The 2018 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 24th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by

Johnathan Thurston Johnathan Dean Thurston (born 25 April 1983) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the National Rugby League (NRL). Thurston was an Australian international, Queensland State of Origin and Indigenous All ...

and

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, they competed in the

NRL The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

's 2018 Telstra Premiership. The team finished the regular season in 13th position and did not qualify for the

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Season summary

Milestones

* Round 1:

played his 300th NRL game. * Round 1:

played his 271st game for the club, becoming the Cowboys' most capped player. * Round 1:

Jordan McLean Jordan McLean (born 8 October 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia national rugby league team, Australia at international ...

made his debut for the club. * Round 2:

Antonio Winterstein Antonio Winterstein (born 30 May 1988) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, NRL. A Samoa national rugby league team, Samoan international ...

played his 200th NRL game. * Round 2:

scored his first try for the club. * Round 7:

Ethan Lowe Ethan Lowe (born 20 March 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal kicking for the North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. Lowe was a member of the North Queensland Cowboy ...

played his 100th NRL game for the club. * Round 11:

Jason Taumalolo Vaai "Jason" Taumalolo (born 31 May 1993) is a professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a or forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He has played for Tonga and New Zealand at international level. Taumalol ...

played his 150th NRL game for the club. * Round 11:

Francis Molo Francis Molo (born 3 September 1994) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL. He has played for both the Cook Islands and Samoa at international level. He previously played for ...

made his debut for the club. * Round 13: Mitchell Dunn made his NRL debut. * Round 13:

Jake Granville Jake Granville (born 7 February 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who primarily plays as a utility forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). Earlier in his career, Granville primarily ...

played his 100th NRL game. * Round 13:

Enari Tuala Enari Tuala (born 19 October 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er or for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. He previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League, and has ...

scored his first NRL try. * Round 16:

Gavin Cooper Gavin Cooper (born 19 August 1985) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the North Queensland Cowboys, Gold Coast Titans and Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He started in the second row in the Cowboys' ...

played his 200th NRL game for the club. * Round 19:

Jake Clifford Jake Clifford (born 2 January 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL and Hull FC in the Betfred Super ...

made his NRL debut. * Round 20: The club won their 250th game. * Round 24:

played his 100th NRL game for the club. * Round 24:

played his 250th game for the club. * Round 25:

scored in his 9th consecutive game, breaking the record set by

Frank Burge Frank Burge (14 August 1894 – 5 July 1958) was one of the greatest forwards in the history of rugby league in Australia. Later Burge became one of the game’s finest coaches. His club career was with Glebe and the St. George Dragons. He repr ...

in 1918 for most consecutive try scoring games by a forward.

Squad

Squad movement

Gains

Losses

Re-signings

Ladder

Fixtures

Pre-season

Regular season

Statistics

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2018.

Honours

League

Dally M The Dally M Awards are the official annual player awards for the National Rugby League competition. As well as honouring the player of the year, who received the Dally M Medal, awards are also given to the premier player in each position, the b ...

Lock of the Year:

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Halfback of the Year:

*Rugby League Players Association Lock of the Year:

Club

* Paul Bowman Medal:

*Players' Player:

*Coach's Award:

Kyle Feldt Kyle Feldt (born 9 February 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. Feldt has played for the Prime Minister's XIII, and was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 NRL ...

*Member's Player of the Year:

*Club Person of the Year:

*Rookie of the Year:

*Townsville Bulletins' Fan Choice Award:

Feeder Clubs

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Mackay Cutters The Mackay Cutters are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Mackay, Queensland, Mackay, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Queensland Cup i ...

- 14th, missed finals * Northern Pride - 4th, lost elimination final *

Townsville Blackhawks The Townsville & Districts Blackhawks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Que ...

- 3rd, lost elimination final

References

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