2018 North Queensland Cowboys season

2018 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank13th
Play-off resultMissed finals
2018 recordWins: 8; draws: 0; losses: 16
Points scoredFor: 449; against: 521
Team information
CEOGreg Tonner
CoachPaul Green
Captain
Stadium1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. attendance15,417
High attendance25,095 (vs. Parramatta Eels, Round 24)
Top scorers
TriesKyle Feldt (14)
GoalsJohnathan Thurston (77)
PointsJohnathan Thurston (166)
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The 2018 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 24th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership. The team finished the regular season in 13th position and did not qualify for the finals.[1]

Season summary[edit]

Milestones[edit]

Squad[edit]

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2018
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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

Updated: 9 June 2018
Source(s): Cowboys Squad 2018


Squad movement[edit]

Gains[edit]

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Carlin Anderson Townsville Blackhawks
2019
[3]
Jordan McLean Melbourne Storm
2020
[4]
Francis Molo Townsville Blackhawks
2018
[5]

Losses[edit]

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Corey Horsburgh Canberra Raiders
2019
Marcus Jensen Townsville Brothers
2018
Patrick Kaufusi Melbourne Storm
2019
[6]
Blake Leary Burleigh Bears
2018
Patrick Mago Brisbane Broncos
2018
[7]
Kalyn Ponga Newcastle Knights
2022
[8]
Ben Spina Herbert River Crushers
2018
Ray Thompson Retired
-
[9]
Braden Uele Cronulla Sharks
2019
[10]

Re-signings[edit]

Player Club Until End of Notes
Jake Clifford North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[11]
Jake Granville North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[12]
Coen Hess North Queensland Cowboys
2022
[13]
Francis Molo North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[14]
Michael Morgan North Queensland Cowboys
2023
[15]
Justin O'Neill North Queensland Cowboys
2021
[16]
Emry Pere North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[17]
Shane Wright North Queensland Cowboys
2020
[18]

Ladder[edit]

2018 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 1 542 361 +181 34
2 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 1 536 363 +173 34
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 582 437 +145 34
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 0 8 1 519 423 +96 34
5 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 1 517 461 +56 32
6 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 1 556 500 +56 32
7 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 1 519 472 +47 32
8 New Zealand Warriors 24 15 0 9 1 472 447 +25 32
9 Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 1 377 460 −83 26
10 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 1 563 540 +23 22
11 Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 414 607 −193 20
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 8 0 16 1 428 474 −46 18
13 North Queensland Cowboys 24 8 0 16 1 449 521 −72 18
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 1 472 582 −110 18
15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 1 500 622 −122 16
16 Parramatta Eels 24 6 0 18 1 374 550 −176 14

Fixtures[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 17 February Trial 1 Wests Tigers Barlow Park 30 – 16 Asiata, Clifford, Hess Clifford (2/2), Lowe (0/1) -
Friday, 23 February Trial 2 Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 16 – 14 Feldt (3), Thurston Lowe (0/2), Cooper (0/1), Feldt (0/1) 25,000[19]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season[edit]

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 9 March Round 1 Cronulla Sharks 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 14 Cooper, Feldt, Hess, O'Neill Thurston (2/5) 15,900[20]
Friday, 16 March Round 2 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 20 – 24 Cooper, Granville, McLean Thurston (4/4) 46,080
Thursday, 22 March Round 3 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 14 – 30 Hess (2) Thurston (3/3) 12,866
Thursday, 29 March Round 4 Penrith Panthers 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 33 Feldt (2), Winterstein Thurston (1/3) 11,907
Saturday, 7 April Round 5 Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 12 – 22 Feldt, Hampton Thurston (2/2) 25,600
Saturday, 14 April Round 6 Canterbury Bulldogs 1300SMILES Stadium 10 – 27 Feldt, Hampton Thurston (1/2) 14,434
Saturday, 21 April Round 7 Gold Coast Titans 1300SMILES Stadium 26 – 14 Feldt, Hampton, Hess, Taumalolo Thurston (5/7) 12,885
Saturday, 28 April Round 8 Canberra Raiders 1300SMILES Stadium 8 – 18 Cooper Thurston (2/2) 14,004
Friday, 4 May Round 9 Penrith Panthers Carrington Park 26 – 20 Cooper, Hampton, Morgan, Thurston Thurston (5/6) 10,289
Thursday, 10 May Round 10 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 12 – 20 Martin, Winterstein Thurston 2/2) 13,127
Saturday, 19 May Round 11 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1300SMILES Stadium 19 – 20 Winterstein (2) Thurston (5/5); Morgan (1 FG) 14,270
Friday, 25 May Round 12 Melbourne Storm 1300SMILES Stadium 6 – 7 Feldt Thurston (1/1) 16,003
Thursday, 31 May Round 13 Manly Sea Eagles Lottoland 26 – 12 Winterstein (2), Taumalolo, Tuala Thurston (5/6) 6,172
Saturday, 9 June Round 14 Parramatta Eels TIO Stadium 20 – 14 Feldt, Scott, Tuala Thurston (1/3) 8,393
Friday, 15 June Round 15 Warriors 1300SMILES Stadium 16 – 23 Feldt (2), Bowen Thurston (2/4) 11,062
Sunday, 1 July Round 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park 21 – 20 Cooper, Coote, Winterstein Thurston (4/4) 7,651
Round 17 Bye
Saturday, 14 July Round 18 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 12 – 38 Coote, Cooper Thurston (2/2) 11,471
Saturday, 21 July Round 19 St George Illawarra Dragons 1300SMILES Stadium 10 – 24 Cooper Thurston (3/4) 18,068
Friday, 27 July Round 20 Newcastle Knights 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 18 Cooper, Hess, O'Neill, Thurston Thurston (2/4) 11,709
Saturday, 4 August Round 21 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 20 – 26 Cooper, Taumalolo, Thurston Thurston (4/5) 9,721
Thursday, 9 August Round 22 Brisbane Broncos 1300SMILES Stadium 34 – 30 Cooper, Feldt, Gela-Mosby, Hess, Taumalolo Thurston (7/8), Feldt (1/1) 19,663
Saturday, 18 August Round 23 Cronulla Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 16 – 28 Cooper, Hess, McLean Thurston (2/4) 12,270
Friday, 24 August Round 24 Parramatta Eels 1300SMILES Stadium 44 – 6 Feldt (3), Hampton (2), Cooper Gela-Mosby Thurston (6/6) 25,095
Saturday, 1 September Round 25 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 30 –26 Hampton (2), Cooper, Fensom, Gela-Mosby Thurston (5/5) 26,681
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics[edit]

Name App T G FG Pts
John Asiata 15 - - - -
Scott Bolton 22 - - - -
Javid Bowen 6 1 - - 4
Jake Clifford 6 - - - -
Gavin Cooper 23 13 - - 52
Lachlan Coote 9 2 - - 8
Mitchell Dunn 2 - - - -
Kyle Feldt 24 14 1 - 58
Shaun Fensom 14 1 - - 4
Gideon Gela-Mosby 4 3 - - 12
Jake Granville 24 1 - - 4
Ben Hampton 22 8 - - 32
Coen Hess 23 7 - - 28
Sam Hoare 3 - - - -
Corey Jensen 18 - - - -
Kane Linnett 12 - - - -
Ethan Lowe 15 - - - -
Te Maire Martin 23 1 - - 4
Jordan McLean 10 2 - - 8
Francis Molo 7 - - - -
Michael Morgan 11 1 - 1 5
Justin O'Neill 21 2 - - 8
Matthew Scott 18 1 - - 4
Jason Taumalolo 23 4 - - 16
Johnathan Thurston 24 3 77 - 166
Enari Tuala 10 2 - - 8
Antonio Winterstein 16 7 - - 28
Shane Wright 2 - - - -
Totals 73 78 1 449

Representatives[edit]

The following players have played a representative match in 2018.

Pacific Test Denver Test State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII October Tests
Jake Clifford
–
–
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
–
Gavin Cooper
–
–
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
–
–
Coen Hess
–
–
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
–
–
Kyle Laybutt
–
–
–
–
–
Papua New Guinea
–
Te Maire Martin
–
New Zealand
–
–
–
–
–
Jordan McLean
–
–
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Michael Morgan
–
–
Queensland
–
–
–
–
Jason Taumalolo
Tonga
–
–
–
–
–
Tonga
Enari Tuala
–
–
–
–
–
Prime Minister's XIII
–

Honours[edit]

League[edit]

Club[edit]

Feeder Clubs[edit]

Queensland Cup[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 NRL ladder". nrl.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Arnold, Rikki-Lee (10 March 2018). "JT Riding High in the Saddle". The Courier-Mail. pp. 84–85.
  3. ^ "Anderson inks deal with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 26 April 2017.
  4. ^ "McLean to join Cowboys from 2018". NQ Cowboys. 20 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Patrick Kaufusi set to join Storm". NRL. 1 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Why Brisbane Broncos win from Adam Blair's money move". Fox Sports Australia. 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Cowboys coach confirms Kalyn Ponga will join Knights". NQ Cowboys. 24 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Ray Thompson to retire at season's end". NRL. 8 August 2017.
  10. ^ "7th Tackle: Sharks snare Cowboys wrecking ball". Yahoo. 3 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Granville extends stay with Cowboys". NRL. 28 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Cowboys extend young star's contract with eye on post-JT era". NRL. 17 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Hess extends stay with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 14 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Molo extends stay with Cowboys". Cowboys. 19 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Cowboys re-sign Morgan on five-year deal". NRL. 2 March 2018.
  16. ^ "O'Neill reveals he penned three-year extension with Cowboys". Zero Tackle. 13 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Pere re-signs as a Cowboy". NQ Cowboys. 27 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Building young stock – Wright, Clifford re-sign". NQ Cowboys. 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ "NRL Trial: Storm v Cowboys". Austadiums. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  20. ^ "NRL: Cowboys v Sharks". Austadiums. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

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