2013 Queensland Cup

The 2013 Queensland Cup season was the 18th 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 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.[1][2][3]

2013 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 16 – September 29, 2013
Teams12
Premiers Mackay Cutters (1st title)
Minor premiers Northern Pride (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored6,310
Top points scorer(s) Cody Walker (171)
Player of the year Cody Walker (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Davin Crampton (18)

The Mackay Cutters won their first premiership after defeating the Easts Tigers 27–20 in the Grand Final at North Ipswich Reserve. Easts Tigers' five-eighth Cody Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[4]

Teams

In 2013, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year. After partnering with the Gold Coast Titans since 2007, the Ipswich Jets became an affiliate of the Brisbane Broncos.[5]

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(es) Captain(s) NRL affiliate
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Carl Briggs Darren Griffiths Gold Coast Titans
 Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Jason Hetherington Gavin Hiscox Brisbane Broncos
 Easts Tigers Langlands Park Craig Ingebrigtsen Steven Thorpe Melbourne Storm
 Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Ben & Shane Walker Keiron Lander Brisbane Broncos
 Mackay Cutters Virgin Australia Stadium Kim Williams Jardine Bobongie & Joel Clinton North Queensland Cowboys
 Northern Pride Barlow Park Jason Demetriou Ty Williams North Queensland Cowboys
 Norths Devils Bishop Park Andrew Wynyard Matt Smith Brisbane Broncos
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval John Dixon Petero Civoniceva Brisbane Broncos
 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Mark Beaumont Phil Dennis None
 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Sunshine Coast Stadium Dave Cordwell Callum Klein None
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Aaron Zimmerle Matt King & James Wood Gold Coast Titans
 Wynnum Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Graham Murray → Jon Buchanan Luke Dalziel-Don Brisbane Broncos

Ladder
2013 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Northern Pride 2217052703296+40738
2 Mackay Cutters (P) 2214262577483+9434
3 Easts Tigers 2213092628371+25730
4 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 2213092521452+6930
5 Ipswich Jets 2212192494520-2629
6 Norths Devils 2211292507571-6428
7 Redcliffe Dolphins 2210392537413+12427
8 Tweed Heads Seagulls 22111102458494-3627
9 Souths Logan Magpies 22110112415554-13926
10 Central Queensland Capras 2271142462569-10719
11 Burleigh Bears 2252152434548-11416
12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 2220202325790-4658

Finals series
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and time (local) Venue
Qualifying / Elimination Finals
Wynnum Manly Seagulls 6 – 33 Ipswich Jets 8 September 2013, 2:00pm BMD Kougari Oval
Mackay Cutters 18 – 31 Easts Tigers 8 September 2013, 2:00pm Virgin Australia Stadium
Semi-finals
Mackay Cutters 27 – 16 Ipswich Jets 14 September 2013, 6:00pm Virgin Australia Stadium
Northern Pride 16 – 29 Easts Tigers 15 September 2013, 1:30pm Barlow Park
Preliminary Final
Northern Pride 6 – 20 Mackay Cutters 22 September 2013, 2:00pm Langlands Park
Grand Final
Easts Tigers 20 – 27 Mackay Cutters 29 September 2013, 3:50pm North Ipswich Reserve
Qualifying / Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1 Northern Pride16 Easts20
Easts29 Mackay27
2 Mackay18 Northern Pride6
3 Easts31 Mackay20
Mackay27
Ipswich16
4 Wynnum Manly6
5 Ipswich33

Grand Final
Sunday, 29 September
Easts Tigers 20 – 27 Mackay Cutters
Tries:
Junior Sa'u 2
Mitch Garbutt 1
Goals:
Cody Walker 4		 1st: 14 - 10
2nd: 6 - 17
Report
 Tries:
2 Bureta Faraimo
1 David Milne
1 Anthony Mitchell
1 Michael Morgan
Goals:
1 David Milne
1 Matt Minto
1 Liam Taylor
Field goals:
1 Matt Minto
North Ipswich Reserve
Attendance: 6,706
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Player of the Match: Anthony Mitchell (Mackay)
Easts Tigers Position Mackay Cutters
Ben HamptonFBLiam Taylor
Maeli SeveWGBureta Faraimo
Junior Sa'uCEMichael Morgan
Shane NeumannCEKalifa Faifai Loa
Mahe FonuaWGDavid Milne
Cody WalkerFEDan Murphy
Grant GiessHBMatt Minto
Steven Thorpe (c)PRTyson Andrews
Tom ButterfieldHKAnthony Mitchell
Mitch GarbuttPRSam Hoare
Tim GlasbySRJason Taumalolo
Dane HoganSRChris Gesch
Matt ZgrajewskiLKJardine Bobongie (c)
Kenny BromwichBenchDean Webster
Liam McDonaldBenchJason Schirnack
Leon PanapaBenchKarl Davies
Isaac KaufmannBenchKelvin Nielsen
Craig IngebrigtsenCoachKim Williams

Easts, who finished the regular season in third, qualified for their third Grand Final after upsetting the second-placed Mackay in Week 1 and the first-placed Northern Pride in the major semi final. Mackay, after losing to Easts, defeated Ipswich in the minor semi final and upset the Pride 20–6 in the preliminary final to qualify for their first Grand Final.

First half

Easts were the first team to get on the board in the decided when centre Junior Sa'u scored in the 9th minute. In the 25th minute, they extended their lead to eight when Mackay put a dropout out on the full, kicking a penalty goal from right in front. The Cutters finally cracked the Tigers when winger Bureta Faraimo crossed in the right corner in the 29th minute. They took the lead for the first time when Faraimo scored his second in the 32nd minute, sprinting 50 metres down the sideline after a pass from his centre Michael Morgan. The lead didn't last long, as Easts scored in the 38th minute, when Sa'u latched onto a kick that the Cutters let bounce to score his second try.

Second half

Mackay levelled the scores at 14-all seven minutes into the second half when winger David Milne scored in the left corner. In the 64th minute, Mackay captured their second lead of the contest when Morgan picked up a loose ball and ran 50 metres to score in the right corner. Again, the lead did not last long, as Easts' prop Mitch Garbutt muscled over to score in the 69th minute. The Cutters took a one-point lead when halfback Matt Minto slotted a field goal from 20 metres out with six minutes left in the game. Mackay sealed the win in the 79th minute when hooker Anthony Mitchell darted from dummy half to score and secure the club's first Queensland Cup premiership. Mitchell was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for Man of Match.[6][7]

A North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, the Cutters' side featured Michael Morgan and Jason Taumalolo, who would both go on to become NRL regulars for the Cowboys and play in the club's 2015 NRL Grand Final win over the Brisbane Broncos.[8]

End-of-season awards

See also

References
  1. "QLD Cup". Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. "QLD Cup Clubs - Queensland Rugby League". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. "QRL".
  4. "Cody Walker wins Courier Mail medal". 5 September 2013.
  5. Club Historyipswichjets.com.au Archived 27 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "2013 QLD Cup Grand Final Mackay 27 v Easts 20". YouTube.
  7. "Cutters win maiden Intrust Super Cup title". 29 September 2013.
  8. "Morgan re-signing a defining moment in Cowboys history". 2 March 2018.
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