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2018 Queensland Cup

The 2018 Queensland Cup season was the 23rd 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 14 teams playing a 28-week long season (including finals) from March to September.[1]

2018 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 10 – September 23, 2018
Teams14
Premiers Redcliffe Dolphins (6th title)
Minor premiers Redcliffe Dolphins (6th title)
Matches played167
Points scored7,279
Top points scorer(s) Guy Hamilton (176)
Player of the year Nathaniel Neale
(Petero Civoniceva Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Daniel Ogden
Michael Purcell (22)
← 2017
2019 →

The Redcliffe Dolphins won their sixth premiership after defeating the Easts Tigers 32–22 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Ipswich Jets prop Nathaniel Neale was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.[2]

Teams

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In 2018, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive year.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
 
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jim Lenihan Luke Page   Gold Coast Titans
 
 Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Kim Williams Jack Madden None
 
 Easts Tigers Suzuki Stadium Scott Sipple Jake Foster   Melbourne Storm
 
 Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Nathaniel Neale None
 
 Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Steve Sheppard Tom Murphy   North Queensland Cowboys
 
 Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Ryan Ghietti   North Queensland Cowboys
 
 Norths Devils Bishop Park Rohan Smith John Palavi   Brisbane Broncos
 
 Papua New Guinea Hunters National Football Stadium Michael Marum Ase Boas None
 
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval Adam Mogg Cameron Cullen   Brisbane Broncos
 
 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Jon Buchanan Phil Dennis   Brisbane Broncos
 
 Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Craig Ingebrigtsen Dane Hogan   Melbourne Storm
 
 Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Kristian Woolf Andrew Niemoeller   North Queensland Cowboys
 
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf Sam Meskell   Gold Coast Titans
 
 Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson Mitch Cronin   Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

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2018 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Redcliffe Dolphins (P) 23 16 1 6 1 600 382 +218 35
2   Burleigh Bears 23 16 0 7 1 589 427 +162 34
3   Townsville Blackhawks 23 15 0 8 1 571 348 +223 32
4   Northern Pride 23 13 1 9 1 474 404 +70 29
5   Easts Tigers 23 13 0 10 1 576 503 +73 28
6   Ipswich Jets 23 13 0 10 1 554 505 +49 28
7   Papua New Guinea Hunters 23 13 0 10 1 444 418 +26 28
8   Norths Devils 23 11 0 12 1 516 553 -37 24
9   Souths Logan Magpies 23 10 0 13 1 534 499 +35 22
10   Sunshine Coast Falcons 23 10 0 13 1 453 464 -11 22
11   Tweed Heads Seagulls 23 9 1 13 1 435 634 -199 21
12   Wynnum Manly Seagulls 23 9 0 14 1 472 593 -121 20
13   Central Queensland Capras 23 7 0 16 1 390 576 -186 16
14   Mackay Cutters 23 4 1 18 1 386 688 -302 11

Final series

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Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Elimination Finals
  Townsville Blackhawks 12 - 32   Ipswich Jets 1 September 2018, 1:10pm Jack Manski Oval
  Northern Pride 0 – 32   Easts Tigers 1 September 2018, 3:00pm Stan Williams Park
Major / Minor Semi-finals
  Easts Tigers 50 – 20   Ipswich Jets 8 September 2018, 1:10pm Suzuki Stadium
  Redcliffe Dolphins 13 – 6   Burleigh Bears 8 September 2018, 6:00pm Dolphin Stadium
Preliminary Finals
  Burleigh Bears 26 – 36   Easts Tigers 15 September 2018, 1:10pm Pizzey Park
Grand Final
  Redcliffe Dolphins 36 – 22   Easts Tigers 23 September 2018, 3:10pm Suncorp Stadium
Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand Final
1  Redcliffe131  Redcliffe36
2  Burleigh65  Easts22
4  Northern Pride02  Burleigh26
5  Easts325  Easts36
5  Easts50
6  Ipswich20
3  Townsville12
6  Ipswich32

Grand Final

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2018 Intrust Super Cup Grand Final
Sunday, September 23
3:00pm AEST (UTC+10)
Redcliffe Dolphins   36–22   Easts Tigers
Tries: 6
Fuller   17', 42'
Hawkins   27'
Staggs   46'
Watts   62'
Opacic   78'
Goals: 6
Staggs   pen 10', 28', pen 33', 43', 48', 63' (6/9)
 1st: 14–10
2nd: 22–12
Report
 Tries: 4
Carey   12'
Seve   37'
Foster   56'
Drinkwater   64'
Goals: 3
Torpy   13', 57', 65' (3/4)
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,504[3]
Player of the Match: Toby Rudolf (Redcliffe)
Team details
Redcliffe Dolphins Position Easts Tigers
Name Number Number Name
Trai Fuller 1
Fullback
 1 Scott Drinkwater
Josh Beehag 2
Wing
 2 Linc Port
Kotoni Staggs 3
Centre
 3 Shane Neumann
Tom Opacic 4
Centre
 4 Marion Seve
Jeremy Hawkins 5
Wing
 5 Conor Carey
Bryce Donovan 6
Five eighth
 6 Billy Walters
Cameron Cullen (c) 7
Half back
 7 Brayden Torpy
Sam Anderson 10
Prop forward
 8 Albert Vete
Jake Turpin 9
Hooker
 9 Tom Butterfield
Nathan Watts 16
Prop forward
 10 David Tyrell
Toby Rudolf 11
Second row
 11 Jake Foster (c)
Myles Taueli 14
Second row
 12 Patrick Kaufusi
Jamil Hopoate 13
Lock forward
 13 Jack Svendsen
Nick Slyney 8
Interchange
 14 Chris Ostwald
Aaron Whitchurch 12
Interchange
 16 Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
James Taylor 15
Interchange
 17 Kelma Tuilagi
Hugh Pratt 17
Interchange
 20 Sam Kasiano
Adam Mogg
Coach
 Scott Sipple
QRL match centre


Redcliffe finished the regular season as minor premiers for the sixth time and earned a bye in the first week of the finals. In the major semi final, they defeated Burleigh 13–6 and qualified for their 11th Grand Final. Easts finished fifth on the ladder and defeated the fourth-placed Northern Pride 32–0 in the first week of the finals. In the minor semi final, they eliminated Ipswich 50–20 before upsetting Burleigh in the preliminary final to qualify for their fifth Grand Final. Redcliffe and Easts last met in a Grand Final in 1997, with the Dolphins winning 18–16.

First half

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Redcliffe were the first to score in the Grand Final thanks to a Kotoni Staggs penalty goal from 20 metres out. The first try of the contest went to Easts, with Conor Carey stretching out to score in the corner. Redcliffe recorded their first four-pointer in the 16th minute when a late Cameron Cullen offload found fullback Trai Fuller who muscled his way over. They scored their second when Jeremy Hawkins leapt high to catch a Bryce Donovan kick and planted it down for a try. Another penalty goal in the 33rd minute gave the Dolphins a 14–6 lead. Easts hit back in the shadow of half time when Marion Seve scored out wide to cut the margin to four points.

Second half

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The Dolphins opened the second half with an early try when Fuller ducked through the Tigers' defence to score his second try. They extended their lead in the 46th minute when a Donovan grubber was kept alive by Aaron Whitchurch, who batted infield for Staggs to score. Easts got back into the game in the 56th minute when captain Jake Foster barged over from close range to score. In the 62nd minute, Redcliffe all but sealed the win when Donovan set up another try with his boot, this time finding Nathan Watt who dived on his grubber. The Tigers got one back two minutes later through fullback Scott Drinkwater but it proved to be a consolation try in the end, as Redcliffe ended the game with a try to Tom Opacic in the 78th minute. Dolphins' second rower Toby Rudolf was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match.[4][5]

NRL State Championship

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See also: 2018 NRL Grand Final § NRL State Championship

After winning the Grand Final, the Redcliffe Dolphins qualified for the NRL State Championship on NRL Grand Final day. They were defeated by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the New South Wales Cup premiers, 18–42.[6][7]

Sunday, 1 October
3:40pm (AEDT)
Penrith Panthers   42 – 18   Papua New Guinea Hunters
Tries:
Tony Satini (9', 11', 16', 40') 4
Darren Nicholls (20') 1
Viliame Kikau (31') 1
Christian Crichton (38') 1
Maika Sivo (47') 1
Goals:
Darren Nicholls 5/8
(13', 17', 22', 34', 39')
Sin Bin:
Jarome Luai (68') 		1st: 38 – 2
2nd: 4 – 16
 Tries:
1 (69') Adex Wera
1 (72') Bland Abavu
1 (77') Ase Boas
Goals:
3/4 Ase Boas
(3' pen, 70', 77')
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Jarrod Cole, Chris Treneman
Man-of-the-Match medal:   Kaide Ellis

Player statistics

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QRL awards

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Team of the Year

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Position Nat Winner Club
Fullback   Scott Drinkwater   Easts Tigers
Wing   Kalifa Faifai Loa   Townsville Blackhawks
Centre   Kotoni Staggs   Redcliffe Dolphins
Five-eighth   Billy Walters   Easts Tigers
Halfback   Jake Clifford   Northern Pride
Prop   Nathaniel Neale   Ipswich Jets
Hooker   Pat Politoni   Burleigh Bears
Second-row   Patrick Kaufusi   Easts Tigers
Lock   Jamil Hopoate   Redcliffe Dolphins

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Draw".
  2. ^ "Ipswich hardman claims Civoniceva Medal". Queensland Rugby League. QRL Media. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (23 September 2018). "Redcliffe Dolphins down Easts Tigers 36-22 to win Intrust Super Cup grand final". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 QLD Cup Grand Final - Redcliffe 36 v Easts 22". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Sharks recruit Rudolf red-hot as Dolphins sink Tigers". 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ "NRL State Championships Team List v Redcliffe Dolphins". 25 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Bulldogs add to NSW dominance over Queensland with a big win in the Intrust Super State Championship over the Dolphins". 30 September 2018.
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