Saturday 7 December 2019

Queensland State Championship : 2019


The season has concluded and the 23 round regular season was followed by an eight team finals series. In all seasons previously the maximum number of finalists had been six.

League: 

The Sunshine Coast side won the competition easily enough with 43 points. That was quite a jump from 10th in 2018. Wynnum went from 12th to second, an equally impressive gain on the previous season. Burleigh was more consistent, dropping from 2nd to 3rd. The Central Capras were also similarly placed from the prior season, slipping from 13th to 14th. They are doing it tough.


Rk Team Pts

1 Sunshine Coast 43

2 Wynnum Manly 36

3 Burleigh Bears 34

4 Townsville 34

5 Norths Devils 30

6 Tweed Heads 28

7 Redcliffe Dolphins 26

8 Easts Tigers 21

9 Ipswich Jets 19

10 Souths Logan 15

11 Mackay Cutters 14

12 Northern Pride 10

13 PNG Hunters 9

14 Central Capras 3

Finals:

In the sudden death games, Tweed narrowly fell to Redcliffe 24-25 and Norths bowed out with a 20-24 defeat at the hands of the Easts Tigers. The other games had the Sunshine Coast lose to Townsville 12-20 and Wynnum going down to Burleigh 32-34.

In the next round, Townsville and Burleigh earned byes with their victories. Wynnum ended Recliffe's season with a 20-16 win and the Sunshine Coast did likewise to Easts 22-14. 

In the semi-finals Townsville week off didn't help them when they lost to Wynnum 14-26. Burleigh were happy with their rest when accounting for the Sunshine Coast 24-6. They carried that form into the grand final in taking the crown with a 28-10 triumph over Wynnum. 

Season summary:

The list below has points allocated for the league and finals, combined in the total column. On that basis Burleigh down on the Gold Coast was the most successful, ahead of the Brisbane outfit Wynnum. The team from the Sunshine Coast came in third. 


Rk Team Lge F Tot

1 Burleigh Bears 16 20 36

2 Wynnum Manly 18 16 34

3 Sunshine Coast 20 12 32

4 Townsville 14 12 26

5 Redcliffe Dolphins 10 8 18

6 Easts Tigers 9 8 17

6 Norths Devils 12 4 16

8 Tweed Heads 11 4 15

9 Ipswich Jets 8
8

10 Souths Logan 7
7

11 Mackay Cutters 6
6

12 Northern Pride 5
5

13 PNG Hunters 4
4

14 Central Capras 3
3

Picture source: Qld RL. 

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