2004 Queensland Cup

June 2020 August 2019 2004 Queensland Cup March 13 – September 18, 2004 12 Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears 2nd Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears 2nd 138 8,022 Redcliffe 16 Damien Richters (246) Burleigh 16 Brent McConnellToowoomba 16 Nick Parfitt (22) Burleigh 16 Brent McConnell(Courier Mail Medal) 2003 2005 The 2004 Queensland Cup season was the 9th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League in Queensland, Australia. The competition featured 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September. The Burleigh Bears defeated the Easts Tigers 22–18 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium to claim their second premiership. Burleigh hb Brent McConnell was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.Laughlin Shaya How Burleigh Bears clawed to the top goldcoastbulletin 30 September 2016 https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/local-sport/how-the-burleigh-bears-clawed-their-way-to-the-top/news-story/fd0827425cded7f81700658e4d0b01cb 21 May 2023 4 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161104070753/http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/local-sport/how-the-burleigh-bears-clawed-their-way-to-the-top/news-story/fd0827425cded7f81700658e4d0b01cb live Teams Wests Panthers, who participated in the Queensland Cup since the inaugural season in 1996, withdrew from the competition at the end of 2003. They were replaced by Brothers-Valleys, a club formed in 2002 by the merger of Past Brothers, who played in the Queensland Cup from 1996 to 1998, and the Fortitude Valley Diehards, who originally folded in 1995.https://leagueunlimited.com/news/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new Out with the old, in with the new » League Unlimited 28 January 2020 28 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200128021309/https://leagueunlimited.com/news/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new livehttps://leagueunlimited.com/news/brothers-valleys-join-queensland-cup-competition/ Brothers Valleys Join Queensland Cup Competition » League Unlimited 28 January 2020 28 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200128021304/https://leagueunlimited.com/news/brothers-valleys-join-queensland-cup-competition/ live The Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys were again affiliated with the Toowoomba Clydesdales, Norths Devils and North Queensland Young Guns respectively. Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach (s) Captain (s) NRL Affiliate Brothers-Valleys 16 Brothers-Valleys O'Callaghan Park Gary O'Brien Scott Maguire None Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Rick Stone Ali Brown None Central Comets 16 Central Comets Browne Park Neale Crow Wade Rothery None Balmain 16 Easts Tigers Langlands Park Michael Booth Darren Smith None Ipswich 16 Ipswich Jets Bendigo Bank Oval Trevor Gillmeister Danny Coburn None North Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns Dairy Farmers Stadium Adrian Thomson Daniel Strickland North Queensland 16 North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils 16 Norths Devils Bishop Park Gary Greinke Andrew Hamilton Melbourne 16 Melbourne Storm Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval Neil Wharton Troy Lindsay None Souths Logan Magpies 16 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park Anthony Griffin → Mitch Brennan Jace van Dijk None Toowoomba Clydesdales 16 Toowoomba Clydesdales Clive Berghofer Stadium John Dixon Adrian Vowles Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos Tweed Heads 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Steve Murphy Marty Stone None Wynnum 16 Wynnum Seagulls Kougari Oval Kelly Egan Damien Quinn None Ladder 2004 Queensland Cup Pos PositionTeam Pld Games played W Won D Drawn L Lost PF Points for (total points scored) PA Points against (total points conceded) PD Points difference (points scored minus points conceded) Pts Competition points1Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears (P)22 16 2 4 725 450 +275 34 2Norths Devils 16 Norths Devils22 15 1 6 789 503 +286 31 3Balmain 16 Easts Tigers22 15 1 6 791 540 +251 31 4Toowoomba 16 Toowoomba Clydesdales22 14 1 17 770 543 +227 29 5Wynnum 16 Wynnum Seagulls22 14 1 7 634 583 +51 29 6Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins22 13 0 9 774 538 +236 26 7North Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns22 11 1 10 717 567 +150 23 8Tweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls22 9 1 12 512 657 -145 19 9Central Comets 16 Central Comets22 8 0 14 566 705 -139 16 10Ipswich 16 Ipswich Jets22 7 1 14 558 620 -62 15 11Souths Logan Magpies 16 Souths Logan Magpies22 5 0 17 538 922 -384 10 12Brothers-Valleys 16 Brothers-Valleys22 0 1 21 314 1060 -746 1 Finals series HomeScore AwayMatch InformationDateVenue Qualifying / Elimination Finals Toowoomba 16 Toowoomba Clydesdales 38 – 42† Wynnum 16 Wynnum Seagulls 28 August 2004 Clive Berghofer Stadium Norths Devils 16 Norths Devils 18 – 35 Balmain 16 Easts Tigers 29 August 2004 Bishop Park Semi-finals Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears 17 – 16 Balmain 16 Easts Tigers 4 September 2004 Pizzey Park Norths Devils 16 Norths Devils 18 – 36 Wynnum 16 Wynnum Seagulls 5 September 2004 Bishop Park Preliminary Final Balmain 16 Easts Tigers 50 – 24 Wynnum 16 Wynnum Seagulls 11 September 2004 Langlands Park Grand Final Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears 22 – 18† Balmain 16 Easts Tigers 18 September 2004 Suncorp Stadium † Match decided in extra time. Qualifying / Elimination Finals Major / Minor Semi-finals Preliminary Final Grand Final 2 Norths Devils 15 Norths 18 3 Balmain 15 Easts 35 4 Toowoomba 15 Toowoomba 38 5 Wynnum 15 Wynnum 42 1 Burleigh 15 Burleigh 17 Balmain 15 Easts 16 Norths Devils 15 Norths 18 Wynnum 15 Wynnum 36 Balmain 15 Easts 50 Wynnum 15 Wynnum 24 Burleigh 15 Burleigh 22 Balmain 15 Easts 18 Grand Final #f1f5fc Saturday, 18 September Burleigh Bears Burleigh 16 22 – 18After extra time 1st: 16 - 62nd: 2 - 12ET: 4 - 0Report Balmain 16 Easts Tigers Tries:John Flint 1Adam Hayden 1Shane O'Flanagan 1Nick Shaw 1Goals:Reggie Cressbrook 3 Tries:1 Steve Beattie1 Steve Renouf1 Trent YoungGoals: 2 Michael Pearce 1 Dane Campbell Suncorp Stadium Tony Maksoud 9,398 John Flint (Burleigh) Burleigh BearsPositionEasts TigersReggie Cressbrook FB Jason BarsleyTrent Purdon WG Steve BeattieJason Webber CE Steve RenoufNick Shaw CE Wade LiddellAseri Laing WG Michael PearceAdam Hayden FE Isaac KaufmannBrent McConnell HB Dane CampbellAli Brown (c) PR Charlie TongaRyan Gundry HK Trent YoungAdam Watene PR Scott AloMartin Griese SR Darren SmithJohn Flint SR Scott SippleRobert Apanui LK Dallas McIlwainShane O'Flanagan Bench Martin AllenTony Gray Bench Leigh CoghillKris Flint Bench Matt LockyerDavid Hicks Bench Paul DezoltRick Stone Coach Michael Booth Burleigh, who finished as minor premiers for the second season in a row, defeated Easts by a point in their major semi final to earn a spot in the Grand Final, their third since 1997. Easts, who came 3rd in the regular season, defeated the 2nd placed Norths in the qualifying final to set up their match with Burleigh. The loss saw them then face Wynnum in the preliminary final, who they defeated 50–24 to set up a rematch with the Bears in the Grand Final. During the regular season, Burleigh defeated Easts in both of their encounters (46–20 in Round 5 and 36–34 in Round 15).http://queensland.rleague.com/results/2004/qld-cup.php Queensland Rugby League queensland.rleague.com 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20060202020945/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/2004/qld-cup.php 2 February 2006 dead First half Burleigh opened the first half strongly when five-eighth Adam Hayden stepped through Easts' defensive line to score in the 6th minute. Three minutes later, Hayden put centre Nick Shaw through a hole to score the Bears' second try. The Tigers got back into the contest in the 20th minute, when hooker Trent Young muscled his way over underneath posts. Burleigh regained their 10-point lead when second rower John Flint burst through to score in the 31st minute as the Bears took a 16–6 lead into the break. Second half Easts hit back 10 minutes into the second half when former Australian and Queensland representative Steve Renouf spun through a defender to score in the corner. Micheal Pearce converted the try from the sideline to cut the lead to four. A Reggie Cressbrook penalty goal pushed Burleigh's lead to six, setting up a tense final 20 minutes. With just over a minute to play, Burleigh's Kris Flint attempted a field goal that would've sealed the game for the Bears but missed to the right, giving Easts one last chance. With 30 seconds remaining, Tigers' halfback Dane Campbell put in a chip kick for winger Steve Beattie, who burst through two Burleigh defenders to score. Campbell then converted from out wide to send the game into extra time. Extra time Easts had the first opportunity to win the game in the third minute of extra time, when Campbell attempted a field goal then went wide right. Both teams missed multiple field goal attempts before Burleigh prop Shane O'Flanagan barged over to score the premiership-winning try in the 17th minute of extra time. live https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/HbYZrRvMsi0 2021-12-05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbYZrRvMsi0 2004 QLD Cup Grand Final Burleigh 22 v Easts 18 YouTubehttps://www.qrl.com.au/news/2014/09/17/grand-final-flashback-epic-in-04/ Grand Final Flashback: Epic in 04 17 September 2014 https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/09/24/flashback-renoufs-last-hurrah-for-easts-ends-in-2004-agony/ Flashback: Renouf's last hurrah for Easts ends in 2004 agony 23 September 2019 28 January 2020 28 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200128021309/https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/09/24/flashback-renoufs-last-hurrah-for-easts-ends-in-2004-agony/ live Player statistics Leading try scorers PosPlayerTeamTries1Brent McConnellBurleigh 16 Burleigh Bears22Nick ParfittToowoomba 16 Toowoomba Clydesdales222Derek FletcherNorths Devils 16 Norths Devils20Michael GordonTweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls20Brian JellickRedcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins20 Leading point scorers PosPlayerTeamTGFGPts1Damien RichtersRedcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins10103-2462Reggie CressbrookBurleigh 16 Burleigh Bears1382-2163Nick ParfittToowoomba 16 Toowoomba Clydesdales2256-2004Dane CampbellBalmain 16 Easts Tigers126411775Brenton BowenNorth Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns1547-154 End-of-season awards Courier Mail Medal: Brent McConnell (Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears) Rookie of the Year: Luke Dalziel-Don (Wynnum 16 Wynnum Seagulls) See also Queensland Sports Queensland Cup Queensland Rugby League References note Category:2004 in Australian rugby league Category:Queensland Cup