North Queensland Cowboys
| Club information | |||
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| Full name | North Queensland Cowboys Rugby League Football Club | ||
| Nickname | Cowboys | ||
| Short name | NQL | ||
| Colours | Navy Grey Gold | ||
| Founded | 30 November 1992 | ||
| Website | cowboys.com.au | ||
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| CEO | Micheal Luck | ||
| Chairman | David Myles | ||
| Coach | Todd Payten | ||
| Captain | Reuben Cotter & Tom Dearden | ||
| Competition | National Rugby League | ||
| 2025 season | 12th | ||
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| Records | |||
| Premierships | 1 (2015) | ||
| Runners-up | 2 (2005, 2017) | ||
| Minor premierships | 0 | ||
| Wooden spoons | 3 (1995, 1997 (SL), 2000) | ||
| Most capped | 294 – Johnathan Thurston | ||
| Highest try scorer | 150 – Kyle Feldt | ||
| Highest points scorer | 2,182 – Johnathan Thurston | ||
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL).
Since their foundation in 1995, the club has appeared in three grand finals (2005, 2015 and 2017) winning in 2015, and has reached the finals twelve times. The team's management headquarters and home ground, North Queensland Stadium, currently known as Queensland Country Bank Stadium due to sponsorship rights, are located in the suburb of South Townsville. Their women's team, established in 2023, currently compete in the NRL Women's Premiership.
The Cowboys were admitted to the premiership for the 1995 ARL season. They played in the breakaway Super League competition in 1997 before continuing to compete in the re-unified NRL competition the following year. After running into financial trouble in 2001, the club was taken over by News Limited. In 2007, the team was sold by News Limited to the Cowboys Leagues Club.
In 2015, the Cowboys played in the first all-Queensland grand final, defeating the Brisbane Broncos 17–16 in golden point to win their first, and to date only, premiership.