2025 Queensland Cup

Duration8 March – 27 September 2025

Teams15

Minor premiersBurleigh Bears (5th title)

2025 Queensland Cup
Duration	8 March – 27 September 2025
Teams	15
Premiers	Burleigh Bears (5th title)
Minor premiers	Burleigh Bears (5th title)
Matches played	159
Points scored	7,584
Top points scorer(s)	Latrell Siegwalt (Souths Logan Magpies) — 182 points
Player of the year	Oliver Pascoe (Ipswich Jets) (Petero Civoniceva Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Dudley Dotoi (Townsville Blackhawks) — 25 tries
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The 2025 Queensland Cup season was the 30th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, featured 15 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

Minor premiers Burleigh Bears won the Grand Final 22–8 against the 2024 premiers Norths Devils.

In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.

Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL Affiliate
Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Matt Church^[1]	Ryley Jacks	Melbourne Storm
Burleigh Bears	UAA Park	Luke Burt	Sam Coster	Brisbane Broncos
Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park Rugby Park	Lionel Harbin	Blake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski^[2]	Dolphins
Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Tye Ingebrigtsen^[3]	Blake Lenehan	Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Adam Cuthbertson	Hiale Roycroft	North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Russell Aitken^[4]	Nick Lui-Toso	North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils	Bishop Park	Rohan Smith^[5]	Kierran Moseley	Dolphins
Papua New Guinea Hunters	PNG Football Stadium	Paul Aiton	Ila Alu	None
Redcliffe Dolphins	Kayo Stadium	Eric Smith^[6]	Kyle Schneider	Dolphins
Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park Logan Metro Sports Complex	Karmichael Hunt	Rory Ferguson	Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Brad Henderson	Sam Burns	Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	Terry Campese	Jack Campagnolo	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	David Penna	Lindon McGrady	Gold Coast Titans
Western Clydesdales	Clive Berghofer Stadium	Ned Murphy	Emry Pere	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Mathew Head	Luke Gale	Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Tigers	NTP +8*	CQC +0	IPS -14	PNG -34	SCF +8	SLM +12	TSV -4	CQC -14	RED -4	TWE +14	X	NOR -16	NTP +28	PNG +20	IPS -12	SLM +4	X	BUR -42	MAC +14	TWE -5	X	WES +20	WMS -8
Burleigh Bears	CQC -10†	WMS -12	TWE +2	WES +14	IPS +20	CQC +8	PNG -8	MAC +4	NTP +2	X	SLM +13	WES 0	TSV -2	IPS +12	TWE +16	NOR +4	X	BRI +42	NTP +6	RED +18	X	NOR +8	SCF +24	WMS +8	X	RED +2	NOR +14
Central Queensland Capras	BUR +10†	BRI +0	MAC +20	X	TSV -2	BUR -8	SLM -20	BRI +14	IPS -20	NTP -18	WMS -28	SCF -14	RED -44	X	MAC -20	IPS -22	PNG +16	TWE +4	WES 0	SCF -4	WMS +10	X	NOR -20
Ipswich Jets	TSV -1*	X	BRI +14	TWE +4	BUR -20	PNG +2	WMS +16	NTP -32	CQC +20	RED +2	WES +30	MAC -8	X	BUR -12	BRI +12	CQC +22	NOR -8	PNG -6	RED -10	X	WES +20	SCF -18	SLM -18	SCF +1	WMS -22
Mackay Cutters	PNG +6‡	TSV -7	CQC -20	X	NTP +4	WES -4	TWE +4	BUR -4	WMS -20	NOR -2	SCF -26	IPS +8	TWE +14	X	CQC +20	SCF +40	WMS -16	NOR -4	BRI -14	SLM -48	TSV -4	X	RED -18
Northern Pride	BRI -8*	TWE -4	TSV -14	NOR -18	MAC -4	WMS -2	X	IPS +32	BUR -2	MAC +18	PNG -4	SLM +6	BRI -28	WES +26	TSV +14	X	RED -4	SCF -38	BUR -6	NOR -1	X	TWE +7	PNG -30
Norths Devils	RED +20‡	WES +36	SLM +8	NTP +18	X	SCF +10	WES +22	RED +4	PNG -6	MAC +2	TWE +14	BRI +16	X	TSV -8	SLM -12	BUR -4	IPS +8	MAC +4	WMS +8	NTP +1	X	BUR -8	CQC +20	TSV +12	X	WMS +2	BUR -12
Papua New Guinea Hunters	MAC -6‡	SCF -22	X	BRI +34	TWE +6	IPS -2	BUR +8	WMS +18	NOR +6	TSV -10	NTP +4	RED -34	SCF +2	BRI -20	X	TSV +18	CQC -16	IPS +6	X	WES +36	SLM +20	WMS -22	NTP +30	RED -20
Redcliffe Dolphins	NOR -20‡	SLM +14	WMS +20	X	WES +24	TSV -22	SCF -8	NOR -4	BRI +4	IPS -2	X	PNG +34	CQC +44	TWE +8	WMS -8	X	NTP +4	SLM -6	IPS +10	BUR -18	SCF -32	TSV +26	MAC +18	PNG +12	TSV +6	BUR -2
Souths Logan Magpies	WES +56*	RED -14	NOR -8	SCF +24	WMS -34	BRI -12	CQC +20	X	TSV -2	WES +20	BUR -13	NTP -6	WMS -13	X	NOR +12	BRI -4	TWE -4	RED +6	TSV +18	MAC +48	PNG -20	X	IPS +18
Sunshine Coast Falcons	X	PNG +22	WES -10	SLM -24	BRI -8	NOR -10	RED +8	TSV +6	TWE -10	X	MAC +26	CQC +14	PNG +2	WMS -28	WES +32	MAC -40	X	NTP +38	TWE +12	CQC +4	RED +32	IPS +18	BUR -24	IPS -1
Townsville Blackhawks	IPS +1*	MAC +7	NTP +14	X	CQC +2	RED +22	BRI +4	SCF -6	SLM +2	PNG +10	X	WMS +10	BUR +2	NOR +8	NTP -14	PNG -18	WES +20	X	SLM -18	WMS +22	MAC +4	RED -26	TWE -12	NOR -12	RED -6
Tweed Heads Seagulls	WMS -10‡	NTP +4	BUR -2	IPS -4	PNG -6	X	MAC -4	WES +24	SCF +10	BRI -14	NOR -14	X	MAC -14	RED -8	BUR -16	WES +30	SLM +4	CQC -4	SCF -12	BRI +5	X	NTP -7	TSV +12
Western Clydesdales	SLM -56*	NOR -36	SCF +10	BUR -14	RED -24	MAC +4	NOR -22	TWE -24	X	SLM -20	IPS -30	BUR 0	X	NTP -26	SCF -32	TWE -30	TSV -20	WMS -26	CQC 0	PNG -36	IPS -20	BRI -20	X
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	TWE +10‡	BUR +12	RED -20	X	SLM +34	NTP +2	IPS -16	PNG -18	MAC +20	X	CQC +28	TSV -10	SLM +13	SCF +28	RED +8	X	MAC -16	WES +26	NOR -8	TSV -22	CQC -10	PNG +22	BRI +8	BUR -8	IPS +22	NOR -2
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Key: Bold – Home game X – Bye ‡ – Match postponed and played between rounds 6–7 * – Match postponed and played between rounds 8–9 † – Match postponed and played between rounds 19–20 Opponent for round listed above margin

Season summary

Round 1 – Due to the impacts of severe tropical cyclone Alfred, the full slate of fixtures scheduled to begin on 8 March were postponed to dates later in the season.^[7] Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place.^[8]
11 April – Souths Logan Magpies score the highest score of the season, thrashing the Western Clydesdales 66–10 in their rescheduled round 1 match.
Round 19 – The competition's annual country week saw matches played in Augathella, Emerald, Charters Towers, Gayndah, Yarrabah, Moranbah, and Goondiwindi.^[9]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Burleigh Bears (P)	20	15	1	4	3	581	420	+161	37	Finals series
2	Norths Devils	20	15	0	5	3	523	370	+153	36
3	Townsville Blackhawks	20	14	0	6	3	488	454	+34	34
4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	20	13	0	7	3	527	404	+123	32
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	20	12	0	8	3	480	422	+58	30
6	Redcliffe Dolphins	20	11	0	9	3	500	414	+86	28
7	Papua New Guinea Hunters	20	11	0	9	3	524	472	+52	28
8	Ipswich Jets	20	10	0	10	3	464	455	+9	26
9	Brisbane Tigers	20	9	1	10	3	487	512	−25	25
10	Souths Logan Magpies	20	9	0	11	3	624	532	+92	24
11	Tweed Heads Seagulls	20	7	0	13	3	504	530	−26	20
12	Mackay Cutters	20	7	0	13	3	412	501	−89	20
13	Central Queensland Capras	20	6	2	12	3	398	544	−146	20
14	Northern Pride	20	6	0	14	3	417	477	−60	18
15	Western Clydesdales	20	2	2	16	3	308	730	−422	12

Source: QRL RLP
(P) Premiers

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.

Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Team ╲ Round
Brisbane Tigers	0	1	1	1	3	5	5	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	15	17	19	19	21	21	23	25	25
Burleigh Bears	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	17	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	35	37
Central Queensland Capras	0	1	3	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	13	14	16	18	20	20
Ipswich Jets	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	22	22	22	24	26	26	26
Mackay Cutters	0	0	0	2	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20
Northern Pride	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	16	18	18
Norths Devils	0	2	4	6	8	10	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	34	36
Papua New Guinea Hunters	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	26	28
Redcliffe Dolphins	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	22	24	24	24	26	28
Souths Logan Magpies	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	24
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	30
Townsville Blackhawks	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	30	32	34	34	34
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	20
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	28	30	32

Source: QRL.com.au

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time (Local)	Venue
Qualifying and elimination finals
Burleigh Bears	22 – 14	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	6 September, 2:00pm AEST	UAA Park
Norths Devils	24 – 12	Townsville Blackhawks	6 September, 4:00pm AEST	Bishop Park
Redcliffe Dolphins	32 – 12	Papua New Guinea Hunters	6 September, 6:00pm AEST	Kayo Stadium
Sunshine Coast Falcons	24 – 25 (g.p.)	Ipswich Jets	7 September, 2:10pm AEST	Sunshine Coast Stadium
Semi-finals
Townsville Blackhawks	16 – 22	Redcliffe Dolphins	13 September, 2:10pm AEST	Jack Manski Oval
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	34 – 12	Ipswich Jets	14 September, 2:10pm AEST	BMD Kougari Oval
Preliminary finals
Burleigh Bears	18 – 16	Redcliffe Dolphins	20 September, 2:10pm AEST	UAA Park
Norths Devils	18 – 16	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	21 September, 2:10pm AEST	Bishop Park
Grand Final
Burleigh Bears	22 – 8	Norths Devils	27 September, 4:05pm AEST	Kayo Stadium

Summary

Bracket


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand Final



6 Sep. Burleigh

1	Burleigh Bears	22

4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	14	14 Sep. Brisbane

			Wynnum Manly Seagulls	34

7 Sep. Sunshine Coast			Ipswich Jets	12	20 Sep. Burleigh

5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	24			Burleigh Bears	18

8	Ipswich Jets	25			Redcliffe Dolphins	16	27 Sep. Redcliffe

							Burleigh Bears	22

6 Sep. Redcliffe					21 Sep. Brisbane		Norths Devils	8

6	Redcliffe Dolphins	32			Norths Devils	18

7	Papua New Guinea Hunters	12	13 Sep. Townsville		Wynnum Manly Seagulls	16

			Townsville Blackhawks	16

6 Sep. Brisbane			Redcliffe Dolphins	22

2	Norths Devils	24

3	Townsville Blackhawks	12

Grand Final

Saturday, 27 September
16:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Burleigh Bears	22 – 8	Norths Devils
Tries: 4 Christensen 19' Sauiluma 25' Leo 61' Rogers 71' Goals: 3 Rogers 26', 63', 73' (3/4)	1st: 10–8 2nd: 12–0 Report Highlights	Tries: 1 Lipp 37' Goals: 2 O'Sullivan pen 12', 39'

Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe
Referee: Jarrod Cole
Video referee: Tyson Bough
Touch judges: Nathan Cornick, Jack Klein
Duncan Hall Medal: Josh Rogers (Burleigh)

**Team details**
Burleigh Bears		Position	Norths Devils
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Creedence Toia	1	Fullback	1	Matthew Milson
Troy Leo	2	Wing	2	Tony Tumusa
Nicholas O'Meley	3	Centre	3	Jordan Lipp
Kea Pere	4	Centre	4	Jacob Gagan
Mitch Watson	5	Wing	5	Manase Kaho
Josh Rogers	6	Five eighth	6	Jack Ahearn
Guy Hamilton	7	Half back	7	Sean O'Sullivan
Fletcher Baker	8	Prop forward	8	Peter Hola
Paul Roache	9	Hooker	9	Kierran Moseley (c)
Matthew Koellner	10	Prop forward	10	Sebastian Su'a
Adam Christensen	11	Second row	11	Jackson Shereb
Ewan Moore	12	Second row	12	Kenny Bromwich
Sam Coster (c)	13	Lock forward	13	James Flack
Cole Geyer	14	Interchange	14	Lauloto Salei
Sami Sauiluma	15	Interchange	17	Brody Tamarua
Takitau Mapapalangi	16	Interchange	19	Sam Elliott
Kurt De Luis	17	Interchange	20	Ben Nakubuwai
Lochlyn Sheldon (not used)	18	Concussion substitute	18	Blake Paskins (not used)
Luke Burt		Coach		Rohan Smith

First half

With the breeze behind the backs, the Norths Devils opened the scoring in the 12th minute, Sean O'Sullivan converting a penalty attempt at goal from almost directly in front of the posts. Burleigh forward Adam Christensen scored the first try of the Grand Final in the 19th minute running on to a pass from halfback Guy Hamilton, with former Bears captain Sami Sauiluma extending the minor premiers lead to 10–2 a few minutes later. Sauiluma grounding the ball across the try line after gathering a kick from Hamilton.^[10]

The Bears had suffered an injury blow when fullback Creedance Toia was forced off the field, while Hamilton was also hobbled by a leg injury following his two try assists. After the Bears were denied a potential try by the referee in the 33rd minute, the Devils hit back in the 37th minute with Jordan Lipp scoring a try to head to the half time break down by just two points.^[10]

Second half

Norths almost scored in the opening minute of the second half through Manese Kaho, but the winger lost control of the ball in the corner. Burleigh's defence was able to keep out multiple Norths attempts inside their own half, absorbing the pressure being applied by the reigning premiers.^[10]

A 40–20 kick from Bears five-eighth Josh Rogers in the 56th minute gave the Bears their first real attacking chance of the second half, and a few minutes later a deft grubber kick from Cole Geyer evaded the Devils defence for Troy Leo to score a try.^[10]

With a 16–8 lead, the Bears took control of the contest and extended their advantage with less than 10 minutes remaining when Rogers grabbed a Hamilton chip kick above the defence to score adjacent to the posts. His goal taking the score out to 22–8 as the Bears shut out the Devils to claim their fifth Queensland Cup title.^[10]

NRL State Championship

As premiers of the Queensland Cup, the Burleigh Bears faced NSW Cup premiers the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL State Championship.

2025 NRL State Championship

Sunday, 5 October
13:20 AEDT (UTC+11)

New Zealand Warriors	50 – 20	Burleigh Bears
Tries: 9 Tu 15', 40' Tuaupiki 27', 61' Hanson 52', 67' Leaitaua 10' Boyd 23' Lussick 30' Goals: 7 Boyd 11', 17', 25', 31', 54', 63', 68' (7/9)	1st: 32–6 2nd: 18–14 Report	Tries: 4 Geyer 36' Moore 58' Rogers 70' Watson 74' Goals: 2 Rogers 37', 59' (2/4)

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Jarrod Cole^[11]
Video referee: Liam Kennedy
Touch judges: Kieren Irons, Nick Pelgrave
Player of the Match: Tanah Boyd (Warriors)

**Team details**
New Zealand Warriors		Position	Burleigh Bears
Name	Number	Position	Number	Name
Taine Tuaupiki	1	Fullback	1	Nicholas O'Meley
Setu Tu	2	Wing	2	Troy Leo
Ali Leiataua	3	Centre	3	Sami Sauiluma (c)
Moala Graham-Taufa	4	Centre	4	Kea Pere
Edward Kosi	5	Wing	5	Mitch Watson
Luke Hanson	6	Five eighth	6	Josh Rogers
Tanah Boyd	7	Half back	7	Guy Hamilton
Bunty Afoa	8	Prop forward	8	Fletcher Baker
Samuel Healey	9	Hooker	9	Paul Roache
Tanner Stowers-Smith	10	Prop forward	10	Matthew Koellner
Kayliss Fatialofa	11	Second row	11	Adam Christensen
Eddie Ieremia-Toeava	12	Second row	12	Ewan Moore
Kalani Going (c)	13	Lock forward	13	Sam Coster
Jett Cleary	14	Interchange	14	Cole Geyer
Jason Seu Salalilo	15	Interchange	15	Lorenzo Mulitalo
Tom Ale	16	Interchange	16	Takitau Mapapalangi
Freddy Lussick	17	Interchange	17	Lochlyn Sheldon
Geronimo Doyle (not used)	18	Concussion substitute	18	Jordan Scott (not used)
David Tangata-Toa		Coach		Luke Burt
RLP

QRL awards

Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Oliver Pascoe (Ipswich Jets)^[12]
Darryl Van de Velde Coach of the Year: Terry Campese (Townsville Blackhawks)
Pedro Gallagher Rookie of the Year: Zion Johnson (Sunshine Coast Falcons)
Duncan Hall Medal (Grand Final player of the match): Josh Rogers (Burleigh Bears)

Team of the Year

Position	Winner	Club
Fullback	Ben Farr	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Wing	Dudley Dotoi	Townsville Blackhawks
Centre	Josh Smith	Brisbane Tigers
Five-eighth	Anthony Milford	Souths Logan Magpies
Halfback	Guy Hamilton	Burleigh Bears
Prop	Josh Stuckey	Townsville Blackhawks
Hooker	Oliver Pascoe	Ipswich Jets
Second-row	Dane Aukafolau	Northern Pride
Lock	Sam Coster	Burleigh Bears

2025 Queensland Cup

Regular season

Season summary

Ladder

Ladder progression

Finals series

Summary

Bracket

Grand Final

First half

Second half

NRL State Championship

QRL awards

Team of the Year

Player statistics

Leading try scorers

Leading point scorers

See also

References

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