1998 North Queensland Cowboys season
The 1998 North Queensland Cowboys season was the fourth in the club's history. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Ian Roberts, they competed in the National Rugby League's 1998 Telstra Premiership, finishing 16th (out of 20).
The North Queensland Cowboys home stadium sponsor Stockland finished up their sponsorship contract seeing out their three-year deal.
A new sponsorship deal was drawn up by the Cowboys, with local milking organisation Dairy Farmers who owned the local North Queensland milking dairy in the Tablelands. It was rebadged into the newly named 'Dairy Farmers Stadium' for year 1998.
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brisbane |
24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 688 | 310 | +378 | 37 |
| 2 |  Newcastle |
24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 562 | 381 | +181 | 37 |
| 3 |  Melbourne |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 546 | 372 | +174 | 35 |
| 4 |  Parramatta |
24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 468 | 349 | +119 | 35 |
| 5 |  North Sydney |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 663 | 367 | +296 | 34 |
| 6 |  Sydney City |
24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 680 | 383 | +297 | 32 |
| 7 |  Canberra |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 564 | 429 | +135 | 30 |
| 8 |  St George |
24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 486 | 490 | -4 | 27 |
| 9 |  Canterbury |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 489 | 411 | +78 | 26 |
| 10 |  Manly |
24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 503 | 473 | +30 | 26 |
| 11 |  Cronulla |
24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 438 | 387 | +51 | 25 |
| 12 |  Illawarra |
24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 476 | 539 | -63 | 23 |
| 13 |  Balmain |
24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 381 | 463 | -82 | 19 |
| 14 |  Penrith |
24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 525 | 580 | -55 | 18 |
| 15 |  Auckland |
24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 417 | 518 | -101 | 18 |
| 16 | File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 361 | 556 | -195 | 18 |
| 17 |  Adelaide |
24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 393 | 615 | -222 | 14 |
| 18 |  South Sydney |
24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 339 | 560 | -221 | 10 |
| 19 | Gold Coast | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 289 | 654 | -365 | 8 |
| 20 |  Western Suburbs |
24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 371 | 802 | -431 | 8 |
Squad (Partial)
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- Jim Ahmet
- Scott Donald
- Paul Bowman
- John Buttigieg
- Jason Death
- Andrew Dunemann
- Steve Edmed
- John Doyle
- Jason Ferris
- Dale Fritz
- Josh Hannay
- Liam Johnson
- Peter Jones
- Brett Hetherington
- Aaron Ketchell
- Martin Locke
- Denny Lambert
- John Lomax*
- John Malu
- Noa Nadruku
- Scott Mahon
- Ray Mercy
- Glen Murphy
- Paul Pensini
- Scott Prince
- Dale Shearer
- Ian Roberts*
- Luke Scott
- Mark Shipway
- Bert Tabuai
- Kris Tassell
- Scott Whiting
- Steve Walters
- Scott Wilson
- Adam Warwick
(*) Both these players captained the team at some point during the season.
Captains
Coach
Statistics
- Won 9; Lost 15
- PF: 361; PA: 556
Club honours
- Player of the year: John Lomax[1]
- Top point scorer: Josh Hannay 118 (15 tries and 29 goals)
References
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