2008 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 | Denis Keeffe (2007–2009) | ||
Coach | Andrew Dunemann (2008–2009) | ||
Captain | Chris Sheppard (2008–2010) | ||
Competition | Wizard Queensland Cup | ||
2008 | 3rd | ||
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Records | |||
Premierships | 2 (2010/2014) | ||
Runners-up | 1 (2009) | ||
Minor premierships | 2 (2013/2014) |
2008 was the first competitive season for the Cairns based CRGT Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 11 clubs that played in the thirteenth season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Wizard Queensland Cup.
The Northern Pride and Mackay Cutters were two new teams that entered the competition in 2008.[1] Mackay hadn't hosted a team since the Mackay Sea Eagles played the 1996 season, while Cairns was represented by the Cairns Cyclones from 1996 to 2000. The two new clubs replaced the Aspley Broncos and North Queensland Young Guns, who withdrew from the competition.[2] With the loss of the Young Guns, the North Queensland Cowboys formed new feeder club partnerships with the Cutters and Pride.[3]
The original coach was Adrian Lam, who had been captain of the PNG Kumuls, had represented Queensland at State of Origin, and played halfback for the Sydney Roosters and Wigan Warriors. Lam arrived in Cairns in August 2007 while the Pride's bid to enter the QCup competition was being prepared, but was released a month later to take up a coaching position at the Sydney Roosters.[4] He was replaced by Northern Pride's foundation coach, Andrew Dunemann, who had played five-eighth and hooker for the Gold Coast Seagulls, North Queensland Cowboys, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canberra Raiders in the NRL, and the Halifax Blue Sox, Leeds Rhinos and Salford City Reds in the English Super League. He had also coached the Canberra Raiders Under-20s team, and turned down an assistant coaching position at Halifax RLFC to coach in Cairns.[5]
The two assistant coaches were David Maiden and Troy Cummings. Maiden was a rugby league international who represented Scotland in the 2000 World Cup, was a foundation player for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, and played lock and centre for Gateshead Thunder and Hull F.C. in the English Super League, and the Cairns Cyclones in the Queensland Cup, and was currently the Junior Development Officer for the North Queensland Cowboys and General Manager of the CDRL. Cummings played lock for CDRL Mareeba Gladiators, and played for and coached the Cairns Marlins in the Foley Shield.[6][7]
Foundation captain was Chris Sheppard, who had played halfback for the North Queensland Cowboys and St. George Illawarra Dragons.[8] Fullback Chey Bird was appointed captain in Rounds 13 and 14, and in the finals series when 'Shep' was injured or unavailable, and prop Ben Laity was captain for Round 15. Lock Warren Jensen was captain for the first pre-season trial at Yarrabah.
'Shep' was the first player signed to the Pride, followed by local players Hezron Murgha and Noel Underwood from CDRL Yarrabah Seahawks, Kahu Wehi and Ritchie Marsters from Tully Tigers, Alex Starmer from Ivanhoes Knights, and Jason Roos from Mareeba Gladiators. The Chief Executive Officer and Commercial Manager visited Port Moresby to sign PNG players, but the Pride were unable to get work visas for the pair to enter Australia.
The Northern Pride played ten home games and ten away games over 22 rounds between March and August, and three games in the finals series. Their inaugural match was a home game, played at Barlow Park, Cairns, when the Pride scored eight tries, beating newcomers Mackay Cutters 44–16.[9] Eleven North Queensland Cowboys played this match (three for the Pride and eight for the Cutters). The match itself was something of a debacle, as the pitch was a rain-drenched mud-pit and coach Dunemann wanted the game called off. Pride officials turned spectators, match officials, caterers and security officers away, claiming the match was cancelled, but QRL insisted the game proceed.[10]
The Pride won their first seven games, before their first defeat in Round 8, when they lost 34–4 to Tweed Heads Seagulls.[11] Injuries dogged the team in the middle of the season, and Rugby League Week magazine predicted the newcomers would finish towards the bottom of the table. The Pride lost the last three matches of the regular season, but still finished in third place, having won 13 of their 20 games.[12] They reached the Preliminary Final, but lost in golden point extra-time to the Souths Logan Magpies, who went on to win the Grand Final.[13]
Six of the Pride's away games were televised on ABC 1. There were calls for the ABC to expand their outside broadcasting abilities and televise a Pride home game next season.
The Pride's office was at Mann Street in Westcourt and the team trained at Jones Park. In June 2008 the Pride purchased CDRL Kangaroos Leagues Club and Vico Oval, Irene Street, Mooroobool from the Redcliffe Dolphins in June 2008 for $1.85m (the Dolphins having purchased the Oval and Leagues Club from the Kangaroos in 2005 when Kangaroos were in financial difficulty). The playing field was renamed as Pride Oval, and the end of season Player Awards ceremony was held at the rebranded Pride Leagues Club.[14] The facility was to be used as an administration and training base, there were plans for a multi-million dollar development and for the Pride junior teams to play there. Six weeks later, however, the project was put on hold as the Pride faced financial uncertainty after chairman O'Brien's Pacific Toyota dealership went into receivership with debts around $25 million. O'Brien was a majority owner of the NBL Cairns Taipans, and had withdrawn financial support from the basketball team, placing them into voluntary administration. The QRL delayed the release of next seasons draw pending a review of the Pride's financial situation. O'Brien stood aside as the Northern Pride's chairman, and was replaced by Bob Fowler, former chairman of the Queensland Cup side the Cairns Cyclones.[15]
2008 Season – CRGT Northern Pride[edit]
- Competition: Wizard Queensland Cup
- Sponsor: Cairns Region Group Training (CRGT), three-year naming rights sponsorship.[16]
Staff[edit]
Coaches/Trainers[edit]
- Coach: Andrew Dunemann
- Assistant coach: David Maiden
- Assistant coach: Troy Cummings
- Strength and conditioning coach: Scott Callaghan
Captain[edit]
- Chris Sheppard
- Chey Bird (Rounds 13 & 14, Finals Week 2, Preliminary Final)
- Ben Laity (Round 15)
- Warren Jensen (Yarrabah pre-season trail match)
Managers[edit]
- Operations manager: Chris Sheppard
- Commercial manager: Brad Tassell
- Team manager: Rob White
- Office Manager: Sheron McDougall
- Chief executive: Denis Keeffe
- Chairman: John O'Brien
- Board of Directors: Greg Dowling, Nigel Tillett, Craig Meiklejohn, Bob Fowler, John O'Brien.
2008 squad[edit]
Chris Sheppard (c) |
Ben Laity |
Jordan Kane |
Ben Vaeau |
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Player gains[edit]
This was the first season for the Pride, so all players were new signings.
Player | From League | From Club | Notes |
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Ryan Bartlett | Wizard Queensland Cup | North Queensland Young Guns | |
Greg Byrnes | Wizard Queensland Cup | North Queensland Young Guns | |
Brett Anderson | Wizard Queensland Cup | North Queensland Young Guns | |
Warren Jensen | Wizard Queensland Cup | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | |
Josh Vaughan | Wizard Queensland Cup | Tweed Heads Seagulls | |
Joel Riethmuller | Wizard Queensland Cup | Ipswich Jets | |
Gordon Rattler | Wizard Queensland Cup | Ipswich Jets | |
Mark Cantoni | Wizard Queensland Cup | Eastern Suburbs Tigers | |
Ben Laity | Wizard Queensland Cup | Eastern Suburbs Tigers | |
Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia | NRL Telstra Premiership | Cronulla Sharks Jersey Flegg | |
Hezron Murgha | CDRL | Yarrabah Seahawks | |
Noel Underwood | CDRL | Yarrabah Seahawks | |
Farran Willett | CDRL | Yarrabah Seahawks | |
Kahu Wehi | CDRL | Tully Tigers | |
Ritchie Marsters | CDRL | Tully Tigers | |
Joshua Wehi | CDRL | Tully Tigers | |
Alex Starmer | CDRL | Ivanhoes Knights | |
Drew Campbell | CDRL | Ivanhoes Knights | |
Jason Roos | CDRL | Mareeba Gladiators | |
Chris Sheppard | CDRL | Mareeba Gladiators | |
Stephen Sheppard | CDRL | Mareeba Gladiators | |
Adam Mills | CDRL | Atherton Roosters | |
Chey Bird | TDRL | Brothers Townsville | |
Ben Kerr | CDRL | Innisfail Leprechauns | |
Steve McLean | Junior | Canberra Raiders juniors | |
Eric Warria | Junior | Northern Territory team | Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League |
Chris Afamasaga | NRL Telstra Premiership | Gold Coast Titans | Signed in Round 10. Afamasaga walked out of the club after Round 18. |
Jamie Frizzo | NRL Telstra Premiership | North Queensland Cowboys | Signed in Round 10 |
Rod Griffin | NRL Telstra Premiership | Wests Tigers | Signed in Round 12 |
Luke Harlen | NRL Telstra Premiership | Wests Tigers | Signed in Round 16 |
PNG signings[edit]
At the start of the season attempts were made to sign players from the PNG rugby league, but problems with visas prevented them coming to Australia.[17]
Player | From League | From Club |
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Michael Mark, (wing) | SP Inter-City Cup | Mendi Muruks |
Jesse Joe Parker Nandye, (five-eighth) | SP Inter-City Cup | Pagini Simbu Warriors |
2008 season launch[edit]
- Pre-Season Training: 5 November 2007.[18]
- Team Launch: 14 December 2007.[19]
- Pre-season boot camp: Croco Dylus Village Camp, Daintree River, 19–20 January 2008.[20]
- Season Launch: 7 March 2008 at 11.00am, Stockland Cairns shopping centre, Earlville. (Originally scheduled as part of the Esplanade Lagoon's fifth-year celebrations but moved to Stockland Cairns due to Wet season flooding in Cairns).[21]
2008 jerseys[edit]
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2008 home
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2008 away
2008 player awards[edit]
26 September 2008, Pride Leagues Club, Irene Street, Mooroobool.[22]
- Yalumba Wines Most Improved Player: Hezron Murgha
- EK Kitchens Best Back: Chey Bird
- Skytrans Airlines Best Forward: Mark Cantoni
- CRGT Player of the Year: Chris Sheppard
- John O'Brien Perpetual Club Person of the Year: Rob White (Pride Manager)
Players selected to represent their country in 2008[edit]
- Rod Griffin 3 appearances at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup against England, New Zealand and Australia.[23][24][25]
Players selected for the 2008 Queensland Residents team[edit]
Players signed to first-tier teams[edit]
- Brett Anderson signed to the NRL Telstra Premiership's Melbourne Storm
- Jackson Nicolau signed to the NRL Telstra Premiership's Gold Coast Titans
Trial matches[edit]
Northern Pride | 50 – 22 | Cairns Select Squad |
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Tries: Drew Campbell 2 Chey Bird 2 Jason Roos 1 Noel Underwood 1 Adam Mills 1 Richie Marsters 1 Gordon Rattler 1 Goals: Steve Shepard 5 Chey Bird 2 |
Half-time: 26 – 4 |
Tries: 1 David Sands 1 Clifton Tildora 1 Fenton Murgha 1 Tyson Brooks Goals: 3 Adam Kelly |
Jilara Oval
(Yarrabah, QLD) |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Noel Underwood – CE 5. Gordon Rattler – WG 6. Farren Wilett – FE 7. Steve Sheppard – HB 8. Greg Byrnes – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Kahu Wehi – PR 11. Adam Mills – SR 12. Alex Starmer – SR 13. Warren Jensen (c) – LK |
Interchange: 14. Richie Marsters, 15. Ben Kerr, 16. Eric Warria, 17. Jordan Kane, 18. Ryan Ghetti. |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
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CRGT Northern Pride: Coach Andrew Dunemann selected four separate teams to play this match, with each team to play one quarter. |
Unavailable: Josh Vaughan (called up to play for the Cowboys in their trial against the Broncos |
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Northern Pride | 26 – 20 | NYC NQ Cowboys U-20s |
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Tries: Hezron Murgha 2 Chey Bird 1 Ben Laity 1 Eric Warria 1 Drew Campbell 1 Goals: Stephen Sheppard 1 |
Tries: 1 Brady Payne 2 Ricky Griffiths 1 Brandon Boor Goals: 2 Chris Riesen |
CRGT Northern Pride: ? |
Unavailable: Josh Vaughan (called up to play for the Cowboys in their trial against the Broncos |
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Northern Pride | 22 – 16 | NQ Cowboys Select Squad |
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Tries: Greg Byrnes 1 Chey Bird 1 Mark Cantoni 1 Gordon Rattler 1 Goals: Chey Bird 3 |
Tries: 2 John Williams* 1 R Thompson Goals: 2 John Williams* 2 |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 4. Josh Vaughan – CE 5. Hezron Murgha – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – HK 10. Greg Byrnes – PR 11. Alex Starmer – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Unlimited Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Ritchie Marsters, 16. Jason Roos, 17. Noel Underwood, 18. Drew Campbell, 19. Adam Mills. |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
Northern Pride | 12 – 26 | Ipswich Jets |
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Tries: Mark Cantoni 2 Goals: Chris Sheppard 1 To'oto'o-ulugia 1 |
Half-time: 6 – 14 Sin bin: Stephen Sheppard |
Tries: 1 Malone 1 Walker 1 Ryan 1 Gray 1 Afamasaka Goals: 2 Ireland 1 Malone |
Mossman Showgrounds
(Mossman, QLD) |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Josh Vaughan – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Noel Underwood – WG 6. Steve Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – HK 10. Alex Starmer – PR 11. Joel Riethmuller – SR 12. Warren Jensen – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Unlimited Interchange: 14. Ritchie Marsters, 15. Gordon Rattler, 16. Ben Kerr, 17. Adam Mills, 18. Shaun Cribb. |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Wizard Queensland Cup matches[edit]
Northern Pride | 44 – 16 | Mackay Cutters |
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Tries: Brett Anderson 4 Chey Bird 1 Stephen Sheppard 1 Warren Jensen 1 Greg Byrnes 1 Goals: Chey Bird 6 |
On report: Chris Sheppard ----- Cairns Post Report Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Anthony Watts 1 Kerrod Toby 1 Sam Faust Goals: 1 Chris Giumelli 1Daniel Abraham |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Justin Davis Touch judges: Darryl Bell, Josh Kersevani Interchange Official: Daniel Caamano |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 4. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Ben Vaeau* – PR 11. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Greg Byrnes. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 1 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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1 | Northern Pride | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 2 |
Redcliffe Dolphins | 18 – 32 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Liam Georgetown 1 Mitchell Rivett 1 Craig Priestley 1 Ryan Cullen 1 Goals: Liam Georgetown 1 |
Half-time: 12 – 16 Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Gordon Rattler 1 Mark Cantoni 1 Matthew Bartlett* 1 Warren Jensen 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Ty Williams* Goals: 4 Chey Bird |
Dolphin Oval
(Klingner Road, Redcliffe, QLD) Referee: Robert Gallacher Touch judges: Clayton Sharpe, Peter Jones Interchange Official: Chris Butler |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 18. Ty Williams* – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 15. Ben Laity – PR 20. David Faiumu* – HK 22. Ben Vaeau* – PR 11. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 16. Greg Byrnes, 19. Noel Underwood, 21. Alex Starmer. |
* = Cowboys allocation (4 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 2 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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1 | Northern Pride | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 34 | +42 | 4 |
Northern Pride | 46 – 12 | Norths Devils |
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Tries: Brett Anderson 1 Chris Sheppard (c) 1 Mark Cantoni 1 Joel Riethmuller 1 Matthew Bartlett* 1 Jason Roos 1 Ben Vaeau* 1 Ben Laity 1 Goals: Chey Bird 7 (7 from 8) |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Luke Samoa Goals: 1 Patrick Fray 1 Haisley Robson |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Justin Davis Touch judges: Michael Inman, Darryl Bell Interchange Official: Daniel Caamano |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 4. Josh Vaughan – CE 5. John Williams* – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 20. Ben Vaeau* – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Steve Southern* – PR 11. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Ben Laity, 16. Greg Byrnes, 17. Scott Bolton*. |
* = Cowboys allocation (6 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Steven Sheppard (sternum) |
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Position | Round 3 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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1 | Northern Pride | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 46 | +76 | 6 |
Burleigh Bears | 8 – 18 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Adam Fielder 2 Goals: 0 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Jackson Nicolau* 1 Ben Laity 1 David Faiumu Goals: 3 Chey Bird |
Pizzey Park
(Miami, Gold Coast, QLD) Referee: Clayton Sharpe Touch judges: Peter Anderson, Robert Grogan Interchange Official: David Shaw |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 4. Josh Vaughan – CE 5. Drew Campbell – WG 6. 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 20. Ben Vaeau* – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Ben Laity – PR 11. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 16. Greg Byrnes, 17. Scott Bolton*, 18. David Faiumu*. |
* = Cowboys allocation (5 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL). |
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Position | Round 4 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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1 | Northern Pride | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 54 | +86 | 8 |
Souths Logan Magpies | 24 – 34 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Quentin Laulu Togagae 3 Lewis Balcomb 1 Goals: Michael Dobson 4 |
Half-time: 6 – 24 |
Tries: 1 Chey Bird 1 Brett Anderson 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Chris Sheppard 1 Joel Riethmuller 1 Greg Byrnes Goals: 5 Chey Bird |
Meakin Park
(Logan, QLD) Broadcast live on ABC 1 TV Referee: Michael Wise Touch judges: Justin Davis, Chris Butler Interchange Official: Robert Grogan Video Referee: Tony Maksoud Player of the Match: Greg Byrnes |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Brett Anderson – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG , 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Scott Bolton* – PR 9. David Faiumu* – HK 10. Ben Laity – PR 11. Warren Jensen – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Jason Roos, 15. Alex Starmer, 16. Greg Byrnes, 17. Noel Underwood. |
* = Cowboys allocation (2 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 5 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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2 | Northern Pride | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 78 | +96 | 10 |
Northern Pride | 30 – 28 | Easts Tigers |
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Tries: Jason Roos 2 Gordon Rattler 1 Jackson Nicolau* 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Adam Mills 1 Goals: Chey Bird 3 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Tangi Ropati 1 Kev Stephensen 1 Marcus Jensen 1 Trent Young Goals: 3 Matt Lockyer 1 Isaac Kaufmann |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Nick Kalpakidis Touch judges: Darryl Bell, Greg Watt Interchange Official: Daniel Caamano |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 20. Ben Vaeau* – PR 19. Jason Roos – HK 10. Ben Laity – PR 11. Scott Bolton* – SR 12. Joel Riethmuller – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 15. Warren Jensen, 16. Greg Byrnes, 17. Alex Starmer, 18. Adam Mills. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match).' |
Unavailable: Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia (ribs), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm), Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 6 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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2 | Northern Pride | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 106 | +98 | 12 |
Northern Pride | 40 – 10 | Central Comets |
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Tries: Drew Campbell 2 Greg Byrnes 2 Hezron Murgha 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Jackson Nicolau* 1 Goals: Chey Bird 6 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Nat Bowman 1 Wayne Barnett Goals: 1 Jimmy Radloff |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Gavin Morris Touch judges: Darryl Bell, Daniel Caamano Interchange Official: Mark Leigh |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Ty Williams* – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Greg Byrnes – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Ben Vaeau* – PR 11. Alex Starmer – SR 12. Mark Cantoni – SR 13. Warren Jensen – LK |
Interchange: 15. Adam Mills, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Ben Laity, 18. David Faiumu*. |
* = Cowboys allocation (4 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm), Stephen Sheppard (sternum), Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 7 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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1 | Northern Pride | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 116 | +128 | 14 |
Tweed Heads Seagulls | 34 – 4 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Selasi Berdie 2 Dennis Gordon 1 Luke Dumas 1 Shane Joyce 1 Brad Davis 1 Goals: Brad Davis 5 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Hezron Murgha Goals: 0 |
Ned Byrne Oval, Cudgen Park
(Kingscliff. NSW) Broadcast live on ABC 1 TV Referee: Clayton Sharpe Touch judges: Rod Spain, David Shaw Interchange Official: Daniel Gigliotti Video Referee: Rex Little |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Greg Byrnes – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Scott Bolton* – PR 18. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. David Faiumu* – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 11. Alex Starmer, 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Adam Mills, 17. Ben Laity. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm), Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 8 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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2 | Northern Pride | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 150 | +98 | 14 |
Position | Round 9 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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2 | Northern Pride | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 248 | 150 | +98 | 16 |
Northern Pride | 16 – 26 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
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Tries: Drew Campbell 1 Hezron Murgha 1 Stephen Sheppard 1 Goals: Chey Bird 2 |
Cairns Post Report Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Jason Moon 1 Dallas McIlwain 1 Luke Dalziel Don 1 Chris Muckert Goals: 5 Matt Seamark |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Michael Wise Touch judges: Michael Inman, Greg Watt Interchange Official: Daniel Caamano |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 6. Josh Vaughan – WG 3. Drew Campbell – CE 4. Adam Mills (centre) – CE 5. Hezron Murgha – WG 18. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Scott Bolton* – PR 11. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Mark Cantoni – SR 13. Ben Kerr – LK |
Interchange: 14. Richie Marsters, 15. Warren Jensen, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Greg Byrnes. |
* = Cowboys allocation (2 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia (knee), Alex Starmer (shoulder) Chris Afamasaga from the Gold Coast Titans and Jamie Frizzo from the North Queensland Cowboys signed to the Pride this week. This was the Pride debut for Ben Kerr and Richie Marsters (Players 027 & 028). |
Position | Round 10 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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3 | Northern Pride | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 264 | 176 | +88 | 16 |
Ipswich Jets | 16 – 30 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Brendan Marshall 1 Ian Lacey 1 Aaron Sweeney 1 Goals: Josh Lewis 2 |
Half-time: 10 – 16 Cairns Post Report Cairns Post Report Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Chey Bird 1 Matthew Bartlett* 1 Scott Bolton* 1 Ben Vaeau* Goals: 5 Chey Bird |
Briggs Rd Sporting Complex
(Ipswich, QLD) Broadcast live on ABC 1 TV Referee: Gavin Morris Touch judges: Rod Spain, Chris Butler Interchange Official: Daniel Griffin Video Referee: Tony Maksoud Player of the Match: Chey Bird |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Jamie Frizzo – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 20. Ben Vaeau* – PR 9. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – HK 10. Ben Laity – PR 11. Scott Bolton* – SR 18. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 15. 15. Alex Starmer, 16. Warren Jensen, 17. Greg Byrnes, 21. , 21. Chris Afamasaga. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 11 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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2 | Northern Pride | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 294 | 192 | +102 | 18 |
Mackay Cutters | 12 – 18 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Dean Tass 1 George Gatis 1 Goals: Todd Seymour 2 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Jackson Nicolau* 1 Greg Byrnes Goals: 3 Chey Bird. |
Mackay Junior Fields
(Bridge Road, South Mackay, QLD) Referee: Nick Kalpakidis. Touch judges: Clinton Begg, Chris Anderson. Interchange Official: Zane Wright. |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 16. Jamie Frizzo – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Ben Vaeau* – PR 20. Adam Mills – SR 12. Greg Byrnes – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Alex Starmer, 17. Chris Afamasaga, 18. Ben Kerr. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL) |
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Position | Round 12 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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2 | Northern Pride | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 312 | 204 | +108 | 20 |
Northern Pride | 0 – 26 | Redcliffe Dolphins |
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Tries: Goals: |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Nick Emett 1 Ryan Cullen 1 Liam Georgetown 1 Chris Fox Goals: 3 Marty Turner |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Justin Davis. Touch judges: Greg Watt, Daniel Caamano. Interchange Official: Michael Inman. |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 16. Ty Williams* – CE 4. Hezron Murgha – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 19. Stephen Sheppard – HB 8. Ben Laity (c) – PR 9. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – HK 10. Ben Vaeau* – PR 16. Scott Bolton* – SR 12. 12. Greg Byrnes – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Alex Starmer, 17. Chris Afamasaga, 18. Adam Mills. |
* = Cowboys allocation (5 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Chris Sheppard (representative duties) |
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Position | Round 13 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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3 | Northern Pride | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 312 | 230 | +82 | 20 |
Norths Devils | 24 – 40 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Rodney Davies 2 George Kepa 2 Reece Robinson 1 Goals: Luke Samoa 2 |
Cairns Post Report Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Drew Campbell 2 Josh Vaughan 1 Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia 1 Ben Vaeau* 1 Jason Roos Goals: 5 Chey Bird 1Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia |
Albert Bishop Park
(Hedley Avenue, Nundah QLD) Referee: Clayton Sharpe Touch judges: Nick Kalpakidis, David Shaw Interchange Official: Nick Morel |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 16. Ty Williams* – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – HB 8. Ben Laity (c) – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Ben Vaeau* – PR 11. Alex Starmer – SR 17. Chris Afamasaga – SR 13. Adam Mills – LK |
Interchange: 14. Hezron Murgha, 15. Rod Griffin, 16. Warren Jensen, 18. Noel Underwood. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Chris Sheppard (representative duties), Greg Byrnes (representative duties), Mark Cantoni (broken arm) |
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Position | Round 14 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Northern Pride | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 352 | 254 | +98 | 22 |
Northern Pride | 28 – 12 | Burleigh Bears |
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Tries: Drew Campbell 1 Jamie Frizzo 1 Rod Griffin 1 Jason Roos 1 Chris Afamasaga 1 Goals: Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia 4 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Adam Hutchison 1 Martin Griese Goals: 2 Nick Parfitt |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Gavin Morris Touch judges: Greg Watt, Daniel Caamano Interchange Official: Darryl Bell |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams* – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – HB 8. Ben Laity (c) – PR 9. Jason Roo – HK 10. Alex Starmer – PR 18. Luke Harlen – SR 12. Rod Griffin – SR 13. Adam Mills – LK |
Interchange: 14. Gordon Rattler, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Ben Kerr, 17. Chris Afamasaga. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Mark Cantoni (broken arm), Chey Bird (sternum) |
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Position | Round 15 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Northern Pride | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 266 | +114 | 22 |
Northern Pride | 16 – 12 | Souths Logan Magpies |
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Tries: Ty Williams* 1 Drew Campbell 1 Rod Griffin 1 Goals: Chris Sheppard 2 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Brad Cross 1 Tom Learoyd Lahrs Goals: 2 Marc Herbert |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Justin Eastwood Touch judges: Michael Inman, Greg Watt Interchange Official: Darryl Bell |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams* – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Greg Byrnes – PR 11. Luke Harlen – SR 12. Rod Griffin – SR 13. Adam Mills – LK |
Interchange: 14. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Chris Afamasaga. |
* = Cowboys allocation (2 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Mark Cantoni (broken arm), Chey Bird (sternum) |
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Position | Round 16 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Northern Pride | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 396 | 278 | +118 | 26 |
Easts Tigers | 10 – 26 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Liam Campbell 1 Marcus Jensen 1 Goals: Matt Lockyer 1 |
Tries: 2 Jamie Frizzo 1 Drew Campbell 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Matthew Bartlett* Goals: 3 Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia |
Langlands Park
(Stones Corner, Brisbane, QLD) Broadcast live on ABC 1 TV Referee: Gavin Morris Touch judges: Justin Davis, Michael Inman Interchange Official: Jon Kennedy Video Referee: Tony Maksoud |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams* – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Luke Harlen – PR 11. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Rod Griffin – SR 13. Adam Mills – LK |
Interchange: 14. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Chris Afamasaga. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Mark Cantoni (broken arm), Chey Bird (sternum). |
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Position | Round 17 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Northern Pride | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 422 | 288 | +134 | 28 |
Central Comets | 28 – 16 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Marty Hatfield 2 Guy Williams 1 Nat Bowman 1 Andrew Dale 1 Goals: Nat Bowman 4 |
Cairns Post Report Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Hezron Murgha 1 Gordon Rattler 1 Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia Goals: 2 Chris Sheppard |
Browne Park
(Wandal, Rockhampton, QLD) Referee: Justin Eastwood Touch judges: Steve Kanowski, Jason McManus Interchange Official: Aaron Geddes |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Josh Vaughan – FB 2. Drew Campbell – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Gordon Rattler – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Greg Byrnes – PR 18. Matthew Bartlett* – SR 12. Rod Griffin – SR 13. Adam Mills – LK |
Interchange: 11. Noel Underwood, 1. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Chris Afamasaga. |
* = Cowboys allocation (1 player allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Mark Cantoni (broken arm), Chey Bird (sternum). |
Position | Round 18 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Northern Pride | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 438 | 316 | +122 | 28 |
Northern Pride | 20 – 34 | Tweed Heads Seagulls |
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Tries: Josh Vaughan 2 Luke Millwood 1 Warren Jensen 1 Goals: Chey Bird 2 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Ben Jeffery 1 Shayne Joyce 1 James Wood 1 Matthew Pow 1 Matt King Goals: 4 Ben Jeffery 1 Daniel Evans |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Clayton Sharpe Touch judges: Michael Inman, Daniel Caamano Interchange Official: Darryl Bell |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Gordon Rattler – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Chris Sheppard (c) – FE 7. Luke Millwood – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Alex Starmer – PR 11. Greg Byrnes – SR 12. Rod Griffin – SR 13. Adam Mills – LK |
Interchange: 14. Warren Jensen, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Scott Bolton*, 17. Eric Warria. |
* = Cowboys allocation (1 player allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Mark Cantoni (broken arm), Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia (knee), Drew Campbell (knee), Chris Afamasaga (sternum) |
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Position | Round 19 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Northern Pride | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 458 | 350 | +108 | 28 |
Position | Round 20 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Northern Pride | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 458 | 350 | +108 | 30 |
Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 36 – 16 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Jason Moon 1 Chris McQueen 1 Chris Currie 1 Simon Phillips 1 Adam Brideson 1 Darren Bain 1 Aoterangi Herangi 1 Goals: Chris Birch 3 Matt Seamark 1 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 1 Jackson Nicolau* 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Mark Cantoni Goals: 2 Chey Bird |
BMD Kougari Oval
(Manly West, Brisbane, QLD) Referee: Justin Davis. Touch judges: Michael Wise, Andrew Wareham. Interchange Official: Jon Kennedy. |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Adam Mills – WG 3. Hezron Murgha – CE 4. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Chris Sheppard (c) – FE 7. Luke Millwood – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Greg Byrnes – PR 16. Scott Bolton* – SR 12. Mark Cantoni – SR 13. Jamie Frizzo – LK |
Interchange: 14. Rod Griffin, 15. Noel Underwood, 17. Alex Starmer, 18. Warren Jensen. |
* = Cowboys allocation (3 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Chris Afamasaga (resigned) |
Position | Round 21 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Northern Pride | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 474 | 386 | +88 | 30 |
Northern Pride | 20 – 30 | Ipswich Jets |
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Tries: Josh Vaughan 1 Stephen Sheppard 1 Luke Millwood 1 Greg Byrnes 1 Goals: Chey Bird 2 |
Cairns Post Report |
Tries: 2 Smith Samau 1Donald Malone 1 Isaak Ah Mau 1 Aaron Sweeney 1 Adam Boettcher Goals: 3 Donald Malone |
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Referee: Clayton Sharpe Touch judges: Michael Inman, Darryl Bell Interchange Official: Daniel Caamano |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Hezron Murgha – WG 3. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Scott Bolton* – PR 11. Rod Griffin – SR 12. Mark Cantoni – SR 13. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia – LK |
Interchange: 14. Luke Millwood, 15. Alex Starmer, 16. Greg Byrnes, 18. Luke Harlen. |
* = Cowboys allocation (2 players allocated for this match). |
Unavailable: Joel Riethmuller (knee), Brett Anderson (transferred to the Melbourne Storm, Ryan Bartlett (ACL), Mark Cantoni (broken arm), Chris Afamasaga (resigned), Adam Mills (ankle) |
Position | Round 22 – 2008 | P | W | D | L | B | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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3 | Northern Pride | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 494 | 416 | +78 | 30 |
2008 ladder[edit]
2008 Queensland Cup | ||||||||||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
1 | Ipswich Jets | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 656 | 329 | +327 | 36 |
2 | Souths Logan Magpies (P) | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 592 | 378 | +214 | 32 |
3 | Northern Pride | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 494 | 416 | +78 | 30 |
4 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 526 | 514 | +12 | 28 |
5 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 498 | 418 | +80 | 27 |
6 | Burleigh Bears | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 528 | 506 | +22 | 26 |
7 | Easts Tigers | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 454 | 462 | -8 | 21 |
8 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 507 | 535 | -28 | 19 |
9 | Mackay Cutters | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 416 | 488 | -72 | 19 |
10 | Central Comets | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 404 | 595 | -191 | 18 |
11 | Norths Devils | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 288 | 722 | -434 | 8 |
Northern Pride (regular season 2008)[edit]
- Win = 13 (6 of 10 home games, 7 of 11 away games)
- Loss = 7 (3 of 10 home games, 4 of 11 away games)
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Finals Series[edit]
Qualifying / Elimination Finals | Major / Minor Semi-finals | Preliminary Final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Ipswich | 34 | Ipswich | 18 | ||||||||||||||
Northern Pride | 16 | Souths Logan | 24 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Souths Logan | 16 | Northern Pride | 12 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Northern Pride | 40 | Souths Logan | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Souths Logan | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Redcliffe | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Wynnum Manly | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Redcliffe | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
Souths Logan Magpies | 16 – 40 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Nigel Plum 2 Quentin Laulu Togagae 1 Goals: Tim Cannard 2 |
Match Report |
Tries: 1 Chey Bird 1Hezron Murgha 1 Jamie Frizzo 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Mark Cantoni 1 Luke Harlen Goals: 8 Chey Bird |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Hezron Murgha – WG 3. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Chris Sheppard (c) – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Scott Bolton* – PR 11. Luke Harlen – SR 12. Mark Cantoni – SR 13. Rod Griffin – LK |
Interchange: 14. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia, 15. Warren Jensen, 16. Greg Byrnes, 17. Noel Underwood. |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Alex Starmer (knee) |
Ipswich Jets | 34 – 16 | Northern Pride |
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Tries: Scott Ireland 2 Donald Malone 1 Josh Lewis 1 Kurtis Lingwoodock 1 Leigh Coghill 1 Goals: Josh Lewis 5 |
Match Report |
Tries: 1 Hezron Murgha 1 Josh Vaughan 1 Jamie Frizzo Goals: 2 Chey Bird |
Briggs Rd Sporting Complex
(Ipswich, QLD) Broadcast live on ABC 1 TV Referee: Justin Davis Touch judges: Clayton Sharpe, Rod Spain Interchange Officials: Daniel Gicliotti |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird – FB 2. Hezron Murgha – WG 3. Josh Vaughan – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Adam Mills – WG 6. Jackson Nicolau* – FE 1. Stephen Sheppard – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 10. Scott Bolton* – PR 20. Ben Vaeau* – SR 12. Mark Cantoni – SR 13. Rod Griffin – LK |
Interchange: 16. Greg Byrnes, 17. Noel Underwood, 18. Warren Jensen, 19. Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia. |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Chris Sheppard (foot) |
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Northern Pride | 12 – 16 | Souths Logan Magpies |
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Tries: Hezron Murgha 1 Jackson Nicolau* 1 Luke Harlen 1 Goals: 0 |
GOLDEN POINT GAME Match Report |
Tries: 2 Kyle Lodge 1 Quentin Laulu Togagae Goals: 1 Josh White 1 Tim Cannard |
Langlands Park
(Stones Corner, Brisbane, QLD) Broadcast live on ABC 1 TV. Referee: Gavin Morris. Touch judges: David Shaw, Peter Jones. Interchange Officials: Peter Anderson. |
CRGT Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird (c) – FB 2. Hezron Murgha – WG 3. Jackson Nicolau* – CE 4. Jamie Frizzo – CE 5. Josh Vaughan – WG 6. Stephen Sheppard – FE 7. Luke Millwood – HB 8. Ben Laity – PR 9. Jason Roos – HK 20. Ben Vaeau* – PR 11. Luke Harlen – SR 21. Scott Bolton* – SR 13. Mark Cantoni – LK |
Interchange: 10. Greg Byrnes, 12. Noel Underwood, 14. Callan Myles, 15. Alex Starmer. |
* = Cowboys allocation. |
Unavailable: Chris Sheppard (foot), Rod Griffin (concussion), Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia. |
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2008 Northern Pride players[edit]
Pride player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points scored | |
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Adam Mills | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Alex Starmer | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Kerr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ben Laity | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Brett Anderson | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Callan Myles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chey Bird | 19 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 150 | |
Chris Afamasaga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Chris Sheppard | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
Drew Campbell | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
Eric Warria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gordon Rattler | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Hezron Murgha | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
Jamie Frizzo | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Jason Roos | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
Joel Riethmuller | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Josh Vaughan | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
Luke Harlen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Luke Millwood | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Mark Cantoni | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Noel Underwood | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Quincy To'oto'o-ulugia | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 24 | |
Richie Marsters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rod Griffin | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Stephen Sheppard | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Warren Jensen | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Ryan Bartlett | Trial Game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shaun Cribb | Trial Game | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Pride in 2008[edit]
Cowboys player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Points | |
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Greg Byrnes | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jackson Nicolau | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Bolton | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Ben Vaeau | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Matthew Bartlett | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
Ty Williams | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
David Faiumu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Steve Southern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 televised games[edit]
In 2008 games were televised by ABC TV and shown live across Queensland through the ABC1 channel at 2.00pm (AEST) on Saturday afternoons. The commentary team was Gerry Collins, Warren Boland and David Wright.
- 1: Northern Pride won 34-24: Round 5, Saturday 12 April 2008 against Souths Logan Magpies from Meakin Park, Logan
- 2: Northern Pride lost 4-34: Round 8, Saturday 3 May 2008 against Tweed Heads Seagulls from Cudgen Park, Cudgen
- 3: Northern Pride won 30-16: Round 11, Saturday 24 May 2008 against Ipswich Jets from Briggs Road Sporting Complex, Ipswich
- 4: Northern Pride won 26-10: Round 17, Saturday 12 July 2008 against Easts Tigers from Langlands Park, Stones Corner, Brisbane
- 5: Northern Pride won 34-16: Qualifying Final, Saturday 30 August 2008 against Ipswich Jets from Briggs Road Sporting Complex, Ipswich
- 6: Northern Pride lost 12-16 : Preliminary Final, Saturday 6 September 2008 against Souths Logan Magpies from Langlands Park, Stones Corner, Brisbane
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