The 2019 Queensland Cup season was the 24th season of

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's top-level statewide

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competition run by the

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. The competition, known as the Intrust Super Cup due to sponsorship from Intrust Super, featured 14 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September. The

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won their fourth premiership after defeating the

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28–10 in the Grand Final at

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. Burleigh

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was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Petero Civoniceva Medal.

Teams

In 2019, the lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fifth consecutive year.

Ladder

Final series

For the first time in competition history, the Queensland Cup used an eight-team finals series in 2019, the same format used in the

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Grand Final

Wynnum Manly finished the regular season in second and were defeated by third-placed Burleigh in the second qualifying final. They then eliminated defending premiers

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in the semi final and travelled to

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, where they defeated the Blackhawks in the preliminary final to qualify for their third Grand Final. After defeating Wynnum Manly in the qualifying final, Burleigh earned a week off and faced minor premiers the Sunshine Coast, who they beat 20–6 to qualify for their sixth Grand Final.

First half

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scored in the left corner untouched. Another try in the 30th minute extended their lead to 12 after

grubbered through the line and regathered, finding

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in support, who scored next to the posts. Wynnum Manly finally got on the scoreboard in the 34th minute, when halfback Sam Scarlett dived on his own kick after a Burleigh error in the in-goal.

Second half

Wynnum opened the second half strongly, with a try to winger Edward Burns from a Patrick Templeman kick, bringing them within two points of Burleigh. The Bears hit back shortly after, when Rowe caught a bouncing

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kick to score his second try of the game. In the 67th minute, hooker

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extended Burleigh's lead to 12 when he darted over from dummy half to score. Burleigh sealed the victory, and their fourth premiership, when Fogarty picked up a Seagulls' kick and ran 90 metres untouched to score under the posts.

was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for man of the match for his two-try effort.

NRL State Championship

After winning the Grand Final, the

qualified for the

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day. They were defeated by the

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, the

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premiers, 16–20.

Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the season (including finals).

Leading try scorers

Leading point scorers

QRL awards

* Petero Civoniceva Medal (Best and Fairest):

(

) * Coach of the Year: Eric Smith (

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) * Rookie of the Year: Tom Gilbert (

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) * Representative Player of the Year:

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( Queensland under-18,

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)

Team of the Year

References

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