2011 NRL Under-20s season

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2011 NRL Under-20s season
Teams16
Premiers New Zealand Warriors (2nd title)
Minor premiers New Zealand Warriors (1st title)
Matches played201
Points scored10439
Wooden spoon Manly (1st spoon)
Player of the Year Tariq Sims
Top point-scorer(s) Dylan Collier (260)
Top try-scorer(s) Omar Sleimankhel (26)
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The 2011 NRL Under-20s season was the fourth season of the National Rugby League's Under-20s competition. The competition, known commercially as the 2011 Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota, was solely for under-20s players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of the 2011 NRL Telstra Premiership season.

Season summary[edit]

Schedule[edit]

Ladder[edit]

Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 New Zealand Warriors (P) 24 19 1 4 2 851 494 +357 43
2 North Queensland Cowboys 24 17 0 7 2 758 509 +249 38
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 1 7 2 707 600 +107 37
4 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 2 678 517 +161 36
5 Sydney Roosters 24 15 1 8 2 639 523 +116 35
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 659 458 +201 32
7 Wests Tigers 24 12 2 10 2 607 529 +78 30
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 1 11 2 638 660 -22 29
9 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 2 11 2 752 551 +201 28
10 Penrith Panthers 24 12 0 12 2 558 709 -151 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 10 2 12 2 562 594 -32 26
12 Parramatta Eels 24 10 1 13 2 547 556 -9 25
13 Canberra Raiders 24 8 1 15 2 683 749 -66 21
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 5 1 18 2 467 779 -312 15
15 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 4 1 19 2 454 881 -427 13
16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 4 0 20 2 432 843 -411 12

Finals series[edit]

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Qualifying Finals
(4) Melbourne Storm 26-10 (5) Sydney Roosters 11 September 2011, 1:30pm AAMI Park, Melbourne
(3) Cronulla Sharks 28-12 (6) Canterbury Bulldogs 10 September 2011, 6:00pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
(2) North Queensland Cowboys 48-26 (7) Wests Tigers 9 September 2011, 5:15pm ANZ Stadium, Sydney
(1) New Zealand Warriors 54-6 (8) Newcastle Knights 10 September 2011, 4:15pm Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Semi-finals
Melbourne Storm 20-22 Canterbury Bulldogs 16 September 2011, 5:15pm Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Cronulla Sharks 14-4 Sydney Roosters 17 September 2011, 5:15pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Preliminary Finals
North Queensland Cowboys 38-14 Cronulla Sharks 23 September 2011, 5:15pm Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
New Zealand Warriors 64-0 Canterbury Bulldogs 24 September 2011, 5:15pm AAMI Park, Melbourne
Grand Final
New Zealand Warriors 31-30 North Queensland Cowboys 2 October 2011, 2:15pm ANZ Stadium

Player statistics[edit]

Leading try scorers[edit]

Top 10 try scorers
Pos Name Tries Team
1 Omar Slaimankhel 26 New Zealand
2 Michael Parker-Walshe 21 North Queensland
3 Marmin Barba 19 Parramatta
4= Tautau Moga 18 Sydney
4= Luke Pickerd 18 Cronulla
6= Daniel Abou-Sleiman 17 Canterbury
6= Dale Copley 17 Brisbane
6= Mahe Fonua 17 Melbourne
6= Adam Henry 17 New Zealand
10 Wayne Ulugia 16 North Queensland

Most tries in a game[edit]

Top 5 most tries in a game
Player Team Opponent Round Tries
1= Matthew Berwick Brisbane North Queensland 23 4
1= Kyle Feldt North Queensland Newcastle 18 4
1= Jerome Leedy Brisbane Manly 26 4
1= Tautau Moga Sydney Cronulla 24 4
1= James Tedesco Wests Tigers Melbourne 15 4
1= Jack Wighton Canberra Gold Coast 4 4

Leading point scorers[edit]

Top 10 overall point scorers
Player Team T G FG Pts
1 Dylan Collier New Zealand 14 102 - 260
2 Kyle Feldt North Queensland 14 87 - 230
3 Matt McGahan Melbourne 6 85 - 194
4 Chris Medcalf Canberra 9 78 - 192
5 Chris Taripo Sydney 10 53 - 146
6 Mitchell Frei Brisbane 4 62 - 140
7 Jacob Miller Wests Tigers 5 54 - 128
8 Kane Gillies St. George Illawarra 8 44 - 120
9 Ali Hijazi Cronulla 4 50 - 116
10 Cameron Breust Parramatta 4 47 1 111

Most points in a game[edit]

Top 5 most points in a game
Player Team Opponent Round Tries Goals Field Goals Points
1 Kyle Feldt North Queensland Newcastle 18 4 5 - 26
2 Blake Austin Penrith Cronulla 3 3 6 - 24
3 Chris Taripo Sydney Canberra 17 2 7 - 22
5= Kane Gillies St. George Illawarra Manly 16 2 7 - 22
5= Chris Medcalf Canberra Manly 9 1 9 - 22

Leading goal scorers[edit]

Top 10 goal scorers
Pos Name Goals Team
1 Dylan Collier 102 New Zealand
2 Kyle Feldt 87 North Queensland
3 Matt McGahan 85 Melbourne
4 Chris Medcalf 78 Canberra
5 Mitchell Frei 62 Brisbane
6 Jacob Miller 54 Wests Tigers
7 Chris Taripo 53 Sydney
8 Ali Hijazi 51 Cronulla
9 Cameron Breust 47 Parramatta
10 Kane Gillies 44 St. George Illawarra

Most goals in a game[edit]

Top 5 most goals in a game
Player Team Opponent Round Goals
1= Dylan Collier New Zealand South Sydney 11 9
1= Mitchell Frei Brisbane Newcastle 5 9
1= Chris Medcalf Canberra Gold Coast 4 9
1= Chris Medcalf Canberra Manly 9 9
1= Jacob Miller Wests Tigers Melbourne 15 9
1= Daniel Wallace Brisbane South Sydney 25 9

Leading field goal scorers[edit]

Top 10 field goal scorers
Pos Name Team Field Goals
1= Chad Townsend Cronulla 2
1= Jason Whebe Parramatta 2
3= Jay Bonnell Wests Tigers 1
3= Cameron Breust Parramatta 1
3= Ryley Jacks Sydney 1
3= Penani Manumalealii Cronulla 1
3= Jordan Meads New Zealand 1
3= Jordan Rankin Gold Coast 1
3= Aiden Sezer Canterbury 1
3= Sam Williams Canberra 1

Club statistics[edit]

Biggest Wins[edit]

Top 10 biggest winning margins
Pos Winning Team Losing Team Round Score Margin
1 Brisbane Manly 26 64-0 64
1 = New Zealand Canterbury Preliminary Final 64-0 64
2 New Zealand South Sydney 11 62-6 56
3 Canterbury Manly 24 52-0 52
4= Brisbane Newcastle 5 54-6 48
4= Brisbane South Sydney 25 54-6 48
4= North Queensland South Sydney 24 58-10 48
7 Newcastle Penrith 1 62-16 46
8 Canterbury Manly 13 50-6 44
9= Sydney Canterbury 21 50-8 42
9= New Zealand Sydney 5 42-0 42

Winning Streaks[edit]

Winning streak still active
Top 5 longest winning streaks
Pos Team First Win Round Last Win Round Games Won
1 Sydney 26-14 vs Newcastle 16 Current Streak - 11
2= Canterbury 38-16 vs South Sydney 7 30-26 vs Cronulla 15 7
2= Cronulla 28-16 vs Gold Coast 16 38-18 vs Gold Coast 22 7
2= Melbourne 34-30 vs Canterbury 4 24-12 vs Canberra 10 7
5 New Zealand 56-26 vs Penrith 8 30-16 vs Wests Tigers 14 6
  • QF = Qualifying Finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • PF = Preliminary Finals
  • GF = Grand Final

Losing Streaks[edit]

Losing streak still active
Top 5 longest losing streaks
Pos Team First Loss Round Last Loss Round Games Lost
1 South Sydney 16-17 vs Sydney 19 Current Streak - 8
2= Canberra 20-56 vs Sydney 17 8-24 vs Newcastle 22 6
2= Manly 20-21 vs Cronulla 5 32-34 vs Gold Coast 10 6
2= Manly 16-30 vs Parramatta 15 18-26 vs Sydney 22 6
2= South Sydney 16-38 vs Canterbury 7 16-40 vs Melbourne 13 6
  • QF = Qualifying Finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • PF = Preliminary Finals
  • GF = Grand Final

Team of the Year[edit]

On 30 August 2011, the 2011 Toyota Cup team of the Year was announced.[1] The team included 15 first time winners including coach John Ackland, while Dane Gagai and Dale Finucane had previously been named in the 2010 Team of the Year. Kenneath Bromwich and Jesse Bromwich, a member of the 2009 Team of the Year, became the first brothers to be selected in a team of the Year.

Position Player Club
Fullback Omar Slaimankhel New Zealand
Wing Dane Gagai Brisbane
Centre Konrad Hurrell New Zealand
Centre Mahe Fonua Melbourne
Wing James Roberts South Sydney
Five-Eight Carlos Tuimavave New Zealand
Halfback Jacob Miller Wests Tigers
Prop Kane Evans Sydney
Hooker Kurt Baptiste Brisbane
Prop Dale Finucane Canterbury
Second-Row Jason Taumalolo North Queensland
Second-Row Alex McKinnon St. George Illawarra
Lock Tyrone Peachey Cronulla
Bench Kenneath Bromwich Melbourne
Bench Tim Lafai Canterbury
Bench Jack de Belin St. George Illawarra
Bench Kyle Feldt North Queensland
Coach John Ackland New Zealand

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Toyota Cup Team of the Year". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2011.

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