2024 North Queensland Cowboys Women season

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2024 North Queensland Cowboys Women season
NRLW Rank6th
2024 recordWins: 4; draws: 0; losses: 5
Points scoredFor: 137; against: 218
Team information
CEOJeff Reibel
CoachRicky Henry
Captain
StadiumQueensland Country Bank Stadium
Avg. attendance1,648
High attendance2,427 (vs. St George Illawarra, Rd 2)
Top scorers
TriesJakiya Whitfeld (6)
GoalsKirra Dibb (18)
PointsKirra Dibb (41)
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 North Queensland Cowboys Women season was the 2nd in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Henry and captained by Kirra Dibb and Tallisha Harden, they competed in the NRLW's 2024 Telstra Women's Premiership. Henry, who was also head coach of the Kiwi Ferns, replaced inaugural coach Ben Jeffries, who moved to the Newcastle Knights.[1]

Season summary

Milestones

Squad

North Queensland Cowboys 2024 NRLW Squad
NRLW Squad – 2024 season Development Players Coaching Staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • David Faiumu
  • Alicia-Kate Hawke
  • Anita Creenaune (Head of Elite Programs)
  • Daniel Strickland (Head of Performance)
  • Larissa Di Bella (Sports Scientist)
  • Ebony Bray (Team Doctor)
  • Maggie Dwyer (Physiotherapist)

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 31 May 2024
Source(s): NQ Cowboys


Squad movement

Gains

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Harata Butler File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks
2025
Caitlin Tanner File:Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls
2024
Lavinia Tauhalaliku File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Sea Eagles (mid-season)
2024
Jazmon Tupou-Witchman File:South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs (mid-season)
2024
Jakiya Whitfeld File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
2026

Losses

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Shaylee Joseph File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
2024
Sera Koroi File:Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Sunnybank Rugby
2024
Mia Middleton File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
2024
April Ngatupuna File:Queensland colours.svg Queensland Reds
2024
Jessikah Reeves File:Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Western Clydesdales
2024
Merewalesi Rokouono File:Yorkcolours.svg Fijiana Drua
2024
Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly Released

Ladder

2024 NRLW season
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 9 7 0 2 272 156 +116 14
2 File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 9 7 0 2 222 112 +110 14
3 File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 6 0 3 238 132 +106 12
4 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 9 6 0 3 146 122 +24 12
5 File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 9 5 0 4 160 184 -24 10
6 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 9 4 0 5 137 218 -81 8
7 File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 9 3 0 6 194 216 -22 6
8 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 9 3 0 6 128 191 -63 6
9 File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 9 2 0 7 178 234 -56 4
10 File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 9 2 0 7 108 218 -110 4

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Sunday, 14 July Trial 1 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Alley Park 28 – 12 Peters (2), Blackwell, Goldthorp, T Raftstrand-Smith, Tillett
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 27 July Round 1 File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks PointsBet Stadium 0–14 1,257
Sunday, 4 August Round 2 File:St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Queensland Country Bank Stadium 38–34 T. Raftstrand-Smith (2), Whitfeld (2), Goldthorp, Peacock, Peters Dibb (5/7)
Sunday, 11 August Round 3 File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Totally Workwear Stadium 6–20 Polata Dibb (1/1) 1,393
Saturday, 17 August Round 4 File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Queensland Country Bank Stadium 11–10 Goldthorp, Whitfeld Dibb (1/2, 1 FG) 1,458
Saturday, 24 August Round 5 File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 28–18 Naikore (2), Peters (2), Blackwell, T. Raftstrand-Smith Dibb (2/6) 4,177
Sunday, 1 September Round 6 File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Totally Workwear Stadium 12–38 T. Raftstrand-Smith, Whitfeld Dibb
Saturday, 7 September Round 7 File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Queensland Country Bank Stadium 24–22 Faifua, Peters, Tauhalaliku, Whitfeld Dibb (4/4) 1,314
Sunday, 15 September Round 8 File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Industree Group Stadium 12–24 Dibb, Whitfeld Dibb (2/2)
Saturday, 21 September Round 9 File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Queensland Country Bank Stadium 6–38 Chester Dibb (1/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Essay Banu 7
Krystal Blackwell 8 1 4
Harata Butler 4
Bree Chester 9 1 4
Kirra Dibb 9 1 18 1 41
Jetaya Faifua 6 1 4
Alisha Foord 3
Fran Goldthorp 8 2 8
Tallisha Harden 9
Shellie Long 3
Emma Manzelmann 9
Sareka Mooka 6
Vitalina Naikore 4 2 8
Lily Peacock 8 1 4
Jasmine Peters 9 4 16
China Polata 6 1 4
Shaniah Power 5
Ebony Raftstrand-Smith 1
Tiana Raftstrand-Smith 8 4 16
Libby Surha 4
Lavinia Tauhalaliku 4 1 4
Tahlulah Tillett 9
Jazmon Tupou-Witchman 1
Makenzie Weale 2
Jakiya Whitfeld 9 6 24
Lillian Yarrow 3
Totals 25 18 1 137

Representatives

The following players played a representative match in 2024.

All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Prime Minister's XIII Pacific Championships
Essay Banu
Indigenous All Stars
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Krystal Blackwell
Indigenous All Stars
Australia
Bree Chester
Indigenous All Stars
Australia
Kirra Dibb
Indigenous All Stars
Australia
Jetaya Faifua
Samoa
Tallisha Harden
Indigenous All Stars
Ana Malupo
Tonga
Emma Manzelmann
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Australia
Sareka Mooka
Indigenous All Stars
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Vitalina Naikore
Fiji
Lily Peacock
Indigenous All Stars
Australia
Jasmine Peters
Indigenous All Stars
Tiana Raftstrand-Smith
Maori All Stars
Lavinia Tauhalaliku
Tonga
Jazmon Tupou-Witchman
Cook Islands
Makenzie Weale
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Jakiya Whitfeld
Australia

Honours

Club

References

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