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CAIRNS CYCLONES

Club information
Full name	Cairns Cyclones Rugby League Football Club
Colours	Green, white and gold
Founded	1996
Exited	2000
Former details
Ground(s)	Barlow Park (seating 1,700, standing 15,000)
Competition	Queensland Cup
Team colours
Records
Premierships	Nil
Wooden spoons	Nil

The 1997 Cairns Cyclones season was the second season that the Cairns Cyclones rugby league team competed in the Channel Nine Queensland Cup. The Queensland Cup was the second tier competition under the Brisbane Rugby League. The Cyclones were one of fourteen clubs competing in the eighteen-week-long competition. Three teams had left the competition at the end of the 1996 season, the Bundaberg Grizzlies, Mackay Sea Eagles and the Sunshine Coast Falcons and one team, the Gold Coast Burleigh Bears had joined.

The Cairns Cyclones team was managed by Nigel Tillett and coached by Gary Smith.

1. Shannon Van Balen (Fullback)
2. Richard Murgha (Threequarters)
3. Craig Cygler (Threequarters)
4. David Maiden (Threequarters)
5. Peter Dangerfield (Threequarters)
6. Paul Fowler (Halves)
7. Robbie Schmidt (captain) (Halves)
8. Scott Manns (Forwards)
9. Shane Vivian (Forwards)
10. Gavin Sant (Forwards)
11. Peter Deaves (Forwards)
12. Andy Henley (Forwards)
13. Shane Medhurst (Forwards)
14. Mick Skardon (Replacements)
15. Ben Zammataro (Replacements)
16. Nathan Woods (Replacements)
17. Nathan Butterworth (Replacements)

Other players

• Fullback 1. John Clifford
• Winger 2. Fabian Della Bosca
• Prop 8. Andrew Bulmer
• Troy Lorimer
• Steven Hepworth
• Scott Manns
• Aaron Port
• Michal Mahoney
• Cian Jacobs
• Boyd Lorimer
• Tasman Van Balen
• Stephen Tillett

Pos.	Team	W	L	D	P/F	P/A	P/D	Pts
1	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	14	3	1	498	235	+263	29
2	Redcliffe Dolphins	14	4	0	573	271	+302	28
3	Easts Tigers	13	4	1	521	328	+193	27
4	Gold Coast Burleigh Bears	13	4	1	427	347	+80	27
5	Wests Panthers	12	4	2	468	271	+197	26
6	Central Capras	10	6	2	455	398	+57	22
7	Norths Devils	9	9	0	460	346	+114	18
8	Port Moresby Vipers	9	9	0	433	518	-85	18
9	Cairns Cyclones	7	10	1	318	352	-34	15
10	Toowoomba Clydesdales	6	11	1	312	354	-42	13
11	Souths Magpies	6	11	1	315	424	-109	13
12	Past Brothers	6	12	0	391	524	-133	12
13	Ipswich Jets	1	16	1	276	657	-381	3
14	Logan Scorpions	0	17	1	226	648	-422	1

• Minor Premiers: Wynnum Manly Seagulls
• Premiers: Redcliffe Dolphins

Round 1 Saturday, 29 March 1997

Redcliffe Dolphins	44-14	Cairns Cyclones
	Video Highlights

Venue: Redcliffe

Round 2 Saturday, 5 April 1997

Cairns Cyclones	46-4	Port Moresby Vipers

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 3 Sunday, 13 April 1997

Norths Devils	54-12	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Bishop Park, Nundah

Round 4 Saturday, 19 April 1997

Cairns Cyclones	20-8	Burleigh Bears

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 5 Friday, 25 April 1997

Logan Scorpions	20-22	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Meakin Park, Slacks Creek, Logan City

Round 6 Sunday, 4 May 1997

Cairns Cyclones	12-14	Souths Magpies

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 7 Sunday, 11 May 1997

Wynnum Seagulls	14-18	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Kougari Oval, Manly West, Brisbane

Round 8 Saturday, 17 May 1997

Cairns Cyclones	16-10	Toowoomba Clydesdales

Venue: Victoria Park

Round 9 Saturday, 24 May 1997

Wests Panthers	24-8	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Purtell Park, Bardon

Round 10 Saturday, 31 May 1997

Cairns Cyclones	10-10	Central Capras

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 11 Saturday, 14 June 1997

Easts Tigers	16-28[1]	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Langlands Park, Stones Corner, Brisbane

Round 12 Saturday, 21 June 1997

Cairns Cyclones	12-22	Ipswich Jets

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 13 Saturday, 28 June 1997

Cairns Cyclones	20-22	Past Brothers

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 14 Sunday, 5 July 1997

Burleigh Bears	14-6	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Pizzey Park, Miami, Gold Coast

Round 15 Saturday, 12 July 1997

Cairns Cyclones	8-16	Norths Devils

Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns

Round 16 Sunday, 20 June 1997

Port Moresby Vipers	26-10	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Lloyd Robson Oval, Port Moresby

Round 17 Saturday, 26 July 1997

Cairns Cyclones	10-18	Redcliffe Dolphins

Venue: Innisfail

Round 18 Saturday, 3 August 1997

Past Brothers	16-46	Cairns Cyclones

Venue: Bray Park, Brisbane