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2013 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2013 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank8th
Play-off resultLost Qualifying Final
(v Cronulla Sharks, 18-20)
2013 recordWins: 12; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scoredFor: 507; against: 431
Team information
CEOPeter Jourdain
CoachNeil Henry
Captain
Stadium1300SMILES Stadium
Avg. attendance14,112
High attendance19.510 (vs. Wests Tigers, Round 26)
Top scorers
TriesAntonio Winterstein (13)
GoalsJohnathan Thurston (71)
PointsJohnathan Thurston (151)
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The 2013 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 19th in the club's history. Coached by Neil Henry and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2013 Telstra Premiership. The Cowboys finished the season in 8th place and were knocked out in the first week of the finals by the Cronulla Sharks.

Season summary

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The Cowboys entered the 2013 NRL season with high expectations and without their long time hooker and club legend Aaron Payne, who retired at the end of 2012. The side won their Round 1 game against the Canterbury Bulldogs but would only win five of their next 19 games, leaving them sitting in 15th place after 20 rounds. Tragedy struck the club on 29 April, when talented rookie Alex Elisala died at age 20. The Cowboys defeated the Parramatta Eels five days later, dedicating the game and the rest of the season to Elisala.

On 29 July, coach Neil Henry had his contract terminated after re-signing until the end of 2014 in March.[1][2] Henry stayed on as head coach until the end of 2013, as the Cowboys went on a six-game winning streak to finish in 8th place and qualify for the finals series. They were defeated 20-18 by the Cronulla Sharks in week 1 of the finals, in a game in which the Sharks scored a try on the 7th tackle of a set.[3]

On 1 October the club appointed former player Paul Green as their head coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.[4]

At the end of the season, the Cowboys' had 13 players selected for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Milestones

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Squad List

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North Queensland Cowboys NRL Squad 2013
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Terry Matterson (assistant coach)
  • Peter Ryan (assistant coach)
  • Paul Bowman (High Performance Manager)
  • Glen Murphy (head conditioner)
  • Steve Hooper (strength & conditioning coach)
  • Steve Sartori (physiotherapist)

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



Squad Movement

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2013 Gains

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Player Signed From Until End of
Clint Greenshields Catalans Dragons
2013
Rory Kostjasyn Melbourne Storm
2014
Ethan Lowe Northern Pride
2013
Scott Moore Huddersfield Giants
2014
Curtis Rona Sydney Roosters
2014

2013 Losses

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Player Signed To Until End of
Luke Harlen Released
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Dane Hogan Easts Tigers
2014
Ben Jones Newtown Jets
2013
Aaron Payne Retired
-
Cory Paterson Hull Kingston Rovers
2014
Mosese Pangai Penrith Panthers
2014
James Segeyaro Penrith Panthers
2015

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters (P) 24 18 0 6 2 640 325 +315 40
2 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 18 0 6 2 588 384 +204 40
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 1 7 2 589 373 +216 37
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 15 1 8 2 588 366 +222 35
5 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 468 460 +8 32
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 529 463 +66 30
7 Newcastle Knights 24 12 1 11 2 528 422 +106 29
8 North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 2 507 431 +76 28
9 Gold Coast Titans 24 11 0 13 2 500 518 −18 26
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 2 495 532 −37 26
11 New Zealand Warriors 24 11 0 13 2 495 554 −59 26
12 Brisbane Broncos 24 10 1 13 2 434 477 −43 25
13 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 434 624 −190 24
14 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 7 0 17 2 379 530 −151 18
15 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 386 687 −301 18
16 Parramatta Eels 24 5 0 19 2 326 740 −414 14

Fixtures

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Pre-season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
9 February Trial 1 Brisbane Broncos Alex Inch Oval 28 – 24 Leary, Morgan, Munns, Thorby, Ulugia Feldt (2), Faifai Loa (1), Lowe (1) 4,000
16 February Trial 2 St George Illawarra Dragons Barlow Park 28 – 22 J Bowen, Greenshields, Morgan, Riethmuller, Taumalolo Morgan (3), Feldt (1) -
23 February Trial 3 Gold Coast Titans Virgin Australia Stadium 10 – 28 Faifai Loa, A Sims Lui (1) -
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
25 March Round 1 Canterbury Bulldogs Central Coast Stadium 24 – 12 Graham (2), Cooper, Winterstein Thurston (4/6) 11,627
16 March Round 2 Melbourne Storm 1300SMILES Stadium 10 – 32 Graham, Linnett Thurston (1/2) 19,288
25 March Round 3 Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 6 – 34 Cooper Thurston (1/1) 15,758
1 April Round 4 Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 18 – 20 Faifai Loa, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (3/4) 10,572
5 April Round 5 Penrith Panthers 1300SMILES Stadium 30 – 0 Linnett (2), Faifai Loa, Lui, Winterstein Thurston (5/6) 12,341
12 April Round 6 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 10 – 12 Graham, Greenshields Thurston (1/2) 42,556
27 April Round 7 Canberra Raiders 1300SMILES Stadium 30 – 12 Bowen, Graham, Hall, Morgan, Tate Thurston (5/7) 13,240
4 May Round 8 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 14 – 10 Graham, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (1/3) 9,157
10 May Round 9 South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 10 – 28 Winterstein (2) Thurston (1/2) 15,972
18 May Round 10 Sydney Roosters 1300SMILES Stadium 8 – 12 Lui Thurston (2/3) 13,666
24 May Round 11 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Stadium 20 – 22 Sims (2), Linnett, Winterstein Thurston (2/4) 7,125
2 June Round 12 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park 12 – 31 Graham, Lowe, Winterstein Lui (0/2), Morgan (0/1) 12,790
8 June Round 13 Canterbury Bulldogs 1300SMILES Stadium 26 – 36 Greenshields, Johnson, Lui, Tate Lui (5/5) 12,775
14 June Round 14 St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium 22 – 16 Greenshields, Linnett, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (3/4) 9,035
Round 15 Bye
30 June Round 16 Cronulla Sharks 1300SMILES Stadium 24 – 4 Linnett, Cooper, Winterstein Thurston (4/5) 14,434
7 July Round 17 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 18 – 26 Lui, Thurston, Winterstein Thurston (3/3) 10,515
15 July Round 18 Manly Sea Eagles 1300SMILES Stadium 14 – 34 Bowen, Morgan Lowe (3/3) 9,029
Round 19 Bye
July 26 Round 20 Brisbane Broncos 1300SMILES Stadium 16 – 18 Bowen, Cooper, Faifai Loa Thurston (2/3) 17,702
3 August Round 21 South Sydney Rabbitohs 1300SMILES Stadium 30 – 12 Linnett (2), Lui, T Sims, Tate Thurston (5/6) 13,045
11 August Round 22 Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium 36 – 4 Thompson (3), Feldt, Tate, Winterstein Thurston (6/6) 6,611
17 August Round 23 Gold Coast Titans 1300SMILES Stadium 22 – 10 Feldt (2), Cooper, Hall Thurston (3/4) 12,003
24 August Round 24 Newcastle Knights 1300SMILES Stadium 26 – 6 Ulugia (2), Lui, Tate Thurston (5/6) 12,208
1 September Round 25 Cronulla Sharks Remondis Stadium 31 – 18 Cooper (2), Bowen, T Sims, Tate Thurston (5/6, 1 FG) 15,313
7 September Round 26 Wests Tigers 1300SMILES Stadium 50 – 22 Ulugia (3), Bowen (2), Lui, Taumalolo, Thurston, Winterstein Thurston (6/7), Bowen (1/2) 19,519
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
14 September Qualifying Final Cronulla Sharks Allianz Stadium 18 – 20 Tate, Taumalolo, Ulugia Thurston (3/4) 32,747
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

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Name App T G FG Pts
Scott Bolton 18 - - - -
Matthew Bowen 19 6 1 - 26
Gavin Cooper 22 7 - - 28
Kalifa Faifai Loa 7 3 - - 12
Kyle Feldt 3 3 - - 12
Ashley Graham 14 7 - - 28
Clint Greenshields 6 3 - - 12
Glenn Hall 25 2 - - 8
Jayden Hodges 3 - - - -
Dallas Johnson 15 1 - - 4
Rory Kostjasyn 20 - - - -
Blake Leary 1 - - - -
Kane Linnett 25 9 - - 36
Ethan Lowe 2 1 3 - 10
Robert Lui 16 7 5 - 38
Anthony Mitchell 4 - - - -
Scott Moore 6 - - - -
Michael Morgan 9 2 - - 8
Joel Riethmuller 12 - - - -
Matthew Scott 22 - - - -
Ashton Sims 17 - - - -
Tariq Sims 23 4 - - 16
James Tamou 22 - - - -
Brent Tate 23 10 - - 40
Jason Taumalolo 14 2 - - 8
Ray Thompson 19 3 - - 12
Ricky Thorby 8 - - - -
Johnathan Thurston 22 2 71 1 151
Wayne Ulugia 4 6 - - 24
Antonio Winterstein 24 13 - - 52
Totals 91 80 1 525

Source:[5]

Representatives

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The following players have played a representative match in 2013

All Stars match City vs Country ANZAC Test Pacific Test State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII World Cup
Gavin Cooper
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Prime Minister's XIII
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Alex Elisala
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Samoa
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Kalifa Faifai Loa
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Samoa
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Clint Greenshields
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France
Rory Kostjasyn
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Ireland
Kane Linnett
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Scotland
Joel Riethmuller
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Samoa
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Italy
Matthew Scott
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Australia
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Australia
Ashton Sims
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Fiji
Tariq Sims
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Country
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Fiji
James Tamou
NRL All Stars
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Australia
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New South Wales
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New South Wales
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Brent Tate
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Prime Minister's XIII
Australia
Jason Taumalolo
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Tonga
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Tonga
Ray Thompson
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Papua New Guinea
Johnathan Thurston
Indigenous All Stars
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Australia
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Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
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Australia
Antonio Winterstein
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Samoa
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Samoa

Honours

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League

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Club

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Feeder Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ "Neil Henry has been sacked as coach of the North Queensland Cowboys | thetelegraph.com.au". Archived from the original on 29 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
  3. ^ "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
  4. ^ "Cowboys appoint Paul Green as head coach | NRL | Zero Tackle". www.zerotackle.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  5. ^ "NRL 2013 - North Queensland Cowboys - Rugby League Project".

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