North Queensland Cowboys season 2008

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The 2008 season is the 14th season for the North Queensland Cowboys and 11th in the National Rugby League competition in the 101st year of rugby league football in Australia.

Contents 1 Season Ladder 2 Current Squad 3 Casualties 4 Suspensions 5 Player Movement 5.1 Gains 5.2 Losses 6 Pre Season Trial Matches 7 NRL Season 2008 8 Statistics 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Season Ladder

National Rugby League season 2008 v • d • e
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Manly-Warringah	12	8	0	4	1	307	157	+150	18
2	Melbourne	12	8	0	4	1	234	151	+83	18
3	Sydney	12	8	0	4	1	271	210	+61	18
4	Gold Coast	12	8	0	4	1	274	215	+59	18
5	Cronulla	12	8	0	4	1	216	201	+15	18
6	Brisbane	12	7	0	5	1	294	241	+53	16
7	Wests Tigers	12	7	0	5	1	278	257	+21	16
8	Penrith	11	6	0	5	2	252	240	+12	16
9	St. George Illawarra	12	6	0	6	1	264	202	+62	14
10	Newcastle	11	5	0	6	2	223	228	-5	14
11	Parramatta	11	5	0	6	2	231	269	-38	14
12	Canberra	11	4	0	7	2	191	254	-63	12
13	New Zealand	12	5	0	7	1	254	361	-107	12
14	Bulldogs	12	4	0	8	1	223	320	-97	10
15	North Queensland	12	3	0	9	1	228	313	-85	8
16	South Sydney	12	2	0	10	1	189	310	-121	6

[edit] Current Squad

Although other players may play for the North Queensland Cowboys during the year, all NRL clubs are required to select a top 25 First Grade squad at the beginning of the season.

No. Position Player SR Daniel Backo SR Matthew Bartlett SR Scott Bolton FB Matthew Bowen FE Travis Burns PR Ray Cashmere HK David Faiumu CE Ben Farrar SR Sione Faumuina SR Sam Faust PR John Frith CE Ashley Graham CE Ben Harris CE Mark Henry WG Keiron Lander SR Jacob Lillyman

No. Position Player FE Jackson Nicolau SR Luke O'Donnell HK Aaron Payne (vc) WG Anthony Perkins PR Matthew Scott CE Justin Smith SR Steve Southern HB Johnathan Thurston (c) PR Shane Tronc PR Ben Vaeau HK Anthony Watts SR Carl Webb PR Dayne Weston CE John Williams CE Ty Williams

Players Not In The Initial Squad But Have Played In 2008

• Daniel Abraham
• Obe Geia
• Nick Slyney

[edit] Casualties

Current Injuries

Player	Injury	Injured Round	Possible Comeback Round
Matthew Bowen	Knee	Round 8	Indefinite
Matthew Scott	Ankle	Round ?	Round 20
Steve Southern	Shoulder	Round 12	Indefinite
Justin Smith	Shoulder	Round 12	Indefinite

Previous Injuries

Player	Injury	Injured Round	Returned
Matthew Bowen	Knee	Round 1	Round 6
Anthony Watts	Shoulder	Round 6	Round 9
Luke O'Donnell	Hip	Round 6	Round 9
Shane Tronc	Shoulder/Neck	Round 5	Round 10
Travis Burns	Shoulder	Round 9	Round 11
Sione Faumuina	Hernia	Round ?	Round 13

[edit] Suspensions

Current Suspensions

Player	Reason	Length of suspenion	Comeback
Travis Burns	Grade 1 Dangerous Throw Grade 2 Careless High Tackle	4 Matches	Round 18
Luke O'Donnell	Contrary Conduct 2 x Striking	7 Matches	Round 20

Previous Suspensions

Player	Reason	Length of suspenion	Comeback
Ashley Graham	Carless high tackle	1 Match	Round 4
Travis Burns	?	1 Match	Round 5
Jacob Lillyman	Grade One Dangerous Throw	2 Matches	Round 10

[edit] Player Movement

Squad changes from 2007 season.

[edit] Gains

Name	From	Details
Travis Burns	Manly Sea Eagles	2008 - 2010
Ben Harris	Bradford Bulls	2008 - 20091
Anthony Perkins	Melbourne Storm	2008 - 2009
Dayne Weston	Cronulla Sharks	2008 - 2009
John Williams	Sydney Roosters	2008 - 2010

(1) Harris resigned in May 2008 extending his contract until the end of 2011

[edit] Losses

Name	Club Going To	Details
Brenton Bowen	Gold Coast Titans	2008 - 2009
Paul Bowman	-	Retired
Scott Minto	-	Retired
Jason Smith	-	Retired
Neil Sweeney	Newcastle Knights	2008

[edit] Pre Season Trial Matches

Trial Match February 16, 2008
	North Queensland Cowboys	10 - 20	Brisbane Broncos	Brown Park, Rockhampton

Trial Match February 23, 2008
	North Queensland Cowboys	22 - 30	Gold Coast Titans	Barlow Park, Cairns

Trial Match March 1, 2008
	North Queensland Cowboys	32 - 20	Canberra Raiders	Brothers RL Club, Mackay

[edit] NRL Season 2008

Win/Loss For 2008

R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	R20	R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26
L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	B	L	L	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Key: W=Win, L=Loss, B=Bye

Round 1 March 14, 2008 7.30pm Local
	Gold Coast Titans	36 - 18	North Queensland Cowboys	Skilled Stadium, Gold Coast Attendance: 26,974 Referee: Shayne Hayne
	Tries: Atkins (4) Bailey (1) Laffranchi (1) Goals: Prince (6/8)	Report	Tries: Thurston (2) Harris (1) Goals: Thurston (3/3)

Round 2 March 22, 2008 8.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	10 - 30	Wests Tigers	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Attendance: 20,665 Referee: Tony De Las Heras
	Tries: Graham (1) Harris (1) Goals: Thurston (1/2)	Report	Tries: Farah (1) Fulton (1) Harrison (1) Lawrence (1) Moltzen (1) Goals: Hodgson (3/3) Lawrence(2/5)

Round 3 March 28, 2008 7.30pm Local
	Brisbane Broncos	36 - 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Attendance: 50,612 Referee: Ben Cummins
	Tries: Boyd (1) Hannant (1) Marsh (1) Michaels (1) Robinson (1) Ennis (1) Goals: Wallace (3/4) Ennis(3/3)	Report	Goals: Thurston (1/1)

Round 4 April 5, 2008 8.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	38 - 14	Parramatta Eels	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Bernard Sutton
	Tries: Webb (1) Watts (1) Lillyman (1) Graham (1) Henry (1) Smith (1) Goals: Thurston (7/7)	Report	Tries: Finch (1) Grothe (1) Tautai (1) Goals: Burt (1/3)

Round 5 April 12, 2008 5.30pm Local
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	16 - 20	North Queensland Cowboys	WIN Stadium, Wollongong Attendance: 11,639 Referee: Tony De Las Heras
	Tries: Nightingale(1) Soward(1) Webb (1) Goals: Soward (2/2) Gasnier (0/1)	Report	Tries: Thurston (1) Smith (1) Watts (1) Goals: Thurston (4/4)

Round 6 April 19, 2008 7.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	48 - 20	New Zealand Warriors	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Attendance: 20,554 Referee: Jason Robinson
	Tries: Bowen (3) Harris (2) Southern (1) Smith (1) J. Williams (1) Graham (1) Goals: Thurston (6/8) Graham (0/1)	Report	Tries: Mannering (1) Henderson (1) Ropati (1) Goals: Witt (4/4)

Round 7 April 26, 2008 7.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	10 - 12	Melbourne Storm	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Attendance: 24,053 Referee: Gavin Badger
	Tries: J. Williams (1) Henry (1) Goals: Thurston (1/2)	Report	Tries: Inglis (1) Falou (1) Goals: Smith (2/2)

Round 8 May 3, 2008 3.00pm Local
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	28 - 24	North Queensland Cowboys	ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 9,818 Referee: Shayne Hayne
	Tries: Champion (2) Sutton (2) Vagana (1) Goals: Luke (4/5)	Report	Tries: Graham (1) Webb (1) Vaeau (1) J. Williams (1) Goals: Thurston (4/4)

Round 9 May 10, 2008 7.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	18 - 24	Cronulla Sharks	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Attendance: 17,061 Referee: Tony Archer
	Tries: Henry (1) O'Donnell (1) Webb (1) Goals: Thurston (4/4)	Report	Tries: Kearney (1) Anderson (1) Douglas (1) Gallen (1) Goals: Covell (4/5)

Round 10 May 17, 2008 7.30pm Local
	Manly Sea Eagles	38 - 6	North Queensland Cowboys	Brookvale Oval, Sydney Referee: Ben Cummins
	Tries: Cuthbertson (2) Williams (1) Perry (1) Robertson (2) Bradley-Qalilawa (1) Goals: Orford (5/7)	Report	Tries: Farrar (1) Goals: J. Williams (1/1)

Round 11 BYE
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	'

Round 12 May 31, 2008 7.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	18 - 19	Penrith Panthers	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville Attendance: 16,533 Referee: Alan Shortall
	Tries: Burns (1) Abraham (1) Graham (1) Goals: Thurston (3/4)	Report	Tries: Rooney (1) Tighe (1) Jennings (1) Goals: Sammut (2/3) Field Goals: Sammut (1)

Round 13 June 7, 2008 7.30pm Local
	Wests Tigers	40 - 16	North Queensland Cowboys	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 10,488 Referee: Gavin Badger
	Tries: Collis (1) McDonnell (1) Head (1) Te'o (1) Heighington (1) Marshall (1) Hodgson (1) Goals: Hodgson (6/7)	Report	Slyney (1) T. Williams (1) Harris (1) Goals: J. Williams (2/3)

Round 14 June 16, 2008 5.00pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	Newcastle Knights	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville

Round 15 June 21, 2008 7.30pm Local
	Melbourne Storm	'	North Queensland Cowboys	Olympic Park, Melbourne

Round 16 June 27, 2008 7.30pm Local
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville

Round 17 BYE
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	'

Round 18
	New Zealand Warriors	'	North Queensland Cowboys

Round 19
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	Brisbane Broncos

Round 20
	Parramatta Eels	'	North Queensland Cowboys

Round 21
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	Sydney Roosters

Round 22
	Canterbury Bulldogs	'	North Queensland Cowboys

Round 23
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	Gold Coast Titans

Round 24
	Newcastle Knights	'	North Queensland Cowboys

Round 25
	North Queensland Cowboys	'	Canberra Raiders

Round 26
	Cronulla Sharks	'	North Queensland Cowboys

[edit] Statistics

Updated: 6th June 2008

Name	P	T	G	FG	Pts
Daniel Abraham	4 (1)	1	0	0	4
Matthew Bartlett	3 (3)	0	0	0	0
Matthew Bowen	6	3	0	0	12
Travis Burns	6 (1)	1	0	0	4
Ray Cashmere	12	0	0	0	0
David Faiumu	4 (4)	0	0	0	0
Ben Farrar	5	1	0	0	4
Sione Faumuina	4 (1)	0	0	0	0
Sam Faust	10 (8)	0	0	0	0
Obe Geia	2	0	0	0	0
Ashley Graham	11	5	0/1	0	20
Ben Harris	12	5	0	0	20
Mark Henry	11	3	0	0	12
Jacob Lillyman	9 (3)	1	0	0	4
Luke O'Donnell	9	1	0	0	4
Aaron Payne	12	0	0	0	0
Matthew Scott	2 (1)	0	0	0	0
Nick Slyney	1	1	0	0	4
Justin Smith	11 (1)	3	0	0	12
Steve Southern	9	1	0	0	4
Johnathan Thurston	10	3	34/38	0	78
Shane Tronc	5 (3)	0	0	0	0
Ben Vaeau	3 (3)	1	0	0	4
Anthony Watts	7 (6)	2	0	0	8
Carl Webb	11 (1)	3	0	0	8
Dayne Weston	9 (9)	0	0	0	0
John Williams	9	3	3/4	0	18
Ty Williams	5	1	0	0	4
		36	37/43	0	224

• Appearances in brackets () denote games off interchange/repl bench
• Key: P = Played, T = Tries, G = Goals, FG = Field Goals, Pts = Points

[edit] See also

• North Queensland Cowboys
• North Queensland Cowboys season 2007
• North Queensland Cowboys season 2009

North Queensland Cowboys
The Club · History · Players · Seasons · Records Dairy Farmers Stadium Competition Honours · Representative Players
Clubs in the National Rugby League, 2008
Brisbane Broncos · Bulldogs · Canberra Raiders · Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans · Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles · Melbourne Storm · Newcastle Knights New Zealand Warriors · North Queensland Cowboys · Parramatta Eels · Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons · South Sydney Rabbitohs · Sydney Roosters · Wests Tigers
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[edit] References