2020 North Queensland Cowboys season
2020 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 14th | |||
Play-off result | Missed finals | |||
2020 record | Wins: 5; Draws: 0; Losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 368; Against: 520 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Jeff Reibel | |||
Coach | Paul Green (resigned on July 20) Josh Hannay (interim) | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 6,712[1] | |||
High attendance | 22,459 (vs. Brisbane, Round 1) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Kyle Feldt (19) | |||
Goals | Valentine Holmes (24) | |||
Points | Kyle Feldt (122) | |||
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The 2020 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 26th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and captained by Michael Morgan, they competed in the NRL's 2020 Telstra Premiership. The 2020 season was the club's first at their new home ground, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, after 25 seasons at Willows Sports Complex.[2]
On 20 July, Green resigned as head coach after just three wins from the opening 10 games. He was replaced by assistant coach Josh Hannay, who took over as interim head coach until the end of the season.[3]
Season summary[]
Milestones[]
- Round 1: Valentine Holmes, Esan Marsters and Reece Robson made their debuts for the club.
- Round 1: Valentine Holmes scored his first try for the club.
- Round 2: The club played the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the first match without fans in Australian first grade history.
- Round 3: Reece Robson scored his first try in the NRL.
- Round 4: Tom Gilbert made his NRL debut.
- Round 5: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow made his NRL debut.
- Round 6: Connelly Lemuelu made his NRL debut.
- Round 6: Esan Marsters scored his first try for the club.
- Round 10: Daejarn Asi made his NRL debut.
- Round 10: Daejarn Asi scored his first NRL try.
- Round 11: Ben Hampton played his 100th NRL game.
- Round 13: Emry Pere made his NRL debut.
- Round 13: Francis Molo played his 50th NRL game.
- Round 14: Mitchell Dunn and Connelly Lemuelu scored their first NRL tries.
- Round 15: The club were held scoreless for the first time since Round 1, 2012.
- Round 19: Ben Condon made his NRL debut.
Squad[]
NRL squad | Coaching Staff | ||||||||
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Head coach
Assistant coaches
Updated: 24 November 2019 |
Squad movement[]
Gains[]
Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
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Valentine Holmes | ![]() |
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Connelly Lemuelu | ![]() |
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Esan Marsters | ![]() |
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Reece Robson | ![]() |
Losses[]
Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
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Carlin Anderson | ![]() |
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Kurt Baptiste | ![]() |
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Logan Bayliss-Brow | ![]() |
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Scott Bolton | Retired | ||
Javid Bowen | ![]() |
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Gideon Gela-Mosby | ![]() |
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Jordan Kahu | ![]() |
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Te Maire Martin | Retired | ||
Matthew Scott | Retired | ||
Enari Tuala | ![]() |
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Kurt Wiltshire | ![]() |
Re-signings[]
Player | Club | Until End of | Notes |
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Reuben Cotter | ![]() |
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Mitchell Dunn | ![]() |
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Kyle Feldt | ![]() |
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Francis Molo | ![]() |
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Emry Pere | ![]() |
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Shane Wright | ![]() |
Ladder[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 537 | 238 | +299 | 37 |
2 | ![]() |
20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 534 | 276 | +258 | 32 |
3 | ![]() |
20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 392 | 288 | +104 | 30 |
4 | ![]() |
20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 552 | 322 | +230 | 28 |
5 | ![]() |
20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 445 | 317 | +128 | 28 |
6 | ![]() |
20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 521 | 352 | +169 | 24 |
7 | ![]() |
20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 421 | 374 | +47 | 23 |
8 | ![]() |
20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 480 | 480 | 0 | 20 |
9 | ![]() |
20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 346 | 463 | −117 | 18 |
10 | ![]() |
20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 343 | 458 | −115 | 16 |
11 | ![]() |
20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 440 | 505 | −65 | 14 |
12 | ![]() |
20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 378 | 452 | −74 | 14 |
13 | ![]() |
20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 375 | 509 | −134 | 14 |
14 | ![]() |
20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 368 | 520 | −152 | 10 |
15 | ![]() |
20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 282 | 504 | −222 | 6 |
16 | ![]() |
20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 268 | 624 | −356 | 6 |
Fixtures[]
NRL Nines[]
The NRL Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2020 competition was played over two days on February 14 and 15 at HBF Park in Perth. The Cowboys finished first in Pool 4 and defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Gold Coast Titans and St George Illawarra Dragons on their way to winning the competition.
Pool Play[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 2 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 0 |
Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 14 February | 7:05 pm | Round 1 | ![]() |
HBF Park | 17 – 11 | Drinkwater (bonus try), Hess, Tabuai-Fidow | Clifford (2) | ||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 1:45 pm | Round 2 | ![]() |
HBF Park | 10 – 7 | Opacic, Taulagi | Drinkwater (1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss |
Finals[]
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
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![]() | 23 | |||||||||||||
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Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Sunday, 15 Saturday | 3:55 pm | Quarter | ![]() |
HBF Park | 20 – 6 | Drinkwater (bonus try), Hess (bonus try), Tabuai-Fidow | Clifford (2), Feldt (1) | ||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 5:45 pm | Semi | ![]() |
HBF Park | 19 – 8 | Feldt (bonus try), Drinkwater, Tabuai-Fidow, Wright | Feldt (1) | ||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 7:00 pm | Final | ![]() |
HBF Park | 23 – 14 | Robson (bonus try), Clifford, Hess, Tabuai-Fidow | Clifford (2), Drinkwater (1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss |
Pre-season[]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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Saturday, 22 February | Trial 1 | ![]() |
Barlow Park | 18 – 16 | Cotter (2), Gilbert, Lemuelu | Clifford (1/4) | – | |||
Saturday, 29 February | Trial 2 | ![]() |
Casey Fields | 14 – 22 | Feldt, Holmes, O'Neill | Holmes (1/3) | – | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Regular season[]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the regular season was suspended after Round 2.[19] On 9 April, the NRL announced that competition would re-commence on 28 May with a shortened 20-round regular season.[20] On 21 May, the full revised draw was released[21][22] From Round 7 onward, the Cowboys were allowed to host fans at their home games, starting with a limit of 2,000, before eventually rising to 10,000 from Round 9.
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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Friday, 13 March | Round 1 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 21 – 28 | Cooper, Feldt, Hampton, Holmes | Feldt (2/2), Holmes (0/2), Morgan (1 FG) | 22,459 | |||
Thursday, 19 March | Round 2 | ![]() |
ANZ Stadium | 24 – 16 | Drinkwater, Hampton, Hess, Taumalolo | Holmes (4/5) | 0 | |||
Friday, 29 May | Round 3 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 36 – 6 | Hampton (2), Robson (2), Feldt, O'Neill | Holmes (6/7) | 0 | |||
Saturday, 6 June | Round 4 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 16 – 26 | Feldt (2), O'Neill | Holmes (2/3) | 0 | |||
Friday, 12 June | Round 5 | ![]() |
Central Coast Stadium | 26 – 37 | Feldt (2), Holmes, Molo, O'Neill | Feldt (3/5) | 0 | |||
Saturday, 20 June | Round 6 | ![]() |
Campbelltown Stadium | 36 – 20 | Feldt (2), Drinkwater, Marsters | Clifford (1/2), Feldt (1/3) | 0 | |||
Saturday, 27 June | Round 7 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 32 – 20 | Clifford, Feldt, Hess, O'Neill, Tabuai-Fidow | Feldt (6/6) | 1,853 | |||
Friday, 3 July | Round 8 | ![]() |
Bankwest Stadium | 4 – 42 | Opacic | Feldt (0/1) | 6,730 | |||
Thursday, 9 July | Round 9 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 16 – 42 | Robson (2), Hess | Feldt (2/4) | 6,478 | |||
Sunday, 19 July | Round 10 | ![]() |
Panthers Stadium | 10 – 22 | Asi, Tabuai-Fidow | Feldt (1/2) | 2,891 | |||
Friday, 24 July | Round 11 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 12 – 24 | Feldt, Molo | Feldt (2/2) | 7,127 | |||
Saturday, 1 August | Round 12 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 12 – 14 | Robson, Taumalolo | Feldt (2/2) | 7,586 | |||
Sunday, 9 August | Round 13 | ![]() |
Cbus Super Stadium | 10 – 30 | Feldt, O'Neill | Feldt (1/2) | 5,646 | |||
Saturday, 15 August | Round 14 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 30 – 31 | Morgan (2), Dunn, Lemuelu, Opacic, Tabuai-Fidow | Feldt (3/7) | 7,611 | |||
Sunday, 23 August | Round 15 | ![]() |
McDonald Jones Stadium | 0 – 14 | 5,304 | |||||
Saturday, 29 August | Round 16 | ![]() |
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium | 12 – 28 | Feldt (2) | Holmes (2/2) | 2,717 | |||
Sunday, 6 September | Round 17 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 23 – 22 | Clifford, Feldt, Holmes, Molo | Holmes (3/4, 1 FG) | 6,755 | |||
Sunday, 13 September | Round 18 | ![]() |
Sunshine Coast Stadium | 20 – 36 | Feldt, Holmes, Marsters, Tabuai-Fidow | Holmes (2/4) | 4,056 | |||
Friday, 18 September | Round 19 | ![]() |
Queensland Country Bank Stadium | 12 – 32 | Feldt, Tabuai-Fidow | Holmes (2/2) | 7,247 | |||
Thursday, 24 September | Round 20 | ![]() |
Suncorp Stadium | 32 – 16 | Feldt (3), Clifford, O'Neill, Tabuai-Fidow | Holmes (3/5), Cooper (1/1) | 17,174 | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics[]
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Daejarn Asi | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
John Asiata | 11 | - | - | - | - |
Jake Clifford | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | 20 |
Ben Condon | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Gavin Cooper | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
Reuben Cotter | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Scott Drinkwater | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Mitchell Dunn | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Kyle Feldt | 20 | 19 | 23 | - | 122 |
Tom Gilbert | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Jake Granville | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Ben Hampton | 13 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Coen Hess | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Peter Hola | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Valentine Holmes | 12 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 65 |
Corey Jensen | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Connelly Lemuelu | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Esan Marsters | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Josh McGuire | 17 | - | - | - | - |
Jordan McLean | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Francis Molo | 20 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Michael Morgan | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 |
Justin O'Neill | 17 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Tom Opacic | 5 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Emry Pere | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Reece Robson | 14 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow | 14 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Murray Taulagi | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Jason Taumalolo | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Shane Wright | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 67 | 49 | 2 | 368 |
Representatives[]
The following players have played a representative match in 2020.
All Stars match | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | |
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Coen Hess | ||||
Valentine Holmes | ||||
Esan Marsters |
Honours[]
Club[]
- Paul Bowman Medal: Jason Taumalolo[23]
- Players' Player: Josh McGuire[23]
- Coach's Award: Mitchell Dunn[23]
- Member's Player of the Year: Kyle Feldt[23]
- Club Person of the Year: John Asiata[23]
- Rookie of the Year: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow[23]
Feeder Clubs[]
Queensland Cup[]
The Cowboys' three feeder clubs, the Mackay Cutters, Northern Pride and Townsville Blackhawks, each played just one game before the 2020 Queensland Cup season was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]
References[]
- ^ Crowds were limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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- ^ "Green makes immediate exit from Cowboys". NRL. 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Cowboys sign Holmes on long-term deal". cowboys.com.au. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Cowboys sign Lemuelu". cowboys.com.au. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Cowboys sign Kiwi international Marsters". cowboys.com.au. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Cowboys to farewell eight departing players". cowboys.com.au. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2020/03/10/purcell-poised-to-pounce-with-easts-tigers/
- ^ "Dolphins newbie to line up for Broncos against old club Capras". qrl.com.au. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Northern Pride secure ex-Cowboy Javid Bowen for 2020". cairnspost.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Northern Pride secure ex-Cowboy Javid Bowen for 2020". cairnspost.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ <https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/11/01/kahu-set-to-return-to-broncos-after-short-stint-at-cowboys/
- ^ https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2020/01/12/martin-announces-immediate-retirement/
- ^ https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/wiltshire-puts-nrl-dream-on-hold-focus-is-tigers/3950834/
- ^ "Cowboys re-sign Cotter". NQ Cowboys. 30 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Cowboys re-sign forward trio". NQ Cowboys. 31 July 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Feldt, Wright re-sign with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 3 June 2020.
- ^ https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/03/24/nrl-season-suspended-greenberg-vlandys-statements/
- ^ https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/04/09/may-28-arl-commission-announces-date-for-nrl-to-restart/
- ^ https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2020/05/21/cowboys-full-2020-draw-released/
- ^ https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/05/15/rivalries-and-intrigue-headline-round-three-draw-for-nrl-restart/
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "2020 Presentation Night: Live Updates". NQ Cowboys. 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Major second-tier competitions cancelled across Australia". QRL. 27 March 2020.
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