North Queensland Young Guns

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**North Queensland Young Guns**

Full name	North Queensland Young Guns
Emblem	Young Gun
Colours	blue, grey, gold, white
Founded	1998
Sport	Rugby league
League	Queensland Cup
Ground	Dairy Farmers Stadium
Capacity	22,500
CEO	Peter Parr
Captain	Daniel Strickland
Coach	Mick Crawley
2005	Premiers
Premierships	2005
Runners-Up	Nil
Minor Premierships	2005,
Wooden Spoons	Nil
Biggest win	80-8 v. Logan Scorpians, 2002
Worst defeat	50-4 v. Easts Tigers, 2002

The North Queensland Young Guns are a rugby league team competing in the Queensland Cup (rugby league competition). They act as a feeder team for the North Queensland Cowboys. The Cowboys have previously entered reserve grade teams in the Australian Rugby League and Super League (Australia) competitions. However, to prevent a drain on travelling expenses, the Cowboys applied to join the Queensland Cup for the 1998 season. Competing as the Townsville Stingers, the reserve grade team had some initial success before narrowly missing the finals. The team was excluded from the 1999 Queensland Cup season, and the Cowboys decided to enter their teams into the predominantly New South Wales-based First Division for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Readmitted to the Queensland Cup in 2002, the Young Guns (as they were now known) would win the competition in 2005 with a 36-6 win against defending premiers Burleigh Bears in the grand final.