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2025 Queensland Cup
Duration8 March – 28 September, 2025
Teams15
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The 2025 Queensland Cup season is the 30th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, features 15 teams playing a 27-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

Norths Devils are the defending premiers after they won the 2024 Grand Final 34–20 against the Redcliffe Dolphins.

Teams

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In 2025, the line-up of teams was unchanged from the previous two seasons.

Colours Club Home ground(s) Head coach(s) Captain(s) NRL Affiliate
Brisbane Tigers Totally Workwear Stadium Matt Church[1] TBC Melbourne Storm
Burleigh Bears UAA Park Luke Burt TBC Brisbane Broncos
Central Queensland Capras Browne Park
Rugby Park 		Lionel Harbin Blake Moore & Tyler Szepanowski[2] Dolphins
Ipswich Jets North Ipswich Reserve Tye Ingebrigtsen[3] TBC Gold Coast Titans
Mackay Cutters BB Print Stadium Adam Cuthbertson TBC North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride Barlow Park Russell Aitken[4] TBC North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils Bishop Park Rohan Smith[5] TBC Dolphins
Papua New Guinea Hunters PNG Football Stadium Paul Aiton TBC None
Redcliffe Dolphins Kayo Stadium Eric Smith[6] TBC Dolphins
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park
Logan Metro Sports Complex 		Karmichael Hunt TBC Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons Sunshine Coast Stadium Brad Henderson TBC Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval Terry Campese TBC South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex David Penna TBC Gold Coast Titans
Western Clydesdales Clive Berghofer Stadium Ned Murphy TBC Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls BMD Kougari Oval Mathew Head TBC Brisbane Broncos


Regular season

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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Tigers NTP† CQC IPS PNG SCF SLM TSV CQC RED TWE X NOR NTP PNG IPS SLM X BUR MAC TWE X WES WMS
Burleigh Bears CQC* WMS TWE WES IPS CQC PNG MAC NTP X SLM WES TSV IPS TWE NOR X BRI NTP RED X NOR SCF
Central Queensland Capras BUR* BRI MAC X TSV BUR SLM BRI IPS NTP WMS SCF RED X MAC IPS PNG TWE WES SCF WMS X NOR
Ipswich Jets TSV† X BRI TWE BUR PNG WMS NTP CQC RED WES MAC X BUR BRI CQC NOR PNG RED X WES SCF SLM
Mackay Cutters PNG‡ TSV CQC X NTP WES TWE BUR WMS NOR SCF IPS TWE X CQC SCF WMS NOR BRI SLM TSV X RED
Northern Pride BRI† TWE TSV NOR MAC WMS X IPS BUR MAC PNG SLM BRI WES TSV X RED SCF BUR NOR X TWE PNG
Norths Devils RED‡ WES SLM NTP X SCF WES RED PNG MAC TWE BRI X TSV SLM BUR IPS MAC WMS NTP X BUR CQC
Papua New Guinea Hunters MAC‡ SCF X BRI TWE IPS BUR WMS NOR TSV NTP RED SCF BRI X TSV CQC IPS X WES SLM WMS NTP
Redcliffe Dolphins NOR‡ SLM WMS X WES TSV SCF NOR BRI IPS X PNG CQC TWE WMS X NTP SLM IPS BUR SCF TSV MAC
Souths Logan Magpies WES† RED NOR SCF WMS BRI CQC X TSV WES BUR NTP WMS X NOR BRI TWE RED TSV MAC PNG X IPS
Sunshine Coast Falcons X PNG WES SLM BRI NOR RED TSV TWE X MAC CQC PNG WMS WES MAC X NTP TWE CQC RED IPS BUR
Townsville Blackhawks IPS† MAC NTP X CQC RED BRI SCF SLM PNG X WMS BUR NOR NTP PNG WES X SLM WMS MAC RED TWE
Tweed Heads Seagulls WMS‡ NTP BUR IPS PNG X MAC WES SCF BRI NOR X MAC RED BUR WES SLM CQC SCF BRI X NTP TSV
Western Clydesdales SLM† NOR SCF BUR RED MAC NOR TWE X SLM IPS BUR X NTP SCF TWE TSV WMS CQC PNG IPS BRI X
Wynnum Manly Seagulls TWE‡ BUR RED X SLM NTP IPS PNG MAC X CQC TSV SLM SCF RED X MAC WES NOR TSV CQC PNG BRI
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 F1 F2 F3 GF
Key:      Bold – Home game      X – Bye      ‡ – Match postponed and played between rounds 6–7      * – Match postponed and played between rounds 8–9      † – Match postponed and played between rounds 19–20      Opponent for round listed above margin

Season summary

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  • Round 1 – Due to the impacts of severe tropical cyclone Alfred, the full slate of fixtures scheduled to begin on 8 March were postponed to dates later in the season.[7] Initially, the QRL had hoped that some matches would take place.[8]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sunshine Coast Falcons 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 Finals series
2 Brisbane Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Burleigh Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Central Queensland Capras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ipswich Jets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mackay Cutters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Northern Pride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Norths Devils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Papua New Guinea Hunters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Redcliffe Dolphins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Souths Logan Magpies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Townsville Blackhawks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tweed Heads Seagulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Western Clydesdales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2025. Source: QRL RLP

Ladder progression

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  Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
  Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Source: QRL.com.au


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tigers Extend Church to 2026". thetigers.com.au. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  2. ^ McKay, Pam (13 January 2025). "Blake Moore, Tyler Szepanowski appointed Capras' co-captains for 2025". Code Sports. News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ^ Anderson, Rowan (9 January 2025). "The Ipswich Jets are ready for upcoming challenges in 2025". Local Ipswich News. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  4. ^ Rocha, Gyan-Reece (24 September 2024). "Northern Pride announce new head coach". Cairns Post. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Rohan Smith returns as Devils coach". Norths Devils RLFC. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Redcliffe Dolphins announce new head coach for 2025". qrl.com.au. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Further postponements confirmed ahead of Cyclone Alfred". qrl.com.au. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  8. ^ "QRL confirms revised schedule for weekend fixtures". qrl.com.au. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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