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Rugby league team season
The 2015 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 21st in the club 's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott , they competed in the NRL 's 2015 Telstra Premiership . The Cowboys celebrated 20 years as a club in 2015 and played in the first all-Queensland grand final , defeating the Brisbane Broncos 17–16 in golden point to win their first premiership.
Season summary
After going through their pre-season trials undefeated, the Cowboys started their 2015 season with three straight losses. The side hit back with three consecutive wins on Monday Night Football over the Melbourne Storm , Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs , on their way to a club record 11 game winning streak. The Cowboys finished in 3rd place, winning 17 games, giving the club their most successful regular season in its history.
Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Milestones
Squad List
2015 NRL Squad
First team squad
Coaching staff
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice-captain(s)
Updated: 16 February 2015 Source(s): Cowboys Squad 2015
Squad Movement
2015 Gains
2015 losses
Re-signings
Ladder
Fixtures
Pre-season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Saturday, 7 February
Trial 1
Brisbane Broncos
Stadium Mackay
18 – 6
Feldt , Granville , Lui
Feldt (3)
-
Saturday, 14 February
Trial 2
Townsville Blackhawks
Jack Manski Oval
24 – 12
Bowen, Feldt , Kikau, King , Niemoeller
Bambling (1), Feldt (1)
-
Saturday, 21 February
Trial 3
Gold Coast Titans
Barlow Park
30 – 10
Moga (2), Cooper , Granville , Tanginoa , Wright
Thurston (3)
-
Legend : Win Loss Draw
NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on January 31 and February 1 at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. The Cowboys featured in the Waiheke pool and played Melbourne , Penrith and South Sydney . The top two teams of each pool qualified for the quarter finals. The Cowboys, who were the defending champions, were knocked out in the quarter-finals.
Pool Play
Date
Time (Local)
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Saturday, 31 January
1:20pm
Round 1
Melbourne Storm
Eden Park
17 – 8
Lowe (bonus try), O'Neill , Wright
Wright (2)
Saturday, 31 January
5:40pm
Round 2
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Eden Park
12 – 19
O'Neill (2), Cooper
-
Sunday, 1 February
12:25pm
Round 3
Penrith Panthers
Eden Park
14 – 8
Feldt , Moga , Taumalolo
Lui (1)
Sunday, 1 February
2:30pm
Quarter-final
Parramatta Eels
Eden Park
11 – 17
Granville (bonus try), O'Neill
Morgan (1)
Legend : Win Loss
Regular season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Saturday, 7 March
Round 1
Sydney Roosters
1300SMILES Stadium
4 – 28
O'Neill
Thurston (0/1)
17,123
Saturday, 14 March
Round 2
Newcastle Knights
1300SMILES Stadium
14 – 16
Lowe , Scott
Thurston (3/3), Feldt (0/1)
13,006
Friday, 20 March
Round 3
Brisbane Broncos
Suncorp Stadium
22 – 44
Feldt (2), Morgan , O'Neill
Thurston (3/4)
40,047
Monday, 30 March
Round 4
Melbourne Storm
1300SMILES Stadium
18 – 17
Winterstein (2), Wright
Thurston (2/3, 2 FG)
11,609
Monday, 6 April
Round 5
Penrith Panthers
Sportingbet Stadium
30 – 10
Wright (3), Coote , Lowe
Thurston (5/6)
8,409
Monday, 13 April
Round 6
South Sydney Rabbitohs
ANZ Stadium
30 – 12
Thurston (2) Granville , O'Neill , Winterstein
Thurston (5/6)
13,866
Saturday, 18 April
Round 7
New Zealand Warriors
1300SMILES Stadium
28 – 24
Granville (3), Coote , Linnett
Thurston (4/5)
16,038
Saturday, 25 April
Round 8
Newcastle Knights
Hunter Stadium
26 – 24
O'Neill (2), Bolton , Coote , Morgan
Thurston (3/5)
15,518
Saturday, 9 May
Round 9
Canterbury Bulldogs
1300SMILES Stadium
23 – 16
Morgan (2), Cooper , Wright
Thurston (3/5, 1 FG)
15,794
Friday, 15 May
Round 10
Brisbane Broncos
1300SMILES Stadium
31 – 20
Morgan (3), Cooper , Lowe
Thurston (4/5), Coote (1 FG)
24,531
Saturday, 23 May
Round 11
Wests Tigers
Campbelltown Stadium
8 – 0
Winterstein
Lowe (2/2)
8267
Saturday, 30 May
Round 12
Manly Sea Eagles
1300SMILES Stadium
18 – 14
Scott (2), Cooper
Thurston (3/3)
14,196
Monday, 8 June
Round 13
Parramatta Eels
Pirtek Stadium
36 – 30
Cooper (3), Linnett , Morgan , Wright
Thurston (6/6)
9812
Round 14
Bye
Saturday, 20 June
Round 15
Canberra Raiders
GIO Stadium
21 – 20
Cooper , Winterstein , Wright
Thurston (4/5, 1 FG)
10,170
Saturday, 27 June
Round 16
Cronulla Sharks
1300SMILES Stadium
18 – 24
Granville , O'Neill , Winterstein
Lowe (3/4)
18,826
Saturday, 4 July
Round 17
St George Illawarra Dragons
WIN Stadium
18 – 12
Linnett (2), Granville
Lowe (3/4)
11,183
Round 18
Bye
Monday, 20 July
Round 19
Manly Sea Eagles
Brookvale Oval
30 – 12
Winterstein (2), Granville , Linnett , Morgan
Thurston (5/6)
7,643
Monday, 27 July
Round 20
Parramatta Eels
1300SMILES Stadium
46 – 4
Taumalolo (2), Coote , Kostjasyn , Linnett , Winterstein , Wright
Thurston (7/8)
13,767
Saturday, 1 August
Round 21
Canberra Raiders
1300SMILES Stadium
32 – 24
Winterstein (2), Cooper , Granville , Morgan
Thurston (6/7)
16,207
Saturday, 8 August
Round 22
Cronulla Sharks
Remondis Stadium
18 – 30
Linnett , Winterstein , Wright
Thurston (3/4)
13,878
Thursday, 13 August
Round 23
South Sydney Rabbitohs
1300SMILES Stadium
18 – 31
Coote , Morgan , O'Neill
Thurston (3/3)
16,685
Saturday, 22 August
Round 24
New Zealand Warriors
Mt Smart Stadium
50 – 16
Feldt (3), O'Neill (2), Hess , Linnett , Spina , Thurston
Thurston (7/9)
14,412
Saturday, 29 August
Round 25
Melbourne Storm
AAMI Park
6 – 14
Feldt
Thurston (1/1)
15,214
Saturday, 5 September
Round 26
Gold Coast Titans
1300SMILES Stadium
42 – 12
Linnett (2), Winterstein (2), Cooper , Coote , Granville , Tamou , Thompson
Thurston (2/4), Feldt (1/3), Lowe (0/2)
16,977
Legend : Win Loss Draw Bye
Finals
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Saturday, 12 September
Qualifying Final
Brisbane Broncos
Suncorp Stadium
16 – 12
Thurston , Winterstein
Thurston (2/3)
50,388
Saturday, 19 September
Semi Final
Cronulla Sharks
1300SMILES Stadium
39 – 0
Michael Morgan (2), Bolton , Feldt , Lowe , O'Neill , Winterstein
Thurston (5/8, 1 FG)
21,683
Saturday, 26 September
Preliminary Final
Melbourne Storm
AAMI Park
32 –12
Cooper (2), Michael Morgan (2), O'Neill (2)
Thurston (4/6)
29,315
Sunday, 4 October
Grand Final
Brisbane Broncos
ANZ Staidum
17 – 16
Feldt , O'Neill , Tamou
Thurston (2/3, 1 FG)
82,758
Legend : Win Loss Draw
Statistics
Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2015
Honours
League
Club
Feeder Clubs
References
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