2025 Queensland Cup

2025 Queensland Cup
2025 Queensland Cup
Duration	8 March – 27 September 2025
Teams	15
Points scored	5,662
Top points scorer(s)	Josh Roberts (Burleigh Bears); — 158 points
Top try-scorer(s)	Dudley Dotoi (Townsville Blackhawks); — 23 tries

The 2025 Queensland Cup season is the 30th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, features 15 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

Norths Devils are the defending premiers after they won the 2024 Grand Final 34–20 against the Redcliffe Dolphins.

Teams

In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.

Club	Home ground(s)	Head coach(s)	Captain(s)	NRL Affiliate
Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Matt Church^[1]	Ryley Jacks	Melbourne Storm
Burleigh Bears	UAA Park	Luke Burt	Sam Coster	Brisbane Broncos
Central Queensland Capras	Browne Park Rugby Park	Lionel Harbin	Blake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski^[2]	Dolphins
Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Tye Ingebrigtsen^[3]	Blake Lenehan	Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Adam Cuthbertson	Hiale Roycroft	North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Russell Aitken^[4]	Nick Lui-Toso	North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils	Bishop Park	Rohan Smith^[5]	Kierran Moseley	Dolphins
Papua New Guinea Hunters	PNG Football Stadium	Paul Aiton	Ila Alu	None
Redcliffe Dolphins	Kayo Stadium	Eric Smith^[6]	Kyle Schneider	Dolphins
Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park Logan Metro Sports Complex	Karmichael Hunt	Rory Ferguson	Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Brad Henderson	Sam Burns	Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks	Jack Manski Oval	Terry Campese	Jack Campagnolo	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	David Penna	Lindon McGrady	Gold Coast Titans
Western Clydesdales	Clive Berghofer Stadium	Ned Murphy	Emry Pere	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	BMD Kougari Oval	Mathew Head	Luke Gale	Brisbane Broncos

Regular season

Fixtures and results

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Tigers	NTP +8*	CQC +0	IPS -14	PNG -34	SCF +8	SLM +12	TSV -4	CQC -14	RED -4	TWE +14	X	NOR -16	NTP +28	PNG +20	IPS -12	SLM +4	X	BUR -42	MAC +14	TWE -5	X	WES	WMS
Burleigh Bears	CQC -10†	WMS -12	TWE +2	WES +14	IPS +20	CQC +8	PNG -8	MAC +4	NTP +2	X	SLM +13	WES 0	TSV -2	IPS +12	TWE +16	NOR +4	X	BRI +42	NTP +6	RED +18	X	NOR	SCF
Central Queensland Capras	BUR +10†	BRI +0	MAC +20	X	TSV -2	BUR -8	SLM -20	BRI +14	IPS -20	NTP -18	WMS -28	SCF -14	RED -44	X	MAC -20	IPS -22	PNG +16	TWE +4	WES 0	SCF -4	WMS +10	X	NOR
Ipswich Jets	TSV -1*	X	BRI +14	TWE +4	BUR -20	PNG +2	WMS +16	NTP -32	CQC +20	RED +2	WES +30	MAC -8	X	BUR -12	BRI +12	CQC +22	NOR -8	PNG -6	RED -10	X	WES +20	SCF	SLM
Mackay Cutters	PNG +6‡	TSV -7	CQC -20	X	NTP +4	WES -4	TWE +4	BUR -4	WMS -20	NOR -2	SCF -26	IPS +8	TWE +14	X	CQC +20	SCF +40	WMS -16	NOR -4	BRI -14	SLM -48	TSV -4	X	RED
Northern Pride	BRI -8*	TWE -4	TSV -14	NOR -18	MAC -4	WMS -2	X	IPS +32	BUR -2	MAC +18	PNG -4	SLM +6	BRI -28	WES +26	TSV +14	X	RED -4	SCF -38	BUR -6	NOR -1	X	TWE	PNG
Norths Devils	RED +20‡	WES +36	SLM +8	NTP +18	X	SCF +10	WES +22	RED +4	PNG -6	MAC +2	TWE +14	BRI +16	X	TSV -8	SLM -12	BUR -4	IPS +8	MAC +4	WMS +8	NTP +1	X	BUR	CQC
Papua New Guinea Hunters	MAC -6‡	SCF -22	X	BRI +34	TWE +6	IPS -2	BUR +8	WMS +18	NOR +6	TSV -10	NTP +4	RED -34	SCF +2	BRI -20	X	TSV +18	CQC -16	IPS +6	X	WES +36	SLM +20	WMS	NTP
Redcliffe Dolphins	NOR -20‡	SLM +14	WMS +20	X	WES +24	TSV -22	SCF -8	NOR -4	BRI +4	IPS -2	X	PNG +34	CQC +44	TWE +8	WMS -8	X	NTP +4	SLM -6	IPS +10	BUR -18	SCF -32	TSV	MAC
Souths Logan Magpies	WES +56*	RED -14	NOR -8	SCF +24	WMS -34	BRI -12	CQC +20	X	TSV -2	WES +20	BUR -13	NTP -6	WMS -13	X	NOR +12	BRI -4	TWE -4	RED +6	TSV +18	MAC +48	PNG -20	X	IPS
Sunshine Coast Falcons	X	PNG +22	WES -10	SLM -24	BRI -8	NOR -10	RED +8	TSV +6	TWE -10	X	MAC +26	CQC +14	PNG +2	WMS -28	WES +32	MAC -40	X	NTP +38	TWE +12	CQC +4	RED +32	IPS	BUR
Townsville Blackhawks	IPS +1*	MAC +7	NTP +14	X	CQC +2	RED +22	BRI +4	SCF -6	SLM +2	PNG +10	X	WMS +10	BUR +2	NOR +8	NTP -14	PNG -18	WES +20	X	SLM -18	WMS +22	MAC +4	RED	TWE
Tweed Heads Seagulls	WMS -10‡	NTP +4	BUR -2	IPS -4	PNG -6	X	MAC -4	WES +24	SCF +10	BRI -14	NOR -14	X	MAC -14	RED -8	BUR -16	WES +30	SLM +4	CQC -4	SCF -12	BRI +5	X	NTP	TSV
Western Clydesdales	SLM -56*	NOR -36	SCF +10	BUR -14	RED -24	MAC +4	NOR -22	TWE -24	X	SLM -20	IPS -30	BUR 0	X	NTP -26	SCF -32	TWE -30	TSV -20	WMS -26	CQC 0	PNG -36	IPS -20	BRI	X
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	TWE +10‡	BUR +12	RED -20	X	SLM +34	NTP +2	IPS -16	PNG -18	MAC +20	X	CQC +28	TSV -10	SLM +13	SCF +28	RED +8	X	MAC -16	WES +26	NOR -8	TSV -22	CQC -10	PNG	BRI
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	F1	F2	F3	GF
Key: Bold – Home game X – Bye ‡ – Match postponed and played between rounds 6–7 * – Match postponed and played between rounds 8–9 † – Match postponed and played between rounds 19–20 Opponent for round listed above margin

Season summary

Round 1 – Due to the impacts of severe tropical cyclone Alfred, the full slate of fixtures scheduled to begin on 8 March were postponed to dates later in the season.^[7] Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place.^[8]
Round 19 – The competition's annual country week saw matches played in Augathella, Emerald, Charters Towers, Gayndah, Yarrabah, Moranbah, and Goondiwindi.^[9]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norths Devils	18	14	0	4	3	465	324	+141	34	Finals series
2	Townsville Blackhawks	18	14	0	4	3	464	392	+72	34
3	Burleigh Bears	18	13	1	4	3	513	384	+129	33
4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	18	11	0	7	3	473	380	+93	28
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	18	11	0	7	3	436	372	+64	28
6	Ipswich Jets	18	10	0	8	3	436	391	+45	26
7	Papua New Guinea Hunters	18	10	0	8	3	474	430	+44	26
8	Redcliffe Dolphins	18	9	0	9	3	430	388	+42	24
9	Brisbane Tigers	18	8	1	9	3	433	470	−37	23
10	Souths Logan Magpies	19	8	0	11	2	590	516	+74	20
11	Tweed Heads Seagulls	18	6	0	12	3	446	477	−31	18
12	Mackay Cutters	19	7	0	12	2	396	467	−71	18
13	Central Queensland Capras	19	6	2	11	2	382	508	−126	18
14	Northern Pride	18	5	0	13	3	368	405	−37	16
15	Western Clydesdales	19	2	2	15	2	288	690	−402	10

Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: QRL RLP

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.

Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Team ╲ Round
Brisbane Tigers	0	1	1	1	3	5	5	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	15	17	19	19	21	21	23
Burleigh Bears	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	17	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33
Central Queensland Capras	0	1	3	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	13	14	16	18
Ipswich Jets	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	22	22	22	24	26
Mackay Cutters	0	0	0	2	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18
Northern Pride	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	16
Norths Devils	0	2	4	6	8	10	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	24	26	28	30	32	34
Papua New Guinea Hunters	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26
Redcliffe Dolphins	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	22	24	24	24
Souths Logan Magpies	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	20
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28
Townsville Blackhawks	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	30	32	34
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16	18
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	28

Source: QRL.com.au

References

^ "Tigers Extend Church to 2026". thetigers.com.au. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ McKay, Pam (13 January 2025). "Blake Moore, Tyler Szepanowski appointed Capras' co-captains for 2025". Code Sports. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ Anderson, Rowan (9 January 2025). "The Ipswich Jets are ready for upcoming challenges in 2025". Local Ipswich News. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ Rocha, Gyan-Reece (24 September 2024). "Northern Pride announce new head coach". Cairns Post. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ "Rohan Smith returns as Devils coach". Norths Devils RLFC. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ "Redcliffe Dolphins announce new head coach for 2025". qrl.com.au. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ "Further postponements confirmed ahead of Cyclone Alfred". qrl.com.au. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
^ "QRL confirms revised schedule for weekend fixtures". qrl.com.au. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
^ "Post match scenes sum up Country Week success". qrl.com.au. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

[1] "Tigers Extend Church to 2026". thetigers.com.au. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[2] McKay, Pam (13 January 2025). "Blake Moore, Tyler Szepanowski appointed Capras' co-captains for 2025". Code Sports. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[3] Anderson, Rowan (9 January 2025). "The Ipswich Jets are ready for upcoming challenges in 2025". Local Ipswich News. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[4] Rocha, Gyan-Reece (24 September 2024). "Northern Pride announce new head coach". Cairns Post. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[5] "Rohan Smith returns as Devils coach". Norths Devils RLFC. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[6] "Redcliffe Dolphins announce new head coach for 2025". qrl.com.au. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[7] "Further postponements confirmed ahead of Cyclone Alfred". qrl.com.au. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

[8] "QRL confirms revised schedule for weekend fixtures". qrl.com.au. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[9] "Post match scenes sum up Country Week success". qrl.com.au. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.

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