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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>2006–2007: Further improvement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006–2007:_Further_improvement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008–2010:_Struggling_seasons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008–2010:_Struggling_seasons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>2008–2010: Struggling seasons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008–2010:_Struggling_seasons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2011–2013:_Return_to_the_Finals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011–2013:_Return_to_the_Finals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>2011–2013: Return to the Finals</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011–2013:_Return_to_the_Finals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014–2017:_A_new_era_and_the_club's_first_premiership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014–2017:_A_new_era_and_the_club's_first_premiership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>2014–2017: A new era and the club's first premiership</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014–2017:_A_new_era_and_the_club's_first_premiership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018–2019:_Departure_of_club_legends" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018–2019:_Departure_of_club_legends"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>2018–2019: Departure of club legends</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018–2019:_Departure_of_club_legends-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020–2022:_Rebuilding_seasons_and_finals_return" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020–2022:_Rebuilding_seasons_and_finals_return"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>2020–2022: Rebuilding seasons and finals return</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020–2022:_Rebuilding_seasons_and_finals_return-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Season_summaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Season_summaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Season summaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Season_summaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Head-to-head_records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Head-to-head_records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Head-to-head records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Head-to-head_records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Players</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Players subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2025_NRL_Squad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2025_NRL_Squad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>2025 NRL Squad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2025_NRL_Squad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Notable players</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-10th_anniversary_team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#10th_anniversary_team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>10th anniversary team</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-10th_anniversary_team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-20th_anniversary_team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#20th_anniversary_team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>20th anniversary team</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-20th_anniversary_team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-25th_anniversary_team" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#25th_anniversary_team"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.3</span> <span>25th anniversary team</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-25th_anniversary_team-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cowboys_Hall_of_Fame" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cowboys_Hall_of_Fame"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.4</span> <span>Cowboys Hall of Fame</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cowboys_Hall_of_Fame-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Coaches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Coaches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Coaches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coaches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Stadium" title="North Queensland Stadium">North Queensland Stadium</a> (25,000)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CEO</th><td class="infobox-data">Jeff Reibel</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data">Lewis Ramsay</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coach</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Captain</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reuben_Cotter" title="Reuben Cotter">Reuben Cotter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tom_Dearden" title="Tom Dearden">Tom Dearden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Competition</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2024_NRL_season" title="2024 NRL season">2024 season</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5th</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rugby_football_current_event.png/33px-Rugby_football_current_event.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rugby_football_current_event.png/50px-Rugby_football_current_event.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Rugby_football_current_event.png/66px-Rugby_football_current_event.png 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="252" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2024_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2024 North Queensland Cowboys season">Current season</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Records</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Premierships</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_season" title="2015 NRL season">2015</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Runners-up</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/2005_NRL_season" title="2005 NRL season">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_season" title="2017 NRL season">2017</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Minor_premiership" title="Minor premiership">Minor premierships</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>0</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/World_Club_Challenge" title="World Club Challenge">World Club Challenge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/2016_World_Club_Challenge" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 World Club Challenge">2016</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NRL_Nines" title="NRL Nines">NRL Nines</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/2014_NRL_Auckland_Nines" title="2014 NRL Auckland Nines">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Nines" title="2020 NRL Nines">2020</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Wooden_spoon_(award)" title="Wooden spoon (award)">Wooden spoons</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>3</b> (<a href="/wiki/1995_ARL_season" title="1995 ARL season">1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997_Super_League_(Australia)_season" title="1997 Super League (Australia) season">1997 <sup>(SL)</sup></a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_NRL_season" title="2000 NRL season">2000</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most capped</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>294</b> – <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest try scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>150</b> – <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Feldt" title="Kyle Feldt">Kyle Feldt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest points scorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>2,182</b> – <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>North Queensland Cowboys</b> is an Australian professional <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league" title="Rugby league">rugby league</a> football club based in <a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a>, the largest city in <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland" title="North Queensland">North Queensland</a>. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the <a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">National Rugby League</a> (NRL). </p><p>Since their foundation in 1995, the club has appeared in three grand finals (<a href="/wiki/2005_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2005 NRL Grand Final">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2015 NRL Grand Final">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2017 NRL Grand Final">2017</a>) winning in 2015, and has reached the finals eleven times. The team's management headquarters and home ground, <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Stadium" title="North Queensland Stadium">North Queensland Stadium</a>, currently known as <b>Queensland Country Bank Stadium</b> due to sponsorship rights, are located in the suburb of <a href="/wiki/South_Townsville,_Queensland" title="South Townsville, Queensland">South Townsville</a>. </p><p>The Cowboys were admitted to the premiership for the <a href="/wiki/1995_ARL_season" title="1995 ARL season">1995 ARL season</a>. They played in the breakaway <a href="/wiki/Super_League_(Australia)" title="Super League (Australia)">Super League</a> competition in 1997 before continuing to compete in the re-unified NRL competition the following year. After running into financial trouble in 2001, the club was taken over by <a href="/wiki/News_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="News Limited">News Limited</a>. In 2007, the team was sold by News Limited to the Cowboys Leagues Club. </p><p>In 2015, the Cowboys played in the first <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2015 NRL Grand Final">all-Queensland Grand Final</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> 17–16 in <a href="/wiki/Golden_point" title="Golden point">golden point</a> to win their first premiership. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg/220px-Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg/330px-Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg/440px-Performance_Chart_NRL_NQL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption>Chart of yearly table positions for North Queensland Cowboys in First Grade Rugby League</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_North_Queensland_Cowboys" title="History of the North Queensland Cowboys">History of the North Queensland Cowboys</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1995–1996:_ARL"><span id="1995.E2.80.931996:_ARL"></span>1995–1996: ARL</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1995–1996: ARL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 1995">North Queensland Cowboys season 1995</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 1996">North Queensland Cowboys season 1996</a></div> <p>With the success of the Broncos in 1988, speculation intensified as to if the NSWRL would admit a new team based in North Queensland. In 1993, the NSWRL announced that North Queensland would enter the competition in 1995, along with three other new sides. One of the major difficulties that faced the club in their early years was attracting followers from the more established Queensland-based <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Cup" title="Winfield Cup">Winfield Cup</a> side, the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This was exacerbated by an initial lack of onfield success and stability. In their first two seasons, the Cowboys had eight different captains and finished last in their inaugural season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997:_Super_League">1997: Super League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1997: Super League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 1997">North Queensland Cowboys 1997</a></div> <p>After much court action in 1995 and 1996, a ten team Super League competition was held in 1997. The Cowboys competed in this competition, and their squad was bolstered by a number of new signings including <a href="/wiki/Ian_Roberts_(rugby_league)" title="Ian Roberts (rugby league)">Ian Roberts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Walters" title="Steve Walters">Steve Walters</a>. However, they were unable to improve on the club's results in previous years, and for the second time in three seasons they were to finish the season in last place. </p><p>North Queensland's first game of the Super League season, a 24–16 win over new team the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Rams" title="Adelaide Rams">Adelaide Rams</a> played on 1 March at Stockland Stadium in front of 17,738 fans was also the first ever game of the Super League's competition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998–1999:_National_Rugby_League"><span id="1998.E2.80.931999:_National_Rugby_League"></span>1998–1999: National Rugby League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1998–1999: National Rugby League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 1998">North Queensland Cowboys season 1998</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 1999">North Queensland Cowboys season 1999</a></div> <p>In 1998 the Super League and Australian Rugby League competitions merged to form the National Rugby League (NRL). The Cowboys began their first season in this competition strongly, and after six rounds they were in equal first place. Although they fell away later in the season, they were to record the largest come-back to date in an Australian first grade rugby league match, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Penrith_Panthers" title="Penrith Panthers">Penrith Panthers</a> 36–28 after trailing 26–0 at half-time. 1998 also saw the Cowboys record their largest loss to date, being defeated 62–0 by the <a href="/wiki/North_Sydney_Bears" title="North Sydney Bears">North Sydney Bears</a> in the last round of the home and away season. </p><p>The Cowboys signed their eleventh captain in 1999, <a href="/wiki/Noel_Goldthorpe" title="Noel Goldthorpe">Noel Goldthorpe</a>. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> was also to serve in that role during the season. Although their on-field performances were not spectacular, continuing high attendance figures saw aggregate attendances exceed one million spectators. This season the Cowboys also provided their first State of Origin representative when <a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a> was selected as Queensland's halfback for game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/1999_State_of_Origin_series" title="1999 State of Origin series">1999 State of Origin series</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2003:_Improved_results"><span id="2000.E2.80.932003:_Improved_results"></span>2000–2003: Improved results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000–2003: Improved results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2000">North Queensland Cowboys season 2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2001">North Queensland Cowboys season 2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2002">North Queensland Cowboys season 2002</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2003">North Queensland Cowboys season 2003</a></div> <p>In the years 2000 through to 2002 the Cowboys continued to struggle with off-field dramas and the struggles of coaches and poor on-field performances. After finishing last in 2000, season 2001 began slowly. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sheens" title="Tim Sheens">Tim Sheens</a> resigned on 25 May and was replaced by his then assistant <a href="/wiki/Murray_Hurst" title="Murray Hurst">Murray Hurst</a>. 4 straight losses in the opening rounds of 2002 led to Hurst being replaced early in the 2002 season, by former Illawarra Steelers and Leeds Rhinos coach <a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a>. Murray stamped his authority and coaching prowess on the club and the NQ Cowboys looked far more competitive towards the end of the 2002 season. The Cowboys spent much of the 2003 season in the top eight with much improved performances from a host of players, including local talents Matt Bowen and Josh Hannay. The 2003 season ended with the Cowboys four points adrift of a top eight play-off position. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2005:_First_time_finalists_and_Grand_Finalists"><span id="2004.E2.80.932005:_First_time_finalists_and_Grand_Finalists"></span>2004–2005: First time finalists and Grand Finalists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2004–2005: First time finalists and Grand Finalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2004">North Queensland Cowboys season 2004</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2005">North Queensland Cowboys season 2005</a></div> <p>After a slow start to the season that saw them at 13th on the ladder with just one win and five losses, the Cowboys turned it around in the second half of the season to finish with 12 wins and 11 losses and 7th spot, giving the club their first ever top eight appearance. </p><p>The Cowboys fairytale year continued when they upset the 2nd place <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Canterbury Bulldogs">Canterbury</a> away from home in the first week of the finals, 30–22, thanks largely to hat-trick hero <a href="/wiki/Matt_Sing" title="Matt Sing">Matt Sing</a>. The following week the Cowboys defeated their state rivals the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> at home, 10–0, in perhaps the club's most famous victory. </p><p>They ended up falling one game short of the grand final, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a>, 19–16. </p><p>North Queensland would go one better in 2005, when they reached their first grand final in club history. With the help of new recruits <a href="/wiki/Carl_Webb" title="Carl Webb">Carl Webb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a>, the side finished in 5th spot and with back-to-back finals appearances. They would ultimately lose the grand final to the <a href="/wiki/Wests_Tigers" title="Wests Tigers">Wests Tigers</a>. </p><p>In his first year with the club, <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M Medal</a> and made his State of Origin debut for <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Maroons" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Maroons">Queensland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006–2007:_Further_improvement"><span id="2006.E2.80.932007:_Further_improvement"></span>2006–2007: Further improvement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2006–2007: Further improvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2006">North Queensland Cowboys season 2006</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2007">North Queensland Cowboys season 2007</a></div> <p>In 2006, the Cowboys started the year with a 6-game winning streak and looked destined for another finals appearance, before ending the season with just 5 wins from 19 games and finishing in 9th position. </p><p>The 2007 season saw the Cowboys 3rd finals appearance and their first top 4 finish. They faced the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs" title="Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</a> in Townsville in week 1 of the finals, scraping home by 2 points. The following week, they defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors</a> at home by 37 points. They fell one game short of the grand final again, this time losing to <a href="/wiki/Manly_Sea_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Manly Sea Eagles">Manly</a>, 28–6. 2007 saw the retirement of club legend <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a>, who took up a coaching role with the team in 2008. </p><p>Johnathan Thurston finished the year with his second Dally M Medal and Matt Bowen was named Dally M Fullback of the Year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–2010:_Struggling_seasons"><span id="2008.E2.80.932010:_Struggling_seasons"></span>2008–2010: Struggling seasons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2008–2010: Struggling seasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2008">North Queensland Cowboys season 2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_season_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys season 2009">North Queensland Cowboys season 2009</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2010_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2010 North Queensland Cowboys season">2010 North Queensland Cowboys season</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg/250px-Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg/375px-Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg/500px-Lukeodonnellfanday2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption>Former Cowboys' lock Luke O'Donnell</figcaption></figure><p>At the start of the 2008 season, the club announced head coach <a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a>'s contract would not be renewed. After only winning three of the first ten games, Murray resigned from his job and the club promoted assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Ian_Millward" title="Ian Millward">Ian Millward</a> to the head coaching role for the rest of the year. During his stint as head coach, the club could only win two more games. Throughout the season the team were decimated by injuries and suspensions as well as off-field issues. In the end, the Cowboys finished 15th on the ladder avoiding the wooden spoon by for and against. </p><p>2009 saw the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Neil_Henry" title="Neil Henry">Neil Henry</a> as head coach, who had won the Dally M Coach of the Year with the <a href="/wiki/Canberra_Raiders" title="Canberra Raiders">Canberra Raiders</a> the previous year. The club however experienced another disappointing season, finishing 12th with 11 wins and 13 losses. 2009 also saw <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> score his 100th try, becoming the first North Queensland player to score 100 tries for the club and the debut of future Australian and New South Wales representative forward <a href="/wiki/James_Tamou" title="James Tamou">James Tamou</a>. </p><p>The beginning out the 2010 season was marred with the speculation of whether <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> would renew his contract with the club. Thurston ended up re-signing for another three seasons, however it brought very little success. The club finished 15th and would have received the wooden spoon if not for the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm" title="Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm</a> salary cap scandal. 2010 saw the emergence of <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bolton_(rugby_league)" title="Scott Bolton (rugby league)">Scott Bolton</a> and seeing the test debut of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a> became the Cowboys youngest ever debutant, making his debut against the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs" title="Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</a> in round 24 aged 17 years and 82 days. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–2013:_Return_to_the_Finals"><span id="2011.E2.80.932013:_Return_to_the_Finals"></span>2011–2013: Return to the Finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2011–2013: Return to the Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2011_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2011 North Queensland Cowboys season">2011 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2012 North Queensland Cowboys season">2012 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2013_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2013 North Queensland Cowboys season">2013 North Queensland Cowboys season</a></div> <p>After missing the finals for the last 3 seasons the Cowboys underwent a major overhaul of personnel for the 2011 season. Club legend <a href="/wiki/Ty_Williams" title="Ty Williams">Ty Williams</a> retired and they parted ways with club favourites <a href="/wiki/Luke_O%27Donnell" title="Luke O'Donnell">Luke O'Donnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Webb" title="Carl Webb">Carl Webb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Southern" title="Steve Southern">Steve Southern</a>. Their biggest signing for the 2011 season was <a href="/wiki/Queensland_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland rugby league team">Queensland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_national_rugby_league_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian national rugby league team">Australian</a> representative centre <a href="/wiki/Brent_Tate" title="Brent Tate">Brent Tate</a>. They also made key recruits in the signings of former <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm" title="Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queensland_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland rugby league team">Queensland State of Origin</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Johnson" title="Dallas Johnson">Dallas Johnson</a> and premiership winner <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hall_(rugby_league)" title="Glenn Hall (rugby league)">Glenn Hall</a> from the English Super League, re-signing a former Cowboy in <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Cooper" title="Gavin Cooper">Gavin Cooper</a> and picking up younger, experienced first graders such as <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Winterstein" title="Antonio Winterstein">Antonio Winterstein</a>. </p><p>The Cowboys' new signings had a positive impact on the NRL team, with the Cowboys spending much of the year in the top four before a late slide dropped them to seventh position and giving them their first finals appearance since 2007. That year, they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their round four clash with the <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels</a> was the fourth most-watched sports event in Fox Sport's history.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2012 saw North Queensland return to the finals after finishing in 5th spot. They faced the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> in the first week of the finals, winning 33–16, with halfback <a href="/wiki/Michael_Morgan_(rugby_league_born_1991)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Morgan (rugby league born 1991)">Michael Morgan</a> scoring a hat trick. They lost the following week to Manly, in controversial circumstances. Club legend <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Payne" title="Aaron Payne">Aaron Payne</a> retired at the end of the season, after ten years with the team. </p><p>North Queensland again made the finals in 2013, the first time the club had made the finals series three straight years, when they finished in 8th place. After a poor start to the season, the side went on a 6-game winning streak following the sacking of coach <a href="/wiki/Neil_Henry" title="Neil Henry">Neil Henry</a>. They were eliminated in Week 1 of the finals, after a controversial loss to the <a href="/wiki/Cronulla-Sutherland_Sharks" title="Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks">Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</a>. Club legend <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> played his last season in the NRL, announcing he would be taking up an offer with Super League side, the <a href="/wiki/Wigan_Warriors" title="Wigan Warriors">Wigan Warriors</a>. Club stalwarts <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Graham_(rugby_league)" title="Ashley Graham (rugby league)">Ashley Graham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Johnson" title="Dallas Johnson">Dallas Johnson</a> also announced their retirements. </p><p>On 1 October 2013, former North Queensland halfback <a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a> was announced as head coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, becoming the first former Cowboys player to coach the club. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014–2017:_A_new_era_and_the_club's_first_premiership"><span id="2014.E2.80.932017:_A_new_era_and_the_club.27s_first_premiership"></span>2014–2017: A new era and the club's first premiership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2014–2017: A new era and the club's first premiership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2014_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2014 North Queensland Cowboys season">2014 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2015 North Queensland Cowboys season">2015 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2016 North Queensland Cowboys season">2016 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2017_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2017 North Queensland Cowboys season">2017 North Queensland Cowboys season</a></div> <p>The Cowboys started their 2014 season by winning the inaugural <a href="/wiki/NRL_Auckland_Nines" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL Auckland Nines">NRL Auckland Nines</a> tournament which was held at <a href="/wiki/Eden_Park" title="Eden Park">Eden Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>. After losing key signing <a href="/wiki/Lachlan_Coote" title="Lachlan Coote">Lachlan Coote</a> early in the tournament to injury, the Cowboys went on to face the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> in the final, defeating them 16–7 to claim the trophy and a prize money cheque of $370,000. </p><p>After a difficult start to the season and a string of injuries to key players including internationals, the North Queensland club made a late charge to the finals finishing in fifth place and cementing a spot in the finals where they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a>, 32–20. They then travelled to Sydney to face the 2013 premiers the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Sydney Roosters</a> in the second week of the finals where they were defeated 31–30. </p><p>In 2015, North Queensland experienced their best ever regular season. They had a club record 11 game winning streak and finished with a club record 17 wins. In September, <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> won a record fourth <a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M Medal</a> at the Dally M Awards. </p><p>On 26 September 2015, North Queensland qualified for their second grand final defeating the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm" title="Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm</a>, 32–12. In the <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2015 NRL Grand Final">Grand Final</a>, they defeated the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a>, 17–16. Thurston, who won the <a href="/wiki/Clive_Churchill_Medal" title="Clive Churchill Medal">Clive Churchill Medal</a>, kicked the winning field goal in <a href="/wiki/Golden_point" title="Golden point">golden point</a> to win North Queensland's their first ever premiership. </p><p>On 21 February 2016, the club won their first <a href="/wiki/2016_World_Club_Series#World_Club_Challenge" title="2016 World Club Series">World Club Challenge</a> and were crowned the world's best club, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_Rhinos" title="Leeds Rhinos">Leeds Rhinos</a> 38–4 at <a href="/wiki/Headingley_Rugby_Stadium" title="Headingley Rugby Stadium">Headingley Rugby Stadium</a> in Leeds, England. The club could not defend its premiership, finishing the <a href="/wiki/2016_NRL_season" title="2016 NRL season">2016 NRL season</a> in 4th place and falling one game short of the Grand Final, being eliminated by the <a href="/wiki/Cronulla_Sharks" class="mw-redirect" title="Cronulla Sharks">Cronulla Sharks</a> 32–20 at <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Football_Stadium_(1988)" title="Sydney Football Stadium (1988)">Allianz Stadium</a>. </p><p>In 2017, despite losing co-captains <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a> to season-ending injuries, the club qualified for their third <a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2017 NRL Grand Final">Grand Final</a>. Although they were just the second side to reach the Grand Final from 8th place, they would lose to the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm" title="Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm</a>, who finished the regular season as minor premiers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018–2019:_Departure_of_club_legends"><span id="2018.E2.80.932019:_Departure_of_club_legends"></span>2018–2019: Departure of club legends</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2018–2019: Departure of club legends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2018_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2018 North Queensland Cowboys season">2018 North Queensland Cowboys season</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2019 North Queensland Cowboys season">2019 North Queensland Cowboys season</a></div> <p>Before the 2018 season began, North Queensland were predicted by many to challenge for the premiership with the return of <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> from injury.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, they struggled to move away from the bottom of the ladder, going on two separate five-game losing streaks throughout the season. With two rounds to play, the club sat in last place. Two wins from their final two games saw them finish in 13th. The 2018 season would be the last for Thurston, who retired after 14 seasons, 294 games and one premiership for the club. In his final match, the Cowboys defeated the Titans 30–26.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite a poor 2018 and the loss of Thurston, many expected the Cowboys to return to the finals in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What followed was another disappointing year in which the club finished 14th. Club legends <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Bolton_(rugby_league)" title="Scott Bolton (rugby league)">Scott Bolton</a> were farewelled at the end of the season. Both were members of the club's premiership winning side in 2015 and spent their entire NRL careers at the club.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club also played its final game at <a href="/wiki/Willows_Sports_Complex" title="Willows Sports Complex">Willows Sports Complex</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs" title="Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</a> 15–8.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020–2022:_Rebuilding_seasons_and_finals_return"><span id="2020.E2.80.932022:_Rebuilding_seasons_and_finals_return"></span>2020–2022: Rebuilding seasons and finals return</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2020–2022: Rebuilding seasons and finals return"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2020 North Queensland Cowboys season">2020 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2021 North Queensland Cowboys season">2021 North Queensland Cowboys season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2022_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2022 North Queensland Cowboys season">2022 North Queensland Cowboys season</a></div> <p>Following two poor seasons in which they missed the finals, North Queensland looked to rebuild ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_season" title="2020 NRL season">2020 NRL season</a>. Their marquee signing was <a href="/wiki/Australian_Kangaroos" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Kangaroos">Australian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Maroons" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Maroons">Queensland</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Valentine_Holmes" title="Valentine Holmes">Valentine Holmes</a>, who had spent 2019 playing for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Jets" title="New York Jets">New York Jets</a> in the <a href="/wiki/NFL" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL">NFL</a>. Holmes, a <a href="/wiki/Townsville,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Townsville, Queensland">Townsville</a> junior, signed a six-year deal with the club.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 July 2020, after just three wins from their first 10 games, Paul Green announced his resignation from the club, with assistant coach <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hannay" title="Josh Hannay">Josh Hannay</a> named as the interim head coach.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 September 2020, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a>, a former assistant coach at the club, was announced as North Queensland's head coach on a three-year deal, starting in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under Payten, the Cowboys endured another disappointing season, finishing 15th with seven wins.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the club returned to the finals series after four seasons, finishing the regular season in third and equalling a club record of 17 regular season wins.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They ultimately fell just one game short of the <a href="/wiki/2022_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2022 NRL Grand Final">Grand Final</a>, with Todd Payten later named the <a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M</a> Coach of the Year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North Queensland started the 2023 NRL season poorly which saw the club only winning three of their opening ten games. In round 12, the club suffered one of their worst defeats losing 66-18 against the Wests Tigers. In round 18, North Queensland recorded the third biggest victory in Australian rugby league history defeating the Wests Tigers 74-0. It was also the largest victory of the NRL era.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> North Queensland would finish the 2023 NRL season in 11th place and miss the finals. In the final round of the season, the club had the chance to make the finals if they were able to beat Penrith but the North Queensland side came up short losing 44-12.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2024_NRL_season" title="2024 NRL season">2024 NRL season</a>, North Queensland would finish 5th on the table and qualify for the finals. After defeating Newcastle in the elimination final, the clubs season would be ended the following week by Cronulla in the semi-final.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_summaries">Season summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Season summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="font-size:90%"> <caption>P=Premiers, R=Runners-Up, M=Minor Premierships, F=Finals Appearance, W=Wooden Spoons <br /> (brackets represent finals games) </caption> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#bdb76b"> <th>Competition</th> <th>Games<br />Played</th> <th>Games<br />Won</th> <th>Games<br />Drawn</th> <th>Games<br />Lost</th> <th>Ladder<br />Position</th> <th width="2%">P</th> <th width="2%">R</th> <th width="2%">M</th> <th width="2%">F</th> <th width="2%">W</th> <th>Coach</th> <th width="16%">Captain(s)</th> <th>Details </th></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/1995_ARL_season" title="1995 ARL season">1995 ARL season</a></div></td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>20</td> <td>20 / 20</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Grant_Bell" title="Grant Bell">Grant Bell</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Spina" title="Laurie Spina">Laurie Spina</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1995" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 1995">North Queensland Cowboys 1995</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/1996_ARL_season" title="1996 ARL season">1996 ARL season</a></div></td> <td>21</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>17 / 20</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Lowe" title="Graham Lowe">Graham Lowe</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Vowles" title="Adrian Vowles">Adrian Vowles</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 1996">North Queensland Cowboys 1996</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/1997_Super_League_(Australia)_season" title="1997 Super League (Australia) season">1997 SL season</a></div></td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>10 / 10</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Sheens" title="Tim Sheens">Tim Sheens</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Roberts_(rugby_league)" title="Ian Roberts (rugby league)">Ian Roberts</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 1997">North Queensland Cowboys 1997</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/1998_NRL_season" title="1998 NRL season">1998 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>16 / 20</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/John_Lomax_(rugby_league)" title="John Lomax (rugby league)">John Lomax</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 1998">North Queensland Cowboys 1998</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/1999_NRL_season" title="1999 NRL season">1999 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>19</td> <td>16 / 17</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Noel_Goldthorpe" title="Noel Goldthorpe">Noel Goldthorpe</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1999" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 1999">North Queensland Cowboys 1999</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2000_NRL_season" title="2000 NRL season">2000 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>26</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>19</td> <td>14 / 14</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brasher" title="Tim Brasher">Tim Brasher</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="North Queensland Cowboys 2000">North Queensland Cowboys 2000</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2001_NRL_season" title="2001 NRL season">2001 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>26</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>18</td> <td>13 / 14</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Sheens" title="Tim Sheens">Tim Sheens</a>/<a href="/wiki/Murray_Hurst" title="Murray Hurst">Murray Hurst</a></div></td> <td rowspan="3"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2001_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2001 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2001</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2002_NRL_season" title="2002 NRL season">2002 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>16</td> <td>11 / 15</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Murray_Hurst" title="Murray Hurst">Murray Hurst</a>/<a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2002_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2002 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2002</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2003_NRL_season" title="2003 NRL season">2003 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>14</td> <td>11 / 15</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2003_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2003 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2003</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2004_NRL_season" title="2004 NRL season">2004 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (3)</td> <td>12 (2)</td> <td>1 (0)</td> <td>11 (1)</td> <td>7 / 15</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Travis_Norton" title="Travis Norton">Travis Norton</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2004 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2004</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2005_NRL_season" title="2005 NRL season">2005 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (4)</td> <td>14 (2)</td> <td>0 (0)</td> <td>10 (2)</td> <td>5 / 15</td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2005_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2005 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2005</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2006_NRL_season" title="2006 NRL season">2006 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>9 / 15</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2006_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2006 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2006</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2007_NRL_season" title="2007 NRL season">2007 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (3)</td> <td>15 (2)</td> <td>0 (0)</td> <td>9 (1)</td> <td>3 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2007_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2007 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2007</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2008_NRL_season" title="2008 NRL season">2008 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>19</td> <td>15 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ian_Millward" title="Ian Millward">Ian Millward</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2008 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2008</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2009_NRL_season" title="2009 NRL season">2009 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>12 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Henry" title="Neil Henry">Neil Henry</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2009_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2009 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2009</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2010_NRL_season" title="2010 NRL season">2010 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>19</td> <td>15 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2010_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2010 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2010</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2011_NRL_season" title="2011 NRL season">2011 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (1)</td> <td>14 (0)</td> <td>0 (0)</td> <td>10 (1)</td> <td>7 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="8"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2011 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2011</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2012_NRL_season" title="2012 NRL season">2012 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (2)</td> <td>15 (1)</td> <td>0 (0)</td> <td>9 (1)</td> <td>5 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2012 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2012</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2013_NRL_season" title="2013 NRL season">2013 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (1)</td> <td>12 (0)</td> <td>0 (0)</td> <td>12 (1)</td> <td>8 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2013_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2013 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2013</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2014_NRL_season" title="2014 NRL season">2014 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (2)</td> <td>14 (1)</td> <td>0 (0)</td> <td>10 (1)</td> <td>5 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="6"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2014 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2014</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_season" title="2015 NRL season">2015 NRL season</a></div> </td> <td>24 (4)</td> <td>17 (3)</td> <td>0</td> <td>7 (1)</td> <td>3 / 16</td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2015_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2015 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2015</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2016_NRL_season" title="2016 NRL season">2016 NRL season</a></div> </td> <td>24 (3)</td> <td>15 (1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>9 (2)</td> <td>4 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2016_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2016 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2016</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2017_NRL_season" title="2017 NRL season">2017 NRL season</a></div> </td> <td>24 (4)</td> <td>13 (3)</td> <td>0</td> <td>11 (1)</td> <td>8 / 16</td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2017 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2017</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2018_NRL_season" title="2018 NRL season">2018 NRL season</a></div> </td> <td>24</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>16</td> <td>13 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2018 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2018</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2019_NRL_season" title="2019 NRL season">2019 NRL season</a></div> </td> <td>24</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>14 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td rowspan="2"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Morgan_(rugby_league,_born_1991)" title="Michael Morgan (rugby league, born 1991)">Michael Morgan</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2019 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2019</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_season" title="2020 NRL season">2020 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>20</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>14 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a>/<a href="/wiki/Josh_Hannay" title="Josh Hannay">Josh Hannay</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2020_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2020 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2020</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2021_NRL_season" title="2021 NRL season">2021 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>17</td> <td>15 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dean_Young_(rugby_league)" title="Dean Young (rugby league)">Dean Young</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Morgan_(rugby_league,_born_1991)" title="Michael Morgan (rugby league, born 1991)">Michael Morgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2021_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2021 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2021</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2022_NRL_season" title="2022 NRL season">2022 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24 (2)</td> <td>17 (1)</td> <td>0</td> <td>7 (1)</td> <td>3 / 16</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">♦</div></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chad_Townsend" title="Chad Townsend">Chad Townsend</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2022_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2022 North Queensland Cowboys season">North Queensland Cowboys 2022</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/2023_NRL_season" title="2023 NRL season">2023 NRL season</a></div></td> <td>24</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>12</td> <td>11 / 17</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chad_Townsend" title="Chad Townsend">Chad Townsend</a></div></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a 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style="width:5em">Played</th> <th style="width:5em">Won</th> <th style="width:5em">Drawn</th> <th style="width:5em">Lost</th> <th style="width:5em">Win % </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg/18px-Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg/27px-Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg/36px-Gold_Coast_Titans_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="118" data-file-height="118" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Titans" title="Gold Coast Titans">Titans</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td><b>60.61</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._George_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/St._George_colours.svg/18px-St._George_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/St._George_colours.svg/27px-St._George_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/St._George_colours.svg/36px-St._George_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="117" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/St_George_Illawarra_Dragons" class="mw-redirect" title="St George Illawarra Dragons">Dragons</a></td> <td>39</td> <td>22</td> <td>0</td> <td>17</td> <td><b>56.41</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newcastle_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Newcastle_colours.svg/18px-Newcastle_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wests_Tigers_colours.svg/27px-Wests_Tigers_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wests_Tigers_colours.svg/36px-Wests_Tigers_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="118" data-file-height="118" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wests_Tigers" title="Wests Tigers">Tigers</a></td> <td>45</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td> <td>24</td> <td><b>46.67</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Sydney_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/South_Sydney_colours.svg/18px-South_Sydney_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/South_Sydney_colours.svg/27px-South_Sydney_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/South_Sydney_colours.svg/36px-South_Sydney_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="117" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">Rabbitohs</a></td> <td>41</td> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td>21</td> <td><b>46.34</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parramatta_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Parramatta_colours.svg/18px-Parramatta_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Parramatta_colours.svg/27px-Parramatta_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Parramatta_colours.svg/36px-Parramatta_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="117" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Eels</a></td> <td>48</td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td>25</td> <td><b>45.83</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg/18px-Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg/27px-Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg/36px-Penrith_Panthers_square_flag_icon_with_2020_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Penrith_Panthers" title="Penrith Panthers">Panthers</a></td> <td>47</td> <td>21</td> <td>0</td> <td>26</td> <td><b>44.68</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canterbury_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Canterbury_colours.svg/18px-Canterbury_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Canterbury_colours.svg/27px-Canterbury_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Canterbury_colours.svg/36px-Canterbury_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="117" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Canterbury-Bankstown_Bulldogs" title="Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>19</td> <td>0</td> <td>25</td> <td><b>43.18</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg/18px-Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg/27px-Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg/36px-Manly_Sea_Eagles_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="117" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Manly-Warringah_Sea_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles">Sea Eagles</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>20</td> <td><b>42.86</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cronulla_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Cronulla_colours.svg/18px-Cronulla_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Cronulla_colours.svg/27px-Cronulla_colours.svg.png 1.5x, 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<td>2</td> <td>39</td> <td><b>32.79</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg/18px-Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg/27px-Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg/36px-Eastern_Suburbs_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="118" data-file-height="118" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Roosters" title="Sydney Roosters">Roosters</a></td> <td>44</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>31</td> <td><b>29.55</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chester" title="Tom Chester">Tom Chester</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jake_Clifford" title="Jake Clifford">Jake Clifford</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Reuben_Cotter" title="Reuben Cotter">Reuben Cotter</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Captain" title="Rugby league positions">c</a>)<small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dearden" title="Tom Dearden">Tom Dearden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Captain" title="Rugby league positions">c</a>)<small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Derby" title="Robert Derby">Robert Derby</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Drinkwater" title="Scott Drinkwater">Scott Drinkwater</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Duffy_(rugby_league)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Duffy (rugby league) (page does not exist)">Tom Duffy</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Edwards" title="Harrison Edwards">Harrison Edwards</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Coen_Hess" title="Coen Hess">Coen Hess</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaiden_Lahrs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kaiden Lahrs (page does not exist)">Kaiden Lahrs</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Karl_Lawton" title="Karl Lawton">Karl Lawton</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Zac_Laybutt" title="Zac Laybutt">Zac Laybutt</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Heilum_Luki" title="Heilum Luki">Heilum Luki</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Sam_McIntyre" title="Sam McIntyre">Sam McIntyre</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jordan_McLean" title="Jordan McLean">Jordan McLean</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mikaele" title="Thomas Mikaele">Thomas Mikaele</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Nanai" title="Jeremiah Nanai">Jeremiah Nanai</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Griffin_Neame" title="Griffin Neame">Griffin Neame</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Kai_O%27Donnell" title="Kai O'Donnell">Kai O'Donnell</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jaxson_Paulo" title="Jaxson Paulo">Jaxson Paulo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jaxon_Purdue" title="Jaxon Purdue">Jaxon Purdue</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Reece_Robson" title="Reece Robson">Reece Robson</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Shibasaki" title="Jamal Shibasaki">Jamal Shibasaki</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Murray_Taulagi" title="Murray Taulagi">Murray Taulagi</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Viliami_Vailea" title="Viliami Vailea">Viliami Vailea</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Semi_Valemei" title="Semi Valemei">Semi Valemei</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emarly_Bitungane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emarly Bitungane (page does not exist)">Emarly Bitungane</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zac_Herdegen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zac Herdegen (page does not exist)">Zac Herdegen</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mason_Kira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mason Kira (page does not exist)">Mason Kira</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wil_Sullivan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wil Sullivan (page does not exist)">Wil Sullivan</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Extended squad</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mutua_Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mutua Brown (page does not exist)">Mutua Brown</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Xavier_Kerrisk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xavier Kerrisk (page does not exist)">Xavier Kerrisk</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeremiah_Matautia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeremiah Matautia (page does not exist)">Jeremiah Matautia</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Teutau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Teutau (page does not exist)">Henry Teutau</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>Train and trial</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Elie_El-Zakhem" title="Elie El-Zakhem">Elie El-Zakhem</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Campbell_Duffy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Campbell Duffy (page does not exist)">Campbell Duffy</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ricco_Falaniko&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ricco Falaniko (page does not exist)">Ricco Falaniko</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Esom_Ioka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Esom Ioka (page does not exist)">Esom Ioka</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple_Kalepo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Temple Kalepo (page does not exist)">Temple Kalepo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nicholas_Lenaz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nicholas Lenaz (page does not exist)">Nicholas Lenaz</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Morea_Morea" title="Morea Morea">Morea Morea</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ngutlik" title="Jimmy Ngutlik">Jimmy Ngutlik</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Radel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Radel (page does not exist)">John Radel</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Jarrett_Subloo" title="Jarrett Subloo">Jarrett Subloo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"> <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Trevilyan" title="Adrian Trevilyan">Adrian Trevilyan</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Head coach</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a><br /></li></ul> <p><b>Assistant coaches</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Morgan_(rugby_league)" title="Justin Morgan (rugby league)">Justin Morgan</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Rauter" title="Ben Rauter">Ben Rauter</a><br /></li> <li>Steve Sheppard<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_O%27Farrell_(rugby_league)" title="Brett O'Farrell (rugby league)">Brett O'Farrell</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> (Head of Performance)<br /></li> <li>Dan Grange (Head of Strength)<br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Graham_(rugby_league)" title="Ashley Graham (rugby league)">Ashley Graham</a> (Strength & Conditioning)<br /></li> <li>Steve Sartori (Head Physiotherapist)<br /></li> <li>Mitch Pemberton (Sports Scientist)<br /></li></ul> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>Supplementary list<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small><br /></li> <li><small>Extended squad<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small><br /></li> <li><small>Train and trial<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small><br /></li></ul> <hr /> <p><small>Updated: 19 November 2024</small><br /><small class="plainlinks">Source(s): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cowboys.com.au/teams/">NQ Cowboys</a></small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_players">Notable players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_representatives" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys representatives">List of North Queensland Cowboys representatives</a></div> <p>Since 1995, the Cowboys have supplied numerous players to state and international representative sides. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="10th_anniversary_team">10th anniversary team</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 10th anniversary team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, the Cowboys conducted a poll asking fans to vote on the best players to have worn Cowboy colours. After polling had finished the club released the overall best team to celebrate the team's 10th anniversary. </p> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color:navy; color:white; text-align: center; font-weight:bold">Cowboys 10th Anniversary Team </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;">First team squad </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;"> </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;">Coaching staff </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 1 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 2 </span> <a href="/wiki/Ty_Williams" title="Ty Williams">Ty Williams</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 3 </span> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hannay" title="Josh Hannay">Josh Hannay</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 4 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 5 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Sing" title="Matt Sing">Matt Sing</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 6 </span> <a href="/wiki/Julian_O%27Neill" title="Julian O'Neill">Julian O'Neill</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 7 </span> <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Spina" title="Laurie Spina">Laurie Spina</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 8 </span> <a href="/wiki/John_Buttigieg_(rugby_league)" title="John Buttigieg (rugby league)">John Buttigieg</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 9 </span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Walters" title="Steve Walters">Steve Walters</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">10 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rauhihi" title="Paul Rauhihi">Paul Rauhihi</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">11 </span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Campion_(rugby_league)" title="Kevin Campion (rugby league)">Kevin Campion</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">12 </span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Jones_(rugby_league,_born_1972)" title="Peter Jones (rugby league, born 1972)">Peter Jones</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">13 </span> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Morrison_(rugby_league)" title="Glenn Morrison (rugby league)">Glenn Morrison</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Head coach</b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a><br /></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="20th_anniversary_team">20th anniversary team</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 20th anniversary team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, the Cowboys celebrated their 20th anniversary and named a 20-year team at their anniversary dinner. The team was selected from a panel consisting of four former Cowboys coaches: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Bell" title="Grant Bell">Grant Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Henry" title="Neil Henry">Neil Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murray_Hurst" title="Murray Hurst">Murray Hurst</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sheens" title="Tim Sheens">Tim Sheens</a>, and then-current coach <a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color:navy; color:white; text-align: center; font-weight:bold">Cowboys 20th Anniversary Team </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;">First team squad </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;"> </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;">Coaching staff </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 1 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 2 </span> <a href="/wiki/Ty_Williams" title="Ty Williams">Ty Williams</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 3 </span> <a href="/wiki/Brent_Tate" title="Brent Tate">Brent Tate</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 4 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 5 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Sing" title="Matt Sing">Matt Sing</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 6 </span> <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 7 </span> <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Fien" title="Nathan Fien">Nathan Fien</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 8 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 9 </span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Payne" title="Aaron Payne">Aaron Payne</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">10 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rauhihi" title="Paul Rauhihi">Paul Rauhihi</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">11 </span> <a href="/wiki/Luke_O%27Donnell" title="Luke O'Donnell">Luke O'Donnell</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">12 </span> <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Cooper" title="Gavin Cooper">Gavin Cooper</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">13 </span> <a href="/wiki/Travis_Norton" title="Travis Norton">Travis Norton</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="25th_anniversary_team">25th anniversary team</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 25th anniversary team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, the Cowboys celebrated their 25th anniversary and announced a 25-year team at their anniversary dinner, voted on by fans of the club.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of players selected five years earlier were again in the side, with <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Feldt" title="Kyle Feldt">Kyle Feldt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Morgan_(rugby_league,_born_1991)" title="Michael Morgan (rugby league, born 1991)">Michael Morgan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a> the new additions. <a href="/wiki/John_Asiata" title="John Asiata">John Asiata</a> was selected as the club's best utility player. </p> <table class="toccolours"> <caption style="background-color:navy; color:white; text-align: center; font-weight:bold">Cowboys 25th Anniversary Team </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;">First team squad </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;"> </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#c0c0c0; color:black; text-align: center;">Coaching staff </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 1 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(rugby_league)" title="Fullback (rugby league)">FB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 2 </span> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Feldt" title="Kyle Feldt">Kyle Feldt</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 3 </span> <a href="/wiki/Brent_Tate" title="Brent Tate">Brent Tate</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 4 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Centre" title="Rugby league positions">CE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 5 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Sing" title="Matt Sing">Matt Sing</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Wing" title="Rugby league positions">WG</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 6 </span> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Morgan_(rugby_league,_born_1991)" title="Michael Morgan (rugby league, born 1991)">Michael Morgan</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Five-eighth" title="Five-eighth">FE</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 7 </span> <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Scrum-half" title="Rugby league positions">HB</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 8 </span> <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier"> 9 </span> <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Payne" title="Aaron Payne">Aaron Payne</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_league)" title="Hooker (rugby league)">HK</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">10 </span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Rauhihi" title="Paul Rauhihi">Paul Rauhihi</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">11 </span> <a href="/wiki/Luke_O%27Donnell" title="Luke O'Donnell">Luke O'Donnell</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">12 </span> <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Cooper" title="Gavin Cooper">Gavin Cooper</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Second-row_forward" title="Rugby league positions">SR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li> <li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">13 </span> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#Loose_forward_/_Lock_forward" title="Rugby league positions">LK</a></small><small> </small></span></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <ul><li><span style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: courier">14 </span> <a href="/wiki/John_Asiata" title="John Asiata">John Asiata</a> <small> – <a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_positions#props" title="Rugby league positions">PR</a></small><small> </small></span><br /></li></ul> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td width="1px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <hr /> <dl><dt><small>Legend:</small></dt></dl> <ul><li><small>(c) Captain(s)</small></li> <li><small>(vc) Vice-captain(s)</small></li></ul> <hr /> <p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cowboys_Hall_of_Fame">Cowboys Hall of Fame</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Cowboys Hall of Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, the Cowboys launched their official Hall of Fame during their 20th anniversary celebrations. The foundation criteria were that any players considered had to have played at least 100 NRL games for the club and that they had to have been retired for at least two years. The inductees were decided by a specially selected panel, including members of the Cowboys' organisation and the wider rugby league community, and are assessed on their skill and ability, leadership, integrity and character, their state and international honours, and awards won at the club.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the club's 2019 season launch event.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:65%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:200px;">Inductee </th> <th scope="col" style="width:40px;">Class </th> <th scope="col" style="width:200px;">Position </th> <th scope="col" style="width:120px;">Seasons </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bowman, Paul"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2015</td> <td>Centre</td> <td>1995–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Sing, Matt"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matt_Sing" title="Matt Sing">Matt Sing</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2015</td> <td>Wing</td> <td>2002–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Bowen, Matthew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2019</td> <td>Fullback</td> <td>2001–2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Thurston, Jonathan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Thurston" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Thurston">Jonathan Thurston</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2021</td> <td>Halfback</td> <td>2005–2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="Scott, Matthew"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matthew Scott</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2023</td> <td>Prop</td> <td>2004–2019 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaches">Coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cowboys' current coach, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a> took over as head coach of the side from 2021, becoming the club's tenth and incumbent coach. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No</th> <th>Coach</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Matches</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Drawn</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Win % </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grant_Bell" title="Grant Bell">Grant Bell</a></td> <td>1995</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>20</td> <td>9.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Lowe" title="Graham Lowe">Graham Lowe</a></td> <td>1996</td> <td>21</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>15</td> <td>28.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Sheens" title="Tim Sheens">Tim Sheens</a></td> <td>1997–2001</td> <td>109</td> <td>32</td> <td>4</td> <td>73</td> <td>29.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Murray_Hurst" title="Murray Hurst">Murray Hurst</a></td> <td>2001–2002</td> <td>18</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>13</td> <td>22.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Murray" title="Graham Murray">Graham Murray</a></td> <td>2002–2008</td> <td>161</td> <td>79</td> <td>1</td> <td>81</td> <td>49.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Millward" title="Ian Millward">Ian Millward</a></td> <td>2008</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>12</td> <td>14.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Henry" title="Neil Henry">Neil Henry</a></td> <td>2009–2013</td> <td>124</td> <td>58</td> <td>0</td> <td>66</td> <td>46.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a></td> <td>2014–2020</td> <td>167</td> <td>87</td> <td>0</td> <td>80</td> <td>52.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hannay" title="Josh Hannay">Josh Hannay</a></td> <td>2020</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>20% </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Payten" title="Todd Payten">Todd Payten</a></td> <td>2021–</td> <td>76</td> <td>39</td> <td>0</td> <td>37</td> <td>51.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_Young_(rugby_league)" title="Dean Young (rugby league)">Dean Young</a></td> <td>2021</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_honours" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys honours">List of North Queensland Cowboys honours</a></div> <p>At the end of each season the North Queensland Cowboys hold their Presentation Ball, in which they present (among other awards) the <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> Medal for Cowboy of the Year. The player of the year award, which was named after Bowman in 2007, is awarded to Cowboys player voted as the best and fairest over the premiership season. After each match, the coaching staff award three votes to the best Cowboys player on ground, two votes to the second best, and one vote to the third best, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M Medal</a> voting system. </p><p>The most recent Paul Bowman Medal winner is <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taumalolo" title="Jason Taumalolo">Jason Taumalolo</a>, who won the award for the first time in 2016 and is the first player to win the award four consecutive times.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bowman himself is a two-time winner of the award (1999, 2000), as is <a href="/wiki/Luke_O%27Donnell" title="Luke O'Donnell">Luke O'Donnell</a> (2004, 2009), <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Payne" title="Aaron Payne">Aaron Payne</a> (2006, 2008) and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scott_(rugby_league)" title="Matthew Scott (rugby league)">Matt Scott</a> (2010, 2013), while <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a>, was the first player to win the award four times (2005, 2012, 2014, 2015). The first recipient of the medal was <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Sing" title="Wayne Sing">Wayne Sing</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the Cowboys won their first major trophy, the inaugural <a href="/wiki/NRL_Auckland_Nines" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL Auckland Nines">NRL Auckland Nines</a> tournament which was held at <a href="/wiki/Eden_Park" title="Eden Park">Eden Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a>, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> 16–7 in the final. A year later the Cowboys won their <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2015 NRL Grand Final">first NRL premiership</a>, defeating the Broncos 17–16 in <a href="/wiki/Golden_point" title="Golden point">golden point</a> extra time. <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Clive_Churchill_Medal" title="Clive Churchill Medal">Clive Churchill Medal</a>. </p><p>In 2020, the Cowboys won the <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Nines" title="2020 NRL Nines">NRL Nines</a> for the second time, becoming the first club to do so. They defeated the <a href="/wiki/St_George_Illawarra_Dragons" class="mw-redirect" title="St George Illawarra Dragons">St George Illawarra Dragons</a> 23–14 in the final with <a href="/wiki/Scott_Drinkwater" title="Scott Drinkwater">Scott Drinkwater</a> being named the Player of the Tournament.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_and_records">Statistics and records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Statistics and records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_records" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys records">List of North Queensland Cowboys records</a></div> <p>After a 10-year finals drought, the Cowboys made their first finals appearance in 2004, finishing one game away from the grand final. The following year the team played in their first grand final, losing to the <a href="/wiki/Wests_Tigers" title="Wests Tigers">Wests Tigers</a>. The North Queensland club's second appearance in the grand final would not come for another 10 years, when they met Queensland rivals, <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a>, in the 2015 decider. In one of the most entertaining grand finals in living memory, <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> kicked a golden-point field goal to win the Cowboys their maiden premiership. </p><p>The club's <a href="/wiki/National_Youth_Competition_(rugby_league)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Youth Competition (rugby league)">Under 20s</a> side finished runners-up in the <a href="/wiki/2011_NRL_Under-20s_season" title="2011 NRL Under-20s season">2011 NYC grand final</a> to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Warriors" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand Warriors">New Zealand Warriors</a> while their feeder teams have won the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a> four times. In 2005 with the <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Young_Guns" title="North Queensland Young Guns">North Queensland Young Guns</a>, 2010 and 2014 with the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Pride_RLFC" title="Northern Pride RLFC">Northern Pride</a> and 2013 with the <a href="/wiki/Mackay_Cutters" title="Mackay Cutters">Mackay Cutters</a>. </p><p>Fullback <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Bowen">Matthew Bowen</a> currently holds the record for most first grade games and most tries for club. Bowen also holds the club record for most tries in a season, with 22 in 2007. <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bowman_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Bowman (rugby league)">Paul Bowman</a> became the first Cowboy to play 200 first grade games in 2007. <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> jointly holds the record for most points in a match with <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hannay" title="Josh Hannay">Josh Hannay</a> at 24. Hannay's 10 goals against <a href="/wiki/South_Sydney_Rabbitohs" title="South Sydney Rabbitohs">South Sydney</a> in 2003. <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Thurston" title="Johnathan Thurston">Johnathan Thurston</a> currently holds the most points in a season in 2014 with 234 points. Winger Ray Mercy was the first, and so far only, Cowboy to score four tries in a match, which he did against <a href="/wiki/Balmain_Tigers" title="Balmain Tigers">Balmain</a> in 1998. </p><p>The club's biggest winning margin is 74 points, achieved in 2023 in a 74 - 0 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Wests_Tigers" title="Wests Tigers">Wests Tigers</a>. Their heaviest defeat is a 62–0 loss by the <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Eels" title="Parramatta Eels">Parramatta Eels</a> in 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium">Stadium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Stadium" title="North Queensland Stadium">North Queensland Stadium</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG/250px-14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG/375px-14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/14-05-2005-dairy_farmers_at_dusk.JPG 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="336" /></a><figcaption>View of the Cowboys former home ground, Willows Sports Complex</figcaption></figure><p>From 1995 to 2019, the Cowboys played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Willows_Sports_Complex" title="Willows Sports Complex">Willows Sports Complex</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/Kirwan,_Queensland" title="Kirwan, Queensland">Kirwan</a>. Prior to 1995, the venue hosted trotting paceway nights, and was the main pacing venue for the Townsville District, but due to the admittance of the Cowboys, the venue was turned into a rugby league stadium. </p><p>The venue was renamed Stockland Stadium in 1995, due to sponsorship rights, and attracted a crowd of 23,156 to the Cowboys first ever premiership game. In 1998, the name was changed to Malanda Stadium by new sponsors Dairy Farmers, before being renamed again in 1999 to Dairy Farmers Stadium. The stadium underwent major renovations in 2005 and 2006, with the eastern, northern and southern grandstands receiving upgrades, the addition of more corporate boxes and a new replay screen and public address system installed. Dairy Farmers 15-year partnership with the Cowboys ended at the end of 2012 season, as the club looked for a new naming rights sponsor for the stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the stadium was renamed 1300SMILES Stadium, after the Townsville-based dental practice entered into a five-year sponsorship deal with Stadiums Queensland.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 August 2019, the club played their final game at the stadium, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Canterbury Bulldogs">Canterbury Bulldogs</a> 15–8.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club record attendance for a regular season match is 30,302, set against the Brisbane Broncos in the round 8 of the 1999 season. The record attendance for a finals match is 24,989, set against the Brisbane Broncos in week 2 of the 2004 finals series. </p><p>In 2020, the club moved to the new 25,000-seat <b><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Country_Bank_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Country Bank Stadium">Queensland Country Bank Stadium</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/South_Townsville,_Queensland" title="South Townsville, Queensland">South Townsville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Training_base">Training base</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Training base"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg/220px-NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg/330px-NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg/440px-NQ_Cowboys_Training_and_Administration_Base.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>The facade of the Cowboys' training and administration base, with <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Country_Bank_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Country Bank Stadium">Queensland Country Bank Stadium</a> in the background.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2021, the Cowboys opened a new training and administration base, known as the Hutchinson Builders Centre for sponsorship reasons, adjacent to Queensland Country Bank Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emblems_and_colours">Emblems and colours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Emblems and colours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before becoming the Cowboys, the team names Marlins, Stingrays and the very popular Crocodiles were tossed up as potential team logos for the side, before public consultation resulted in the name 'Cowboys' (the Crocodiles name would eventually go to Townsville's <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_League_(Australasia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball League (Australasia)">National Basketball League</a> team, who changed their name to the <a href="/wiki/Townsville_Crocodiles" title="Townsville Crocodiles">Townsville Crocodiles</a> in 1998 after a dispute with the <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> over their original name, the Townsville Suns).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colours navy blue and yellow were chosen to reflect the colours of the Townsville representative sides. Grey was also added as primary colour with white introduced as a secondary colour. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logos">Logos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Logos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1995–1997"><img alt="1995–1997" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg/120px-North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg/180px-North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg/240px-North_Queensland_Cowboys_1990s_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="248" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1995–1997</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NQCowboys_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="1998–2003"><img alt="1998–2003" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/NQCowboys_logo.jpg/120px-NQCowboys_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/NQCowboys_logo.jpg/180px-NQCowboys_logo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/NQCowboys_logo.jpg/240px-NQCowboys_logo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="267" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1998–2003</div> </li> </ul> <p>The club's "<a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">steer</a> head" logo has stayed basically the same since 1995. In the early years the logo was on a white rectangular background, before being backed with a yellow oval. In 2003 the font was changed and a yellow star added, which remain to this day. A lighter shade of navy blue and white were also added to the logo. In 2020, the club introduced a new logo to celebrate their 25th season.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_Jerseys">Primary Jerseys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Primary Jerseys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1995–1996"><img alt="1995–1996" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png/118px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png" decoding="async" width="118" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png/177px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png/236px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1995.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2083" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1995–1996</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1997–1998"><img alt="1997–1998" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png/120px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png/180px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png/240px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1997.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1997–1998</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png" class="mw-file-description" title="1999–2001"><img alt="1999–2001" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png/118px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png" decoding="async" width="118" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png/177px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png/236px-North_Queensland_Jersey_1999.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2083" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">1999–2001</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2023_Cowboys_Home.png" class="mw-file-description" title="2023"><img alt="2023" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2023_Cowboys_Home.png/120px-2023_Cowboys_Home.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2023_Cowboys_Home.png/180px-2023_Cowboys_Home.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/2023_Cowboys_Home.png/240px-2023_Cowboys_Home.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">2023</div> </li> </ul> <p>The Cowboys' home jerseys have stayed predominantly navy blue over the years, with white, grey and yellow all being the predominant secondary colour at some stage, with the away jerseys predominantly white. Since 2011, the club has also worn special jerseys for Women in League round, Indigenous round and an Anzac/Defence force-themed jersey for games played on <a href="/wiki/Anzac" class="mw-redirect" title="Anzac">Anzac</a> weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sponsors">Sponsors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sponsors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr style="background:#bdb76b;"> <th>Year</th> <th>Kit Manufacturer</th> <th>Major Sponsor</th> <th>Back Top Sponsor</th> <th>Sleeve Sponsor</th> <th>Back Bottom Sponsor</th> <th>Front Shorts Sponsor</th> <th>Back Shorts Sponsor</th> <th>Chest Sponsor </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995-96</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canterbury_of_New_Zealand" title="Canterbury of New Zealand">Canterbury of New Zealand</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/XXXX_(beer)" title="XXXX (beer)"> XXXX</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/XXXX_(beer)" title="XXXX (beer)"> XXXX</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Chill Milk</td> <td rowspan="10">-</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/XXXX_(beer)" title="XXXX (beer)"> XXXX</a></td> <td rowspan="7">-</td> <td rowspan="15">- </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a></td> <td rowspan="2">- </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>-</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Win_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Win Television">Win Television</a></td> <td rowspan="2">- </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Fila" title="Fila">Fila</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Overflow</td> <td rowspan="2">Overflow</td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/KFC" title="KFC">KFC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ergon_Energy" title="Ergon Energy">Ergon Energy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td rowspan="2">CHR</td> <td rowspan="2">CHR </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td rowspan="2">Emu Sportswear</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td rowspan="18"><a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a></td> <td rowspan="18"><a href="/wiki/Toyota" title="Toyota">Toyota</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Rapid Road</td> <td rowspan="2">Rapid Road </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td rowspan="2">Concept Sports</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td rowspan="2">QLD Group</td> <td rowspan="6">Queensland Country Bank</td> <td rowspan="4">Queensland Country Bank </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Hummel_International" title="Hummel International">Hummel</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Norman" title="Harvey Norman">Harvey Norman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007-08</td> <td>Glen Alpine </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009-10</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Norman" title="Harvey Norman">Harvey Norman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011-12</td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/ISC_(sportswear)" title="ISC (sportswear)">ISC</a></td> <td rowspan="2">Queensland Country Bank/Trukai </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013-14</td> <td>Guildford Coal </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>Brisclean</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Shine_Lawyers" title="Shine Lawyers">Shine Lawyers</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jardine_Lloyd_Thompson" title="Jardine Lloyd Thompson">JLT</a></td> <td rowspan="2">WorkPac Group/Trukai</td> <td rowspan="2">Dreamtime Training </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/The_Ville_Resort-Casino" title="The Ville Resort-Casino">The Ville Resort-Casino</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td rowspan="4">Allara Learning/Trukai</td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Bundaberg_Rum" title="Bundaberg Rum">Bundaberg Rum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td rowspan="2">Techfront </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>LGIAsuper</td> <td rowspan="3">Vantage BMS </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>-</td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/XXXX_(beer)" title="XXXX (beer)"> XXXX</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td rowspan="4">Dynasty Sports</td> <td rowspan="4">Bravus Mining & Resources</td> <td>Allara Learning/<a href="/wiki/Sportsbet" title="Sportsbet">Sportsbet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hostplus" title="Hostplus">Hostplus</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonald%E2%80%99s" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald’s">McDonald’s</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sportsbet" title="Sportsbet">Sportsbet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonald%E2%80%99s" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald’s">McDonald’s</a>/KickAss Products</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tabcorp" title="Tabcorp">TAB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024-</td> <td>TAFE Queensland</td> <td><a href="/wiki/McDonald%E2%80%99s" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonald’s">McDonald’s</a>/Ricky Richards</td> <td>YETI Coolers </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporters">Supporters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Supporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, the Cowboys recorded their largest ever membership tally, with 23,437, beating the record set the previous year of 22,278. In 2020, the Cowboys membership ambassador is <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Feldt" title="Kyle Feldt">Kyle Feldt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Average_regular_season_attendance">Average regular season attendance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Average regular season attendance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><b>1995</b>: 21,670</li> <li><b>1996</b>: 19,366</li> <li><b>1997</b>: 17,539</li> <li><b>1998</b>: 17,034</li> <li><b>1999</b>: 16,108</li> <li><b>2000</b>: 15,511</li> <li><b>2001</b>: 13,738</li> <li><b>2002</b>: 12,133</li> <li><b>2003</b>: 14,892</li> <li><b>2004</b>: 17,334</li> <li><b>2005</b>: 20,590</li> <li><b>2006</b>: 19,861</li> <li><b>2007</b>: 20,508</li> <li><b>2008</b>: 18,102</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><b>2009</b>: 17,309</li> <li><b>2010</b>: 14,256</li> <li><b>2011</b>: 14,189</li> <li><b>2012</b>: 14,637</li> <li><b>2013</b>: 14,112</li> <li><b>2014</b>: 14,613</li> <li><b>2015</b>: 16,230</li> <li><b>2016</b>: 16,692</li> <li><b>2017</b>: 16,512</li> <li><b>2018</b>: 15,417</li> <li><b>2019</b>: 13,658</li> <li><b>2020</b>: 6,712<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2021</b>: 14,472<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2022</b>: 18,376</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_supporters">Notable supporters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Notable supporters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable supporters of this club, amongst others, include: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andy_The_Kid" class="mw-redirect" title="Andy The Kid">Andy The Kid</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Katter" title="Bob Katter">Bob Katter</a>, Politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Burgers" title="Nathan Burgers">Nathan Burgers</a>, professional field hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Coutts" title="Alicia Coutts">Alicia Coutts</a>, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Feldman" title="Luke Feldman">Luke Feldman</a>, Australian cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachael_Finch" title="Rachael Finch">Rachael Finch</a>, former Miss Universe Australia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Goldman" title="Mike Goldman">Mike Goldman</a>, television & radio personality</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Hopes" title="James Hopes">James Hopes</a>, Australian international cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Johnson_(cricketer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitchell Johnson (cricketer)">Mitchell Johnson</a>, Australian international cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roz_Kelly" title="Roz Kelly">Roz Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Channel 9</a> reporter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kernaghan" title="Lee Kernaghan">Lee Kernaghan</a>, country music artist</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Mauboy" title="Jessica Mauboy">Jessica Mauboy</a>, singer/actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Meares" title="Anna Meares">Anna Meares</a>, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Miller_(motorcycle_racer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Miller (motorcycle racer)">Jack Miller</a>, Australian Grand Prix motorcycle racer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morne_Morkel" class="mw-redirect" title="Morne Morkel">Morne Morkel</a>, South African cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Phelan" title="Ryan Phelan">Ryan Phelan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Channel 7</a> reporter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rose_(basketball)" title="Robert Rose (basketball)">Robert Rose</a>, former NBL basketballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessicah_Schipper" title="Jessicah Schipper">Jessicah Schipper</a>, Australian swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanie_Schlanger" title="Melanie Schlanger">Melanie Schlanger</a>, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karrie_Webb" title="Karrie Webb">Karrie Webb</a>, Australia's most successful female professional golfer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wright_(swimmer)" title="Chris Wright (swimmer)">Chris Wright</a>, Olympic swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Crisafulli" title="David Crisafulli">David Crisafulli</a>, (politician) incumbent Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Liberal National Party of Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaz_Mostert" title="Chaz Mostert">Chaz Mostert</a>, V8 Supercars driver</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feeder_clubs">Feeder clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Feeder clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg/16px-Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg/24px-Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg/32px-Mackay_Cutters_colours.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="117" data-file-height="117" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mackay_Cutters" title="Mackay Cutters">Mackay Cutters</a> – based in <a href="/wiki/Mackay,_Queensland" title="Mackay, Queensland">Mackay, Queensland</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Pride_colours.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Northern_Pride_colours.png/16px-Northern_Pride_colours.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Northern_Pride_colours.png/24px-Northern_Pride_colours.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Northern_Pride_colours.png/32px-Northern_Pride_colours.png 2x" data-file-width="118" data-file-height="118" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Pride_RLFC" title="Northern Pride RLFC">Northern Pride</a> – based in <a href="/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></li></ul> <p>The Cowboys players who do not make the NRL side train and play with feeder club in the <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a>. These teams, based in the northern Queensland cities of Cairns and Mackay, are separate entities but are affiliated with the Cowboys. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Queensland_derby" title="Queensland derby">Queensland derby</a></div> <p>North Queensland's main rivals are the <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a>. From 1999 to 2006, the two clubs were the only Queensland-based sides in the <a href="/wiki/NRL" class="mw-redirect" title="NRL">NRL</a>. A one-side rivalry for nearly 10 years, the Brisbane side had not lost to North Queensland in 16 encounters. In 2004, the teams met in the finals for the first time, with North Queensland defeating Brisbane 10–0, to record their first win in the derby.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the final round of the <a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_season" title="2020 NRL season">2020 NRL season</a>, North Queensland condemned Brisbane to their first ever <a href="/wiki/Wooden_Spoon_(award)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wooden Spoon (award)">Wooden Spoon</a>. Brisbane needed to win the match to overtake <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="Canterbury Bulldogs">Canterbury-Bankstown</a> but lost the match. As of 2020, the sides have met five more times in the finals, including the <a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2015 NRL Grand Final">2015 NRL Grand Final</a>, the first all-Queensland Grand Final, which North Queensland won 17–16 in extra time.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rivalry between the two clubs is considered one of the best in modern rugby league.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club had a minor competitive rivalry with the <a href="/wiki/Cronulla-Sutherland_Sharks" title="Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks">Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The games with Cronulla grew from finals football, with the two clubs meeting five times in the finals since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2023, the player of the match in games between the two clubs has been awarded the Paul Green Medal, in honour of <a href="/wiki/Paul_Green_(rugby_league)" title="Paul Green (rugby league)">Paul Green</a>, a former player for both clubs and coach for the Cowboys who died in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_team"><span id="Women.27s_team"></span>Women's team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Queensland_Cowboys&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Women's team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_Women" title="North Queensland Cowboys Women">North Queensland Cowboys Women</a></div> <p>On 15 June 2022, the Cowboys were admitted to the <a href="/wiki/NRL_Women%27s_Premiership" title="NRL Women's Premiership">NRL Women's Premiership</a> for the 2023 season.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 November 2022, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Jeffries" title="Ben Jeffries">Ben Jeffries</a> was announced as the club's inaugural NRLW head coach, with Anita Creenaune appointed as Head of Women's Elite Programs.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 April 2023, Mackay's <a href="/wiki/Emma_Manzelmann" title="Emma Manzelmann">Emma Manzelmann</a> became the club's inaugural signing.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate">Corporate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="background:lightgrey; color:black;"><div>Est. 1995 in <span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><a href="/wiki/Townsville" title="Townsville">Townsville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#191970; color:#FDE910; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;">The club</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_North_Queensland_Cowboys" title="History of the North Queensland Cowboys">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_records" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_honours" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys honours">Honours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_players" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:North_Queensland_Cowboys_coaches" title="Category:North Queensland Cowboys coaches">Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_representatives" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys representatives">Representatives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#191970; color:#FDE910; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;">Home ground</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willows_Sports_Complex" title="Willows Sports Complex">1300SMILES Stadium</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995–2019)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Stadium" title="North Queensland Stadium">North Queensland Stadium</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2020–)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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<dl><dt><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League">Premierships</a> <span class="nobold">(1)</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2015_NRL_season" title="2015 NRL season">2015</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/NRL_Nines" title="NRL Nines">NRL Nines</a> <span class="nobold">(2)</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2014_NRL_Auckland_Nines" title="2014 NRL Auckland Nines">2014</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2020_NRL_Nines" title="2020 NRL Nines">2020</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#191970; color:#FDE910; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Queensland_Cowboys_seasons" title="List of North Queensland Cowboys seasons"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FDE910">Seasons (30)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="1995 North Queensland Cowboys season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="1996 North Queensland Cowboys season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="1997 North Queensland Cowboys season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="1998 North Queensland Cowboys season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="1999 North Queensland Cowboys season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2000 North Queensland Cowboys season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2001 North Queensland Cowboys season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2002 North Queensland Cowboys season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2003 North Queensland Cowboys season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2004 North Queensland Cowboys season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2005 North Queensland Cowboys season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2006 North Queensland Cowboys season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2007 North Queensland Cowboys season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2008 North Queensland Cowboys season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2009 North Queensland Cowboys season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2010 North Queensland Cowboys season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2011 North Queensland Cowboys season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2012 North Queensland Cowboys season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2013 North Queensland Cowboys season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2014 North Queensland Cowboys season">2014</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2015_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2015 North Queensland Cowboys season">2015</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2016 North Queensland Cowboys season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2017 North Queensland Cowboys season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2018 North Queensland Cowboys season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2019 North Queensland Cowboys season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2020 North Queensland Cowboys season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2021 North Queensland Cowboys season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2022 North Queensland Cowboys season">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2023 North Queensland Cowboys season">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2024 North Queensland Cowboys season">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_North_Queensland_Cowboys_season" title="2025 North Queensland Cowboys season">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#191970; color:#FDE910; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 silver, inset -1px -1px 0 silver;">Other competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Current</dt> <dd><a 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Cutters</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Northern_Pride_RLFC" title="Northern Pride RLFC">Northern Pride</a></dd> <dt>Past</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cairns_Cyclones" title="Cairns Cyclones">Cairns Cyclones</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Young_Guns" title="North Queensland Young Guns">North Queensland Young Guns</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Townsville_Blackhawks" title="Townsville Blackhawks">Townsville Blackhawks</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Townsville_Stingers" title="Townsville Stingers">Townsville Stingers</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_Rugby_League" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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title="NRL finals system">Finals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Grand_Final_Breakfast" title="NRL Grand Final Breakfast">Grand Final Breakfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_State_Championship" title="NRL State Championship">State Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_Grand_Final" title="NRL Grand Final">Grand Final</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_Premiers" title="List of National Rugby League Premiers">List</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_of_Origin_series" title="State of Origin series">State of Origin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#02c95f;color:#000000;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Rugby_League" title="History of the National Rugby League">League history</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Rugby_League_premiership" title="New South Wales Rugby League premiership">NSWRL premiership</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Cup" title="Winfield Cup">Winfield Cup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARL_Premiership" title="ARL Premiership">ARL Premiership</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Rugby_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Rugby League">ARL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_(Australia)" title="Super League (Australia)">Super League</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_League_war" title="Super League war">Super League war</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL_seasons" title="List of NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_teams_in_the_NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL" title="List of teams in the NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL">All time club list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_National_Rugby_League" title="Expansion of the National Rugby League">Expansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NRL_Grand_Finals" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NRL Grand Finals">Premiers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rugby_league_premiers" title="Australian rugby league premiers">All First-Class Premiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL_premiership_captains_and_coaches" title="List of NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL premiership captains and coaches">Winning captains and coaches</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rugby_league_wooden_spooners" title="Australian rugby league wooden spooners">Wooden spooners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NRL_records" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NRL records">Records</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_rugby_league_grand_final_records" title="List of Australian rugby league grand final records">Grand Final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_players_with_five_tries_in_a_game" title="List of National Rugby League players with five tries in a game">Most tries in a game</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_golden_point_games" title="List of National Rugby League golden point games">Golden point games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_players_sent_off_in_National_Rugby_League_matches" title="List of players sent off in National Rugby League matches">Players sent off</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_National_Rugby_League" title="Rivalries in the National Rugby League">Rivalries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Rugby_League_referees" title="List of National Rugby League referees">Referees</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#02c95f;color:#000000;;width:1%">Awards and honours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Awards" title="Dally M Awards">Dally M Awards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dally_M_Medal" title="Dally M Medal">Dally M Medal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clive_Churchill_Medal" title="Clive Churchill Medal">Clive Churchill Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Rugby League Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Immortals_(rugby_league)" title="The Immortals (rugby league)">The Immortals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Giltinan_Shield" title="J. J. Giltinan Shield">J. J. Giltinan Shield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rothmans_Medal" title="Rothmans Medal">Rothmans Medal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#02c95f;color:#000000;;width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Night_Football_(NRL)" title="Friday Night Football (NRL)">Friday Night Football</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_League" title="Fox League">Fox League</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Night_with_Matty_Johns" title="Sunday Night with Matty Johns">Sunday Night with Matty Johns</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/NRL_360" title="NRL 360">NRL 360</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fan_(rugby_league)" title="The Fan (rugby league)">The Fan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Narrow_World_of_Sports" title="Narrow World of Sports">Narrow World of Sports</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Judiciary">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_salary_cap" title="NRL salary cap">Salary cap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRL_match_officials" title="NRL match officials">Match officials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League_reserves_affiliations" title="National Rugby League reserves affiliations">Reserves affiliations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_League_Players_Association" title="Rugby League Players Association">Rugby League Players Association</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#02c95f;color:#000000;;width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NRL_team_squads" title="List of current NRL team squads">Current team squads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_NRL_coaches" title="List of current NRL coaches">Current head coaches</a></li> <li><a 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title="Rugby league in Queensland"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Rugby league in Queensland</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%">Federation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League">Queensland Rugby League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%">Representative Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland rugby league team">Queensland Maroons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_women%27s_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland women's rugby league team">Queensland women's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Residents" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Residents">Queensland Residents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_under-20_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland under-20 rugby league team">Queensland U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_under-18_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland under-18 rugby league team">Queensland U-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_under-16_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland under-16 rugby league team">Queensland U-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_women%27s_under-18_rugby_league_team" title="Queensland women's under-18 rugby league team">Queensland women's U-18</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Rugby_League" title="National Rugby League"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">NRL</span></a> clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Current clubs: <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphins_(NRL)" title="Dolphins (NRL)">Dolphins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Titans" title="Gold Coast Titans">Gold Coast Titans</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">North Queensland Cowboys</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Former Clubs: <i><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Chargers" title="Gold Coast Chargers">Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers</a> (1988-1998)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_Queensland_Crushers" title="South Queensland Crushers">South Queensland Crushers</a> (1995-1997)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NRL_Women%27s_Premiership" title="NRL Women's Premiership"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">NRLW</span></a> clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Current clubs: <a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos_Women" title="Brisbane Broncos Women">Brisbane Broncos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Titans_Women" title="Gold Coast Titans Women">Gold Coast Titans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Queensland_Cowboys_Women" title="North Queensland Cowboys Women">North Queensland Cowboys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%">Major Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>State-wide leagues: <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Cup" title="Queensland Cup">Queensland Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QRL_Women%27s_Premiership" title="QRL Women's Premiership">Women's Premiership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Deering_Colts" title="Hastings Deering Colts">Hastings Deering Colts</a> (U21s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mal_Meninga_Cup" title="Mal Meninga Cup">Mal Meninga Cup</a> (U18s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winfield_State_League" title="Winfield State League"> State League</a> (1982-95)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Connell_Challenge" title="Cyril Connell Challenge">Cyril Connell Cup</a> (2009-16)</i></li></ul> <p>Former Top-Flight Competition: <i><b><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Rugby_League_premiership" title="Brisbane Rugby League premiership">Brisbane Rugby League premiership</a></b></i> </p> <ul><li>Other leagues: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Queensland_Masters_Rugby_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Queensland Masters Rugby League (page does not exist)">Masters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Queensland_Police_Services_Rugby_League_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Queensland Police Services Rugby League Association (page does not exist)">Police Services</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Queensland_Primary_School_Rugby_League&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Queensland Primary School Rugby League (page does not exist)">Primary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GIO_Schoolboy_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="GIO Schoolboy Cup">Secondary School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confraternity_Carnival" title="Confraternity Carnival">Confraternity Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universities_Rugby_League_Queensland" title="Universities Rugby League Queensland">Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QRL_Women%27s_Premiership" title="QRL Women's Premiership">Women's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Northern_Division" title="Queensland Rugby League Northern Division"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Northern Division</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Foley_Shield" title="Foley Shield">Foley Shield</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairns_District_Rugby_League" title="Cairns District Rugby League">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackay_%26_District_Rugby_League" title="Mackay & District Rugby League">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Northern_Division#Mid_West_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Northern Division">Mid West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Northern_Division#Mount_Isa_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Northern Division">Mount Isa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Northern_Division#Remote_Areas_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Northern Division">Remote Areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Townsville_District_Rugby_League" title="Townsville District Rugby League">Townsville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Central_Division" title="Queensland Rugby League Central Division"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Central Division</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Central_Division#47th_Battalion_Shield" title="Queensland Rugby League Central Division">47th Battalion Shield</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League#Central_Queensland_Capras" title="Queensland Rugby League">Capricorn Region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Highlands_Rugby_League_(Queensland)" title="Central Highlands Rugby League (Queensland)">Central Highlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_West_Rugby_League" title="Central West Rugby League">Central West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_District_Rugby_League" title="Gladstone District Rugby League">Gladstone</a> (<i>defunct</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockhampton_District_Rugby_League" title="Rockhampton District Rugby League">Rockhampton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League#South_West_Queensland_Mustangs" title="Queensland Rugby League">South West Region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Central_Division#Border_Rivers_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Central Division">Border Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roma_District_Rugby_League" title="Roma District Rugby League">Roma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toowoomba_Rugby_League" title="Toowoomba Rugby League">Toowoomba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Central_Division#Western_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Central Division">Western</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League#Wide_Bay_Bulls" title="Queensland Rugby League">Wide Bay Region</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bundaberg_Rugby_League" title="Bundaberg Rugby League">Bundaberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Central_Division#Central_Burnett_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Central Division">Central Burnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_Central_Division#Northern_Districts_Rugby_League" title="Queensland Rugby League Central Division">Northern Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Burnett_Rugby_League" title="South Burnett Rugby League">South Burnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Gympie_Rugby_League" title="Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League">Sunshine Coast-Gympie</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:maroon; color:white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Rugby_League_South_East_Queensland_Division" title="Queensland Rugby League South East Queensland Division"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">South-East Division</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bulimba_Cup" title="Bulimba Cup">Bulimba Cup</a></b> (defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_A-Grade_Rugby_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Brisbane A-Grade Rugby League">Brisbane A-Grade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Second_Division_Rugby_League" title="Brisbane Second Division Rugby League">Brisbane Second Division</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_and_District_Women%27s_Rugby_League" title="Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League">Women</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Rugby_League" title="Ipswich Rugby League">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Rugby_League" title="Gold Coast Rugby League">Gold Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FOGS_Colts_Challenge" title="FOGS Colts 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