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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]
2020 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 14th | |||
Play-off result | Missed finals | |||
2020 record | Wins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 368; against: 520 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Jeff Reibel | |||
Coach | Paul Green (resigned on July 20) Josh Hannay (interim) | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 6,712[1] | |||
High attendance | 22,459 (vs. Brisbane, Round 1) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Kyle Feldt (19) | |||
Goals | Valentine Holmes (24) | |||
Points | Kyle Feldt (122) | |||
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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 |
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Valentine Holmes | New York Jets | 2025 | |
Connelly Lemuelu | Canterbury Bulldogs | 2021 | |
Esan Marsters | Wests Tigers | 2022 | |
Reece Robson | St George Illawarra Dragons | 2023 |
Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
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Carlin Anderson | Townsville Blackhawks | 2020 | |
Kurt Baptiste | Easts Tigers | 2020 | |
Logan Bayliss-Brow | Easts Tigers | 2020 | |
Scott Bolton | Retired | – | |
Javid Bowen | Northern Pride | 2020 | |
Gideon Gela-Mosby | Northern Pride | 2020 | |
Jordan Kahu | Brisbane Broncos | 2020 | |
Te Maire Martin | Retired | – | |
Matthew Scott | Retired | – | |
Enari Tuala | Newcastle Knights | 2020 | |
Kurt Wiltshire | Wests Tigers Mackay | 2020 |
Player | Club | Until End of | Notes |
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Reuben Cotter | North Queensland Cowboys | 2022 | |
Mitchell Dunn | North Queensland Cowboys | 2022 | |
Kyle Feldt | North Queensland Cowboys | 2024 | |
Francis Molo | North Queensland Cowboys | 2021 | |
Emry Pere | North Queensland Cowboys | 2022 | |
Shane Wright | North Queensland Cowboys | 2021 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Penrith Panthers | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 537 | 238 | +299 | 37 |
2 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 534 | 276 | +258 | 32 |
3 | Parramatta Eels | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 392 | 288 | +104 | 30 |
4 | Sydney Roosters | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 552 | 322 | +230 | 28 |
5 | Canberra Raiders | 20 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 445 | 317 | +128 | 28 |
6 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 521 | 352 | +169 | 24 |
7 | Newcastle Knights | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 421 | 374 | +47 | 23 |
8 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 480 | 480 | 0 | 20 |
9 | Gold Coast Titans | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 346 | 463 | −117 | 18 |
10 | New Zealand Warriors | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 343 | 458 | −115 | 16 |
11 | Wests Tigers | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 440 | 505 | −65 | 14 |
12 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 378 | 452 | −74 | 14 |
13 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 375 | 509 | −134 | 14 |
14 | North Queensland Cowboys | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 368 | 520 | −152 | 10 |
15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 282 | 504 | −222 | 6 |
16 | Brisbane Broncos | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 268 | 624 | −356 | 6 |
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.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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North Queensland Cowboys | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 4 |
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 2 |
Brisbane Broncos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 2 |
Melbourne Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 0 |
Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 14 February | 7:05 pm | Round 1 | Brisbane Broncos | HBF Park | 17 – 11 | Drinkwater (bonus try), Hess, Tabuai-Fidow | Clifford (2) | ||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 1:45 pm | Round 2 | Manly Sea Eagles | HBF Park | 10 – 7 | Opacic, Taulagi | Drinkwater (1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Newcastle Knights | 7 | |||||||||||||
Parramatta Eels | 14 | |||||||||||||
Parramatta Eels | 6 | |||||||||||||
St. George Illawarra Dragons | 8 | |||||||||||||
St. George Illawarra Dragons | 17 | |||||||||||||
Penrith Panthers | 14 | |||||||||||||
St. George Illawarra Dragons | 14 | |||||||||||||
North Queensland Cowboys | 23 | |||||||||||||
Gold Coast Titans | 24 | |||||||||||||
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 0 | |||||||||||||
Gold Coast Titans | 10 | |||||||||||||
North Queensland Cowboys | 19 | |||||||||||||
North Queensland Cowboys | 20 | |||||||||||||
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 6 |
Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Sunday, 15 Saturday | 3:55 pm | Quarter | South Sydney Rabbitohs | HBF Park | 20 – 6 | Drinkwater (bonus try), Hess (bonus try), Tabuai-Fidow | Clifford (2), Feldt (1) | ||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 5:45 pm | Semi | Gold Coast Titans | HBF Park | 19 – 8 | Feldt (bonus try), Drinkwater, Tabuai-Fidow, Wright | Feldt (1) | ||||
Sunday, 15 Saturday | 7:00 pm | Final | St George Illawarra Dragons | HBF Park | 23 – 14 | Robson (bonus try), Clifford, Hess, Tabuai-Fidow | Clifford (2), Drinkwater (1) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss |
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | |||
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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: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the regular season was suspended after Round 2.[19] On 9 April, the NRL announced that competition would re-commence on 28 May with a shortened 20-round regular season.[20] On 21 May, the full revised draw was released[21][22] 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 |
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Daejarn Asi | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
John Asiata | 11 | - | - | - | - |
Jake Clifford | 14 | 3 | 1 | - | 20 |
Ben Condon | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Gavin Cooper | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
Reuben Cotter | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Scott Drinkwater | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Mitchell Dunn | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Kyle Feldt | 20 | 19 | 23 | - | 122 |
Tom Gilbert | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Jake Granville | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Ben Hampton | 13 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Coen Hess | 15 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Peter Hola | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Valentine Holmes | 12 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 65 |
Corey Jensen | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Connelly Lemuelu | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Esan Marsters | 12 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Josh McGuire | 17 | - | - | - | - |
Jordan McLean | 15 | - | - | - | - |
Francis Molo | 20 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Michael Morgan | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 9 |
Justin O'Neill | 17 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Tom Opacic | 5 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Emry Pere | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Reece Robson | 14 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow | 14 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Murray Taulagi | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Jason Taumalolo | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Shane Wright | 8 | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 67 | 49 | 2 | 368 |
The following players have played a representative match in 2020.
All Stars match | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coen Hess | – | Queensland | – | – |
Valentine Holmes | – | – | Queensland | Queensland |
Esan Marsters | Māori All Stars | – | – | – |
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.[24]
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.[24]
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