2012 North Queensland Cowboys season
2012 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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Dairy Farmers Stadium | ||||
Avg. attendance | 14,637 | |||
High attendance | 21,307 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Finals Week 1) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Ashley Graham (21) | |||
Goals | Johnathan Thurston (90) | |||
Points | Johnathan Thurston (192) | |||
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The 2012 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 18th in
Season summary
The Cowboys were aiming to build on its 7th place finish in 2011, after a near-wooden spoon 2010 season only prevented by the Melbourne Storm salary cap breach, with a strong 2012 season.
The season did not start well, with the Cowboys producing one of their worst performances in almost ten years as they lost 18-0 to the
Despite the opening loss, the Cowboys went on to produce a consistent, never once dropping out of the top eight from Round 3 onwards. They records big victories over the
In Week 1 of the finals, the Cowboys defeated the
Club legend
Milestones
- Round 1: Kane Linnett and Robert Lui made their debuts for the club.
- Round 1: Mosese Pangai made his NRL debut.
- Round 6: Aaron Payne played his 200th game for the club.
- Round 6: Johnathan Thurston played his 150th game for the club.
- Round 6: Johnathan Thurston scored his 1000th point for the club.
- Round 8: Gavin Cooper played his 50th game for the club.
- Round 17: Anthony Mitchell made his debut for the club.
- Round 21: Dallas Johnson played his 200th NRL game.
- Round 25: Blake Leary made his NRL debut.
- Finals Week 1: Matthew Bowenplayed his 250th for the club, the first player to do so.
- Finals Week 2: Dallas Johnson played his 50th game for the club.
Squad List
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 29 July 2012 |
Squad Movement
2012 Gains
Player | Signed From | Until End of |
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Luke Harlen | Northern Pride | 2012
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Kane Linnett | Sydney Roosters | 2013
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Robert Lui | Wests Tigers | 2013
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Anthony Mitchell | Sydney Roosters (mid-season) | 2013
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2012 Losses
Player | Signed To | Until End of |
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Isaak Ah Mau | Redcliffe Dolphins | 2013
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Leeson Ah Mau | St George Illawarra Dragons |
2013
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Clint Amos | Retired | -
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Michael Bani | Canberra Raiders | 2012
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Jack Cooper | Cairns District Rugby League | 2012
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Shannon Gallant | Berkeley Eagles | 2012
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Dylan Smith | Mackay Cutters | 2012
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Willie Tonga | Parramatta Eels | 2013
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Will Tupou | Western Force | 2013
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Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 568 | 369 | +199 | 40 |
2 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 579 | 361 | +218 | 38 |
3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 559 | 438 | +121 | 36 |
4 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 497 | 403 | +94 | 36 |
5 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 597 | 445 | +152 | 34 |
6 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 545 | 536 | +9 | 30 |
7 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 445 | 441 | +4 | 29 |
8 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 481 | 447 | +34 | 28 |
9 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 405 | 438 | -33 | 26 |
10 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 506 | 551 | -45 | 26 |
11 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 449 | 477 | -28 | 24 |
12 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 448 | 488 | -40 | 24 |
13 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 462 | 626 | -164 | 21 |
14 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 497 | 609 | -112 | 20 |
15 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 409 | 575 | -166 | 20 |
16 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 431 | 674 | -243 | 16 |
Fixtures
Pre-season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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4 February | Trial 1 | Brisbane Broncos | Dolphin Oval |
22 – 28 | Bolton, Segeyaro, Thompson, Ulugia | Foster (2/2), Faifai Loa (1/2) | 4,500 | |||
11 February | Trial 2 | St George Illawarra Dragons |
NIB Stadium |
18 – 12 | Cooper, Graham, Linnett, Winterstein | Graham (1) | 8,588 | |||
18 February | Trial 3 | Gold Coast Titans | Virgin Australia Stadium |
28 – 36 | Faifai Loa (2), Pangai (2), Thurston | Thurston (3/4), Cooper (1/1) | - | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Regular season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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3 March | Round 1 | Gold Coast Titans | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
0 – 18 | - | - | 16,311 | |||
9 March | Round 2 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium |
26 – 28 | Thurston (4/5) | 43,171 | ||||
17 March | Round 3 | Parramatta Eels | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
42 – 6 | Thurston (5/8) | 8,239 | ||||
24 March | Round 4 | Cronulla Sharks |
Dairy Farmers Stadium |
14 – 20 | Thurston (1/4) | 11,364 | ||||
2 April | Round 5 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium | 22 – 6 | Graham (2), Tate, Thompson | Thurston (3/4) | 12,135 | |||
8 April | Round 6 | Melbourne Storm | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
18 – 42 | Thurston (3/3) | 20,206 | ||||
14 April | Round 7 | Sydney Roosters | TIO Stadium |
50 – 12 | Bowen (1/1) |
10,008 | ||||
28 April | Round 8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium |
16 – 20 | Graham (2), Segeyaro | Thurston (2/3) | 12,213 | |||
4 May | Round 9 | St George Illawarra Dragons |
Dairy Farmers Stadium |
30 – 6 | Bowen (2/2) |
15,006 | ||||
12 May | Round 10 | Newcastle Knights | Hunter Stadium |
32 – 12 | Morgan, Thompson |
Thurston (6/6) | 18,191 | |||
19 May | Round 11 | Penrith Panthers | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
30 – 28 | Bowen (5/7) |
11,648 | ||||
27 May | Round 12 | Wests Tigers | Campbelltown Stadium |
18 – 26 | Ashley Graham, Glenn Hall, Winterstein | Thurston (3/3) | 13,059 | |||
1 June | Round 13 | Gold Coast Titans | Skilled Park |
12 – 28 | Paterson, Taumalolo | Thurston (2/2) | 12,092 | |||
Round 14 | Bye | |||||||||
15 June | Round 15 | Brisbane Broncos | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
12 – 0 | Cooper, Linnett | Thurston (2/2) | 20,367 | |||
23 June | Round 16 | Canberra Raiders | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
40 – 18 | Hall (2), Bolton, Graham, Linnett, Thompson, Winterstein | Bowen (1/1) |
14,344 | |||
1 July | Round 17 | Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium |
18 – 35 | Cooper, Graham, Linnett | Bowen (3/3) |
15,374 | |||
Round 18 | Bye | |||||||||
14 July | Round 19 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park |
20 – 16 | Linnett (2), Tate | Thurston (4/4) | 10,688 | |||
23 July | Round 20 | Wests Tigers | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
29 – 16 | Cooper, Faifai Loa, Hall, Mitchell, Tate | Bowen (1 FG) |
12,357 | |||
28 July | Round 21 | Canterbury Bulldogs |
ANZ Stadium |
18 – 32 | Linnett, Thurston, Winterstein | Thurston (3/3) | 18,652 | |||
4 August | Round 22 | Manly Sea Eagles |
Dairy Farmers Stadium |
6 – 8 | Linnett | Thurston (1/1) | 14,401 | |||
11 August | Round 23 | Warriors | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
52 – 12 | Thurston (8/9) | 13,616 | ||||
20 August | Round 24 | St George Illawarra Dragons |
WIN Stadium |
32 – 22 | Thurston (6/6) | 9,245 | ||||
25 August | Round 25 | Newcastle Knights | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
22 – 14 | Thurston (5/5) | 15,119 | ||||
2 September | Round 26 | Cronulla Sharks |
Toyota Stadium |
36 – 22 | Graham (2), Cooper, Segeyaro, Tate, Taumalolo | Thurston (6/7) | 16,829 | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Finals
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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8 September | Qualifying Final | Brisbane Broncos | Dairy Farmers Stadium |
33 – 16 | Bowen, Tate |
Bowen (1 FG) |
21,307 | |||
14 September | Semi Final | Manly Sea Eagles |
Allianz Stadium | 22 – 12 | Tamou, Winterstein | Thurston (2/2) | 16,678 | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics
Name | App | T | G |
FG | Pts |
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Scott Bolton | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Bowen |
26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 78 |
Gavin Cooper | 26 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 6 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Ashley Graham | 24 | 21 | - | - | 84 |
Glenn Hall | 23 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Dallas Johnson | 26 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Blake Leary | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Kane Linnett | 24 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Robert Lui | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Anthony Mitchell | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Michael Morgan |
13 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Mosese Pangai | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Cory Paterson | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Aaron Payne | 25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Joel Riethmuller | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Matthew Scott | 18 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
James Segeyaro | 14 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Ashton Sims | 25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Tariq Sims | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
James Tamou | 24 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Brent Tate | 23 | 9 | - | - | 36 |
Jason Taumalolo | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Ray Thompson | 18 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Ricky Thorby | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Johnathan Thurston | 24 | 3 | 90 | - | 192 |
Antonio Winterstein | 26 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
Totals | 109 | 102 | 2 | 642 |
Source:[4]
Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2012
All Stars match | City vs Country | ANZAC Test |
State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | |
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Matthew Bowen |
Indigenous All Stars |
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Cory Paterson | Indigenous All Stars |
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Aaron Payne | NRL All Stars |
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Matthew Scott | - |
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Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland
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Tariq Sims | - |
Country |
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James Tamou | - |
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Australia |
New South Wales |
New South Wales |
New South Wales
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Brent Tate | NRL All Stars |
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Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland
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Johnathan Thurston | Indigenous All Stars |
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Australia |
Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland
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Honours
League
- Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year: Johnathan Thurston
- RLIF Five-Eighth of the Year: Johnathan Thurston
- NRL Top Tryscorer: Ashley Graham
- NYC Team of the Year: Chris Grevsmuhl
Club
- Paul Bowman Medal: Johnathan Thurston
- Player's Player: James Tamou
- Club Person of the Year: Johnathan Thurston
- Rookie of the Year: Jason Taumalolo
- Most Improved: Kane Linnett
- NYC Player of the Year: Zac Santo
Feeder Clubs
National Youth Competition
- North Queensland Cowboys - 13th, missed finals
Queensland Cup
- Mackay Cutters - 8th, missed finals
- Northern Pride - 7th, missed finals
References
- ^ Titans punish sloppy Cowboys - ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
- ^ Woeful Cowboys thrashed by Titans | NRL, Rugby League, NRL Scores, NRL Ladder | Fox Sports
- ^ Cowboys on lowest rung after horror handling performance against Titans | The Courier-Mail
- ^ "NRL 2012 - North Queensland Cowboys - Rugby League Project".