League: Redcliffe (Brisbane) took out the league with 35 points, just ahead of Burleigh (Gold Coast) with 34 points. Townsville were back on 32, the Northern Pride (Cairns) 29, with two more Brisbane sides Easts and Ipswich on 28 points. Also equal to them were the PNG Hunters, with only points differential separating them.
Finals: In the first week Townsville at home was unable to stay with Ipswich, going down 12-32. The Northern pride then hosted the Easts side and were overwhelmed 0-32.
The second week Easts welcomed Ipswich in a sudden death contest and Easts won a high scoring game 50-20. In the other match Redcliffe got past Burleigh 13-6 to go straight into the grand final. The Bears now had another life in a knock out game on the third week.
In the third week there was just one match played, a game to decide the second finalist, Burleigh had home advantage against Easts. However, it didn't save the Bears, who lost 26-36, with Easts going to the grand final next week.
The grand final was at Suncorp Stadium and at half time, the score was 14-10 to Redcliffe, the second half saw them pull away to win 36-22, in the process taking the league and grand final double.
Summary: My points system below has Redcliffe on 40 points, Burleigh 38 and Easts 28. The former two were the most consistent through the season, but Easts rallied to make the final. Over the past three seasons, Redcliffe has been the most successful club (106 points), from Burleigh (76), PNG (68), Easts (67), Sunshine Coast (61) and Townsville (59).
The chart below shows the last three years total, then the seasons 2018 to 2016 in that order from left to right.
| Year | '18 | '17 | '16 | |||||||||
| Rk | Team | Tot | Rd | Fls | Tot | Rd | Fls | Tot | Rd | Fls | Tot | |
| 1 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 106 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| 2 | Burleigh Bears | 76 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 38 | ||
| 3 | Easts Tigers | 67 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | Townsville B Hks | 59 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| 5 | Ipswich Jets | 37 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Northern Pride | 32 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 7 | PNG Hunters | 68 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 8 | Norths Devils | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Souths Logan | 34 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Sunshine Coast | 61 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 11 | Tweed Heads | 14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Wynnum Manly | 19 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 13 | Central Q'sland | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Mackay Cutters | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 621 | 143 | 64 | 207 | 143 | 64 | 207 | 143 | 64 | 207 | ||
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