2022 Queensland Cup

2022 Queensland Cup
Teams14
Premiers Norths Devils (3rd title)
Minor premiers Burleigh Bears (3rd title)
Top points scorer(s) Josh Rogers (208)
Player of the year Taine Tuaupiki
(Petero Civoniceva Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Alofiana Khan-Pereira (22)
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The 2022 Queensland Cup season was the 27th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, featured 14 teams playing a 24-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

It is the first season played under Hostplus sponsorship, after 11 seasons known as the Intrust Super Cup.

Norths Devils won their second consecutive grand final, defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins 16–10 to take their third Queensland Cup premiership.

Teams

In 2022, the line-up of teams remained unchanged for the eighth consecutive season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PNG Hunters were based out of the Gold Coast for the second consecutive season, playing their home games at Runaway Bay's Bycroft Oval. The Hunters were able eventually to return to Port Moresby to play their final match of the season at the National Football Stadium.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Brisbane Tigers Totally Workwear Stadium Jon Buchanan Darren Nicholls Melbourne Storm
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Rick Stone Sami Sauiluma Gold Coast Titans
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Lionel Harbin Jack Madden Brisbane Broncos
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben Cross Nathaniel Neale Newcastle Knights
Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium David Elliott Ross Bella North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Jayden Hodges North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils Bishop Park Kevin Neighbour & Ben King Jack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos
Papua New Guinea Hunters Bycroft Oval Matt Church Keven Appo None
Redcliffe Dolphins Moreton Daily Stadium Scott Murray Cameron Cullen New Zealand Warriors
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Steve Bretherton Cameron Booth Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Brad Henderson Tyson Smoothy Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne Josh Chudleigh North Queensland Cowboys
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf Lamar Liolevave Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson Sam Scarlett Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Tigers WMS
+4 		SLM
0 		PNG
+10 		IPS
+34 		CQC
+14 		MAC
-12 		X SCF
-8 		NOR
+12 		BUR
-48 		WMS
-10 		TSV
-12 		RED
-6 		NTP
+2 		SLM
+4 		PNG
-8 		IPS
+14 		SCF
-4 		CQC
+4 		TWE
+8 		TWE
-6
Burleigh Bears WMS
+8 		TSV
+4 		RED
+12 		TWE
-14 		PNG
+34 		X SLM
+22 		MAC
+20 		CQC
+6 		BRI
+48 		SCF
+10 		NOR
+36 		NTP
-4 		IPS
+42 		TSV
+14 		NOR
+28 		TWE
0 		MAC
-4 		PNG
-8 		WMS
+24 		NOR
-1 		CQC
+14 		RED
-12
Central Queensland Capras SLM
+2 		PNG
+10 		IPS
+20 		MAC
+8 		BRI
-14 		X NTP
+24 		NOR
-5 		BUR
-6 		WMS
+2 		TSV
+6 		RED
0 		TWE
-6 		SCF
+2 		PNG
+38 		SCF
+6 		MAC
-18 		NOR
-7 		BRI
-4 		SLM
+20 		NTP
+8 		BUR
-14
Ipswich Jets NTP
-20 		MAC
-40 		CQC
-20 		BRI
-34 		NOR
-4 		SCF
−30 		X WMS
-52 		TSV
-30 		RED
-54 		TWE
-10 		SLM
+8 		PNG
+18 		BUR
-42 		MAC
+6 		TWE
-12 		BRI
-14 		WMS
+8 		NOR
-40 		NTP
-22
Mackay Cutters PNG
-6 		IPS
+40 		NTP
+2 		CQC
-8 		SCF
-20 		BRI
+12 		X BUR
-20 		WMS
-18 		TSV
+10 		RED
-2 		TWE
+2 		SLM
+6 		NOR
-18 		IPS
-6 		WMS
-16 		CQC
+18 		BUR
+4 		SCF
-18 		PNG
-2
Northern Pride IPS
+20 		WMS
-18 		MAC
-2 		TSV
-10 		RED
+12 		X CQC
−24 		TWE
-28 		SCF
0 		SLM
+8 		NOR
-4 		PNG
+24 		BUR
+4 		BRI
-2 		WMS
+4 		SLM
+6 		TSV
+12 		TWE
-6 		RED
-39 		IPS
+22 		CQC
-8
Norths Devils TSV
+24 		RED
-1 		TWE
+9 		SLM
+8 		IPS
+4 		X PNG
+4 		CQC
+5 		BRI
-12 		SCF
-8 		NTP
+4 		BUR
-36 		WMS
-14 		MAC
+18 		RED
-38 		BUR
-28 		SLM
+16 		CQC
+7 		IPS
+40 		TSV
+8 		BUR
+1 		X SCF
+7 		RED
+6
Papua New Guinea Hunters MAC
+6 		CQC
-10 		BRI
-10 		SCF
-14 		BUR
-34 		X NOR
-4 		TSV
+22 		RED
-14 		TWE
-2 		SLM
+4 		NTP
-24 		IPS
-18 		WMS
+14 		CQC
-38 		BRI
+8 		SCF
-38 		TSV
0 		BUR
+8 		MAC
+2
Redcliffe Dolphins SCF
-20 		NOR
+1 		BUR
-12 		WMS
-28 		NTP
-12 		TSV
−1 		X SLM
+32 		PNG
+14 		IPS
+54 		MAC
+2 		CQC
0 		BRI
+6 		TWE
+26 		NOR
+38 		TSV
0 		WMS
+10 		SLM
+12 		NTP
+39 		SCF
-2 		SCF
+6 		X BUR
+12 		NOR
-6
Souths Logan Magpies CQC
-2 		BRI
0 		SCF
-12 		NOR
-8 		WMS
+6 		X BUR
−22 		RED
-32 		TWE
-18 		NTP
-8 		PNG
-4 		IPS
-8 		MAC
-6 		TSV
-72 		BRI
-4 		NTP
-6 		NOR
-16 		RED
-12 		WMS
+4 		CQC
-20
Sunshine Coast Falcons RED
+20 		TWE
-22 		SLM
+12 		PNG
+14 		MAC
+20 		IPS
+30 		X BRI
+8 		NTP
0 		NOR
+8 		BUR
-10 		WMS
-8 		TSV
+10 		CQC
-2 		TWE
+8 		CQC
-6 		PNG
+38 		BRI
+4 		MAC
+18 		RED
+2 		RED
-6 		TWE
+2 		NOR
-7
Townsville Blackhawks NOR
-24 		BUR
-4 		WMS
+16 		NTP
+10 		TWE
+13 		RED
+1 		X PNG
-22 		IPS
+30 		MAC
-10 		CQC
-6 		BRI
+12 		SCF
-10 		SLM
+72 		BUR
−14 		RED
0 		NTP
-12 		PNG
0 		TWE
-42 		NOR
-8
Tweed Heads Seagulls BRI
-4 		SCF
+22 		NOR
-9 		BUR
+14 		TSV
-13 		WMS
−4 		X NTP
+28 		SLM
+18 		PNG
+2 		IPS
+10 		MAC
-2 		CQC
+6 		RED
-26 		SCF
−8 		IPS
+12 		BUR
0 		NTP
+6 		TSW
+42 		BRI
-8 		BRI
+6 		SCF
-2
Wynnum Manly Seagulls BUR
-8 		NTP
+18 		TSV
+16 		RED
+28 		SLM
-6 		TWE
+4 		X IPS
+52 		MAC
+18 		CQC
-2 		BRI
+10 		SCF
+8 		NOR
+14 		PNG
-14 		NTP
−4 		MAC
+16 		RED
-10 		IPS
-8 		SLM
-4 		BUR
-24
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 F1 F2 F3 GF
Key:      X Bold – Home game      X – Bye      Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

2022 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Burleigh Bears 19 14 1 4 1 634 356 +278 31
2 Sunshine Coast Falcons 19 13 1 5 1 470 326 +144 29
3 Redcliffe Dolphins 19 11 2 6 1 518 359 +159 26
4 Norths Devils (P) 19 12 0 7 1 469 459 +10 26
5 Central Queensland Capras 19 11 1 7 1 472 394 +78 25
6 Tweed Heads Seagulls 19 10 1 8 1 474 388 +86 23
7 Brisbane Tigers 19 10 1 8 1 452 454 -2 23
8 Northern Pride 19 9 1 9 1 370 391 -21 21
9 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 19 9 0 10 1 494 422 +72 20
10 Townsville Blackhawks 19 7 2 10 1 445 443 +2 18
11 Mackay Cutters 19 8 0 11 1 444 484 -40 18
12 Papua New Guinea Hunters 19 7 1 11 1 389 531 -142 17
13 Ipswich Jets 19 4 0 15 1 328 712 -384 10
14 Souths Logan Magpies 19 2 1 16 1 346 586 -240 7

Final series

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Qualifying & Elimination Finals
Tweed Heads Seagulls 24 – 18 Brisbane Tigers 3 September 2022, 3:10 pm Piggabeen Sports Complex
Sunshine Coast Falcons 16 – 22 Redcliffe Dolphins 3 September 2022, 6:00 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium
Central Queensland Capras 30 – 22 Northern Pride 4 September 2022, 2:15 pm Browne Park
Burleigh Bears 19 – 20 Norths Devils 4 September 2022, 4:00 pm Pizzey Park
Semi-finals
Burleigh Bears 32 – 16 Central Queensland Capras 10 September 2022, 4:10 pm Pizzey Park
Sunshine Coast Falcons 26 – 24 Tweed Heads Seagulls 11 September 2022, 11:00 am Sunshine Coast Stadium
Preliminary Finals
Norths Devils 20 – 13 Sunshine Coast Falcons 17 September 2022, 1:05 pm Bishop Park
Redcliffe Dolphins 28 – 16 Burleigh Bears 17 September 2022, 3:10 pm Moreton Daily Stadium
Grand Final
Redcliffe Dolphins 10 – 16 Norths Devils 24 September 2022, 3:15 pm Moreton Daily Stadium

Grand Final

Saturday, 24 September
3:15pm (AEST) (UTC+10:00)
Redcliffe Dolphins 10 – 16 Norths Devils
Tries: 2
Tu  60'
Burns  72'
Goals: 1
Donovan  pen 20' (1/3)
 1st: 2–6
2nd: 8–10
Report
Stats
 Tries: 3
McGrady  49', 77'
Gagan  23'
Goals: 2
Roberts  25', 51' (2/3)
Moreton Daily Stadium
Referee: Jarrod Cole
Touch judges: Steve Kanowski, Dan Munroe
Player of the Match: Jacob Gagan (Norths)
Team details
Redcliffe Dolphins Position Norths Devils
Name Number Number Name
Trai Fuller 1
Fullback
 1 Jack Ahern (c)
Setu Tu 2
Wing
 2 Brayden McGrady
Rocco Berry 3
Centre
 3 Jacob Gagan
Valynce Te Whare 19
Centre
 4 Connor Broadhurst
Edward Burns 5
Wing
 5 Tony Tumusa
Bryce Donovan 6
Five eighth
 6 Tyson Gamble
Daejarn Asi 23
Half back
 7 Tyrone Roberts
Dunamis Lui 8
Prop forward
 8 Viko Puliuvea
Sheldon Pitama (c) 20
Hooker
 9 Kierran Moseley
Lachlan Timm 10
Prop forward
 10 Jayden Stephens
Sam Elliott 11
Second row
 11 Brendan Piakura
Jeremiah Simbiken 12
Second row
 12 Leivaha Pulu
Pride Petterson-Robati 13
Lock forward
 13 Michael Sio
Liam Hampson 9
Interchange
 14 Matthew Milson
Jackson Frei 14
Interchange
 16 Jerome Veve
Nathan Watts 15
Interchange
 19 Liam Horne
Benjamin King 16
Interchange
 20 Lloyd Perrett
Garrett Smith 18
Concussion substitute
 18 Jayden Corrigan
Scott Murray
Coach
 Kevin Neighbour & Ben King


First half

Second half

NRL State Championship

As Queensland Cup premiers, the Norths Devils faced NSW Cup premiers Penrith in the NRL State Championship.

Sunday, 2 October
1:35pm (AEDT)
Penrith Panthers 44 – 10 Norths Devils
Tries:
J'maine Hopgood  7', 71'

Soni Luke  28'
Eddie Blacker  32'
John Faiumu  45'
Robert Jennings  47'
Luke Sommerton  62'
Sunia Turuva  79'

Goals:
Kurt Falls  9', 29', 34', 63', 72'
(5/7) John Faiumu  80' (1/1)

1st: 18 – 0
2nd: 26 – 10
scorecard
 Tries:

Tony Tumusa  64'
Rashaun Denny  73'

Goals:
Connor Broadhurst  75' (1/2)

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 11,115

QRL awards

Team of the Year

Position Nat Winner Club
Fullback Taine Tuaupiki Burleigh Bears
Wing Alofiana Khan-Pereira Burleigh Bears
Centre Valynce Te Whare Redcliffe Dolphins
Five-eighth Josh Rogers Burleigh Bears
Halfback Guy Hamilton Burleigh Bears
Prop Nick Lui-Toso Northern Pride
Hooker Tyson Smoothy Sunshine Coast Falcons
Second-row Nixon Putt Central Queensland Capras
Lock Sam Coster Burleigh Bears

See also

References

  1. ^ "Broncos coach Kevin Walters blasts Milford critics, Kotoni Staggs told to stay put". The Courier Mail. 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ "PNG Hunters confirm home for 2022 season". QRL. 10 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Hillier, Michael (23 September 2022). "Tuaupiki and Storch take top honours at QRL Awards". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2022.