2000 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 2000 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 7th in the club's history. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by new signing Tim Brasher, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2000 Telstra Premiership, finishing in last place.

Paul Bowman and Julian O'Neill shared the club's player of the year award.^[1]

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane	26	18	2	6	696	388	+308	38
2	Sydney	26	16	0	10	601	520	+81	32
3	Newcastle	26	15	1	10	686	532	+154	31
4	Canberra	26	15	0	11	506	479	+27	30
5	Penrith	26	15	0	11	573	562	+11	30
6	Melbourne	26	14	1	11	672	529	+143	29
7	Parramatta	26	14	1	11	476	456	+20	29
8	Cronulla	26	13	0	13	570	463	+107	26
9	St. George Illawarra	26	12	0	14	576	656	-80	24
10	Wests Tigers	26	11	2	13	519	642	-123	24
11	Canterbury	26	10	1	15	469	553	-84	21
12	Northern Eagles	26	9	0	17	476	628	-152	18
13	Auckland	26	8	2	16	426	662	-236	18
14	North Queensland	26	7	0	19	436	612	-176	12

• North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in one game.

Squad

• Graham Appo
• Greg Bourke
• Paul Bowman
• Brett Boyd
• Tim Brasher (C)
• John Buttigieg
• Adam Connelly
• Paul Dezolt
• Darrien Doherty
• Scott Donald
• John Doyle
• Nathan Fien
• Noel Goldthorpe (C)
• Paul Green
• Chad Halliday
• Brett Hetherington
• Brian Jellick
• Peter Jones
• Shane Kenward
• Naipolioni Kuricibi
• Martin Locke
• Bruce Mamando
• John Manning
• Jamie McDonald
• Leigh McWilliams
• Glenn Morrison
• Shane Muspratt
• Jason Nicol
• Julian O'Neill
• Nick Paterson
• Paul Pensini
• Scott Prince
• Ben Rauter
• Robert Relf
• Jeremy Schloss
• Mark Shipway
• Damien Smith
• Daniel Stickland
• Shaun Valentine
• Kyle Warren
• Scott Whiting

References

Coordinates: 19°18′58″S 146°42′43″E / 19.31611°S 146.71194°E / -19.31611; 146.71194 (Willow Sports Complex)