| 2019 Townsville Blackhawks season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Cup Rank | 4th | |||
| Play-off result | Lost preliminary final | |||
| 2019 record | Wins: 17; draws: 0; losses: 6 | |||
| Points scored | For: 566; against: 344 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Justin Wilkins | |||
| Coach | Aaron Payne | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Jack Manski Oval | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Kalifa Faifai Loa (13) | |||
| Goals | Shaun Nona (60) | |||
| Points | Shaun Nona (124) | |||
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The 2019 Townsville Blackhawks season was the fifth in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Sam Hoare, they competed in the Intrust Super Cup. Payne, a former North Queensland Cowboys player and Townsville junior, took over as head coach from Kristian Woolf, who joined the Newcastle Knights as an assistant coach. [1]
| First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 22 February 2019 | ||||||||
| Player | Signed from | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Chudleigh | | 2019 | |
| Sam Hoare | | 2019 | |
| Shaun Hudson | | 2019 | |
| Chippie Korostchuk | | 2019 | |
| Kyle Laybutt | | 2019 | |
| Ryan Lloyd | | 2019 | |
| Shaun Nona | | 2019 | |
| Michael Parker-Walshe | | 2019 | |
| Nathan Traill | | 2019 |
| Player | Signed from | Until End of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Bella | | 2019 | |
| Paul Byrnes | | 2019 | |
| Ty Carucci | | 2019 | |
| Davin Crampton | | 2019 | |
| Andrew Davey | | 2019 | |
| Levi Dodd | | 2019 | |
| Jordan Drew | | 2019 | |
| Zach Dockar-Clay | | 2019 | |
| Sam Foster | | 2019 | |
| Jordan Kenworthy | | 2019 | |
| David Munro | | 2019 | |
| Jonathon Reuben | | 2019 | |
| Brenden Santi | | 2019 | |
| Solomon Vasuvulagi | Released (mid-season) | 2019 |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 23 February | Round 1 | | Alley Park | 10 – 28 | – | – | ||||
| Saturday, 2 March | Round 2 | | BB Print Stadium | 26 – 18 | – | – | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 March | Round 1 | | North Ipswich Reserve | 34 – 6 | Faifai Loa (2), Hudson (2), Freeman, Gilbert | Nona (4), Faifai Loa (1) | ||||
| Sunday, 17 March | Round 2 | | Piggabeen Sports Complex | 16 – 24 | Dodd, Hudson, Parker-Walshe | Dodd (1), Nona (1) | ||||
| Saturday, 23 March | Round 3 | | Barlow Park | 20 – 4 | Carroll, Gilbert, Power | Dodd (4) | ||||
| Sunday, 31 March | Round 4 | | Jack Manski Oval | 16 – 10 | Freeman, Hudson, Marketo | Faifai Loa (2) | ||||
| Friday, 5 April | Round 5 | | Jack Manski Oval | 6 – 20 | Boyce | Faifai Loa (1) | ||||
| Saturday, 13 April | Round 6 | | Jack Manski Oval | 36 – 6 | O'Neill (2), Freeman, Gilbert, Opacic, Taulagi | Dodd (5), Faifai Loa (1) | ||||
| Saturday, 20 April | Round 7 | | Bishop Park | 10 – 22 | Faifai Loa, Gilbert | Faifai Loa (1) | ||||
| Saturday, 27 April | Round 8 | | Jack Manski Oval | 40 – 4 | Santo (3), Faifai Loa, Jensen, Marketo, Power, Salam | Dodd (2), Faifai Loa (2) | ||||
| Sunday, 5 May | Round 9 | | National Football Stadium | 24 – 14 | Santo (2), Chudleigh, Faifai Loa | Dodd (4) | ||||
| Sunday, 19 May | Round 10 | | Jack Manski Oval | 10 – 34 | Carroll, Power | Nona (1) | ||||
| Saturday, 25 May | Round 11 | | Jack Manski Oval | 30 – 6 | Carroll, Jensen, Laybutt, Marketo, Salam, Santo | Nona (3) | ||||
| Saturday, 1 June | Round 12 | | Kougari Oval | 12 – 28 | Carroll, Power | Nona (2) | ||||
| Sunday, 9 June | Round 13 | | Davies Park | 28 – 14 | Chudleigh (2), Carroll, Faifai Loa, Power | Nona (4) | ||||
| Saturday, 15 June | Round 14 | | Jack Manski Oval | 14 – 6 | Boyce, Carroll | Nona (3) | ||||
| Saturday, June 29 | Round 15 | | Jack Manski Oval | 24 – 22 | Faifai Loa, Feeney, Freeman, Traill | Nona (4) | ||||
| Friday, 5 July | Round 16 | | BB Print Stadium | 22 – 6 | Salam (2), Nona, Power | Nona (3) | ||||
| Saturday, 13 July | Round 17 | | Jack Manski Oval | 60 – 6 | Bell (2), Chudleigh (2), Faifai Loa (2), Power (2), Feeney, Marketo, Salam | Nona (7), Laybutt (1) | ||||
| Sunday, 21 July | Round 18 | | A.R. Gofton Oval | 22 – 10 | Bell, Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Salam | Laybutt (3) | ||||
| Saturday, 3 August | Round 19 | | Jack Manski Oval | 48 – 18 | Faifai Loa, Maloney, Marketo, Power, Salam, Santo, Traill | Nona (8) | ||||
| Saturday, 10 August | Round 20 | | Browne Park | 32 – 6 | Feeney (3), Faifai Loa, Salam | Nona (6) | ||||
| Saturday, 17 August | Round 21 | | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 18 – 40 | Asi, Marketo, Traill | Nona (3) | ||||
| Saturday, 24 August | Round 22 | | Jack Manski Oval | 22 – 18 | Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Salam, Santo | Nona (3) | ||||
| Saturday, August 31 | Round 23 | | Suzuki Stadium | 22 – 20 | Beasley, Feeney, Gilbert, Power | Nona (3) | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 8 September | Qualifying Final | | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 20 – 12 | Feeney (2), Barrett, Traill | Nona (2) | ||||
| Saturday, 21 September | Preliminary Final | | Jack Manski Oval | 14 – 26 | Chudleigh, Salam | Nona (3) | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| * | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2019 season |
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daejarn Asi * | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Nathan Barrett * | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Daniel Beasley | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Michael Bell * | 3 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Joe Boyce | 23 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Michael Carroll | 10 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Josh Chudleigh | 18 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
| Levi Dodd | 9 | 1 | 16 | - | 36 |
| Campbell Duffy | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Kalifa Faifai Loa | 25 | 13 | 8 | - | 68 |
| Jaelen Feeney | 12 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
| Krys Freeman | 24 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Tom Gilbert * | 24 | 5 | - | - | 20 |
| Wiremu Greig * | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Rod Griffin | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Hoare | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaun Hudson | 6 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Corey Jensen * | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Chippie Korostchuk | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Kyle Laybutt | 22 | 2 | 4 | - | 16 |
| Ryan Lloyd | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Sione Lousi | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Cade Maloney | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Jake Marketo | 22 | 6 | - | - | 24 |
| Sam Martin-Savage | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cody Maughan | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Francis Molo * | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Murphy* | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Andrew Niemoeller | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaun Nona | 19 | 1 | 60 | - | 124 |
| Justin O'Neill * | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Tom Opacic * | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Michael Parker-Walshe | 14 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Temone Power | 25 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
| Kieran Quabba | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Bacho Salam | 17 | 10 | - | - | 40 |
| Zac Santo | 18 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
| Jayden Stephens | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Murray Taulagi * | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Nathan Traill | 15 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| Totals | 106 | 88 | 0 | 600 |