2001 North Queensland Cowboys season
Appearance
2001 North Queensland Cowboys season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 13th | |||
Play-off result | Missed finals | |||
2001 record | Wins: 6; draws: 2; losses: 18 | |||
Points scored | For: 514; against: 771 | |||
Team information | ||||
Coach | Tim Sheens (resigned on 25 May) Murray Hurst | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Dairy Farmers Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 13,133 | |||
High attendance | 21,729 (vs. Brisbane Broncos, Round 1) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Glenn Morrison (13) | |||
Goals | Julian O'Neill (56) | |||
Points | Julian O'Neill (156) | |||
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The 2001 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 7th in the club's history. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Paul Bowman, they competed in the NRL's 2001 Telstra Premiership.
Following a mid-season club taker over by News Limited, Sheens resigned as head coach on 25 May and was replaced by his assistant, Murray Hurst.
Season summary
Milestones
- Round 1: Tim Maddison and Lee Oudenryn made their debuts for the club.
- Round 1: Matthew Bowen and Trent Leis made their NRL debuts.
- Round 4: Adam Nable made his debut for the club.
- Round 4: Tarin Bradford and Chris Sheppard made their NRL debuts.
- Round 7: Chris Muckert made his NRL debut.
- Round 10: Micheal Luck made his NRL debut.
- Round 11: Peter Jones became the first player to play 100 games for the club.
- Round 13: John Doyle played his 50th game for the club.
- Round 19: George Gatis made his NRL debut.
- Round 13: Josh Hannay played his 50th game for the club.
- Round 25: Danny Moore made his debut for the club.
Squad List
Squad Movement
2001 Gains
Player | Signed From |
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Trent Leis | Redcliffe Dolphins |
Tim Maddison | Cronulla Sharks |
Danny Moore | London Broncos |
Adam Nable | Wests Tigers |
Lee Oudenryn | Auckland Warriors |
2001 Losses
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Parramatta | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 839 | 406 | +433 | 42 |
2 | Canterbury | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 617 | 538 | +49 | 37 |
3 | Newcastle (P) | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 782 | 639 | +143 | 33 |
4 | Cronulla | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 594 | 513 | +81 | 32 |
5 | Brisbane | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 696 | 511 | +185 | 29 |
6 | Sydney | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 647 | 589 | +58 | 27 |
7 | St. George Illawarra | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 661 | 573 | +88 | 26 |
8 | New Zealand | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 638 | 629 | +9 | 26 |
9 | Melbourne | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 704 | 725 | -21 | 23 |
10 | Northern Eagles | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 603 | 750 | -149 | 23 |
11 | Canberra | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 600 | 623 | -23 | 19 |
12 | Wests Tigers | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 474 | 746 | -272 | 19 |
13 | North Queensland | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 514 | 771 | -257 | 14 |
14 | Penrith | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 521 | 847 | -326 | 14 |
Fixtures
Regular season
Statistics
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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Geoff Bell | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Matthew Bowen | 15 | 6 | 1 | - | 26 |
Paul Bowman | 25 | 12 | - | - | 48 |
Tarin Bradford | 2 | - | - | - | - |
John Buttigieg | 15 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Adam Connelly | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Paul Dezolt | 5 | - | - | - | - |
John Doyle | 11 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Nathan Fien | 26 | 5 | - | 2 | 22 |
George Gatis | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Josh Hannay | 12 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Brett Hetherington | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Brian Jellick | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Peter Jones | 24 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Naipolioni Kuricibi | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Trent Leis | 17 | 5 | 21 | - | 62 |
Micheal Luck | 16 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Tim Maddison | 19 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Bruce Mamando | 1 | - | - | - | - |
John Manning | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Jamie McDonald | 13 | - | - | - | - |
Leigh McWilliams | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Danny Moore | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Glenn Morrison | 23 | 13 | - | - | 52 |
Chris Muckert | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Shane Muspratt | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Adam Nable | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Julian O'Neill | 23 | 11 | 56 | - | 156 |
Lee Oudenryn | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Nick Paterson | 12 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Paul Pensini | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Robert Relf | 21 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Chris Sheppard | 17 | - | - | - | - |
Mark Shipway | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Damien Smith | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Daniel Strickland | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Shaun Valentine | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Kyle Warren | 17 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Totals | 89 | 78 | 2 | 514 |
Source:[1]
Representatives
The following players played a representative match in 2001.
City vs Country | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | |
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Paul Bowman | ||||
John Buttigieg | ||||
John Doyle | ||||
Nathan Fien | ||||
Glenn Morrison |
Honours
Club
- Player of the Year: Glenn Morrison
- Players' Player: Glenn Morrison
- Club Person of the Year: Peter Jones