2015 Queensland Cup
The 2015 Queensland Cup season was the 20th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 29-week long season from March to September.
The Ipswich Jets won their first premiership after defeating the Townsville Blackhawks 32–20 in the Grand Final at Suncorp Stadium. Wynnum Manly Seagulls' Patrick Templeman was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.
Teams
In 2015, the competition expanded to the 14 teams with the inclusion of the Townsville Blackhawks. Townsville had previously been represented in the competition by the North Queensland Young Guns and Townsville Stingers.The Canberra Raiders ended their affiliation with the Souths Logan Magpies, who partnered with the Brisbane Broncos. After four seasons without an NRL affiliate, the Sunshine Coast Falcons formed a partnership with the Melbourne Storm.
Final series
The Queensland Cup reverted to a six-team finals format in 2015.Grand Final
| Townsville Blackhawks | Position | Ipswich Jets |
| FB | ||
| 2. Zac Santo | WG | 2. Marmin Barba |
| 3. Tom Humble | CE | 3. Liam Capewell |
| 4. Mosese Pangai | CE | 4. Nemani Valekapa |
| 5. Samsen O'Neill | WG | 5. Richard Pandia |
| 6. Robert Lui | FE | 6. Josh Cleeland |
| 7. Michael Parker-Walshe | HB | 7. Dane Phillips |
| 8. Glenn Hall | PR | 15. Kurtis Lingwoodock |
| 9. Anthony Mitchell | HK | 9. Matt Parcell |
| 10. Dan Beasley | PR | 10. Rod Griffin |
| 11. Rhyse Martin | SR | 16. Billy McConnachie |
| 12. Kelepi Tanginoa | SR | 12. Kurt Capewell |
| 13. Neville Costigan | LK | 13. Keiron Lander |
| 15. Lorenzo Ma'afu | Bench | 8. Josh Seage |
| 16. Chris McLean | Bench | 11. Sam Martin |
| 18. Rhys Matsen | Bench | 14. Landon Hayes |
| 19. Ricky Thorby | Bench | 22. Fakahoko Teutau |
| Kristian Woolf | Coach | Ben & Shane Walker |
First half
Townsville got off to a great start, scoring in the 2nd minute of the game through centre Tom Humble. Ipswich scored their first try in the 19th minute in spectacular fashion, when winger Marmin Barba ran 70 metres before finding his halfback Dane Phillips who scored. The Jets grabbed their second just minutes later when Townsville fullback Jahrome Hughes threw a wayward pass as he was being dragged over the sideline, that was dived on by Barba in the in-goal. Townsville hit back in the 29th minute when winger Zac Santo scored in the right corner. With a minute remaining in the half, Jets' fullback Carlin Anderson sliced through the Blackhawks defence off a scrum to give his side a 10-point lead.Second half
It took just a minute before the Jets had their fourth try of the game, when captain Keiron Lander latched onto a Phillips grubber. Three minutes later they recorded their fifth try when centre Nemani Valekapa scored in the corner. The Blackhawks finally stemmed the flow of points in the 50th minute when Hughes crossed the try line. An Ipswich penalty goal from right in front extended their lead to 12 with 20 minutes to play. Townsville gave themselves a chance late when Robert Lui grubbered for himself to score in the 73rd minute to see his side trail by just six. A tense final seven minutes followed but Ipswich held on and sealed the win with an 80th minute try to hooker Matt Parcell.The premiership was the first ever for the Jets, who had gone 30 seasons without success dating back to the Brisbane Rugby League competition. Ipswich second-rower Billy McConnachie was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for the man of the match.