2023 Queensland Cup

The 2023 Queensland Cup season is the 28th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, features 15 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

2023 Queensland Cup
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Teams

In 2023, the line-up of teams changed for the first time in 8 years with the addition of the Western Clydesdales.[1] The North Queensland Cowboys changed their affiliation agreement, with the Cowboys sending all NRL contracted players not selected in their weekly squad to just the Townsville Blackhawks.[2]

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
 Brisbane Tigers Totally Workwear Stadium Matt Church[3] Ryley Jacks Melbourne Storm
 Burleigh Bears UAA Park Luke Burt[4] Sami Sauiluma Gold Coast Titans
 Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Lionel Harbin Jack Madden Dolphins
 Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben Cross Rhys Jacks Sydney Roosters
 Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Michael Comerford[5] Brandon Finnegan North Queensland Cowboys
 Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Chris Ostwald North Queensland Cowboys
 Norths Devils Bishop Park David Elliott[6] Jack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos
 Papua New Guinea Hunters Santos National Football Stadium Stanley Tepend Ila Alu None
 Redcliffe Dolphins Kayo Stadium Ben Te'o[7] Dunamis Lui Dolphins
 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park
Logan Metro Sports Complex		 Karmichael Hunt[8] Rory Ferguson Brisbane Broncos
 Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Brad Henderson Patrice Siolo Melbourne Storm
 Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne Jayden Hodges North Queensland Cowboys
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex David Penna[9] Lindon McGrady Gold Coast Titans
 Western Clydesdales Clive Berghofer Stadium Jason Alchin[10] Darryn Schonig[11] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
 Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Mathew Head[12] Brendan O'Hagan Brisbane Broncos

Regular season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Tigers RED
0		 WMS
-2		 PNG
+2		 IPS
+34		 MAC WES BUR TSV NOR X MAC CQC RED SCF IPS NTP WES TWE PNG SLM X WMS
Burleigh Bears NOR
+6		 X RED
+26		 TWE
+2		 SCF PNG BRI CQC MAC WES IPS SLM NOR X TWE SCF PNG RED NTP WMS MAC TSV
Central Queensland Capras TWE
+1		 TSV
+8		 NTP
+20		 MAC
+12		 NOR X WMS BUR RED SCF NOR BRI TWE NTP MAC PNG X IPS WES TSV RED SLM
Ipswich Jets SLM
-14		 SCF
-40		 WMS
-44		 BRI
-34		 WES RED WES PNG X TWE BUR NTP SLM TSV BRI MAC TSV CQC NOR SCF TWE X
Mackay Cutters WMS
-38		 NTP
-4		 TSV
-6		 CQC
-12		 BRI NOR PNG NTP BUR RED BRI SCF WMS TWE CQC IPS X SLM TSV X BUR WES
Northern Pride X MAC
+4		 CQC
-20		 TSV
+1		 PNG WMS NOR MAC WES SLM PNG IPS X CQC TSV BRI WMS SCF BUR TWE WES RED
Norths Devils BUR
-6		 RED
0		 TWE
-6		 SLM
0		 CQC MAC NTP SCF BRI TSV CQC X BUR RED SLM TWE X WMS IPS WES SCF PNG
Papua New Guinea Hunters WES
+10		 SLM
0		 BRI
-2		 X NTP BUR MAC IPS TSV WMS NTP TWE WES SLM SCF CQC BUR X BRI RED TSV NOR
Redcliffe Dolphins BRI
0		 NOR
0		 BUR
-26		 WMS
+14		 SLM IPS SCF X CQC MAC SCF WES BRI NOR WMS TSV TWE BUR X PNG CQC NTP
Souths Logan Magpies IPS
+14		 PNG
0		 X NOR
0		 RED SCF TSV WMS TWE NTP WES BUR IPS PNG NOR WES SCF MAC X BRI WMS CQC
Sunshine Coast Falcons TSV
-4		 IPS
+40		 X WES
+28		 BUR SLM RED NOR X CQC RED MAC TSV BRI PNG BUR SLM NTP WMS IPS NOR TWE
Townsville Blackhawks SCF
+4		 CQC
-8		 MAC
+6		 NTP
-1		 X TWE SLM BRI PNG NOR X WMS SCF IPS NTP RED IPS WES MAC CQC PNG BUR
Tweed Heads Seagulls CQC
-1		 WES
+4		 NOR
+6		 BUR
-2		 WMS TSV X WES SLM IPS WMS PNG CQC MAC BUR NOR RED BRI X NTP IPS SCF
Western Clydesdales PNG
-10		 TWE
-4		 X SCF
-28		 IPS BRI IPS TWE NTP BUR SLM RED PNG WMS X SLM BRI TSV CQC NOR NTP MAC
Wynnum Manly Seagulls MAC
+38		 BRI
+2		 IPS
+44		 RED
-14		 TWE NTP CQC SLM X PNG TWE TSV MAC WES RED X NTP NOR SCF BUR SLM BRI
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 F1 F2 F3 GF
Key:      Bold – Home game      X – Bye      Opponent for round listed above margin

Season summary
  • The Round 1 match between Redcliffe Dolphins and Brisbane Tigers was abandoned after four minutes due to torrential rain. Due to a number of factors, the match was not able to be replayed. The final result was given as a 0-0 draw, with each team awarded a competition point.[13]

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Central Queensland Capras 4 4 0 0 0 115 74 +41 8 Finals series
2 Burleigh Bears 3 3 0 0 1 80 46 +34 8
3 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 4 3 0 1 0 144 74 +70 6
4 Sunshine Coast Falcons 3 2 0 1 1 114 50 +64 6
5 Souths Logan Magpies 3 1 2 0 1 68 54 +14 6
6 Northern Pride 3 2 0 1 1 33 48 −15 6
7 Brisbane Tigers 4 2 1 1 0 118 84 +34 5
8 Papua New Guinea Hunters 3 1 1 1 1 78 70 +8 5
9 Tweed Heads Seagulls 4 2 0 2 0 92 85 +7 4
10 Townsville Blackhawks 4 2 0 2 0 84 83 +1 4
11 Redcliffe Dolphins 4 1 2 1 0 76 88 −12 4
12 Norths Devils 4 0 2 2 0 98 110 −12 2
13 Western Clydesdales 3 0 0 3 1 44 86 −42 2
14 Mackay Cutters 4 0 0 4 0 66 126 −60 0
15 Ipswich Jets 4 0 0 4 0 56 188 −132 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2023. Source: QRL

See also

References
  1. "Clydesdales to gallop in Queensland Cup once again". ABC Southern Queensland. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. "Blackhawk focus for all fringe Cowboys". Townsville Bulletin. Nationwide News Pty Ltd. 14 January 2023. p. 78.
  3. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (30 January 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Church at Tigers". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (1 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Burt at Bears". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (6 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Comerford at Cutters". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (7 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Elliott at Devils". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  7. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (10 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Te'o at Dolphins". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (13 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Hunt at Magpies". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  9. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (14 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Penna at Tweed". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (15 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Alchin at Clydesdales". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  11. "Clydesdales name inaugural Cup captain". qrl.com.au. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  12. Arnold, Rikki-Lee (16 February 2023). "New Cup coaches of 2023: Head at Wynnum Manly". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  13. Hillier, Michael (14 March 2023). "Statement: Ruling made on abandoned Hostplus Cup game". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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