2011 NRL Under-20s season

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2011 NRL Under-20s season
Teams	16
Premiers	New Zealand Warriors (2nd title)
Minor premiers	New Zealand Warriors (1st title)
Matches played	201
Points scored	10439
Wooden Spoon	Manly (1st spoon)
Player of the Year	Tariq Sims
Top point-scorer(s)	Dylan Collier (260)
Top try-scorer(s)	Omar Sleimankhel (26)
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The 2011 NRL Under-20s season was the fourth season of the National Rugby League's Under-20s competition. The competition, known commercially as the 2011 Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota, was solely for under-20s players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of the 2011 NRL Telstra Premiership season.

Season summary[]

Schedule[]

Ladder[]

2011 National Youth Competition season v t
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand (P)	24	19	1	4	2	851	494	+357	43
2	North Queensland	24	17	0	7	2	758	509	+249	38
3	Cronulla-Sutherland	24	16	1	7	2	707	600	+107	37
4	Melbourne	24	16	0	8	2	678	517	+161	36
5	Sydney	24	15	1	8	2	639	523	+116	35
6	Canterbury-Bankstown	24	14	0	10	2	659	458	+201	32
7	Wests	24	12	2	10	2	607	529	+78	30
8	Newcastle	24	12	1	11	2	638	660	-22	29
9	Brisbane	24	11	2	11	2	752	551	+201	28
10	Penrith	24	12	0	12	2	558	709	-151	28
11	St. George Illawarra	24	10	2	12	2	562	594	-32	26
12	Parramatta	24	10	1	13	2	547	556	-9	25
13	Canberra	24	8	1	15	2	683	749	-66	21
14	Gold Coast	24	5	1	18	2	467	779	-312	15
15	South Sydney	24	4	1	19	2	454	881	-427	13
16	Manly-Warringah	24	4	0	20	2	432	843	-411	12

Finals Series[]

	Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Finals					Grand Final
	1	New Zealand Warriors	54
	8	Newcastle Knights	6
											1W	New Zealand Warriors	64
	2	North Queensland Cowboys	48			4W	Melbourne Storm	20				Canterbury Bulldogs	0
	7	Wests Tigers	26			2L	Canterbury Bulldogs	22									New Zealand Warriors	31
																	North Queensland Cowboys	30
	3	Cronulla Sharks	28								2W	North Queensland Cowboys	38
	6	Canterbury Bulldogs	12			3W	Cronulla Sharks	14				Cronulla Sharks	14
						1L	Sydney Roosters	4
	4	Melbourne Storm	26
	5	Sydney Roosters	10

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee
Qualifying Finals
(4) Melbourne Storm	26-10	(5) Sydney Roosters	11 September 2011, 1:30pm	AAMI Park, Melbourne
(3) Cronulla Sharks	28-12	(6) Canterbury Bulldogs	10 September 2011, 6:00pm	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
(2) North Queensland Cowboys	48-26	(7) Wests Tigers	9 September 2011, 5:15pm	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
(1) New Zealand Warriors	54-6	(8) Newcastle Knights	10 September 2011, 4:15pm	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Semi Finals
Melbourne Storm	20-22	Canterbury Bulldogs	16 September 2011, 5:15pm	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Cronulla Sharks	14-4	Sydney Roosters	17 September 2011, 5:15pm	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Preliminary Finals
North Queensland Cowboys	38-14	Cronulla Sharks	23 September 2011, 5:15pm	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
New Zealand Warriors	64-0	Canterbury Bulldogs	24 September 2011, 5:15pm	AAMI Park, Melbourne
Grand Final
New Zealand Warriors	31-30	North Queensland Cowboys	2 October 2011, 2:15pm	ANZ Stadium

Player statistics[]

Leading try scorers[]

Top 10 try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Omar Slaimankhel	26	New Zealand
2		21	North Queensland
3		19	Parramatta
4=	Tautau Moga	18	Sydney
4=		18	Cronulla
6=	Daniel Abou-Sleiman	17	Canterbury
6=	Dale Copley	17	Brisbane
6=	Mahe Fonua	17	Melbourne
6=	Adam Henry	17	New Zealand
10	Wayne Ulugia	16	North Queensland

Most tries in a game[]

Top 5 most tries in a game
	Player	Team	Opponent	Round	Tries
1=		Brisbane	North Queensland	23	4
1=	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland	Newcastle	18	4
1=		Brisbane	Manly	26	4
1=	Tautau Moga	Sydney	Cronulla	24	4
1=	James Tedesco	Wests Tigers	Melbourne	15	4
1=	Jack Wighton	Canberra	Gold Coast	4	4

Leading point scorers[]

Top 10 overall point scorers
	Player	Team	T	G	FG	Pts
1	Dylan Collier	New Zealand	14	102	-	260
2	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland	14	87	-	230
3	Matt McGahan	Melbourne	6	85	-	194
4		Canberra	9	78	-	192
5	Chris Taripo	Sydney	10	53	-	146
6	Mitchell Frei	Brisbane	4	62	-	140
7	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers	5	54	-	128
8		St. George Illawarra	8	44	-	120
9		Cronulla	4	50	-	116
10		Parramatta	4	47	1	111

Most points in a game[]

Top 5 most points in a game
	Player	Team	Opponent	Round	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
1	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland	Newcastle	18	4	5	-	26
2	Blake Austin	Penrith	Cronulla	3	3	6	-	24
3	Chris Taripo	Sydney	Canberra	17	2	7	-	22
5=		St. George Illawarra	Manly	16	2	7	-	22
5=		Canberra	Manly	9	1	9	-	22

Leading goal scorers[]

Top 10 goal scorers
Pos	Name	Goals	Team
1	Dylan Collier	102	New Zealand
2	Kyle Feldt	87	North Queensland
3	Matt McGahan	85	Melbourne
4		78	Canberra
5	Mitchell Frei	62	Brisbane
6	Jacob Miller	54	Wests Tigers
7	Chris Taripo	53	Sydney
8		51	Cronulla
9		47	Parramatta
10		44	St. George Illawarra

Most goals in a game[]

Top 5 most goals in a game
	Player	Team	Opponent	Round	Goals
1=	Dylan Collier	New Zealand	South Sydney	11	9
1=	Mitchell Frei	Brisbane	Newcastle	5	9
1=		Canberra	Gold Coast	4	9
1=		Canberra	Manly	9	9
1=	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers	Melbourne	15	9
1=		Brisbane	South Sydney	25	9

Leading field goal scorers[]

Top 10 field goal scorers
Pos	Name	Team	Field Goals
1=	Chad Townsend	Cronulla	2
1=		Parramatta	2
3=		Wests Tigers	1
3=		Parramatta	1
3=	Ryley Jacks	Sydney	1
3=	Penani Manumalealii	Cronulla	1
3=	Jordan Meads	New Zealand	1
3=	Jordan Rankin	Gold Coast	1
3=	Aiden Sezer	Canterbury	1
3=	Sam Williams	Canberra	1

Club statistics[]

Biggest Wins[]

Top 10 biggest winning margins
Pos	Winning Team	Losing Team	Round	Score	Margin
1	Brisbane	Manly	26	64-0	64
1 =	New Zealand	Canterbury	Preliminary Final	64-0	64
2	New Zealand	South Sydney	11	62-6	56
3	Canterbury	Manly	24	52-0	52
4=	Brisbane	Newcastle	5	54-6	48
4=	Brisbane	South Sydney	25	54-6	48
4=	North Queensland	South Sydney	24	58-10	48
7	Newcastle	Penrith	1	62-16	46
8	Canterbury	Manly	13	50-6	44
9=	Sydney	Canterbury	21	50-8	42
9=	New Zealand	Sydney	5	42-0	42

Winning Streaks[]

Winning streak still active

Top 5 longest winning streaks
Pos	Team	First Win	Round	Last Win	Round	Games Won
1	Sydney	26-14 vs Newcastle	16	Current Streak	-	11
2=	Canterbury	38-16 vs South Sydney	7	30-26 vs Cronulla	15	7
2=	Cronulla	28-16 vs Gold Coast	16	38-18 vs Gold Coast	22	7
2=	Melbourne	34-30 vs Canterbury	4	24-12 vs Canberra	10	7
5	New Zealand	56-26 vs Penrith	8	30-16 vs Wests Tigers	14	6

• QF = Qualifying Finals
• SF = Semi Finals
• PF = Preliminary Finals
• GF = Grand Final

Losing Streaks[]

Losing streak still active

Top 5 longest losing streaks
Pos	Team	First Loss	Round	Last Loss	Round	Games Lost
1	South Sydney	16-17 vs Sydney	19	Current Streak	-	8
2=	Canberra	20-56 vs Sydney	17	8-24 vs Newcastle	22	6
2=	Manly	20-21 vs Cronulla	5	32-34 vs Gold Coast	10	6
2=	Manly	16-30 vs Parramatta	15	18-26 vs Sydney	22	6
2=	South Sydney	16-38 vs Canterbury	7	16-40 vs Melbourne	13	6

• QF = Qualifying Finals
• SF = Semi Finals
• PF = Preliminary Finals
• GF = Grand Final

Team of the Year[]

On 30 August 2011, the 2011 Toyota Cup Team of the Year was announced.^[1] The team included 15 first time winners including coach John Ackland, while Dane Gagai and Dale Finucane had previously been named in the 2010 Team of the Year. Kenneath Bromwich and Jesse Bromwich, a member of the 2009 Team of the Year, became the first brothers to be selected in a Team of the Year.

Position	Player	Club
Fullback	Omar Slaimankhel	New Zealand
Wing	Dane Gagai	Brisbane
Centre	Konrad Hurrell	New Zealand
Centre	Mahe Fonua	Melbourne
Wing	James Roberts	South Sydney
Five-Eight	Carlos Tuimavave	New Zealand
Halfback	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers
Prop	Kane Evans	Sydney
Hooker	Kurt Baptiste	Brisbane
Prop	Dale Finucane	Canterbury
Second-Row	Jason Taumalolo	North Queensland
Second-Row	Alex McKinnon	St. George Illawarra
Lock	Tyrone Peachey	Cronulla
Bench	Kenneath Bromwich	Melbourne
Bench	Tim Lafai	Canterbury
Bench	Jack de Belin	St. George Illawarra
Bench	Kyle Feldt	North Queensland
Coach	John Ackland	New Zealand

References[]

External links[]

• NRL.com - Official site of the NYC, National Youth Competition