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2007 Queensland Cup
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June 2020
August 2019
2007
Queensland Cup
March 16 – September 15, 2007
11
Tweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls
1st
North Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns(2nd title)
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5,447
Nick Parfitt
Rory BromleyBalmain 16 John Tamanika
Tweeds 16 Shannon Walker(Courier Mail Medal)
2006
2008
The 2007 Queensland Cup season was the 12th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.
The Tweed Heads Seagulls became the first team from outside of Queensland to win the Queensland Cup when they defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins 28–18 at Suncorp Stadium. Tweed Heads' fb Shannon Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/final-to-be-switched/news-story/bc2ac25a805a7548e372ca645de9d18e Final to be switched? 16 September 2007 www.couriermail.com.auQueensland Rugby LeagueWizard Cup Heads South https://web.archive.org/web/20080724024303/http://www.qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=3360 24 July 2008 Retrieved 17 Dec 2007
Teams
11 teams participated in the Queensland Cup again in 2007, with the Aspley Broncos replacing the Toowoomba Clydesdales.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/aspley-new-brisbane-broncos-feeder-club-20061207-gdozog.html Aspley new Brisbane Broncos feeder club 6 December 2006 The Sydney Morning Heraldhttps://leagueunlimited.com/news/overnight-wrap-broncos-mason-rogers/ Overnight wrap: Broncos, Mason, Rogers » League Unlimited League Unlimited
Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate Aspley Broncos 16 Aspley Broncos Suncorp Stadium Mark Gee Nick Kenny Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jim Lenihan Ryan Gundry Gold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans Central Comets 16 Central Comets Browne Park Steve Anderson Wayne Barnett None Balmain 16 Easts Tigers Langlands Park Michael Booth Trent Young None Ipswich 16 Ipswich Jets QLD Group Stadium, Carrara Stadium Kevin Walters Danny Coburn Gold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans North Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns Dairy Farmers Stadium Matt Parish Shane Muspratt North Queensland 16 North Queensland Cowboys Norths Devils 16 Norths Devils Bishop Park Kevin Carmichael Marc Brentnall Melbourne 16 Melbourne Storm Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval Anthony Griffin Troy Lindsay Brisbane 16 Brisbane Broncos Souths Logan Magpies 16 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park, Brandon Park Jason Burnham & Brandon Costin Cameron Joyce None Tweed Heads 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Troy McCarthy Andrew Moroney, Brad Davis Gold Coast Titans 16 Gold Coast Titans Wynnum 16 Wynnum Manly Seagulls Kougari Oval Shane McNally Jimmy Ahmat None
Ladder
2007 Queensland Cup Pos PositionTeam Pld Games played W Won D Drawn L Lost B Bye PF Points for (total points scored) PA Points against (total points conceded) PD Points difference (points scored minus points conceded) Pts Competition points1North Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns20 15 0 5 2 566 355 +211 34 2Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins20 14 0 6 2 516 338 +178 32 3Tweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls (P)20 13 1 6 2 546 404 +142 31 4Ipswich 16 Ipswich Jets20 13 1 6 2 510 400 +110 31 5Balmain 16 Easts Tigers20 11 0 9 2 426 448 −22 26 6Aspley Broncos 16 Aspley Broncos20 10 1 9 2 469 441 +28 257Burleigh 16 Burleigh Bears20 9 0 11 2 550 478 +72 22 8Norths Devils 16 Norths Devils20 8 1 11 2 507 524 −17 21 9Wynnum 16 Wynnum Manly Seagulls20 8 0 12 2 399 539 −140 20 10Souths Logan Magpies 16 Souths Logan Magpies20 5 0 15 2 384 580 −196 14 11Central Comets 16 Central Comets20 2 0 18 2 310 666 −356 8
Finals series
HomeScore AwayMatch informationDate and timeVenue Qualifying Finals Ipswich Jets 16 Ipswich Jets 18–16 Easts Tigers 16 Easts Tigers 25 August 2007 QLD Group Stadium Redcliffe Dolphins 16 Redcliffe Dolphins 22–18 Tweed Heads Seagulls 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls 25 August 2007 Dolphin Oval Semi-finals North Queensland Young Guns 16 North Queensland Young Guns 18–28 Redcliffe Dolphins 16 Redcliffe Dolphins 31 August 2007 Dairy Farmers Stadium Tweed Heads Seagulls 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls 40–14 Ipswich Jets 16 Ipswich Jets 1 September 2007 Piggabeen Sports Complex Preliminary Finals North Queensland Young Guns 16 North Queensland Young Guns 10–34 Tweed Heads Seagulls 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls 8 September 2007 Langlands Park Grand Final Redcliffe Dolphins 16 Redcliffe Dolphins 18–28 Tweed Heads Seagulls 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls 15 September 2007 Suncorp Stadium
Qualifying / Elimination Finals Major / Minor Semi-finals Preliminary Final Grand Final 2 Redcliffe 15 Redcliffe 22 3 Tweeds 15 Tweed Heads 18 4 Ipswich 15 Ipswich 18 5 Balmain 15 Easts 16 1 North Queensland 15 North Qld 18 Redcliffe 15 Redcliffe 28 Tweeds 15 Tweed Heads 40 Ipswich 15 Ipswich 14 North Queensland 15 North Qld 10 Tweeds 15 Tweed Heads 34 Redcliffe 15 Redcliffe 18 Tweeds 15 Tweed Heads 28
Grand Final
#f1f5fc Saturday, 15 September Redcliffe Dolphins Redcliffe 16 18–28 1st: 6 – 182nd: 12 – 10Report Tweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls Tries:Rory Bromley 1Nick Emmett 1Chris Fox 1Goals:Alwyn Simpson 3 Tries:2 David Myles2 Shannon Walker1 Brad DavisGoals:4 Brad Davis Suncorp Stadium Gavin Morris 7,000 Brad Davis (Tweed Heads)
Redcliffe DolphinsPositionTweed Heads Seagulls Ryan Cullen FB Shannon Walker2. Alwyn Simpson WG 2. Nathanael Barnes3. Matt Harris CE 3. David Myles4. Nick Emmett CE 4. James Wood5. Rory Bromley WG 5. Josh Vaughan6. Daniel Green FE 6. Brad Davis (c)7. Chris Fox HB 7. Tim Maccan8. Troy Lindsay (c) PR 8. Roy Friend9. Mick Roberts HK 9. Matt King10. Adam Starr PR 10. Chris Enahoro 11. Nathan Tutt SR 11. Will Matthews 12. Danny Burke SR 12. Selasi Berdie13. Grant Flugge LK 13. Matthew Pow14. Pat Gardner Bench 14. Andre Amato15. Mark Shipway Bench 15. Matthew Austin16. Palmer Wapau Bench 16. Daniel Molenaar17. Marty Turner Bench 17. Daniel EvansAnthony Griffin Coach Troy McCarthy
Reigning premiers Redcliffe, who finished the regular season in 2nd, were the first team to qualify for the Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in Week 1 and North Queensland in the major semi-final. It would be their nine Grand Final appearance in 12 seasons. After losing to Redcliffe, Tweed Heads faced Ipswich in an elimination final, which they won 40–14. A week later, they scored a major upset over minor premiers North Queensland to progress to their first Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance.
First half
Redcliffe opened their premiership defence strongly when halfback Chris Fox scored in the ninth minute. Tweed Heads hit back in the 18th minute when David Myles latched onto a Tim Maccan grubber to score. The Seagulls moved into the lead for the first time when captain Brad Davis stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. Tweed Heads extended their lead to 12 just seconds before half time when Davis sent Myles over for his second try of the game.
Second half
The Dolphins got the scoring underway in the second half when centre Nick Emmett dived onto a kick from his winger Alwyn Simpson to get Redcliffe back into the contest. 10 minutes later, Tweed Heads pushed the lead back to 12 when the competition's Player of the Year Shannon Walker backed up a Maccan line break to score. Walker sealed the game for his side just five minutes later when he returned a Dolphins' kick 80 metres to score in the corner. Redcliffe gave themselves a small chance late when winger Rory Bromley crossed in the 74th minute but it wasn't enough as Tweed Heads won their first premiership. They became the first club from outside of Queensland to win the competition.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srCXuBTVf0o https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/srCXuBTVf0o 2021-12-12 live 2007 QLD Cup Grand Final Tweed Heads 28 v Redcliffe 18 www.youtube.comhttps://www.tweedheadsseagulls.com.au/champion-gulls-07-reunite/ Champion Gulls of '07 to reunite Tweed Heads Seagulls 25 May 2017 31 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190409144521/https://www.tweedheadsseagulls.com.au/champion-gulls-07-reunite/ 9 April 2019 live
Seagulls' captain Brad Davis was named Man of the Match and awarded the first ever Duncan Hall Medal, named in honour of the Hall of Famer, who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 Tests for Australia.https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/farewell-to-a-legend-duncan-hall/748425/ Farewell to a legend Morning Bulletin 31 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201016/https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/farewell-to-a-legend-duncan-hall/748425/ 28 October 2017 live
The loss in the Grand Final would effectively end the Redcliffe Dolphins dominant run in the Queensland Cup. From 1996 to 2007, the club won five premierships, appeared in nine of 12 Grand Finals and won three minor premierships. They would not qualify for another Grand Final until 2012 and would not win another until 2018.
End-of-season awards
February 2020
Courier Mail Medal (Best and Fairest): Shannon Walker (Tweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls)
QANTAS Player of the Year (Coaches Award): Trent Young (Balmain 16 Easts Tigers)
Coach of the Year: Anthony Griffin (Redcliffe 16 Redcliffe Dolphins)
Rookie of the Year: Shannon Walker (Tweeds 16 Tweed Heads Seagulls)
Representative Player of the Year: Shane Muspratt (Queensland 16 Queensland Residents, North Queensland 16 North Queensland Young Guns)
See also
Queensland Sports
Queensland Cup
Queensland Rugby League
References
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