2025 Queensland Cup

The 2025 Queensland Cup season was 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, featured 15 teams playing a 27-week long season from March to September.
Minor premiers Burleigh Bears won the Grand Final 22–8 against the 2024 premiers Norths Devils.

Teams

In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.

Colours	Club	Home ground	Head coach	Captain	NRL Affiliate
	Brisbane Tigers	Totally Workwear Stadium	Matt Church	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	Dolphins
	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	Tye Ingebrigtsen	Blake Lenehan	Gold Coast Titans
	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	Adam Cuthbertson	Hiale Roycroft	North Queensland Cowboys
	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	Russell Aitken	Nick Lui-Toso	North Queensland Cowboys
	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	Rohan Smith	Kierran Moseley	Dolphins
	Papua New Guinea Hunters	PNG Football Stadium	Paul Aiton	Ila Alu	-
	Redcliffe Dolphins	Kayo Stadium	Eric Smith	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

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. Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place.
11 April – Souths Logan Magpies score the highest score of the season, thrashing the Western Clydesdales 66–10 in their rescheduled round 1 match.
Round 19 – The competition's annual country week saw matches played in Augathella, Emerald, Charters Towers, Gayndah, Yarrabah, Moranbah, and Goondiwindi.

Ladder

Ladder progression

Grand Final

First half

With the breeze behind the backs, the Norths Devils opened the scoring in the 12th minute, Sean O'Sullivan converting a penalty attempt at goal from almost directly in front of the posts. Burleigh forward Adam Christensen scored the first try of the Grand Final in the 19th minute running on to a pass from halfback Guy Hamilton, with former Bears captain Sami Sauiluma extending the minor premiers lead to 10–2 a few minutes later. Sauiluma grounding the ball across the try line after gathering a kick from Hamilton.
The Bears had suffered an injury blow when fullback Creedance Toia was forced off the field, while Hamilton was also hobbled by a leg injury following his two try assists. After the Bears were denied a potential try by the referee in the 33rd minute, the Devils hit back in the 37th minute with Jordan Lipp scoring a try to head to the half time break down by just two points.

Second half

Norths almost scored in the opening minute of the second half through Manese Kaho, but the winger lost control of the ball in the corner. Burleigh's defence was able to keep out multiple Norths attempts inside their own half, absorbing the pressure being applied by the reigning premiers.
A 40–20 kick from Bears five-eighth Josh Rogers in the 56th minute gave the Bears their first real attacking chance of the second half, and a few minutes later a deft grubber kick from Cole Geyer evaded the Devils defence for Troy Leo to score a try.
With a 16–8 lead, the Bears took control of the contest and extended their advantage with less than 10 minutes remaining when Rogers grabbed a Hamilton chip kick above the defence to score adjacent to the posts. His goal taking the score out to 22–8 as the Bears shut out the Devils to claim their fifth Queensland Cup title.

NRL State Championship

As premiers of the Queensland Cup, the Burleigh Bears faced NSW Cup premiers the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL State Championship.

QRL awards

Petero Civoniceva Medal : Oliver Pascoe Darryl Van de Velde Coach of the Year: Terry Campese Pedro Gallagher Rookie of the Year: Zion Johnson

Duncan Hall Medal : Josh Rogers