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Website
  
blackhawkstsv.com.au

Runners-up
  
1 (2015)

Ground
  
Founded
  
10 September 2014

Captain
  
Daniel Beasley

CEO
  
Justin Wilkins

Most capped
  
Location
  
Townsville, Australia

Minor premiership
  
1 (2015)

Competition
  
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Full name
  
Townsville & Districts Blackhawks Rugby League Football Club

Colours
  
Green     Black     White

The Townsville & Districts Blackhawks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Queensland Cup in September 2014, first competing in the 2015 season. The side plays their home games at Jack Manski Oval.

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History

The beginnings of a Townsville team's bid to return to the Queensland Cup date back to 2007, when the Townsville-based North Queensland Young Guns folded at the end of the season. Before the Young Guns entered the competition in 2002, Townsville was represented in the Queensland Cup by the Townsville Stingers, who only lasted one season in 1998. In 2008, the Queensland Cup expanded to Cairns with the Northern Pride and Mackay with the Mackay Cutters. Both clubs became feeder sides for the Townsville-based NRL club, the North Queensland Cowboys.

In 2012, the Townsville Brothers League club sent a letter to Townsville & Districts Rugby League (TDRL) chairman Ross Anderson outlining their interest in joining the Queensland Cup.

On 10 September 2014, Queensland Rugby League chairman Peter Betros announced that the Brothers-led Townsville Blackhawks bid had been successful and the side would compete in the 2015 competition. The club will be backed by the North Queensland Cowboys, who will use the Blackhawks as one of their feeder sides, along with the Pride and the Cutters.

On 29 September 2014, former North Queensland Cowboys Under 20's head coach and Brisbane Broncos assistant coach Kristian Woolf was announced as the inaugural head coach of the Blackhawks.

On 16 October 2014, the Blackhawks announced their first six signings for their inaugural season. They included former NRL players Tom Humble, Anthony Mitchell and Ricky Thorby, former North Queensland Cowboys Under 20's players Corey Jensen and Chris McLean, and United States international Taylor Welch.

On 28 February 2015, Daniel Beasley was named inaugural club captain at the team's season launch.

On 7 March 2015, the Blackhawks played their first Queensland Cup game, defeating the Mackay Cutters 30-16 at Jack Manski Oval. Jahrome Hughes scored the club's first try.

The Blackhawks finished their inaugural season as minor premiers and runners-up in the Grand Final, losing to the Ipswich Jets.

On November 9, 2015, it was announced that Townsville’s Cyril Connell (under-16) and Mal Meninga (under-18) Cup sides, formerly known as the Townsville Stingers, will now be known as the Townsville & Districts Blackhawks in their respective competitions.

Emblems and Colours

Despite being backed by the Townsville Brothers League Club, the bid team adopted a new name, logo and colour scheme for the club. The Blackhawks moniker was chosen after Matt Cocker, a local firefighter at Townsville Airport, won a "name the team" competition in 2012. The city of Townsville has a military history and is home to an RAAF Base. The club's primary colours are green, black and white and their major sponsor is Mendi Construction, who are based in Townsville.

Honours

  • Runners Up: 1
  • Minor Premiership: 1
  • Statistics and Records

    Biggest Wins

    Biggest Losses

    Most Consecutive Wins

  • 8, 22 March 2015 - 17 May 2015
  • 6, 23 July 2016 - 4 September 2016
  • Most Games for Club

  • 48, Anthony Mitchell (2015-2016)
  • 47, Rhyse Martin (2015-2016)
  • 44, Jahrome Hughes (2015-2016)
  • 41, Corey Jensen (2015-2016)
  • 40, Michael Parker-Walshe (2015-2016)
  • 40, Lorenzo Ma'afu (2015-2016)
  • Most Tries for Club

  • 29, Michael Parker-Walshe (2015-2016)
  • 29, Jonathon Reuben (2015-2016)
  • 29, Zac Santo (2015)
  • 27, Mosese Pangai (2015-2016)
  • 19, Rhyse Martin (2015-2016)
  • 19, Jahrome Hughes (2015-2016)
  • Most tries in a match

  • 4, Rhyse Martin against CQ Capras at Jack Manski Oval (28 March 2015)
  • Most Goals in a Match

  • 7, Matthew Bowen against Central Queensland Capras at Alec Inch Oval (23 July 2016)
  • 7, Robert Lui against Redcliffe Dolphins at Jack Manski Oval (30 August 2015)
  • 7, Kyle Feldt against Burleigh Bears at Pizzey Park (4 July 2015)
  • 7, Kyle Feldt against CQ Capras at Browne Park (13 June 2015)
  • 7, Robert Lui against Burleigh Bears at Jack Manski Oval (9 May 2015)
  • Most Points in a Match

  • 24, (3 tries, 6 goals), Kyle Feldt against Tweed Heads Seagulls at Jack Manski Oval (8 August 2015)
  • Most Tries in a Season/for Club

  • 29, Zac Santo in 2015
  • Most Points in a Season/for Club

  • 190 (15 tries, 63 goals), Kyle Feldt in 2015
  • References

    Townsville Blackhawks Wikipedia


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