1996 North Queensland Cowboys season
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox rugby league team season
| year = 1996
| team_colour = navy
| font_colour = white
| league = NRL
| league_link = ARL
| league_rank = 17th
| league_wins = 6
| league_draws = 0
| league_losses = 15
| points_for = 288
| points_against = 643
| playoff_result = Missed finals
| CEO_title =
| CEO =
| coach_title = Coach
| coach = Graham Lowe
| captain = Adrian Vowles
| stadium = Stockland Stadium
| avg_attendance = 19,366
| high_attendance = 27,096 (vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 16)
| top_tries = David Bouveng, Kris Tassell (8)
| top_goals = Shane Howarth (21)
| top_points = Shane Howarth (49)
| prev_season = 1995
| next_season = 1997
}}
The 1996 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 2nd in the club's history. Coached by Graham Lowe and captained by Adrian Vowles, they competed in the Optus Cup.
Season summary
After finishing their debut season in last place, there was nowhere to go but up for the Cowboys in 1996. Under new head coach, former New Zealand, Queensland, Manly and Wigan boss Graham Lowe, the club recruited fairly strongly bringing in first grade regulars Jason Death (from Canberra) and Andrew Dunemann (from Gold Coast), former All Black Shane Howarth and New Zealand representatives Se'e Solomona and Whetu Taewa. Dunemann's signing would see him reunite with his brother Ian, the pair becoming the first siblings to play for the club.
Due to the ongoing Super League war, the clubs affiliated with the breakaway competition refused to participate in their Round 1 games, with the Cowboys' opening fixture, against fellow Super League-aligned club the Canterbury Bulldogs, cancelled. After losing their first game of the year against the Sydney City Roosters, the Cowboys picked up their first win of the season a week later against the Sydney Tigers. Seven straight losses followed until a Round 11 victory over the Newcastle Knights was followed by a win over the Cronulla Sharks, the club's first ever back-to-back wins. After four straight losses, the Cowboys ended the season in their strongest form to date, with three wins from their final six games. That included a win over the St George Dragons at Kogarah Oval in Round 21, the club's first win in Sydney. The club would end their second season in 17th place, with six wins from 21 games, tripling their win total from the year before. Steve Edmed, a long time Balmain Tiger who joined the Cowboys for the 1996 season, was named Player of the Year after playing in all 21 games in his lone season with the club.
The club made headlines during the season when Moranbah junior Josh Hannay was named to make his first grade debut at just 16-years old. The selection was later vetoed by the Australian Rugby League as Hannay was not 16 when the year began. Had he played, he would have been the second youngest player to make his senior debut in Australian rugby league history. Hannay would make his debut two years later and go onto play 150 games for the club over nine seasons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/where-are-they-now-josh-hannay/tabid/10874/newsid/64399/default.aspx|title=Where Are They Now: Josh Hannay|date=24 August 2011}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.cowboys.com.au/about/club-history-home/club-history-1996.html |title=Year 2 - 1996 - Cowboys |access-date=20 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820121025/http://www.cowboys.com.au/about/club-history-home/club-history-1996.html |archive-date=20 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}
=Milestones=
- Round 2: Jason Death, Steve Edmed, Martin Locke, Whetu Taewa and Kris Tassell made their debuts for the club.
- Round 2: Shane Howarth made his first grade debut.
- Round 3: Willie Poching made his debut for the club.
- Round 3: Scott Brown made his debut for the club.
- Round 6: Se'e Solomona made his debut for the club.
- Round 7: Andrew Dunemann made his debut for the club.
- Round 9: Andrew Bulmer made his first grade debut.
- Round 11: Michael Coorey made his first grade debut.
- Round 12: The club won back-to-back games for the first time.
- Round 13: John Buttigieg made his first grade debut.
- Round 15: Marshall Miller and Graham White made their first grade debuts.
- Round 17: Liam Johnson made his first grade debut.
Squad list
{{Rls
|squadname=North Queensland Cowboys ARL Squad 1996
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|FC1=white
|BC2=#c0c0c0
|FC2=black
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|list1a={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=Faron Anderson}}
|list1b={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=George Bartlett}}
|list1c={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=David Bouveng}}
|list1d={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=CE|name=Paul Bowman}}
|list1e={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=FE|name=Scott Brown}}
|list1f={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Andrew Bulmer}}
|list1g={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=John Buttigieg}}
|list1h={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Michael Coorey}}
|list1i={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=FB|name=Reggie Cressbrook}}
|list1j={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=HK|name=Jason Death}}
|list1k={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=FE|name=Andrew Dunemann}}
|list1l={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=HB|name=Ian Dunemann}}
|list1m={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=Steve Edmed}}
|list2a={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Paul Galea}}
|list2b={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=Damian Gibson}}
|list2c={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=Leigh Groves}}
|list2d={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=FB|name=Shane Howarth}}
|list2e={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Liam Johnson}}
|list2f={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=LK|name=Peter Jones}}
|list2g={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Aaron Ketchell}}
|list2h={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=Martin Locke}}
|list2i={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=Justin Loomans}}
|list2j={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=HB|name=Jason Martin}}
|list2k={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=Jamie Mathiou}}
|list2l={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=Marshall Miller}}
|list2m={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=CE|name=Willie Morganson}}
|list3a={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Glen Murphy}}
|list3b={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Willie Poching}}
|list3c={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Ian Russell}}
|list3d={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=LK|name=Dean Schifilliti}}
|list3e={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=SR|name=Wayne Sing}}
|list3f={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=John Skardon}}
|list3g={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=Se'e Solomona}}
|list3h={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=CE|name=Whetu Taewa}}
|list3i={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=WG|name=Kris Tassell}}
|list3j={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=CE|name=Adrian Vowles|captain=y}}
|list3k={{Rls player|nat=AUS|pos=PR|name=Graham White}}
|coach= Graham Lowe
|assistant=Mark Graham (assistant coach)
}}
Squad movement
=1996 Gains=
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! style="width:120px;"| Player ! style="width:210px;"| Signed From | |
Scott Brown | {{leagueicon|Cronulla|16}} Cronulla Sharks |
Jason Death | {{leagueicon|Canberra|16}} Canberra Raiders |
Andrew Dunemann | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Chargers|16}} Gold Coast Chargers |
Steve Edmed | {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} Sydney Tigers |
Shane Howarth | {{leagueicon|Newtown|16}} Auckland RU |
Martin Locke | {{leagueicon|South Queensland|16}} South Queensland Crushers |
Willie Poching | {{leagueicon|Auckland|16}} Auckland Warriors |
Se'e Solomona | {{leagueicon|Auckland|16}} Auckland Warriors |
Whetu Taewa | {{leagueicon|Auckland|16}} Auckland Warriors |
Kris Tassell | {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury Bulldogs |
=1996 Losses=
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! style="width:120px;"| Player ! style="width:210px;"| Signed To | |
Martin Bella | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Chargers|16}} Gold Coast Chargers |
Jonathan Davies | {{leagueicon|New South Wales|16}} Cardiff RFC |
Kevin Ellis | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Chargers|16}} Gold Coast Chargers |
Jason Erba | {{leagueicon|Sheffield|16}} Sheffield Eagles |
Michael Hogue | {{leagueicon|psg|16}} Paris Saint-Germain |
David Maiden | {{leagueicon|cairns cyclones|16}} Cairns Cyclones |
Andrew Meads | {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} Sydney Tigers |
Craig Menkins | {{leagueicon|psg|16}} Paris Saint-Germain |
Ian Russell | {{leagueicon|psg|16}} Paris Saint-Germain (mid-season) |
Laurie Spina | Retired |
Ladder
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!width=240 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF !width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA !width=20 abbr="Points difference" |PD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts | ||||||||
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|1 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (P)
|22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 549 | 191 | +358 | 36 |
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|2 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Brisbane Broncos
|21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 607 | 263 | +344 | 34 |
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|3 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px North Sydney Bears
|22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 598 | 325 | +273 | 32 |
style="background: #ccffcc;"
|4 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Sydney City Roosters
|22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 521 | 321 | +200 | 31 |
style="background: #ccffcc;"
|5 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 399 | 268 | +131 | 30 |
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|6 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Canberra Raiders
|21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 538 | 384 | +154 | 27 |
style="background: #ccffcc;"
|7 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px St. George Dragons
|21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 443 | 360 | +83 | 27 |
style="background: #ccffcc;"
|8 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Western Suburbs Magpies
|22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 394 | 434 | −40 | 25 |
9 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Newcastle Knights
|21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 416 | 388 | +28 | 23 |
10 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 375 | 378 | −3 | 22 |
11 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Auckland Warriors
|21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 412 | 427 | −15 | 22 |
12 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Sydney Tigers
|22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 319 | 459 | −140 | 22 |
13 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Parramatta Eels
|21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 404 | 415 | −11 | 21 |
14 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Illawarra Steelers
|22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 403 | 444 | −41 | 16 |
15 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Penrith Panthers
|21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 363 | 464 | −101 | 15 |
16 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Western Reds
|21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 313 | 420 | −107 | 13 |
17 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px North Queensland Cowboys
|21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 288 | 643 | −355 | 12 |
18 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px Gold Coast Chargers
|22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 359 | 521 | −162 | 11 |
19 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px South Sydney Rabbitohs
|22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 314 | 634 | −320 | 11 |
20 | style="text-align:left;"| 16x16px South Queensland Crushers
|21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 220 | 496 | −276 | 8 |
Fixtures
=Regular season=
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! style="width:55px;"| Round ! style="width:170px;"| Opponent ! style="width:115px;"| Venue ! style="width:50px;"| Score ! style="width:320px;"| Tries ! style="width:280px;"| Goals ! style="width:50px;"| Attendance | |||||||
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|23 March | style="text-align:center;"|Round 1 | {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury Bulldogs | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"| | Cancelled due to Super League clubs refusing to play | style="text-align:center;"| | |
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|30 March | style="text-align:center;"|Round 2 | {{leagueicon|Eastern Suburbs|16}} Sydney City Roosters | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|2 – 40 | Howarth (1/1) | style="text-align:center;"|16,186 | |
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|6 April | style="text-align:center;"|Round 3 | {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} Sydney Tigers | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|17 – 2 | Tassell (2), Peter Jones | Cressbrook (2/4), Howarth (1 FG) | style="text-align:center;"|15,912 |
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|14 April | style="text-align:center;"|Round 4 | {{leagueicon|Canberra|16}} Canberra Raiders | Bruce Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|10 – 66 | Bartlett, Taewa | Howarth (1/2) | style="text-align:center;"|9,115 |
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|21 April | style="text-align:center;"|Round 5 | {{leagueicon|Brisbane|16}} Brisbane Broncos | ANZ Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|14 – 58 | Skardon, Tassell, Vowles | Howarth (1/3) | style="text-align:center;"|18,609 |
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|27 April | style="text-align:center;"|Round 6 | {{leagueicon|North Sydney|16}} North Sydney Bears | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|6 – 50 | Skardon | Howarth (1/2) | style="text-align:center;"|20,864 |
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|5 May | style="text-align:center;"|Round 7 | {{leagueicon|Manly|16}} Manly Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval | style="text-align:center;"|4 – 46 | Edmed | Cressbrook (0/1) | style="text-align:center;"|5,227 |
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|11 May | style="text-align:center;"|Round 8 | {{leagueicon|Illawarra|16}} Illawarra Steelers | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|8 – 24 | Tassell (2) | Cressbrook (0/2) | style="text-align:center;"|15,289 |
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|25 May | style="text-align:center;"|Round 9 | {{leagueicon|Parramatta|16}} Parramatta Eels | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|12 – 26 | Loomans, Tassell | Cressbrook (1/2), Poching (1/1) | style="text-align:center;"|12,088 |
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|9 June | style="text-align:center;"|Round 10 | {{leagueicon|Eastern Suburbs|16}} Sydney City Roosters | SFS | style="text-align:center;"|14 – 38 | I. Dunemann, Tassell, Vowles | Poching (1/3) | style="text-align:center;"|9,287 |
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|15 June | style="text-align:center;"|Round 11 | {{leagueicon|Newcastle|16}} Newcastle Knights | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|26 – 10 | Loomans (2), Death, Murphy, Tassell | Cressbrook (3/3), I. Dunemann (0/1), Poching (0/2) | style="text-align:center;"|14,153 |
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|22 June | style="text-align:center;"|Round 12 | {{leagueicon|Cronulla|16}} Cronulla Sharks | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|16 – 10 | Bouveng, Cressbrook, Gibson | Cressbrook (2/3) | style="text-align:center;"|22,014 |
style="background:#FFBBBB
|29 June | style="text-align:center;"|Round 13 | {{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} Sydney Tigers | Parramatta Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|16 – 18 | Coorey, A. Dunemann, Gibson | Cressbrook (2/2), Poching (0/1) | style="text-align:center;"|4,257 |
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|6 July | style="text-align:center;"|Round 14 | {{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} Penrith Panthers | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|0 – 21 | style="text-align:center;"|25,068 | ||
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|14 July | style="text-align:center;"|Round 15 | {{leagueicon|Western Suburbs|16}} Western Suburbs Magpies | Campbelltown Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|32 – 40 | Miller (2), Cressbrook, A. Dunemann, Loomans, Morganson | Cressbrook (2/3), Vowles (2/2), Poching (0/1) | style="text-align:center;"|5,281 |
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|20 July | style="text-align:center;"|Round 16 | {{leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} South Sydney Rabbitohs | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|20 – 22 | Bowman, I. Dunemann, Loomans | Howarth (3/3), Vowles (1/1) | style="text-align:center;"|27,096 |
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|26 July | style="text-align:center;"|Round 17 | {{leagueicon|Gold Coast Chargers|16}} Gold Coast Chargers | Carrara Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|24 – 14 | Bowman, Howarth, Loomans | Howarth (6/6) | style="text-align:center;"|5,777 |
style="background:#FFBBBB
|3 August | style="text-align:center;"|Round 18 | {{leagueicon|Auckland|16}} Auckland Warriors | Ericsson Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|6 – 52 | Death | Howarth (1/1) | style="text-align:center;"|14,600 |
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|9 August | style="text-align:center;"|Round 19 | {{leagueicon|South Queensland|16}} South Queensland Crushers | Stockland Stadium | style="text-align:center;"|11 – 6 | Miller (2) | Howarth (1/3, 1 FG) | style="text-align:center;"|24,989 |
style="background:#FFBBBB
|17 August | style="text-align:center;"|Round 20 | {{leagueicon|Western Reds|16}} Western Reds | WACA | style="text-align:center;"|4 – 30 | Taewa | Howarth (0/1) | style="text-align:center;"|5,889 |
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|25 August | style="text-align:center;"|Round 21 | {{leagueicon|St George|16}} St George Dragons | Kogarah Oval | style="text-align:center;"|24 – 20 | Gibson (2), Johnson, Loomans | Howarth (3/4, 1 FG), A. Dunemann (1 FG) | style="text-align:center;"|9,062 |
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|1 September | style="text-align:center;"|Round 22 | {{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury Bulldogs | Belmore Oval | style="text-align:center;"|22 – 50 | Death, Locke, Loomans, Morganson | Howarth (3/4) | style="text-align:center;"|6,595 |
colspan="11" | Legend: {{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFBBBB|Loss|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|#cfecec|Bye|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} |
Statistics
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||
style="width:10em"|Name | style="width:3em"|App | style="width:3em"|T | style="width:3em"|G | style="width:3em"|FG | style="width:3em"|Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Faron|Anderson}} | 1| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|George|Bartlett|George Bartlett (rugby league)}} | 6 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|David|Bouveng}} | 5 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Paul|Bowman|Paul Bowman (rugby league)}} | 6 | 2| | |||
|8 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Scott|Brown|Scott Brown (rugby league)}} | 6| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Andrew|Bulmer}} | 1| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|John|Buttigieg|John Buttigieg (rugby league)}} | 9| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Michael|Coorey}} | 11 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Reggie|Cressbrook}} | 15 | 2 | 12| | ||
|32 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Jason|Death}} | 20 | 3| | |||
|12 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Andrew|Dunemann}} | 16 | 2| | |||
|1 | 9 | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Ian|Dunemann}} | 13 | 2| | |||
|8 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Steve|Edmed}} | 21 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Paul|Galea}} | 5| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Damian|Gibson}} | 11 | 4| | |||
|16 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Leigh|Groves}} | 2| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Shane|Howarth}} | 12 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 49 |
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Liam|Johnson|Liam Johnson (rugby league, born 1977)}} | 6 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Peter|Jones|Peter Jones (rugby league, born 1972)}} | 19 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Aaron|Ketchell}} | 6| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Martin|Locke}} | 11 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Justin|Loomans}} | 21 | 8| | |||
|32 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Jason|Martin|Jason Martin (rugby league)}} | 12| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Jamie|Mathiou}} | 4| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Marshall|Miller}} | 6 | 4| | |||
|16 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Willie|Morganson}} | 4 | 2| | |||
|8 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Glen|Murphy|Glen Murphy (rugby league)}} | 15 | 1| | |||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Willie|Poching}} | 16| | ||||
|2| | |||||
|4 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Ian|Russell|Ian Russell (rugby league)}} | 1| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Dean|Schifilliti}} | 10| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Wayne|Sing}} | 15| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|John|Skardon}} | 3 | 2| | |||
|8 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Se'e|Solomona}} | 4| | ||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Whetu|Taewa}} | 12 | 2| | |||
|8 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Kris|Tassell}} | 9 | 8| | |||
|32 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Adrian|Vowles}} | 21 | 2 | 3| | ||
|14 | |||||
style="text-align:left;"|{{sortname|Graham|White|Graham White (rugby league)}} | 1| | ||||
class="sortbottom"
! Totals !! !! 52 !! 38 !! 4 !! 288 |
Honours
=Club=
- Player of the Year: Steve Edmed
- Players' Player: Steve Edmed
- Club Person of the Year: Martin Locke
References
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