2025 Queensland Cup

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.

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) — 22 tries
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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.

Colours	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	2	465	324	+141	32	Finals series
2	Townsville Blackhawks	17	13	0	4	3	446	378	+68	32
3	Burleigh Bears	18	13	1	4	2	513	384	+129	31
4	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	17	11	0	6	3	459	356	+103	28
5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	17	10	0	7	3	404	372	+32	26
6	Redcliffe Dolphins	17	9	0	8	3	430	356	+74	24
7	Ipswich Jets	17	9	0	8	3	404	379	+25	24
8	Papua New Guinea Hunters	17	9	0	8	3	422	398	+24	24
9	Brisbane Tigers	18	8	1	9	2	433	470	−37	21
10	Souths Logan Magpies	18	8	0	10	2	558	464	+94	20
11	Mackay Cutters	18	7	0	11	2	382	449	−67	18
12	Tweed Heads Seagulls	18	6	0	12	2	446	477	−31	16
13	Central Queensland Capras	18	5	2	11	2	358	494	−136	16
14	Northern Pride	18	5	0	13	2	368	405	−37	14
15	Western Clydesdales	18	2	2	14	2	276	658	−382	10

Updated to match(es) played on 10 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	22	23
Brisbane Tigers	0	1	1	1	3	5	5	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	15	17	19	19	21	21
Burleigh Bears	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	17	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31
Central Queensland Capras	0	1	3	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	11	13	14	16
Ipswich Jets	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	22	22	22	24
Mackay Cutters	0	0	0	2	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	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
Norths Devils	0	2	4	6	8	10	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	24	26	28	30	32
Papua New Guinea Hunters	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	18	18	20	22	24
Redcliffe Dolphins	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	22	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
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	26
Townsville Blackhawks	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	30	30	32
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	14	16
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	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

Source: QRL.com.au

See also

• Queensland portal
• Sports portal

• Queensland Cup
• Queensland Rugby League