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| 2020 Mackay Cutters season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Maurie Fatnowna | |||
| Coach | Michael Crawley | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | BB Print Stadium | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Reuben Cotter (2) | |||
| Goals | Cooper Bambling (2) | |||
| Points | Reuben Cotter (8) | |||
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The 2020 Mackay Cutters season was the 13th in the club's history. Coached by Michael Crawley and captained by Jayden Hodges, they competed in the QRL's Intrust Super Cup. [1] [2] The Cutters played just one game in 2020 after the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mackay entered 2020 with a new head coach, former long-time NRL assistant Michael Crawley, and a hosts of new recruits, including former NRL player and Tongan international Mafoa'aeata Hingano. [3] The Cutters lost their opening game of the season, 23–22 to the Norths Devils. [4]
On 17 March, two days after the completion of Round One, the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) announced a 10-week suspension of the competition until 5 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] On 27 March, ten days after the suspension, the QRL confirmed the cancellation of the competition for the 2020 season. [6] [7]
| First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Updated: 22 January 2020 | |||||||||
| Player | Signed from | Until end of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Anderson | | 2020 | |
| Luke Dolbel | | 2020 | |
| Bayley Gill | | 2020 | |
| Mafoa'aeata Hingano | | 2020 | |
| Zev John | | 2020 | |
| Michael Molo | | 2020 | |
| Luke Polselli | | 2020 | |
| Josh Tuilagi | | 2020 |
| Player | Signed from | Until end of | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Cook | | 2020 | |
| Alex Gerrard | | 2020 | |
| Jack Hickson | | 2020 | |
| Lloyd White | | 2020 | |
| Fetuli Talanoa | | 2020 |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 14 March | Round 1 | | BB Print Stadium | 22 – 23 | Cotter (2), Bowie, Polselli | Bambling (2), Bowie (1) | ||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | ||||||||||
| * | Denotes player contracted to the North Queensland Cowboys for the 2020 season |
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Anderson | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cooper Bambling | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| Ross Bella | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Yamba Bowie | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Jack Brock | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Rayden Burns | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Byrnes | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Reuben Cotter * | 1 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| Luke Dolbel | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mafoa'aeata Hingano | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jayden Hodges | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Molo | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| John O'Brien | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Emry Pere * | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Luke Polselli | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Daniel Russell * | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Shane Wright * | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 |