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2024 North Queensland Cowboys season

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2024 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank5th
Play-off resultSF
2024 recordWins: 15; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 657; against: 568
Team information
CEOJeff Reibel
CoachTodd Payten
Captain
StadiumQueensland Country Bank Stadium
Avg. attendance19,701
High attendance24,861 (vs. Newcastle, Finals Week 1)
Top scorers
TriesKyle Feldt (23)
GoalsValentine Holmes (99)
PointsValentine Holmes (254)
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 30th in the club's history. Coached by Todd Payten and captained by Reuben Cotter and Tom Dearden, they competed in the NRL's 2024 Telstra Premiership. Cotter and Dearden captain the club for the first time, replacing Jason Taumalolo and Chad Townsend.[1]

Season summary

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Milestones

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Squad

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North Queensland Cowboys 2024 Squad
Top 30 squad – 2024 NRL season Supplementary list Coaching staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Development players[3]
  • Extended squad[4]

Updated: 8 May 2024
Source(s): NQ Cowboys


Squad movement

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Gains

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Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Braidon Burns South Sydney Rabbitohs (mid-season)
2025
Jake Clifford Hull F.C.
2024
Harrison Edwards Canterbury Bulldogs (mid-season)
2026
Tom Mikaele Warrington Wolves
2024
Viliami Vailea New Zealand Warriors
2025

Losses

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Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Jake Bourke Townsville Blackhawks
2024
Mitch Dunn Retired
Brendan Elliot Retired
Jack Gosiewski Brisbane Broncos (mid-season)
2025
Ben Hampton Retired
Peta Hiku Hull Kingston Rovers
2026
Luciano Leilua St George Illawarra Dragons
2026
Sylvester Namo Castleford Tigers
2025
Riley Price Penrith Panthers
2025
Taniela Sadrugu CA Brive
2024
Gehamat Shibasaki Townsville Blackhawks
2024
James Tamou Townsville Blackhawks
2024
Ragarive Wavik Canterbury Bulldogs
2024

Re-signings

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Player Until End of Notes
Coen Hess
2027
Heilum Luki
2029
Sam McIntyre
2026
Tom Mikaele
2027

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 3 692 449 +243 44 Advance to finals series
2 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 17 0 7 3 580 394 +186 40
3 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 3 738 463 +275 38
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 0 8 3 653 431 +222 38
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 3 657 568 +89 36
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 3 529 433 +96 34
7 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 13 1 10 3 634 521 +113 33
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 3 470 510 −40 30
9 Canberra Raiders 24 12 0 12 3 474 601 −127 30
10 Dolphins 24 11 0 13 3 577 578 −1 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 3 508 634 −126 28
12 Brisbane Broncos 24 10 0 14 3 537 607 −70 26
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 9 1 14 3 512 574 −62 25
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 3 488 656 −168 22
15 Parramatta Eels 24 7 0 17 3 561 716 −155 20
16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 7 0 17 3 494 682 −188 20
17 Wests Tigers 24 6 0 18 3 463 750 −287 18
Source: National Rugby League
(P) Premiers

Fixtures

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Pre-season

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 18 February Trial 1 Brisbane Broncos BB Print Stadium 20–46 Finefeuiaki, Mullany, Purdue, Valemei Mullany (1/1), Purdue (1/1), Duffy (0/2) 5,332
Sunday, 25 February Trial 2 Canberra Raiders Seiffert Oval 36–26 Feldt (3), Mikaele (2), Laybutt, Taulagi Holmes (2/4), Drinkwater (1/2), Laybutt (1/1) 6,048
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season

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Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundAHAAHAAHHANHAHAAHHHAHHHA
ResultWWWLWLLLLLWWWLWBWLBWWWLWBWW
Position1213248910121211101210878886677665
Points24668888881012141416182020222426282830323436
Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 10 March Round 1 Dolphins Suncorp Stadium 43–18 Laybutt (2), Dearden, Feldt, Luki, Nanai, Taulagi Holmes (7/7), Townsend (1 FG) 32,477
Saturday, 16 March Round 2 Newcastle Knights QCB Stadium 21–20 (g.p.) Dearden, Feldt, Nanai, Townsend Holmes (3/5), Townsend (1 FG) 18,986
Saturday, 23 March Round 3 St. George Illawarra Dragons Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 46–24 Taulagi, McIntyre, Neame, Drinkwater, Finefeuiaki, Dearden, Holmes, Townsend Holmes (7/8) 9,252
Friday, 29 March Round 4 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 12–38 Holmes, Drinkwater Holmes (2/2) 45,793
Sunday, 7 April Round 5 Gold Coast Titans QCB Stadium 35–22 Laybutt, Taulagi, Drinkwater (2), Robson, Feldt Holmes (5/6), Townsend (1 FG) 18,870
Saturday, 13 April Round 6 Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium 20–27 Nanai, Chester, Holmes, Drinkwater Holmes (2/4) 14,443
Sunday, 21 April Round 7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks PointsBet Stadium 6–42 Holmes Holmes (1/1) 12,415
Saturday, 27 April Round 8 Penrith Panthers QCB Stadium 20–26 Valemei, Holmes, Finefeuiaki, Nanai Holmes (2/4) 20,960
Saturday, 4 May Round 9 Dolphins QCB Stadium 26–28 Feldt, Cotter, Nanai (2), McIntyre Holmes (3/5) 20,967
Sunday, 12 May Round 10 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 18–20 Nanai (2), Feldt Holmes (3/3) 12,125
Saturday, 18 May Round 11 South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 28–22 Burns (2), Dearden (2), Vailea Holmes (4/6) 50,708
Friday, 24 May Round 12 Wests Tigers QCB Stadium 42–28 Feldt (2), Holmes (2), Nanai (2), McIntyre Holmes (7/8) 15,947
Sunday, 2 June Round 13 Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 18–16 Burns, Drinkwater, Finefeuiaki Drinkwater (3/5) 13,811
Saturday, 8 June Round 14 New Zealand Warriors QCB Stadium 12–42 Drinkwater, Burns Holmes (2/2) 19,623
Friday, 14 June Round 15 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 34–16 Feldt (2), Luki, Nanai, Holmes, Robson Holmes (5/6) 9,671
Round 16 Bye
Sunday, 30 June Round 17 Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium 16–6 Feldt, Burns, Purdue Holmes (2/3) 15,777
Saturday, 6 July Round 18 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles QCB Stadium 20–21 (g.p.) Townsend, Cotter, Feldt Holmes (3/3), Drinkwater (1 2pt FG) 18,787
Round 19 Bye
Sunday, 21 July Round 20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs QCB Stadium 20–18 Luki (2), Purdue Holmes (4/4) 16,376
Saturday, 27 July Round 21 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks QCB Stadium 30–22 Feldt (3), Nanai, Taulagi Holmes (5/6) 17,907
Thursday, 1 August Round 22 Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 48–30 Taulagi (3), Drinkwater (2), Dearden, Feldt, Holmes Holmes (7/8), Drinkwater (1/1) 7,231
Saturday, 10 August Round 23 Brisbane Broncos QCB Stadium 18–42 Dearden, Feldt, Vailea Holmes (3/3) 24,230
Saturday, 17 August Round 24 Canberra Raiders QCB Stadium 42–4 Holmes (3), Feldt (2), Clifford, Dearden Holmes (7/7) 17,920
Round 25 Bye
Thursday, 29 August Round 26 Melbourne Storm QCB Stadium 38–30 Feldt (2), Taulagi, Holmes, Robson, Nanai Holmes (7/7) 20,787
Saturday, 7 September Round 27 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Accor Stadium 44–6 Feldt (2), Taulagi (2), Drinkwater, Holmes, Luki Holmes (8/8) 32,437
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

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Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 14 September Elimination Newcastle Knights QCB Stadium 28–16 Cotter, Dearden, Feldt, McLean, Taulagi Holmes (4/5) 24,861
Friday, 20 September Semi Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Allianz Stadium
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Statistics

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Name App T G FG Pts
Braidon Burns 4 5 - - 20
Tom Chester 5 1 - - 4
Jake Clifford 7 1 1 - 6
Reuben Cotter 22 3 - - 12
Tom Dearden 23 9 - - 36
Scott Drinkwater 25 10 6 1 54
Harrison Edwards 14 - - - -
Kyle Feldt 24 23 - - 92
Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 24 3 - - 12
Jack Gosiewski 5 - - - -
Jake Granville 12 - - - -
Valentine Holmes 23 14 99 - 254
Zac Laybutt 4 3 - - 12
Heilum Luki 18 5 - - 20
Sam McIntyre 25 3 - - 12
Jordan McLean 21 1 - - 4
Tom Mikaele 12 - - - -
Jeremiah Nanai 22 13 - - 52
Griffin Neame 25 1 - - 4
Jaxon Purdue 9 2 - - 8
Reece Robson 22 3 - - 12
Jamal Shibasaki 1 - - - -
Murray Taulagi 17 11 - - 44
Jason Taumalolo 22 - - - -
Chad Townsend 20 3 - 3 15
Viliami Vailea 17 2 - - 8
Semi Valemei 4 1 - - 4
Totals 117 106 4 685

Source:[27]

Representatives

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The following players played a representative match in 2024.

State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII Pacific Championships Samoa tour of England
Reuben Cotter
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Tom Dearden
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Robert Derby
Papua New Guinea
Valentine Holmes
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Sam McIntyre
Australia
Jeremiah Nanai
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Samoa
Griffin Neame
New Zealand
Reece Robson
New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales
Murray Taulagi
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Jason Taumalolo
Tonga
Semi Valemei
Fiji

Awards

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Feeder clubs

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Women's team

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The North Queensland Cowboys Women's team competed in their second season of the NRL Women's Premiership in 2024. They finished 6th, three places higher than the previous season. They were coached by Ricky Henry and captained by Kirra Dibb and Tallisha Harden.

References

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  1. ^ "Cowboys crown new captains". NQ Cowboys. 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ "King Kyle claims Bowen's crown as Cowboys salute". NRL. 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ Development players train with the Top 30 squad but cannot play NRL until after Round 10
  4. ^ Players in the extended squad train with the Top 30 squad but are on train and trial or junior contracts
  5. ^ "Cowboys sign Burns". NQ Cowboys. 6 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Clifford comes home". NQ Cowboys. 2 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Cowboys sign Edwards". NQ Cowboys. 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Mikaele joins Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 7 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Cowboys sign Vailea". NQ Cowboys. 26 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Ex-Cowboy Jake Bourke ditches French club after 10 days to sign with Blackhawks". Townsville Bulletin. 9 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Dunn joins coaching ranks". NQ Cowboys. 8 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Cowboys to farewell nine departing players". NQ Cowboys. 19 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Gosiewski Joins Broncos Through 2025". Brisbane Broncos. 29 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Recently departed Cowboys utility surprising new job". Zero Tackle. 29 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Hull KR secure Kiwis' star Peta Hiku on three-year deal". Hull KR. 21 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Dragons secure Luciano Leilua and extend Corey Allan". St George Illawarra Dragons. 24 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Namo is a Tiger". Castleford Tigers. 1 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Panthers sign Cowboys forward as club confirms development players". Zero Tackle. 13 September 2023.
  19. ^ "French rugby club CA Brive raid Cowboys for Taniela Sadrugu". Townsville Bulletin. 10 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Which clubs have signed the nine released Cowboys for 2024". Townsville Bulletin. 25 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Cowboys legend James Tamou to play on with Townsville Blackhawks in 2024". Townsville Bulletin. 21 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Junior Cowboys fullback reportedly leaves for Sydney club". Zero Tackle. 30 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Hess on track to be a Cowboy for life". NQ Cowboys. 31 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Luki signs long-term extension". NQ Cowboys. 24 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Cowboys re-sign McIntyre". NQ Cowboys. 3 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Cowboys re-sign Mikaele". NQ Cowboys. 29 May 2024.
  27. ^ "2024 North Queensland Cowboys season". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.