2011 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 7th | |||
Play-off result | Lost Qualifying Final (v Manly Sea Eagles, 8-42) | |||
2011 record | Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10 | |||
Points scored | For: 532; against: 480 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Peter Jourdain | |||
Coach | Neil Henry | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Dairy Farmers Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 14,189 | |||
High attendance | 26,463 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 23) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Ashley Graham (12) | |||
Goals | Johnathan Thurston (61) | |||
Points | Johnathan Thurston (162) | |||
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The 2011 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 17th season in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2011 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 7th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
After missing the finals the previous three seasons, finishing 15th in both 2008 and 2010, the Cowboys underwent a major overhaul of personnel for the 2011 season. Club legend Ty Williams retired and they parted ways with club favourites Luke O'Donnell, Carl Webb and Steve Southern. Their biggest signing for the 2011 season was Queensland and Australian representative centre Brent Tate. They also made key recruits in the signings of former Melbourne Storm and Queensland State of Origin representative Dallas Johnson, premiership winner Glenn Hall from the English Super League, re-signing a former Cowboy in Gavin Cooper and picking up younger, experienced first graders such as Antonio Winterstein.
The Cowboys' new signings had a positive impact on the NRL team, with the club spending the majority of the year in the top four before a late slide dropped them to seventh position and giving them their first finals appearance since 2007. In 2011, they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their Round 4 clash against the Parramatta Eels was the fourth most watched sports event in Fox Sport's history. [1]
In the qualifying final, they led Manly 8–0 at half time before being overrun by the Sea Eagles who went on to claim the premiership.
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
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Player | Signed From | Until End of |
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Gavin Cooper |
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2012
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Kalifa Faifai Loa |
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2012
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Glenn Hall |
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2012
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Dallas Johnson |
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2013
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Ben Jones |
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2012
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Blake Leary |
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2012
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Tyson Martin |
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2012
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Cory Paterson |
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2012
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Joel Riethmuller |
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2011
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Ashton Sims |
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2012
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Tariq Sims |
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2012
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Brent Tate |
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2013
|
Ricky Thorby |
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2012
|
Antonio Winterstein |
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2013
|
Player | Signed To | Until End of |
---|---|---|
Mitch Achurch |
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2011
|
Obe Geia | Released | -
|
Ben Harris | Retired | -
|
Donald Malone |
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2011
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Willie Mason |
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2013
|
Luke O'Donnell |
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2014
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Steve Rapira |
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2012
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Grant Rovelli |
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2011
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Nick Slyney |
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2011
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Steve Southern |
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2011
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Arana Taumata |
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2011
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Anthony Watts |
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2013
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Carl Webb |
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2012
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John Williams |
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2011
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Ty Williams |
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2011
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Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 |
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24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 521 | 308 | 213 | 42 |
2 |
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24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 539 | 331 | 208 | 40 |
3 |
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24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 511 | 372 | 139 | 40 |
4 |
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24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 519 | 430 | 89 | 34 |
5 |
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24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 483 | 341 | 142 | 33 |
6 |
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 504 | 393 | 111 | 32 |
7 |
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 532 | 480 | 52 | 32 |
8 |
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24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 478 | 443 | 35 | 28 |
9 |
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24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 449 | 489 | -40 | 28 |
10 |
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24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 531 | 562 | -31 | 26 |
11 |
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24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 417 | 500 | -83 | 24 |
12 |
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24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 430 | 517 | -87 | 22 |
13 |
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24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 428 | 557 | -129 | 18 |
14 |
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24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 385 | 538 | -153 | 17 |
15 |
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24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 423 | 623 | -200 | 16 |
16 |
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24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 363 | 629 | -266 | 16 |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 February | Trial 1 |
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Jack Manski Oval | 10 – 22 | Martin, Riethmuller | Faifai Loa (1/2) | - | |||
19 February | Trial 2 |
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Traeger Park | 4 – 26 | Faifai Loa | Faifai Loa (0/1) | - | |||
26 February | Trial 3 |
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Barlow Park | 22 – 24 | Bowen, Bolton, Scott, Tonga | Thurston (3/4) | - | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 September | Qualifying Final |
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SFS | 8 – 32 | Tonga | Thurston (2/2) | 13,972 | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isaak Ah Mau | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Leeson Ah Mau | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Clint Amos | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Michael Bani | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Scott Bolton | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Bowen | 25 | 8 | 12 | - | 56 |
Gavin Cooper | 24 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 22 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Ashley Graham | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Glenn Hall | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Dallas Johnson | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Ben Jones | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Michael Morgan | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Cory Paterson | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Aaron Payne | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Joel Riethmuller | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Scott | 22 | - | - | - | - |
James Segeyaro | 19 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Ashton Sims | 24 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Tariq Sims | 20 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
James Tamou | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Brent Tate | 9 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Jason Taumalolo | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Ray Thompson | 25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Johnathan Thurston | 19 | 10 | 61 | - | 162 |
Willie Tonga | 20 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Will Tupou | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Antonio Winterstein | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Totals | 98 | 74 | - | 540 |
Source: [2]
The following players have played a representative match in 2011
All Stars match | ANZAC Test | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Prime Minister's XIII | World Cup Qualifiers | Four Nations | |
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Matthew Bowen | Indigenous All Stars |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Prime Minister's XIII |
- |
-
|
Kalifa Faifai Loa | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
New Zealand
|
Joel Riethmuller | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Italy |
-
|
Matthew Scott | NRL All Star |
Australia |
Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland |
- |
- |
Australia
|
James Segeyaro | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Papua New Guinea |
- |
-
|
Ray Thompson | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Papua New Guinea |
- |
-
|
Johnathan Thurston | Indigenous All Stars |
Australia |
Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland |
- |
- |
Australia
|
Willie Tonga | Indigenous All Stars |
- |
Queensland |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Australia
|
2011 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
NRL Rank | 7th | |||
Play-off result | Lost Qualifying Final (v Manly Sea Eagles, 8-42) | |||
2011 record | Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 10 | |||
Points scored | For: 532; against: 480 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Peter Jourdain | |||
Coach | Neil Henry | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Dairy Farmers Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 14,189 | |||
High attendance | 26,463 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 23) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Ashley Graham (12) | |||
Goals | Johnathan Thurston (61) | |||
Points | Johnathan Thurston (162) | |||
|
The 2011 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 17th season in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2011 Telstra Premiership. They finished the regular season in 7th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
After missing the finals the previous three seasons, finishing 15th in both 2008 and 2010, the Cowboys underwent a major overhaul of personnel for the 2011 season. Club legend Ty Williams retired and they parted ways with club favourites Luke O'Donnell, Carl Webb and Steve Southern. Their biggest signing for the 2011 season was Queensland and Australian representative centre Brent Tate. They also made key recruits in the signings of former Melbourne Storm and Queensland State of Origin representative Dallas Johnson, premiership winner Glenn Hall from the English Super League, re-signing a former Cowboy in Gavin Cooper and picking up younger, experienced first graders such as Antonio Winterstein.
The Cowboys' new signings had a positive impact on the NRL team, with the club spending the majority of the year in the top four before a late slide dropped them to seventh position and giving them their first finals appearance since 2007. In 2011, they were the most watched NRL club on pay television, and their Round 4 clash against the Parramatta Eels was the fourth most watched sports event in Fox Sport's history. [1]
In the qualifying final, they led Manly 8–0 at half time before being overrun by the Sea Eagles who went on to claim the premiership.
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
Head coach Assistant coaches
|
Player | Signed From | Until End of |
---|---|---|
Gavin Cooper |
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2012
|
Kalifa Faifai Loa |
![]() |
2012
|
Glenn Hall |
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2012
|
Dallas Johnson |
![]() |
2013
|
Ben Jones |
![]() |
2012
|
Blake Leary |
![]() |
2012
|
Tyson Martin |
![]() |
2012
|
Cory Paterson |
![]() |
2012
|
Joel Riethmuller |
![]() |
2011
|
Ashton Sims |
![]() |
2012
|
Tariq Sims |
![]() |
2012
|
Brent Tate |
![]() |
2013
|
Ricky Thorby |
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2012
|
Antonio Winterstein |
![]() |
2013
|
Player | Signed To | Until End of |
---|---|---|
Mitch Achurch |
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2011
|
Obe Geia | Released | -
|
Ben Harris | Retired | -
|
Donald Malone |
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2011
|
Willie Mason |
![]() |
2013
|
Luke O'Donnell |
![]() |
2014
|
Steve Rapira |
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2012
|
Grant Rovelli |
![]() |
2011
|
Nick Slyney |
![]() |
2011
|
Steve Southern |
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2011
|
Arana Taumata |
![]() |
2011
|
Anthony Watts |
![]() |
2013
|
Carl Webb |
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2012
|
John Williams |
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2011
|
Ty Williams |
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2011
|
Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
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24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 521 | 308 | 213 | 42 |
2 |
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24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 539 | 331 | 208 | 40 |
3 |
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24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 511 | 372 | 139 | 40 |
4 |
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24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 519 | 430 | 89 | 34 |
5 |
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24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 483 | 341 | 142 | 33 |
6 |
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 504 | 393 | 111 | 32 |
7 |
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24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 532 | 480 | 52 | 32 |
8 |
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24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 478 | 443 | 35 | 28 |
9 |
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24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 449 | 489 | -40 | 28 |
10 |
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24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 531 | 562 | -31 | 26 |
11 |
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24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 417 | 500 | -83 | 24 |
12 |
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24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 430 | 517 | -87 | 22 |
13 |
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24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 428 | 557 | -129 | 18 |
14 |
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24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 385 | 538 | -153 | 17 |
15 |
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24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 423 | 623 | -200 | 16 |
16 |
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24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 363 | 629 | -266 | 16 |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 February | Trial 1 |
![]() |
Jack Manski Oval | 10 – 22 | Martin, Riethmuller | Faifai Loa (1/2) | - | |||
19 February | Trial 2 |
![]() |
Traeger Park | 4 – 26 | Faifai Loa | Faifai Loa (0/1) | - | |||
26 February | Trial 3 |
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Barlow Park | 22 – 24 | Bowen, Bolton, Scott, Tonga | Thurston (3/4) | - | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 September | Qualifying Final |
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SFS | 8 – 32 | Tonga | Thurston (2/2) | 13,972 | |||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isaak Ah Mau | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Leeson Ah Mau | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Clint Amos | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Michael Bani | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Scott Bolton | 15 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Bowen | 25 | 8 | 12 | - | 56 |
Gavin Cooper | 24 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 22 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Ashley Graham | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Glenn Hall | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Dallas Johnson | 24 | - | - | - | - |
Ben Jones | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Michael Morgan | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Cory Paterson | 7 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Aaron Payne | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Joel Riethmuller | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Matthew Scott | 22 | - | - | - | - |
James Segeyaro | 19 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Ashton Sims | 24 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Tariq Sims | 20 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
James Tamou | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Brent Tate | 9 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Jason Taumalolo | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Ray Thompson | 25 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Johnathan Thurston | 19 | 10 | 61 | - | 162 |
Willie Tonga | 20 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
Will Tupou | 9 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Antonio Winterstein | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Totals | 98 | 74 | - | 540 |
Source: [2]
The following players have played a representative match in 2011
All Stars match | ANZAC Test | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Prime Minister's XIII | World Cup Qualifiers | Four Nations | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Bowen | Indigenous All Stars |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Prime Minister's XIII |
- |
-
|
Kalifa Faifai Loa | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
New Zealand
|
Joel Riethmuller | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Italy |
-
|
Matthew Scott | NRL All Star |
Australia |
Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland |
- |
- |
Australia
|
James Segeyaro | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Papua New Guinea |
- |
-
|
Ray Thompson | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Papua New Guinea |
- |
-
|
Johnathan Thurston | Indigenous All Stars |
Australia |
Queensland |
Queensland |
Queensland |
- |
- |
Australia
|
Willie Tonga | Indigenous All Stars |
- |
Queensland |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Australia
|