Queensland State Championship : 2015-17

The 2015 season started with a new team, the 14th. It was the Towsville Blackhawks and they were to act as a feeder club for the North Queensland Cowboys.

2015: The Blackhawks surprised by taking the league , from the second year PNG Hunters. A great season for the newer teams. Ipswich Jets, Wynnum Manly, Easts Tigers and the Northern Pride made up the top six.

Elimination 1: Ipswich 54-26 Northern Pride
Elimination 2: Easts 32-24 Wynnum Manly

Elimination Game: Ipswich 44-18 Easts
Qualifying Final: Townsville 26-12 PNG.

Elimination Final: Ipswich 28-12 PNG

Grand Final: Ipswich 32-20 Towsville.

2016: The same teams showed up this year as last. Redcliffe took out the league title, with the Burleigh Bears, Townsville, PNG, Sunshine Coast Falcons and Easts going though to the finals series.

Elimination 1: Townsville 46-4 Easts.
Elimination 2: Sunshine Coast 18-12 PNG.

Elimination Game: Sunshine Coast 18-10 Townsville.
Qualifying Final: Burleigh 40-24 Redcliffe.

Elimination Final: Redcliffe 38-16 Sunshine Coast.

Grand Final: Burleigh 26-16 Redcliffe.

2017: Yet again the same teams took to the fields around Queensland. PNG took the league with 39 points from Redcliffe (38), Easts (37) and Sunshine Coast (35). Souths Logan and Townsville made up the six finalists.

Elimination 1: Easts 20-16 Townsville.
Elimination 2: Sunshine Coast 26-18 Souths Logan.

Elimination Game: Sunshine Coast 26-22 Easts.
Qualifying Final: PNG 6-4 Redcliffe.

Elimination Final: Sunshine Coast 40-14 Redcliffe.

Grand Final: PNG 12-10 Sunshine Coast (see highlights below).

Summary: Some amazing results here. In 2015 Ipswich went through three eliminator games to reach and win the grand final. In 2017, the PNG Hunters took out the double, winning their first league title and grand final in their four short years of existence.

For the last three years PNG has been the most successful team with 88 points, from Redcliffe (76), Townsville (75) and the Sunshine Coast (60). Spare a thought for the Central Queensland team with just 11 points.

	Year			'17			'16			'15
	Rk	Team	TOT	Rd	Fls	Tot	Rd	Fls	Tot	Rd	Fls	Tot
	1	PNG Hunters	88	20	20	40	14	4	18	18	12	30
	2	Redcliffe Dolphins	76	18	12	30	20	16	36	10		10
	3	Townsville	75	11	4	15	16	8	24	20	16	36
	4	Sunshine Coast	60	14	16	30	12	12	24	6		6
	5	Easts Tigers	59	16	8	24	11	4	15	12	8	20
	6	Ipswich Jets	54	10		10	8		8	16	20	36
	6	Burleigh Bears	54	8		8	18	20	38	8		8
	8	Wynnum Manly	32	7		7	7		7	14	4	18
	9	Souths Logan	31	12	4	16	10		10	5		5
	10	Northern Pride	29	5		5	9		9	11	4	15
	11	Mackay Cutters	21	9		9	3		3	9		9
	12	Norths Devils	16	6		6	6		6	4		4
	13	Tweed Heads	15	4		4	4		4	7		7
	14	Central Q'sland	11	3		3	5		5	3		3
		Total	621	143	64	207	143	64	207	143	64	207

For the 1996-2017 Big Hitters, please click here.
For the 2012-14 seasons, just click here.