2022 Townsville Blackhawks season explained

Year:	2022
Team Colour:	green
Font Colour:	white
League:	Queensland Cup
League Rank:	8th
League Wins:	7
League Draws:	1
League Losses:	7
Points For:	384
Points Against:	320
Ceo Title:	CEO
Ceo:	Justin Wilkins
Coach Title:	Coach
Top Tries:	Kalifa Faifai Loa (12)
Top Goals:	Shaun Nona (29)
Top Points:	Shaun Nona (66)
Next Season:	2023

The 2022 Townsville Blackhawks season is the eighth in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Josh Chudleigh, they competed in the Hostplus Cup.^[1]

Season summary

Milestones

• Round 1: Jake Bourke, Tom Chester, Jordan Lipp, Kayleb Milne and Emry Pere made their debuts for the club.
• Round 1: Tom Chester scored his first try for the club.
• Round 2: Zac McMinn and Taniela Sadrugu made their debuts for the club.
• Round 2: Taniela Sadrugu scored his first try for the club.
• Round 3: Iosefo Baleiwairiki made his debut for the club.
• Round 3: Jordan Lipp, Aaron Moore and Emry Pere scored their first tries for the club.
• Round 4: Iosefo Baleiwairiki scored his first try for the club.
• Round 9: Oscar Carter and Justin Frain made their debuts for the club.
• Round 9: Justin Frain scored his first try for the club.
• Round 11: Zac Laybutt and D'Jazirhae Pua'avase made their debuts for the club.
• Round 11: Zac Laybutt and D'Jazirhae Pua'avase scored their first tries for the club.
• Round 11: Kyle Laybutt played his 80th game for the club, overtaking Sam Hoare was the club's most capped player.
• Round 13 Eddie Hampson made his debut for the club.
• Round 13: Zac McMinnm scored his first try for the club.
• Round 14: Edene Gebbie made his debut for the club.
• Round 14: Edene Gebbie and Eddie Hampson scored their first tries for the club.
• Round 16: Kulikefu Finefeuiaki and Jaymon Moore made their debuts for the club.
• Round 16: Jake Bourke scored his first try for the club.

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Oscar Carter	Herbert River Crushers		^[2]
John Cullen	Townsville Brothers
Justin Frain	Ryde-Eastwood Hawks
Edene Gebbie	Wests Tigers
Mitchell Grimes	Herbert River Crushers
Robert Lui	Leeds Rhinos
Kayleb Milne	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Jaymon Moore	Mackay Cutters
Faron Morris	Townsville Brothers
Jordon Remfrey	Mounties RLFC

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Carlin Anderson	Work commitments
Nick Brown	Released
Benn Campagnolo	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sam Hoare	Retired
Josh Hoffman	Released
Cameron King	Retired
Sione Lousi	Retired
Sam Martin-Savage	Year off
Cody Maughan	Released
Kieran Quabba	Work commitments
Bacho Salam	Brisbane Tigers

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 5 March	Trial 1	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	6 – 22	-	-
Saturday, 12 March	Trial 2	Mackay Cutters	Denison Park	24 – 18		Bell (4)
Legend:

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, March 20	Round 1	Norths Devils	Jack Manski Oval	14 – 8		Chudleigh (1)
Saturday, March 26	Round 2	Burleigh Bears	Jack Manski Oval	22 – 26		Bell (3)
Friday, April 1	Round 3	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Jack Manski Oval	28 – 12		K Laybutt (4)
Saturday, April 9	Round 4	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	22 – 12	Faifai Loa (2), Baleiwairiki, Bell	Bell (3)
Sunday, April 24	Round 5	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Jack Manski Oval	17 – 4		Bell (2, 1 FG)
Saturday, April 30	Round 6	Redcliffe Dolphins	Moreton Daily Stadium	29 – 28		Bell (4, 1 FG)
	Round 7	Bye
Friday, May 13	Round 8	PNG Hunters	Jack Manski Oval	20 – 42		Bell (2)
Saturday, May 21	Round 9	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	40 – 10	Feeney (3), Lipp (2), Boyce, Frain	Nona (5), Bell (1)
Saturday, June 4	Round 10	Mackay Cutters	Jack Manski Oval	18 – 28		Nona (2), K Laybutt (1)
Saturday, June 11	Round 11	CQ Capras	Browne Park	16 – 22		Nona (2)
Saturday, June 18	Round 12	Brisbane Tigers	Jack Manski Oval	30 – 18		Nona (5)
Saturday, July 2	Round 13	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	18 – 28	Carroll (2), McMinn	Z Laybutt (3)
Saturday, July 9	Round 14	Souths Logan Magpies	Jack Manski Oval	72 – 0		Nona (10)
Saturday, July 16	Round 15	Burleigh Bears	Pizzey Park	16 – 30		Nona (2)
Saturday, July 23	Round 16	Redcliffe Dolphins	Burdekin RL Park	22 – 22	Sadrugu (2), Bourke, Z Laybutt (2)	Nona (3)
Saturday, August 6	Round 17	Northern Pride	Jack Manski Oval
Saturday, August 13	Round 18	PNG Hunters	Bycroft Oval
Saturday, August 20	Round 19	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex
Saturday, August 27	Round 20	Norths Devils	Bishop Park
Legend:

Statistics

Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2022 season

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
	7	3	-	-	12
	8	-	-	-	-
	11	4	15	2	48
	3	1	-	-	4
	11	2	-	-	8
	2	2	-	-	8
	3	-	-	-	-
	10	4	-	-	16
	8	3	1	-	14
	15	12	-	-	48
	8	6	-	-	24
	1	-	-	-	-
	5	1	-	-	4
	2	1	-	-	4
	3	1	-	-	4
	15	-	-	-	-
	12	1	-	-	4
	1	-	-	-	-
	14	2	5	-	18
	6	4	3	-	22
	11	4	-	-	16
	10	2	-	-	8
	14	1	-	-	4
	9	1	-	-	4
	5	-	-	-	-
	11	2	-	-	8
	1	-	-	-	-
	7	2	29	-	66
	11	2	-	-	8
	14	1	-	-	4
	5	1	-	-	4
	12	6	-	-	24
Totals		69	53	2	384

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 Mendi Blackhawks season launch. 14 March 2022. Townsville Blackhawks.
2. Web site: Townsville Blackhawks: Cup gains and losses for 2022. 16 March 2022. QRL.