2011 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2011 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 17th season in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2011 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 7th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

Season summary

After missing the finals the previous three seasons, finishing 15th in both 2008 and 2010, the Cowboys underwent a major overhaul of personnel for the 2011 season. Club legend Ty Williams retired and they parted ways with club favourites Luke O'Donnell, Carl Webb and Steve Southern. Their biggest signing for the 2011 season was Queensland and Australian representative centre Brent Tate. They also made key recruits in the signings of former Melbourne Storm and Queensland State of Origin representative Dallas Johnson, premiership winner Glenn Hall from the English Super League, re-signing a former Cowboy in Gavin Cooper and picking up younger, experienced first graders such as Antonio Winterstein.

The Cowboys' new signings had a positive impact on the NRL team, with the club spending the majority of the year in the top four before a late slide dropped them to seventh position and giving them their first finals appearance since 2007. In 2011, they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their Round 4 clash against the Parramatta Eels was the fourth most watched sports event in Fox Sport's history.^[1]

In the qualifying final, they led Manly 8-0 at half time before being overrun by the Sea Eagles who went on to claim the premiership.

Milestones

Round 1: Glenn Hall, Ben Jones, Dallas Johnson and Ashton Sims made their debuts for the club.
Round 2: Tariq Sims made his NRL debut.
Round 3: Kalifa Faifai Loa made his debut for the club.
Round 3: James Segeyaro made his NRL debut.
Round 5: Antonio Winterstein made his debut for the club.
Round 4: Matthew Bowen became the club's most capped player with 204 games.
Round 9: Johnathan Thurston became the club's highest point scorer.
Round 14: Joel Riethmuller made his NRL debut.
Round 18: Cory Paterson made his debut for the club.
Round 19: Brent Tate made his debut for the club.

Squad List

North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2011

First team squad

Coaching staff

Head coach

Neil Henry

Assistant coaches

Mick Crawley (Assistant Coach)
Peter Ryan (Assistant Coach)
Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
Glen Murphy (Head Conditioner)
Sean Edwards (Strength & Conditioning Coach)

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Squad Movement

2011 Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of
Gavin Cooper	Penrith Panthers	2012
Kalifa Faifai Loa	St George Illawarra Dragons	2012
Glenn Hall	Bradford Bulls	2012
Dallas Johnson	Catalans Dragons	2013
Ben Jones	Sydney Roosters	2012
Blake Leary	Melbourne Storm	2012
Tyson Martin	Mackay Cutters	2012
Cory Paterson	Newcastle Knights (mid-season)	2012
Joel Riethmuller	Northern Pride	2011
Ashton Sims	Brisbane Broncos	2012
Tariq Sims	Brisbane Broncos	2012
Brent Tate	Warriors	2013
Ricky Thorby	St George Illawarra Dragons	2012
Antonio Winterstein	Brisbane Broncos	2013

2011 Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of
Mitch Achurch	Western Suburbs Magpies	2011
Obe Geia	Released	-
Ben Harris	Retired	-
Donald Malone	Ipswich Jets	2011
Willie Mason	Hull KR	2013
Luke O'Donnell	Huddersfield Giants	2014
Steve Rapira	Warriors	2012
Grant Rovelli	Mackay Cutters	2011
Nick Slyney	Redcliffe Dolphins	2011
Steve Southern	Newcastle Knights	2011
Arana Taumata	Penrith Panthers	2011
Anthony Watts	Sydney Roosters	2013
Carl Webb	Parramatta Eels	2012
John Williams	Cronulla Sharks	2011
Ty Williams	Northern Pride	2011

Ladder

2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	19	-	5	2	521	308	213	42
2	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P)	24	18	-	6	2	539	331	208	40
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	18	-	6	2	511	372	139	40
4	Wests Tigers	24	15	-	9	2	519	430	89	34
5	St George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	1	9	2	483	341	142	33
6	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	-	10	2	504	393	111	32
7	North Queensland Cowboys	24	14	-	10	2	532	480	52	32
8	Newcastle Knights	24	12	-	12	2	478	443	35	28
9	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	12	-	12	2	449	489	-40	28
10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	-	13	2	531	562	-31	26
11	Sydney Roosters	24	10	-	14	2	417	500	-83	24
12	Penrith Panthers	24	9	-	15	2	430	517	-87	22
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	7	-	17	2	428	557	-129	18
14	Parramatta Eels	24	6	1	17	2	385	538	-153	17
15	Canberra Raiders	24	6	-	18	2	423	623	-200	16
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	-	18	2	363	629	-266	16

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
11 February	Trial 1	Wests Tigers	Jack Manski Oval	10 – 22	Martin, Riethmuller	Faifai Loa (1/2)	-
19 February	Trial 2	Brisbane Broncos	Traeger Park	4 – 26	Faifai Loa	Faifai Loa (0/1)	-
26 February	Trial 3	Gold Coast Titans	Barlow Park	22 – 24	Bowen, Bolton, Scott, Tonga	Thurston (3/4)	-
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
11 March	Round 1	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	16 – 14	Bani, Tamou, Tupou	Thurston (2/3)	45,119
19 March	Round 2	Newcastle Knights	Dairy Farmers Stadium	22 – 34	Graham (2), Ah Mau, Jones	Thurston (3/4)	14,061
28 March	Round 3	Melbourne Storm	Dairy Farmers Stadium	34 – 6	Bowen (2), Graham (2), T Sims, Tupou	Thurston (5/6)	9,554
2 April	Round 4	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	20 – 22	Faifai Loa (2), Graham, Tonga	Thurston (2/4)	12,226
8 April	Round 5	Gold Coast Titans	Dairy Farmers Stadium	22 – 12	Bowen, Cooper, Thurston, Tonga	Thurston (3/4)	13,651
16 April	Round 6	Canberra Raiders	Dairy Farmers Stadium	26 – 18	Bolton, Hall, Thurston, Winterstein	Thurston (5/5)	10,741
23 April	Round 7	Cronulla Sharks	Toyota Stadium	30 – 12	Cooper (2), Faifai Loa, Graham, Tonga	Thurston (5/6)	7,340
30 April	Round 8	Manly Sea Eagles	Dairy Farmers Stadium	22 – 20	Bowen (2), Payne, Thurston	Thurston (3/4)	14,884
8 May	Round 9	St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Jubilee Oval	8 – 22	Thurston	Thurston (2/2)	13,056
14 May	Round 10	Parramatta Eels	Dairy Farmers Stadium	40 – 26	Thurston (2), Tonga (2), Faifai Loa, Hall, Winterstein	Thurston (6/7)	13,610
	Round 11	Bye
28 May	Round 12	Sydney Roosters	Dairy Farmers Stadium	20 – 6	Hall, Tamou, Thurston	Thurston (4/4)	13,335
5 June	Round 13	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	40 – 24	Faifai Loa (2), T Sims (2), Hall, Payne, Thurston	Thurston (6/7)	11,128
11 June	Round 14	Manly Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval	4 – 24	Graham	Cooper (0/1)	8,452
18 June	Round 15	Warriors	Dairy Farmers Stadium	30 – 10	Faifai Loa (2), Graham, Jones, Segeyaro, T Sims, Thurston	Cooper (1/3), Graham (0/1) Thurston (0/3)	16,081
26 June	Round 16	Penrith Panthers	Centrebet Stadium	20 – 30	Cooper (2), Jones, Segeyaro	Thurston (2/4)	14,090
	Round 17	Bye
11 July	Round 18	Newcastle Knights	Ausgrid Stadium	22 – 12	Paterson, Riethmuller, Segeyaro, Tupou	Bowen (3/5)	17,212
16 July	Round 19	Wests Tigers	Dairy Farmers Stadium	18 – 38	Paterson (2), Tonga (2)	Bowen (1/4)	12,880
23 July	Round 20	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park	28 – 20	Graham (2), Cooper, Tate, Tonga	Bowen (4/5)	15,741
30 July	Round 21	Penrith Panthers	Dairy Farmers Stadium	30 – 18	Segeyaro (2), Graham, A Sims, Tate, Thompson	Bowen (2/4), Paterson (0/2)	12,349
5 August	Round 22	Canterbury Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	6 – 14	Tate	Bowen (1/1)	8,654
12 August	Round 23	Brisbane Broncos	Dairy Farmers Stadium	16 – 34	Bowen, Faifai Loa, Tate	Thurston (2/3)	26,463
19 August	Round 24	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	24 – 26	Bowen, T Sims, Thurston, Tonga	Thurston (4/5)	11,208
27 August	Round 25	Cronulla Sharks	Dairy Farmers Stadium	28 – 20	Taumalolo (2), Bowen, Graham, Hall	Thurston (4/5)	12,655
3 September	Round 26	Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium	6 – 18	Faifai Loa	Thurston (1/1)	20,802
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Finals

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
3 September	Qualifying Final	Manly Sea Eagles	SFS	8 – 32	Tonga	Thurston (2/2)	13,972
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Ah Mau, IsaakIsaak Ah Mau	1	-	-	-	-
Ah Mau, LeesonLeeson Ah Mau	15	1	-	-	4
Amos, ClintClint Amos	1	-	-	-	-
Bani, MichaelMichael Bani	2	1	-	-	4
Bolton, ScottScott Bolton	15	1	-	-	4
Bowen, MatthewMatthew Bowen	25	8	12	-	56
Cooper, GavinGavin Cooper	24	6	1	-	26
Faifai Loa, KalifaKalifa Faifai Loa	22	10	-	-	40
Graham, AshleyAshley Graham	25	12	-	-	48
Hall, GlennGlenn Hall	23	5	-	-	20
Johnson, DallasDallas Johnson	24	-	-	-	-
Jones, BenBen Jones	8	3	-	-	12
Morgan, MichaelMichael Morgan	4	-	-	-	-
Paterson, CoryCory Paterson	7	3	-	-	12
Payne, AaronAaron Payne	23	2	-	-	8
Riethmuller, JoelJoel Riethmuller	4	1	-	-	4
Scott, MatthewMatthew Scott	22	-	-	-	-
Segeyaro, JamesJames Segeyaro	19	5	-	-	20
Sims, AshtonAshton Sims	24	1	-	-	4
Sims, TariqTariq Sims	20	5	-	-	20
Tamou, JamesJames Tamou	23	2	-	-	8
Tate, BrentBrent Tate	9	4	-	-	16
Taumalolo, JasonJason Taumalolo	3	2	-	-	8
Thompson, RayRay Thompson	25	1	-	-	4
Thurston, JohnathanJohnathan Thurston	19	10	61	-	162
Tonga, WillieWillie Tonga	20	10	-	-	40
Tupou, WillWill Tupou	9	3	-	-	12
Winterstein, AntonioAntonio Winterstein	9	2	-	-	8
Totals		98	74	-	540

Source:^[2]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2011

	All Stars match	ANZAC Test	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Prime Minister's XIII	World Cup Qualifiers	Four Nations
Matthew Bowen	Indigenous All Stars	-	-	-	-	Prime Minister's XIII	-	-
Kalifa Faifai Loa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	New Zealand
Joel Riethmuller	-	-	-	-	-	-	Italy	-
Matthew Scott	NRL All Star	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-	-	Australia
James Segeyaro	-	-	-	-	-	Papua New Guinea	-	-
Ray Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	Papua New Guinea	-	-
Johnathan Thurston	Indigenous All Stars	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-	-	Australia
Willie Tonga	Indigenous All Stars	-	Queensland	-	-	-	-	Australia

Honours

League

Golden Boot: Johnathan Thurston
Dally M Prop of the Year: Matthew Scott
RLIF Prop of the Year: Matthew Scott
RLPA NYC Player of the Year: Jason Taumalolo
NYC Team of the Year: Kyle Feldt, Jason Taumalolo

Club

Paul Bowman Medal: Ashley Graham
Player's Player: Johnathan Thurston
Club Person of the Year: Gavin Cooper
Rookie of the Year: Tariq Sims
Most Improved: Ray Thompson
NYC Player of the Year: Jason Taumalolo

Feeder Clubs

National Youth Competition

North Queensland Cowboys - 2nd, Runners-up

Queensland Cup

Mackay Cutters - 11th, missed finals
Northern Pride - 2nd, Lost Semi Final

References

2011 in rugby league

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International Rugby League

European Rugby League

Competitions	International Origin Super League Results Grand Final RFL Championship Championship 1 Challenge Cup National League Cup

Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Crusaders Harlequins Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Hull KR Leeds Rhinos Salford City Reds St Helens Wakefield Wildcats Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors

Australian Rugby League

Competitions	State of Origin 2011 NRL season Results Grand Final Toyota Cup Results Queensland Cup New South Wales Cup Legends of Origin charity match

By club	Brisbane Broncos Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canberra Raiders Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm Newcastle Knights New Zealand Warriors North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers

Related articles	Dally M Awards All Stars match Northern Pride

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North Queensland Cowboys

Est. 1995 in Townsville, Queensland

The club	History Records Honours Players Coaches Representatives

Home ground	1300SMILES Stadium Townsville Stadium (future)

Culture	Queensland derby

League	ARL SL NRL

Titles	Premierships (1) 2015

Seasons (22)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Present Holden Cup Auckland Nines Past New South Wales Cup

Affiliations	Current Mackay Cutters Northern Pride Townsville Blackhawks Past North Queensland Young Guns

Coordinates: 19°18′58″S 146°42′43″E / 19.31611°S 146.71194°E / -19.31611; 146.71194 (Willow Sports Complex)

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