Year: | 2020 |
Team Colour: | navy |
Font Colour: | white |
League: | NRL |
League Rank: | 14th |
League Wins: | 5 |
League Draws: | 0 |
League Losses: | 15 |
Points For: | 368 |
Points Against: | 520 |
Playoff Result: | Missed finals |
Ceo Title: | CEO |
Ceo: | Jeff Reibel |
Coach Title: | Coach |
Coach: | Paul Green (resigned on July 20) Josh Hannay (interim) |
Avg Attendance: | 6,712[1] |
High Attendance: | 22,459 (vs. Brisbane, Round 1) |
Top Tries: | Kyle Feldt (19) |
Top Goals: | Valentine Holmes (24) |
Top Points: | Kyle Feldt (122) |
Next Season: | 2021 |
The 2020 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 26th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and captained by Michael Morgan, they competed in the NRL's 2020 Telstra Premiership. The 2020 season was the club's first at their new home ground, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, after 25 seasons at Willows Sports Complex.[2]
On 20 July, Green resigned as head coach after just three wins from the opening 10 games. He was replaced by assistant coach Josh Hannay, who took over as interim head coach until the end of the season.[3]
Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Valentine Holmes | New York Jets | |||
Connelly Lemuelu | Canterbury Bulldogs | |||
Esan Marsters | Wests Tigers | |||
Reece Robson | St George Illawarra Dragons |
Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carlin Anderson | Townsville Blackhawks | |||
Kurt Baptiste | Easts Tigers | |||
Logan Bayliss-Brow | Easts Tigers | |||
Scott Bolton | Retired | |||
Javid Bowen | Northern Pride | |||
Gideon Gela-Mosby | Northern Pride | |||
Jordan Kahu | Brisbane Broncos | |||
Te Maire Martin | Retired | |||
Matthew Scott | Retired | |||
Enari Tuala | Newcastle Knights | |||
Kurt Wiltshire | Wests Tigers Mackay |
See main article: 2020 NRL Nines.
The NRL Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2020 competition was played over two days on February 14 and 15 at HBF Park in Perth. The Cowboys finished first in Pool 4 and defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Gold Coast Titans and St George Illawarra Dragons on their way to winning the competition.
Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 14 February | 7:05pm | Round 1 | Brisbane Broncos | HBF Park | 17 – 11 | Clifford (2) | ||||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 1:45pm | Round 2 | Manly Sea Eagles | HBF Park | 10 – 7 | Drinkwater (1) | ||||||
Legend: |
Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 3:55pm | Quarter | South Sydney Rabbitohs | HBF Park | 20 – 6 | Clifford (2), Feldt (1) | ||||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 5:45pm | Semi | Gold Coast Titans | HBF Park | 19 – 8 | Feldt (1) | ||||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 7:00pm | Final | St George Illawarra Dragons | HBF Park | 23 – 14 | Clifford (2), Drinkwater (1) | ||||||
Legend: |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday, 22 February | Trial 1 | Brisbane Broncos | Barlow Park | 18 – 16 | Cotter (2), Gilbert, Lemuelu | Clifford (1/4) | – | ||||
Saturday, 29 February | Trial 2 | Melbourne Storm | Casey Fields | 14 – 22 | Feldt, Holmes, O'Neill | Holmes (1/3) | – | ||||
Legend: |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the regular season was suspended after Round 2.[4] On 9 April, the NRL announced that competition would re-commence on 28 May with a shortened 20-round regular season.[5] On 21 May, the full revised draw was released[6] [7] From Round 7 onward, the Cowboys were allowed to host fans at their home games, starting with a limit of 2,000, before eventually rising to 10,000 from Round 9.
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
11 | - | - | - | - | ||
14 | 3 | 1 | - | 20 | ||
1 | - | - | - | - | ||
15 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
10 | - | - | - | - | ||
16 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
20 | 19 | 23 | - | 122 | ||
12 | - | - | - | - | ||
8 | - | - | - | - | ||
13 | 4 | - | - | 16 | ||
15 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
4 | - | - | - | - | ||
12 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 65 | ||
8 | - | - | - | - | ||
7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | ||
12 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
17 | - | - | - | - | ||
15 | - | - | - | - | ||
20 | 3 | - | - | 12 | ||
6 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 | ||
17 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
5 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
2 | - | - | - | - | ||
14 | 5 | - | - | 20 | ||
14 | 6 | - | - | 24 | ||
4 | - | - | - | - | ||
16 | 2 | - | - | 8 | ||
8 | - | - | - | - | ||
Totals | 67 | 49 | 2 | 368 |
The following players have played a representative match in 2020.
Coen Hess | |||||
Valentine Holmes | |||||
Esan Marsters |
The Cowboys' three feeder clubs, the Mackay Cutters, Northern Pride and Townsville Blackhawks, each played just one game before the 2020 Queensland Cup season was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]
The Cowboys' women's team, the North Queensland Gold Stars, played just one game in the QRL Women's Premiership before the season was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]