2013 Queensland Cup

2013 Queensland Cup
Duration	March 16 – September 29, 2013
Teams	12
Premiers	Mackay Cutters (1st title)
Minor premiers	Northern Pride (1st title)
Matches played	138
Points scored	6,310
Top points scorer(s)	Cody Walker (171)
Player of the year	Cody Walker (Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Davin Crampton (18)
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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]

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	22	17	0	5	2	703	296	+407	38
2	Mackay Cutters (P)	22	14	2	6	2	577	483	+94	34
3	Easts Tigers	22	13	0	9	2	628	371	+257	30
4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	22	13	0	9	2	521	452	+69	30
5	Ipswich Jets	22	12	1	9	2	494	520	-26	29
6	Norths Devils	22	11	2	9	2	507	571	-64	28
7	Redcliffe Dolphins	22	10	3	9	2	537	413	+124	27
8	Tweed Heads Seagulls	22	11	1	10	2	458	494	-36	27
9	Souths Logan Magpies	22	11	0	11	2	415	554	-139	26
10	Central Queensland Capras	22	7	1	14	2	462	569	-107	19
11	Burleigh Bears	22	5	2	15	2	434	548	-114	16
12	Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles	22	2	0	20	2	325	790	-465	8

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 Finals					Major / Minor Semi-finals					Preliminary Final					Grand Final
						1	Northern Pride	16								Easts		20
							Easts	29								Mackay		27
	2	Mackay	18								Northern Pride		6
	3	Easts	31								Mackay		20
						Mackay		27
						Ipswich		16
	4	Wynnum Manly	6
	5	Ipswich	33

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, 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

• Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Cody Walker ( Easts Tigers)
• Coach of the Year: Jason Demetriou ( Northern Pride)
• Rookie of the Year: Cameron Munster ( Central Queensland Capras)
• Representative Player of the Year: Nick Slyney ( Queensland Residents, Redcliffe Dolphins)
• XXXX People's Choice Award: Hezron Murga ( Northern Pride)

See also

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League

References