1997 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 1997 North Queensland Cowboys season was the third in the club's history. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Ian Roberts, they competed in Super League's 1997 Telstra Cup, finishing in last place, but managed to attract an average of almost 17,000 per home game.^[1]

This year the Cowboys also provided their first representative players, when Steve Walters and Owen Cunningham were selected to play for Queensland, Ian Roberts was selected to play for New South Wales and Tyran Smith and John Lomax were selected to play for New Zealand. Walters also represented Australia.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane	18	14	1	3	481	283	+198	29
2	Cronulla	18	12	0	6	403	230	+173	24
3	Canberra	18	11	0	7	436	337	+99	22
4	Canterbury	18	10	0	8	453	447	+6	20
5	Penrith	18	9	0	9	431	462	-31	18
6	Hunter	18	7	0	11	350	363	-13	14
7	Auckland	18	7	0	11	332	406	-74	14
8	Perth	18	7	0	11	321	456	-135	14
9	Adelaide	18	6	1	11	303	402	-99	13
10	North Queensland	18	5	2	11	328	452	-124	12

Squad (Partial)

• Paul Bowman
• Scott Brown
• Andrew Bulmer
• John Buttigieg
• Jason Death
• Andrew Dunemann
• Ian Dunemann
• Steve Edmed
• John Doyle
• Jason Ferris
• Paul Galea
• Liam Johnson
• Peter Jones
• Aaron Ketchell
• Martin Locke
• John Lomax
• Justin Loomans
• Scott Mahon
• Ray Mercy
• Marshall Miller
• Glen Murphy
• Luke Phillips
• Ian Roberts*
• Luke Scott
• Mark Shipway
• John Skardon
• Tyran Smith
• Bert Tabuai
• Kris Tassell
• Shane Vincent
• Steve Walters*
• Adam Warwick

(*) Ian Roberts captained 10 games and Steve Walters captained 8 games.

Coach

• Tim Sheens

Statistics

• Won 5; Lost 11
• PF: 328; PA: 452

Club honours

• Player of the year: Owen Cunningham^[2]

See also

• North Queensland Cowboys

References

1. ^ Koslowski, Michael (25 September 1997). "Field of teams". The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia: Fairfax Media): p. 6. http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=news970925_0130_8090. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
2. ^ Honours at cowboys.com.au