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2020 North Queensland Cowboys season
2020 North Queensland Cowboys season
NRL Rank	14th
Play-off result	Missed finals
2020 record	Wins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scored	For: 368; against: 520
Team information
CEO	Jeff Reibel
Coach	Paul Green (resigned on July 20); Josh Hannay (interim)
Captain	Michael Morgan ;
Stadium	Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Avg. attendance	6,712
High attendance	22,459 (vs. Brisbane, Round 1)
Top scorers
Tries	Kyle Feldt (19)
Goals	Valentine Holmes (24)
Points	Kyle Feldt (122)

2020 North Queensland Cowboys season

Last updated January 21, 2026

The 2020 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 26th in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and captained by Michael Morgan, they competed in the NRL's 2020 Telstra Premiership. The 2020 season was the club's first at their new home ground, Queensland Country Bank Stadium, after 25 seasons at Willows Sports Complex.^[2]

Season summary

Milestones

Round 1: Valentine Holmes, Esan Marsters and Reece Robson made their debuts for the club.
Round 1: Valentine Holmes scored his first try for the club.
Round 2: The club played the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the first match without fans in Australian first grade history.
Round 3: Reece Robson scored his first try in the NRL.
Round 4: Tom Gilbert made his NRL debut.
Round 5: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow made his NRL debut.
Round 6: Connelly Lemuelu made his NRL debut.
Round 6: Esan Marsters scored his first try for the club.
Round 10: Daejarn Asi made his NRL debut.
Round 10: Daejarn Asi scored his first NRL try.
Round 11: Ben Hampton played his 100th NRL game.
Round 13: Emry Pere made his NRL debut.
Round 13: Francis Molo played his 50th NRL game.
Round 14: Mitchell Dunn and Connelly Lemuelu scored their first NRL tries.
Round 15: The club were held scoreless for the first time since Round 1, 2012.
Round 19: Ben Condon made his NRL debut.

Squad

North Queensland Cowboys 2020 Squad
NRL squad								Coaching Staff
Daejarn Asi – CE, FB John Asiata – LK, FE Jake Clifford – HB, FE Ben Condon – SR Gavin Cooper – SR Reuben Cotter – HK Scott Drinkwater – FB, FE Mitchell Dunn – SR Kyle Feldt – WG Tom Gilbert – LK, PR Jake Granville – HK Wiremu Greig – PR		Ben Hampton – CE, FB Coen Hess – SR Peter Hola – PR, LK Valentine Holmes – FB, WG Corey Jensen – PR, LK Connelly Lemuelu – CE, FB Esan Marsters – CE Josh McGuire – PR, LK Jordan McLean (vc) – PR Francis Molo – PR Michael Morgan (c) – HB, FE Justin O'Neill – CE, WG		Tom Opacic – CE Emry Pere – PR Reece Robson – HK Dan Russell – CE, SR Tukimihia Simpkins – SR Garrett Smith – PR Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow – FB, WG Murray Taulagi – WG, CE Jason Taumalolo – LK, SR Shane Wright – SR				Head coach Josh Hannay (interim) Assistant coaches Aaron Payne (assistant coach) David Tangata-Toa (assistant coach) Paul Bowman (head of sports science) Michael Dobbin (head of performance) Mark Henry (assistant strength & conditioning coach) Ashley Graham (elite pathways performance coach) Steve Sartori (physiotherapist) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 24 November 2019 Source(s): NQ Cowboys

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed from	Until end of	Notes
Valentine Holmes	New York Jets	2025	^[4]
Connelly Lemuelu	Canterbury Bulldogs	2021	^[5]
Esan Marsters	Wests Tigers	2022	^[6]
Reece Robson	St George Illawarra Dragons	2023	^[7]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until end of	Notes
Carlin Anderson	Townsville Blackhawks	2020	^[8]
Kurt Baptiste	Easts Tigers	2020	^[9]
Logan Bayliss-Brow	Easts Tigers	2020	^[10]
Scott Bolton	Retired	–	^[8]
Javid Bowen	Northern Pride	2020	^[11]
Gideon Gela-Mosby	Northern Pride	2020	^[12]
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos	2020	^[13]
Te Maire Martin	Retired	–	^[14]
Matthew Scott	Retired	–	^[8]
Enari Tuala	Newcastle Knights	2020	^[8]
Kurt Wiltshire	Wests Tigers Mackay	2020	^[15]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until end of	Notes
Reuben Cotter	North Queensland Cowboys	2022	^[16]
Mitchell Dunn	North Queensland Cowboys	2022	^[17]
Kyle Feldt	North Queensland Cowboys	2024	^[18]
Francis Molo	North Queensland Cowboys	2021	^[17]
Emry Pere	North Queensland Cowboys	2022	^[17]
Shane Wright	North Queensland Cowboys	2021	^[18]

Ladder

2020 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers	20	18	1	1	0	537	238	+299	37
2	Melbourne Storm (P)	20	16	0	4	0	534	276	+258	32
3	Parramatta Eels	20	15	0	5	0	392	288	+104	30
4	Sydney Roosters	20	14	0	6	0	552	322	+230	28
5	Canberra Raiders	20	14	0	6	0	445	317	+128	28
6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	20	12	0	8	0	521	352	+169	24
7	Newcastle Knights	20	11	1	8	0	421	374	+47	23
8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	20	10	0	10	0	480	480	0	20
9	Gold Coast Titans	20	9	0	11	0	346	463	−117	18
10	New Zealand Warriors	20	8	0	12	0	343	458	−115	16
11	Wests Tigers	20	7	0	13	0	440	505	−65	14
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20	7	0	13	0	378	452	−74	14
13	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	20	7	0	13	0	375	509	−134	14
14	North Queensland Cowboys	20	5	0	15	0	368	520	−152	10
15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	20	3	0	17	0	282	504	−222	6
16	Brisbane Broncos	20	3	0	17	0	268	624	−356	6

Fixtures

NRL Nines

The NRL Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2020 competition was played over two days on February 14 and 15 at HBF Park in Perth. The Cowboys finished first in Pool 4 and defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Gold Coast Titans and St George Illawarra Dragons on their way to winning the competition.

Pool Play

Pool 4
Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
North Queensland Cowboys	2	2	0	27	18	+9	4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2	1	1	25	14	+11	2
Brisbane Broncos	2	1	1	23	25	−2	2
Melbourne Storm	2	0	2	12	30	−18	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 14 February	7:05 pm	Round 1	Brisbane Broncos	HBF Park	17 – 11	Drinkwater (bonus try), Hess, Tabuai-Fidow	Clifford (2)
Sunday, 15 Saturday	1:45 pm	Round 2	Manly Sea Eagles	HBF Park	10 – 7	Opacic, Taulagi	Drinkwater (1)
Legend: Win Loss

Finals

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Newcastle Knights	7

Parramatta Eels	14
		Parramatta Eels	6

		St. George Illawarra Dragons	8
St. George Illawarra Dragons	17

Penrith Panthers	14
				St. George Illawarra Dragons	14

				North Queensland Cowboys	23
Gold Coast Titans	24

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0
		Gold Coast Titans	10

		North Queensland Cowboys	19
North Queensland Cowboys	20

South Sydney Rabbitohs	6

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Sunday, 15 Saturday	3:55 pm	Quarter	South Sydney Rabbitohs	HBF Park	20 – 6	Drinkwater (bonus try), Hess (bonus try), Tabuai-Fidow	Clifford (2), Feldt (1)
Sunday, 15 Saturday	5:45 pm	Semi	Gold Coast Titans	HBF Park	19 – 8	Feldt (bonus try), Drinkwater, Tabuai-Fidow, Wright	Feldt (1)
Sunday, 15 Saturday	7:00 pm	Final	St George Illawarra Dragons	HBF Park	23 – 14	Robson (bonus try), Clifford, Hess, Tabuai-Fidow	Clifford (2), Drinkwater (1)
Legend: Win Loss

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 22 February	Trial 1	Brisbane Broncos	Barlow Park	18 – 16	Cotter (2), Gilbert, Lemuelu	Clifford (1/4)	–
Saturday, 29 February	Trial 2	Melbourne Storm	Casey Fields	14 – 22	Feldt, Holmes, O'Neill	Holmes (1/3)	–
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Regular season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the regular season was suspended after Round 2.^[19] On 9 April, the NRL announced that competition would re-commence on 28 May with a shortened 20-round regular season.^[20] On 21 May, the full revised draw was released^[21]^[22] From Round 7 onward, the Cowboys were allowed to host fans at their home games, starting with a limit of 2,000, before eventually rising to 10,000 from Round 9.

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday, 13 March	Round 1	Brisbane Broncos	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	21 – 28	Cooper, Feldt, Hampton, Holmes	Feldt (2/2), Holmes (0/2), Morgan (1 FG)	22,459
Thursday, 19 March	Round 2	Canterbury Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	24 – 16	Drinkwater, Hampton, Hess, Taumalolo	Holmes (4/5)	0
Friday, 29 May	Round 3	Gold Coast Titans	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	36 – 6	Hampton (2), Robson (2), Feldt, O'Neill	Holmes (6/7)	0
Saturday, 6 June	Round 4	Cronulla Sharks	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	16 – 26	Feldt (2), O'Neill	Holmes (2/3)	0
Friday, 12 June	Round 5	Warriors	Central Coast Stadium	26 – 37	Feldt (2), Holmes, Molo, O'Neill	Feldt (3/5)	0
Saturday, 20 June	Round 6	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium	36 – 20	Feldt (2), Drinkwater, Marsters	Clifford (1/2), Feldt (1/3)	0
Saturday, 27 June	Round 7	Newcastle Knights	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	32 – 20	Clifford, Feldt, Hess, O'Neill, Tabuai-Fidow	Feldt (6/6)	1,853
Friday, 3 July	Round 8	Parramatta Eels	Bankwest Stadium	4 – 42	Opacic	Feldt (0/1)	6,730
Thursday, 9 July	Round 9	Sydney Roosters	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	16 – 42	Robson (2), Hess	Feldt (2/4)	6,478
Sunday, 19 July	Round 10	Penrith Panthers	Panthers Stadium	10 – 22	Asi, Tabuai-Fidow	Feldt (1/2)	2,891
Friday, 24 July	Round 11	Manly Sea Eagles	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	12 – 24	Feldt, Molo	Feldt (2/2)	7,127
Saturday, 1 August	Round 12	Canberra Raiders	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	12 – 14	Robson, Taumalolo	Feldt (2/2)	7,586
Sunday, 9 August	Round 13	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	10 – 30	Feldt, O'Neill	Feldt (1/2)	5,646
Saturday, 15 August	Round 14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	30 – 31	Morgan (2), Dunn, Lemuelu, Opacic, Tabuai-Fidow	Feldt (3/7)	7,611
Sunday, 23 August	Round 15	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	0 – 14			5,304
Saturday, 29 August	Round 16	Cronulla Sharks	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	12 – 28	Feldt (2)	Holmes (2/2)	2,717
Sunday, 6 September	Round 17	St George Illawarra Dragons	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	23 – 22	Clifford, Feldt, Holmes, Molo	Holmes (3/4, 1 FG)	6,755
Sunday, 13 September	Round 18	Melbourne Storm	Sunshine Coast Stadium	20 – 36	Feldt, Holmes, Marsters, Tabuai-Fidow	Holmes (2/4)	4,056
Friday, 18 September	Round 19	Penrith Panthers	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	12 – 32	Feldt, Tabuai-Fidow	Holmes (2/2)	7,247
Thursday, 24 September	Round 20	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 16	Feldt (3), Clifford, O'Neill, Tabuai-Fidow	Holmes (3/5), Cooper (1/1)	17,174
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Daejarn Asi	5	1	-	-	4
John Asiata	11	-	-	-	-
Jake Clifford	14	3	1	-	20
Ben Condon	1	-	-	-	-
Gavin Cooper	15	1	1	-	6
Reuben Cotter	10	-	-	-	-
Scott Drinkwater	16	2	-	-	8
Mitchell Dunn	17	1	-	-	4
Kyle Feldt	20	19	23	-	122
Tom Gilbert	12	-	-	-	-
Jake Granville	8	-	-	-	-
Ben Hampton	13	4	-	-	16
Coen Hess	15	3	-	-	12
Peter Hola	4	-	-	-	-
Valentine Holmes	12	4	24	1	65
Corey Jensen	8	-	-	-	-
Connelly Lemuelu	7	1	-	-	4
Esan Marsters	12	2	-	-	8
Josh McGuire	17	-	-	-	-
Jordan McLean	15	-	-	-	-
Francis Molo	20	3	-	-	12
Michael Morgan	6	2	-	1	9
Justin O'Neill	17	6	-	-	24
Tom Opacic	5	2	-	-	8
Emry Pere	2	-	-	-	-
Reece Robson	14	5	-	-	20
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow	14	6	-	-	24
Murray Taulagi	4	-	-	-	-
Jason Taumalolo	16	2	-	-	8
Shane Wright	8	-	-	-	-
Totals		67	49	2	368

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2020.

	All Stars match	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3
Coen Hess	–	Queensland	–	–
Valentine Holmes	–	–	Queensland	Queensland
Esan Marsters	Māori All Stars	–	–	–

Honours

Club

Paul Bowman Medal: Jason Taumalolo ^[23]
Players' Player: Josh McGuire ^[23]
Coach's Award: Mitchell Dunn ^[23]
Member's Player of the Year: Kyle Feldt ^[23]
Club Person of the Year: John Asiata ^[23]
Rookie of the Year: Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow ^[23]

Feeder Clubs

Queensland Cup

The Cowboys' three feeder clubs, the Mackay Cutters, Northern Pride and Townsville Blackhawks, each played just one game before the 2020 Queensland Cup season was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[24]

Women's team

QRL Women's Premiership

The Cowboys' women's team, the North Queensland Gold Stars, played just one game in the QRL Women's Premiership before the season was postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[24]

References

↑ Crowds were limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↑ "Taking shape – our new home from 2020". cowboys.com.au. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
↑ "Green makes immediate exit from Cowboys". NRL. 20 July 2020.
↑ "Cowboys sign Holmes on long-term deal". cowboys.com.au. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
↑ "Cowboys sign Lemuelu". cowboys.com.au. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
↑ "Cowboys sign Kiwi international Marsters". cowboys.com.au. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Cowboys sign Junior Kangaroo". North Queensland Cowboys. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
1 2 3 4 "Cowboys to farewell eight departing players". cowboys.com.au. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
↑ "Purcell poised to pounce with Easts Tigers". 9 March 2020.
↑ "Dolphins newbie to line up for Broncos against old club Capras". qrl.com.au. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
↑ "Northern Pride secure ex-Cowboy Javid Bowen for 2020". cairnspost.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Northern Pride secure ex-Cowboy Javid Bowen for 2020". cairnspost.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
↑ "Kahu set to return to Broncos after short stint at Cowboys". November 2019.
↑ "Martin announces immediate retirement". 12 January 2020.
↑ Wiltshire puts NRL dream on hold, focus is Tigers (subscription required)
↑ "Cowboys re-sign Cotter". NQ Cowboys. 30 September 2020.
1 2 3 "Cowboys re-sign forward trio". NQ Cowboys. 31 July 2020.
1 2 "Feldt, Wright re-sign with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 3 June 2020.
↑ "NRL season suspended: Greenberg, V'landys statements". 23 March 2020.
↑ "May 28: ARL Commission proposes date for NRL to restart". 9 April 2020.
↑ "Cowboys full 2020 draw released". 21 May 2020.
↑ "Rivalries and intrigue headline round three draw for NRL restart". 15 May 2020.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "2020 Presentation Night: Live Updates". NQ Cowboys. 2 October 2020.
1 2 "Major second-tier competitions cancelled across Australia". QRL. 27 March 2020.

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[1] Crowds were limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic

[2] "Taking shape – our new home from 2020". cowboys.com.au. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[3] "Green makes immediate exit from Cowboys". NRL. 20 July 2020.

[4] "Cowboys sign Holmes on long-term deal". cowboys.com.au. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[5] "Cowboys sign Lemuelu". cowboys.com.au. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[6] "Cowboys sign Kiwi international Marsters". cowboys.com.au. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[7] "Cowboys sign Junior Kangaroo". North Queensland Cowboys. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[cowboys.com.au-8] 1 2 3 4 "Cowboys to farewell eight departing players". cowboys.com.au. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[9] "Purcell poised to pounce with Easts Tigers". 9 March 2020.

[10] "Dolphins newbie to line up for Broncos against old club Capras". qrl.com.au. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[11] "Northern Pride secure ex-Cowboy Javid Bowen for 2020". cairnspost.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[12] "Northern Pride secure ex-Cowboy Javid Bowen for 2020". cairnspost.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[13] "Kahu set to return to Broncos after short stint at Cowboys". November 2019.

[14] "Martin announces immediate retirement". 12 January 2020.

[15] Wiltshire puts NRL dream on hold, focus is Tigers (subscription required)

[16] "Cowboys re-sign Cotter". NQ Cowboys. 30 September 2020.

[Cowboys_re-sign_forward_trio-17] 1 2 3 "Cowboys re-sign forward trio". NQ Cowboys. 31 July 2020.

[Feldt,_Wright_re-sign_with_Cowboys-18] 1 2 "Feldt, Wright re-sign with Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 3 June 2020.

[19] "NRL season suspended: Greenberg, V'landys statements". 23 March 2020.

[20] "May 28: ARL Commission proposes date for NRL to restart". 9 April 2020.

[21] "Cowboys full 2020 draw released". 21 May 2020.

[22] "Rivalries and intrigue headline round three draw for NRL restart". 15 May 2020.

[2020_Presentation_Night:_Live_Updates-23] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2020 Presentation Night: Live Updates". NQ Cowboys. 2 October 2020.

[qrl.com.au-24] 1 2 "Major second-tier competitions cancelled across Australia". QRL. 27 March 2020.

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