Queensland Cup

{{Short description|Australian rugby league competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox sports league | name = Hostplus Queensland Cup | title = | last_season = 2025 Queensland Cup | current_season = 2026 Queensland Cup | logo = 2025 Host Plus Cup Logo.svg | caption = | pixels = 308px | formerly = [[Winfield State League]] Channel Nine Cup Bundy Gold Cup QLD Wizard Cup Intrust Super Cup | sport = [[Rugby league]] | founded = 1996 | inaugural = [[1996 Queensland Cup season|1996]] | owner = [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]] | folded = | replaced = | ceo = Bruce Hatcher | teams = [[#Teams|15]] | country = {{AUS}} {{PNG}} | champion = {{league icon|Manly|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] ([[2025 Queensland Cup|2025]]) | most_champs = {{league icon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] (6 titles) | count = | TV = * [[Nine Network]] (Australia) * [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]] (Australia) * [https://qplus.tv QPlus.TV] | sponsor = [[Hostplus]] | levels = [[Rugby league in Australia#Pyramid|Level 2]] | website = [http://www.qrl.com.au/ www.qrl.com.au] | related_comps = [[National Rugby League]] [[NRL State Championship]] [[NSW Cup|Knock-On Effect NSW Cup]] }}

The '''Queensland Cup''', currently known as the '''Hostplus Cup''' for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional [[rugby league|rugby league football]] competition in [[Queensland]], Australia. It is run by the [[Queensland Rugby League|Queensland Rugby League (QRL)]] and is contested by fifteen teams, thirteen of which are based in [[Queensland]], with one based in [[New South Wales]] and one in [[Central Province (Papua New Guinea)|National Capital District]], [[Papua New Guinea]].

The competition is the present-day embodiment of Queensland's top-level club competition. It replaced the [[Winfield State League]] in 1996 and accompanied the [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership|Brisbane Rugby League]], before becoming the premier competition in 1998, following the disbanding of the [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership|Brisbane Rugby League]].

==History== {{See also| Brisbane Rugby League premiership|Winfield State League}}

===Origin and establishment=== Since its inaugural season in 1922, the [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership|Brisbane Rugby League]] was the premier competition in the state of [[Queensland]]. Like its counterpart, the [[New South Wales Rugby League|Sydney Rugby Football League]], the Brisbane Rugby League was thriving, boasting big crowds and large, loyal supporter bases with their respective clubs. The clubs were constant, with new teams rarely entering the competition. However, in 1956, when [[Slot machine|poker machines ("pokies")]] were introduced in New South Wales but not in Queensland, Sydney's clubs were able to recruit the best players from Brisbane, [[Rugby union|Rugby Union]] and [[Expatriate|overseas]]. Within the space of several years, the Sydney Rugby League had come to dominate the code within Australia.

In the 1980s, the NSWRFL began to further expand and supersede the Brisbane competition in popularity and media coverage. In 1982, the first clubs based outside of Sydney, the [[Canberra Raiders]] and [[Illawarra Steelers]], were admitted. In 1988, two Queensland-based sides, the [[Brisbane Broncos]] and [[Gold Coast Chargers|Gold Coast Giants]], along with the [[Newcastle Knights]], another team from regional New South Wales, were formed and gained entry into the competition. The Broncos would sign Brisbane Rugby League stars like [[Wally Lewis]], [[Gene Miles]] and [[Allan Langer]]. In the space of one season, media coverage and match attendance for the Brisbane Rugby League dropped significantly.

===1996–1997: The beginning=== In 1996, the Queensland Cup was formed, replacing the [[Winfield State League]], as new federal government laws banned cigarette companies from sponsoring sport. Originally branded the Channel Nine Cup, the 15 round regular season competition featured sixteen teams, fifteen from Queensland and one from [[Papua New Guinea]]. The [[Western Clydesdales|Toowoomba Clydesdales]] were crowned the inaugural premiers, defeating the [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] in the Grand Final. In 1997, three teams withdrew from the competition and the [[Burleigh Bears]] joined, becoming the first [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]-based side.

===1998–2002: Premier competition=== In 1998, the competition became the top level of rugby league in the state, following the end of the Brisbane Rugby League. Channel Nine also ended their sponsorship for the 1998 season, with competition going under name, the Queensland Cup. A sixteen-team competition returned in 1998, with the [[Bundaberg Grizzlies]] rejoining and the [[Gold Coast Vikings]] being formed.

In 1999, the Grizzlies and Vikings both left the competition, as well as inaugural club [[Past Brothers|Brisbane Brothers]] and the [[Townsville Stingers]], who played just one season.

In 2000, [[Bundaberg Rum]] began a two-year sponsorship of the competition and it was known as the Bundy Gold Cup. The 2000 season was also the first in which all twelve teams remained from the season prior. It would not last long though, as the [[Cairns Cyclones]] folded after the 2000 season, leaving no [[north Queensland]] representation in the competition. In 2002, the [[North Queensland Young Guns]], a [[Townsville]]-based [[North Queensland Cowboys]] feeder club, were admitted into the competition. At the end of the 2002 season, the [[Logan Scorpions]], an inaugural club, left the competition.

===2003–2006: Interstate expansion===

In 2003, the [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]] joined the competition, becoming the first [[New South Wales]]-based side. The club had originally applied for the 2002 season but were unsuccessful. However, following a merger of the [[Logan Scorpions]] and [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]] to form the [[Souths Logan Magpies]], a spot was opened up and [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed]] were admitted.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tweedheadsseagulls.com.au/the-club/history/ | title=History }}</ref> Another inaugural club would leave the competition in 2004, with the [[Wests Panthers]] exiting, and [[Brothers-Valleys]], a merger of [[Past Brothers]] and the [[Fortitude Valley Diehards]], joining for a single season.

In 2005, the competition became known as the Queensland Wizard Cup, after Wizard Home Loans became the major sponsor.

===2007: Loss of the Clydesdales=== {{main|2007 Queensland Cup Season}}

Although the [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]] had anticipated that the same teams from 2006 would participate in the 2007 competition, it was announced on 5 December 2006 that inaugural club, the [[Western Clydesdales|Toowoomba Clydesdales]], who were the reigning minor premiers, would be withdrawing from the competition for financial reasons. [[Brisbane Broncos]] chairman Bruno Cullen said that "It didn't make sense to have this club up there running at what was looking like a $250,000 loss for the year."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20881575-23214,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512211125/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20881575-23214,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 May 2009 | agency=AAP | title=Broncos lose stablemate Clydesdales | date=6 December 2006}}</ref> The following day it was announced that the [[Aspley Broncos]] would be replacing the Clydesdales, and acting as the [[Brisbane Broncos]] feeder club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=338858|title=Aspley new Brisbane Broncos feeder club : thewest.com.au|website=thewest.com.au|access-date=20 May 2007|archive-date=30 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014511/http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=338858|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Aspley Broncos would play just a single season in the competition.

The 2007 season marked the first time a team based outside of Queensland would win the competition, with the [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]] defeating the [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] in the Grand Final.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tweedheadsseagulls.com.au/champion-gulls-07-reunite/ | title=Champion Gulls of '07 to reunite | date=25 May 2017 }}</ref>

===2008–2013: Further expansion===

{{main|2008 Queensland Cup Season}} 2008 saw the Queensland Cup once again have teams based in the northern cities of [[Cairns]] and [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] after absences of seven and twelve years, respectively. These new teams replaced Aspley and North Queensland as part of the rationalisation of rugby league below the NRL level caused by the introduction of the [[NRL Under-20s|NRL under 20s competition]].

In 2009, the [[Sunshine Coast Falcons]] rejoined the competition after thirteen-year absence, after signing a partnership with the [[Manly Warringah Sea Eagles|Manly Sea Eagles]] to develop rugby league on the Sunshine Coast.<ref>[http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/nov/09/coast-lands-footy-coup/ Manly to invest $1m in Coast league | thedaily.com.au] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211212947/http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/nov/09/coast-lands-footy-coup/ |date=11 December 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jul/22/sunshine-coast-sea-eagles-big-business/ |title=Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles is big business | Sport | Sport | thedaily.com.au |access-date=2008-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802210611/http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jul/22/sunshine-coast-sea-eagles-big-business/ |archive-date=2 August 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref> The side played as the [[Sunshine Coast Falcons|Sea Eagles]] and won the premiership in their first year.

In 2010, {{Not a typo|Intrust}} Super was announced as the new major sponsor, with the competition becoming known as the Intrust Super Cup.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2015/03/06/intrust-super-extends-support/ | title=Intrust Super extends support | date=6 March 2015 }}</ref> From 2009 to 2013, the competition featured the same twelve teams for five straight seasons.

===2014–2021: [[Papua New Guinea Hunters|Papua New Guinea]] and [[Townsville Blackhawks|Townsville]] return=== In 2014, the [[Papua New Guinea Hunters|PNG Hunters]] entered the competition, becoming the first [[Papua New Guinea]] based side in the competition since the [[Port Moresby Vipers]] in 1997. In their inaugural season, the side was based out of the [[East New Britain Province|East New Britain]] town of [[Kokopo]]. On 10 September 2014, [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]] chairman Peter Betros announced that the Brothers Townsville-led [[Townsville Blackhawks]] bid had been successful and the side would compete in the 2015 season.

On 5 October 2014, the [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]] became the first Queensland Cup side to win the [[NRL State Championship]], defeating the heavily favoured [[Penrith Panthers]] [[NSW Cup|New South Wales Cup]] side in the [[2014 NRL State Championship|inaugural final]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/northern-pride-stun-penrith-panthers-in-nrls-state-championship-20141005-10qjm2.html |title=Northern Pride stun Penrith Panthers in NRL's State Championship |date=October 5, 2014 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | author=Adam Pengilly |accessdate=8 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2017, the Hunters won their first Queensland Cup premiership, defeating the [[Sunshine Coast Falcons]] in the Grand Final and becoming the first team outside of Australia, and the second from outside of Queensland to win the competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/qrl/png-hunters-win-their-first-intrust-super-cup-grand-final-with-dramatic-1210-over-the-sunshine-coast/news-story/121772010a56cc891a595166381a5a26 |title=PNG Hunters win their first Intrust Super Cup grand final with dramatic 12-10 over the Sunshine Coast |date=September 24, 2017 |newspaper=The Courier Mail | author=Rikki-Lee Arnold |accessdate=8 January 2022}}</ref>

On 27 March 2020, after round one of the season was completed, the 2020 Intrust Super Cup competition was suspended, and subsequently cancelled for the first time in its history due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with no premiers being crowned.<ref name=":0"/> In September 2020, the [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts Tigers]] were renamed as the [[Brisbane Tigers]] for the 2021 season onward. [[Brisbane Tigers|The Tigers had played under the name of Easts or Eastern Suburbs]] since the formation of the Queensland Cup in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetigers.com.au/articles/kbogan/easts-tigers-become-brisbane-tigers/|title=Eastern Suburbs to play as Brisbane Tigers from 2021|date=4 September 2020|website=thetigers.com.au|access-date=12 September 2020|archive-date=31 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032505/https://thetigers.com.au/articles/kbogan/easts-tigers-become-brisbane-tigers/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2022–present: [[Hostplus|Hostplus Cup]] and [[Western Clydesdales|return of the Clydesdales]]=== In November 2021, [[Hostplus]] became the naming rights sponsor of the competition for the 2022 season, replacing Intrust Super after the two companies had merged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2021-brisbane-broncos-coach-kevin-walters-has-blasted-anthony-milfords-critics-kotoni-staggs-and-wayne-bennett-latest/news-story/d18716a0b806302235f932a47daa00d1|title=Broncos coach Kevin Walters blasts Milford critics, Kotoni Staggs told to stay put|date=17 September 2021|website=The Courier Mail}}</ref>

On July 17, the QRL announced that the [[Western Clydesdales|Western Clydesdales, previously called the Toowoomba Clydesdales]] would (re)enter the competition for the 2023 season, becoming the competition's fifteenth team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=Western Clydesdales prepare for entry into 2023 Hostplus Cup |url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2022/06/17/western-clydesdales-prepare-for-entry-into-2023-hostplus-cup/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Queensland Rugby League |language=en}}</ref>

==Queensland Cup teams==

The Queensland Cup consists of 15 teams, 13 from [[Queensland]], and 1 each from [[National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)|National Capital District]] of Papua New Guinea and [[New South Wales]], and operates on a single group system, with no divisions or conferences and no relegation and promotion from other leagues. A number of clubs in the Queensland Cup have an affiliation with a team in the Australian national competition, the [[National Rugby League]].

===Current teams=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 105%" |- | colspan="8" style="background:maroon; text-align:center;" |'''Queensland Cup''' |- !style="background:white" | Rugby League Club !style="background:white" | Established !style="background:white" | Debut* !style="background:white" | Location !style="background:white" | Home Venue !style="background:white" | Titles (Last) !style="background:white" | [[National Rugby League reserves affiliations|NRL Affiliate]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|30}} '''[[Brisbane Tigers]]''' | align=center | 1917 | align=center | 1996 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Brisbane]] | [[Langlands Park]] | align=center | 1 (2023) | {{leagueicon|North Sydney|30}} [[Perth Bears]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Burleigh|30}} '''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | align=center | 1934 | align=center | 1997 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] | [[Pizzey Park]] | align=center | 5 (2025) | {{leagueicon|Brisbane|30}} [[Brisbane Broncos]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Central Comets|30}} '''[[Central Queensland Capras]]''' | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1996 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Rockhampton]] | [[Browne Park]] | align=center | 0 (None) | {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|30}} [[Dolphins (NRL)|Dolphins]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Ipswich|30}} '''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | align=center | 1982 | align=center | 1996 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]] | [[North Ipswich Reserve]] | align=center | 1 (2015) | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|30}} [[Gold Coast Titans]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Mackay Cutters|30}} '''[[Mackay Cutters]]''' | align=center | 2007 | align=center | 2008 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] | [[Stadium Mackay]] | align=center | 1 (2013) | {{leagueicon|North Queensland|30}} [[North Queensland Cowboys]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Northern Pride|30}} '''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]]''' | align=center | 2007 | align=center | 2008 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Cairns]] | [[Barlow Park]] | align=center | 2 (2014) | {{leagueicon|North Queensland|30}} [[North Queensland Cowboys]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Norths Devils|30}} '''[[Norths Devils]]''' | align=center | 1933 | align=center | 1996 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Brisbane]] | [[Nundah, Queensland#Sport|Bishop Park]] | align=center | 4 (2024) | {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|30}} [[Dolphins (NRL)|Dolphins]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|30}} '''[[Papua New Guinea Hunters|PNG Hunters]]''' | align=center | 2013 | align=center | 2014 | {{flagicon|PNG}} [[Port Moresby]] | [[PNG Football Stadium]] | align=center | 1 (2017) | {{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|30}} [[Papua New Guinea Chiefs|PNG Chiefs]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|30}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | align=center | 1947 | align=center | 1996 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Moreton Bay]] | [[Dolphin Stadium (Brisbane)|Kayo Stadium]] | align=center | 6 (2018) | {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|30}} [[Dolphins (NRL)|Dolphins]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Souths Logan Magpies|30}} '''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]''' | align=center | 1918 | align=center | 2003 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Brisbane]] | [[Davies Park]] | align=center | 1 (2008) | {{leagueicon|Brisbane|30}} [[Brisbane Broncos]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Sunshine Coast|30}} '''[[Sunshine Coast Falcons]]''' | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 2008 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] | [[Sunshine Coast Stadium]] | align=center | 1 (2009) | {{leagueicon|Brisbane|30}} [[Brisbane Broncos]]<ref>The Broncos have a partnership agreement with the Falcons but do not send the club any players.</ref> |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Townsville Blackhawks|30}} '''[[Townsville Blackhawks]]''' | align=center | 2014 | align=center | 2015 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Townsville]] | [[Jack Manski Oval]] | align=center | 0 (None) | {{leagueicon|North Queensland|30}} [[North Queensland Cowboys]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Tweed Heads|30}} '''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]''' | align=center | 1909 | align=center | 2003 | {{flagicon|NSW}} [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|Tweed Heads]] | [[Piggabeen Sports Complex|Piggabeen Complex]] | align=center | 1 (2007) | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|30}} [[Gold Coast Titans]] |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|30}} '''[[Western Clydesdales]]''' | align=center | 1919 | align=center | 2023 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Toowoomba]] | [[Clive Berghofer Stadium]] | align=center | 0 (None) | None |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Wynnum|30}} '''[[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]]''' | align=center | 1951 | align=center | 1996 | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Brisbane]] | [[Kougari Oval]] | align=center | 2 (2012) | {{leagueicon|Brisbane|30}} [[Brisbane Broncos]] |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:10pt" |* The season the team joined the competition in its current form and consecutive tenure. |}

===Former teams=== As the Queensland Cup initially began as a representative competition that took over the old [[Winfield State League]] before becoming a proper club competition, many of the following clubs were "representative" sides that either withdrew (in the case of Mackay and Bundaberg) or folded ([[Cairns Cyclones]] and [[Port Moresby Vipers]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%" |- | style="background:maroon; text-align:center;" colspan="10"|'''Queensland Cup''' |-Colours !style="background:white; width:06%" | Rugby League Club !style="background:white; width:01%" | Est. !style="background:white; width:02%" | First Season !style="background:white; width:02%" | Last Season !style="background:white; width:01%" | City/Town !style="background:white; width:02%" | State !style="background:white; width:05%" | Home Venue !style="background:white; width:01%" | Titles ! colspan="2" style="background:white; width:01%" | Recent |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Aspley Broncos|30}} '''[[Aspley Broncos]]''' | align=center | 1967 | align=center | 2007 | align=center | 2007 | [[Brisbane]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | Bishop Park | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Past Brothers|30}} '''[[Past Brothers|Brisbane Brothers]]''' | align=center | 1929 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1998 | [[Brisbane]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | Corbett Park | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Brothers-Valleys|30}} '''[[Brothers-Valleys]]''' | align=center | 2002 | align=center | 2004 | align=center | 2004 | [[Brisbane]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | O'Callaghan Park | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Bundaberg Grizzlies|30}} '''[[Bundaberg Grizzlies]]''' | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1998 | [[Bundaberg]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Salter Oval]] | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Cairns Cyclones|30}} '''[[Cairns Cyclones]]''' | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 2000 | [[Cairns]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Barlow Park]] | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Vikings|30}} '''[[Gold Coast Vikings]]''' | align=center | 1982 | align=center | 1998 | align=center | 1998 | [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Carrara Stadium]] | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Logan Scorpions|30}} '''[[Logan Scorpions]]''' | align=center | 1987 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 2002 | [[Logan City, Queensland|Logan]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | Meakin Park | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Burleigh Bears|30}} '''Mackay Sea Eagles''' | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1996 | [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | Mackay JRL Ground | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|North Queensland Young Guns|30}} '''[[North Queensland Young Guns]]''' | align=center | 2002 | align=center | 2002 | align=center | 2007 | [[Townsville]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Willows Sports Complex|Dairy Farmers Stadium]] | align=center | 1 | align=center | 2005 |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|30}} '''[[Port Moresby Vipers]]''' | align=center | 1986 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1997 | [[Port Moresby]] | {{flagicon|NCD}} [[National Capital District, Papua New Guinea|N. C. District]] | [[PNG Football Stadium]] | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Townsville Stingers|30}} '''[[Townsville Stingers]]''' | align=center | 1998 | align=center | 1998 | align=center | 1998 | [[Townsville]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Townsville Sports Reserve]] | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|30}} '''[[Western Clydesdales|Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 2006 | [[Toowoomba]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Clive Berghofer Stadium]] | align=center | 2 | align=center | 2001 |- | align=left | {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|30}} '''[[Wests Panthers]]''' | align=center | 1915 | align=center | 1996 | align=center | 2003 | [[Brisbane]] | {{flagicon|QLD}} [[Queensland]] | [[Purtell Park]] | align=center | 0 | align=center | - |- | colspan="10" style="font-size:10pt" |* Brisbane Brothers played as the '''Pine Rivers Brothers''' from 1996 to 1997. [[Western Clydesdales|Toowoomba Clydesdales]] returned to the Queensland Cup as the '''[[Western Clydesdales]]''' in 2023 |}

==Participating clubs by season== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="21" |Channel 9 Cup |- |1996 |'''[[Bundaberg Grizzlies]]''' | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Cairns Cyclones]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|Central Capras]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Easts Tigers]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Logan Scorpions|Logan City Scorpions]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]''' |'''[[Mackay Sea Eagles]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Past Brothers|Pine Rivers Brothers]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Port Moresby Vipers]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' |'''[[Sunshine Coast Falcons]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wests Panthers]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls]]''' |- |1997 | |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | | |- ! colspan="21" |Queensland Cup |- |1998 |'''[[Bundaberg Grizzlies]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Cairns Cyclones]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|Central Capras]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Easts Tigers]]''' |'''[[Gold Coast Vikings]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Logan Scorpions]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' |'''[[Past Brothers|Brisbane Brothers]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' | rowspan="2" | |'''[[Townsville Stingers]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wests Panthers]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls]]''' |- |1999 | | | | |- ! colspan="21" |Bundy Gold Cup |- |2000 | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' |'''[[Cairns Cyclones]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|Central Comets]]''' |'''[[Easts Tigers]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Logan Scorpions]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wests Panthers]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls]]''' |- |2001 | |'''[[Easts Tigers|Easts Coast Tigers]]''' |- ! colspan="21" |Queensland Cup |- |2002 | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|Central Comets]]''' |'''[[Easts Tigers|Easts Coast Tigers]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' |'''[[Logan Scorpions]]''' |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' | | rowspan="3" |'''[[North Queensland Young Guns]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Wests Panthers]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls]]''' |- |2003 | rowspan="2" |'''[[Easts Tigers]]''' | colspan="2" rowspan="2" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]''' |- |2004 |'''[[Brothers-Valleys]]''' | |- ! colspan="21" |QLD Wizards Cup |- |2005 | rowspan="5" | | rowspan="5" |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="5" |'''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|Central Comets]]''' | rowspan="5" |'''[[Easts Tigers]]''' | rowspan="5" | | rowspan="5" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | colspan="2" rowspan="5" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="5" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' | rowspan="5" | | rowspan="5" | | rowspan="5" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | rowspan="4" | | rowspan="2" |'''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' | rowspan="5" |'''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[North Queensland Young Guns]]''' | rowspan="5" | |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls]]''' |- |2006 | rowspan="4" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls|Wynnum -Manly Seagulls]]''' |- |2007 |'''[[Aspley Broncos]]''' |- |2008 | rowspan="2" |'''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Mackay Cutters]]''' | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" | |- |2009 |'''[[Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles]]''' |- ! colspan="21" |Intrust Super Cup |- |2010 | rowspan="12" | | rowspan="12" |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | rowspan="12" |'''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]]''' |'''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|Central Comets]]''' | rowspan="11" |'''[[Easts Tigers]]''' | rowspan="12" | | rowspan="12" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | colspan="2" rowspan="12" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]''' | rowspan="12" |'''[[Mackay Cutters]]''' | rowspan="12" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' | rowspan="12" | | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="12" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | rowspan="2" |'''[[Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles]]''' | rowspan="12" | | rowspan="12" |'''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="12" | | rowspan="12" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls|Wynnum -Manly Seagulls]]''' |- |2011 | rowspan="11" |'''[[Central Queensland Capras]]''' |- |2012 | rowspan="10" |'''[[Papua New Guinea Hunters]]''' | rowspan="10" |'''[[Sunshine Coast Falcons]]''' |- |2013 | rowspan="9" |'''[[Townsville Blackhawks]]''' |- |2014 |- |2015 |- |2016 |- |2017 |- |2018 |- |2019 |- |2020 |- |2021 |'''[[Brisbane Tigers]]''' |- ! colspan="21" |Hostplus Cup |- |2022 | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Central Queensland Capras]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Brisbane Tigers]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | colspan="2" rowspan="3" |'''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Mackay Cutters]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Norths Devils]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Papua New Guinea Hunters|PNG Hunters]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Sunshine Coast Falcons]]''' | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]''' | rowspan="3" |'''[[Townsville Blackhawks]]''' | rowspan="3" | | rowspan="3" |'''[[Wynnum Seagulls|Wynnum -Manly Seagulls]]''' |- |2023 | rowspan="2" |[[Toowoomba Clydesdales|'''Western Clydesdales''']] |- |2024 |}

==Season structure== [[File:Easts player tackled 1a.jpg|thumb|An Easts Tigers player tackled by the Redcliffe Dolphins at [[Langlands Park]]]]

===Pre-season=== The Queensland Cup pre-season typically begins in February and ends in early March. Clubs generally use this time to organise trial matches to test playing combinations. Usually, Queensland Cup teams will play each other in trials, while some face [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) sides. For example, in 2018, the [[Brisbane Broncos]] played trial matches against the [[Central Queensland Capras]] and [[Papua New Guinea Hunters|PNG Hunters]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/02/15/trials-games-week-2/ | title=Trials games Week 2 | date=15 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/titans/brisbane-broncos-attack-fires-late-to-down-png-hunters-in-port-moresby-trial-match/news-story/670c0fc777d652d48cef11a1e4ccac77 | title=Brisbane Broncos attack fires late to down PNG Hunters in Port Moresby trial match | date=24 February 2018 }}</ref>

===Regular season=== The Queensland Cup regular season usually begins in early March and runs until late August. A round of regular season games is played every weekend for twenty-four weeks. In most rounds, matches are played on Saturday nights/afternoons and Sunday afternoons. Each team receives one bye during the regular season.

The regular season also features a number of themed rounds, where proceeds from the games go to various charities. In 2018, these rounds included [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps|ANZAC]] Round, [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] Round, Men of League Round, [[Women in League]] Round, "Turn to Me" Round and the annual Country Week.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2017/12/13/2018-intrust-super-cup-draw/ | title=2018 Intrust Super Cup Draw | date=13 December 2017 }}</ref>

====Country Week==== {{Location map+ | Australia Queensland | AlternativeMap=Australia Queensland location map blank.svg | width = 300 | caption = Queensland Cup teams based and located outside South East Queensland | places = {{Location map~ | Australia Queensland | lat = -19.25 | long = 146.81 | label = [[Townsville Blackhawks]] }} {{Location map~ | Australia Queensland | lat = -16.93 | long = 145.77 | label = [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]] }} {{Location map~ | Australia Queensland | lat = -21.14 | long = 149.18 | label = [[Mackay Cutters]] }} {{Location map~ | Australia Queensland | lat = -9.47 | long = 147.14 | label = [[Papua New Guinea Hunters|PNG Hunters]] }} {{Location map~ | Australia Queensland | lat = -23.37 | long = 150.51 | label = [[Central Queensland Capras|CQ Capras]] }} {{Location map~ | Australia Queensland | lat = -28.18 | long = 153.55 | label = [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]] }} }} The Queensland Cup has the largest regional footprint of any professional sporting code in Queensland, hosting regular season and trial matches over a large geographical footprint.

In Round 20, 2011 the [[Souths Logan Magpies]] game against the [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]] was relocated from the Magpies home ground in Brisbane to Yusia Ginau Oval, [[Bamaga]] on [[Cape York (Queensland)|Cape York]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Piva |first=Andrew |date=1 August 2011 |title=Pride score extra home game at Cape York |work=Cairns Post |location=Cairns |access-date=}}</ref> The game attracted 2000 spectators, and was so successful that the following year [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]] in partnership with the Queensland Government introduced the 'Country Week' concept and took matches to regional Queensland, country towns and cities, to engage fans at a grassroots level. This round usually takes place in July. Locations which have hosted Country Week games include:

* 2012: [[Blackwater, Queensland|Blackwater]], [[Kilcoy, Queensland|Kilcoy]], [[Moranbah]], [[Mount Isa]] * 2013: [[Roma, Queensland|Roma]], [[Toowoomba]], [[Whitsunday Islands|Whitsundays]], [[Woodford, Queensland|Woodford]], [[Yarrabah, Queensland|Yarrabah]] * 2014: [[Emerald, Queensland|Emerald]], [[Longreach, Queensland|Longreach]], [[Mareeba]], [[Moranbah]], [[Kingaroy]], [[Kokopo]] ([[East New Britain Province]]) * 2015: [[Blackall, Queensland|Blackall]], [[Bundaberg]], [[Charters Towers]], [[Dalby, Queensland|Dalby]], [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]], [[Stanthorpe, Queensland|Stanthorpe]] * 2016: [[Barcaldine, Queensland|Barcaldine]], [[Charleville, Queensland|Charleville]], [[Gympie]], [[Moranbah]], [[Mount Isa]], [[Ravenshoe, Queensland|Ravenshoe]] * 2017: [[Bamaga]], [[Clermont, Queensland|Clermont]], [[Julia Creek, Queensland|Julia Creek]], [[Mundubbera]], [[Winton, Queensland|Winton]], [[St George, Queensland|St George]] * 2018: [[Bowen, Queensland|Bowen]], [[Cooktown, Queensland|Cooktown]], [[Goondiwindi]], [[Hughenden, Queensland|Hughenden]], [[Lae]] ([[Morobe Province|M. P.]]), [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]], [[Normanton, Queensland|Normanton]] * 2019: [[Ilfracombe, Queensland|Ilfracombe]], [[Ingham, Queensland|Ingham]], [[Nanango]], [[Pittsworth, Queensland|Pittsworth]], [[Thursday Island]] * 2020: [[COVID-19|Country Week was cancelled due to the COVID-19]] [[COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic]] * 2021: [[Atherton, Queensland|Atherton]], [[Chinchilla, Queensland|Chinchilla]], [[Dysart, Queensland|Dysart]], [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]], [[Murgon]], [[Quilpie, Queensland|Quilpie]], [[Richmond, Queensland|Richmond]] * 2022: [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]], [[Cunnamulla]], [[Monto, Queensland|Monto]], [[Roma, Queensland|Roma]], [[Sarina, Queensland|Sarina]], [[Springsure]], [[Thursday Island]] * 2023: [[Biloela]], [[Kilcoy, Queensland|Kilcoy]], [[Miles, Queensland|Miles]], [[Proserpine, Queensland|Proserpine]], [[Stanthorpe, Queensland|Stanthorpe]], [[Weipa]], [[Wondai]]

In addition to this round games have also been played in regional locations during regular rounds in: * [[Atherton, Queensland|Atherton]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] (Northern Pride v Burleigh Bears, 2016; Northern Pride v Townsville Blackhawks, 2018) * [[Bamaga]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] (Souths Logan v Northern Pride, 2011) * [[Barcaldine, Queensland|Barcaldine]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Bundaberg]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Chinchilla, Queensland|Chinchilla]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Emerald, Queensland|Emerald]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Hervey Bay]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] (Northern Pride v Wynnum Manly, 2022) * [[Lae]], [[Morobe Province]], [[Papua New Guinea]] * [[Mareeba]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[North Stradbroke Island]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Tully, Queensland|Tully]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] (Northern Pride v Sunshine Coast, 2023) * [[Woorabinda, Queensland|Woorabinda]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] * [[Warwick, Queensland|Warwick]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]

===Finals Series=== The eight highest placed teams at the end of the regular season compete in the finals series. The system consists of a number of games between the top eight teams over four weeks in September, until only two teams remain. These two teams then contest the Grand Final, which is usually played in late September. Over the years, the Queensland Cup has used a number of different finals series systems, usually involving five to six<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/07/31/high-stakes-and-ladders-2018-finals-format/ | title=High stakes and ladders: 2018 finals format | date=31 July 2018 }}</ref> and now eight teams. In 2019, the current eight team final series system will be adopted.

====Grand Final==== The Queensland Cup Grand Final, which determines the season's premiers, is one of the state's major sporting events. It is usually contested at [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]], having been held there annually since 2014, although other venues have been used, such as [[Dolphin Stadium (Brisbane)|Dolphin Stadium]], [[North Ipswich Reserve]] and [[Sunshine Coast Stadium]].

The Grand Final had traditionally been played on Saturday afternoons, until moving to Sunday afternoons beginning in 2010.

Since 2007, the player judged to be the man-of-the-match is awarded the prestigious [[Duncan Hall]] Medal.<ref>{{cite news |last=Livermore |first=Ross |title=Australian Rugby Football League Annual Report 2007 |page=9 |publisher=Australian Rugby League Limited |year=2007 |url=http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/files/ARL_2007_Annrep_1.pdf |access-date=2009-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913145959/http://www.australianrugbyleague.com.au/files/ARL_2007_Annrep_1.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Premiership winners== {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;" |- style="background:maroon;" !rowspan=2 style="color:white;"|Season !colspan=4 style="color:white;"|Grand Finals !colspan=2 style="color:white;"|Minor Premiers |- style="background:white;" !style="color:maroon;" "width:15%;" |Premiers !style="color:maroon;" "width:06%;" |Score !style="color:maroon;" "width:15%;" |Runners-up !style="color:maroon;" "width:15%;" |Venue !style="color:maroon;" "width:15%;" |Premiers !style="color:maroon;" "width:06%;" |Points |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[1996 Queensland Cup season|1996]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' (1st title) | style="text-align:center;"| 8 – 6 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |[[Suncorp Stadium]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] |23 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[1997 Queensland Cup|1997]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 18 – 16 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts Tigers]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]] | 29 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[1998 Queensland Cup|1998]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} '''[[Norths Devils]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 35 – 16 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} [[Wests Panthers]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]] | 33 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[1999 Queensland Cup|1999]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} '''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 12 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | 35 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2000 Queensland Cup|2000]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' (2nd) | style="text-align:center;"| 14 – 6 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | 38 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2001 Queensland Cup|2001]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]''' (2nd) | style="text-align:center;"| 28 – 26 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | [[Dolphin Oval]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] | 41 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2002 Queensland Cup|2002]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' (3rd) | style="text-align:center;"| 34 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Ipswich|16}} [[Ipswich Jets]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | 36 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2003 Queensland Cup|2003]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' (4th) | style="text-align:center;"| 31 – 18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | 33 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2004 Queensland Cup|2004]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} '''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' (2nd) | style="text-align:center;"| 22 – 18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts Tigers]] | rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;" | [[Suncorp Stadium]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | 34 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2005 Queensland Cup|2005]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} '''[[North Queensland Young Guns]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 36 – 6 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} [[North Queensland Young Guns]] | 33 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2006 Queensland Cup|2006]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' (5th) | style="text-align:center;"| 27 – 6 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]] | 32 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2007 Queensland Cup|2007]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Tweed Heads|16}} '''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 28 – 18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} [[North Queensland Young Guns]] | 34 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2008 Queensland Cup|2008]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Souths-Logan Magpies|16}} '''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 24 – 18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Ipswich|16}} [[Ipswich Jets]] | align=left| {{center|[[North Ipswich Reserve]]}} | align=left|{{leagueicon|Ipswich|16}} [[Ipswich Jets]] | 36 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2009 Queensland Cup|2009]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Manly|16}} '''[[Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 32 – 18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Queensland Pride]] | align=left| {{center|[[Stockland Park]]}} | align=left|{{leagueicon|Souths-Logan Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies]] | 32 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2010 Queensland Cup|2010]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} '''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Queensland Pride]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 30 – 20 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]] | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | [[Suncorp Stadium]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Souths-Logan Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies]] | 34 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2011 Queensland Cup|2011]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} '''[[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 16 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Tweed Heads|16}} [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Tweed Heads|16}} [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]] | 41 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2012 Queensland Cup|2012]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} '''[[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]]''' (2nd) | style="text-align:center;"| 20 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | 34 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2013 Queensland Cup|2013]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Mackay Cutters|16}} '''[[Mackay Cutters]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 27 – 20 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts Tigers]] | align=left| {{center|[[North Ipswich Reserve]]}} | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Queensland Pride]] | 38 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2014 Queensland Cup|2014]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} '''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Queensland Pride]]''' (2nd) | style="text-align:center;"| 36 – 4 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts Tigers]] | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[Suncorp Stadium]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Queensland Pride]] | 44 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2015 Queensland Cup|2015]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Ipswich|16}} '''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;"| 32 – 20 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Townsville Blackhawks|16}} [[Townsville Blackhawks]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Townsville Blackhawks|16}} [[Townsville Blackhawks]] | 43 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2016 Queensland Cup|2016]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]]''' (3rd) | style="text-align:center;" | 26 – 16 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | 40 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2017 Queensland Cup|2017]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|16}} [[PNG Hunters]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;" | 12 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Sunshine Coast Falcons|16}} [[Sunshine Coast Falcons]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|16}} [[PNG Hunters]] | 39 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2018 Queensland Cup|2018]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] ''' (6th) | style="text-align:center;" | 36 – 22 | align=left| {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts Tigers]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | 35 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2019 Queensland Cup|2019]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} '''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' (4th) | style="text-align:center;" | 28 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]] | align=left| {{center|[[Dolphin Oval|Dolphin Stadium]]}} | align=left| {{leagueicon|Sunshine Coast Falcons|16}} [[Sunshine Coast Falcons]] | 43 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2020 Queensland Cup|2020]] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |''Season was initially suspended after round 1 and was then cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia]].''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2020/03/27/2020-qrl-statewide-competitions-cancelled/|title=Four QRL statewide competitions cancelled for 2020|date=27 March 2020}}</ref> |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2021 Queensland Cup|2021]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} '''[[Norths Devils]]''' (2nd) | style="text-align:center;" | 16 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]] | rowspan=2 | {{center|[[Dolphin Oval|Moreton Daily Stadium]]}} | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]] | 30 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2022 Queensland Cup|2022]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} '''[[Norths Devils]]''' (3rd) | style="text-align:center;" | 16 – 10 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | 31 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2023 Queensland Cup|2023]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} '''[[Brisbane Tigers]]''' (1st) | style="text-align:center;" | 22 – 18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | rowspan=3 align=left| {{center|[[Dolphin Oval|Kayo Stadium]]}} | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | 35 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2024 Queensland Cup|2024]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} '''[[Norths Devils]]''' (4th) | style="text-align:center;" | 34 – 20 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]] | 40 |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2025 Queensland Cup|2025]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} '''[[Burleigh Bears]]''' (5th) | style="text-align:center;" | 22 – 8 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | 37 |}

===Number of premiership wins=== {{further|List of Queensland Cup records}} * Team names in bold are the teams currently playing in the Queensland Cup {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! !Club !Premierships !class="unsortable"| Years won !Runners-up !class="unsortable"| Years runners-up !Minor Premierships !class="unsortable"|Years won |- |1||align=left|{{leagueicon|redcliffe|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]'''|| 6 ||align=left|1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2018 || 8 ||align=left|1996, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024|| 6 ||align=left|1999, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2016, 2018 |- |2||align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} '''[[Burleigh Bears]]'''|| 5 ||align=left|1999, 2004, 2016, 2019, 2025|| 3 ||align=left|2003, 2005, 2023|| 5 ||align=left|2003, 2004, 2022, 2023, 2025 |- |3||align=left|{{leagueicon|norths devils|16}} '''[[Norths Devils]]'''|| 4 ||align=left|1998, 2021, 2022, 2024|| 2 || align="left" |2010, 2025|| 2 ||align=left|1998, 2021 |- |4||align=left|{{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} '''[[Western Clydesdales]]'''{{efn-lr|name=Clydesdales|Toowoomba Clydesdales withdrew from the Queensland Cup after 2006 and returned as Western Clydesdales in 2023.}}|| 2 ||align=left|1996, 2001|| 2 ||align=left|2000, 2006|| 3 ||align=left|1996, 2001, 2006 |- |5||align=left|{{leagueicon|northern pride|16}} '''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]]'''|| 2 ||align=left|2010, 2014|| 1 ||align=left|2009|| 3 ||align=left|2013, 2014, 2024 |- |6||align=left|{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|16}} '''[[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]]'''|| 2||align=left|2011, 2012 || 2 ||align=left|2019, 2021|| 1||align=left|1997 |- |7||align=left|{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} [[North Queensland Young Guns]]|| 1 ||align=left|2005, 2007|| 0 ||align=left| — || 2 ||align=left| 2005, 2007 |- |8||align=left|{{leagueicon|tweed heads|16}} '''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]'''|| 1 ||align=left|2007|| 1 ||align=left|2011|| 1 ||align=left|2011 |- |9||align=left|{{leagueicon|souths-logan magpies|16}} '''[[Souths Logan Magpies]]'''|| 1 ||align=left|2008|| 0 ||align=left|— || 2 ||align=left|2009, 2010 |- |10||align=left|{{leagueicon|sunshine coast|16}} '''[[Sunshine Coast Falcons]]'''|| 1||align=left|2009{{efn-lr|name=SCF|Then known as the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles.}} || 1 ||align=left|2017|| 1 ||align=left|2019 |- |11||align=left|{{leagueicon|mackay cutters|16}} '''[[Mackay Cutters]]'''|| 1 ||align=left|2013|| 0 ||align=left| — || 0 ||align=left| — |- |12||align=left|{{leagueicon|ipswich jets|16}} '''[[Ipswich Jets]]'''|| 1 ||align=left|2015|| 2 ||align=left|2002, 2008|| 1||align=left|2008 |- |13||align=left|{{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|16}} '''[[PNG Hunters]]'''|| 1 ||align=left|2017 || 0 ||align=left| — || 1 ||align=left|2017 |- |14||align=left|{{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} '''[[Brisbane Tigers]]'''|| 1 ||align=left|2023|| 5 ||align=left|1997, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2018|| 0 ||align=left| — |- |15||align=left|{{leagueicon|Townsville Blackhawks|16}} '''[[Townsville Blackhawks]]'''|| 0 ||align=left| — || 1 ||align=left|2015|| 1 ||align=left|2015 |- |16||align=left|{{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} [[Wests Panthers]]|| 0 ||align=left| — || 1 ||align=left|1998 || 0 ||align=left| — |}

''Notes:'' {{notelist-lr}}

==NRL State Championship== {{main|NRL State Championship}} Since 2014, The [[NSW Cup]] Grand Final has been played on the same weekend as the Queensland Cup Grand Final, the weekend prior to the [[NRL Grand Final]], allowing for the creation of the [[NRL State Championship]] which saw the two competition premiers face off as a [[curtain raiser]] to the NRL Grand Final. The match originally followed the [[NRL Under-20s]] Grand Final from 2014 to 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/state-championship-preview-panthers-v-pride/tabid/10874/newsid/82305/default.aspx?cid=NRL_HP_Latest|title=State Championship preview: Panthers v Pride|date=October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/the-greatest-game-never-played/tabid/10874/newsid/82290/default.aspx?cid=NRL-HP-Featured|title = The greatest game never played|date = October 2014}}</ref> and in 2018 followed the NRL Women's Grand Final.

In 2019 however, the NRL State Championship was the first of three grand finals played on the day, preceding both the NRL Women's Grand Final and NRL Grand Final, with the exception of 2020 and 2021 when the [[NRL State Championship]] match was cancelled due to [[COVID-19]]. The Northern Pride and Ipswich Jets became the first two QRL teams to win the State Championship with the next six championships won by the NSWRL premiers. The Norths Devils would break the streak, winning the 2024 match against the Newtown Jets.

===Champions: Queensland Cup=== *[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]] (2014) *[[Ipswich Jets]] (2015) *[[Norths Devils]] (2024)

===NRL State Championship winners=== {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;" |- style="background:#003D01;" !rowspan=2 style="color:#F9B41B;"|NRL Season !colspan=4 style="color:#F9B41B;"|NRL State Championship !rowspan=2 style="color:#F9B41B;"|Player of the Match |- style="background:#F9B41B;" !style="color:#003D01;" "width:02%;" |Winners !style="color:#003D01;" "width:08%;" |Score !style="color:#003D01;" "width:02%;" |Runners-up !style="color:#003D01;" "width:08%;" |Venue |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2014 NRL State Championship|2014]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} '''[[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]]''' | style="text-align:center;"| 32–28 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} [[Penrith Panthers]] | align=left| [[Stadium Australia]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Northern Pride|16}} [[Javid Bowen]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2015 NRL State Championship|2015]] | align=left|{{leagueicon|Ipswich|16}} '''[[Ipswich Jets]]''' | style="text-align:center;"| 26–12 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Newcastle|16}} [[Newcastle Knights]] | align=left| [[Stadium Australia]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Ipswich|16}}[[Matt Parcell]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2016 NRL State Championship|2016]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Illawarra|16}} [[Illawarra Cutters]]''' | style="text-align:center;" | 54–12 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | align=left| [[Stadium Australia]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Illawarra|16}} [[Drew Hutchison (rugby league)|Drew Hutchison]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2017 NRL State Championship|2017]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} [[Penrith Panthers]]''' | style="text-align:center;" | 42–18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|PNG Hunters|16}} [[Papua New Guinea Hunters|PNG Hunters]] | align=left| [[Stadium Australia]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} [[Kaide Ellis]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2018 NRL State Championship|2018]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]]''' | style="text-align:center;" | 42–18 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] | align=left|[[Stadium Australia]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Josh Cleeland |- style="background:#f5faff;" | align=center|[[2019 NRL State Championship|2019]] | align=left| '''{{leagueicon|Newtown|16}} [[Newtown Jets]]''' | style="text-align:center;" | 20–16 | align=left|{{leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | align=left|[[Stadium Australia]] | align=left| {{leagueicon|Newtown|16}}[[Toby Rudolf]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | style="text-align:center" | 2020 | colspan="5" style="text-align:left" | Match was cancelled due to the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19 pandemic]] [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|lockdown in]] [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 March 2020 |title=NSWRL cancels nine competitions for 2020 season |url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2020/03/27/nswrl-cancels-nine-competitions-for-2020-season/ |access-date=8 October 2020 |website=New South Wales Rugby League |language=en}}</ref> |- style="background:#f5faff;" | style="text-align:center" | 2021 | colspan="5" style="text-align:left" | Match was cancelled due to the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19 pandemic lockdown]] in [[New South Wales]]. |- style="background:#f5faff;" | style="text-align:center" | [[2022 NRL State Championship|2022]] | style="text-align:left" |{{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} '''[[Penrith Panthers]]''' | style="text-align:center;" | 44–10 | style="text-align:left" |{{Leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]] | style="text-align:left" | [[Stadium Australia]] | style="text-align:left" | {{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} [[J'maine Hopgood]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | style="text-align:center" | [[2023 NRL State Championship|2023]] | style="text-align:left" |{{Leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} '''[[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]''' | style="text-align:center" | 42–22 | style="text-align:left" |{{Leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} [[Brisbane Tigers]] | style="text-align:left" | [[Stadium Australia]] | style="text-align:left" | {{Leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} [[Tyrone Munro]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | style="text-align:center" | [[2024 NRL State Championship|2024]] | style="text-align:left" |'''{{Leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]]''' | style="text-align:center" | 20–18 | style="text-align:left" |{{leagueicon|Newtown|16}} [[Newtown Jets]] | style="text-align:left" | [[Stadium Australia]] | style="text-align:left" | {{Leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Oryn Keeley]] |- style="background:#f5faff;" | style="text-align:center" | [[2025 NRL State Championship|2025]] | style="text-align:left" | {{Leagueicon|Auckland|16}} '''[[Warriors (NRL)|NZ Warriors]]''' | style="text-align:center" | 50–20 | style="text-align:left" | {{Leagueicon|Burleigh|16}} [[Burleigh Bears]] | style="text-align:left" | [[Stadium Australia]] | style="text-align:left" | {{Leagueicon|Auckland|16}} [[Tanah Boyd]] |}

==Honours== {{see also|List of Queensland Cup honours}} At the end of each season at the [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]] presentation night, the '''[[Petero Civoniceva]] Medal''' is awarded to the Queensland Cup player voted as the best and fairest over the entire season. Formerly known as [[The Courier-Mail|The Courier Mail]] Medal, in 2018, the medal was renamed after former [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian]] and [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]] representative [[Petero Civoniceva]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/082/01/civoniceva-medal-to-recognise-best--fairest/|title = Civoniceva Medal to recognise best & fairest|date = August 2018}}</ref> After each game, the referees award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player, and one vote to the third-best player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/?s=article-display&id=43744|title=The official site of the QRL - QRL.com.au|website=Queensland Rugby League|date=13 May 2024 }}</ref> Previous winners include [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] and [[Queensland Maroons|Queensland]] representatives [[Greg Inglis]] and [[Daly Cherry-Evans]].

Since 2007, the man of the match in the Grand Final has been awarded the '''[[Duncan Hall]] Medal'''. The medal is named in honour of [[Australian Rugby League's Team of the Century|ARL Team of the Century]] member [[Duncan Hall]], who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 games for Australia between 1948 and 1955. Past recipients include [[Tony Williams (rugby league)|Tony Williams]] and [[Jake Granville]], who would go onto win [[National Rugby League|NRL]] premierships shortly after their Queensland Cup success.

===20th Year Anniversary Team=== On 21 September 2015, the [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]] announced their Queensland Cup 20th Year Anniversary team. The 17-man team was chosen by a selection panel consisting of Brad Tallon (Queensland Rugby League statistician), Steve Ricketts (rugby league journalist), David Wright (former ABC commentator) and Mike Higgison (rugby league historian).

To be eligible for selection, a player must've played a minimum of 75 games in the competition. [[Rick Stone]], who coached the [[Burleigh Bears]] from 1997 to 2005 (winning two premierships), was named coach of the side, while longtime referee Tony Maksoud was included as referee of the team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qrl.com.au/intrust-super-cup/anniversary-team.html |title=Anniversary Team - QRL |website=www.qrl.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002111828/http://www.qrl.com.au/intrust-super-cup/anniversary-team.html |archive-date=2015-10-02}}</ref>

{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100% |- bgcolor=#C1D8FF ! No. !! Name !! Club(s) !! Years !! Games !! Tries !! Goals !! Points |- | 1. || Ryan Cullen || [[Central Queensland Capras|Central Queensland]], [[Redcliffe Dolphins|Redcliffe]], [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts]]|| 2003–10 || 154 || 112 || 0 || 449 |- | 2. || [[Nathanael Barnes]] || [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Heads]], [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls|Wynnum Manly]] || 2003–07, 2011–13, 2015–17 || 186 || 135 || 41 || 622 |- | 3. || [[Reggie Cressbrook]] || [[Townsville Stingers|Townsville]], [[Burleigh Bears|Burleigh]], [[Ipswich Jets|Ipswich]] || 1998–06 || 143 || 89 || 366 || 1,089 |- | 4. || [[Donald Malone]] || [[Western Clydesdales|Toowoomba]], [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts]], [[Ipswich Jets|Ipswich]], [[Mackay Cutters|Mackay]], [[Sunshine Coast Falcons|Sunshine Coast]] || 2004–17 || 179 || 119 || 138 || 752 |- | 5. || Heath Egglestone || [[Central Queensland Capras|Central Queensland]]|| 1996–04 || 150 || 99 || 1 || 398 |- | 6. || [[Brad Davis (rugby league, born 1982)|Brad Davis]] (captain) || [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Heads]] || 2005–12 || 154 || 23 || 483 || 1,066 |- | 7. || [[Shane Perry]] || [[Past Brothers|Brothers]], [[Logan Scorpions|Logan]], [[Redcliffe Dolphins|Redcliffe]], [[Norths Devils|Norths]] || 1996–98, 2002–11 || 218 || 95 || 6 || 409 |- | 8. || Troy Lindsay || [[Redcliffe Dolphins|Redcliffe]] || 1996–09 || 270 || 17 || 6 || 80 |- | 9. || [[Mick Roberts]] || [[Redcliffe Dolphins|Redcliffe]], [[Norths Devils|Norths]] || 1998–11 || 253 || 71 || 134 || 555 |- | 10. || Shane O'Flanagan || [[Wests Panthers|Wests]], [[Burleigh Bears|Burleigh]] || 1997–08 || 210 || 33 || 0 || 132 |- | 11. || Danny Burke || [[Past Brothers|Brothers]], [[Redcliffe Dolphins|Redcliffe]] || 1998, 2000–09 || 219 || 26 || 0 || 104 |- | 12. || Sime Busby || [[Central Queensland Capras|Central Queensland]], [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts]]|| 1997–03 || 118 || 15 || 1 || 62 |- | 13. || Danny Coburn || [[Ipswich Jets|Ipswich]] || 1998–10 || 258 || 32 || 0 || 128 |- | 14. || [[Luke Scott (rugby league)|Luke Scott]] || [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths]], [[Townsville Stingers|Townsville]], [[Redcliffe Dolphins|Redcliffe]] || 1996, 1998–03 || 129 || 36 || 0 || 144 |- | 15. || Luke Dalziel-Don || [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls|Wynnum Manly]] || 2004, 2006–13 || 173 || 82 || 0 || 329 |- | 16. || [[Nick Parfitt]] || [[Western Clydesdales|Toowoomba]], [[Burleigh Bears|Burleigh]] || 2003–11 || 173 || 113 || 483 || 1,421 |- | 17. || Phil Dennis || [[Wests Panthers|Wests]], [[Brisbane Tigers|Easts]], [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Logan]]|| 2003–18 || 282 || 29 || 7 || 130 |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:10pt" |* Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season |}

==Records== {{see also|List of Queensland Cup records}} The following records are taken from the [[Queensland Rugby League|QRL]]'s official website and are correct as of the end of the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qrl.com.au/intrust-super-cup/statistics-club-records.html|title=About Us|website=Queensland Rugby League|date=18 April 2024 }}</ref>

===Team=== * '''Most premierships''' – 6 [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] * '''Most minor premierships''' – 6 [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] * '''Most wooden spoons''' – 5 [[Central Queensland Capras]] * '''Highest score in a game''' – 98, Toowoomba against Western Suburbs Panthers (2003) * '''Longest winning streak''' – 17 matches, [[Northern Pride RLFC|Northern Pride]] (2010–2011) * '''Longest undefeated streak''' – 22 matches, [[Tweed Heads Seagulls|Tweed Seagulls]] (2010–2011) * '''Longest losing streak''' – 36 matches, [[Sunshine Coast Falcons]] (2013–2014)

===Individual=== * '''Most games''' – Phil Dennis, 282 games * '''Most tries''' – Daniel Ogden, 155 tries * '''Most points''' – Nick Parfitt 1,421 points (113 tries, 483 goals) * '''Most points in a season''' 318, [[Liam Georgetown]] (2013) * '''Most tries in a season''' 34, Daniel Kennedy 2004 * '''Most points in a game''' 40, Damien Richter 2002, Greg Bourke 2002 * '''Most tries in a game''' 7, [[Chris Walker (rugby league)|Chris Walker]] 2000, Anthony Zipf 2004

==Media coverage & Sponsorship== Although the Queensland Cup has never had the same amount of media coverage that the pre-[[Brisbane Broncos]] Brisbane Rugby League did, in recent years it has experienced a resurgence in interest from both the Queensland media and from casual fans alike.

===Television=== In 2018, the match of the round was televised live on the [[Nine Network]] in Queensland at 1:00pm (AEST) on Saturdays. Previously, the match of the round had been broadcast by Nine on Sunday afternoons and before that, on [[ABQ|ABC Television]] on Saturday afternoons. The match is later replayed during the week on [[Foxtel]]'s [[Fox League]] channel. The match of the round returned to Sunday afternoons for the 2019 season.

The non-broadcast games are recorded for highlights and judiciary and coaching purposes.

===Radio=== From 2006 to 2013, community broadcaster [[Bay FM (Brisbane)|Bay FM]] began broadcasting matches of the [[Wynnum Manly Seagulls]] with commentators Mike Higgison and Troy Robbins.

In 2015, a group of community broadcasters including [[1197 AM (Brisbane)|Switch 1197]], Valley FM [[Esk, Queensland|Esk]] and Phoenix Radio [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]] began broadcasting matches featuring the [[Ipswich Jets]].

===Online=== Starting from 2022 Queensland Rugby League announced a new streaming deal with Cluch.tv under the website name Qplus.TV where fan can subscribe to watch every game live.

===Sponsorship=== Due to sponsorship, the Queensland Cup has gone under many different names since first being held in 1996. Originally known as the '''Channel Nine Cup''', it has been known as the '''Hostplus Cup''' since 2022. * [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]] Cup (1996–1997) * [[Bundaberg Rum|Bundy Rum]] Gold Cup (2000–2001) * Wizard Cup (2005–2008) * Intrust Super Cup (2010–2021) * [[Hostplus]] Cup (2022–present)

==See also== {{Portal|Sports|Queensland}} * [[Hastings Deering Colts]] * [[Brisbane Rugby League (2001)|FOGS Cup and FOGS Colts Challenge]] * [[Brisbane Rugby League premiership]] * [[Queensland Rugby League]] * [[Winfield State League]] * [[NSW Cup]]

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.qrl.com.au/}}

===Queensland Cup News=== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914003253/http://www.qrl.com.au/ Queensland Rugby League] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211043431/http://qrl.com.au:80/queensland_cup/ Queensland Rugby League Queensland Cup Page] * [http://queensland.rleague.com/ Rleague.com's Queensland page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910070602/http://queensland.rleague.com/ |date=10 September 2010 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061022053046/http://www.leagueunlimited.com/team.asp?ID=QRL League Unlimited's Queensland Page]

===Queensland Rugby League forums=== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070608090137/http://forums.rleague.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20 Rleague's Queensland Forum] * [http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/forumdisplay.php?f=88 League Unlimited's Queensland Forum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606174617/http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/forumdisplay.php?f=88 |date=6 June 2007 }}

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