2021 Townsville Blackhawks season

2021 Townsville Blackhawks season
2021 Townsville Blackhawks season
Queensland Cup Rank	7th
Play-off result	Lost Elimination Final
2021 record	Wins: 9; Draws: 1; Losses: 7
Points scored	For: 468; Against: 361
Team information
CEO	Justin Wilkins
Coach	Aaron Payne
Captain	Sam Hoare;
Stadium	Jack Manski Oval
Top scorers
Tries	Kalifa Faifai Loa (12)
Goals	Shaun Nona (50)
Points	Shaun Nona (108)

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

Townsville Blackhawks
First team squad								Coaching Staff
Carlin Anderson – FB, WG Nathan Barrett – SR Michael Bell – CE Joe Boyce – PR, LK Nick Brown – PR Benn Campagnolo – WG, CE Michael Carroll – WG Josh Chudleigh – HK Kalifa Faifai Loa – WG Jaelen Feeney – HB		Luke Geary – WG, CE Tom Hancock – PR Sam Hoare (c) – PR Josh Hoffman – FB, WG Patrick Kaufusi – PR Jordan Kenworthy – LK Cameron King – HK Kyle Laybutt – FE, HB Sione Lousi – PR Sam Martin-Savage – FE, HB		Cody Maughan – CE Moses Meninga – PR, LK Aaron Moore – HB Sam Murphy – HK, LK Andrew Niemoeller – LK, SR Shaun Nona – FE, HB Kieran Quabba – LK Bacho Salam – CE, WG				Head coach Aaron Payne Assistant coaches Allan Petersen (Assistant coach) Adrian Thomson (Team Manager) Matthew Ham (Strength & Conditioning coach) Christian Quabba (Strength & Conditioning coach) Daniel Strickland (Strength & Conditioning coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Updated: 11 March 2021 Source(s): Blackhawks

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Michael Bell	North Queensland Cowboys (mid-season)	2022
Nick Brown	Redcliffe Dolphins	2021	^[1]
Luke Geary	St Marys Saints (mid-season)	2021	^[2]
Jordan Kenworthy	Mackay Cutters	2021	^[3]
Cameron King	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2021	^[4]
Shaun Nona	Limoux Grizzlies	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
Saturday, 27 February	Trial 1	Northern Pride	Jack Manski Oval	6 – 34	Quabba	Asi (1)
Saturday, 6 March	Trial 2	Mackay Cutters	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
Saturday, 20 March	Round 1	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	46 – 12	Chudleigh (3), Boyce, Hoare, Laybutt, Neame, Salam	Asi (7)
Sunday, 28 March	Round 2	Brisbane Tigers	Jack Manski Oval	30 – 0	Anderson (2), Faifai Loa (2), Boyce	Nona (4), Anderson (1)
Saturday, 10 April	Round 3	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	22 – 30	Marsters (2), Anderson, Hoffman	Nona (2), Anderson (1)
Saturday, 17 April	Round 4	Northern Pride	Jack Manski Oval	26 – 30	Marsters (2), Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Nona	Nona (2), Anderson (1)
Sunday, 25 April	Round 5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Jack Manski Oval	16 – 24	Barrett (2), Anderson	Nona (2)
Sunday, 9 May	Round 6	Redcliffe Dolphins	Moreton Daily Stadium	24 – 26	Faifai Loa (2), Anderson, Caroll, Neame	Nona (2)
Sunday, 16 May	Round 7	Mackay Cutters	Jack Manski Oval	24 – 18	Faifai Loa (2), Barrett, Campagnolo, Laybutt	Anderson (2)
Saturday, 29 May	Round 8	Burleigh Bears	Pizzey Park	18 – 22	Barrett (2), Carroll	Nona (3)
Saturday, 5 June	Round 9	PNG Hunters	Bycroft Oval	38 – 28	Geary (3), Barrett, Carroll, Feeney, Meninga	Nona (5)
Saturday, 12 June	Round 10	CQ Capras	Jack Manski Oval	48 – 16	Kaufusi (3), Carroll (2), Jensen (2), Faifai Loa, Martin-Savage	Nona (6)
Saturday, 19 June	Round 11	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	18 – 16	Feeney (2), Carroll, Salam	Nona (1)
Saturday, 10 July	Round 13	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	30 – 26	Hoare, Kaufusi, Kenworthy, Murphy, Salam	Nona (5)
Saturday, 17 July	Round 14	Souths Logan Magpies	Charlie Wehlow Oval	28 – 18	Anderson, Faifai Loa, Hoffman, Laybutt, Nona, Salam	Nona (2)
Sunday, 25 July	Round 12	Norths Devils	Jack Manski Oval	22 – 29	Anderson, Kaufusi, Lousi, Martin-Savage	Faifai-Loa (1), Laybutt (1), Nona (1)
Saturday, 31 July	Round 15	Ipswich Jets	Jack Manski Oval		Cancelled
Saturday, 21 August	Round 18	Redcliffe Dolphins	Jack Manski Oval		Cancelled
Saturday, 28 August	Round 19	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	28 – 10	Bell, Faifai-Loa, Feeney, Hoffman, Laybutt	Nona (4)
Saturday, 4 September	Round 16	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	26 – 26	Feeney, Hoffman, Price, Salam	Nona (5)
Saturday, 11 September	Round 17	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	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
Sunday, 19 September	Elimination Final	Souths Logan Magpies	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.

[1] "Townsville Blackhawks: Gains and losses for season 2021". QRL. 20 March 2021.

[2] "Dream start for Townsville Blackhawks' trio of debutants". Townsville Bulletin. 6 June 2021.

[3] "Results for final trial of 2021 and Round 1". Townsville Blackhawks. 9 March 2021.

[4] "How new Blackhawk Cameron King will take advantage of QRL changes". Townsville Bulletin. 5 January 2021.

[5] "Blackhawks back for season 2021". Townsville Blackhawks. 26 November 2020.

[Townsville_Bulletin-6] "Blackhawks star calls time on his Townsville days". Townsville Bulletin. 5 November 2020.

[7] "How has your team recruited for the 2021 Intrust Super Cup season?". The Courier Mail. 22 January 2021.

[8] "Intrust Super Cup Round 12 teams". QRL. 20 July 2021.

[9] "'Complete package' Chudleigh claims Townsville's top award". 1 September 2021.

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