2021 Queensland Cup


The 2021 Queensland Cup season was the 26th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The 2021 season saw the return of the competition, after it was cancelled after just one round in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Queensland Cup was to be played over 19 rounds in 2021, but due to restrictions and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland, has been reduced to 18 rounds, with the finals delayed into October.

Teams

In 2021, the line-up of teams remains unchanged for the seventh consecutive season. On 4 September 2020, the Easts Tigers announced that they would be rebranding and playing as the Brisbane Tigers from the 2021 season onward.
The 2021 season is the first in the partnership between the Redcliffe Dolphins and New Zealand Warriors. The Dolphins had been affiliated with the Brisbane Broncos since 2006. The Warriors affiliation with the Dolphins is their first in the Queensland Cup since their partnership with the Souths Magpies in the 2000 season.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PNG Hunters are based out of the Gold Coast for the 2021 season, playing their home games at Runaway Bay's Bycroft Oval.
ColoursClubHome groundHead coachCaptainNRL Affiliate
Brisbane TigersTotally Workwear StadiumJon BuchananDarren Nicholls Melbourne Storm
Burleigh BearsPizzey ParkRick StoneLuke Page Gold Coast Titans
Central Queensland CaprasBrowne ParkGuy WilliamsJack Madden Brisbane Broncos
Ipswich JetsNorth Ipswich ReserveKeiron LanderNathaniel Neale Newcastle Knights
Mackay CuttersBB Print StadiumMichael CrawleyRoss Bella North Queensland Cowboys
Northern PrideBarlow ParkTy WilliamsJayden Hodges, Chris Ostwald North Queensland Cowboys
Norths DevilsBishop ParkRohan SmithJack Ahearn Brisbane Broncos
Papua New Guinea HuntersBycroft OvalMatt ChurchIla Alu-
Redcliffe DolphinsMoreton Daily StadiumAdam MoggCameron Cullen New Zealand Warriors
Souths Logan MagpiesDavies ParkSteve BrethertonChristian Hazard Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast FalconsSunshine Coast StadiumSam MawhinneyDane Hogan, Todd Murphy Melbourne Storm
Townsville BlackhawksJack Manski OvalAaron PayneSam Hoare North Queensland Cowboys
Tweed Heads SeagullsPiggabeen Sports ComplexBen WoolfLamar Liolevave Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum-Manly SeagullsBMD Kougari OvalAdam BridesonSam Scarlett Brisbane Broncos

Grand Final

Norths DevilsPositionWynnum Manly Seagulls
Jack Ahearn FBSelwyn Cobbo
Nene MacdonaldWGDavid Mead
Jacob GaganCEDelouise Hoeter
Bernard GregoriusCEJesse Arthars
Jonathon ReubenWGRichard Kennar
Connor BroadhurstFEJack Campagnolo
Tyrone RobertsHBSam Scarlett
Michael MoloPRAaron Rockley
Danny LeviHKJayden Berrell
Piki RogersPRMax Elliott
Moses Noovao-McGrealSRZeb Taia
Leivaha PuluSRTC Robati
Michael SioLKLuke Bateman
Matthew MilsonBenchKalolo Saitaua
Jerome VeveBenchMatiu Love-Henry
Ben NakubuwaiBenchTristan Hope
Liam HorneBenchFrancis Kalisolaite-Tualau
Hiale RoycroftReserveEdward Burns
Rohan SmithCoachAdam Brideson

QRL awards

Petero Civoniceva Medal : Jayden Berrell Coach of the Year: Rohan Smith Rookie of the Year: Ezra Mam