| Team Colour: | navy |
| Font Colour: | white |
| League: | NRL |
| League Rank: | 3rd |
| League Wins: | 15 |
| League Draws: | 0 |
| League Losses: | 9 |
| Points For: | 547 |
| Points Against: | 618 |
| Playoff Result: | Lost Preliminary Final (v Manly Sea Eagles, 6–28) |
| Ceo Title: | CEO |
| Ceo: | Peter Parr |
| Coach Title: | Coach |
| Avg Attendance: | 20,108 |
| High Attendance: | 25,926 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 18) |
| Top Tries: | Matthew Bowen (22) |
| Top Goals: | Johnathan Thurston (78) |
| Top Points: | Johnathan Thurston (196) |
| Next Season: | 2008 |
The 2007 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 13th in the club's history. Coached by Graham Murray and captained by Johnathan Thurston, they competed in the NRL's Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 3rd place, falling one game short of the Grand Final after losing to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
The Cowboys started the 2007 NRL season strongly, winning their first four games. By the halfway point of the season, they were placed inside the top four, despite losing key forward Luke O'Donnell for the season in Round 4.
In August, News Limited sold its majority stake in the club to the Cowboys Leagues Club for just over $2 million. News Limited took over the club in late 2001, helping it through a turbulent and difficult era.
Following five losses from seven games, the Cowboys dropped to 8th place in Round 20. A strong finish to the regular season, in which they won their final five games, saw them finish in 3rd, their highest ever placing at the time. Their first two finals games were played at home, defeating the Canterbury Bulldogs (20–18) and the New Zealand Warriors (49–12), to move within one game of the Grand Final. The Cowboys' season ended the following week, losing to Manly in the preliminary final.
Club legend Paul Bowman retired at the end of the 2007 season. The last foundation player from the club's inaugural season, Bowman played 203 games for the Cowboys over 13 seasons. The club's Player of the Year medal was named in his honour following his retirement. He became an assistant coach with the club in 2008. 2007 also saw the debut of 19-year-old Scott Bolton, who would go on to play over 150 games for the Cowboys and be a member of their 2015 NRL Grand Final and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides.
| Player | Signed From | |
|---|---|---|
| Parramatta Eels | ||
| Melbourne Storm | ||
| Parramatta Eels | ||
| Warriors | ||
| North Sydney Bears | ||
| Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Melbourne Storm | ||
| Canberra Raiders | ||
| Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Colin Wilkie | Melbourne Storm |
| Player | Signed To | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast Titans | ||
| Released | ||
| Gold Coast Titans | ||
| Celtic Crusaders | ||
| Penrith Panthers | ||
| Cronulla Sharks | ||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | ||
| Brisbane Broncos | ||
| Retired | ||
| Newcastle Knights | ||
| Hull F.C. | ||
| University Saints RLFC | ||
| Retired |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 February | Trial 1 | Canberra Raiders | Browne Park | 10 – 28 | - | - | - | |
| 24 February | Trial 2 | Warriors | Leprechaun Park | 32 – 14 | Thurston (4/6) | - | ||
| 3 March | Trial 3 | Manly Sea Eagles | Barlow Park | 10 – 14 | Thurston (2/2) | - |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September | Qualifying Final | Canterbury Bulldogs | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 20 – 18 | Thurston (4/4) | 24,004 | |||||
| 16 September | Semi Final | Warriors | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 49 – 12 | Thurston (7/7), Bowman (1/1), M. Bowen (1 FG) | 21,487 | |||||
| 22 September | Preliminary Final | Manly Sea Eagles | SFS | 6 – 28 | Thurston (1/1) | 32,611 | |||||
| Legend: | |||||||||||
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 13 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 16 | 9 | - | - | 36 | ||
| 27 | 22 | - | 3 | 91 | ||
| 21 | 5 | 1 | - | 22 | ||
| 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 20 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 11 | 7 | - | - | 28 | ||
| 18 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
| 13 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 22 | 18 | 12 | - | 96 | ||
| 10 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 21 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 14 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
| 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 27 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 20 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
| 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
| 19 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 11 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
| 25 | 10 | 78 | - | 196 | ||
| 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 8 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
| 15 | 7 | - | - | 28 | ||
| Totals | 109 | 91 | 4 | 622 |
The following players played a representative match in 2007
| Trans-Tasman Test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Bowen | ||||||
| David Faiumu | ||||||
| Jacob Lillyman | ||||||
| Johnathan Thurston | ||||||
| Carl Webb |