2011 North Queensland Cowboys season
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.
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
Squad List
North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2011 |
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Head coach
Assistant coaches
- Mick Crawley (Assistant Coach)
- Peter Ryan (Assistant Coach)
- Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
- Glen Murphy (Head Conditioner)
- Sean Edwards (Strength & Conditioning Coach)
- Legend:
- (c) Captain
- (vc) Vice captain
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Ladder
Squad Movement
2011 Gains
2011 Losses
Fixtures
Pre-season
Regular season
Date |
Round |
Opponent |
Venue |
Score |
Tries |
Goals |
Attendance |
11 March | Round 1 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | 16 – 14 | Bani, Tamou, Tupou | Thurston (2/3) | 45,119 |
19 March | Round 2 | Newcastle Knights | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 22 – 34 | Graham (2), Ah Mau, Jones | Thurston (3/4) | 14,061 |
28 March | Round 3 | Melbourne Storm | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 34 – 6 | Bowen (2), Graham (2), T Sims, Tupou | Thurston (5/6) | 9,554 |
2 April | Round 4 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Stadium | 20 – 22 | Faifai Loa (2), Graham, Tonga | Thurston (2/4) | 12,226 |
8 April | Round 5 | Gold Coast Titans | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 22 – 12 | Bowen, Cooper, Thurston, Tonga | Thurston (3/4) | 13,651 |
16 April | Round 6 | Canberra Raiders | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 26 – 18 | Bolton, Hall, Thurston, Winterstein | Thurston (5/5) | 10,741 |
23 April | Round 7 | Cronulla Sharks | Toyota Stadium | 30 – 12 | Cooper (2), Faifai Loa, Graham, Tonga | Thurston (5/6) | 7,340 |
30 April | Round 8 | Manly Sea Eagles | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 22 – 20 | Bowen (2), Payne, Thurston | Thurston (3/4) | 14,884 |
8 May | Round 9 | St George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Jubilee Oval | 8 – 22 | Thurston | Thurston (2/2) | 13,056 |
14 May | Round 10 | Parramatta Eels | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 40 – 26 | Thurston (2), Tonga (2), Faifai Loa, Hall, Winterstein | Thurston (6/7) | 13,610 |
| Round 11 | Bye | | | | | |
28 May | Round 12 | Sydney Roosters | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 20 – 6 | Hall, Tamou, Thurston | Thurston (4/4) | 13,335 |
5 June | Round 13 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium | 40 – 24 | Faifai Loa (2), T Sims (2), Hall, Payne, Thurston | Thurston (6/7) | 11,128 |
11 June | Round 14 | Manly Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | 4 – 24 | Graham | Cooper (0/1) | 8,452 |
18 June | Round 15 | Warriors | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 30 – 10 | Faifai Loa (2), Graham, Jones, Segeyaro, T Sims, Thurston | Cooper (1/3), Graham (0/1) Thurston (0/3) | 16,081 |
26 June | Round 16 | Penrith Panthers | Centrebet Stadium | 20 – 30 | Cooper (2), Jones, Segeyaro | Thurston (2/4) | 14,090 |
| Round 17 | Bye | | | | | |
11 July | Round 18 | Newcastle Knights | Ausgrid Stadium | 22 – 12 | Paterson, Riethmuller, Segeyaro, Tupou | Bowen (3/5) | 17,212 |
16 July | Round 19 | Wests Tigers | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 18 – 38 | Paterson (2), Tonga (2) | Bowen (1/4) | 12,880 |
23 July | Round 20 | Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park | 28 – 20 | Graham (2), Cooper, Tate, Tonga | Bowen (4/5) | 15,741 |
30 July | Round 21 | Penrith Panthers | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 30 – 18 | Segeyaro (2), Graham, A Sims, Tate, Thompson | Bowen (2/4), Paterson (0/2) | 12,349 |
5 August | Round 22 | Canterbury Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 6 – 14 | Tate | Bowen (1/1) | 8,654 |
12 August | Round 23 | Brisbane Broncos | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 16 – 34 | Bowen, Faifai Loa, Tate | Thurston (2/3) | 26,463 |
19 August | Round 24 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 24 – 26 | Bowen, T Sims, Thurston, Tonga | Thurston (4/5) | 11,208 |
27 August | Round 25 | Cronulla Sharks | Dairy Farmers Stadium | 28 – 20 | Taumalolo (2), Bowen, Graham, Hall | Thurston (4/5) | 12,655 |
3 September | Round 26 | Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium | 6 – 18 | Faifai Loa | Thurston (1/1) | 20,802 |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Finals
Date |
Round |
Opponent |
Venue |
Score |
Tries |
Goals |
Attendance |
3 September | Qualifying Final | Manly Sea Eagles | SFS | 8 – 32 | Tonga | Thurston (2/2) | 13,972 |
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
Ah Mau, IsaakIsaak Ah Mau | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Ah Mau, LeesonLeeson Ah Mau | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Amos, ClintClint Amos | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Bani, MichaelMichael Bani | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Bolton, ScottScott Bolton | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Bowen, MatthewMatthew Bowen | 25 | 8 | 12 | - | 56 |
Cooper, GavinGavin Cooper | 24 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
Faifai Loa, KalifaKalifa Faifai Loa | 22 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Graham, AshleyAshley Graham | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Johnson, DallasDallas Johnson | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Jones, BenBen Jones | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Morgan, MichaelMichael Morgan | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Paterson, CoryCory Paterson | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Payne, AaronAaron Payne | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Riethmuller, JoelJoel Riethmuller | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Scott, MatthewMatthew Scott | 22 | - | - | - | - |
Segeyaro, JamesJames Segeyaro | 19 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Sims, AshtonAshton Sims | 24 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Sims, TariqTariq Sims | 20 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Tamou, JamesJames Tamou | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Tate, BrentBrent Tate | 9 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Taumalolo, JasonJason Taumalolo | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Thompson, RayRay Thompson | 25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Thurston, JohnathanJohnathan Thurston | 19 | 10 | 61 | - | 162 |
Tonga, WillieWillie Tonga | 20 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Tupou, WillWill Tupou | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Winterstein, AntonioAntonio Winterstein | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Totals | | 98 | 74 | - | 540 |
Source:[2]
Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2011
Honours
League
Club
Feeder Clubs
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