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North Queensland Cowboys Season 2008
The 2008 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 14th season in the club's history. They were coached by Graham Murray and captained by Johnathan Thurston, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2008 Telstra Premiership. On 19 May, Murray resigned as head coach after just three wins from the opening 10 games. He was replaced by assistant coach Ian Millward, who took over as interim head coach until the end of the season. The Cowboys finished the season in 15th place, avoiding the wooden spoon by points differential. Season summary The Cowboys entered the 2008 season optimistic about the finals chances after a preliminary final appearance in 2007. The club got off to the worst possible start, losing three straight games. They would win their next three but it proved to be a false dawn, as the side went on a club record 13-game losing streak. They finished the season with two wins from their final five games, finishing in 15th place and narrowly avoiding the wooden spoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 NRL Season
The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, National Rugby League teams, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstra Premiership title. The season commenced with the first matches played on 14 March and ended with the 2008 NRL Grand Final, Grand Final, played on 5 October. The premiership was won by the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles who set the record for the highest Grand Final victory in Australia's rugby league history. 2008 also marked the launch of the National Youth Competition (rugby league), National Youth Competition, an under 20 competition running parallel to the senior competition under the sponsorship name, the ''Toyota Cup''. Centenary of rugby league Rugby league was first introduced into Australia in 1907, with a meeting in Sydney on 8 August 1908 effectively forming a new breakaway league from the New South Wales Rugby Union. The new bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Henry
Neil Henry (born 23 January 1961) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He was formerly the head coach for the Canberra Raiders, North Queensland Cowboys and Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. He has been described as, "one of the game's best tacticians." Career Henry was a foundation player of the Raiders, having played for the club from 1982 and 1984 in the lower grades. After a succession of player-coach positions at local clubs in the Canberra and Cooma in the Group 8 and 16 competitions, he was made coach of the Perth Reds' Under 19 team in 1997, before coaching Raiders SG Ball and Jersey Flegg teams between 1999 and 2002. He was previously the assistant coach of the North Queensland Cowboys between 2003 and 2006 under Graham Murray and assistant to Mal Meninga in the Queensland State of Origin team from 2006 to 2009. In his first season as an NRL head coach, Henry incurred a fine of $10,000 for Canberra by questioni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Bowie (rugby League)
Sam Bowie (born 30 March 1989 in Thursday Island, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the North Queensland Cowboys U20. His position of choice was at fullback. Playing career Bowie made his first grade debut for North Queensland in round 16 of the 2008 NRL season The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League. For the second year, National Rugby League teams, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstr ... against South Sydney but did not play another first grade match for the club. The match is remembered as the biggest ever comeback in South Sydney's history as they were down 28-4 with less than 30 minutes remaining but went on to win 29-28. References External linksCowboys.com.au article {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowie, Sam 1989 births Living people Australian rugby league players Indigenous Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Boor
Brandon Boor (born 27 March 1988 in Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. Playing career Boor made his first grade debut for North Queensland in round 16 of the 2008 NRL season against South Sydney. The match is remembered as the biggest ever comeback in South Sydney's history as they were down 28-4 with less than 30 minutes remaining but went on to win 29-28. Boor played one further game for North Queensland in round 18 against the New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as .... References External linksBrandon Boor at ''North Queensland Cowboys'' {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Byrnes
Greg Byrnes (born 19 January 1987 in Atherton, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player. He currently plays for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup and the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He made his debut for the Cowboys in Round 15 of 2008 against the Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. .... Statistics Club career References {{DEFAULTSORT:Byrnes, Greg 1987 births Living people Australian rugby league players North Queensland Cowboys players Northern Pride RLFC players Redcliffe Dolphins players Rugby league props Sportsmen from Queensland Rugby league players from Queensland People from Atherton, Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Slyney
Nick Slyney (born 2 November 1988) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for the Queensland Residents ( captain during 2018), and at club level in the National Rugby League (NRL) for North Queensland Cowboys ( Heritage No. 194) and the Brisbane Broncos ( Heritage No. 193), in the Queensland Cup for Northern Pride RLFC (2009–2010) and the Redcliffe Dolphins, and in the Kingstone Press Championship for the London Broncos ( Heritage No. 558) ( captain during 2015), and as a or . Background Slyney was born in Atherton, Queensland, Australia. Playing career Slyney made his NRL début for North Queensland in round 13 of the 2008 NRL season against the Wests Tigers, and played three NRL matches that season. He subsequently played for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup, and midway through the 2011 season, signed to return to the NRL to play for the Brisbane Broncos. In 2012, Slyney was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Abraham (rugby League)
Daniel Abraham (born 11 March 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Newcastle Knights and North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. He primarily played and . Background Born in Belmont, New South Wales, Abraham played his junior football for the Booragul-Teralba Bears and Valentine-Eleebana Red Devils before being signed by the Newcastle Knights. Playing career In Round 9 of the 2000 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Knights against the Penrith Panthers. After playing just 15 games in the NRL, Abraham came off the bench in Newcastle's 2001 NRL Grand Final win against the Parramatta Eels. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Knights traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Abraham played at second-row forward in Newcastle's loss. In 2008, Abraham joined the North Queensland Cowboys for a season. In 2009, Abraham played for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Watts (rugby League)
Anthony Watts (born 12 September 1986), is an Australian, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2000s and 2010s. He played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and the Widnes Vikings in the Super League. Background Watts was born in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Playing career Watts made his NRL debut for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2007. He played in five games in the back half of the season, playing halfback or from the bench. Watts was sacked by Cronulla-Sutherland at the end of the 2007 NRL season after he was involved in an alcohol-related Mad Monday incident in which he got in a fight at Sharks House, where the club accommodated young recruits. In 2008, Watts joined the North Queensland Cowboys. He scored a try in his first two games with, but his next ten games played were all losses. In 2009, Watts was still playing mostly from the bench, but towards the end of the year he mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obe Geia
Obadiah "Obe" Geia (born 12 February 1989, in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who has played in the 2000s. He played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL), as a . While attending Kirwan State High School he played for the Australian schoolboys side, and was the team's top try-scorer on the 2006 tour of Great Britain. He went on to play two matches for the North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest town in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL). Sinc ... in the NRL, becoming the first person from the Aboriginal community of Palm Island to do so. An annual schoolboy rugby league tournament is held on Palm Island in his name. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Geia, Obe 1989 births Living people Australian rugby league players Indige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayne Weston
Dayne Weston (born 15 December 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played as a or forward. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, North Queensland Cowboys, Penrith Panthers and Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League and Leigh Centurions in the Super League. Weston made his début for the Panthers in the 33–10 victory over Brisbane Broncos. Background Weston was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for hometown club Goulburn Stockmen. Playing career Weston made his first grade debut for Cronulla-Sutherland against the Wests Tigers in round 5 of the 2007 NRL season at Campbelltown Stadium. In the 2008 NRL season, Weston joined North Queensland and made 19 appearances for the club as they finished second last on the table. North Queensland only avoided finishing last due to Canterbury's inferior for and against. The following year, Weston only played twice for North Queensland as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Harris (rugby League)
Ben Harris (born 24 September 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. He became the first player in the history of the sport to have won grand finals in each hemisphere in consecutive seasons. Harris played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, with whom he won the 2004 premiership, and the North Queensland Cowboys. He also played in England for the Bradford Bulls, with whom he won 2005's Super League X. He played primarily as a . Canterbury-Bankstown A Old Bar Pirates junior, Harris made his NRL début for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 2002 at the age of 18. He played in 42 first-grade matches for the club, including as the starting centre for their 2004 NRL Grand Final victory over cross-city rivals, the Sydney Roosters. Bradford Bulls Harris joined English club the Bradford Bulls in May 2005. The Bradford Bulls won the Super League premiership in his first season there, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Burns (rugby League)
Travis Burns (born 6 February 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He formerly played for St Helens in the Super League and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He now plays and coach’s for the Wattles Rugby league club in Clifton Queensland Playing career Burns made his first grade debut for Manly-Warringah in round 18 of the 2005 NRL season against Penrith at Penrith Park. Burns was the rookie of the year in 2006 for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. Burns played both finals games for Manly-Warringah that year as the club were eliminated by St. George Illawarra. In the 2007 NRL season, he played 12 games for Manly but did not feature in the club's finals campaign or the 2007 NRL Grand Final loss to Melbourne. Burns signed a three-year deal to play for the North Queensland Cowboys, starting in 2008. Burns missed numerous games in his first season due to injuries and suspension. After only two years at the North Queensland club, Burns signed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
