2007 Queensland Cup

The 2007 Queensland Cup season was the 12th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Queensland Wizard Cup due to sponsorship from Wizard Home Loans featured 11 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

2007 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 16 – September 15, 2007
Teams11
Premiers Tweed Heads Seagulls (1st title)
Minor premiers North Queensland Young Guns
(2nd title)
Matches played116
Points scored5,447
Top points scorer(s) Nick Parfitt
Player of the year Shannon Walker
(Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Rory Bromley
John Tamanika

The Tweed Heads Seagulls became the first team from outside of Queensland to win the Queensland Cup when they defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins 28–18 at Suncorp Stadium. Tweed Heads' fullback Shannon Walker was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[1][2]

Teams

11 teams participated in the Queensland Cup again in 2007, with the Aspley Broncos replacing the Toowoomba Clydesdales.[3][4]

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
 Aspley Broncos Suncorp Stadium Mark Gee Nick Kenny Brisbane Broncos
 Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park Jim Lenihan Ryan Gundry Gold Coast Titans
 Central Comets Browne Park Steve Anderson Wayne Barnett None
 Easts Tigers Langlands Park Michael Booth Trent Young None
 Ipswich Jets QLD Group Stadium, Carrara Stadium Kevin Walters Danny Coburn Gold Coast Titans
 North Queensland Young Guns Dairy Farmers Stadium Matt Parish Shane Muspratt North Queensland Cowboys
 Norths Devils Bishop Park Kevin Carmichael Marc Brentnall Melbourne Storm
 Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval Anthony Griffin Troy Lindsay Brisbane Broncos
 Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park, Brandon Park Jason Burnham & Brandon Costin Cameron Joyce None
 Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex Troy McCarthy Andrew Moroney, Brad Davis Gold Coast Titans
 Wynnum Manly Seagulls Kougari Oval Shane McNally Jimmy Ahmat None

Ladder
2007 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 North Queensland Young Guns 2015052566355+21134
2 Redcliffe Dolphins 2014062516338+17832
3 Tweed Heads Seagulls (P) 2013162546404+14231
4 Ipswich Jets 2013162510400+11031
5 Easts Tigers 2011092426448-2226
6 Aspley Broncos 2010192469441+2825
7 Burleigh Bears 2090112550478+7222
8 Norths Devils 2081112507524-1721
9 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 2080122399539-14020
10 Souths Logan Magpies 2050152384580-19614
11 Central Comets 2020182310666-3568

Finals series
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue
Qualifying Finals
Ipswich Jets 18 – 16 Easts Tigers 25 August 2007 QLD Group Stadium
Redcliffe Dolphins 22 – 18 Tweed Heads Seagulls 25 August 2007 Dolphin Oval
Semi Finals
North Queensland Young Guns 18 – 28 Redcliffe Dolphins 31 August 2007 Dairy Farmers Stadium
Tweed Heads Seagulls 40 – 14 Ipswich Jets 1 September 2007 Piggabeen Sports Complex
Preliminary Finals
North Queensland Young Guns 10 – 34 Tweed Heads Seagulls 8 September 2007 Langlands Park
Grand Final
Redcliffe Dolphins 18 – 28 Tweed Heads Seagulls 15 September 2007 Suncorp Stadium
 
  Qualifying / Elimination Finals Major / Minor Semi Finals Preliminary Final Grand Final
                                     
1 North Qld 18  
    Redcliffe 28         Redcliffe 18
2 Redcliffe 22     North Qld 10   Tweed Heads 28
3 Tweed Heads 18       Tweed Heads 34  
Tweed Heads 40
4 Ipswich 18   Ipswich 14  
5 Easts 16

Grand Final
Saturday, 15 September
Redcliffe Dolphins 18 – 28 Tweed Heads Seagulls
Tries:
Rory Bromley 1
Nick Emmett 1
Chris Fox 1
Goals:
Alwyn Simpson 3		 1st: 6 - 18
2nd: 12 - 10
Report		 Tries:
2 David Myles
2 Shannon Walker
1 Brad Davis
Goals:
4 Brad Davis
Suncorp Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Gavin Morris
Man of the Match: Brad Davis (Tweed Heads)
Redcliffe Dolphins Position Tweed Heads Seagulls
Ryan CullenFBShannon Walker
Alwyn SimpsonWGNathanael Barnes
Matt HarrisCEDavid Myles
Nick EmmettCEJames Wood
Rory BromleyWGJosh Vaughan
Daniel GreenFEBrad Davis (c)
Chris FoxHBTim Maccan
Troy Lindsay (c)PRRoy Friend
Mick RobertsHKMatt King
Adam StarrPRChris Enahoro
Nathan TuttSRWill Matthews
Danny BurkeSRSelasi Berdie
Grant FluggeLKMatthew Pow
Pat GardnerBenchAndre Amato
Mark ShipwayBenchMatthew Austin
Palmer WapauBenchDavid Molenaar
Marty TurnerBenchDaniel Evans
Anthony GriffinCoachTroy McCarthy

Reigning premiers Redcliffe, who finished the regular season in 2nd, were the first team to qualify for the Grand Final after defeating Tweed Heads in Week 1 and North Queensland in the major semi final. It would be their nine Grand Final appearance in 12 seasons. After losing to Redcliffe, Tweed Heads faced Ipswich in an elimination final, which they won 40–14. A week later, they scored a major upset over minor premiers North Queensland to progress to their first Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance.

First half

Redcliffe opened their premiership defence strongly when halfback Chris Fox scored in the ninth minute. Tweed Heads hit back in the 18th minute when David Myles latched onto a Tim Maccan grubber to score. The Seagulls moved into the lead for the first time when captain Brad Davis stepped through some soft defence to score under the posts. Tweed Heads extended their lead to 12 just seconds before half time when Davis sent Myles over for his second try of the game.

Second half

The Dolphins got the scoring underway in the second half when centre Nick Emmett dived onto a kick from his winger Alwyn Simpson to get Redcliffe back into the contest. 10 minutes later, Tweed Heads pushed the lead back to 12 when the competition's Player of the Year Shannon Walker backed up a Maccan line break to score. Walker sealed the game for his side just five minutes later when he returned a Dolphins' kick 80 metres to score in the corner. Redcliffe gave themselves a small chance late when winger Rory Bromley crossed in the 74th minute but it wasn't enough as Tweed Heads won their first premiership. They became the first club from outside of Queensland to win the competition.[5][6]

Seagulls' captain Brad Davis was named Man of the Match and awarded the first ever Duncan Hall Medal, named in honour of the Hall of Famer, who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 Tests for Australia.[7]

The loss in the Grand Final would effectively end the Redcliffe Dolphins dominant run in the Queensland Cup. From 1996 to 2007, the club won five premierships, appeared in nine of 12 Grand Finals and won three minor premierships. They would not qualify for another Grand Final until 2012 and would not win another until 2018.

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See also

References
  1. "Final to be switched?". www.couriermail.com.au. 16 September 2007.
  2. Queensland Rugby LeagueWizard Cup Heads South Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback MachineRetrieved 17 Dec 2007
  3. "Aspley new Brisbane Broncos feeder club". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 December 2006.
  4. "Overnight wrap: Broncos, Mason, Rogers » League Unlimited". League Unlimited.
  5. "2007 QLD Cup Grand Final Tweed Heads 28 v Redcliffe 18" – via www.youtube.com.
  6. Seagulls, Tweed Heads (25 May 2017). "Champion Gulls of '07 to reunite". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. "Farewell to a legend". Morning Bulletin. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
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