Mackay Cutters
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| Full name | Mackay Cutters Rugby League Football Club |
| Website | mackaycutters.com.au |
| Colours |
Maroon Blue |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Current details | |
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| CEO(s) | Ross Aldridge |
| Chairman | John Glanville |
| Coach(s) | Kim Williams |
| Manager(s) | Tony Crowe |
| Captain(s) | Tyson Martin. VC Chris Gesch & Liam Taylor |
| Competition | Intrust Super Cup |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 2013 |
| Runners-up | Nil |
| Minor premiership | Nil |
| Wooden spoons | 2009 |
| Most capped | ' - Jardine Bobongie |
| Most points | ' - Liam Taylor |
The Mackay Cutters RLFC are a semi-professional rugby league football club founded in 2007 based in Mackay, Queensland. They, along with the Northern Pride, will be one of two expansion teams for the 2008 season of the Queensland Cup. Their home ground will be at the Mackay & District Junior Rugby League grounds in Mackay. The Labor government also made a pre-election promise to upgrade the stadium at the JRL grounds to the tune of $8 million.[1] The Cutters act as a feeder club to the North Queensland Cowboys, who play in the National Rugby League.
The new club have no ties to the Mackay Sea Eagles, Mackay's Foley Shield representative side, which competed in the 1996 and 1997 Queensland Cup seasons.
Timeline
2008-2009
The Cutters in their debut season finished in the bottom half of the ladder. In 2009 the Cutters came last on points difference.
2010
The Cutters missed out on the finals in 2008 and 2009 before Paul Bramley arrived on the scene to get them one game shy of the 2010 grand final. The cutters had been one of the clubs 'flying under the radar' all season. The finished the normal season at sixth place and defeated minor premiers Sunshine Coast in week one of the finals and ended up making it to week 3 of the finals when they were defeated by Norths Devils in the Preliminary final.
- 2010 player of the year: Liam Macdonald
- Sponsors' player of the year: Neil Budworth
2011
In 2011 it was announced Paul Bramley was announced from his contract and signed with Burleigh. The cutters signed the best possible replacement, Anthony Seibold a former Brisbane Broncos player, ESL club Crusaders assistant coach, South Wales scorpions coach and Wales assistant test coach. The Cutters finished a disappointing 11th in 2011 after an injury havok season where the squad used 43 players. The Cutters also made a major coup by signing former Warriors and Cowboys half Grant Rovelli who had 95 NRL games to his name. He was a star player for the QLD Residents match played in 2011.
- 2011 player of the year: Lewis Balcomb
- Sponsors player of the year: Jardine Bobongie
- Rookie of the year: Bureta Farama
- Clubperson of the year: Tony Gambie
2012
Anthony Seibold has already begun work on the 2012 season signing big name players David Milne from the Canberra Raiders, Rohan Ahern from the Brisbane Bronocs, Jason Schrinack from the Wests Tigers, Andrew Gay from the Wales 4 nations squad and Michael Thomas from the Raiders. They also signed former Toyota Cup players Aidan Day from the Northern Pride, Matt Minto from Easts, Dean Webster from North Sydney and Chris Gesch from Central Comets. Dean Tass and Kelvin Nielson are the players they have signed from Mackay teams (Souths and Wests). Anthony Seibold has signed 11 players and only lost 4 for 2012. Seibold wants depth in the squad for 2012. They also signed (in the mid season of 2011) talented youngster Bureta Farama who scored 21 tries in less games for Mackay club Wests after moving up from Brisbane. Farama was named Cutters rookie of the year after scoring more tries than more games played in 2011. In early 2012 foundation and most capped player Chris Giumelli decided to retire from rugby league.
Notable signings 2012: David Milne (Raiders) Rohan Ahern (Broncos) Jason Schirnack (Tigers) Dylan Smith (Cowboys) Michael Thomas (Raiders) Lee Williams (English Super League) Andrew Gay (English Super League) Dean Webster (North Sydney Bears) Aidan Day (Northern Pride) Chris Gesch (Central Comets) Matt Minto (Easts Tigers)
The Cutters again missed the finals and finished 8th in 2012 before Siebold moved on to Coach the Melbourne Storm's NYC team.
In 2013 the Cutters hired a new Coach in Kim Williams. Some key signings were announced including Joel Clinton, but the squad remained largely unchanged from the previous season. Despite losing Clinton to injury mid-season and the death of young-gun Alex Elisala the Cutters defied all of the critics. Under Williams' guidance they had an outstanding season, finishing 2nd on the ladder before going on to beat the Easts Tigers in an epic Grand Final 27-20 to hand Mackay their maiden ISC Premiership. Man of the Match was Anthony Mitchell.
Mackay Cutters 27 (Bureta Fairamo 2, Michael Morgan, David Milne, Anthony Mitchell tries. Liam Taylor, Matt Minto, David Milne goals. Matt Minto field goal) def Easts 20.
The squad in the Grand Final was 1. Liam Taylor 2. Bureta Fairamo 3. Michael Morgan 4. Kalifa Faifai Loa 5. David Milne 6. Dan Murphy 7. Matt Minto 8. Tyson Andrews 9. Anthony Mitchell 10. Sam Hoare 11. Dean Webster 12. Chris Gesch 13. Jardine Bobongie (c) 14. (Retired in memory of Alex Elisala) 15. Jason Schirnack 16. Karl Davies 17. Jason Taumalolo 18. Karl Davies
Staff: Coach - Kim Williams Assistant Coaches: Chad Buckby and Mick Baker Strength & Conditioning: Mitch Cook & Jim Wilson Manager: Tony Gambie 1st Aid: Kerri Proctor Massage Therapist: Danny Stuart
2013 Player of the Year - Tyson Andrews
2012 Squad
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