2024 Queensland Cup

2024 Queensland Cup
2024 Queensland Cup
Duration	9 March – 15 September
Teams	15
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Queensland Cup season is the 29th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, features 15 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September. The Brisbane Tigers are the defending premiers, having won the competition for the first time in their history in 2023.

Teams

In 2024, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the 2023 season. There were a number of affiliation changes during 2023. The Burleigh Bears switched to the Broncos,^[1] while the Ipswich Jets joined the Titans.^[2]

The Townsville Blackhawks (South Sydney Rabbitohs) and Western Clydesdales (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) maintain affiliations with NSW-based NRL clubs, and usually do not receive any players to play in Queensland Cup for these teams. However in April, a player availability issue at the Townsville Blackhawks saw South Sydney loan a player to the Blackhawks in a switch signed off by both the New South Wales Rugby League and Queensland Rugby League governing bodies.^[3]

Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL Affiliate
Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Matt Church	Ryley Jacks	Melbourne Storm
Burleigh Bears	UAA Park	Luke Burt	Sami Sauiluma	Brisbane Broncos
Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park	Lionel Harbin	Blake Moore	Dolphins
Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	~~Ben Cross~~^[4]^[5] Tye Ingebrigtsen	Rhys Jacks	Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Michael Comerford	Sean Mullany	North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Eric Smith	Kyle Schneider	North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils	Bishop Park	David Elliott	Kierran Moseley	Dolphins
Papua New Guinea Hunters	Santos National Football Stadium	Paul Aiton^[6]	Ila Alu	None
Redcliffe Dolphins	Kayo Stadium	Ben Te'o	Max Bailey	Dolphins
Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park Logan Metro Sports Complex	Karmichael Hunt	Rory Ferguson	Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Brad Henderson	Patrice Siolo	Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	Terry Campese^[7]	Kyle Laybutt	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	David Penna	Lindon McGrady	Gold Coast Titans
Western Clydesdales	Clive Berghofer Stadium	Jason Alchin	Emry Pere	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Mathew Head	Bryce Donovan	Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Tigers	SCF -6	NTP -26	IPS +24	WES +48	X	CQC 0	TWE -38	MAC +12	NOR -46	SLM +6	X	TSV -10	WMS -2	BUR -4	X	SLM	RED	NTP	TSV	BUR	WES	PNG	WMS
Burleigh Bears	NOR -13	TSV +20	TWE +26	CQC -6	IPS +10	SLM +18	PNG +24	SCF +7	MAC +16	X	RED -9	WMS +14	NTP -8	BRI +4	TWE +42	WES	X	TSV	SLM	BRI	X	IPS	NTP
Central Queensland Capras	WES +18	PNG +20	MAC -12	BUR +6	NOR -30	BRI 0	SCF -8	SLM -12	RED +14	X	TSV -16	IPS +10	TWE +4	WMS 0	MAC +12	X	NTP	PNG	RED	WMS	X	NOR	TWE
Ipswich Jets	TSV -4	WES +20	BRI -24	RED -8	BUR -10	TWE -26	X	NTP -44	WMS -32	PNG -18	NOR -34	CQC -10	X	MAC -14	X	PNG	SCF	WES	SCF	MAC	RED	BUR	SLM
Mackay Cutters	X	SCF +20	CQC +12	TSV -1	WES +38	WMS +4	SLM -14	BRI -12	BUR -16	NTP -46	PNG +14	X	RED -36	IPS +14	CQC -12	NTP	TWE	SCF	NOR	IPS	X	WES	RED
Northern Pride	TWE +16	BRI +26	TSV +8	SCF -22	RED -8	NOR +26	X	IPS +44	PNG -18	MAC +46	SLM +18	X	BUR +8	WES +20	TSV +48	MAC	CQC	BRI	WMS	WES	SCF	X	BUR
Norths Devils	BUR +13	RED -4	SLM +24	WMS -6	CQC +30	NTP -26	WES +26	X	BRI +46	TSV +10	IPS +34	X	X	TWE +32	SLM +28	TSV	PNG	RED	MAC	TWE	WMS	CQC	SCF
Papua New Guinea Hunters	WMS +14	CQC -20	SCF +12	TWE -8	X	RED -19	BUR -24	TSV +36	NTP +18	IPS +18	MAC -14	SLM -12	WES +6	SCF*	X	IPS	NOR	CQC	X	RED	TWE	BRI	WES
Redcliffe Dolphins	SLM +12	NOR +4	WMS -10	IPS +8	NTP +8	PNG +19	TSV -8	WES -2	CQC -14	X	BUR +9	SCF -8	MAC +36	X	WMS +30	TWE	BRI	NOR	CQC	PNG	IPS	X	MAC
Souths Logan Magpies	RED -12	TWE +8	NOR -24	X	SCF -36	BUR -18	MAC +14	CQC +12	WES +6	BRI -6	NTP -18	PNG +12	X	TSV -12	NOR -28	BRI	WMS	TWE	BUR	TSV	X	SCF	IPS
Sunshine Coast Falcons	BRI +6	MAC -20	PNG -12	NTP +22	SLM +36	TSV +14	CQC +8	BUR -7	X	WMS -8	TWE -6	RED +8	X	PNG*	WES +30	WMS	IPS	MAC	IPS	X	NTP	SLM	NOR
Townsville Blackhawks	IPS +4	BUR -20	NTP -8	MAC +1	WMS -10	SCF -14	RED +8	PNG -36	TWE +1	NOR -10	CQC +16	BRI +10	X	SLM +12	NTP -48	NOR	WES	BUR	BRI	SLM	X	WMS	X
Tweed Heads Seagulls	NTP -16	SLM -8	BUR -26	PNG +8	X	IPS +26	BRI +38	WMS -24	TSV -1	X	SCF +6	WES +10	CQC -4	NOR -32	BUR -42	RED	MAC	SLM	WES	NOR	PNG	X	CQC
Western Clydesdales	CQC -18	IPS -20	X	BRI -48	MAC -38	X	NOR -26	RED +2	SLM -6	X	WMS -8	TWE -10	PNG -6	NTP -20	SCF -30	BUR	TSV	IPS	TWE	NTP	BRI	MAC	PNG
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	PNG -14	X	RED +10	NOR +6	TSV +10	MAC -4	X	TWE +24	IPS +32	SCF +8	WES +8	BUR -14	BRI +2	CQC 0	RED -30	SCF	SLM	X	NTP	CQC	NOR	TSV	BRI
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Key: Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin * - Match to be played later in season

Season summary

21 May – Following a string of losses, Ben Cross was sacked as coach of the Ipswich Jets.^[4]
Round 19 – The annual country week saw matches played in Cooktown, Mount Isa, Bowen, Middlemount, South Kolan, Mount Tamborine, and Dalby.^[8]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Pride	13	10	0	3	2	432	220	+212	24	Finals series
2	Norths Devils	12	9	0	3	3	395	188	+207	24
3	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	13	8	1	4	2	350	314	+36	21
4	Burleigh Bears	14	9	0	5	1	383	246	+137	20
5	Redcliffe Dolphins	13	8	0	5	2	334	250	+84	20
6	Sunshine Coast Falcons	12	7	0	5	2	308	237	+71	18
7	Central Queensland Capras	14	7	2	5	1	296	290	+6	18
8	Brisbane Tigers	12	5	1	6	3	262	296	−34	17
9	Papua New Guinea Hunters	12	6	0	6	2	356	349	+7	16
10	Mackay Cutters	13	6	0	7	2	310	345	−35	16
11	Townsville Blackhawks	14	7	0	7	1	264	358	−94	16
12	Tweed Heads Seagulls	13	5	0	8	2	296	361	−65	14
13	Souths Logan Magpies	13	5	0	8	2	296	398	−102	14
14	Ipswich Jets	12	1	0	11	3	198	402	−204	8
15	Western Clydesdales	12	1	0	11	3	218	444	−226	8

Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: QRL

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.

Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Team ╲ Round
Northern Pride	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
Norths Devils	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	21	21
Burleigh Bears	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	20
Redcliffe Dolphins	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	20
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	16	16	18
Central Queensland Capras	2	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	16	18
Brisbane Tigers	0	0	2	4	6	7	7	9	9	11	13	13	13	15	17
Papua New Guinea Hunters	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	16
Mackay Cutters	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	16
Townsville Blackhawks	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14
Souths Logan Magpies	0	2	2	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	14	14
Ipswich Jets	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8

Source: QRL.com.au

References

^ "Burleigh Bears Join Broncos As Affiliate Club for 2024-26". broncos.com.au. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ Molyneux, Mark (10 October 2023). "Gold Coast Titans and Ipswich Jets announce affiliation for 2024". The Sporting News. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ Darveniza, Nick (12 April 2024). "'First of its kind': Landmark loan deal sends Rabbitoh Tristan Alvarado to Townsville Blackhawks". Townsville Bulletin. Townsville, Queensland: Nationwide News Pty Ltd. NCA Sports Newsroom. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Coach sacked: Jets bid to regain winning form". Ipswich Tribune. Ipswich, Queensland. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "IPSWICH JETS PART WAYS WITH BEN CROSS". facebook.com. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (15 February 2024). "New Cup coaches of 2024: Aiton at Hunters". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "Football Staff Profiles". blackhawkstsv.com.au. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^ Hillier, Michael (23 June 2024). "Country Week fixtures drive support for Queensland communities". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[1] "Burleigh Bears Join Broncos As Affiliate Club for 2024-26". broncos.com.au. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[2] Molyneux, Mark (10 October 2023). "Gold Coast Titans and Ipswich Jets announce affiliation for 2024". The Sporting News. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[3] Darveniza, Nick (12 April 2024). "'First of its kind': Landmark loan deal sends Rabbitoh Tristan Alvarado to Townsville Blackhawks". Townsville Bulletin. Townsville, Queensland: Nationwide News Pty Ltd. NCA Sports Newsroom. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[Cross-4] "Coach sacked: Jets bid to regain winning form". Ipswich Tribune. Ipswich, Queensland. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[5] "IPSWICH JETS PART WAYS WITH BEN CROSS". facebook.com. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[6] Arnold, Rikki-Lee (15 February 2024). "New Cup coaches of 2024: Aiton at Hunters". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[7] "Football Staff Profiles". blackhawkstsv.com.au. Retrieved 6 March 2024.

[8] Hillier, Michael (23 June 2024). "Country Week fixtures drive support for Queensland communities". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

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