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{{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 <br> {{leagueicon|Western Suburbs|16}} Floyd Hill (14)
 | player of the year = {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} Alan Wieland
 | prevseason_year = 
 | nextseason_year = [[1997 Queensland Cup|1997]]
}}

The '''1996 Queensland Cup season''' was the 1st season of Queensland's premier statewide competition.<ref>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</ref> 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 It was subsequently superseded by the Queensland Cup.<ref>''Wikipedia'' [[Winfield State League]] ''Retrieved'' 17 Dec 2007</ref>
At this time it was considered as the second highest league, directly under the [[Brisbane Rugby League]]. It would run under the [[Brisbane Rugby League|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|south east Queensland]], two from [[north Queensland]] and one each from [[central Queensland]] and [[Papua New Guinea]].

{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; text-align:left"
|-
! style="background:white; width:1%" | Colours
! 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}}}}
| '''[[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|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 Scorpions|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}}}}
| '''[[Past Brothers|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 Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]'''
| [[Davies Park]]
|-
| {{center|1= {{leagueicon|Sunshine Coast|size=16}}}}
| '''[[Sunshine Coast Falcons]]'''
| [[Sunshine Coast Stadium|Kawana Sports Ground]]
|-
| {{center|1= {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|size=16}}}}
| '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]'''
| [[Clive Berghofer Stadium|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.<ref>''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 2007</ref><ref>''Queensland 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</ref>

== Ladder ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!colspan="11" | 1996 Queensland Cup
|-
!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 Logan Magpies|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]][[#fn 1|<sup>1</sup>]]
|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}} [[Past Brothers|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 Bulldogs|Port Moresby Vipers]]
|15||8||0||7||323||408||-85||'''16'''
|-style="background:
|'''11'''||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Central Capras|16}} [[Queensland Rugby League Central Division|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]][[#fn 1|<sup>1</sup>]]
|14||4||0||10||211||348||−137||'''9'''
|-style="background:
|'''14'''||style="text-align:left;"|{{leagueicon|Logan Scorpions|16}} [[Logan Scorpions|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'''
|-style="background:
|}
<span id="fn 1"></span> <sup>1</sup>Awarded one point due to game being cancelled.

== Finals series ==
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF 
!rowspan=2 width=16%|Home
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Score 
!rowspan=2 width=16%|Away
!colspan=6|Match Information
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF 
!width=14%|Date
!width=14%|Venue
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
|  colspan=7 | '''Week 1 Qualifying Finals'''
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Cairns Cyclones|16}} '''[[Cairns Cyclones]]''' 
| 12 – 16 
| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} [[Easts Tigers]]
| 3 August 1996
| [[Barlow Park]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]   
| 15 – 22
| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} '''[[Wests Panthers]]'''
| 3 August 1996
| [[Davies Park]]
|-bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]'''
| 12 – 10 
| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]]  
| 3 August 1996
| [[Clive Berghofer Stadium|Athletic Oval]]
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
|  colspan=7 | '''Week 2 Qualifying Finals'''
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} '''[[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]'''
| 34 – 6
| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} [[Easts Tigers]] 
| 10 August 1996
| [[Davies Park]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]'''
| 30 – 10 
| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} [[Wests Panthers]]  
| 11 August 1996
| [[Dolphin Oval]]
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
|  colspan=7 | '''Semi Finals'''
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} '''[[Wests Panthers]]'''  
| 21 – 8
| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]
| 17 August 1996
| [[Purtell Park]]
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} '''[[Redcliffe Dolphins]]'''  
| 6 – 0 
| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]
| 17 August 1996
| [[Clive Berghofer Stadium|Athletic Oval]]
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
|  colspan=7 | '''Preliminary Final'''
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]'''
| 19 – 8
| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} [[Wests Panthers]]
| 24 August 1996
| [[Clive Berghofer Stadium|Athletic Oval]]
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
|  colspan=7 | '''Grand Final'''
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF 
| {{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] 
| 6 – 8
| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]'''
| 31 August 1996
| [[Suncorp Stadium]]
|}

== Grand Final ==
{{rugbyleaguebox
|bg         = #f1f5fc
|date       = Saturday, 31 August
|time       =
|team1      = [[Redcliffe Dolphins]] {{leagueicon|Redcliffe|16}}
|score      = 6 – 8
|report     = 1st: 0 - 2<br/>2nd: 6 - 6
|team2      = {{leagueicon|Toowoomba Clydesdales|16}} [[Toowoomba Clydesdales]]
|points1    = '''Tries:'''<br>[[Mark Shipway]] '''1'''<br>'''Goals:'''<br>Tony Gould '''1'''
|points2    = '''Tries:'''<br>'''1''' Shaun Lawson<br>'''Goals:'''<br> '''2''' Scott Kuhnemann
|stadium    = [[Suncorp Stadium]]
|referee    = Paul Oliver
|attendance = 6,500
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:90%; text-align:center; margin-left:1em;"
|- 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
| [[Rugby league positions#Fullback|FB]] ||
# [[Kyle Warren]]
|-
|2. Stephen Leyden|| [[Wing (rugby league)|WG]] || 2. Peter Stennier
|-
|3. Ricky Hewinson|| [[Rugby league positions#Centre|CE]] || 3. Andrew Richards
|-
|4. [[Mark Shipway]]|| [[Rugby league positions#Centre|CE]] || 4. Jeffery Slater
|-
|5. [[Aaron Douglas (rugby league)|Aaron Douglas]]|| [[Wing (rugby league)|WG]] || 5. Darren Lawson
|-
|6. [[Tom O'Reilly (rugby league)|Tom O'Reilly]]|| [[Five-eighth|FE]] || 6. Cameron Hamblin
|-
|7. Peter Robinson|| [[Rugby league positions#Scrum half|HB]] || 7. Damian Fry
|-
|8. Grant Cleal|| [[Rugby league positions#Prop forwards|PR]] || 8. Russell Voll
|-
|9. Darren Smallhorne|| [[Hooker (rugby league)|HK]] || 9. [[Mick Jenkins (rugby league)|Mick Jenkins]]
|-
|10. [[Danny Nutley]]|| [[Rugby league positions#Prop forwards|PR]] || 10. Kayne Spicer
|-
|11. [[Ian Graham (rugby league)|Ian Graham]] (c)|| [[Rugby league positions#Second row forwards|SR]] || 11. Scott Kuhnemann
|-
|12. Kahu Tweedie|| [[Rugby league positions#Second row forwards|SR]] || 12. Tony Evans
|-
|13. Tony Gould|| [[Lock Forward|LK]] || 13. [[Don Saunders]] (c)
|-
|14. Graham Cotter|| Bench || 14. [[Paul Sutton (rugby league)|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 (rugby league)|Ian Graham]] and Toowoomba's [[Paul Sutton (rugby league)|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.

{{Col-start}}
{{Col-2}}

=== Leading try scorers ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Pos
!width=120 |Player
!Team
!Tries
|- 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 Logan Magpies|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'''
|-
|}
{{Col-2}}

=== Leading point scorers ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Pos
!width=120 |Player
!Team
!width=20 |T
!width=20 |G
!width=20 |FG
!width=20 |Pts
|- 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}} [[Past Brothers|Pine Rivers Brothers]]||4||50||1||'''117'''
|-
| rowspan = 1 |4||align="left"|Floyd Hill||align="left"|{{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]||15||28||-||'''116'''
|-
| rowspan = 1 |5||align="left"|Brendan Liston||align="left"|{{leagueicon|Balmain|16}} [[Easts Tigers]]||3||40||-||'''92'''
|-
|}
{{Col-end}}

== 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 Rugby League premiership|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.
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor="#C1D8FF" 
! 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
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan="5" | '''Week 1 Qualifying Finals'''
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls|16}} [[Wynnum Seagulls]]''' 
| 28 – 22 
| {{leagueicon|Cairns Cyclones|16}} [[Ipswich Jets]]
|
|
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]]'''   
| 28 – 20
| {{leagueicon|Logan Scorpions|16}} [[Logan Scorpions|Logan City Scorpions]]
|
|
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan="5" | '''Week 2 Qualifying Finals'''
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Past Brothers|16}} [[Past Brothers|Pine Rivers Brothers]]'''
| 28 – 4
| {{leagueicon|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls|16}} [[Wynnum Seagulls]] 
|
|
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} [[Easts Tigers]][[#fn 1|<sup>1</sup>]]'''
| 20 – 14 
| {{leagueicon|Norths Devils|16}} [[Norths Devils]]  
|
|
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan="5" | '''Minor Semi Final'''
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Past Brothers|16}} [[Past Brothers|Pine Rivers Brothers]]'''  
| 19 – 18
| {{leagueicon|Easts Tigers|16}} [[Easts Tigers]][[#fn 1|<sup>1</sup>]]
|
|
|-bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan="5" |'''Major Semi Final'''
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]'''  
| 24 – 16 
| {{leagueicon|Past Brothers|16}} [[Past Brothers|Pine Rivers Brothers]]
|
|
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan="5" | '''Preliminary Final'''
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]'''
| 22 – 16
| {{leagueicon|Wests Panthers|16}} [[Wests Panthers]]
|
|
|- bgcolor="#D0E7FF"
| colspan="5" | '''Grand Final'''
|- bgcolor="#F5FAFF" 
| '''{{leagueicon|Redcliffe Dolphins|16}} [[Redcliffe Dolphins]]''' 
| 16 – 12
| {{leagueicon|Souths Magpies|16}} [[Souths Logan Magpies|Souths Magpies]]
|
| [[Suncorp Stadium]]
|}
Source:<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Queensland|Sports}}
* [[Brisbane Rugby League]]
* [[Queensland Cup]]
* [[Queensland Rugby League]]
* [[Winfield State League]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Queensland Cup}}
{{Rugby League in Queensland}}
{{Toowoomba Clydesdales squad – 1996 Queensland Cup premiers}}
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