1997 North Queensland Cowboys season

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The 1997 North Queensland Cowboys season was the third in the club's history. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Ian Roberts, they competed in Super League's 1997 Telstra Cup, finishing in last place, but managed to attract an average of almost 17,000 per home game.[1]

This year the Cowboys also provided their first representative players, when Steve Walters and Owen Cunningham were selected to play for Queensland, Ian Roberts was selected to play for New South Wales and Tyran Smith and John Lomax were selected to play for New Zealand. Walters also represented Australia.

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 18 14 1 3 481 283 +198 29
2 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 18 12 0 6 403 230 +173 24
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 18 11 0 7 436 337 +99 22
4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 18 10 0 8 453 447 +6 20
5 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 18 9 0 9 431 462 -31 18
6 16x16px Hunter 18 7 0 11 350 363 -13 14
7 Auckland colours.svg Auckland 18 7 0 11 332 406 -74 14
8 16x16px Perth 18 7 0 11 321 456 -135 14
9 Adelaide colours.svg Adelaide 18 6 1 11 303 402 -99 13
10 16x16px North Queensland 18 5 2 11 328 452 -124 12

Squad (Partial)

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File:IanRoberts1997.jpg
Kangaroo and New South Wales forward Ian Roberts was the Cowboys' 1997 captain.

(*) Ian Roberts captained 10 games and Steve Walters captained 8 games.

Coach

  • Tim Sheens

Statistics

  • Won 5; Lost 11
  • PF: 328; PA: 452

Club honours

References

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  2. ↑ Honours at cowboys.com.au
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