The 2021 Queensland Cup season was the 26th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The 2021 season saw the return of the competition, after it was cancelled after just one round in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Queensland Cup was to be played over 19 rounds in 2021, but due to restrictions and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, has been reduced to 18 rounds, with the finals delayed into October.
Teams In 2021, the line-up of teams remains unchanged for the seventh consecutive season. On 4 September 2020, the Easts Tigers announced that they would be rebranding and playing as the Brisbane Tigers from the 2021 season onward.
The 2021 season is the first in the partnership between the Redcliffe Dolphins and New Zealand Warriors. The Dolphins had been affiliated with the Brisbane Broncos since 2006. The Warriors affiliation with the Dolphins is their first in the Queensland Cup since their partnership with the Souths Magpies in the 2000 season.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PNG Hunters are based out of the Gold Coast for the 2021 season, playing their home games at Runaway Bay's Bycroft Oval.
Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate Brisbane Tigers Totally Workwear Stadium Jon Buchanan Darren Nicholls Melbourne Storm Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Rick Stone Luke Page Gold Coast Titans Central Queensland Capras Browne Park Guy Williams Jack Madden Brisbane Broncos Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Keiron Lander Nathaniel Neale Newcastle Knights Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Michael Crawley Ross Bella North Queensland Cowboys Northern Pride Barlow Park Ty Williams Jayden Hodges, Chris Ostwald North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils Bishop Park Rohan Smith Jack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos Papua New Guinea Hunters Bycroft Oval Matt Church Ila Alu None Redcliffe Dolphins Moreton Daily Stadium Adam Mogg Cameron Cullen New Zealand Warriors Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Steve Bretherton Christian Hazard Brisbane Broncos Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Sam Mawhinney Dane Hogan, Todd Murphy Melbourne Storm Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Aaron Payne Sam Hoare North Queensland Cowboys Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Ben Woolf Lamar Liolevave Gold Coast Titans Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Adam Brideson Sam Scarlett Brisbane Broncos
Ladder 2021 Queensland Cup Team 1 Norths Devils (P)1715 0 2 521 320 +201 302 Wynnum Manly Seagulls1712 0 5 513 374 +139 243 Burleigh Bears1712 0 5 457 342 +115 244 Tweed Heads Seagulls1710 2 5 458 384 +74 225 Redcliffe Dolphins1711 0 6 450 397 +53 226 Souths Logan Magpies1710 1 6 517 446 +71 217 Townsville Blackhawks179 1 7 468 361 +107 198 Sunshine Coast Falcons179 0 8 448 390 +58 189 Northern Pride178 2 7 376 387 -11 1810 Papua New Guinea Hunters176 0 11 386 479 -93 1211 Brisbane Tigers174 1 12 364 456 -92 912 Mackay Cutters174 0 13 330 556 -226 813 Ipswich Jets173 1 13 365 561 -196 714 Central Queensland Capras171 2 14 303 503 -200 4
Final series
HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Qualifying & Elimination Finals Redcliffe Dolphins 40 - 20 Sunshine Coast Falcons 18 September 2021, 2:10pm Moreton Daily Stadium Wynnum Manly Seagulls 22 - 14 Burleigh Bears 19 September 2021, 1:10pm BMD Kougari Oval Souths Logan Magpies 30 - 24 Townsville Blackhawks 19 September 2021, 2:00pm Marsden State High School Norths Devils 22 - 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls 19 September 2021, 3:05pm Bishop Park Semi-finals Tweed Heads Seagulls 41 - 22 Redcliffe Dolphins 25 September 2021, 2:10pm Tugun RLFC Burleigh Bears 26 - 6 Souths Logan Magpies 26 September 2021, 3:10pm Pizzey Park Preliminary Finals Wynnum Manly Seagulls 40 - 18 Tweed Heads Seagulls 3 October 2021, 12:15pm Suncorp Stadium Norths Devils 34 - 16 Burleigh Bears 3 October 2021, 2:45pm Suncorp Stadium Grand Final Norths Devils 16 - 10 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 10 October 2021, 3:15pmMoreton Daily Stadium
Grand Final
Norths DevilsPositionWynnum Manly SeagullsJack Ahearn (c) FB Selwyn CobboNene Macdonald WG David MeadJacob Gagan CE Delouise HoeterBernard Gregorius CE Jesse ArtharsJonathon Reuben WG Richard KennarConnor Broadhurst FE Jack CampagnoloTyrone Roberts HB Sam Scarlett (c)Michael Molo PR Aaron RockleyDanny Levi HK Jayden BerrellPiki Rogers PR Max ElliottMoses Noovao-McGreal SR Zeb TaiaLeivaha Pulu SR TC RobatiMichael Sio LK Luke BatemanMatthew Milson Bench Kalolo SaitauaJerome Veve Bench Matiu Love-HenryBen Nakubuwai Bench Tristan HopeLiam Horne Bench Francis Kalisolaite-TualauHiale Roycroft Reserve Edward BurnsRohan Smith Coach Adam Brideson
First half
Second half
QRL awards Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest): Jayden Berrell ( Wynnum Manly Seagulls) Coach of the Year: Rohan Smith ( Norths Devils) Rookie of the Year: Ezra Mam ( Souths Logan Magpies)
Team of the Year PositionNatWinnerClubTrai Fuller Redcliffe DolphinsJonathon Reuben Norths DevilsSami Sauiluma Burleigh BearsJack Campagnolo Wynnum Manly SeagullsJack Ahearn Norths DevilsNathaniel Neale Ipswich JetsJayden Berrell Wynnum Manly SeagullsJosh Stuckey Northern PrideLuke Bateman Wynnum Manly Seagulls
See also
Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League
References