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2019 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2019 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 25th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and captained by Michael Morgan, they competed in the NRL's 2019 Telstra Premiership. Their first season since 2004 without club legend Johnathan Thurston, who retired at the end of 2018, the side finished 14th and missed the finals for the second straight year.

2019 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank14th
Play-off resultMissed finals
2019 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 378; against: 500
Team information
CEOJeff Reibel
CoachPaul Green
Captain
Stadium1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. attendance13,658
High attendance18,415 (vs. St George Illawarra, Round 1)
Top scorers
TriesKyle Feldt (11)
GoalsJordan Kahu (40)
PointsJordan Kahu (86)
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Season summary edit

Milestones edit

Squad edit

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2019
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 26 February 2019
Source(s): NQ Cowboys


Squad movement edit

Gains edit

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Kurt Baptiste   Sydney Roosters
2019
[1]
Ben Barba   St. Helens
2019
[2]
Scott Drinkwater   Melbourne Storm (mid-season)
2021
[3]
Jordan Kahu   Brisbane Broncos
2019
[4]
Nene Macdonald   St George Illawarra Dragons
2021
[5]
Josh McGuire   Brisbane Broncos
2022
[6]
Tom Opacic   Brisbane Broncos
2020
[1]
Dan Russell   Souths Logan Magpies
2020
[1]

Losses edit

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Ben Barba Released (pre-season)
-
[7]
Josh Chudleigh   Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[8]
Lachlan Coote   St. Helens
2021
[9]
Shaun Fensom   Brisbane Broncos
2019
[10]
Sam Hoare   Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[8]
Shaun Hudson   Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[8]
Kyle Laybutt   Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[11]
Kane Linnett   Hull Kingston Rovers
2021
[12]
Ethan Lowe   South Sydney Rabbitohs
2019
[13]
Nene Macdonald Released (mid-season)
-
[14]
Johnathan Thurston Retired
-
[15]
Antonio Winterstein Retired
-
[16]

Re-signings edit

Player Club Until End of Notes
Jake Clifford   North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[17]
Gavin Cooper   North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[18]
Reuben Cotter   North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[19]
Mitchell Dunn   North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[19]
Tom Gilbert   North Queensland Cowboys
2022
[20]
Ben Hampton   North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[21]
Peter Hola   North Queensland Cowboys
2022
[22]
Corey Jensen   North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[23]
Murray Taulagi   North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[24]

Ladder edit

2019 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm 24 20 0 4 1 631 300 +331 42
2   Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 1 627 363 +264 36
3   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 521 417 +104 34
4   Canberra Raiders 24 15 0 9 1 524 374 +150 32
5   Parramatta Eels 24 14 0 10 1 533 473 +60 30
6   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 1 496 446 +50 30
7   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 12 0 12 1 514 464 +50 26
8   Brisbane Broncos 24 11 1 12 1 432 489 −57 25
9   Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 1 475 486 −11 24
10   Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 1 413 474 −61 24
11   Newcastle Knights 24 10 0 14 1 485 522 −37 22
12   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 1 326 477 −151 22
13   New Zealand Warriors 24 9 1 14 1 433 574 −141 21
14   North Queensland Cowboys 24 9 0 15 1 378 500 −122 20
15   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 8 0 16 1 427 575 −148 18
16   Gold Coast Titans 24 4 0 20 1 370 651 −281 10

Fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 23 February Trial 1   Gold Coast Titans Sunshine Coast Stadium 22 – 16 Clifford (3), Martin Clifford (3/4) 10,680
Saturday, 2 March Trial 2   Melbourne Storm BB Print Stadium 14 – 6 Cooper, Hampton, O'Neill Kahu (1/3) 10,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 16 March Round 1   St George Illawarra Dragons 1300SMILES Stadium 24 – 12 Bowen, Macdonald, Martin, Morgan, O'Neill Kahu (2/4), Martin (0/1) 18,415
Friday, 22 March Round 2   Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 10 – 29 Kahu, O'Neill Kahu (1/2) 45,023
Saturday, 30 March Round 3   Cronulla Sharks 1300SMILES Stadium 16 –42 Cooper, Martin, McLean Kahu (2/3) 11,610
Saturday, 6 April Round 4   Canberra Raiders 1300SMILES Stadium 12 – 30 Asiata, Cooper Kahu (2/2) 11,750
Friday, 12 April Round 5   Melbourne Storm 1300SMILES Stadium 12 – 18 Hampton, Martin Kahu (2/3) 14,130
Saturday, 20 April Round 6   Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 17 – 10 Hess, O'Neill Kahu (4/4), Morgan (1 FG) 11,395
Friday, 26 April Round 7   Canterbury Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 12 – 24 Hampton, O'Neill Kahu (2/3) 6,711
Friday, 3 May Round 8   Gold Coast Titans 1300SMILES Stadium 28 – 14 Asiata, Granville, O'Neill, Taumalolo Kahu (6/6) 10,655
Sunday, 12 May Round 9   South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 16 – 32 O'Neill (2), Opacic Kahu (2/3) 34,564
Saturday, 18 May Round 10   Parramatta Eels 1300SMILES Stadium 17 – 10 Feldt, Opacic, Scott Kahu (2/4, 1 FG) 12,493
Saturday, 25 May Round 11   Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 22 – 16 Feldt, O'Neill, Opacic Kahu (5/6) 14,647
Sunday, 2 June Round 12   Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 6 – 4 Taumalolo Kahu (1/1) 11,226
Saturday, 8 June Round 13   Manly Sea Eagles 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 22 Feldt, Molo, Opacic Clifford (4/4) 13,314
Friday, 14 June Round 14   Wests Tigers 1300SMILES Stadium 26 – 27 Feldt (2), Bowen, Morgan Clifford (5/6) 11,692
Friday, 28 June Round 15   St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 14 – 22 Opacic (2), Drinkwater Kahu (1/3), Clifford (0/1) 7,008
Round 16 Bye
Sunday, 14 July Round 17   Sydney Roosters Central Coast Stadium 15 – 12 Asiata, Clifford Clifford (2/2, 1 FG), Kahu (1/2) 14,668
Saturday, 20 July Round 18   South Sydney Rabbitohs 1300SMILES Stadium 18 – 30 Drinkwater, Feldt, Opacic Clifford (3/6) 16,638
Thursday, 25 July Round 19   Cronulla Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 14 – 16 Drinkwater, Molo, Scott Clifford (1/3) 6,144
Thursday, 1 August Round 20   Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 4 – 24 Feldt Clifford (0/1) 10,016
Thursday, 8 August Round 21   Brisbane Broncos 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 18 Clifford, Wright Clifford (3/3) 17,530
Saturday, 17 August Round 22   Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 6 – 42 Clifford Kahu (1/1) 16,752
Friday, 23 August Round 23   Penrith Panthers 1300SMILES Stadium 24 – 10 Feldt (2), Taulagi, Taumalolo Kahu (4/4) 10,523
Thursday, 29 August Round 24   Canterbury Bulldogs 1300SMILES Stadium 15 – 8 Feldt, Wright Kahu (2/2, 1 FG), Bolton (1/1) 15,141
Friday, 6 September Round 25   Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 16 – 24 Cooper, Feldt, Taulagi Feldt (2/2), Kahu (0/1) 12,085
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics edit

Name App T G FG Pts
John Asiata 24 3 - - 12
Kurt Baptiste 9 - - - -
Scott Bolton 18 - 1 - 2
Javid Bowen 7 2 - - 8
Jake Clifford 15 3 18 1 49
Gavin Cooper 24 3 - - 12
Reuben Cotter 5 - - - -
Scott Drinkwater 10 3 - - 12
Mitchell Dunn 9 - - - -
Kyle Feldt 16 11 2 - 48
Gideon Gela-Mosby 3 - - - -
Jake Granville 24 1 - - 4
Ben Hampton 8 2 - - 8
Coen Hess 22 1 - - 4
Peter Hola 5 - - - -
Corey Jensen 6 - - - -
Jordan Kahu 19 1 40 2 86
Nene Macdonald 5 1 - - 4
Te Maire Martin 7 3 - - 12
Josh McGuire 17 - - - -
Jordan McLean 22 1 - - 4
Francis Molo 24 2 - - 8
Michael Morgan 20 2 - 1 9
Justin O'Neill 8 8 - - 32
Tom Opacic 19 7 - - 28
Matthew Scott 17 2 - - 8
Murray Taulagi 6 2 - - 8
Jason Taumalolo 18 3 - - 12
Enari Tuala 7 - - - -
Shane Wright 14 2 - - 8
Totals 63 61 4 378

Representatives edit

The following players have played a representative match in 2019.

Residents match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII Oceanic Cup
John Asiata
–
–
–
–
–
Tonga
Kurt Baptiste
–
–
–
–
–
Papua New Guinea
Tom Gilbert
Queensland
–
–
–
–
–
Kyle Feldt
Queensland
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
–
Corey Jensen
Queensland
–
–
–
–
–
Josh McGuire
–
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
–
–
Michael Morgan
–
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
–
–
Daniel Russell
–
–
–
–
–
Papua New Guinea
Jason Taumalolo
–
–
–
–
–
Tonga

Honours edit

Club edit

Feeder Clubs edit

Queensland Cup edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Four more signings for Cowboys". cowboys.com.au. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Ben Barba set to return to NRL with North Queensland Cowboys". nrl.com. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Cowboys fill final roster spot". cowboys.com.au. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Kahu signs with Cowboys". cowboys.com.au. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Macdonald to join Cowboys". cowboys.com.au. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Brisbane Broncos lock Josh McGuire making immediate switch to North Queensland Cowboys". nrl.com. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Club statement". North Queensland Cowboys. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Former Cowboys prop Sam Hoare set to make comeback from knee injury". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Cowboys to farewell departing players". NQ Cowboys. 13 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Broncos Add Experience With New Signing Fensom". Brisbane Broncos. 7 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Laybutt Prepared to Fight for NRL Berth". News-Mail. 6 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Experienced NRL Grand Final player Kane Linnett signs". Hull KR. 14 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Cowboys release Lowe". NQ Cowboys. 26 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Statement: Nene Macdonald". NQ Cowboys. 5 July 2019.
  15. ^ "NRL 2018: Johnathan Thurston retiring tribute, Roosters liken him to Arthur Beetson – Fox Sports". www.foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Cowboys winger Antonio Winterstein announces retirement, effective immediately". nrl.com. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Clifford signs contract extension". NQ Cowboys. 16 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Veteran inks new deal: Cowboys re-sign Cooper for 2020". NRL. 30 August 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Cowboys re-sign local duo". NQ Cowboys. 4 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Cowboys re-sign 2019 Q-Cup Rookie of the Year". NQ Cowboys. 29 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Hampton agrees to contract extension". NQ Cowboys. 17 September 2019.
  22. ^ "Hola joins Cowboys top 30". NQ Cowboys. 19 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Cowboys re-sign Jensen". NQ Cowboys. 2 September 2019.
  24. ^ "Taulagi signs contract extension". NQ Cowboys. 5 April 2019.

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