2019 Hastings Deering Colts

2019 Hastings Deering Colts
Teams	14
Premiers	Sunshine Coast Falcons (1st title)
Minor premiers	Townsville Blackhawks (2nd title)
Matches played	149
Top points scorer(s)	Adam Cook (204)
Player of the year	Tom McGrath
Top try-scorer(s)	Jayden Campbell (21)
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The 2019 Hastings Deering Colts season was the 2nd season of the under-20 competition, sponsored by Hastings Deering and run by the Queensland Rugby League. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of its senior counterpart, the Queensland Cup.^[1][2]

The Sunshine Coast Falcons won their first premiership, defeating the Wynnum Manly Seagulls in the Grand Final.^[3]

Teams

The Victoria Thunderbolts moved to the New South Wales-run Jersey Flegg Cup in 2019, leaving the competition with fourteen sides, thirteen based in Queensland and one in northern New South Wales.^[4] 13 Queensland Cup teams field a side in the competition, with each team affiliated with an NRL club.

Colours	Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL affiliate
	Burleigh Bears	Pizzey Park	Jamie Mahon	Tyler Szepanowski	Gold Coast Titans
	Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park	Damien Seibold	Ryan Flintham & Zaine Hammond	Brisbane Broncos
	Easts Tigers	Langlands Park	Ben King	Zac Teevan	Melbourne Storm
	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Brendon Marshall	Josh Williams	Brisbane Broncos
	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Michael Comerford	Brendan White	North Queensland Cowboys
	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Dave Scott	Simon Bevan & Joshtel Charlie	North Queensland Cowboys
	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	Kevin Neighbour	Jake Strasser	Brisbane Broncos
	Redcliffe Dolphins	Dolphin Stadium	Andrew Wynyard	Jayden Newbould	Brisbane Broncos
	Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park	Shayne Boyd	Jacob Alick	Brisbane Broncos
	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Sean Mawhinney	Jack Wright	Melbourne Storm
	Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	David Elliott	Nathan Barrett	North Queensland Cowboys
	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	Matt King	Tahne Robinson	Gold Coast Titans
	Western Mustangs	Gold Park	Eugene Seddon	Blake Cullen	Gold Coast Titans
	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Joe O'Callaghan	Shannon Gardiner	Brisbane Broncos

Ladder

Source:^[5]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Townsville Blackhawks	20	16	1	3	3	639	235	+404	39
2	Burleigh Bears	20	16	1	3	3	695	308	+387	39
3	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	20	16	0	3	3	638	344	-294	39
4	Sunshine Coast Falcons (P)	20	14	0	6	3	576	328	+248	34
5	Mackay Cutters	20	13	0	7	3	530	300	+230	32
6	Norths Devils	20	11	1	8	3	504	461	+43	29
7	Easts Tigers	20	9	2	9	3	434	414	+20	26
8	Tweed Heads Seagulls	20	9	2	9	3	425	437	-12	26
9	Northern Pride	20	9	0	11	3	361	483	-122	24
10	Central Queensland Capras	20	6	2	12	3	368	486	-118	20
11	Souths Logan Magpies	20	7	0	13	3	441	606	-165	20
12	Redcliffe Dolphins	20	3	1	16	3	282	646	-364	13
13	Western Mustangs	20	3	0	17	3	309	768	-459	12
14	Ipswich Jets	20	1	3	16	3	258	644	-386	11

Final series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue
Qualifying & Elimination Finals
Norths Devils	40 – 20	Easts Tigers	8 September 2019, 11:20am	Bishop Park
Burleigh Bears	19 – 24	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	8 September 2019, 12:15pm	BMD Kougari Oval
Townsville Blackhawks	4 – 24	Sunshine Coast Falcons	8 September 2019, 12:15pm	Sunshine Coast Stadium
Mackay Cutters	23 – 10	Tweed Heads Seagulls	9 September 2019, 1:40pm	Piggabeen Sports Complex
Semi-finals
Townsville Blackhawks	6 – 30	Mackay Cutters	14 September 2019, 2:30pm	Jack Manski Oval
Burleigh Bears	42 – 12	Norths Devils	14 September 2019, 4:00pm	Pizzey Park
Preliminary Finals
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	34 – 6	Mackay Cutters	21 September 2019, 1:00pm	Jack Manski Oval
Sunshine Coast Falcons	23 – 16	Burleigh Bears	22 September 2019, 1:10pm	Pizzey Park
Grand Final
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	28 – 34	Sunshine Coast Falcons	29 September 2019, 1:00pm	Dolphin Stadium

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand Final
	8 Sept, Sunshine Coast Stadium
	1	Townsville	4
	4	Sunshine Coast	24			14 Sept, Jack Manski Oval
						Townsville		6
	8 Sept, Bishop Park					Mackay		30				21 Sept, Jack Manski Oval
	5	Norths	40									Wynnum Manly		34
	8	Easts	20									Mackay		6			29 Sept, Dolphin Stadium
																	Wynnum Manly		28
	9 Sept, Piggabeen Sports Complex											22 Sept, Pizzey Park					Sunshine Coast		34
	6	Mackay	23									Sunshine Coast		23
	7	Tweed Heads	10			14 Sept, Pizzey Park						Burleigh		16
						Burleigh		42
	8 Sept, BMD Kougari Oval					Norths		12
	2	Burleigh	19
	3	Wynnum Manly	24

Grand Final

Sunday, September 29 1:00pm (local time)

Wynnum Manly Seagulls	28 – 34	Sunshine Coast Falcons
Tries: Davin Quinlan (10') 1 Lachlan Perry (20') 1 Dredin Sorensen-McGee (33') 1 Nofoasa Malutoa (44') 1 Goals: Shannon Gardiner 6 (11', 22', 34', 44', 52', 67')	1st: 18 – 12 2nd: 10 – 22 Report	Tries: 2 (54', 58') Steven Borg 1 (12') Blake Wilson 1 (30') Trent Loiero 1 (39') Luke Murtagh 1 (64') Tyson Smoothy Goals: 5 Tyson Smoothy (14', 31', 40', 55', 65')

Dolphin Stadium Referee: Sam Swift Player of the Match: Tyson Smoothy (Sunshine Coast)

Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 23.

Leading try scorers Pos Player Team Tries 1 Jayden Campbell Burleigh Bears 21 2 Tom Dwan Sunshine Coast Falcons 18 3 Michael McGrath Norths Devils 18 4 Austin Jennings Western Mustangs 16 5 Harrison McIndoe Central Queensland Capras 13

Leading point scorers Pos Player Team T G FG Pts 1 Adam Cook Townsville Blackhawks 7 88 0 204 2 Jayden Campbell Burleigh Bears 21 48 1 181 3 Brendan White Mackay Cutters 5 75 0 170 4 Tom Dwan Sunshine Coast Falcons 18 24 0 120 5 Shannon Gardiner Wynnum Manly Seagulls 9 40 0 116

References