2019 Northern Pride RLFC season

2019 was the twelfth competitive season for the Cairns based Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 14 clubs that played in the twenty-third season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Intrust Super Cup, with each team playing 12 home games and 11 away games over 24 weeks between March and August.

Channel 9 continued to be the television broadcast provider, but televised games returned to Sunday afternoons, after the Saturday afternoon slot proved unpopular, with viewing figures having slumped by as much as 50,000 a game in 2018. Games were shown at noon for the first four weeks, then, when Daylight Saving Time ended in New South Wales, games were shown at 1:00pm.

This was Ty Williams' third season as coach. The Pride lost more than 500 games of QCup experience during the off-season, with the retirement of captain Ryan Ghietti (169 games), along with Brett Anderson (125+ games), Colin Wilkie, Sheldon Powe-Hobbs and Justin Castellaro. In addition, Ethan Lowe*, a Cowboys' regular, signed with the Rabbitohs, leaving another gap in the roster. The Pride signed experienced second-rower Maurice 'Bobby' Blair, and promoted several young players into the first grade squad - Steven Tatipata, Evan Child, Terrence Casey-Douglas,

Tom Hancock and Dave Murphy were named as joint co-captains. Jared Allen and Jack Campagnolo were co-captains in the second pre-season trial game.

The Pride started the season well, beating last year's premiers, Redcliffe and the PNG Hunters in the first two rounds, but then they lost the nest ten games, a club record, with a 50-10 thrashing from the SC Falcons and a 43-0 defeat by Burleigh. They managed to finish the season in a competitive fashion, pulling off a thrilling comeback to defeat Easts Tigers 18-16 in their last home game, before narrowly falling to Tweed Seagulls 12-10 in the final round. The Pride won just five games and ended up in twelfth place.

2019 Season - Northern Pride

 * Competition: Intrust Super Cup.
 * Sponsor: 'Mount Peter Estate' (Kenfrost Homes).

Coaches/Trainers

 * Coach: Ty Williams
 * Assistant Coach: Sam Obst
 * Assistant Coach: Bobby Berg
 * Strength & Conditioning Coach: Scott Callaghan

Captains

 * Co-Captains: Tom Hancock and Dave Murphy.
 * Trial game co-captains: Jared Allen and Jack Campagnolo.

Managers

 * Football Operations Manager: Chey Bird
 * Administration, Marketing & Memberships Member: Alannah Giuffrida
 * Media Manager: Gavin Broomhead
 * Gameday Commentator: Elliott Lovejoy
 * Chief executive: Mark Quinn
 * Chairman: Tony Williamson
 * Board of Directors: Peter Parr (Cowboys), Gail Andrejic (finance), Stephen Tillett, Stephen Devenish, Terry Medhurst, Jodi Scott.

Squad
The Pride used 37 players this season. Fifteen players from last year signed with the club again, six of the Cowboys allocation players from last year were assigned to the Pride again this year. Sixteen new players made their debut this season; fourteen were new signings (Cameron Torpy, Cephas Chinfat, Dominic Biondi, Evan Child, Ewan Moore, Hugh Sedger, Joe Eichner, Matolu 'Mat' Laumea, Maurice Blair, Patrick Gallen, Quinlyn Cannon, Steven Tatipata, Terrence Casey-Douglas and Tom McGrath), and two were new Cowboys allocation players (Kurt Baptiste* and Nene Macdonald*).

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Corey Child

Elijah Simpson

James Clark

James Dempsey

Mark Rosendale

Allocated but did not play for the Pride in 2019:

2019 season launch

 * Pre-season training: 12 November 2018.
 * Pre-season Boot Camp: Mystery Destination, 1-3 February 2018
 * Season launch: Mamu Link Park, Mount Peter Residential Estate, Edmonton, Saturday 2 March 2019, 10:00am-1:00pm.

2019 player records

 * Most Games: Matthew Musumeci (22).
 * Most Tries: Matthew Musumeci (7).
 * Most Points: Jordan Biondi-Odo (44).

Intrust Super Cup matches
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 * event     = ROUND 5: Intrust Super Cup 2019
 * date      = Saturday
 * time      = 13:00 AEST (UTC+10)
 * team1     = SC Falcons
 * team2     =  Northern Pride
 * score     = 50 –10
 * report    = Half-time:
 * points1   = Tries:
 * points2   = Tries:

Goals: 1 Brayden Torpy (62') (1 from 2) (Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina, Kawana Waters, QLD) }}
 * stadium   = Sunshine Coast Stadium
 * attendance =
 * referee   = Ethan Menchin.
 * manofmatch =

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 * event     = ROUND 16: Intrust Super Cup 2019
 * date      = Saturday
 * time      = 18:00 AEST (UTC+10)
 * team1     = Northern Pride
 * team2     = {{leagueicon|Sunshine Coast Falcons|16}} SC Falcons
 * score     = 8 –52
 * report    = Half-time:
 * points1   = Tries:

Goals: Jordan Biondi-Odo (23') (1 from 1) 1 Penalty Goal: Jordan Biondi-Odo (3') (1 from 1) 1 1 Nat McGavin (10') 1 Darryn Schonig (15') 2 Harry Grant (27', 62') 1 Lachlan Roe (48') 3 Jon Reuben (53', 66;, 78') 1 Dane Hogan (75') Goals: 8 Todd Murphy (8 from 9) Penalty Goal: (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) }}
 * points2   = Tries:
 * stadium   = Barlow Park
 * attendance =
 * referee   = Jarrod Cole.
 * manofmatch =

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 * event     = ROUND 23: Intrust Super Cup 2019
 * date      = Saturday
 * time      = 16:00 AEST (UTC+10)
 * team1     = Tweed Heads Seagulls
 * team2     =  Northern Pride
 * score     = 12{{sndash}}10
 * report    = Half-time:
 * points1   = Tries:
 * points2   = Tries:

Goals: 1 Jack Campagnolo (59') (1 from 2) Penalty Goal: (Caramar Drive, Tweed Heads West, NSW) }}
 * stadium   = Piggabeen Sports Complex
 * attendance =
 * referee   = Tim Rutherford.
 * manofmatch =

Northern Pride (regular season 2019)

 * Win = 5 (4 of 11 home games, 1 of 12 away games)
 * Loss = 18 (7 of 11 home games, 11 of 12 away games)