2003 Queensland Cup
| 2003 Queensland Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | March 15 – September 20, 2003 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers |  Redcliffe Dolphins (4th title) |
| Minor premiers |  Burleigh Bears (1st title) |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Points scored | 7,799 |
| Top points scorer(s) |  Steven West (264) |
| Player of the year |  Denny Lambert(Courier Mail Medal) |
| Top try-scorer(s) | Aaron Barba (33) |
The 2003 Queensland Cup season was the 8th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition featured 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The
Teams
The
The
| Colours | Club | Home ground(s) |
|---|---|---|
|
Burleigh Bears | Pizzey Park |
 |
Central Comets
|
Browne Park |
 |
Easts Tigers
|
Langlands Park |
|
Ipswich Jets | Bendigo Bank Oval |
 |
North Queensland Young Guns | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
 |
Norths Devils | Bishop Park |
|
Redcliffe Dolphins | Dolphin Oval
|
 |
Souths Logan Magpies | Davies Park |
 |
Toowoomba Clydesdales
|
Stadium Toowoomba, Suncorp Stadium |
 |
Tweed Heads Seagulls | Piggabeen Sports Complex |
 |
Wests Panthers | Purtell Park |
|
Wynnum Seagulls
|
Kougari Oval |
Ladder
| 2003 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 | Burleigh Bears
|
22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 707 | 366 | +341 | 33 | |
| 2 | Redcliffe Dolphins (P)
|
22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 789 | 486 | +303 | 33 | |
| 3 | Ipswich Jets
|
22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 732 | 465 | +267 | 31 | |
| 4 | Wynnum Seagulls
|
22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 700 | 536 | +164 | 31 | |
| 5 | Tweed Heads Seagulls
|
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 606 | 564 | +42 | 28 | |
| 6 | Toowoomba Clydesdales
|
22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 738 | 591 | +147 | 23 | |
| 7 | North Queensland Young Guns
|
22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 638 | 457 | +181 | 22 | |
| 8 | Norths Devils
|
22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 615 | 589 | +26 | 21 | |
| 9 | Easts Tigers
|
22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 626 | 641 | -15 | 20 | |
| 10 | Central Comets
|
22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 466 | 749 | -283 | 14 | |
| 11 | Souths Logan Magpies
|
22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 484 | 978 | -494 | 8 | |
| 12 | Wests Panthers
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 361 | 1040 | -679 | 0 | |
Finals series
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Venue | |||||||
| Qualifying / Elimination Finals | ||||||||
Wynnum Seagulls
|
40 – 22 | Tweed Heads Seagulls
|
30 August 2003 | Kougari Oval | ||||
| Redcliffe Dolphins
|
28 – 22 | Ipswich Jets
|
31 August 2003 | Dolphin Oval
| ||||
| Semi-finals | ||||||||
| Burleigh Bears
|
26 – 24 | Redcliffe Dolphins
|
6 September 2003 | Pizzey Park | ||||
| Ipswich Jets
|
12 – 42 | Wynnum Seagulls
|
6 September 2003 | Bendigo Bank Oval | ||||
| Preliminary Final | ||||||||
| Redcliffe Dolphins
|
46 – 26 | Wynnum Seagulls
|
13 September 2003 | Dolphin Oval
| ||||
| Grand Final | ||||||||
| Burleigh Bears
|
18 – 31 | Redcliffe Dolphins
|
20 September 2003 | Dolphin Oval
| ||||
| Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Major / Minor Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wynnum | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tweed Heads | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Final
Saturday, 30 September
|
| Burleigh Bears
|
18 – 31 | Redcliffe Dolphins
|
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Reggie Cressbrook 1 Tony Gray 1 Trent Purdon 1 Goals: Reggie Cressbrook 3 |
1st: 6 - 20 2nd: 12 - 11 |
Tries: 3 Aaron Barba 1 Brian Jellick 1 Ben Jones Goals: 5 Justin McKay Field Goals: 1 Shane Perry |
(Redcliffe)
|
| Burleigh Bears | Position | Redcliffe Dolphins |
|---|---|---|
| Trent Purdon | FB | Justin McKay |
| Dimitri Pelo | WG |
Paul Shilvock |
| Adam Hutchinson | CE | Damien Richters |
| Reggie Cressbrook | CE | Brian Jellick |
| Aseri Laing | WG |
Aaron Barba |
| Ryan Gundry | FE | Shane Perry |
| Brent McConnell | HB | Mick Roberts (c) |
| Adam Watene | PR | Shane Tronc |
| Ryan Dagwell | HK | Jason Campbell |
| Shane O'Flanagan | PR | Adam Starr |
| Stan Berryman | SR | Ben Jones |
| Tony Gray | SR | Danny Burke |
| Dean Allen (c) | LK |
Grant Flugge |
| Jeremy Lateo | Bench | Matt Anderton |
| Matt Harriden | Bench | Troy Lindsay |
| Afa Gafa | Bench | Daniel Green |
| Faron Anderson | Bench | Andrew Wynyard |
| Rick Stone | Coach | Neil Wharton |
First half
Burleigh started the Grand Final in the best way possible when centre Reggie Cressbrook intercepted a pass in the opening set to score under the posts. Redcliffe hit back through the competition's top try scorer Aaron Barba, who scored in the 18th minute. Barba got his second try of the game when he chased down a Shane Perry kick from a scrum win to score untouched. Barba scored his third try of the contest when he scooped up a kick from inside his own half and ran 70 metres to score just before half time.
Second half
Redcliffe seemingly put the game beyond doubt four minutes into the second half when centre Damien Richters scored out wide. Burleigh staged a small fightback with two tries in five minutes to Tony Gray and Trent Purdon but the Dolphins truly put the game to bed when Ben Jones scored with eight minutes to play. In the 78th minute, five-eighth Shane Perry wrapped up the victory with a field goal to extend the final winning margin to 13. The win gave the Dolphins' their fourth premiership in eight seasons and their first back-to-back titles.[5]
Player statistics
Leading try scorers
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Leading point scorers
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End-of-season awards
- Courier Mail Medal: Wynnum Seagulls)
- Rookie of the Year: Stanley Fau (
Souths Logan Magpies)
See also
References
- ^ "Tondoon Botanic Gardens plant fair". The Courier Mail. 20 June 2018.
- ^ "TBT: 2003: Denny Lambert Wins Player of the Year - Wynnum Manly Seagulls". 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Queensland Rugby League". queensland.rleague.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Queensland Cup - Week 2 -Semi-finals » League Unlimited".
- ^ "2003 QLD Cup Grand Final Redcliffe 31 v Burleigh 18". YouTube.
