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Northern Pride
Club information
Full nameNorthern Pride Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)The Pride
Colours Teal, Gold
Founded2007
Websitenorthernpride.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)
CEOChris Sheppard (2011-2013)
CoachDavid Maiden (2010-2012)
CaptainTy Williams (2011-2013)
CompetitionIntrust Super Cup
20127th
Home jersey
Home colours
 Away jersey
Away colours
Records
Premierships2 (2010/2014)
Runners-up1 (2009)
Minor premierships2 (2013/2014)
Main article: Northern Pride RLFC

2012 was the fifth competitive season for the Cairns based Skill360 Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 12 clubs that played in the seventeenth season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Intrust Super Cup, with each team playing 11 home games and 11 away games over 26 weeks between March and September. In 2012 the Central Comets were renamed the CQ Capras.

A new feature in this season's draw was 'Country Week', which was introduced after the Pride successfully staged a fixture against Souths Logan in the remote Cape York community of Bamaga last year.[1] This year's Country Week fixture was Round 17, held at Alec Inch Oval in the north-western mining town of Mt Isa.

The QRL scrapped the six-team finals series in favour of a five-team qualifying format.[2]

Channel 9 gained the television broadcast rights, and they agreed to broadcast one game from each of the regional clubs in Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton.[3] Former broadcast partner, ABC had been unable (or unwilling) to broadcast games from locations outside south-east Queensland, resulting in the relocation of two of the Pride's home semi-finals to Brisbane, where the games were played in front of small crowds at a neutral venue, which disadvantaged the Pride, as well as costing the club a substantial amount of game-day revenue.[4]

The Pride continued to find new ways to interact with fans and the Far North community. The Sea Swift 'Take Pride' program visited remote and regional schools promoting junior rugby league through fun-based rugby league activities and educational presentations.[5] Home games were live-streamed via the Pride website, and from Round 5, away games were streamed as well. Commentary was provided by U-18s coach, Cameron 'Spilla' Miller and WIN TV's Adam Jackson. Pre-game interviews with the coach, half-time interviews with special guests, and post-match wrap-ups with the captain were posted on YouTube under the title 'Pride TV'. A e-newsletter was produced, called 'Pride Pulse' and Brett Anderson wrote a weekly column for the Cairns Post titled 'Pride Insider'.

The Pride had a shaky start to the season, with four straight losses in the first six rounds. One of their problems was the halves combination, having tried Robert Lui with Shaun Nona, then Ryan Ghietti with Nona, then Ghietti with Mitch Seri, and finally Ghietti with Ty Williams.[6] Moving Williams to five-eighth and taking Rod Jensen opff the bench and starting him at centre helped the Pride win ten of the next sixteen rounds. However poor ball handling, a poor completion rate and poor execution saw them lose matches to lower placed teams. In Round 18 they lost to bottom placed Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles who had only won two games so far. Despite a few good wins in the last few rounds, the Pride finished the season in seventh place, missing out on a finals appearance for the first time in their short history.

At the end of the season, Head Coach David Maiden resigned, while fullback Chey Bird, who scored 572 points in 94 appearances for the Pride, retired along with former North Queensland Cowboys star Rod Jensen, who scored 36 tries in 69 games for the club, second on the Pride's all-time try scorer list.

Northern Pride 2012 ISC video highlights (7 videos).

2012 Season – Skill360 Northern Pride[edit]

Main article: 2012 Queensland Cup

Staff[edit]

Coaches/Trainers[edit]

Captains[edit]

Managers[edit]

  • Operations manager: Sheron McDougall
  • Team manager: Rob White
  • Club captain: Ben Laity
  • Business development manager: Brock Schaefer
  • Chief executive: Chris Sheppard
  • Chairman: Bob Fowler
  • Board of Directors: Nigel Tillett, David Smith, Craig Meiklejohn, Anthony Mirotsos, Bill Phillips, Bob Fowler.

2012 squad[edit]

2012 player gains[edit]

Player From League From Club Notes
Jamie Frizzo Retirement Northern Pride From retirement
Ethan Lowe NRL Telstra Premiership Sydney Roosters
Saia Makisi Intrust Super Cup Souths Logan Magpies
Joel Marama BRL FOGS Cup Wests Panthers
Maddie Oosen CDRL Southern Suburbs
Mitch Seri TDRL Herbert River Crushers
Justin Castellaro TDRL Herbert River Crushers
Scott Gibson TDRL Herbert River Crushers
Rohan Shulz Mt Isa RL Trial
Billy McConnachie Mt Isa RL Trial

Player losses after 2011 season[edit]

Player To League To Club
Mark Cantoni French RLF Elite One Championship Baroudeurs de Pia XIII (Pia Donkeys)
Luke Harlen NRL Telstra Premiership North Queensland Cowboys
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs NRL Telstra Premiership Melbourne Storm
Aidan Day Intrust Super Cup Mackay Cutters
Brenton Bowen Illness
Lancen Joudo Released
Mick Wilson Released

2012 Season Launch[edit]

  • Pre-Season Training: 22 November 2011
  • Pre-Season Boot Camp: Djarragun Farm in the Goldsborough Valley – Friday 16-Sunday 18 December 2011. 110 players and coaching staff from all three squads (Intrust Super Cup, Under-18 and Under-16) attended the boot camp. Video Highlights.
  • Photo Shoot: 7 January 2012, Family Day and team photo shoot at Rainforeststation, Kuranda.
  • Season launch: 31 January 2012, Barlow Park.
  • Meet the Players: 10:00 am, 18 February 2012, Hip Pocket Work Wear, Mulgrave Road, Cairns.
  • Jersey Launch: 9 March 2012, Stockland Shopping Centre, Earlville.

2012 Jerseys[edit]

  • 2012 Home
    2012 Home
  • 2012 Away
    2012 Away
  • 2011 NAIDOC Week (Round 16)
    2011 NAIDOC Week (Round 16)
  • 2012 Country Week (Round 17, Mt Isa)
    2012 Country Week (Round 17, Mt Isa)

Player awards[edit]

Players signed to first-tier teams[edit]

Ethan Lowe signed to the NRL Telstra Premiership's North Queensland Cowboys

Trial Matches[edit]

Pre-season Trial 1
Saturday
11 February 2012
17:00 AEST (UTC+10)
NYC NQ Cowboys U-20s 30 – 22 Northern Pride
Tries:
?




Goals:
? 		Cairns Post Preview
Pride Report
 Tries:
2 Scott Gibson
1 Saia Makisi
1 Ryan Ghietti
1 Jamie Frizzo
1 Chey Bird
Goals:
1 Mitchell Seri
1 Ty Williams
1 Chey Bird
Brothers Townsville
Jack Manski Oval
(Golf Links Drive, Kirwan, QLD)
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams, 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Saia Makisi, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Luke Saunders, 12. Jamie Frizzo, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Chey Bird, 16. Rod Jensen, 17. Ethan Lowe, 18. Ricky Thorby*, 19. Shaun Nona, 20. Justin Castellaro, 21. Masi Nona
* = Cowboys allocation.
Pre-season Trial 2
Saturday
18 February 2012
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 94 – 0 FNQ Indigenous All Stars
Tries:
Brett Anderson 3
Jamie Kerwick 3
Francis Mosby 2
Brent Oosen 1
Ben Fitzpatrick 1
Wees Nawia 1
Maddie Oosen 1
Justin Castellaro 1
Aaron Binawel 1
Smith 1
Rohan Schultz 1
Goals:
Shaun Nona 15 		Cairns Post Preview
Video Report
 Tries:











Goals:
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Francis Mosby, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Rickki Sutherland, 5. Justin Castellaro, 6. Troyson Bassani, 7. Shaun Nona, 8. Mark Dalle Cort, 9. Maddie Oosen, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Justin Dolan, 12. Joel Marama, 13. Brent Oosen
Interchange: 14 Jamie Kerwick, 15. Brenton Bowen*, 16. Wees Nawia, 17. Billy McConachie, 18. Rohan Schultz, 19. Aaron Binawe
* = Cowboys allocation.
  • Note: Anderson, Dalle Cort and Starmer were the only Pride regulars in the side, with fringe players filling the other positions.
Pre-season Trial 3
Saturday
25 February 2012
19:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Mackay Cutters CANCELLED Northern Pride
Pride Preview
Cairns Post Report
Video Report
Darryl Bourke Oval
(Mills Avenue, Moranbah, QLD)
Skill360 Northern Pride:
* = Cowboys allocation. Cory Paterson, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Luke Harlen, Joel Riethmuller, Ricky Thorby and James Segeyaro.
  • Note: The Pride's plane was struck by lightning twice en route to Moranbah. After the first strike the Skytrans charter flight turned back to Cairns, when the plane sustained a damaged windscreen as a result of a second strike.
Pre-season Trial 4
Tuesday
28 February 2012
18:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 'A' v Northern Pride 'B'
Tries:
?
Goals:
? 		Tries:
?
Goals:
?
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Skill360 Northern Pride: All 33 players in the current squad played in this scratch match that was
  • Note: After the Moranbah trial game was cancelled, coach David Maiden arranged an in-house scratch match.

Intrust Super Cup matches[edit]

See also: 2012 Queensland Cup season results
ROUND 1: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
10 March 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 22 – 14 Ipswich Jets
Tries:
Hezron Murgha 1
Brett Anderson 2
Ethan Lowe 1
Ben Spina 1
Goals:
Shaun Nona 1 		Pride Report
QRL Report
Video Preview
Press Conference
Video Highlights
 Tries:
1 Ramon Filipine
1 Michael Fisher


Goals:
3 Brendon Lindsay
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Nick Kalpakidis
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Robert Lui*, 8. Scott Bolton*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Jamie Frizzo, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Ricky Thorby*, Late inclusions: 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 8. Luke Harlen*
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Ryan Ghietti (hand).
Position Round 1 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
5 Northern Pride 1 1 0 0 22 14 +8 2
ROUND 2: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
17 March 2012
18:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Mackay Cutters 6 – 14 Northern Pride
Tries:
Grant Rovelli 1

Goals:
Michael Comerford 1 		Pride Report
Pride Report
QRL Report
Video Preview
Press Conference
Video Highlights
 Tries:
1 Ethan Lowe
1 Noel Underwood
Goals:
3 Shaun Nona
Virgin Australia Stadium
(Bridge Road, South Mackay, QLD)
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Robert Lui*, 8. Scott Bolton*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Jamie Frizzo, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Luke Harlen*, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Ricky Thorby*
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Chey Bird (ankle), Ryan Ghietti (hand)
  • Note: Game played in heavy rain and poor conditions
Position Round 2 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
4 Northern Pride 2 2 0 0 36 20 +16 4
ROUND 3: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
24 March 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Easts Tigers 30 – 22 Northern Pride
Tries:
Ryan Tongia 3
Eddie Tautali 2
Kenny Bromwich 1
Goals:
Cody Walker 3 		QRL Report
Pride Report
Video Preview
Video Highlights
 Tries:
3 Brett Anderson
1 Davin Crampton

Goals:
3 Shaun Nona
Langlands Park
(Stones Corner, Brisbane, QLD)
Referee: Robert Gallacher
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Robert Lui*, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Luke Saunders
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Chey Bird (ankle), Scott Bolton* (knee), Robert Lui* (stood down by the Cowboys after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend).[7]
Note: This was the Pride's 100th match and Hezron Murgha's 50th match for the Pride. In 100 games the Pride's had 65 wins, 33 losses and two draws.
Position Round 3 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
4 Northern Pride 3 2 0 1 58 50 +8 4
ROUND 4: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
31 March 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 22 – 32 Souths Logan Magpies
Tries:
Hezron Murgha 2
Kalifa Faifai Loa* 2


Goals:
Mitchell Seri 3 		QRL Report
Pride Report
Video Preview
Press Conference
 Tries:
2 Walter Imo
2 Ben Cronin
1 Dane Phillips
1 Darcy Wright
Goals:
4 Josh Damen
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Nick Kalpakidis
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Noel Underwood, 17. Luke Saunders
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Chey Bird (ankle), Scott Bolton* (knee)
Note: This was the Ben Laity's 100th appearance for the Pride, having only missed one match since the club formed. It was also his 174th Queensland Cup appearance (having previously played for the North Queensland Young Guns and Easts Tigers). This was the first time Souths Logan Magpies won at Barlow Park, having lost all four previous appearances (2008–2011).
This was the Pride debut for Mitchell Seri (Pride Player 078).
Position Round 4 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 4 2 0 2 80 82 −2 4
ROUND 5: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Thursday
5 April 2012
19:00 AEST (UTC+10)
CQ Capras 28 – 18 Northern Pride
Tries:
Sailosi Vatubua 2
Alan Rothery 1
Cheyenne Motu 1
Tim Glasby 1
Goals:
Tyron Cranston 4 		Pride Preview
Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
2 Brett Anderson
1 Davin Crampton
1 Jamie Frizzo

Goals:
1 Mitchell Seri
Browne Park
(Wandal, Rockhampton, QLD)
Referee: Peter Gough
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ty Williams (c), 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Chey Bird, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ryan Ghietti, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Luke Saunders, 17. Mark Dalle Cort, 18. Jamie Frizzo
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Scott Bolton* (knee)
Note: This was the Pride's first Thursday night match
Position Round 5 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
5 Northern Pride 5 2 0 3 98 110 −12 4
ROUND 6: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
14 April 2012
14:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Tweed Heads Seagulls 24 – 22 Northern Pride
Tries:
Tom Merritt 3
Matt Carbutt 1


Goals:
Brad Davis 4 		Pride Report
Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
1 Davin Crampton
1 Scott Gibson
1 Ty Williams
1 Ben Spina
Goals:
3 Chey Bird
Piggabeen Sports Complex
(Caramar Drive, Tweed Heads West, NSW)
Broadcast live on Channel 9
Referee: Chris Butler
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Hezron Murgha, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Luke Harlen*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Ben Spina, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Noel Underwood, 16. Luke Saunders, 17. Ethan Lowe
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable:
Note: Broadcast live on Channel 9 with Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry.
Position Round 6 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 6 2 0 4 120 134 −14 4
ROUND 7: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
28 April 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 26 – 12 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
Tries:
Ben Fitzpatrick 1
Davin Crampton 1
Ty Williams 1
Chey Bird 1
Blake Leary* 1
Todd Murphy 1
Goals:
Ethan Lowe 3 		Pride Preview
Pride Report
QRL Report
Press Conference
 Tries:
1 Hughie Stanley
1 Todd Murphy




Goals:
2 Dale Middleton
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Robert Gallacher
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. , 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Ben Spina, 13.
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Mark Dalle Cort, 17. Alex Starmer.
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable:
Note: Men of League rivalry round
Position Round 7 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
6 Northern Pride 7 3 0 4 146 146 0 6
ROUND 8: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
5 May 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 20 – 18 Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Tries:
Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1
Ty Williams 1
Blake Leary* 1
Scott Bolton* 1
Goals:
Ethan Lowe 1 (1 from 3)
Cory Paterson* 1 (1 from 1) 		Pride Report
Pride Report
QRL Report
Press Conference
 Tries:
1 Wallace
1 Tongia
1 Granville

Goals:
2 Seamark (2 from 3)

Penalty Goals:
1 Seamark (1 from 1)
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Robert Gallacher
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Ben Spina, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Cory Paterson*, 17. Mark Dalle Cort
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable:
Position Round 8 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
6 Northern Pride 8 4 0 4 166 164 +2 8
ROUND 9: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
12 May 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 24 – 22 Burleigh Bears
Tries:
Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1
Scott Gibson 1
Ty Williams 1
Jason Roos 1
Goals:
Cory Paterson* 4 		Pride Report
QRL Report
Press Conference
 Tries:
1 Jamie Dowling
1 Kurt Sorensen
1 Bodene Thompson
1 James Stuart
Goals:
2 Danny Kerr
1 Sam Meskell
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Nick Kalpakidis
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Davin Crampton, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Scott Bolton*, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Ben Spina, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Jamie Frizzo, 16. Cory Paterson*, 17. Mark Dalle Cort, 18. Maddie Oosen
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Ben Laity (sternum)
Position Round 9 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 9 5 0 4 190 186 +4 10
ROUND 10: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Sunday
20 May 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Norths Devils 26 – 14 Northern Pride
Tries:
Namila Daviu
Daniel Ogden 2
Jarrod Wallace
Sione Lolhea
Goals:
Mitchel Frei 2
Penalty Goal:
Joel Bailey 		Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
Rod Jensen
Scott Gibson
Ethan Lowe

Goals:
Blake Leary*
Albert Bishop Park
(Hedley Avenue, Nundah QLD)
Referee: Robert Gallacher
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Davin Crampton, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Jamie Frizzo, 15. Saia Makisi, 16. Mark Dalle Cort, 19. Maddie Oosen
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Ben Laity (sternum).
  • Note: This was the Pride debut for Saia Maikisi and Maddie Oosen (Pride Players 079 and 080).
Position Round 10 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 10 5 0 5 204 212 −8 10
ROUND 11: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
26 May 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 32 – 18 Redcliffe Dolphins
Tries:
Brett Anderson 1
Rod Jensen 1
Ty Williams 2
Ryan Ghietti 1
Jason Roos 1
Goals:
Blake Leary* 4 		Pride Report
QRL Report
Press Conference
Video Highlights
 Tries:
2 Capewell
1 Georgetown



Goals:
3 Georgetown (3 from 3)
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Davin Crampton, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Jamie Frizzo, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Noel Underwood, 19. Maddie Oosen
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Ben Laity (sternum)
Notes: This was the Pride's 50th ISC game at Barlow Park
Position Round 11 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
6 Northern Pride 11 6 0 5 236 230 +6 12
ROUND 12: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
2 June 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Ipswich Jets 38 – 14 Northern Pride
Tries:
Donald Malone 2
Jarrod McInally 2
Sam Martin 2
Javarn White 1
Ramon Filipine 1
Goals:
Brendon Lindsay 3 		Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
1 Scott Gibson
1 Blake Leary*
1 Luke Saunders


Goals:
1 Blake Leary*
North Ipswich Reserve
(Ipswich, QLD)
Broadcast live on Channel 9
Referee: Chris Butler
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 2. Davin Crampton, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Rod Jensen, 5. Scott Gibson, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Scott Bolton*, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Ben Laity
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Chey Bird (hamstring), Ben Fitzpatrick (hand and leg)
Note: Broadcast live on Channel 9 with Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry.
Position Round 12 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 12 6 0 6 250 268 −18 12
ROUND 13: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Sunday
10 June 2012
14:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 36 – 10 Mackay Cutters
Tries:
Wayne Ulugia* 1
Brett Anderson 1
Ty Williams 1
Ben Spina 2
Ethan Lowe 1
Scott Bolton* 1
Goals:
Chey Bird 4 		Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
1 Grant Rovelli
1 Matt Minto




Goals:
1 Liam Taylor
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Broadcast live on Channel 9
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ricky Thorby*, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Alex Starmer, 17. Ben Laity
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable:
Note: First televised game from Barlow Park, broadcast live on Channel 9 with Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry. Cairns accounting firm BDO sponsor the game and general admission is free.
This match attracted a crowd of 3,200, a QCup record for Barlow Park.
After the televised QCup game, Channel 9 show the Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters game.Z
This was the Pride debut for North Queensland Cowboys allocation player Wayne Ulugia* (Pride Player 081).
Position Round 13 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
6 Northern Pride 13 7 0 6 286 278 +8 14
ROUND 14: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Sunday
17 June 2012
14:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Burleigh Bears 34 – 16 Northern Pride
Tries:
Anthony Don 2
Michael Brophy 1
Brad Bennett 1
Beau Falloon 1
Sam Meskell 1
Goals:
Jordan Rankin 5 		Pride Report
QRL Report
Video Highlights
 Tries:
1 Ben Spina
1 Joel Riethmuller*
1 Cory Paterson*


Goals:
2 Cory Paterson*
Pizzey Park
(Miami, Gold Coast, QLD)
Referee: Nick Kalpakidis
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Ben Fitzpatrick, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Davin Crampton, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Spina, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Ethan Lowe, 12. Blake Leary*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*, Cory Paterson*
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Jamie Frizzo, 17. Ben Laity
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable:
Notes: After this match, Pride coach, David Maiden announced he would be leaving the club at the end of this season.
Position Round 14 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 14 7 0 7 302 312 −10 14
ROUND 15: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
23 June 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 14 – 30 Tweed Heads Seagulls
Tries:
Davin Crampton 2
Luke Saunders 1



Goals:
Chey Bird 1 (1 from 3) 		Pride Report
Press Conference
 Tries:
2 Merritt
1 Wood
1 James
1 King
1 Vickery
Goals:
Henry 3 from 5
0 Vickery (0 from 1)
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Clayton Sharpe
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Davin Crampton, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Luke Saunders, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Maddie Oosen, 15. Ethan Lowe, 16. Rod Jensen, 17. Mark Dalle Cort
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Brett Anderson (osteitis pubis)
Note: Women in League round. Players wore pink socks and pink bootlaces.
Position Round 15 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 15 7 0 8 316 342 −26 14
ROUND 16: Intrust Super Cup 2012 NAIDOC Week
Saturday
7 July 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 38 – 26 CQ Capras
Tries:
Wayne Ulugia* 1
Brett Anderson 1
Cory Paterson* 4
Ethan Lowe* 1
Goals:
Chey Bird 5 (5 from 7) 		Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
2 Vatubua
1 Glasby
1 Tongia
1 Williams
Goals:
3 Cranston (3 from 5)
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Nick Kalpakidis
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Scott Bolton*, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Luke Saunders, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Alex Starmer
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable:
Note: NAIDOC Week game. The Pride wore a special green NAIDOC jersey.
Position Round 16 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 16 8 0 8 354 368 −14 16
ROUND 17: Intrust Super Cup 2012 Country Week
Saturday
14 July 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Souths Logan Magpies 26 – 28 Northern Pride
Tries:
Ben Cronin 1
Dane Phillips 1
Darcy Wright 1
Mat Pitman 1
Chris Medcalf 1
Goals:
Josh Damen 3 		Pride Report
Video Highlights
 Tries:
1 Kalifa Faifai Loa*
1 Ben Spina
2 Cory Paterson*
1 Saia Makisi

Goals:
4 Cory Paterson*
Alec Inch Oval
(Mt Isa, QLD)
Referee: Nic Morell
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Jason Roos, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Blake Leary*, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Saia Makisi
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Luke Saunders (neck)
Note: Country Week game. The Pride wore a special orange 'outback jersey'.
This was Ben Spina's 50th appearance for the Pride.
This was the Pride debut for Brent Oosen (Pride Player 082).
Position Round 17 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 17 9 0 8 382 394 −12 18
ROUND 18: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Sunday
22 July 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 21 – 18 Northern Pride
Tries:
Jye Ballinger 2
Callum Klein 1


Goals:
Justin Otto 4
Field Goal:
Justin Otto 1 		Pride Report
Pride Report
 Tries:
1 Brett Anderson
1 Justin Castellaro
1 Alex Starmer
1 Ryan Ghietti
Goals:
1 Justin Castellaro
Field Goal:
Stockland Park
(Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina, Kawana Waters, QLD)
Referee: Robert Gallacher
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Wayne Ulugia*, 2. Scott Gibson, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Chey Bird, 5. Justin Castellaro, 6. Ty Williams (c), 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Alex Starmer, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Ben Laity, 11. Ben Spina, 12. Cory Paterson*, 13. Joel Riethmuller*
Interchange: 14. Rod Jensen, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Saia Makisi
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Luke Saunders (neck).
Position Round 18 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 18 9 0 9 400 415 −15 18
ROUND 19: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Sunday
29 July 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Wynnum Manly Seagulls 16 – 44 Northern Pride
Tries:
Nathanael Barnes 1
Dane Carlaw 1
John Te Reo 1



Goals:
Matt Seamark 2 		Pride Report
QRL Report
 Tries:
2 Wayne Ulugia*
1 Shaun Nona
1 Blake Leary*
1 Cory Paterson*
2 Joel Riethmuller*
1 Ryan Ghietti
Goals:
6 Cory Paterson*
BMD Kougari Oval
(Manly West, Brisbane, QLD)
Referee: Michael Wise
Skill360 Northern Pride: Ty Williams (c), 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson, 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Justin Castellaro, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Saia Makisi, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Joel Riethmuller*, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Ryan Ghietti, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Ben Laity
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee)
Notes: Ty Williams suffered an ACL injury early in this game
Position Round 19 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 19 10 0 9 444 431 +13 20
ROUND 20: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
11 August 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 28 – 28 Norths Devils
Tries:
Hezron Murgha 1
Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1
Ben Laity 1
Blake Leary* 2
Goals:
Shaun Nona 1 (1 from 2)
Cory Paterson* 3 (3 from 3) 		Pride Report
Press Conference
 Tries:
2 English
1 Cleaver
1 Smith
1 Samoa
Goals:
4 Bailey (4 from 5)
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Nick Kalpakidis
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Hezron Murgha, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Ben Laity, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Saia Makisi, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Ryan Ghietti, 15. Brent Oosen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Luke Saunders
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Ty Williams (ACL)
Position Round 20 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 20 10 1 9 472 459 +13 21
ROUND 21: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Saturday
18 August 2012
17:30 AEST (UTC+10)
Northern Pride 44 – 10 Easts Tigers
Tries:
Wayne Ulugia* 2
Brett Anderson 2
Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1
Alex Starmer 1
Ryan Ghietti 1
Ethan Lowe* 1
Goals:
Shaun Nona 4
Cory Paterson* 2 (2 from 2) 		Pride Report
QRL Report
Press Conference
 Tries:
1 Panapa
1 Walker




Goals:
1 Walker (1 from 2)
Barlow Park
(Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)
Referee: Michael Wise
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Mitchell Seri, 8. Ricky Thorby*, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Saia Makisi, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Ryan Ghietti, 15. Rod Jensen, 16. Ethan Lowe, 17. Ben Laity
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Ty Williams (ACL)
Position Round 21 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 21 11 1 9 516 469 +47 23
ROUND 22: Intrust Super Cup 2012
Sunday
26 August 2012
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Redcliffe Dolphins 28 – 38 Northern Pride
Tries:
Joe Bond 1
Liam Georgetown 1
Maurice Kennedy 1
Aaron Whitchurch 1
Troy Giess 1

Goals:
Liam Georgetown 4 		Pride Report
Video Highlights
 Tries:
1 Wayne Ulugia*
1 Brett Anderson
1 Shaun Nona
1 James Segeyaro* 2
1 Cory Paterson*
1 Ethan Lowe*
Goals:
1 Chey Bird
4 Cory Paterson*
Dolphin Oval
(Klingner Road, Redcliffe, QLD)
Referee: Michael Wise
Skill360 Northern Pride: 1. Chey Bird, 2. Wayne Ulugia*, 3. Brett Anderson (c), 4. Scott Gibson, 5. Kalifa Faifai Loa*, 6. Shaun Nona, 7. Ryan Ghietti, 8. Ben Laity Ben Laity, 9. Blake Leary*, 10. Alex Starmer, 11. Cory Paterson*, 12. Ethan Lowe, 13. Ben Spina
Interchange: 14. Justin Castellaro, 15. Rod Jensen, 16. Luke Saunders, 17. Saia Makisi
* = Cowboys allocation.
Unavailable: Jason Roos (knee), Ty Williams (ACL)
Chey Bird's last game. Bird was a foundation player, captained the team on several occasions and played in the 2010 Premiership Grand Final team. He scored 574 points (23 tries and 241 goals) in 96 games for the Pride and set a Pride record of 33 straight conversions between Rounds 5 and 12 in 2011.
Position Round 22 – 2012 P W D L For Against Diff Pts
7 Northern Pride 22 12 1 9 554 497 +57 25

2012 Ladder[edit]

2012 Queensland Cup season
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Redcliffe Dolphins 22 17 0 5 724 390 334 34
2 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 22 16 1 5 624 436 188 33
3 Tweed Heads Seagulls 22 14 1 7 530 473 57 29
4 Ipswich Jets 22 13 2 7 520 421 99 28
5 Norths Devils 22 12 2 8 654 510 144 26
6 Easts Tigers 22 13 0 9 621 496 125 26
7 Northern Pride 22 12 1 9 554 497 57 25
8 Mackay Cutters 22 10 0 12 488 544 −56 20
9 Burleigh Bears 22 7 1 14 427 479 −52 15
10 CQ Capras 22 5 1 16 432 743 −311 11
11 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles 22 4 1 17 376 699 −323 9
12 Souths Logan Magpies 22 3 2 17 422 684 −262 8

Northern Pride (regular season 2012)[edit]

  • Win = 12 (8 of 11 home games, 4 of 11 away games)
  • Loss = 9 (2 of 11 home games, 7 of 11 away games)
  • Draw = 1 (1 of 11 home games, 0 of 11 away games).
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ResultWWLLLLWWWLWLWLLWWLWDWW
GroundHAAHAAHHHAHAHAHHAAAHHA
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120916041305/http://www.qrl.com.au/
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

2012 Northern Pride players[edit]

Main page: Category:Northern Pride RLFC players
Pride player Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points
Alex Starmer 16 2 0 0 8
Ben Fitzpatrick 6 1 0 0 4
Ben Laity 19 1 0 0 4
Ben Spina 22 6 0 0 24
Brent Oosen 4 0 0 0 0
Brett Anderson 20 14 0 0 56
Chey Bird 12 1 14 0 32
Davin Crampton 15 6 0 0 24
Hezron Murgha 7 4 0 0 16
Jamie Frizzo 11 1 0 0 4
Jason Roos 17 2 0 0 8
Justin Castellaro 3 1 1 0 6
Luke Saunders 13 0 0 0 0
Maddie Oosen 5 0 0 0 0
Mark Dalle Cort 6 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Seri 9 0 2 0 4
Noel Underwood 7 1 0 0 4
Rod Jensen 14 2 0 0 8
Ryan Ghietti 16 4 0 0 16
Saia Makisi 7 1 0 0 4
Scott Gibson 16 4 0 0 16
Shaun Nona 6 2 12 0 32
Ty Williams 19 7 0 0 28
Aaron Binawel Trial game 0 0 0 0
Billy McConachie Trial game 0 0 0 0
Francis Mosby Trial game 0 0 0 0
Jamie Kerwick Trial game 0 0 0 0
Joel Marama Trial game 0 0 0 0
Justin Dolan Trial game 0 0 0 0
Masi Nona Trial game 0 0 0 0
Rickki Sutherland Trial game 0 0 0 0
Rohan Schultz Trial game 0 0 0 0
Troyson Bassani Trial game 0 0 0 0
Wees Nawia Trial game 0 0 0 0

North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Northern Pride in 2012[edit]

See also: List of North Queensland Cowboys players
Cowboys player Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points
Blake Leary 16 6 6 0 36
Cory Paterson 14 9 26 0 88
Ethan Lowe 22 7 6 0 40
James Segeyaro 2 2 0 0 8
Joel Riethmuller 13 3 0 0 12
Kalifa Faifai Loa 13 7 0 0 28
Luke Harlen 7 0 0 0 0
Luke Saunders 14 2 0 0 8
Ricky Thorby 4 0 0 0 0
Robert Lui 3 0 0 0 0
Scott Bolton 5 2 0 0 8
Wayne Ulugia 10 7 0 0 28
Brenton Bowen Trial game 0 0 0 0

2012 Televised Games[edit]

In 2012, the Nine Entertainment Network acquired the broadcast rights to the Queensland Cup in a one-year deal, after ABC TV's contract expired.[8] One game a round continued to be broadcast, live, and free-to-air across Queensland. In 2012 games were shown on Channel 9 or GEM in south-east Queensland, on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas, and on Imparja Television in remote areas, at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons (except during coverage of the London Olympics in August). The move to a Sunday timeslot meant the QCup match was shown at 2:00 pm before the Wide World of Sports NRL match of the round at 4:00 pm, which greatly increased ratings. The commentary team was Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry.

The ABC had been unable (or unwilling) to broadcast games from locations outside south-east Queensland, as the cost of doing so was estimated to be $90,000 - more than double the cost of a Brisbane broadcast, so the Pride, Cutters and CQ Capras's home games had not been televised.[9] Channel 9 agreed to broadcast one game from each of the three regional clubs, with the Pride's first home game broadcast from Barlow Park, Cairns in Round 13, Sunday 10 June 2012 against traditional rivals Mackay Cutters.

2012 televised games:

Live Streaming[edit]

In 2011 the Pride began live-streaming their home games, starting with the last home game of the season (Round 22 against Tweed Heads). For the 2012 season, home games were live-streamed via the Pride website using video distribution service Rivus TV Ltd. Games were free for members to watch, and $5 per game for non-members.[10] From Round 5 2012 away games were streamed through the website as well.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Piva, Andrew (21 January 2012). "Jet the hostilities resume". Cairns Post. Cairns.
  2. ^ Flynn, Joe (23 February 2012). "Queensland Cup finals rejig". Cairns Post. Cairns.
  3. ^ "New TV deal for Cup". Cairns Post. Cairns. 22 February 2012.
  4. ^ "TV switch for 2012 Intrust Super Cup coverage". The Queensland Times. Ipswich. 22 February 2012.
  5. ^ "School visits aim to boost participation". Cairns Sun. Cairns. 15 February 2012.
  6. ^ Flynn, Joe (16 April 2012). "Pride fightback gives Maiden a ray of hope". Cairns Post. Cairns.
  7. ^ Flynn, Joe (22 March 2012). "Dumped. Cowboys show Lui the door". Cairns Post. Cairns.
  8. ^ "TV switch for 2012 Intrust Super Cup coverage". The Queensland Times. Ipswich. 22 February 2012.
  9. ^ Flynn, Joe (23 February 2012). "Queensland Cup finals rejig". Cairns Post. Cairns.
  10. ^ "QRL: Pride fans can watch every game via live stream". Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Live stream through northernpride.com.au". Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2012.

External links[edit]

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