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2011 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2011 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank7th
Play-off resultLost Qualifying Final
(v Manly Sea Eagles, 8-42)
2011 recordWins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 532; against: 480
Team information
CEOPeter Jourdain
CoachNeil Henry
Captain
StadiumDairy Farmers Stadium
Avg. attendance14,189
High attendance26,463 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 23)
Top scorers
TriesAshley Graham (12)
GoalsJohnathan Thurston (61)
PointsJohnathan Thurston (162)
← 2010 2012 →

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

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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

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Squad List

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North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2011
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

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(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



Squad Movement

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2011 Gains

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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

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Player Signed To Until End of
Mitch Achurch Western Suburbs Magpies
2011
Obe Geia Released
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Ben Harris Retired
-
Donald Malone Ipswich Jets
2011
Willie Mason Hull Kingston Rovers
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

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Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 521 308 213 42
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 24 18 0 6 2 539 331 208 40
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 2 511 372 139 40
4 Wests Tigers 24 15 0 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 0 10 2 504 393 111 32
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 532 480 52 32
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 2 478 443 35 28
9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 0 12 2 449 489 -40 28
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 0 13 2 531 562 -31 26
11 Sydney Roosters 24 10 0 14 2 417 500 -83 24
12 Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 430 517 -87 22
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 0 17 2 428 557 -129 18
14 Parramatta Eels 24 6 1 17 2 385 538 -153 17
15 Canberra Raiders 24 6 0 18 2 423 623 -200 16
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 0 18 2 363 629 -266 16

Fixtures

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Pre-season

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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

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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

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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

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Name App T G FG Pts
Isaak Ah Mau 1 - - - -
Leeson Ah Mau 15 1 - - 4
Clint Amos 1 - - - -
Michael Bani 2 1 - - 4
Scott Bolton 15 1 - - 4
Matthew Bowen 25 8 12 - 56
Gavin Cooper 24 6 1 - 26
Kalifa Faifai Loa 22 10 - - 40
Ashley Graham 25 12 - - 48
Glenn Hall 23 5 - - 20
Dallas Johnson 24 - - - -
Ben Jones 8 3 - - 12
Michael Morgan 4 - - - -
Cory Paterson 7 3 - - 12
Aaron Payne 23 2 - - 8
Joel Riethmuller 4 1 - - 4
Matthew Scott 22 - - - -
James Segeyaro 19 5 - - 20
Ashton Sims 24 1 - - 4
Tariq Sims 20 5 - - 20
James Tamou 23 2 - - 8
Brent Tate 9 4 - - 16
Jason Taumalolo 3 2 - - 8
Ray Thompson 25 1 - - 4
Johnathan Thurston 19 10 61 - 162
Willie Tonga 20 10 - - 40
Will Tupou 9 3 - - 12
Antonio Winterstein 9 2 - - 8
Totals 98 74 - 540

Source:[2]

Representatives

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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
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Prime Minister's XIII
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Kalifa Faifai Loa
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New Zealand
Joel Riethmuller
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Italy
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Matthew Scott
NRL All Star
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Australia
James Segeyaro
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Papua New Guinea
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Ray Thompson
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Papua New Guinea
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Johnathan Thurston
Indigenous All Stars
Australia
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Australia
Willie Tonga
Indigenous All Stars
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Queensland
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Australia

Honours

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League

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Club

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Feeder Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ "Townsville Bulletin". Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ^ "NRL 2011 - North Queensland Cowboys - Rugby League Project".

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