2012 Northern Pride RLFC season
Club information | |||
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Full name | Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club | ||
Nickname(s) | The Pride | ||
Colours | Teal, Gold | ||
Founded | 2007 | ||
Website | northernpride.com.au | ||
Current details | |||
Ground(s) |
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CEO | Chris Sheppard (2011-2013) | ||
Coach | David Maiden (2010-2012) | ||
Captain | Ty Williams (2011-2013) | ||
Competition | Intrust Super Cup | ||
2012 | 7th | ||
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Records | |||
Premierships | 2 (2010/2014) | ||
Runners-up | 1 (2009) | ||
Minor premierships | 2 (2013/2014) |
2012 was the fifth competitive season for the Cairns based Skill360 Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 12 clubs that played in the seventeenth season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Intrust Super Cup, with each team playing 11 home games and 11 away games over 26 weeks between March and September. In 2012 the Central Comets were renamed the CQ Capras.
A new feature in this season's draw was 'Country Week', which was introduced after the Pride successfully staged a fixture against Souths Logan in the remote Cape York community of Bamaga last year.[1] This year's Country Week fixture was Round 17, held at Alec Inch Oval in the north-western mining town of Mt Isa.
The QRL scrapped the six-team finals series in favour of a five-team qualifying format.[2]
Channel 9 gained the television broadcast rights, and they agreed to broadcast one game from each of the regional clubs in Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton.[3] Former broadcast partner, ABC had been unable (or unwilling) to broadcast games from locations outside south-east Queensland, resulting in the relocation of two of the Pride's home semi-finals to Brisbane, where the games were played in front of small crowds at a neutral venue, which disadvantaged the Pride, as well as costing the club a substantial amount of game-day revenue.[4]
The Pride continued to find new ways to interact with fans and the Far North community. The Sea Swift 'Take Pride' program visited remote and regional schools promoting junior rugby league through fun-based rugby league activities and educational presentations.[5] Home games were live-streamed via the Pride website, and from Round 5, away games were streamed as well. Commentary was provided by U-18s coach, Cameron 'Spilla' Miller and WIN TV's Adam Jackson. Pre-game interviews with the coach, half-time interviews with special guests, and post-match wrap-ups with the captain were posted on YouTube under the title 'Pride TV'. A e-newsletter was produced, called 'Pride Pulse' and Brett Anderson wrote a weekly column for the Cairns Post titled 'Pride Insider'.
The Pride had a shaky start to the season, with four straight losses in the first six rounds. One of their problems was the halves combination, having tried Robert Lui with Shaun Nona, then Ryan Ghietti with Nona, then Ghietti with Mitch Seri, and finally Ghietti with Ty Williams.[6] Moving Williams to five-eighth and taking Rod Jensen opff the bench and starting him at centre helped the Pride win ten of the next sixteen rounds. However poor ball handling, a poor completion rate and poor execution saw them lose matches to lower placed teams. In Round 18 they lost to bottom placed Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles who had only won two games so far. Despite a few good wins in the last few rounds, the Pride finished the season in seventh place, missing out on a finals appearance for the first time in their short history.
At the end of the season, Head Coach David Maiden resigned, while fullback Chey Bird, who scored 572 points in 94 appearances for the Pride, retired along with former North Queensland Cowboys star Rod Jensen, who scored 36 tries in 69 games for the club, second on the Pride's all-time try scorer list.
- Northern Pride 2012 ISC video highlights (7 videos).
2012 Season – Skill360 Northern Pride[edit]
- Competition: Intrust Super Cup
- Sponsor: Skill360
Staff[edit]
Coaches/Trainers[edit]
- Coach: David Maiden
- Assistant coach: David Westley
- Mal Meninga Cup U-18s coach:
- Cyril Connell Cup U-16s coach:
- Strength and conditioning coach: Scott Callaghan
Captains[edit]
- Ty Williams
- Brett Anderson (Pre-season trial match, and Rounds 20 to 22)
Managers[edit]
- Operations manager: Sheron McDougall
- Team manager: Rob White
- Club captain: Ben Laity
- Business development manager: Brock Schaefer
- Chief executive: Chris Sheppard
- Chairman: Bob Fowler
- Board of Directors: Nigel Tillett, David Smith, Craig Meiklejohn, Anthony Mirotsos, Bill Phillips, Bob Fowler.
2012 squad[edit]
Ty Williams (c) |
Jason Roos |
Aaron Binawel |
Blake Leary |
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2012 player gains[edit]
Player | From League | From Club | Notes |
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Jamie Frizzo | Retirement | Northern Pride | From retirement |
Ethan Lowe | NRL Telstra Premiership | Sydney Roosters | |
Saia Makisi | Intrust Super Cup | Souths Logan Magpies | |
Joel Marama | BRL FOGS Cup | Wests Panthers | |
Maddie Oosen | CDRL | Southern Suburbs | |
Mitch Seri | TDRL | Herbert River Crushers | |
Justin Castellaro | TDRL | Herbert River Crushers | |
Scott Gibson | TDRL | Herbert River Crushers | |
Rohan Shulz | Mt Isa RL | Trial | |
Billy McConnachie | Mt Isa RL | Trial |
Player losses after 2011 season[edit]
Player | To League | To Club |
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Mark Cantoni | French RLF Elite One Championship | Baroudeurs de Pia XIII (Pia Donkeys) |
Luke Harlen | NRL Telstra Premiership | North Queensland Cowboys |
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs | NRL Telstra Premiership | Melbourne Storm |
Aidan Day | Intrust Super Cup | Mackay Cutters |
Brenton Bowen | Illness | |
Lancen Joudo | Released | |
Mick Wilson | Released |
2012 Season Launch[edit]
- Pre-Season Training: 22 November 2011
- Pre-Season Boot Camp: Djarragun Farm in the Goldsborough Valley – Friday 16-Sunday 18 December 2011. 110 players and coaching staff from all three squads (Intrust Super Cup, Under-18 and Under-16) attended the boot camp. Video Highlights.
- Photo Shoot: 7 January 2012, Family Day and team photo shoot at Rainforeststation, Kuranda.
- Season launch: 31 January 2012, Barlow Park.
- Meet the Players: 10:00 am, 18 February 2012, Hip Pocket Work Wear, Mulgrave Road, Cairns.
- Jersey Launch: 9 March 2012, Stockland Shopping Centre, Earlville.
2012 Jerseys[edit]
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2012 Home
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2012 Away
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2011 NAIDOC Week (Round 16)
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2012 Country Week (Round 17, Mt Isa)
Player awards[edit]
- Sea Swift Most improved player: Brent Oosen
- Sea Swift Photographers Choice Award: Scott Gibson
- Sea Swift Season Members Player of the Year: Alex Starmer
- Sea Swift Best Back: Brett Anderson
- Sea Swift Best Forward: Ben Spina
- Sea Swift Players' Player: Ben Spina
- Club Person of the Year: O'Kane/Wilson Family
- Skill360 Australia Northern Pride Player of the Year: Ben Spina
- QRL Carbine Club Rookie of the Year: Ethan Lowe
Players signed to first-tier teams[edit]
- Ethan Lowe signed to the NRL Telstra Premiership's North Queensland Cowboys
Trial Matches[edit]
NYC NQ Cowboys U-20s | 30 – 22 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: ? Goals: ? |
Cairns Post Preview Pride Report |
Tries: 2 Scott Gibson 1 Saia Makisi 1 Ryan Ghietti 1 Jamie Frizzo 1 Chey Bird Goals: 1 Mitchell Seri 1 Ty Williams 1 Chey Bird |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams, 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Saia Makisi, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Luke Saunders, 12. Jamie Frizzo, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Chey Bird, 16. Rod Jensen, 17. Ethan Lowe, 18. Ricky Thorby*, 19. Shaun Nona, 20. Justin Castellaro, 21. Masi Nona |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Northern Pride | 94 – 0 | FNQ Indigenous All Stars |
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Tries: Brett Anderson 3 Jamie Kerwick 3 Francis Mosby 2 Brent Oosen 1 Ben Fitzpatrick 1 Wees Nawia 1 Maddie Oosen 1 Justin Castellaro 1 Aaron Binawel 1 Smith 1 Rohan Schultz 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 15 |
Cairns Post Preview Video Report |
Tries: Goals: |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Francis Mosby, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Rickki Sutherland, 5. Justin Castellaro, 6. Troyson Bassani, 7. Shaun Nona, 8. Mark Dalle Cort, 9. Maddie Oosen, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Justin Dolan, 12. Joel Marama, 13. Brent Oosen |
Interchange: 14 Jamie Kerwick, 15. Brenton Bowen*, 16. Wees Nawia, 17. Billy McConachie, 18. Rohan Schultz, 19. Aaron Binawe |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
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Mackay Cutters | CANCELLED | Northern Pride |
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Pride Preview Cairns Post Report Video Report |
Darryl Bourke Oval
(Mills Avenue, Moranbah, QLD) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: |
* = Cowboys allocation. Cory Paterson, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Luke Harlen, Joel Riethmuller, Ricky Thorby and James Segeyaro. |
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Skill360 Northern Pride: All 33 players in the current squad played in this scratch match that was |
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Intrust Super Cup matches[edit]
Northern Pride | 22 – 14 | Ipswich Jets |
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Tries: Hezron Murgha 1 Brett Anderson 2 Ethan Lowe 1 Ben Spina 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 1 |
Pride Report QRL Report Video Preview Press Conference Video Highlights |
Tries: 1 Ramon Filipine 1 Michael Fisher Goals: 3 Brendon Lindsay |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Robert Lui*, 8. Scott Bolton*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Jamie Frizzo, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Ricky Thorby*, Late inclusions: 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 8. Luke Harlen* |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Ryan Ghietti (hand). |
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Position | Round 1 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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5 | Northern Pride | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 2 |
Mackay Cutters | 6 – 14 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Grant Rovelli 1 Goals: Michael Comerford 1 |
Pride Report Pride Report QRL Report Video Preview Press Conference Video Highlights |
Tries: 1 Ethan Lowe 1 Noel Underwood Goals: 3 Shaun Nona |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Robert Lui*, 8. Scott Bolton*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Jamie Frizzo, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Luke Harlen*, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Ricky Thorby* |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Chey Bird (ankle), Ryan Ghietti (hand) |
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Position | Round 2 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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4 | Northern Pride | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 4 |
Easts Tigers | 30 – 22 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Ryan Tongia 3 Eddie Tautali 2 Kenny Bromwich 1 Goals: Cody Walker 3 |
QRL Report Pride Report Video Preview Video Highlights |
Tries: 3 Brett Anderson 1 Davin Crampton Goals: 3 Shaun Nona |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Robert Lui*, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Luke Saunders |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Chey Bird (ankle), Scott Bolton* (knee), Robert Lui* (stood down by the Cowboys after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend).[7] |
Note: This was the Pride's 100th match and Hezron Murgha's 50th match for the Pride. In 100 games the Pride's had 65 wins, 33 losses and two draws. |
Position | Round 3 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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4 | Northern Pride | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 4 |
Northern Pride | 22 – 32 | Souths Logan Magpies |
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Tries: Hezron Murgha 2 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 2 Goals: Mitchell Seri 3 |
QRL Report Pride Report Video Preview Press Conference |
Tries: 2 Walter Imo 2 Ben Cronin 1 Dane Phillips 1 Darcy Wright Goals: 4 Josh Damen |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Luke Saunders |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Chey Bird (ankle), Scott Bolton* (knee) |
Note: This was the Ben Laity's 100th appearance for the Pride, having only missed one match since the club formed. It was also his 174th Queensland Cup appearance (having previously played for the North Queensland Young Guns and Easts Tigers). This was the first time Souths Logan Magpies won at Barlow Park, having lost all four previous appearances (2008–2011). This was the Pride debut for Mitchell Seri (Pride Player 078). |
Position | Round 4 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 82 | −2 | 4 |
CQ Capras | 28 – 18 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Sailosi Vatubua 2 Alan Rothery 1 Cheyenne Motu 1 Tim Glasby 1 Goals: Tyron Cranston 4 |
Pride Preview Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: 2 Brett Anderson 1 Davin Crampton 1 Jamie Frizzo Goals: 1 Mitchell Seri |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Chey Bird, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Luke Saunders, 17. Mark Dalle Cort, 18. Jamie Frizzo |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Scott Bolton* (knee) |
Note: This was the Pride's first Thursday night match |
Position | Round 5 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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5 | Northern Pride | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 110 | −12 | 4 |
Tweed Heads Seagulls | 24 – 22 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Tom Merritt 3 Matt Carbutt 1 Goals: Brad Davis 4 |
Pride Report Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: 1 Davin Crampton 1 Scott Gibson 1 Ty Williams 1 Ben Spina Goals: 3 Chey Bird |
Piggabeen Sports Complex
(Caramar Drive, Tweed Heads West, NSW) Broadcast live on Channel 9 Referee: Chris Butler |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Ben Spina, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Luke Saunders, 17. Ethan Lowe |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: |
Note: Broadcast live on Channel 9 with Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry. |
Position | Round 6 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 134 | −14 | 4 |
Northern Pride | 26 – 12 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles |
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Tries: Ben Fitzpatrick 1 Davin Crampton 1 Ty Williams 1 Chey Bird 1 Blake Leary* 1 Todd Murphy 1 Goals: Ethan Lowe 3 |
Pride Preview Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference |
Tries: 1 Hughie Stanley 1 Todd Murphy Goals: 2 Dale Middleton |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. , 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Ben Spina, 13. |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Mark Dalle Cort, 17. Alex Starmer. |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: |
Note: Men of League rivalry round |
Position | Round 7 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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6 | Northern Pride | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 146 | 146 | 0 | 6 |
Northern Pride | 20 – 18 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
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Tries: Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Ty Williams 1 Blake Leary* 1 Scott Bolton* 1 Goals: Ethan Lowe 1 (1 from 3) Cory Paterson* 1 (1 from 1) |
Pride Report Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference |
Tries: 1 Wallace 1 Tongia 1 Granville Goals: 2 Seamark (2 from 3) Penalty Goals: 1 Seamark (1 from 1) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Ben Spina, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Cory Paterson*, 17. Mark Dalle Cort |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: |
Position | Round 8 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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6 | Northern Pride | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 166 | 164 | +2 | 8 |
Northern Pride | 24 – 22 | Burleigh Bears |
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Tries: Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Scott Gibson 1 Ty Williams 1 Jason Roos 1 Goals: Cory Paterson* 4 |
Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference |
Tries: 1 Jamie Dowling 1 Kurt Sorensen 1 Bodene Thompson 1 James Stuart Goals: 2 Danny Kerr 1 Sam Meskell |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Scott Bolton*, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Ben Spina, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Cory Paterson*, 17. Mark Dalle Cort, 18. Maddie Oosen |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Ben Laity (sternum) |
Position | Round 9 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 190 | 186 | +4 | 10 |
Norths Devils | 26 – 14 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Namila Daviu Daniel Ogden 2 Jarrod Wallace Sione Lolhea Goals: Mitchel Frei 2 Penalty Goal: Joel Bailey |
Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: Rod Jensen Scott Gibson Ethan Lowe Goals: Blake Leary* |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Davin Crampton, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Jamie Frizzo, 15. Saia Makisi, 16. Mark Dalle Cort, 19. Maddie Oosen |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Ben Laity (sternum). |
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Position | Round 10 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 204 | 212 | −8 | 10 |
Northern Pride | 32 – 18 | Redcliffe Dolphins |
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Tries: Brett Anderson 1 Rod Jensen 1 Ty Williams 2 Ryan Ghietti 1 Jason Roos 1 Goals: Blake Leary* 4 |
Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference Video Highlights |
Tries: 2 Capewell 1 Georgetown Goals: 3 Georgetown (3 from 3) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Davin Crampton, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Jamie Frizzo, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Noel Underwood, 19. Maddie Oosen |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Ben Laity (sternum) |
Notes: This was the Pride's 50th ISC game at Barlow Park |
Position | Round 11 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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6 | Northern Pride | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 236 | 230 | +6 | 12 |
Ipswich Jets | 38 – 14 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Donald Malone 2 Jarrod McInally 2 Sam Martin 2 Javarn White 1 Ramon Filipine 1 Goals: Brendon Lindsay 3 |
Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: 1 Scott Gibson 1 Blake Leary* 1 Luke Saunders Goals: 1 Blake Leary* |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 2. Davin Crampton, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Scott Bolton*, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Ben Laity |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Chey Bird (hamstring), Ben Fitzpatrick (hand and leg) |
Note: Broadcast live on Channel 9 with Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry. |
Position | Round 12 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 250 | 268 | −18 | 12 |
Northern Pride | 36 – 10 | Mackay Cutters |
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Tries: Wayne Ulugia* 1 Brett Anderson 1 Ty Williams 1 Ben Spina 2 Ethan Lowe 1 Scott Bolton* 1 Goals: Chey Bird 4 |
Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: 1 Grant Rovelli 1 Matt Minto Goals: 1 Liam Taylor |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Broadcast live on Channel 9 Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Clayton Sharpe |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ricky Thorby*, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Ben Laity |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: |
Note: First televised game from Barlow Park, broadcast live on Channel 9 with Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry. Cairns accounting firm BDO sponsor the game and general admission is free. This match attracted a crowd of 3,200, a QCup record for Barlow Park. After the televised QCup game, Channel 9 show the Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters game.Z This was the Pride debut for North Queensland Cowboys allocation player Wayne Ulugia* (Pride Player 081). |
Position | Round 13 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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6 | Northern Pride | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 286 | 278 | +8 | 14 |
Burleigh Bears | 34 – 16 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Anthony Don 2 Michael Brophy 1 Brad Bennett 1 Beau Falloon 1 Sam Meskell 1 Goals: Jordan Rankin 5 |
Pride Report QRL Report Video Highlights |
Tries: 1 Ben Spina 1 Joel Riethmuller* 1 Cory Paterson* Goals: 2 Cory Paterson* |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*, Cory Paterson* |
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Jamie Frizzo, 17. Ben Laity |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: |
Notes: After this match, Pride coach, David Maiden announced he would be leaving the club at the end of this season. |
Position | Round 14 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 302 | 312 | −10 | 14 |
Northern Pride | 14 – 30 | Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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Tries: Davin Crampton 2 Luke Saunders 1 Goals: Chey Bird 1 (1 from 3) |
Pride Report Press Conference |
Tries: 2 Merritt 1 Wood 1 James 1 King 1 Vickery Goals: Henry 3 from 5 0 Vickery (0 from 1) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Davin Crampton, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Luke Saunders, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Ethan Lowe, 16. Rod Jensen, 17. Mark Dalle Cort |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Brett Anderson (osteitis pubis) |
Note: Women in League round. Players wore pink socks and pink bootlaces. |
Position | Round 15 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 316 | 342 | −26 | 14 |
Northern Pride | 38 – 26 | CQ Capras |
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Tries: Wayne Ulugia* 1 Brett Anderson 1 Cory Paterson* 4 Ethan Lowe* 1 Goals: Chey Bird 5 (5 from 7) |
Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: 2 Vatubua 1 Glasby 1 Tongia 1 Williams Goals: 3 Cranston (3 from 5) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Scott Bolton*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Alex Starmer |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: |
Note: NAIDOC Week game. The Pride wore a special green NAIDOC jersey. |
Position | Round 16 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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7 | Northern Pride | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 354 | 368 | −14 | 16 |
Souths Logan Magpies | 26 – 28 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Ben Cronin 1 Dane Phillips 1 Darcy Wright 1 Mat Pitman 1 Chris Medcalf 1 Goals: Josh Damen 3 |
Pride Report Video Highlights |
Tries: 1 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Ben Spina 2 Cory Paterson* 1 Saia Makisi Goals: 4 Cory Paterson* |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Saia Makisi |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Luke Saunders (neck) |
Note: Country Week game. The Pride wore a special orange 'outback jersey'. This was Ben Spina's 50th appearance for the Pride. This was the Pride debut for Brent Oosen (Pride Player 082). |
Position | Round 17 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Northern Pride | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 382 | 394 | −12 | 18 |
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 21 – 18 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Jye Ballinger 2 Callum Klein 1 Goals: Justin Otto 4 Field Goal: Justin Otto 1 |
Pride Report Pride Report |
Tries: 1 Brett Anderson 1 Justin Castellaro 1 Alex Starmer 1 Ryan Ghietti Goals: 1 Justin Castellaro Field Goal: |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Justin Castellaro, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller* |
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Saia Makisi |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Luke Saunders (neck). |
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Position | Round 18 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Northern Pride | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 400 | 415 | −15 | 18 |
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 16 – 44 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Nathanael Barnes 1 Dane Carlaw 1 John Te Reo 1 Goals: Matt Seamark 2 |
Pride Report QRL Report |
Tries: 2 Wayne Ulugia* 1 Shaun Nona 1 Blake Leary* 1 Cory Paterson* 2 Joel Riethmuller* 1 Ryan Ghietti Goals: 6 Cory Paterson* |
Skill360 Northern Pride: Ty Williams (c), 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Justin Castellaro, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Saia Makisi, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Joel Riethmuller*, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Ryan Ghietti, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Ben Laity |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee) |
Notes: Ty Williams suffered an ACL injury early in this game |
Position | Round 19 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Northern Pride | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 444 | 431 | +13 | 20 |
Northern Pride | 28 – 28 | Norths Devils |
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Tries: Hezron Murgha 1 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Ben Laity 1 Blake Leary* 2 Goals: Shaun Nona 1 (1 from 2) Cory Paterson* 3 (3 from 3) |
Pride Report Press Conference |
Tries: 2 English 1 Cleaver 1 Smith 1 Samoa Goals: 4 Bailey (4 from 5) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Hezron Murgha, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Ben Laity, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Saia Makisi, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Ryan Ghietti, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Luke Saunders |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Ty Williams (ACL) |
Position | Round 20 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Northern Pride | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 472 | 459 | +13 | 21 |
Northern Pride | 44 – 10 | Easts Tigers |
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Tries: Wayne Ulugia* 2 Brett Anderson 2 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Alex Starmer 1 Ryan Ghietti 1 Ethan Lowe* 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 4 Cory Paterson* 2 (2 from 2) |
Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference |
Tries: 1 Panapa 1 Walker Goals: 1 Walker (1 from 2) |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Ricky Thorby*, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Saia Makisi, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Ryan Ghietti, 15. Rod Jensen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Ben Laity |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Ty Williams (ACL) |
Position | Round 21 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Northern Pride | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 516 | 469 | +47 | 23 |
Redcliffe Dolphins | 28 – 38 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Joe Bond 1 Liam Georgetown 1 Maurice Kennedy 1 Aaron Whitchurch 1 Troy Giess 1 Goals: Liam Georgetown 4 |
Pride Report Video Highlights |
Tries: 1 Wayne Ulugia* 1 Brett Anderson 1 Shaun Nona 1 James Segeyaro* 2 1 Cory Paterson* 1 Ethan Lowe* Goals: 1 Chey Bird 4 Cory Paterson* |
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Laity Ben Laity, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Ethan Lowe, 13. Ben Spina |
Interchange: 14. Justin Castellaro, 15. Rod Jensen, 16. Luke Saunders, 17. Saia Makisi |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Ty Williams (ACL) |
Chey Bird's last game. Bird was a foundation player, captained the team on several occasions and played in the 2010 Premiership Grand Final team. He scored 574 points (23 tries and 241 goals) in 96 games for the Pride and set a Pride record of 33 straight conversions between Rounds 5 and 12 in 2011. |
Position | Round 22 – 2012 | P | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Northern Pride | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 554 | 497 | +57 | 25 |
2012 Ladder[edit]
2012 Queensland Cup season | ||||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | ||
1 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 724 | 390 | 334 | 34 | |
2 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 624 | 436 | 188 | 33 | |
3 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 530 | 473 | 57 | 29 | |
4 | Ipswich Jets | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 520 | 421 | 99 | 28 | |
5 | Norths Devils | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 654 | 510 | 144 | 26 | |
6 | Easts Tigers | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 621 | 496 | 125 | 26 | |
7 | Northern Pride | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 554 | 497 | 57 | 25 | |
8 | Mackay Cutters | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 488 | 544 | −56 | 20 | |
9 | Burleigh Bears | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 427 | 479 | −52 | 15 | |
10 | CQ Capras | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 432 | 743 | −311 | 11 | |
11 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 376 | 699 | −323 | 9 | |
12 | Souths Logan Magpies | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 422 | 684 | −262 | 8 |
Northern Pride (regular season 2012)[edit]
- Win = 12 (8 of 11 home games, 4 of 11 away games)
- Loss = 9 (2 of 11 home games, 7 of 11 away games)
- Draw = 1 (1 of 11 home games, 0 of 11 away games).
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
2012 Northern Pride players[edit]
Pride player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Starmer | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Ben Fitzpatrick | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Ben Laity | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Ben Spina | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Brent Oosen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brett Anderson | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |
Chey Bird | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 32 | |
Davin Crampton | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Hezron Murgha | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Jamie Frizzo | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Jason Roos | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Justin Castellaro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
Luke Saunders | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Maddie Oosen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Dalle Cort | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mitchell Seri | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Noel Underwood | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Rod Jensen | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Ryan Ghietti | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Saia Makisi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Scott Gibson | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Shaun Nona | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 32 | |
Ty Williams | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
Aaron Binawel | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy McConachie | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Francis Mosby | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jamie Kerwick | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joel Marama | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Justin Dolan | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Masi Nona | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rickki Sutherland | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rohan Schultz | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Troyson Bassani | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wees Nawia | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Northern Pride in 2012[edit]
Cowboys player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blake Leary | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 36 | |
Cory Paterson | 14 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 88 | |
Ethan Lowe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 40 | |
James Segeyaro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Joel Riethmuller | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
Luke Harlen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luke Saunders | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Ricky Thorby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Robert Lui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Bolton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Wayne Ulugia | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
Brenton Bowen | Trial game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 Televised Games[edit]
In 2012, the Nine Entertainment Network acquired the broadcast rights to the Queensland Cup in a one-year deal, after ABC TV's contract expired.[8] One game a round continued to be broadcast, live, and free-to-air across Queensland. In 2012 games were shown on Channel 9 or GEM in south-east Queensland, on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas, and on Imparja Television in remote areas, at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons (except during coverage of the London Olympics in August). The move to a Sunday timeslot meant the QCup match was shown at 2:00 pm before the Wide World of Sports NRL match of the round at 4:00 pm, which greatly increased ratings. The commentary team was Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry.
The ABC had been unable (or unwilling) to broadcast games from locations outside south-east Queensland, as the cost of doing so was estimated to be $90,000 - more than double the cost of a Brisbane broadcast, so the Pride, Cutters and CQ Capras's home games had not been televised.[9] Channel 9 agreed to broadcast one game from each of the three regional clubs, with the Pride's first home game broadcast from Barlow Park, Cairns in Round 13, Sunday 10 June 2012 against traditional rivals Mackay Cutters.
2012 televised games:
- 1: Northern Pride lost 22–24 : Round 6, Saturday 14 April 2012 against Tweed Heads Seagulls from Piggabeen Sports Complex, Tweed Heads
- 2: Northern Pride lost 14–38 : Round 12, Saturday 2 June 2012 against Ipswich Jets from North Ipswich Reserve, Ipswich
- 3: Northern Pride won 36–10 : Round 13, Sunday 10 June 2012 against Mackay Cutters from Barlow Park, Cairns
Live Streaming[edit]
In 2011 the Pride began live-streaming their home games, starting with the last home game of the season (Round 22 against Tweed Heads). For the 2012 season, home games were live-streamed via the Pride website using video distribution service Rivus TV Ltd. Games were free for members to watch, and $5 per game for non-members.[10] From Round 5 2012 away games were streamed through the website as well.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Piva, Andrew (21 January 2012). "Jet the hostilities resume". Cairns Post. Cairns.
- ^ Flynn, Joe (23 February 2012). "Queensland Cup finals rejig". Cairns Post. Cairns.
- ^ "New TV deal for Cup". Cairns Post. Cairns. 22 February 2012.
- ^ "TV switch for 2012 Intrust Super Cup coverage". The Queensland Times. Ipswich. 22 February 2012.
- ^ "School visits aim to boost participation". Cairns Sun. Cairns. 15 February 2012.
- ^ Flynn, Joe (16 April 2012). "Pride fightback gives Maiden a ray of hope". Cairns Post. Cairns.
- ^ Flynn, Joe (22 March 2012). "Dumped. Cowboys show Lui the door". Cairns Post. Cairns.
- ^ "TV switch for 2012 Intrust Super Cup coverage". The Queensland Times. Ipswich. 22 February 2012.
- ^ Flynn, Joe (23 February 2012). "Queensland Cup finals rejig". Cairns Post. Cairns.
- ^ "QRL: Pride fans can watch every game via live stream". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ "Live stream through northernpride.com.au". Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2012.