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2012 Northern Pride RLFC season

Field	Value
clubname	Northern Pride
fullname	Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club
nickname	The Pride
web	northernpride.com.au
colours	Teal, Gold
founded	2007
ground	Barlow Park, Cairns
capacity	seating 1,700, standing 15,000
ceo	Chris Sheppard (2011-2013)
coach	David Maiden (2010-2012)
captain	Ty Williams (2011-2013)
league	Intrust Super Cup
season	2012
position	7th
premierships	2
premiershipyears	2010, 2014
minorpremierships	3
minorpremiershipyears	2013, 2014, 2024
runnerups	1
runnerupyears	2009
homejersey	Northern Pride home jersey 2012.png
awayjersey	Northern Pride away jersey 2012.png

Main article: Northern Pride RLFC

2012 was the fifth competitive season for the Cairns based Skill360 Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 12 clubs that played in the seventeenth season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Intrust Super Cup, with each team playing 11 home games and 11 away games over 26 weeks between March and September. In 2012 the Central Comets were renamed the CQ Capras.

A new feature in this season's draw was 'Country Week', which was introduced after the Pride successfully staged a fixture against Souths Logan in the remote Cape York community of Bamaga last year. This year's Country Week fixture was Round 17, held at Alec Inch Oval in the north-western mining town of Mt Isa.

The QRL scrapped the six-team finals series in favour of a five-team qualifying format.

Channel 9 gained the television broadcast rights, and they agreed to broadcast one game from each of the regional clubs in Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton. Former broadcast partner, ABC had been unable (or unwilling) to broadcast games from locations outside south-east Queensland, resulting in the relocation of two of the Pride's home semi-finals to Brisbane, where the games were played in front of small crowds at a neutral venue, which disadvantaged the Pride, as well as costing the club a substantial amount of game-day revenue.

The Pride continued to find new ways to interact with fans and the Far North community. The Sea Swift 'Take Pride' program visited remote and regional schools promoting junior rugby league through fun-based rugby league activities and educational presentations. Home games were live-streamed via the Pride website, and from Round 5, away games were streamed as well. Commentary was provided by U-18s coach, Cameron 'Spilla' Miller and WIN TV's Adam Jackson. Pre-game interviews with the coach, half-time interviews with special guests, and post-match wrap-ups with the captain were posted on YouTube under the title 'Pride TV'. A e-newsletter was produced, called 'Pride Pulse' and Brett Anderson wrote a weekly column for the Cairns Post titled 'Pride Insider'.

The Pride had a shaky start to the season, with four straight losses in the first six rounds. One of their problems was the halves combination, having tried Robert Lui with Shaun Nona, then Ryan Ghietti with Nona, then Ghietti with Mitch Seri, and finally Ghietti with Ty Williams. Moving Williams to and taking Rod Jensen off the bench and starting him at helped the Pride win ten of the next sixteen rounds. However poor ball handling, a poor completion rate and poor execution saw them lose matches to lower placed teams. In Round 18 they lost to bottom placed Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles who had only won two games so far. Despite a few good wins in the last few rounds, the Pride finished the season in seventh place, missing out on a finals appearance for the first time in their short history.

At the end of the season, Head Coach David Maiden resigned, while fullback Chey Bird, who scored 572 points in 94 appearances for the Pride, retired along with former North Queensland Cowboys star Rod Jensen, who scored 36 tries in 69 games for the club, second on the Pride's all-time try scorer list. :Northern Pride 2012 ISC video highlights (7 videos).

2012 Season – Skill360 Northern Pride

Main article: 2012 Queensland Cup

:* Competition: Intrust Super Cup :* Sponsor: Skill360

Staff

Coaches/Trainers

:* Coach: David Maiden :* Assistant coach: David Westley :* Mal Meninga Cup U-18s coach: :* Cyril Connell Cup U-16s coach: :* Strength and conditioning coach: Scott Callaghan

Captains

:* Ty Williams :* Brett Anderson (Pre-season trial match, and Rounds 20 to 22)

Managers

:* Operations manager: Sheron McDougall :* Team manager: Rob White :* Club captain: Ben Laity :* Business development manager: Brock Schaefer :* Chief executive: Chris Sheppard :* Chairman: Bob Fowler :* Board of Directors: Nigel Tillett, David Smith, Craig Meiklejohn, Anthony Mirotsos, Bill Phillips, Bob Fowler.

2012 squad

The Pride used 34 players this season. Nineteen players from last year signed with the club again, and six of the Cowboys allocation players from last year were assigned to the Pride again this year. Nine new players made their debut this season; seven were new signings (Brent Oosen, Ethan Lowe, Justin Castellaro, Maddie Oosen, Mitchell Seri, Saia Makisi and Scott Gibson), and two were new Cowboys allocation players (Robert Lui* and Wayne Ulugia*).

Ty Williams (c)

Alex Starmer

Ben Fitzpatrick

Ben Laity

Ben Spina

Brent Oosen

Brett Anderson

Chey Bird

Davin Crampton

Ethan Lowe

Hezron Murgha

Jamie Frizzo

Jason Roos

Justin Castellaro

Luke Saunders

Maddie Oosen

Mark Dalle Cort

Mitchell Seri

Noel Underwood

Rod Jensen

Ryan Ghietti

Saia Makisi

Scott Gibson

Shaun Nona

Aaron Binawel

Billy McConachie

Francis Mosby

Jamie Kerwick

Joel Marama

Justin Dolan

Masi Nona

Rickki Sutherland

Rohan Schultz

Troyson Bassani

Wees Nawia

Blake Leary*

Cory Paterson*

James Segeyaro*

Joel Riethmuller*

Kalifa Faifai Loa*

Luke Harlen*

Ricky Thorby*

Robert Lui*

Scott Bolton*

Wayne Ulugia*

Allocated but did not play for the Pride in 2012:

Aaron Payne

Ashley Graham

Brenton Bowen

Dallas Johnson

James Tamou

Matthew Bowen

Ray Thompson

2012 player gains

Player	From League	From Club	Notes
Jamie Frizzo	Retirement	Northern Pride	From retirement
Ethan Lowe	NRL Telstra Premiership	Sydney Roosters
Saia Makisi	Intrust Super Cup	Souths Logan Magpies
Joel Marama	BRL FOGS Cup	Wests Panthers
Maddie Oosen	CDRL	Southern Suburbs
Mitch Seri	TDRL	Herbert River Crushers
Justin Castellaro	TDRL	Herbert River Crushers
Scott Gibson	TDRL	Herbert River Crushers
Rohan Shulz	Mt Isa RL	Trial
Billy McConnachie	Mt Isa RL	Trial

Player losses after 2011 season

Player	To League	To Club
Mark Cantoni	French RLF Elite One Championship	Baroudeurs de Pia XIII (Pia Donkeys)
Sheldon Powe-Hobbs	NRL Telstra Premiership	Melbourne Storm
Aidan Day	Intrust Super Cup	Mackay Cutters
Brenton Bowen	Illness
Lancen Joudo	Released
Mick Wilson	Released

Cowboys no longer allocated to the Pride

Player	To League	To Club
Clint Amos*	Retired
Jack Cooper*
Michael Bani*	NRL Telstra Premiership	Canberra Raiders
Will Tupou*	allocated to	Mackay Cutters

2012 season launch

:* Pre-Season Training: 22 November 2011 :* Pre-Season Boot Camp: Djarragun Farm in the Goldsborough Valley – Friday 16-Sunday 18 December 2011. 110 players and coaching staff from all three squads (Intrust Super Cup, Under-18 and Under-16) attended the boot camp. Video Highlights. :* Photo Shoot: 7 January 2012, Family Day and team photo shoot at Rainforeststation, Kuranda. :* Season launch: 31 January 2012, Barlow Park. :* Meet the Players: 10:00 am, 18 February 2012, Hip Pocket Work Wear, Mulgrave Road, Cairns. :* Jersey Launch: 9 March 2012, Stockland Shopping Centre, Earlville.

2012 player awards

:* Sea Swift Most improved player: Brent Oosen :* Sea Swift Photographers Choice Award: Scott Gibson :* Sea Swift Season Members Player of the Year: Alex Starmer :* Sea Swift Best Back: Brett Anderson :* Sea Swift Best Forward: Ben Spina :* Sea Swift Players' Player: Ben Spina :* John O'Brien Perpetual Club Person of the Year: O'Kane/Wilson Family :* Skill360 Australia Northern Pride Player of the Year: Ben Spina :* QRL Carbine Club Rookie of the Year: Ethan Lowe

2012 player records

Most Games: Ben Spina (22), Ethan Lowe (22).
Most Tries: Brett Anderson (14).
Most Points: Brett Anderson (56).

Players signed to first-tier teams

Player	To League	To Club
Ethan Lowe	NRL Telstra Premiership	North Queensland Cowboys

2012 Jerseys

File:Northern Pride home jersey 2012.png|2012 Home File:Northern Pride away jersey 2012.png|2012 Away File:Northern Pride NAIDOC jersey 2011.png|2011 NAIDOC Week (Round 16) File:Northern Pride orange jersey 2012.png|2012 Country Week (Round 17, Mt Isa)

Trial Matches

Saturday 11 February 2012 Pride Report ?

Goals: ? 2 Scott Gibson 1 Saia Makisi 1 Ryan Ghietti 1 Jamie Frizzo 1 Chey Bird Goals: 1 Mitchell Seri 1 Ty Williams 1 Chey Bird (Brothers Townsville, Golf Links Drive, Kirwan, QLD)

Saturday 18 February 2012 Video Report Brett Anderson 3 Jamie Kerwick 3 Francis Mosby 2 Brent Oosen 1 Ben Fitzpatrick 1 Wees Nawia 1 Maddie Oosen 1 Justin Castellaro 1 Aaron Binawel 1 Smith 1 Rohan Schultz 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 15

Goals: (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Saturday 25 February 2012 Cairns Post Report Video Report (Mills Avenue, Moranbah, QLD)

Tuesday 28 February 2012 ? Goals: ? ? Goals: ? (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Intrust Super Cup matches

10 March 2012 QRL Report Video Preview Press Conference Video Highlights Hezron Murgha 1 Brett Anderson 2 Ethan Lowe 1 Ben Spina 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 1 1 Ramon Filipine 1 Michael Fisher

Goals: 3 Brendon Lindsay (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 1 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
5	Northern Pride	1	1	0	0	22	14	+8	2

17 March 2012 Pride Report QRL Report Video Preview Press Conference Video Highlights Grant Rovelli 1

Goals: Michael Comerford 1 1 Ethan Lowe 1 Noel Underwood Goals: 3 Shaun Nona (Bridge Road, South Mackay, QLD)

Position	Round 2 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
4	Northern Pride	2	2	0	0	36	20	+16	4

24 March 2012 Pride Report Video Preview Video Highlights Ryan Tongia 3 Eddie Tautali 2 Kenny Bromwich 1 Goals: Cody Walker 3 3 Brett Anderson 1 Davin Crampton

Goals: 3 Shaun Nona (Stones Corner, Brisbane, QLD)

Position	Round 3 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
4	Northern Pride	3	2	0	1	58	50	+8	4

31 March 2012 Pride Report Video Preview Press Conference Hezron Murgha 2 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 2

Goals: Mitchell Seri 3 2 Walter Imo 2 Ben Cronin 1 Dane Phillips 1 Darcy Wright Goals: 4 Josh Damen (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 4 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	4	2	0	2	80	82	−2	4

5 April 2012 Pride Report QRL Report Sailosi Vatubua 2 Alan Rothery 1 Cheyenne Motu 1 Tim Glasby 1 Goals: Tyron Cranston 4 2 Brett Anderson 1 Davin Crampton 1 Jamie Frizzo

Goals: 1 Mitchell Seri (Wandal, Rockhampton, QLD)

Position	Round 5 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
5	Northern Pride	5	2	0	3	98	110	−12	4

14 April 2012 Pride Report QRL Report Tom Merritt 3 Matt Carbutt 1

Goals: Brad Davis 4 1 Davin Crampton 1 Scott Gibson 1 Ty Williams 1 Ben Spina Goals: 3 Chey Bird (Caramar Drive, Tweed Heads West, NSW) Broadcast live on Channel 9

Position	Round 6 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	6	2	0	4	120	134	−14	4

28 April 2012 Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference Ben Fitzpatrick 1 Davin Crampton 1 Ty Williams 1 Chey Bird 1 Blake Leary* 1 Goals: Ethan Lowe 3 1 Hughie Stanley 1 Todd Murphy

Goals: 2 Dale Middleton (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 7 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	7	3	0	4	146	146	0	6

5 May 2012 Pride Report QRL Report Press Conference Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Ty Williams 1 Blake Leary* 1 Scott Bolton* 1 Goals: Ethan Lowe (1 from 3) 1 Cory Paterson* (1 from 1) 1 Penalty Goals: 1 Dan Wallace 1 Junior Tongia 1 Jake Granville

Goals: 2 Matt Seamark (2 from 3)

Penalty Goals: 1 Matt Seamark (1 from 1) (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 8 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	8	4	0	4	166	164	+2	8

12 May 2012 QRL Report Press Conference Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Scott Gibson 1 Ty Williams 1 Jason Roos 1 Goals: Cory Paterson* 4 1 Jamie Dowling 1 Kurt Sorensen 1 Bodene Thompson 1 James Stuart Goals: 2 Danny Kerr 1 Sam Meskell (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 9 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	9	5	0	4	190	186	+4	10

20 May 2012 QRL Report Namila Daviu 1 Daniel Ogden 2 Jarrod Wallace 1 Sione Lolhea 1 Goals: Mitchel Frei 2 Penalty Goal: Joel Bailey 1 1 Rod Jensen 1 Scott Gibson 1 Ethan Lowe

Goals: 1 Blake Leary* Penalty Goal: (Hedley Avenue, Nundah QLD)

Position	Round 10 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	10	5	0	5	204	212	−8	10

26 May 2012 QRL Report Press Conference Video Highlights Brett Anderson 1 Rod Jensen 1 Ty Williams 2 Ryan Ghietti 1 Jason Roos 1 Goals: Blake Leary* 4 2 Luke Capewell 1 Liam Georgetown

Goals: 3 Liam Georgetown (3 from 3) (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 11 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	11	6	0	5	236	230	+6	12

2 June 2012 QRL Report Donald Malone 2 Jarrod McInally 2 Sam Martin 2 Javarn White 1 Ramon Filipine 1 Goals: Brendon Lindsay 3 1 Scott Gibson 1 Blake Leary* 1 Luke Saunders

Goals: 1 Blake Leary* (Ipswich, QLD) Broadcast live on Channel 9

Position	Round 12 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	12	6	0	6	250	268	−18	12

10 June 2012 QRL Report Wayne Ulugia* 1 Brett Anderson 1 Ty Williams 1 Ben Spina 2 Ethan Lowe 1 Scott Bolton* 1 Goals: Chey Bird 4 1 Grant Rovelli 1 Matt Minto

Goals: 1 Liam Taylor (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD) Broadcast live on Channel 9

Position	Round 13 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
6	Northern Pride	13	7	0	6	286	278	+8	14

17 June 2012 QRL Report Video Highlights Anthony Don 2 Michael Brophy 1 Brad Bennett 1 Beau Falloon 1 Sam Meskell 1 Goals: Jordan Rankin 5 1 Ben Spina 1 Joel Riethmuller* 1 Cory Paterson*

Goals: 2 Cory Paterson* (Miami, Gold Coast, QLD)

Position	Round 14 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	14	7	0	7	302	312	−10	14

23 June 2012 Press Conference Davin Crampton 2 Luke Saunders 1

Goals: Chey Bird (1 from 3) 1 2 Tom Merritt 1 James Wood 1 Ryan James 1 Matt King 1 Joe Vickery Goals: 3 Matt Hundy (3 from 5) 0 Joe Vickery (0 from 1) (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 15 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	15	7	0	8	316	342	−26	14

7 July 2012 QRL Report Wayne Ulugia* 1 Brett Anderson 1 Cory Paterson* 4 Ethan Lowe 1 Goals: Chey Bird (5 from 7) 5 2 Sailosi Vatubua 1 Tim Glasby 1 Sione Tongia 1 Williams Goals: 3 Tyron Cranston (3 from 5) (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 16 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	16	8	0	8	354	368	−14	16

14 July 2012 Video Highlights Ben Cronin 1 Dane Phillips 1 Darcy Wright 1 Mat Pitman 1 Chris Medcalf 1 Goals: Josh Damen 3 1 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Ben Spina 2 Cory Paterson* 1 Saia Makisi

Goals: 4 Cory Paterson* (Mt Isa, QLD)

Position	Round 17 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	17	9	0	8	382	394	−12	18

22 July 2012 Pride Report Jye Ballinger 2 Callum Klein 1

Goals: Justin Otto 4 Field Goal: Justin Otto 1 1 Brett Anderson 1 Justin Castellaro 1 Alex Starmer 1 Ryan Ghietti Goals: 1 Justin Castellaro Field Goal: (Sportsmans Parade, Bokarina, Kawana Waters, QLD)

Position	Round 18 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	18	9	0	9	400	415	−15	18

29 July 2012 QRL Report Nathanael Barnes 1 Dane Carlaw 1 John Te Reo 1

Goals: Matt Seamark 2 2 Wayne Ulugia* 1 Shaun Nona 1 Blake Leary* 1 Cory Paterson* 2 Joel Riethmuller* 1 Ryan Ghietti Goals: 6 Cory Paterson* (Manly West, Brisbane, QLD)

Position	Round 19 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	19	10	0	9	444	431	+13	20

11 August 2012 Press Conference Hezron Murgha 1 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Ben Laity 1 Blake Leary* 2 Goals: Shaun Nona (1 from 2) 1 Cory Paterson* (3 from 3) 3 2 Keiran English 1 Natthan Cleaver 1 Matt Smith 1 Jacob Samoa Goals: 4 Joel Bailey (4 from 5) (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 20 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	20	10	1	9	472	459	+13	21

18 August 2012 QRL Report Press Conference Wayne Ulugia* 2 Brett Anderson 2 Kalifa Faifai Loa* 1 Alex Starmer 1 Ryan Ghietti 1 Ethan Lowe 1 Goals: Shaun Nona 4 Cory Paterson* (2 from 2) 2 1 Leon Panapa 1 Cody Walker

Goals: 1 Cody Walker (1 from 2) (Severin Street, Parramatta Park, QLD)

Position	Round 21 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	21	11	1	9	516	469	+47	23

26 August 2012 Video Highlights Joe Bond 1 Liam Georgetown 1 Maurice Kennedy 1 Aaron Whitchurch 1 Troy Giess 1

Goals: Liam Georgetown 4 1 Wayne Ulugia* 1 Brett Anderson 1 Shaun Nona 2 James Segeyaro* 1 Cory Paterson* 1 Ethan Lowe Goals: 1 Chey Bird 4 Cory Paterson* (Klingner Road, Redcliffe, QLD)

Position	Round 22 – 2012	P	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff	Pts
7	Northern Pride	22	12	1	9	554	497	+57	25

2012 Ladder

2012 Queensland Cup season	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Redcliffe Dolphins	22	17	0	5	724	390	334	34
2	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	22	16	1	5	624	436	188	33
3	Tweed Heads Seagulls	22	14	1	7	530	473	57	29
4	Ipswich Jets	22	13	2	7	520	421	99	28
5	Norths Devils	22	12	2	8	654	510	144	26
6	Easts Tigers	22	13	0	9	621	496	125	26
7	Northern Pride	22	12	1	9	554	497	57	25
8	Mackay Cutters	22	10	0	12	488	544	−56	20
9	Burleigh Bears	22	7	1	14	427	479	−52	15
10	CQ Capras	22	5	1	16	432	743	−311	11
11	Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles	22	4	1	17	376	699	−323	9
12	Souths Logan Magpies	22	3	2	17	422	684	−262	8

Northern Pride (regular season 2012)

Win = 12 (8 of 11 home games, 4 of 11 away games)
Loss = 9 (2 of 11 home games, 7 of 11 away games)
Draw = 1 (1 of 11 home games, 0 of 11 away games).

2012 Northern Pride players

Main article: :Category:Northern Pride RLFC players

Pride player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Pts
Alex Starmer	16	2	0	8
Ben Fitzpatrick	6	1	0	4
Ben Laity	18	1	0	4
Ben Spina	22	6	0	24
Brent Oosen	4	0	0	0
Brett Anderson	20	14	0	56
Chey Bird	11	1	14	32
Davin Crampton	14	6	0	24
Ethan Lowe	22	7	4	36
Hezron Murgha	8	4	0	16
Jamie Frizzo	10	1	0	4
Jason Roos	17	2	0	8
Justin Castellaro	2	1	1	6
Luke Saunders	11	2	0	8
Maddie Oosen	5	0	0	0
Mark Dalle Cort	9	0	0	0
Mitchell Seri	4	0	4	8
Noel Underwood	6	1	0	4
Rod Jensen	14	2	0	8
Ryan Ghietti	17	4	0	16
Saia Makisi	11	1	0	4
Scott Gibson	14	4	0	16
Shaun Nona	7	2	12	32
Ty Williams	19	7	0	28

North Queensland Cowboys who played for the Pride in 2012

Cowboys player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Pts
Blake Leary*	14	6	6	36
Cory Paterson*	15	9	26	88
James Segeyaro*	1	2	0	8
Joel Riethmuller	13	3	0	12
Kalifa Faifai Loa*	16	7	0	28
Luke Harlen*	6	0	0	0
Ricky Thorby*	4	0	0	0
Robert Lui*	2	0	0	0
Scott Bolton*	8	2	0	8
Wayne Ulugia*	10	7	0	28

2012 Televised Games

In 2012, the Nine Entertainment Network acquired the broadcast rights to the Queensland Cup in a one-year deal, after ABC TV's contract expired. One game a round continued to be broadcast, live, and free-to-air across Queensland. In 2012 games were shown on Channel 9 or GEM in south-east Queensland, on WIN Television (RTQ) in regional areas, and on Imparja Television in remote areas, at 2.00pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoons (except during coverage of the London Olympics in August). The move to a Sunday timeslot meant the QCup match was shown at 2:00 pm before the Wide World of Sports NRL match of the round at 4:00 pm, which greatly increased ratings. The commentary team was Andrew Voss, Ben Ikin and Nick Curry.

The ABC had been unable (or unwilling) to broadcast games from locations outside south-east Queensland, as the cost of doing so was estimated to be $90,000 - more than double the cost of a Brisbane broadcast, so the Pride, Cutters and CQ Capras's home games had not been televised. Channel 9 agreed to broadcast one game from each of the three regional clubs, with the Pride's first home game broadcast from Barlow Park, Cairns in Round 13, Sunday 10 June 2012 against traditional rivals Mackay Cutters.

In 2012 the Pride appeared in three televised games:

Round 6: Northern Pride lost to Tweed Heads Seagulls 22–24 at Piggabeen Sports Complex, Tweed Heads
Round 12: Northern Pride lost to Ipswich Jets 14–38 at North Ipswich Reserve, Ipswich
Round 13: Northern Pride beat Mackay Cutters 36–10 at Barlow Park, Cairns

Live Streaming

In 2011 the Pride began live-streaming their home games, starting with the last home game of the season (Round 22 against Tweed Heads). For the 2012 season, home games were live-streamed via the Pride website using video distribution service Rivus TV Ltd. Games were free for members to watch, and $5 per game for non-members. From Round 5 2012 away games were streamed through the website as well.

References

Piva, Andrew. (21 January 2012). "Jet the hostilities resume". Cairns Post.
Flynn, Joe. (23 February 2012). "Queensland Cup finals rejig". Cairns Post.
. (22 February 2012). "New TV deal for Cup". *Cairns Post*.
. (22 February 2012). "TV switch for 2012 Intrust Super Cup coverage". *The Queensland Times*.
. (15 February 2012). "School visits aim to boost participation". *Cairns Sun*.
Flynn, Joe. (16 April 2012). "Pride fightback gives Maiden a ray of hope". Cairns Post.
Flynn, Joe. (22 March 2012). "Dumped. Cowboys show Lui the door". Cairns Post.
"QRL: Pride fans can watch every game via live stream".
"Live stream through northernpride.com.au".

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