• Round 16: Shaun Nona scored his first try for the club.
• Round 17: Michael Bell scored his first try for the club.
• Round 21: Daejarn Asi made his debut for the club.
• Round 21: Daejarn Asi scored his first try for the club.
• Round 22: Nathan Barrett made his debut for the club.
• Finals Week 1: Campbell Duffy made his debut for the club.
• Finals Week 1: Nathan Barrett scored his first try for the club.

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Josh Chudleigh	North Queensland Cowboys
Sam Hoare	North Queensland Cowboys
Shaun Hudson	North Queensland Cowboys
Chippie Korostchuk	Western Lions
Kyle Laybutt	North Queensland Cowboys
Ryan Lloyd	Townsville Brothers
Shaun Nona	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Michael Parker-Walshe	Townsville Brothers
Nathan Traill	Centrals ASA

Losses

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Ross Bella	Mackay Cutters
Paul Byrnes	Mackay Cutters
Ty Carucci	Townsville Brothers
Davin Crampton	Western Lions
Andrew Davey	Parramatta Eels
Levi Dodd	South Sydney Rabbitohs (mid-season)
Jordan Drew	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Zach Dockar-Clay	Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles
Sam Foster	Easts Tigers
Jordan Kenworthy	Mackay Cutters
David Munro	Mackay Cutters
Jonathon Reuben	Sunshine Coast Falcons
Brenden Santi	Toulouse Olympique
Solomon Vasuvulagi	Released (mid-season)

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 23 February	Round 1	Northern Pride	Alley Park	10  - 28	-	-
Saturday, 2 March	Round 2	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	26  - 18	-	-
Legend:

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 9 March	Round 1	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	34  - 6		Nona (4), Faifai Loa (1)
Sunday, 17 March	Round 2	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	16  - 24	Dodd, Hudson, Parker-Walshe	Dodd (1), Nona (1)
Saturday, 23 March	Round 3	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	20  - 4	Carroll, Gilbert, Power	Dodd (4)
Sunday, 31 March	Round 4	Burleigh Bears	Jack Manski Oval	16  - 10	Freeman, Hudson, Marketo	Faifai Loa (2)
Friday, 5 April	Round 5	Mackay Cutters	Jack Manski Oval	6  - 20		Faifai Loa (1)
Saturday, 13 April	Round 6	Redcliffe Dolphins	Jack Manski Oval	36  - 6		Dodd (5), Faifai Loa (1)
Saturday, 20 April	Round 7	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	10  - 22		Faifai Loa (1)
Saturday, 27 April	Round 8	CQ Capras	Jack Manski Oval	40  - 4	Santo (3), Faifai Loa, Jensen, Marketo, Power, Salam	Dodd (2), Faifai Loa (2)
Sunday, 5 May	Round 9	PNG Hunters	National Football Stadium	24  - 14		Dodd (4)
Sunday, 19 May	Round 10	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Jack Manski Oval	10  - 34	Carroll, Power	Nona (1)
Saturday, 25 May	Round 11	Easts Tigers	Jack Manski Oval	30  - 6		Nona (3)
Saturday, 1 June	Round 12	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Kougari Oval	12  - 28	Carroll, Power	Nona (2)
Sunday, 9 June	Round 13	Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park	28  - 14	Chudleigh (2), Carroll, Faifai Loa, Power	Nona (4)
Saturday, 15 June	Round 14	Ipswich Jets	Jack Manski Oval	14  - 6	Boyce, Carroll	Nona (3)
Saturday, June 29	Round 15	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Jack Manski Oval	24  - 22	Faifai Loa, Feeney, Freeman, Traill	Nona (4)
Friday, 5 July	Round 16	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	22  - 6	Salam (2), Nona, Power	Nona (3)
Saturday, 13 July	Round 17	Northern Pride	Jack Manski Oval	60  - 6	Bell (2), Chudleigh (2), Faifai Loa (2), Power (2), Feeney, Marketo, Salam	Nona (7), Laybutt (1)
Sunday, 21 July	Round 18	Burleigh Bears	A.R. Gofton Oval	22  - 10	Bell, Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Salam	Laybutt (3)
Saturday, 3 August	Round 19	PNG Hunters	Jack Manski Oval	48  - 18	Faifai Loa, Maloney, Marketo, Power, Salam, Santo, Traill	Nona (8)
Saturday, 10 August	Round 20	CQ Capras	Browne Park	32  - 6	Feeney (3), Faifai Loa, Salam	Nona (6)
Saturday, 17 August	Round 21	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	18  - 40	Asi, Marketo, Traill	Nona (3)
Saturday, 24 August	Round 22	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Jack Manski Oval	22  - 18		Nona (3)
Saturday, August 31	Round 23	Easts Tigers	Suzuki Stadium	22  - 20	Beasley, Feeney, Gilbert, Power	Nona (3)
Legend:

Finals

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Sunday, 8 September	Qualifying Final	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	20  - 12	Feeney (2), Barrett, Traill	Nona (2)
Saturday, 21 September	Preliminary Final		Jack Manski Oval	14  - 26	Chudleigh, Salam	Nona (3)
Legend:

Statistics

Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2019 season

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
	3	1	-	-	4
	3	1	-	-	4
Daniel Beasley	8	1	-	-	4
	3	3	-	-	12
	23	2	-	-	8
Michael Carroll	10	6	-	-	24
	18	8	-	-	32
Levi Dodd	9	1	16	-	36
Campbell Duffy	2	-	-	-	-
	25	13	8	-	68
	12	8	-	-	32
Krys Freeman	24	4	-	-	16
	24	5	-	-	20
	6	-	-	-	-
	5	-	-	-	-
	9	-	-	-	-
Shaun Hudson	6	4	-	-	16
	17	2	-	-	8
Chippie Korostchuk	1	-	-	-	-
	22	2	4	-	16
Ryan Lloyd	2	-	-	-	-
	13	-	-	-	-
Cade Maloney	2	1	-	-	4
	22	6	-	-	24
Sam Martin-Savage	1	-	-	-	-
Cody Maughan	1	-	-	-	-
	1	-	-	-	-
Sam Murphy*	3	-	-	-	-
Andrew Niemoeller	1	-	-	-	-
Shaun Nona	19	1	60	-	124
	3	2	-	-	8
	4	1	-	-	4
Michael Parker-Walshe	14	1	-	-	4
Temone Power	25	10	-	-	40
Kieran Quabba	24	-	-	-	-
Bacho Salam	17	10	-	-	40
	18	8	-	-	32
Jayden Stephens	2	-	-	-	-
	8	1	-	-	4
Nathan Traill	15	4	-	-	16
Totals		106	88	0	600

Honours

Club

• Player of the Year: Tom Gilbert^[2]
• Players' Player: Temone Power
• Back of the Year: Kyle Laybutt
• Forward of the Year: Temone Power
• Under 20 Player of the Year: Adam Cook
• Under 18 Player of the Year: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farewell to Coach Kristian Woolf. 26 September 2018.
2. Web site: 2019 Mendi Blackhawks Presentation Night Award Winners. 12 September 2019.