2021 Townsville Blackhawks season
Rugby league team season
- Sam Hoare
← 2020 | 2022 → |
The 2021 Townsville Blackhawks season was the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Sam Hoare, they competed in the Intrust Super Cup.
The 2021 season marked the return of the Blackhawks after the 2020 season was cancelled after just one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season summary
Milestones
- Round 1: Tom Hancock, Patrick Kaufusi, Cameron King and Griffin Neame made their debuts for the club.
- Round 1: Griffin Neame scored his first try for the club.
- Round 3: Esan Marsters and Riley Price made their debuts for the club.
- Round 3: Josh Hoffman and Esan Marsters scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 7: Benn Campagnolo made his debut for the club.
- Round 7: Benn Campagnolo scored his first try for the club.
- Round 9: Luke Geary, Jordan Lipp, Cody Maughan and Aaron Moore made their debuts for the club.
- Round 9: Luke Geary and Moses Meninga scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 10: Patrick Kaufusi scored his first try for the club.
- Round 13: Nick Brown made his debut for the club.
- Round 13: Sam Murphy scored his first try for the club.
2021 squad
First team squad | Coaching Staff | ||||||||
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| Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 11 March 2021 |
Squad movement
Gains
Player | Signed From | Until End of | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Michael Bell | ![]() | 2022 | |
Nick Brown | ![]() | 2021 | [1] |
Luke Geary | ![]() | 2021 | [2] |
Jordan Kenworthy | ![]() | 2021 | [3] |
Cameron King | ![]() | 2021 | [4] |
Shaun Nona | 2021 | [5] |
Losses
Player | Signed To | Until End of | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Krys Freeman | Released | – | [6] |
Jake Marketo | Released | – | [6] |
Harry Mulligan | Released | – | |
Temone Power | Year off | – | [7] |
Lachlan Taylor | Released | – | |
Nathan Traill | Released | – |
Fixtures
Pre-season
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 27 February | Trial 1 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 6 – 34 | Quabba | Asi (1) | ||||
Saturday, 6 March | Trial 2 | ![]() | BB Print Stadium | 24 – 18 | Hancock, Kenworthy, Laybutt, Murphy, Salam | Asi (2) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Regular season
Due COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions in Queensland throughout the season, Round 12 was postponed and played after Rounds 13 and 14. Rounds 15 and 18 were cancelled and Rounds 16 and 17 were postponed and played after Round 19. [8]
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Saturday, 20 March | Round 1 | ![]() | North Ipswich Reserve | 46 – 12 | Chudleigh (3), Boyce, Hoare, Laybutt, Neame, Salam | Asi (7) | ||||
Sunday, 28 March | Round 2 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 30 – 0 | Anderson (2), Faifai Loa (2), Boyce | Nona (4), Anderson (1) | ||||
Saturday, 10 April | Round 3 | ![]() | Bishop Park | 22 – 30 | Marsters (2), Anderson, Hoffman | Nona (2), Anderson (1) | ||||
Saturday, 17 April | Round 4 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 26 – 30 | Marsters (2), Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Nona | Nona (2), Anderson (1) | ||||
Sunday, 25 April | Round 5 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 16 – 24 | Barrett (2), Anderson | Nona (2) | ||||
Sunday, 9 May | Round 6 | ![]() | Moreton Daily Stadium | 24 – 26 | Faifai Loa (2), Anderson, Caroll, Neame | Nona (2) | ||||
Sunday, 16 May | Round 7 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 24 – 18 | Faifai Loa (2), Barrett, Campagnolo, Laybutt | Anderson (2) | ||||
Saturday, 29 May | Round 8 | ![]() | Pizzey Park | 18 – 22 | Barrett (2), Carroll | Nona (3) | ||||
Saturday, 5 June | Round 9 | ![]() | Bycroft Oval | 38 – 28 | Geary (3), Barrett, Carroll, Feeney, Meninga | Nona (5) | ||||
Saturday, 12 June | Round 10 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 48 – 16 | Kaufusi (3), Carroll (2), Jensen (2), Faifai Loa, Martin-Savage | Nona (6) | ||||
Saturday, 19 June | Round 11 | ![]() | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 18 – 16 | Feeney (2), Carroll, Salam | Nona (1) | ||||
Saturday, 10 July | Round 13 | ![]() | Barlow Park | 30 – 26 | Hoare, Kaufusi, Kenworthy, Murphy, Salam | Nona (5) | ||||
Saturday, 17 July | Round 14 | ![]() | Charlie Wehlow Oval | 28 – 18 | Anderson, Faifai Loa, Hoffman, Laybutt, Nona, Salam | Nona (2) | ||||
Sunday, 25 July | Round 12 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 22 – 29 | Anderson, Kaufusi, Lousi, Martin-Savage | Faifai-Loa (1), Laybutt (1), Nona (1) | ||||
Saturday, 31 July | Round 15 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | Cancelled | ||||||
Saturday, 21 August | Round 18 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | Cancelled | ||||||
Saturday, 28 August | Round 19 | ![]() | BB Print Stadium | 28 – 10 | Bell, Faifai-Loa, Feeney, Hoffman, Laybutt | Nona (4) | ||||
Saturday, 4 September | Round 16 | ![]() | Piggabeen Sports Complex | 26 – 26 | Feeney, Hoffman, Price, Salam | Nona (5) | ||||
Saturday, 11 September | Round 17 | ![]() | Jack Manski Oval | 24 – 30 | Carroll, Chudleigh, Faifai-Loa, Price | Anderson (2), Nona (2) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Finals
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
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Sunday, 19 September | Elimination Final | ![]() | Marsden State High School | 24 – 30 | Chudleigh, Faifai-Loa, Feeney, Laybutt | Nona (4) | ||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Statistics
* | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2021 season |
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlin Anderson | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | 28 |
Daejarn Asi* | 4 | - | 7 | - | 14 |
Nathan Barrett | 8 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Michael Bell | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Joe Boyce | 15 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Nick Brown | 3 | – | - | - | – |
Benn Campagnolo | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Michael Carroll | 14 | 7 | - | - | 28 |
Josh Chudleigh | 15 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Kalifa Faifai Loa | 16 | 12 | 1 | - | 50 |
Jaelen Feeney | 13 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
Luke Geary | 3 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
Tom Gilbert* | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Tom Hancock | 9 | - | - | - | - |
Sam Hoare | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Josh Hoffman | 12 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Corey Jensen* | 7 | 7 | - | - | 28 |
Patrick Kaufusi | 13 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Jordan Kenworthy | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Cameron King | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Kyle Laybutt | 14 | 5 | 1 | - | 22 |
Jordan Lipp* | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Sione Lousi | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Esan Marsters* | 3 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
Sam Martin-Savage | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Cody Maughan | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Moses Meninga | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Aaron Moore | 6 | - | - | - | - |
Sam Murphy | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
Griffin Neame* | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Shaun Nona | 17 | 2 | 50 | - | 108 |
Justin O'Neill* | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Riley Price* | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Kieran Quabba | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Bacho Salam | 9 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
Totals | 90 | 66 | 0 | 492 |
Honours
Club
- Player of the Year: Josh Chudleigh[9]
- Players' Player: Josh Chudleigh
- Back of the Year: Jaelen Feeney
- Forward of the Year: Josh Chudleigh
- Under 20 Player of the Year: Jake Bourke
- Under 19 Player of the Year: Jordii-Rae Mahendrarajah
- Under 18 Player of the Year: Will Latu
- Under 16 Player of the Year: Jamal Shibasaki
References
- ^ "Townsville Blackhawks: Gains and losses for season 2021". QRL. 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Dream start for Townsville Blackhawks' trio of debutants". Townsville Bulletin. 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Results for final trial of 2021 and Round 1". Townsville Blackhawks. 9 March 2021.
- ^ "How new Blackhawk Cameron King will take advantage of QRL changes". Townsville Bulletin. 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Blackhawks back for season 2021". Townsville Blackhawks. 26 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Blackhawks star calls time on his Townsville days". Townsville Bulletin. 5 November 2020.
- ^ "How has your team recruited for the 2021 Intrust Super Cup season?". The Courier Mail. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Intrust Super Cup round 12 teams". QRL. 20 July 2021.
- ^ "'Complete package' Chudleigh claims Townsville's top award". 1 September 2021.