Mackay Cutters
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Mackay Cutters Rugby League Football Club |
| Website | mackaycutters.com.au |
| Colours |
Maroon Blue |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Current details | |
| Ground(s) |
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| CEO | Ross Aldridge |
| Chairman | John Glanville |
| Coach | Kim Williams |
| Manager | Tony Crowe |
| Captain | Tyson Martin. VC Chris Gesch & Liam Taylor |
| Competition | Intrust Super Cup |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 2013 |
| Runners-up | Nil |
| Minor premiership | Nil |
| Wooden spoons | 2009 |
| Most capped | ' - Liam Taylor |
| Highest points scorer | ' - Liam Taylor |
The Mackay Cutters RLFC are a semi-professional rugby league football club founded in 2007 based in Mackay, Queensland. They, along with the Northern Pride, will be one of two expansion teams for the 2008 season of the Queensland Cup. Their home ground will be at the Mackay & District Junior Rugby League grounds in Mackay. The Labor government also made a pre-election promise to upgrade the stadium at the JRL grounds to the tune of $8 million. The Cutters act as a feeder club to the North Queensland Cowboys, who play in the National Rugby League.
The new club have no ties to the Mackay Sea Eagles, Mackay's Foley Shield representative side, which competed in the 1996 and 1997 Queensland Cup seasons.
The Cutters made their debut in 2008 and finished in the bottom half of the ladder. In 2009 the Cutters came last on points difference.
The Cutters missed out on the finals in 2008 and 2009 before Paul Bramley arrived on the scene to get them one game shy of the 2010 grand final. The cutters had been one of the clubs 'flying under the radar' all season. They finished the normal season at sixth place and defeated minor premiers Sunshine Coast in week one of the finals and ended up making it to week 3 of the finals when they were defeated by Norths Devils in the Preliminary final.
In 2011 it was announced Paul Bramley was announced from his contract and signed with Burleigh. The cutters signed the best possible replacement, Anthony Seibold a former Brisbane Broncos player, ESL club Crusaders assistant coach, South Wales scorpions coach and Wales assistant test coach. The Cutters finished a disappointing 11th in 2011 after an injury havok season where the squad used 43 players. The Cutters also made a major coup by signing former Warriors and Cowboys half Grant Rovelli who had 95 NRL games to his name. He was a star player for the QLD Residents match played in 2011.
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