History

The Northern Pride were on of two expansion teams for the 2008 season of the Queensland Cup. Our homeground is Barlow Park in Cairns. The Northern Pride are a feeder club to the North Queensland Cowboys. The Northern Pride is coached by David Maiden. Some of the players includes NRL players, QRL players and local players from within Far North Queensland. The Northern Pride are full of former and active NRL players such as Chris Sheppard, Ty Williams and Brett Anderson. In their first year the Pride came 3rd just losing to the Souths Logan Magpies who went on to win the grand final in 2008. They followed up the impressive first season by making their first Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance in 2009, but lost against the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles. They then won their first Queensland Cup in 2010, having won 11 previous matches in a row leading into the Grand Final. The 2010 Grand Final was also Captain Chris Sheppard’s last game for the Northern Pride electing to retire from Rugby League as a premiership winning captain.