North Queensland Cowboys

North Queensland Cowboys
Club information
Full name	North Queensland Cowboys Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)	Cowboys
Colours	Navy Blue ; Grey; Gold
Founded	30 November 1995
Website	cowboys.com.au
Current details
Ground(s)	North Queensland Stadium (25,000);
CEO	Jeff Reibel
Chairman	Lewis Ramsay
Coach	Todd Payten
Captain	Reuben Cotter; Tom Dearden
Competition	National Rugby League
2024 season	8th (Rd 18)
	Current season
Records
Premierships	1 (2015)
Runners-up	2 (2005, 2017)
Minor premierships	0
World Club Challenge	1 (2016)
NRL Nines	2 (2014, 2020)
Wooden spoons	3 (1995, 1997 (SL), 2000)
Most capped	294 – Johnathan Thurston
Highest try scorer	139 – Kyle Feldt
Highest points scorer	2,182 – Johnathan Thurston

The North Queensland Cowboys is 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 ten 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.

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 premiership.