2002 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2002 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 8th in the club's history. Coached by Murray Hurst and captained by Paul Bowman, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2002 Telstra Premiership. Hurst was later replaced by Graham Murray and the Cowboys finished 11th (of 15).

Matt Sing was named the club's player of the year.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	New Zealand	24	17	0	7	2	688	454	+234	38
2	Newcastle	24	17	0	7	2	724	498	+226	38
3	Brisbane	24	16	1	7	2	672	425	+247	37
4	Sydney	24	15	1	8	2	621	405	+216	35
5	Cronulla	24	15	0	9	2	653	597	+56	34
6	Parramatta	24	10	2	12	2	531	440	+91	26
7	St George Illawarra	24	9	3	12	2	632	546	+86	25
8	Canberra	24	10	1	13	2	471	641	-170	25
9	Northern Eagles	24	10	0	14	2	503	740	-237	24
10	Melbourne	24	9	1	14	2	556	586	-30	23
11	North Queensland	24	8	0	16	2	496	803	-307	20
12	Penrith	24	7	0	17	2	546	654	-108	18
13	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	498	642	-144	18
14	South Sydney	24	5	0	19	2	385	817	-432	14
15	Bulldogs	24	20	1	3	2	707	435	+272	8

• Bulldogs were stripped of 37 competition points due to the salary cap breach.

Squad

• Ashley Alberts
• Tevita Amone
• Matthew Bowen
• Paul Bowman (C)
• Tarin Bradford
• Tim Brasher
• John Buttigieg
• Adam Connelly
• Paul Dezolt
• John Doyle
• Nathan Fien
• George Gatis
• Josh Hannay
• Peter Jones
• Ben Laity
• Jaiman Lowe
• Micheal Luck
• Tim Maddison
• John Manning
• Jamie McDonald
• Ken McGuiness
• Leigh McWilliams
• Glenn Morrison
• Chris Muckert
• Shane Muspratt
• Matthew Petersen
• Aaron Payne
• Simon Phillips
• Grant Reibel
• Chris Sheppard
• Matt Sing
• Daniel Stickland
• David Thompson
• Shaun Valentine
• Derricke Watkins
• Scott Whiting
• Ty Williams

Season Statistics

• Won: 8, Drawn: 0, Lost: 16, Byes: 0
• For: 496
• Against: 803
• Points: 16, Difference: -307