Jump to content

2020 Queensland Cup

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2020 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 14–15, 2020
(Cancelled)
Teams14
PremiersNone
Minor premiersNone
Matches played7
Points scored285
Top points scorer(s) Ase Boas
Jamal Fogarty (12)
Top try-scorer(s) Terry Wapi (3)
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 Queensland Cup season was to be the 25th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. On 27 March, the competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, was cancelled after one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first time the competition would not be played out since its inaugural season in 1996.

Teams

[edit]

In 2020, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the sixth consecutive year. On 13 December 2019, the Newcastle Knights formed a partnership with the Ipswich Jets but did not send players to the club.[1] The cancelled 2020 season was the final year that the Brisbane Broncos and Redcliffe Dolphins were affiliated, having partnered since 2006. The Dolphins entered a partnership with the New Zealand Warriors for the 2021 season.[2]

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Rick Stone[3] Luke Page Gold Coast Titans
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park David Faiumu Jack Madden Brisbane Broncos
Easts Tigers Langlands Park Craig Hodges[4] Brett Greinke Melbourne Storm
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Keiron Lander[5] Nathaniel Neale Newcastle Knights
Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Michael Crawley[6] Jayden Hodges North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Javid Bowen North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils Pathion Park[7] Rohan Smith Jack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos
Papua New Guinea Hunters National Football Stadium Matt Church[8] Ase Boas None
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Stadium Adam Mogg Cameron Cullen Brisbane Broncos
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Jon Buchanan Darren Nicholls Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Sam Mawhinney[9] Dane Hogan Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne Sam Hoare North Queensland Cowboys
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf Lamar Liolevave Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson Mitch Cronin Brisbane Broncos

Cancellation

[edit]

On 17 March, two days after the completion of Round One, the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) announced a 10-week suspension of the competition until 5 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] On 27 March, ten days after the suspension, the QRL confirmed the cancellation of the competition for the 2020 season. QRL managing director Robert Moore stated, “by making this announcement now, it provides our clubs with the opportunity to re-set and turn their attention towards the 2021 season."[11][12]

Ladder

[edit]
2020 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Easts Tigers 1 1 0 0 44 4 +40 2
2 Burleigh Bears 1 1 0 0 34 6 +28 2
3 Tweed Heads Seagulls 1 1 0 0 16 10 +6 2
4 Townsville Blackhawks 1 1 0 0 16 10 +6 2
5 Redcliffe Dolphins 1 1 0 0 22 16 +6 2
6 Papua New Guinea Hunters 1 1 0 0 32 30 +2 2
7 Norths Devils 1 1 0 0 23 22 +1 2
8 Mackay Cutters 1 0 0 1 22 23 -1 0
9 Souths Logan Magpies 1 0 0 1 30 32 -2 0
10 Sunshine Coast Falcons 1 0 0 1 16 22 -6 0
11 Northern Pride 1 0 0 1 10 16 -6 0
12 Ipswich Jets 1 0 0 1 10 16 -6 0
13 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 1 0 0 1 6 34 -28 0
14 Central Queensland Capras 1 0 0 1 4 44 -40 0

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Knights launch pathway partnership with Ipswich Jets". 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Uniting with the Dolphins". 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Burleigh appoint new head coach". 8 November 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 Coaching & Support Staff Confirmed". 19 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Ipswich favourite named head coach for 2020". 11 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Mackay Cutters announce new head coach". 3 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Pathion Sponsorship Announcement". 22 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Matt Church the new PNG Hunters head coach". 19 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Falcons appoint new Intrust Super Cup head coach". 4 October 2019.
  10. ^ https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2020/05/18/qrl-coronavirus-updates/[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Four QRL statewide competitions cancelled for 2020". 27 March 2020.
  12. ^ "NRL 2020: Second-tier competitions shutdown for the 2020 season - QRL". 27 March 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_Queensland_Cup&oldid=1204318962"