1995 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 1995 North Queensland Cowboys season was the first in the club's history. Coached by Grant Bell and captained by Laurie Spina, they competed in the Australian Rugby League's 1995 Winfield Cup premiership, finishing in last place.

Season Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Manly-Warringah	22	20	0	2	687	248	+439	40
2	Canberra	22	20	0	2	634	255	+379	40
3	Brisbane	22	17	0	5	600	364	+236	34
4	Cronulla-Sutherland	22	16	0	6	516	287	+229	32
5	Newcastle	22	15	0	7	549	396	+153	30
6	Sydney Bulldogs	22	14	0	8	468	352	+116	28
7	St. George	22	13	0	9	583	382	+201	26
8	North Sydney	22	11	2	9	542	331	+211	24
9	Sydney City	22	12	0	10	466	406	+60	24
10	Auckland	22	13	0	9	544	493	+51	24
11	Western Reds	22	11	0	11	361	549	-188	22
12	Illawarra	22	10	1	11	519	431	+88	21
13	Western Suburbs	22	10	0	12	459	534	-75	20
14	Penrith	22	9	0	13	481	484	-3	18
15	Sydney Tigers	22	7	0	15	309	591	-282	14
16	South Queensland	22	6	1	15	303	502	-199	13
17	Gold Coast	22	4	1	17	350	628	-278	9
18	South Sydney	22	4	1	17	319	686	-367	9
19	Parramatta	22	3	0	19	310	690	-380	6
20	North Queensland	22	2	0	20	269	660	-391	4

Auckland Warriors were stripped of 2 competition points due to exceeding the replacement limit in one game.

Squad

Thirty nine players were used by the club in 1995.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Cowboys Debut	App	T	G	FG	Pts
1	Spina, LaurieLaurie Spina	AUS !	HB / FE	11 March	13	1	0	0	4
2	Gibson, DamianDamian Gibson	AUS !	FB / WG	11 March	20	3	1	0	14
3	Bouveng, DavidDavid Bouveng	AUS !	WG / CE	11 March	16	9	0	0	36
4	Vowles, AdrianAdrian Vowles	AUS !	CE / FE	11 March	20	3	2	0	16
5	Morganson, WillieWillie Morganson	AUS !	CE	11 March	8	2	0	0	8
6	Skardon, JohnJohn Skardon	AUS !	WG	11 March	16	3	0	0	12
7	Dunemann, IanIan Dunemann	AUS !	FE / HB	11 March	13	2	7	0	22
8	Bella, MartinMartin Bella	AUS !	PR	11 March	14	0	0	0	0
9	Schifilliti, DeanDean Schifilliti	AUS !	HK	11 March	1	0	0	0	0
10	Whittington, AndrewAndrew Whittington	AUS !	PR / HK	11 March	11	0	0	0	0
11	Sing, WayneWayne Sing	AUS !	SR	11 March	20	0	0	0	0
12	Russell, IanIan Russell	AUS !	SR	11 March	11	0	0	0	0
13	Galea, PaulPaul Galea	AUS !	LK / CE	11 March	19	4	0	0	16
14	Christensen, ShaneShane Christensen	AUS !	HK	11 March	10	1	0	0	4
15	Solomon, NoelNoel Solomon	AUS !	CE / FE	11 March	6	0	0	0	0
16	Bartlett, GeorgeGeorge Bartlett	AUS !	LK	11 March	21	2	0	0	8
17	Groves, LeighLeigh Groves	AUS !	LK / FE	11 March	17	1	0	0	4
18	Maiden, DavidDavid Maiden	SCO !	PR	19 March	2	0	0	0	0
19	Sinclair, BruceBruce Sinclair	AUS !	PR	19 March	11	0	0	0	0
20	Morris, PaulPaul Morris	AUS !	SR	19 March	2	0	0	0	0
21	Mathiou, JamieJamie Mathiou	AUS ! /	PR	19 March	7	1	0	0	4
22	Murphey, GlenGlen Murphey	AUS !	WG	26 March	1	0	0	0	0
23	Holmes, StevenSteven Holmes	AUS !	PR	1 April	5	0	2	0	4
24	Loomans, JustinJustin Loomans	AUS !	WG	1 April	16	9	0	0	36
25	Erba, JasonJason Erba	AUS !	HK	1 April	5	0	0	0	0
26	Jones, PeterPeter Jones	AUS !	CE	8 April	12	2	0	0	8
27	Menkins, CraigCraig Menkins	AUS !	HK	22 April	4	0	0	0	0
28	Teitzel, CraigCraig Teitzel	AUS !	PR	30 April	12	0	0	0	0
29	Davies, JonathanJonathan Davies	WAL !	CE	20 May	9	1	19	1	43
30	Martin, JasonJason Martin	AUS !	HB	4 June	8	3	0	0	12
31	Piva, RobertRobert Piva	NZL !	PR /SR	4 June	9	0	0	0	0
32	Hogue, MichaelMichael Hogue	AUS !	CE / LK	1 July	4	0	0	0	0
33	Anderson, FaronFaron Anderson	AUS !	CE	8 July	2	0	0	0	0
34	Cressbrook, ReggieReggie Cressbrook	AUS !	FE	8 July	8	0	5	0	10
35	Bowman, PaulPaul Bowman	AUS !	WG	15 July	7	1	0	0	4
36	Blackman, RayRay Blackman	AUS !	CE / LK	6 August	3	1	0	0	4
37	Ketchell, AaronAaron Ketchell	AUS !	CE	12 August	3	0	0	0	0
38	Slade, NoelNoel Slade	AUS !	FE	27 August	1	0	0	0	0
39	Meads, AndrewAndrew Meads	AUS !	CE	27 August	1	0	0	0	0

All these players captained the team at some point during the season.

Laurie Spina (2), Paul Galea (1), Bruce Sinclair (4), Jason Martin (5), Jonathan Davies (3), Adrian Vowles (3)

Staff

Chairman: Ron McLean
Chief Executive Officer: Kerry Boustead
Football Manager:

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Grant Bell
Reserve Grade Coach:
Coaching & Development Manager:
U16 Grade Coach & Development Officer:
U16 Grade Co-coach:

Statistics

Won 2; Lost 20
PF: 269; PA: 660

Club honours

Player of the Year: Wayne Sing^[1]

References

↑ Honours at cowboys.com.au

North Queensland Cowboys

Est. 1995 in Townsville, Queensland

The club	History Records Honours Players Coaches Representatives

Home ground	1300SMILES Stadium Townsville Stadium (future)

Culture	Queensland derby

League	ARL SL NRL

Titles	Premierships (1) 2015

Seasons (22)	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Present Holden Cup Auckland Nines Past New South Wales Cup

Affiliations	Current Mackay Cutters Northern Pride Townsville Blackhawks Past North Queensland Young Guns

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