2011 North Queensland Cowboys season
2011 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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NRL | 7th | |||
Play-off result | Lost Qualifying Final (v Manly Sea Eagles, 8-42) |
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2011 record | Wins: 14; Draws: 0; Losses: 10 | |||
Points scored | For: 532; Against: 480 | |||
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CEO | Peter Jourdain | |||
Coach | Neil Henry | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Dairy Farmers Stadium | |||
Avg. Attend. | 14,189 | |||
High. Attend. | 26,463 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 23) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Ashley Graham (12) | |||
Goals | Johnathan Thurston (61) | |||
Points | Johnathan Thurston (162) | |||
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The 2011 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 17th season in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2011 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 7th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
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Season summary
After missing the finals the previous three seasons, finishing 15th in both 2008 and 2010, the Cowboys underwent a major overhaul of personnel for the 2011 season. Club legend Ty Williams retired and they parted ways with club favourites Luke O'Donnell, Carl Webb and Steve Southern. Their biggest signing for the 2011 season was Queensland and Australian representative centre Brent Tate. They also made key recruits in the signings of former Melbourne Storm and Queensland State of Origin representative Dallas Johnson, premiership winner Glenn Hall from the English Super League, re-signing a former Cowboy in Gavin Cooper and picking up younger, experienced first graders such as Antonio Winterstein.
The Cowboys' new signings had a positive impact on the NRL team, with the club spending the majority 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. In 2011, they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their Round 4 clash against the Parramatta Eels was the fourth most watched sports event in Fox Sport's history.[1]
In the qualifying final, they led Manly 8-0 at half time before being overrun by the Sea Eagles who went on to claim the premiership.
Milestones
- Round 1: Glenn Hall, Ben Jones, Dallas Johnson and Ashton Sims made their debuts for the club.
- Round 2: Tariq Sims made his NRL debut.
- Round 3: Kalifa Faifai Loa made his debut for the club.
- Round 3: James Segeyaro made his NRL debut.
- Round 5: Antonio Winterstein made his debut for the club.
- Round 4: Matthew Bowen became the club's most capped player with 204 games.
- Round 9: Johnathan Thurston became the club's highest point scorer.
- Round 14: Joel Riethmuller made his NRL debut.
- Round 18: Cory Paterson made his debut for the club.
- Round 19: Brent Tate made his debut for the club.
Squad List
North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2011 | |||||||||
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Ladder
# | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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24 | 19 | - | 5 | 2 | 521 | 308 | 213 | 42 |
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24 | 18 | - | 6 | 2 | 539 | 331 | 208 | 40 |
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24 | 18 | - | 6 | 2 | 511 | 372 | 139 | 40 |
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24 | 15 | - | 9 | 2 | 519 | 430 | 89 | 34 |
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24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 483 | 341 | 142 | 33 |
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24 | 14 | - | 10 | 2 | 504 | 393 | 111 | 32 |
7 | File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 14 | - | 10 | 2 | 532 | 480 | 52 | 32 |
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24 | 12 | - | 12 | 2 | 478 | 443 | 35 | 28 |
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24 | 12 | - | 12 | 2 | 449 | 489 | -40 | 28 |
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24 | 11 | - | 13 | 2 | 531 | 562 | -31 | 26 |
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24 | 10 | - | 14 | 2 | 417 | 500 | -83 | 24 |
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24 | 9 | - | 15 | 2 | 430 | 517 | -87 | 22 |
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24 | 7 | - | 17 | 2 | 428 | 557 | -129 | 18 |
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24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 385 | 538 | -153 | 17 |
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24 | 6 | - | 18 | 2 | 423 | 623 | -200 | 16 |
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24 | 6 | - | 18 | 2 | 363 | 629 | -266 | 16 |
Squad Movement
2011 Gains
Player | Signed From | Until End of |
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Gavin Cooper | ![]() |
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Kalifa Faifai Loa | File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons |
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Glenn Hall | ![]() |
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Dallas Johnson | ![]() |
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Ben Jones | ![]() |
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Blake Leary | ![]() |
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Tyson Martin | File:Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters |
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Cory Paterson | ![]() |
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Joel Riethmuller | File:Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride |
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Ashton Sims | ![]() |
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Tariq Sims | ![]() |
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Brent Tate | ![]() |
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Ricky Thorby | File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons |
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Antonio Winterstein | ![]() |
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2011 Losses
Player | Signed To | Until End of |
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Mitch Achurch | ![]() |
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Obe Geia | Released |
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Ben Harris | Retired |
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Donald Malone | ![]() |
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Willie Mason | ![]() |
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Luke O'Donnell | File:Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants |
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Steve Rapira | ![]() |
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Grant Rovelli | File:Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters |
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Nick Slyney | File:Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins |
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Steve Southern | ![]() |
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Arana Taumata | ![]() |
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Anthony Watts | ![]() |
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Carl Webb | ![]() |
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John Williams | ![]() |
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Ty Williams | File:Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride |
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Fixtures
Pre-season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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11 February | Trial 1 | ![]() |
Jack Manski Oval | 10 – 22 | Martin, Riethmuller | Faifai Loa (1/2) | - | |||
19 February | Trial 2 | ![]() |
Traeger Park | 4 – 26 | Faifai Loa | Faifai Loa (0/1) | - | |||
26 February | Trial 3 | ![]() |
Barlow Park | 22 – 24 | Bowen, Bolton, Scott, Tonga | Thurston (3/4) | - | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Regular season
Finals
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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3 September | Qualifying Final | ![]() |
SFS | 8 – 32 | Tonga | Thurston (2/2) | 13,972 | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Isaak Ah Mau | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Leeson Ah Mau | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Clint Amos | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Michael Bani | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Scott Bolton | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Bowen | 25 | 8 | 12 | - | 56 |
Gavin Cooper | 24 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 22 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Ashley Graham | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Glenn Hall | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Dallas Johnson | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Ben Jones | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Michael Morgan | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Cory Paterson | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Aaron Payne | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Joel Riethmuller | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Scott | 22 | - | - | - | - |
James Segeyaro | 19 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Ashton Sims | 24 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Tariq Sims | 20 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
James Tamou | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Brent Tate | 9 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Jason Taumalolo | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Ray Thompson | 25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Johnathan Thurston | 19 | 10 | 61 | - | 162 |
Willie Tonga | 20 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Will Tupou | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Antonio Winterstein | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Totals | 98 | 74 | - | 540 |
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Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2011
All Stars match | ANZAC Test | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Prime Minister's XIII | World Cup Qualifiers | Four Nations | |
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Honours
League
- Golden Boot: Johnathan Thurston
- Dally M Prop of the Year: Matthew Scott
- RLIF Prop of the Year: Matthew Scott
- RLPA NYC Player of the Year: Jason Taumalolo
- NYC Team of the Year: Kyle Feldt, Jason Taumalolo
Club
- Paul Bowman Medal: Ashley Graham
- Player's Player: Johnathan Thurston
- Club Person of the Year: Gavin Cooper
- Rookie of the Year: Tariq Sims
- Most Improved: Ray Thompson
- NYC Player of the Year: Jason Taumalolo
Feeder Clubs
National Youth Competition
- File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys - 2nd, Runners-up
Queensland Cup
- File:Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters - 11th, missed finals
- File:Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride - 2nd, Lost Semi Final
References
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