2010 Queensland Cup
The 2010 Queensland Cup season was the 15th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 12 teams playing a 25-week-long season (including finals) from March to September.[1][2]
| 2010 Queensland Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | March 13 – September 19, 2010 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Northern Pride (1st title) |
| Minor premiers | Souths Logan Magpies (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Points scored | 6,330 |
| Top points scorer(s) | Troyden Watene (188) |
| Player of the year | Daly Cherry-Evans (Courier Mail Medal) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Daniel Ogden (19) |
← 2009 2011 → | |
The Northern Pride won their first premiership after defeating the Norths Devils 30–20 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles' halfback Daly Cherry-Evans was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[3][4]
Teams edit
In 2010, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the second consecutive year.
Ladder edit
| 2010 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 | Souths Logan Magpies | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 604 | 362 | +242 | 34 | |
| 2 | Norths Devils | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 581 | 505 | +76 | 31 | |
| 3 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 641 | 400 | +241 | 28 | |
| 4 | Northern Pride (P) | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 501 | 446 | +55 | 28 | |
| 5 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 538 | 478 | +60 | 27 | |
| 6 | Mackay Cutters | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 544 | 491 | +53 | 23 | |
| 7 | Burleigh Bears | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 450 | 484 | -34 | 22 | |
| 8 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 467 | 536 | -69 | 21 | |
| 9 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 528 | 498 | +30 | 16 | |
| 10 | Central Comets | 22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 415 | 624 | -209 | 12 | |
| 11 | Easts Tigers | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 429 | 631 | -202 | 10 | |
| 12 | Ipswich Jets | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 384 | 627 | -243 | 10 | |
Final series edit
In 2010, the competition used a modified version of the six-team finals format that they implemented a year earlier.
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (local) | Venue | |||||
| Semi-finals | ||||||
| Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 4 – 14 | Mackay Cutters | 4 September 2010, 2:00pm | Stockland Park | ||
| Souths Logan Magpies | 16 – 20 | Norths Devils | 5 September 2010, 3:00pm | Davies Park | ||
| Northern Pride | 28 – 12 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 5 September 2010, 3:30pm | Barlow Park | ||
| Preliminary Finals | ||||||
| Norths Devils | 56 – 12 | Mackay Cutters | 11 September 2010, 2:00pm | Bishop Park | ||
| Souths Logan Magpies | 8 – 28 | Northern Pride | 12 September 2010, 2:00pm | Davies Park | ||
| Grand Final | ||||||
| Norths Devils | 20 – 30 | Northern Pride | 19 September 2010, 2:00pm | Suncorp Stadium | ||
| Semifinals | Preliminary Finals | Grand Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Souths Logan Magpies | 16 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Norths Devils | 20 | 1W | Norths Devils | 56 | ||||||||
| 3W | Mackay Cutters | 12 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 4 | Norths Devils | 20 | |||||||||
| 6 | Northern Pride | 28 | Northern Pride | 30 | |||||||||
| 1L | Souths Logan Magpies | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 12 | 2W | Northern Pride | 28 | ||||||||
| 5 | Mackay Cutters | 14 | |||||||||||
Grand Final edit
Saturday, 13 September |
| Norths Devils | 20 – 30 | Northern Pride |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Luke Samoa 2 Brendon Gibb 1 Gideon Mzembe 1 Goals: Troyden Watene 2 | 1st: 6 - 18 2nd: 14 - 12 Report | Tries: 1 Michael Bani 1 Rod Griffin 1 Rod Jensen 1 Nick Slyney 1 Noel Underwood Goals: 5 Chey Bird |
| Norths Devils | Position | Northern Pride |
|---|---|---|
| FB |
|
| 2. Daniel Ogden | WG | 2. Michael Bani |
| 3. Josefa Davui | CE | 3. Brett Anderson |
| 4. Jack Reed | CE | 4. Rod Jensen |
| 5. Gideon Mzembe | WG | 5. Kaine Manihera |
| 6. Shane Perry | FE | 14. Clint Amos |
| 7. Matt Smith | HB | 7. Chris Sheppard (c) |
| 8. Mark Leafa (c) | PR | 16. Noel Underwood |
| 9. Asher Elemani | HK | 9. Jason Roos |
| 17. Troy Hansen | PR | 10. Ben Laity |
| 11. Troyden Watene | SR | 11. Nick Slyney |
| 12. Brendon Gibb | SR | 12. Mark Cantoni |
| 13. Eddy Purcell | LK | 13. Joel Riethmuller |
| 10. Nathan Cleaver | Bench | 8. Alex Starmer |
| 14. Luke Samoa | Bench | 15. Ben Spina |
| 15. Jay Aston | Bench | 17. Mark Dalle Cort |
| 16. Michael Morris | Bench | 18. Rod Griffin |
| Kevin Carmichael | Coach | David Maiden |
The Norths Devils finished the regular season in second and defeated the minor premiers Souths Logan in the first week of the finals. In the preliminary final they thrashed Mackay 56–12 to qualify for the second Grand Final and their first since 1998. The Northern Pride finished fourth and defeated Wynnum Manly in an elimination final. In the preliminary final, they upset Souths Logan 28–8 to qualify for their second straight Grand Final.
First half edit
The Pride started the first half on fire, scoring three tries inside the first 20 minutes. They kicked it off with a try to prop Noel Underwood in the 4th minute before centre Rod Jensen helped double his side's lead in the 15th minute. Winger Michael Bani was the next to score, stepping through some soft defence to push the Pride's lead to 18. It took 37th minutes for the Devils to finally post their first points when second rower Brendon Gibb barged over.
Second half edit
The Pride regained their 18-point lead when bench forward Rod Griffin steamrolled his way through to score four minutes after the break. Norths hit back quickly this time, crossing just five minutes later through Luke Samoa. They made it back-to-back tries not long after when winger Gideon Mzembe dived over in the right corner. The comeback attempt was short lived, as the Pride scored their fifth try of the game when Nick Slyney crossed. Samoa scored off a Pride error in the 72nd minute to give his side a slight chance but it was too little too late. The Pride won their first premiership and became the second club from outside south east Queensland to lift the trophy.[5]
Pride halfback and captain Chris Sheppard was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal in his final game before retirement.[6]
End-of-season awards edit
- Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Daly Cherry-Evans ( Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles)
- QANTAS Player of the Year (Coaches Award): Ryan Cullen ( Redcliffe Dolphins)
- Coach of the Year: Mark Beaumont ( Souths Logan Magpies)
- Rookie of the Year: Daly Cherry-Evans ( Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles)
- Representative Player of the Year: Dayne Weston ( Queensland Residents, Burleigh Bears)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Queensland Rugby League Website Retrieved 29 August 2010. 2010-08-29.
- ^ Queensland Rugby League [1] 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 August 2010
- ^ "Flashback: Sheppard inspires 2010 maiden title for Pride". 24 September 2019.
- ^ "The Courier Mail Award To Daly Cherry Evans". The Courier Mail. [dead link]
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the : "2010 QLD Cup Grand Final Northern Pride 30 v Norths 20". YouTube.
- ^ "Northern Pride Wins Intrust Super Cup Final". The Courier Mail. [dead link]