Queensland RL : 2022 Season

The 2022 season is done and the 14 team competition table is below. Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast were the top side with fourteen wins from their nineteen games. The Sunshine Coast Falcons, the Redcliffe Dolphins and the Norths Devils followed, the latter two from the Brisbane area. 

Looking at the points differential. Norths seemed to overachieve with a mere +10 points, not much for a team making the fourth spot. On the other hand, Wynnum-Manly was the opposite, with a +72 but not even making the playoffs.

The finals series: The top eight were immediately into action with the top four having a second life if they lost. Both lower finishing sides upset those above them. The lower four entered into sudden death fixtures and in both cases, the higher finishing sides won.

Redcliffe and Norths earned a bye for the second weekend. The two losers from the top four taking on the lower ranked winners who had survived their sudden death encounters. In both cases the higher ranked sides of Sunshine Coast and Burleigh Bears won through to the semi finals.

The top four were reunited but this time playing a different opponent. The outcome was the same with 3rd placed Redcliffe and fourth placed Norths winning and through to the grand final. 

The game itself was a tight affair with Norths taking the title with a 16-10 victory. Redcliffe had home ground advantage but couldn't make that count. That makes it two in a row for Norths, whose coach left midseason to take the reins at the Leeds Rhinos in the UK.