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]

2013 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 16 – September 29, 2013
Teams12
Premiers Mackay Cutters (1st title)
Minor premiers Northern Pride (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored6,310
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 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

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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

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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

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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 FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1  Northern Pride16  Easts20
  Easts29  Mackay27
2  Mackay18  Northern Pride6
3  Easts31  Mackay20
  Mackay27
  Ipswich16
4  Wynnum Manly6
5  Ipswich33

Grand Final

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2013 Queensland Cup Grand Final
Sunday, 29 September
15:50 AEST (UTC+10)
Easts Tigers   20 – 27   Mackay Cutters
Tries: 3
Sa'u   9'38'
Garbutt   69'
Goals: 4
Walker   9', pen 25', 39', 70' (4/4)
1st: 14–10
2nd: 6–17
Report
Tries: 5
Faraimo   29'32'
Milne   47'
Morgan   64'
Mitchell   79'
Goals: 3
Taylor   34' (1/3)
Minto   65' (1/1)
Milne   80' (1/1)
Field goals: 1
Minto   74'
Sin bins: 1
Taylor  
North Ipswich Reserve
Attendance: 6,706
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Duncan Hall Medal: Anthony Mitchell (Mackay)


Easts Tigers Position Mackay Cutters
Ben Hampton FB Liam Taylor
Maeli Seve WG Bureta Faraimo
Junior Sa'u CE Michael Morgan
Shane Neumann CE Kalifa Faifai Loa
Mahe Fonua WG David Milne
Cody Walker FE Dan Murphy
Grant Giess HB Matt Minto
Steven Thorpe (c) PR Tyson Andrews
Tom Butterfield HK Anthony Mitchell
Mitch Garbutt PR Sam Hoare
Tim Glasby SR Jason Taumalolo
Dane Hogan SR Chris Gesch
Matt Zgrajewski LK Jardine Bobongie (c)
Kenny Bromwich Bench Dean Webster
Liam McDonald Bench Jason Schirnack
Leon Panapa Bench Karl Davies
Isaac Kaufmann Bench Kelvin Nielsen
Craig Ingebrigtsen Coach Kim Williams

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

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "QLD Cup". Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. ^ "QLD Cup Clubs - Queensland Rugby League". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ "QRL". 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Cody Walker wins Courier Mail medal". 5 September 2013.
  5. ^ Club Historyipswichjets.com.au Archived 27 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "2013 QLD Cup Grand Final Mackay 27 v Easts 20". YouTube.
  7. ^ "Cutters win maiden Intrust Super Cup title". 29 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Morgan re-signing a defining moment in Cowboys history". 2 March 2018.