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2011 was the fourth competitive season for the
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based Skill360 Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 12 clubs that played in the sixteenth season of
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's top
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competition, QRL's
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, with each team playing 11 home games and 11 away games over 25 weeks between March and September. Pride Oval and Leagues Club on Irene Street, Mooroobool were costing the club about $19,000 a month to run, an unsustainable drain on their funds. Plans to build a sports facility were delayed due to the
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and at the end of 2010, the club sold the facility to
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for $2.5 million. Council agreed to maintain the facility as a sports field for the community and not allow residential development at the site. The Pride were given a six-month lease, and when it expired in May 2011, the club decided not to renew and moved their training sessions back to Jones Park, Westcourt. Pride Oval was leased to
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Kangaroos, and became Vico Oval and Kangaroos Leagues Club once again. The Pride's continued to play home games at
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and the administration offices were at Mann Street. Foundation captain
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retired after the Grand Final win last year, and was appointed as CEO, replacing John Moore. The new captain was Ty Williams, who began playing
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in Innisfail, played for the
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in QCup, played 151 games for the
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's
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(2002-2010) as a , and , scoring 85 tries, the third-most in club history. He represented
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in State of Origin and played for the Indigenous All Stars (2008, 2010). As one of the Cowboy's player allocation, Williams had made 25 appearances for the Pride between 2008 and 2010, scoring 12 tries, before retiring from the Cowboys at the end of 2010. The Pride gained a mascot for home games, 'Rambo the Razorback'. The Round 20 away game against
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was relocated from the Magpies home ground in Brisbane to Yusia Ginau Oval,
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on Cape York in an effort to raise money for the Magpies who were struggling to attract crowds at their home venue. Both teams wore special Indigenous themed jerseys and the game attracted 2000 spectators, and was so successful that the following year, QRL introduced the 'Country Week' concept. The Pride started the year strong, winning the first five rounds. This meant the Pride had not lost a game since Round 13 last year - 17 consecutive wins, a
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record, previously held by the
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and
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with 16 consecutive wins. Their Round 5 win, 60-10 over the SC Sea Eagles was the biggest winning score in the Pride's history and the first time they had beaten the Sunny Coast. The victory set several club records, including the biggest winning margin in the club's history, the most tries by the Pride in a single game, and the most goals in a single Pride game (Chey Bird, 10). After a draw in Round 6 and a win in Round 7, they were unbeaten after 19 matches. In Round 8 the Pride led the
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12-0 at half-time, but were beater 22-18, their first defeat in eleven months. The Pride finished the 2011 season in second place, and had a decisive victory in their home Preliminary Final against the
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, but were eliminated after losing the semi-final 26–20 to
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. Although the Pride were entitled to host the semi-final, the match was scheduled to be televised, and ABC TV still did not have the ability for outside broadcast from FNQ, so the match was played at
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, Redcliffe. This was the second time a Pride home finals game had been moved to Brisbane to accommodate the
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's lack of flexibility, (the other time was in 2009), and the Pride lost substantial amount of game-day revenue playing in front of a small crowd at a neutral venue.


2011 Season – Skill360 Northern Pride

:* Competition:
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:* Sponsor: Skill360


Staff


Coaches/trainers

:* Coach: David Maiden. :* Assistant coach:
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:*
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U-18s coach: Leon Hallie :*
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U-16s coach: Cameron 'Spilla' Miller :* Strength and conditioning coach: Scott Callaghan


Captains

:* Ty Williams :* Ben Laity (Pre-season Trial) :* Chey Bird (Pre-season Trial, Rounds 10-17 & 20)


Managers

:* Team manager: Rob White :* Office Manager: Sheron McDougall :* Club captain: Ben Laity :* Business development manager: Brock Schaefer :* Chief executive:
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:* Chairman: Bob Fowler :* Board of Directors: Nigel Tillett, Craig Meiklejohn, Anthony Mirotsos, Bob Fowler.


2011 squad

The Pride used 34 players this season. Sixteen players from last year signed with the club again, and two of the Cowboys allocation players from last year were assigned to the Pride again this year. Fifteen new players made their debut this season; eight were new signings (Aidan Day, Davin Crampton, Lancen Joudo, Luke Saunders, Mick Wilson, Ryan Ghietti, Shaun Nona and Sheldon Powe-Hobbs), and seven were new Cowboys allocation players ( Blake Leary*,
Cory Paterson Cory Paterson (born 14 July 1987) is a retired Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a forward. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights, North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers in the NRL and Hull Kingsto ...
*, Jack Cooper*,
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*,
Kalifa Faifai Loa Kalifa Faifai Loa (born 29 January 1991) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup. A New Zealand and Samoa international representative, he previously played for the North ...
*, Ricky Thorby* and Will Tupou*). Ty Williams, who had played 25 games for the Pride as a Cowboys allocated player between 2008 and 2010, retired from the
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and signed to the Pride. Joel Riethmuller* signed to the Cowboys and was allocated to the Pride. Ty Williams (c)
Aidan Day
Alex Starmer
Ben Fitzpatrick
Ben Laity
Ben Spina Ben Spina ( ) (born 26 April 1988) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He plays at and . Background Born in Sydney while his father, Laurie ...

Brenton Bowen
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Chey Bird
Davin Crampton
Hezron Murgha
Jason Roos Lancen Joudo
Luke Harlen
Luke Saunders
Mark Cantoni Mark Cantoni (born May 29, 1979) is a former rugby league footballer for the Pia Donkeys in the Elite One Championship and Northern Pride RLFC, Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup rugby league football competition. He has represented the Queen ...

Mark Dalle Cort Mark Dalle Cort (born 19 May 1982 in Ayr, Queensland) was a professional rugby league footballer who most recently played for the Northern Pride RLFC in the Queensland Cup he previously played for St George Illawarra Dragons & North Queensland ...

Mick Wilson
Noel Underwood
Rod Jensen
Ryan Ghietti
Shaun Nona
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs Aisea Namoa
Francis Mosby
Nathan Kepa
Theeran Pearson
Tom Hancock Blake Leary*
Cory Paterson Cory Paterson (born 14 July 1987) is a retired Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a forward. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights, North Queensland Cowboys and the Wests Tigers in the NRL and Hull Kingsto ...
*
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*
Jack Cooper*
Joel Riethmuller*
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*
Michael Bani Michael Bani (born 3 July 1984) is an Indigenous Australia and PNG former professional rugby league footballer. He was last contracted to the Canberra Raiders, and has previously played in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the North Queenslan ...
*
Ricky Thorby*
Scott Bolton*

Rounds 1-6: Pride; Rounds 7-22:
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:
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*
Will Tupou*

Allocated but did not play for the Pride in 2011:
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*


2011 player gains


Player losses after 2010 season


Cowboys no longer allocated to the Pride

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2011 season launch

:* Pre-Season Training: 23 November 2010. :* Pre-Season Boot Camp: Djarragun Farm in the Goldsborough Valley, 18–19 December 2010. 110 players and coaching staff from all three squads (First Grade, Under-18 and Under-16) attended the boot camp. :* Corporate launch: 14 March 14, 2011, Cairns Colonial Club, Manoora. :* Season launch: 12 March 2011, Esplanade Lagoon,
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.


2011 player awards

Friday 30 September 2011, All Seasons Colonial Club,
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:* Northern Pride Player of the Year: Jason Roos :* Inaugural Calanna Pharmacy Member's Player of the Year: Chey Bird :* Players' Player: Joel Riethmuller :* Best back player:
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:* Best forward player: Luke Harlen :* Most improved player:
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:* John O'Brien Perpetual Club Person of the Year: Chey Bird :* Australia Day Awards, 25 January 2011: Senior Sports Person Award:
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.


2011 player records

: (Records to end of the 2011 season) :* Most Games – Ben Laity 96,
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i 89, Chey Bird 85, Jason Roos 81, Joel Riethmuller* 67. :* Most Points – Chey Bird 542,
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174, Rod Jensen 136, Ryan Stig 128,
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116. :* Most Tries – Rod Jensen 34,
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29,
Mark Cantoni Mark Cantoni (born May 29, 1979) is a former rugby league footballer for the Pia Donkeys in the Elite One Championship and Northern Pride RLFC, Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup rugby league football competition. He has represented the Queen ...
25, Chey Bird 22,
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20. :*
Brett Anderson Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer best known as the lead singer and primary lyricist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he fronted the Tears with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler in 2004â ...
scored 15 tries this season – the highest try scorer for the Pride and the third highest in the
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this season. :* Chey Bird scored 198 points this season – 4 tries and 91 goals. He was the second highest point scorer in the
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this season.


2011 representative players

:
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(2011 World Cup Qualifier), 2 appearances.


Players selected for the 2011

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team

:
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: Hezron Murgha.


Players signed to first-tier teams


2011 Jerseys

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(Round 12,
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) File:Northern Pride NPA jersey 2011.png, 2011 NPA Region
(Round 20,
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Special playing strips

:* 2011:
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green jersey worn in Round 15, Friday 8 July 2010 at
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for the game against the
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. :* 2011: Special NPA Region indigenous jersey designed by Mario Assan for the Round 20 game, Saturday 20 August 2011 at Yusia Ginau Oval,
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against
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. The design incorporates: ::- The five communities of the NPA Region: Injinoo,
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,
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,
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and
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, the communities are represented on the five dots on the boomerang. ::- The five tribes the
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of the NPA Region ( Anggamuthi, Atambaya, Wuthati,
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and
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). The tribes are depicted through the five rivers that stream from the bottom of the boomerang. ::- The main centrepiece of the design the Torres Strait Headress (Dhari) traditionally known as a Dhibal, is from
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, which makes up the majority of the
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population in the NPA which migrated to the NPA throughout the 1940s. The Dhari as a significant importance in TSI culture, the initiation of young men into warriors, celebrated through dance and ceremonies. ::- The boomerang represents the Aboriginal peoples of the NPA, used in hunting and gathering and significant ceremonies ----


Trial Matches

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Intrust Super Cup matches

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2011 Ladder


Northern Pride (regular season 2011)

* Win = 15 (9 of 11 home games, 6 of 11 away games) * Loss = 5 (1 of 11 home games, 4 of 11 away games) * Draw = 2 (1 of 11 home games, 1 of 11 away games)


Finals Series


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2011 Northern Pride players


North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Pride in 2011


2011 venues

The Pride played matches at 14 different venues this year, 13 in Queensland and one in NSW: * Callendar Park, Innisfail. *
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. * Rugby Park, (
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, Gold Coast. *
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. * Shark Park,
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. * Piggabeen Sports Complex, Tweed Heads West. *
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. * Stockland Park,
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. *
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, Redcliffe. * Yusia Ginau Oval, (
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, Cape York. * Albert Bishop Park,
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. *
Dolphin Oval Dolphin Stadium, commercially known as Kayo Stadium, is a sports stadium in the suburb of Kippa-Ring in the City of Moreton Bay, north of the adjoining Brisbane metropolitan city, Queensland, Australia. Formerly known as Moreton Daily Stadium ...
, Redcliffe.


2011 Televised Games

In 2011 games were televised by ABC TV and shown live across Queensland through the
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channel at 2.00pm (AEST) on Saturday afternoons. The commentary team was Gerry Collins,
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and David Wright. In 2011 the Pride appeared in four televised games: * Round 6: Northern Pride drew 12–12 with
Ipswich Jets The Ipswich Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Ipswich, Queensland. Their name comes from nearby RAAF Base Amberley, one of the largest airbases in Australia. The Jets compete in the Queensland Cup competition. Original ...
at
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,
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. * Round 11: Northern Pride lost 12–26 to
Tweed Heads Seagulls The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls or Tweed Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales. It is one of only two club teams based outside of Queensland to play in the Queensland C ...
at Piggabeen Sports Complex,
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. * Round 13: Northern Pride lost 28–30 to
Wynnum-Manly Seagulls The Wynnum Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1951 to 1997. Sinc ...
at
BMD Kougari Oval The BMD Kougari Oval is a sports venue in the suburb of Manly West in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Since 1967, it has been the home of the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls, a rugby league club playing in the Queensland Cup.Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ...
. * Semi-Final: Northern Pride lost 20–26 to
Tweed Heads Seagulls The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls or Tweed Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales. It is one of only two club teams based outside of Queensland to play in the Queensland C ...
at
Dolphin Oval Dolphin Stadium, commercially known as Kayo Stadium, is a sports stadium in the suburb of Kippa-Ring in the City of Moreton Bay, north of the adjoining Brisbane metropolitan city, Queensland, Australia. Formerly known as Moreton Daily Stadium ...
, Redcliffe.


References


External links


Official Website: northernpride.com.au
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2011 Northern Pride match video highlights
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Northern Pride RLFC Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club is a semi-professional Queensland rugby league club based in Cairns. Founded in 2007 they represent Far North Queensland, and compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, Queensland Rugby Leag ...