2025 Queensland Cup

2025 Queensland Cup
2025 Queensland Cup
Duration	8 March – 27 September 2025
Teams	15
Points scored	4,690
Top points scorer(s)	Joshua James (Redcliffe Dolphins); — 116 points
Top try-scorer(s)	Dudley Dotoi (Townsville Blackhawks); — 17 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	MAC	TWE	X	WES	WMS
Burleigh Bears	CQC†	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	NTP	RED	X	NOR	SCF
Central Queensland Capras	BUR†	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	TWE	WES	SCF	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	PNG	RED	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	NOR	BRI	SLM	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	SCF	BUR	NOR	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	MAC	WMS	NTP	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	IPS	X	WES	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	SLM	IPS	BUR	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	RED	TSV	MAC	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	TWE	CQC	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	X	SLM	WMS	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	CQC	SCF	BRI	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	WMS	CQC	PNG	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	WES	NOR	TSV	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]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Townsville Blackhawks	14	11	0	3	2	368	324	+44	26	Finals series
2	Norths Devils	14	10	0	4	2	364	244	+120	24
3	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	13	9	0	4	3	373	282	+91	24
4	Burleigh Bears	14	10	1	3	1	383	310	+73	23
5	Ipswich Jets	14	9	0	5	2	344	295	+49	22
6	Redcliffe Dolphins	13	7	0	6	3	348	264	+84	20
7	Mackay Cutters	14	7	0	7	2	328	313	+15	18
8	Papua New Guinea Hunters	14	7	0	7	2	316	318	−2	18
9	Sunshine Coast Falcons	14	7	0	7	2	326	348	−22	18
10	Brisbane Tigers	15	7	1	7	1	372	376	−4	17
11	Souths Logan Magpies	14	5	0	9	2	402	376	+26	14
12	Northern Pride	14	5	0	9	2	296	284	+12	14
13	Tweed Heads Seagulls	14	4	0	10	2	340	364	−24	12
14	Central Queensland Capras	13	2	1	10	2	222	384	−162	9
15	Western Clydesdales	14	2	1	11	2	230	530	−300	9

Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 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
Team ╲ Round
Brisbane Tigers	0	1	1	1	3	5	5	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	15	17
Burleigh Bears	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	17	17	19	21	23
Central Queensland Capras	0	1	3	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9
Ipswich Jets	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	20	22
Mackay Cutters	0	0	0	2	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18
Northern Pride	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	12	14
Norths Devils	0	2	4	6	8	10	14	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	24
Papua New Guinea Hunters	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	16	18
Redcliffe Dolphins	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	18	20
Souths Logan Magpies	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14
Sunshine Coast Falcons	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18
Townsville Blackhawks	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	26
Tweed Heads Seagulls	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12
Western Clydesdales	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	9
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls	0	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	24

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.

[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.

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