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2003 Queensland Cup
DurationMarch 15 – September 20, 2003
Teams12
Premiers Redcliffe Dolphins (4th title)
Minor premiers Burleigh Bears (1st title)
Matches played138
Points scored7,799
Top points scorer(s) Steven West (264)
Player of the year Denny Lambert
(Courier Mail Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Aaron Barba (33)
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 Queensland Cup season was the 8th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition featured 12 teams playing a 26-week long season (including finals) from March to September.

The Redcliffe Dolphins defeated the Burleigh Bears 31–18 in the Grand Final at Dolphin Oval, becoming the first club to win back-to-back premierships. Wynnum halfback Denny Lambert was named the competition's Player of the Year, winning the Courier Mail Medal.[1][2][3]

Teams[edit]

The Tweed Heads Seagulls, the oldest provincial club in Australia, gained entry to the competition for the 2003 season. The club applied for the 2002 season but were unsuccessful. They re-applied after the Logan Scorpions, an inaugural Queensland Cup club, ceased operations. Seagulls became the first New South Wales-based team to enter the competition. Souths Magpies acquired what remained of the Logan club and re-branded as the Souths Logan Magpies. Also in 2003, the East Coast Tigers reverted to their original name, Easts Tigers, after two seasons.

The Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys were again affiliated with the Toowoomba Clydesdales, Norths Devils and North Queensland Young Guns respectively.

Colours Club Home ground(s)
Burleigh Bears Pizzey Park
Central Comets Browne Park
Easts Tigers Langlands Park
Ipswich Jets Bendigo Bank Oval
North Queensland Young Guns Dairy Farmers Stadium
Norths Devils Bishop Park
Redcliffe Dolphins Dolphin Oval
Souths Logan Magpies Davies Park
Toowoomba Clydesdales Stadium Toowoomba, Suncorp Stadium
Tweed Heads Seagulls Piggabeen Sports Complex
Wests Panthers Purtell Park
Wynnum Seagulls Kougari Oval

Ladder[edit]

2003 Queensland Cup
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Burleigh Bears 22 16 1 5 707 366 +341 33
2 Redcliffe Dolphins (P) 22 16 1 5 789 486 +303 33
3 Ipswich Jets 22 15 1 6 732 465 +267 31
4 Wynnum Seagulls 22 15 1 6 700 536 +164 31
5 Tweed Heads Seagulls 22 14 0 8 606 564 +42 28
6 Toowoomba Clydesdales 22 11 1 10 738 591 +147 23
7 North Queensland Young Guns 22 11 0 11 638 457 +181 22
8 Norths Devils 22 10 1 11 615 589 +26 21
9 Easts Tigers 22 10 0 12 626 641 -15 20
10 Central Comets 22 7 0 15 466 749 -283 14
11 Souths Logan Magpies 22 4 0 18 484 978 -494 8
12 Wests Panthers 22 0 0 22 361 1040 -679 0

Finals series[edit]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Qualifying / Elimination Finals
Wynnum Seagulls 40 – 22 Tweed Heads Seagulls 30 August 2003 Kougari Oval
Redcliffe Dolphins 28 – 22 Ipswich Jets 31 August 2003 Dolphin Oval
Semi-finals
Burleigh Bears 26 – 24 Redcliffe Dolphins 6 September 2003 Pizzey Park
Ipswich Jets 12 – 42 Wynnum Seagulls 6 September 2003 Bendigo Bank Oval
Preliminary Final
Redcliffe Dolphins 46 – 26 Wynnum Seagulls 13 September 2003 Dolphin Oval
Grand Final
Burleigh Bears 18 – 31 Redcliffe Dolphins 20 September 2003 Dolphin Oval
Qualifying / Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
1 Burleigh26 Burleigh18
Redcliffe24 Redcliffe31
2 Redcliffe28 Redcliffe46
3 Ipswich22 Wynnum26
Ipswich12
Wynnum42
4 Wynnum40
5 Tweed Heads22

Grand Final[edit]

Saturday, 30 September
Burleigh Bears 18 – 31 Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries:
Reggie Cressbrook 1
Tony Gray 1
Trent Purdon 1
Goals:
Reggie Cressbrook 3 		1st: 6 - 20
2nd: 12 - 11
 Tries:
3 Aaron Barba
1 Brian Jellick
1 Ben Jones
Goals:
5 Justin McKay
Field Goals:
1 Shane Perry
Dolphin Oval
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Adam Neale
Player of the Match: Shane Perry (Redcliffe)
Burleigh Bears Position Redcliffe Dolphins
Trent Purdon FB Justin McKay
Dimitri Pelo WG Paul Shilvock
Adam Hutchinson CE Damien Richters
Reggie Cressbrook CE Brian Jellick
Aseri Laing WG Aaron Barba
Ryan Gundry FE Shane Perry
Brent McConnell HB Mick Roberts (c)
Adam Watene PR Shane Tronc
Ryan Dagwell HK Jason Campbell
Shane O'Flanagan PR Adam Starr
Stan Berryman SR Ben Jones
Tony Gray SR Danny Burke
Dean Allen (c) LK Grant Flugge
Jeremy Lateo Bench Matt Anderton
Matt Harriden Bench Troy Lindsay
Afa Gafa Bench Daniel Green
Faron Anderson Bench Andrew Wynyard
Rick Stone Coach Neil Wharton

Burleigh, who finished as minor premiers ahead of Redcliffe on points differential, earned a week one bye in the finals before defeating the Dolphins in the major semi final to secure a spot in their second Grand Final. Redcliffe, who defeated Ipswich in the first week of the finals, faced Wynnum in the preliminary final after their loss to Burleigh. A dominant 46–26 win over the Seagulls saw them qualify for their fifth straight Grand Final and set up a rematch of the 1999 decider against Burleigh.[4]

First half[edit]

Burleigh started the Grand Final in the best way possible when centre Reggie Cressbrook intercepted a pass in the opening set to score under the posts. Redcliffe hit back through the competition's top try scorer Aaron Barba, who scored in the 18th minute. Barba got his second try of the game when he chased down a Shane Perry kick from a scrum win to score untouched. Barba scored his third try of the contest when he scooped up a kick from inside his own half and ran 70 metres to score just before half time.

Second half[edit]

Redcliffe seemingly put the game beyond doubt four minutes into the second half when centre Damien Richters scored out wide. Burleigh staged a small fightback with two tries in five minutes to Tony Gray and Trent Purdon but the Dolphins truly put the game to bed when Ben Jones scored with eight minutes to play. In the 78th minute, five-eighth Shane Perry wrapped up the victory with a field goal to extend the final winning margin to 13. The win gave the Dolphins' their fourth premiership in eight seasons and their first back-to-back titles.[5]

Player statistics[edit]

End-of-season awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tondoon Botanic Gardens plant fair". The Courier Mail. 20 June 2018.
  2. ^ "TBT: 2003: Denny Lambert Wins Player of the Year - Wynnum Manly Seagulls". 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Queensland Rugby League". queensland.rleague.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Queensland Cup - Week 2 -Semi-finals » League Unlimited".
  5. ^ "2003 QLD Cup Grand Final Redcliffe 31 v Burleigh 18". YouTube.
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