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2022 North Queensland Cowboys Season
The 2022 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 28th in the club's history. Coached by Todd Payten and captained by Jason Taumalolo and Chad Townsend, they competed in the NRL's 2022 Telstra Premiership.

The Cowboys returned to the finals after four seasons in the bottom four, finishing one game short of the Grand Final. They finished the regular season in the third position and won 17 games, their equal-highest ever (along with 2015).

Season summary

Milestones

Squad

North Queensland Cowboys 2022 Squad
Top 30 NRL Squad – 2022 season Development Players Coaching Staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Development players
  • Extended squad

Updated: 6 August 2022
Source(s): NQ Cowboys


Squad movement

Gains

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Iosefo Baleiwairiki Fiji Rugby Sevens
2022
Brendan Elliot Leigh Centurions
2022
Brendan Frei Norths Devils (mid-season)
2022
Peta Hiku New Zealand Warriors
2023
Luciano Leilua Wests Tigers (mid-season)
2025
Taniela Sadrugu Fiji Rugby Sevens
2022
Gehamat Shibasaki Green Rockets Tokatsu (mid-season)
2022
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown New Zealand Warriors
2024
Chad Townsend New Zealand Warriors
2024

Losses

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Daejarn Asi New Zealand Warriors (mid-season)
2022
Javid Bowen Retired
–
Lachlan Burr Retired
–
Peter Hola Canberra Raiders
2023
Francis Molo St. George Illawarra Dragons
2024
Corey Jensen Brisbane Broncos
2023
Shane Wright Salford Red Devils
2023

Re-signings

Player Club Until End of Notes
Scott Drinkwater North Queensland Cowboys
2026
Mitchell Dunn North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Brendan Elliot North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Jake Granville North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Ben Hampton North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Heilum Luki North Queensland Cowboys
2025
Jeremiah Nanai North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Griffin Neame North Queensland Cowboys
2025
Reece Robson North Queensland Cowboys
2025
Taniela Sadrugu North Queensland Cowboys
2023
Murray Taulagi North Queensland Cowboys
2026

Ladder

2022 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 20 0 4 1 636 330 +306 42
2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 18 0 6 1 573 364 +209 38
3 North Queensland Cowboys 24 17 0 7 1 633 361 +272 36
4 Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 1 608 489 +119 34
5 Melbourne Storm 24 15 0 9 1 657 410 +247 32
6 Sydney Roosters 24 15 0 9 1 635 434 +201 32
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 14 0 10 1 604 474 +130 30
8 Canberra Raiders 24 14 0 10 1 524 461 +63 30
9 Brisbane Broncos 24 13 0 11 1 514 550 −36 28
10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 1 469 569 −100 26
11 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 0 15 1 490 595 −105 20
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 7 0 17 1 383 575 −192 16
13 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 0 18 1 455 660 −205 14
14 Newcastle Knights 24 6 0 18 1 372 662 −290 14
15 New Zealand Warriors 24 6 0 18 1 408 700 −292 14
16 Wests Tigers 24 4 0 20 1 352 679 −327 10

Fixtures

Pre-season

Main article: 2022 NRL pre-season results
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 19 February Trial 1 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park 24 – 12 Bourke, Z. Laybutt, Lipp, Niko Asi (4/4) 7,128
Saturday, 26 February Trial 2 Brisbane Broncos BB Print Stadium 26 – 6 Taulagi (2), Holmes, Tabuai-Fidow Holmes (4/4), Drinkwater (1/1) 4,545
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 13 March Round 1 Canterbury Bulldogs Queensland Country Bank Stadium 4 – 6 Gilbert Holmes (0/1) 12,640
Saturday, 19 March Round 2 Canberra Raiders Queensland Country Bank Stadium 26 – 6 Feldt, Nanai, Tabuai-Fidow, Taulagi Holmes (5/6) 13,864
Sunday, 27 March Round 3 Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 38 – 12 Nanai (3), Dearden, Holmes, Neame Holmes (7/7) 37,761
Saturday, 2 April Round 4 Sydney Roosters Queensland Country Bank Stadium 4 – 28 Taulagi Holmes (0/1) 17,929
Friday, 8 April Round 5 New Zealand Warriors Moreton Daily Stadium 24 – 25 Dearden, Drinkwater, Feldt, Holmes Holmes (4/6) 6,254
Thursday, 14 April Round 6 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 18 – 12 Holmes, Luki, Nanai Holmes (3/3) 11,854
Saturday, 23 April Round 7 Gold Coast Titans Queensland Country Bank Stadium 30 – 4 Dearden, Drinkwater, Luki, Nanai, Taulagi Holmes (5/6) 14,547
Saturday, 30 April Round 8 Parramatta Eels TIO Stadium 35 – 4 Feldt (3), Dearden, Drinkwater, Tabuai-Fidow Holmes (5/7, 1 FG) 10,017
Saturday, 7 May Round 9 Newcastle Knights Queensland Country Bank Stadium 36 – 16 Dearden, Feldt, Holmes, Luki, Nanai, Taulagi Holmes (6/6) 14,463
Sunday, 15 May Round 10 Wests Tigers Suncorp Stadium 36 – 12 Taulagi (2), Cotter, Drinkwater, Feldt, Hiku, Nanai Holmes (4/7) 43,401
Saturday, 21 May Round 11 Melbourne Storm Queensland Country Bank Stadium 36 – 6 Nanai (2), Drinkwater, Gilbert, Robson, Taulagi Holmes (6/6) 22,728
Friday, 27 May Round 12 Penrith Panthers BlueBet Stadium 0 – 22 17,125
Thursday, 2 June Round 13 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 32 – 6 Tabuai-Fidow (2), Hiku, Luki, Robson, Taulagi Drinkwater (4/6) 10,334
Friday, 10 June Round 14 St. George Illawarra Dragons Queensland Country Bank Stadium 31 – 12 Drinkwater, Hiku, Lemuelu, Robson, Taulagi Holmes (5/6), Townsend (FG) 14,683
Friday, 17 June Round 15 Manly Sea Eagles 4 Pines Park 28 – 26 Holmes (2), Lemuelu, Nanai, Robson Holmes (4/5) 9,226
Saturday, 2 July Round 16 Brisbane Broncos Queensland Country Bank Stadium 40 – 26 Taulagi (2), Feldt, Nanai, Neame, Robson Holmes (8/8) 23,351
Round 17 Bye
Friday, 15 July Round 18 Cronulla Sharks Queensland Country Bank Stadium 12 – 26 Feldt, Tabuai-Fidow Townsend (2/2) 15,982
Sunday, 24 July Round 19 Wests Tigers Queensland Country Bank Stadium 27 – 26 Nanai (2), Dearden, Holmes Holmes (5/5, 1 FG) 14,910
Sunday, 31 July Round 20 St. George Illawarra Dragons Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 34 – 8 Drinkwater (2), Nanai (2), Feldt, Neame Holmes (5/6) 9,517
Saturday, 7 August Round 21 Canterbury Bulldogs Salter Oval 28 – 14 Drinkwater (2), Leilua, Neame, Townsend Holmes (4/6) 8,521
Saturday, 13 August Round 22 Sydney Roosters Sydney Cricket Ground 18 – 32 Robson, Tabuai-Fidow, Taulagi Holmes (3/3) 15,219
Friday, 19 August Round 23 New Zealand Warriors Queensland Country Bank Stadium 48 – 4 Dearden (2), Hess, Hiku, Leilua, Nanai, Taulagi, Townsend Holmes (8/9) 17,404
Saturday, 27 August Round 24 South Sydney Rabbitohs Stadium Australia 10 – 20 Feldt, Taulagi Holmes (1/2) 15,264
Saturday, 3 September Round 25 Penrith Panthers Queensland Country Bank Stadium 38 – 8 Holmes (3), Drinkwater, Robson, Tabuai-Fidow, Taulagi Holmes (3/5), Townsend (2/2) 23,840
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 10 September Qualifying Cronulla Sharks PointsBet Stadium 32 – 30 Dearden, Tom Gilbert, Hiku, Taulagi, Taumalolo Holmes (5/6, 1 FG) 12,447
Friday, September 23 Preliminary Parramatta Eels Queensland Country Bank Stadium 20 – 24 Cotter, Leilua, Taulagi Holmes (4/5) 25,372
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Tom Chester 1 – – – -
Reuben Cotter 18 2 – – 8
Tom Dearden 23 9 – – 36
Scott Drinkwater 22 11 4 – 52
Mitchell Dunn 2 – – – -
Brendan Elliot 3 – – – -
Kyle Feldt 20 11 – – 44
Tom Gilbert 24 3 – – 12
Jake Granville 14 – – – -
Coen Hess 23 1 – – 4
Peta Hiku 26 5 – – 20
Valentine Holmes 24 10 100 3 244
Luciano Leilua 11 3 – – 12
Connelly Lemuelu 4 2 – – 8
Heilum Luki 14 4 – – 16
Jordan McLean 22 – – – -
Jeremiah Nanai 23 17 – – 68
Griffin Neame 23 4 – – 16
Reece Robson 26 7 – – 28
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 23 7 – – 28
Murray Taulagi 25 17 – – 68
Jason Taumalolo 25 1 – – 4
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 16 – – – -
Chad Townsend 26 2 4 1 17
Totals 116 108 4 685

Representatives

The following players played a representative match in 2022.

All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Pacific Tests Rugby League World Cup
Reuben Cotter
Indigenous All Stars
Queensland
Australia
Tom Dearden
Queensland
Robert Derby
Papua New Guinea
Peta Hiku
New Zealand
New Zealand
Valentine Holmes
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Jeremiah Nanai
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Taniela Sadrugu
Fiji
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Indigenous All Stars
Samoa
Murray Taulagi
Queensland
Australia
Jason Taumalolo
Tonga
Tonga
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown
Indigenous All Stars

Honours

League

Club

Feeder Clubs

Queensland Cup

Women's team

QRL Women's Premiership

References

  1. ^ "'We'll be back': Payten's pledge after Prelim heartbreak". NQ Cowboys. 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ Development players train with the Top 30 squad but cannot play NRL until after Round 10
  3. ^ Players in the extended squad train with the Top 30 squad but are on train and trial or junior contracts
  4. ^ "Fijian Rugby Sevens duo to join Cowboys for 2022 season". NQ Cowboys. 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Cowboys sign Elliot". NQ Cowboys. 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Frei joins Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 23 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Cowboys sign Hiku". NQ Cowboys. 24 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Luciano Leilua granted early release". Wests Tigers. 14 June 2022.
  9. ^ "North Queensland Cowboys sign Gehamat Shibasaki". Wide World of Sports. 16 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Cowboys sign Taunoa-Brown". NQ Cowboys. 21 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Cowboys sign Townsend". NQ Cowboys. 21 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Cowboys half Asi signed for rest of season". NZ Warriors. 26 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Tragic knee injury forces North Queensland Cowboys Javid Bowen centre into retirement". Townsville Bulletin. 26 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Lachlan Burr retires". NQ Cowboys. 23 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Raiders sign Peter Hola". Canberra Raiders. 21 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Molo Dragons bound in 2022". St. George Illawarra Dragons. 16 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Prop Corey Jensen Joins Broncos From 2022". broncos.com.au. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Cowboys forward Shane Wright has inked a deal with Salford while a club champion will not suit up next season". Townsville Bulletin. 21 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Drinkwater signs long-term extension". NQ Cowboys. 2 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Dunn, Granville return for 2023". NQ Cowboys. 18 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Cowboys extend Hampton, Elliot". NQ Cowboys. 28 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Dunn, Granville return for 2023". NQ Cowboys. 18 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Cowboys re-sign Luki". NQ Cowboys. 18 February 2022.
  24. ^ "Cowboys re-sign Jeremiah Nanai". NQ Cowboys. 4 April 2022.
  25. ^ "Neame extends Cowboys contract". NQ Cowboys. 31 August 2022.
  26. ^ "Robson signs extension". NQ Cowboys. 8 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Sadrugu earns promotion". NQ Cowboys. 24 August 2022.
  28. ^ "Cowboys re-sign Taulagi". NQ Cowboys. 8 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Payten named 2022 NRL Dally M Coach of the Year". NQ Cowboys. 28 September 2022.
  30. ^ "Nanai, Holmes named in Dally M Team of the Year". NQ Cowboys. 28 September 2022.
  31. ^ "Nanai wins 2022 Dally M NRL Rookie of the Year Award". NQ Cowboys. 28 September 2022.
  32. ^ "Drinkwater's Magic Round miracle wins try of the year". NQ Cowboys. 28 September 2022.
  33. ^ "Taumalolo claims sixth Paul Bowman Medal". NQ Cowboys. 4 September 2022.

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