1996 Queensland Cup

{{Infobox rugby league season

| year = 1996

| competition = Queensland Cup

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| duration = March 30 – August 31, 1996

| teams = 16

| count = 1st

| minor premiers = {{leagueicon|Toowoomba|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

| premiers = {{leagueicon|Toowoomba|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

| mpcount = 1st

| matches = 129

| points = 4,789

| attendance =

| top point scorer = {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} James Brown (124)

| top try scorer = {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}} Ricky Hewinson
{{leagueicon|Western Suburbs|16}} Floyd Hill (14)

| player of the year = {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Alan Wieland

| prevseason_year =

| nextseason_year = 1997

}}

The 1996 Queensland Cup season was the 1st season of Queensland's premier statewide competition.Queensland R.LEAGUE [http://queensland.rleague.com/results/1996/qld-cup.php 1996 Season Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318182017/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/1996/qld-cup.php |date=18 March 2013 }} Retrieved 17 Dec 2007 It had been formed after the Winfield State League was closed after the end of the 1995 Season. It was subsequently superseded by the Queensland Cup.Wikipedia Winfield State League Retrieved 17 Dec 2007

At this time it was considered as the second highest league, directly under the Brisbane Rugby League. It would run under the BRL until 1998 when it would become the highest rugby league competition in the state.

Teams

The inaugural Queensland Cup season featured 16 teams, 12 from south east Queensland, two from north Queensland and one each from central Queensland and Papua New Guinea.

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{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Bundaberg\|size=16}}}} \| Bundaberg Grizzlies \| Salter Oval
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Cairns Cyclones\|size=16}}}} \| Cairns Cyclones \| Barlow Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Central Comets\|size=16}}}} \| Central Capras \| Browne Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Balmain\|size=16}}}} \| Easts Tigers \| Langlands Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Ipswich\|size=16}}}} \| Ipswich Jets \| North Ipswich Reserve
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Hunter\|size=16}}}} \| Logan City Scorpions \| Meakin Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Manly\|size=16}}}} \| Mackay Sea Eagles \| Mackay JRL Grounds
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Norths Devils\|size=16}}}} \| Norths Devils \| Bishop Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Brothers\|size=16}}}} \| Pine Rivers Brothers \| Bray Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Port Moresby Vipers\|size=16}}}} \| Port Moresby Vipers \| Lloyd Robson Oval
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Redcliffe\|size=16}}}} \| Redcliffe Dolphins \| Dolphin Oval
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Souths Magpies\|size=16}}}} \| Souths Magpies \| Davies Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Sunshine Coast\|size=16}}}} \| Sunshine Coast Falcons \| Kawana Sports Ground
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Toowoomba Clydesdales\|size=16}}}} \| Toowoomba Clydesdales \| Athletic Oval
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Wests Panthers\|size=16}}}} \| Wests Panthers \| Purtell Park
{{center\|1= {{leagueicon\|Wynnum-Manly\|size=16}}}} \| Wynnum Seagulls \| Kougari Oval

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! style="background:white; width:10%" | Club

! style="background:white; width:10%" | Home ground(s)

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Bundaberg|size=16}}}}

| Bundaberg Grizzlies

| Salter Oval

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Cairns Cyclones|size=16}}}}

| Cairns Cyclones

| Barlow Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Central Comets|size=16}}}}

| Central Capras

| Browne Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Balmain|size=16}}}}

| Easts Tigers

| Langlands Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Ipswich|size=16}}}}

| Ipswich Jets

| North Ipswich Reserve

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Hunter|size=16}}}}

| Logan City Scorpions

| Meakin Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Manly|size=16}}}}

| Mackay Sea Eagles

| Mackay JRL Grounds

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Norths Devils|size=16}}}}

| Norths Devils

| Bishop Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Brothers|size=16}}}}

| Pine Rivers Brothers

| Bray Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Port Moresby Vipers|size=16}}}}

| Port Moresby Vipers

| Lloyd Robson Oval

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|size=16}}}}

| Redcliffe Dolphins

| Dolphin Oval

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|size=16}}}}

| Souths Magpies

| Davies Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Sunshine Coast|size=16}}}}

| Sunshine Coast Falcons

| Kawana Sports Ground

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|size=16}}}}

| Toowoomba Clydesdales

| Athletic Oval

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|size=16}}}}

| Wests Panthers

| Purtell Park

{{center|1= {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly|size=16}}}}

| Wynnum Seagulls

| Kougari Oval

Regular season

The inaugural Queensland Cup consisted of 16 teams and ran for 15 regular season rounds (which included two split rounds) with a top 6 finals system.Queensland R.LEAGUE [http://queensland.rleague.com/results/1996/table.php 1996 Table] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208094655/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/1996/table.php |date=8 February 2012 }} Retrieved 17 Dec 2007Queensland R.LEAGUE [http://queensland.rleague.com/results/1996/qld-cup.php 1996 Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318182017/http://queensland.rleague.com/results/1996/qld-cup.php |date=18 March 2013 }} Retrieved 17 Dec 2007

Ladder

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width="20" \| {{Abbr\|Pos\|Position}} !Team !width="20" \| {{Abbr\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="20" \| {{Abbr\|W\|Won}} !width="20" \| {{Abbr\|D\|Drawn}} !width="20" \| {{Abbr\|L\|Lost}} !width="25" \| {{Abbr\|PF\|Points for (total points scored)}} !width="25" \| {{Abbr\|PA\|Points against (total points conceded)}} !width="30" \| {{Abbr\|PD\|Points difference (points scored minus points conceded)}} !width="20" \| {{Abbr\|Pts\|Competition points}}
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Toowoomba Clydesdales\|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales (P) \|15	11	1	3	360	226	+134	23
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Redcliffe Dolphins\|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins \|15	10	2	3	365	193	+172	22
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Souths Magpies\|16}} Souths Magpies \|15	10	1	4	375	205	+170	21
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|4	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Wests Panthers\|16}} Wests Panthers \|15	10	1	4	359	208	+151	21
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|5	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Cairns Cyclones\|16}} Cairns Cyclones \|15	10	0	5	310	224	+86	20
style="background: #ccffcc;" \|6	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Easts Tigers\|16}} Easts Tigers ¹ \|14	9	0	5	315	224	+91	19
style="background: \|7	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls\|16}} Wynnum Seagulls \|15	8	2	5	325	225	+100	18
style="background: \|8	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Past Brothers\|16}} Pine Rivers Brothers \|15	9	0	6	339	354\|
15	18
style="background: \|9	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Norths Devils\|16}} Norths Devils \|15	8	0	7	334	332	+2	16
style="background: \|10	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Port Moresby Vipers\|16}} Port Moresby Vipers \|15	8	0	7	323	408\|
85	16
style="background: \|11	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Central Capras\|16}} Central Capras \|15	7	0	8	309	336	−27	14
style="background: \|12	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Burleigh Bears\|16}} Mackay Sea Eagles \|15	6	1	8	306	285	+21	13
style="background: \|13	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Bundaberg Grizzlies\|16}} Bundaberg Grizzlies ¹ \|14	4	0	10	211	348	−137	9
style="background: \|14	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Logan Scorpions\|16}} Logan City Scorpions \|15	3	2	10	236	346	−110	8
style="background: \|15	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Sunshine Coast Falcons\|16}} Sunshine Coast Falcons \|15	1	0	14	184	397	−213	2
style="background: \|16	style="text-align:left;"\|{{leagueicon\|Cairns Cyclones\|16}} Ipswich Jets \|15	0	0	15	138	478	−340	0
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¹Awarded one point due to game being cancelled.

Finals series

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!rowspan=2 width=16%|Home

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Score

!rowspan=2 width=16%|Away

!colspan=6|Match Information

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!width=14%|Date

!width=14%|Venue

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| colspan=7 | Week 1 Qualifying Finals

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| {{leagueicon|Cairns Cyclones|16}} Cairns Cyclones

| 12 – 16

| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} Easts Tigers

| 3 August 1996

| Barlow Park

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| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} Souths Magpies

| 15 – 22

| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Wests Panthers

| 3 August 1996

| Davies Park

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| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

| 12 – 10

| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins

| 3 August 1996

| Athletic Oval

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| colspan=7 | Week 2 Qualifying Finals

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| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} Souths Magpies

| 34 – 6

| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} Easts Tigers

| 10 August 1996

| Davies Park

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| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins

| 30 – 10

| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Wests Panthers

| 11 August 1996

| Dolphin Oval

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| colspan=7 | Semi Finals

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| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Wests Panthers

| 21 – 8

| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} Souths Magpies

| 17 August 1996

| Purtell Park

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| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins

| 6 – 0

| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

| 17 August 1996

| Athletic Oval

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| colspan=7 | Preliminary Final

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| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

| 19 – 8

| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Wests Panthers

| 24 August 1996

| Athletic Oval

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| colspan=7 | Grand Final

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| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins

| 6 – 8

| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

| 31 August 1996

| Suncorp Stadium

Grand Final

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|date = Saturday, 31 August

|time =

|team1 = Redcliffe Dolphins {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}}

|score = 6 – 8

|report = 1st: 0 - 2
2nd: 6 - 6

|team2 = {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} Toowoomba Clydesdales

|points1 = Tries:
Mark Shipway 1
Goals:
Tony Gould 1

|points2 = Tries:
1 Shaun Lawson
Goals:
2 Scott Kuhnemann

|stadium = Suncorp Stadium

|referee = Paul Oliver

|attendance = 6,500

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style="background:#f03;" !align="centre" width="136" style="border: 3px solid red; background: red; color: white"\|Redcliffe Dolphins !align="center" style="background: #eeeeee; color: black"\|Position !align="centre" width="136" style="border: 3px solid red; background: #6495ED; color: #000080"\|Toowoomba Clydesdales
# Barry Denduck \| FB	# Kyle Warren
2. Stephen Leyden	WG	2. Peter Stennier
3. Ricky Hewinson	CE	3. Andrew Richards
4. Mark Shipway	CE	4. Jeffery Slater
5. Aaron Douglas	WG	5. Darren Lawson
6. Tom O'Reilly	FE	6. Cameron Hamblin
7. Peter Robinson	HB	7. Damian Fry
8. Grant Cleal	PR	8. Russell Voll
9. Darren Smallhorne	HK	9. Mick Jenkins
10. Danny Nutley	PR	10. Kayne Spicer
11. Ian Graham (c)	SR	11. Scott Kuhnemann
12. Kahu Tweedie	SR	12. Tony Evans
13. Tony Gould	LK	13. Don Saunders (c)
14. Graham Cotter	Bench	14. Paul Sutton
15. James Hinchey	Bench	15. Ross Murray
16. Bevan Canning	Bench	16. Shaun Lawson
17. Cameron Hurren	Bench	17. Craig Scanlan
John Boxsell	Coach	Gary Lawrence

The inaugural Queensland Cup Grand Final featured minor premiers, the Toowoomba Clydesdales, and the second placed Redcliffe Dolphins, in what would be the fourth meeting between the two sides in 1996. The first encounter was in Round 13, with Redcliffe defeating Toowoomba 18-8 to secure the two competition points. The sides then met twice in the final series, with both matches being low-scoring, defensive battles. In the qualifying final, the Clydesdales recorded a narrow 12-10 win over the Dolphins, while two weeks later Redcliffe held on for a 6-0 victory to progress to the Grand Final.

= First half =

Toowoomba second-rower Scott Kuhnemann recorded the only points in the first half, kicking a penalty goal in the 21st minute. This came after Redcliffe captain Ian Graham and Toowoomba's Paul Sutton were both sin binned for fighting.

= Second half =

The first try of the final was eventually scored by Clydesdales' interchange player Shaun Lawson, who dummied and stepped through the Dolphins' defence to score under the posts. Redcliffe then hit back through centre Mark Shipway, who received the ball 35 metres out from the try line and sprinted around the Toowoomba defence to get his side back into the contest.

Redcliffe were then denied twice in the dying minutes by the Clydesdales' defence. Halfback Peter Robinson was stopped just before the line by Toowoomba fullback Kyle Warren, who knocked himself unconscious in the process, while Cameron Hurren had the ball knocked out of his arms, just moments later, as he went over the try line. As of 2019, the 8–6 scoreline is still the lowest ever in a Queensland Cup Grand Final.

Player statistics

The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 15.

= Leading try scorers =

Pos !width=120 \|Player !Team !Tries
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bgcolor="#d0ffd0" \| rowspan = 2 \|1	align="left"\|Ricky Hewinson	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Redcliffe\|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins	15
bgcolor="#d0ffd0" \|align="left"\|Floyd Hill	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Souths Magpies\|16}} Souths Magpies	15
rowspan = 1 \|3	align="left"\|Robert Volu	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Port Moresby Vipers\|16}} Port Moresby Vipers	14
rowspan = 2 \|4	align="left"\|Seko Pae	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Port Moresby Vipers\|16}} Port Moresby Vipers	13
align="left"\|Robbie Schmidt	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Cairns Cyclones\|16}} Cairns Cyclones	13

= Leading point scorers =

Pos !width=120 \|Player !Team !width=20 \|T !width=20 \|G !width=20 \|FG !width=20 \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor="#d0ffd0" \| rowspan = 1 \|1	align="left"\|James Brown	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Wests Panthers\|16}} Wests Panthers	6	50\|
\|124
rowspan = 1 \|2	align="left"\|Ron Troutman	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Wynnum-Manly\|16}} Wynnum Seagulls	7	45\|
\|118
rowspan = 1 \|3	align="left"\|Scott Maguire	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Brothers\|16}} Pine Rivers Brothers	4	50	1	117
rowspan = 1 \|4	align="left"\|Floyd Hill	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Souths Magpies\|16}} Souths Magpies	15	28\|
\|116
rowspan = 1 \|5	align="left"\|Brendan Liston	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Balmain\|16}} Easts Tigers	3	40\|
\|92

End-of-season awards

Courier Mail Medal: Alan Wieland ({{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Wests Panthers)
Rookie of the Year: Brendan Liston ({{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} Easts Tigers)

Brisbane Rugby League

The Queensland Rugby League also decided to continue the tradition of crowning a Brisbane club premier as was tradition since 1922. The competition, which was run as a second-tier title, started with the Brisbane teams who missed the finals, with the finalists filtering in upon their elimination from the Queensland Cup finals.

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! rowspan="2" width="16%" |Home

! rowspan="2" width="5%" |Score

! rowspan="2" width="16%" |Away

! colspan="4" |Match Information

bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

! width="14%" |Date

! width="14%" |Venue

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| colspan="5" | Week 1 Qualifying Finals

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| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls|16}} Wynnum Seagulls

| 28 – 22

| {{leagueicon|Cairns Cyclones|16}} Ipswich Jets

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| {{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} Norths Devils

| 28 – 20

| {{leagueicon|Logan Scorpions|16}} Logan City Scorpions

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| colspan="5" | Week 2 Qualifying Finals

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| {{leagueicon|Past Brothers|16}} Pine Rivers Brothers

| 28 – 4

| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls|16}} Wynnum Seagulls

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| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} Easts Tigers ¹

| 20 – 14

| {{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} Norths Devils

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| colspan="5" | Minor Semi Final

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| {{leagueicon|Past Brothers|16}} Pine Rivers Brothers

| 19 – 18

| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} Easts Tigers ¹

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| colspan="5" |Major Semi Final

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| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} Souths Magpies

| 24 – 16

| {{leagueicon|Past Brothers|16}} Pine Rivers Brothers

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| colspan="5" | Preliminary Final

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| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} Souths Magpies

| 22 – 16

| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Wests Panthers

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| colspan="5" | Grand Final

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| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins

| 16 – 12

| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} Souths Magpies

| Suncorp Stadium

Source:{{Cite web |title=Rugby League – Welcome to Roger's Website |url=https://www.rogerswebsite.com/rugby-league/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en-US}}

References

Category:1996 in Australian rugby league

Category:Queensland Cup

Category:1996 in Papua New Guinean sport

Pos !width=120 \|Player !Team !Tries
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor="#d0ffd0" \| rowspan = 2 \|1	align="left"\|Ricky Hewinson	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Redcliffe\|16}} Redcliffe Dolphins	15
bgcolor="#d0ffd0" \|align="left"\|Floyd Hill	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Souths Magpies\|16}} Souths Magpies	15
rowspan = 1 \|3	align="left"\|Robert Volu	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Port Moresby Vipers\|16}} Port Moresby Vipers	14
rowspan = 2 \|4	align="left"\|Seko Pae	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Port Moresby Vipers\|16}} Port Moresby Vipers	13
align="left"\|Robbie Schmidt	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Cairns Cyclones\|16}} Cairns Cyclones	13

Pos !width=120 \|Player !Team !width=20 \|T !width=20 \|G !width=20 \|FG !width=20 \|Pts
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor="#d0ffd0" \| rowspan = 1 \|1	align="left"\|James Brown	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Wests Panthers\|16}} Wests Panthers	6	50\|
\|124
rowspan = 1 \|2	align="left"\|Ron Troutman	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Wynnum-Manly\|16}} Wynnum Seagulls	7	45\|
\|118
rowspan = 1 \|3	align="left"\|Scott Maguire	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Brothers\|16}} Pine Rivers Brothers	4	50	1	117
rowspan = 1 \|4	align="left"\|Floyd Hill	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Souths Magpies\|16}} Souths Magpies	15	28\|
\|116
rowspan = 1 \|5	align="left"\|Brendan Liston	align="left"\|{{leagueicon\|Balmain\|16}} Easts Tigers	3	40\|
\|92

1996 Queensland Cup

Teams

Regular season

Ladder

Finals series

Grand Final

= First half =

= Second half =

Player statistics

= Leading try scorers =

= Leading point scorers =

End-of-season awards

Brisbane Rugby League

See also

References