1995 North Queensland Cowboys season

The 1995 North Queensland Cowboys season was the first in the club's history. Coached by Grant Bell and captained by Laurie Spina, they competed in the Australian Rugby League's 1995 Winfield Cup premiership, finishing in last place.

Season Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Manly-Warringah	22	20	0	2	687	248	+439	40
2	Canberra	22	20	0	2	634	255	+379	40
3	Brisbane	22	17	0	5	600	364	+236	34
4	Cronulla-Sutherland	22	16	0	6	516	287	+229	32
5	Newcastle	22	15	0	7	549	396	+153	30
6	Sydney Bulldogs	22	14	0	8	468	352	+116	28
7	St. George	22	13	0	9	583	382	+201	26
8	North Sydney	22	11	2	9	542	331	+211	24
9	Sydney City	22	12	0	10	466	406	+60	24
10	Auckland	22	13	0	9	544	493	+51	24
11	16x16px Western Reds	22	11	0	11	361	549	-188	22
12	Illawarra	22	10	1	11	519	431	+88	21
13	Western Suburbs	22	10	0	12	459	534	-75	20
14	Penrith	22	9	0	13	481	484	-3	18
15	Sydney Tigers	22	7	0	15	309	591	-282	14
16	South Queensland	22	6	1	15	303	502	-199	13
17	Gold Coast	22	4	1	17	350	628	-278	9
18	South Sydney	22	4	1	17	319	686	-367	9
19	Parramatta	22	3	0	19	310	690	-380	6
20	16x16px North Queensland	22	2	0	20	269	660	-391	4

• Auckland Warriors were stripped of 2 competition points due to exceeding the replacement limit in one game.

Squad

See also: List of North Queensland Cowboys players

Thirty nine players were used by the club in 1995.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Cowboys Debut	App	T	G	FG	Pts
1	Laurie Spina		HB / FE	11 March	13	1	0	0	4
2	Damian Gibson		FB / WG	11 March	20	3	1	0	14
3	David Bouveng		WG / CE	11 March	16	9	0	0	36
4	Adrian Vowles		CE / FE	11 March	20	3	2	0	16
5	Willie Morganson		CE	11 March	8	2	0	0	8
6	John Skardon		WG	11 March	16	3	0	0	12
7	Ian Dunemann		FE / HB	11 March	13	2	7	0	22
8	Martin Bella		PR	11 March	14	0	0	0	0
9	Dean Schifilliti		HK	11 March	1	0	0	0	0
10	Andrew Whittington		PR / HK	11 March	11	0	0	0	0
11	Wayne Sing		SR	11 March	20	0	0	0	0
12	Ian Russell		SR	11 March	11	0	0	0	0
13	Paul Galea		LK / CE	11 March	19	4	0	0	16
14	Shane Christensen		HK	11 March	10	1	0	0	4
15	Noel Solomon		CE / FE	11 March	6	0	0	0	0
16	George Bartlett		LK	11 March	21	2	0	0	8
17	Leigh Groves		LK / FE	11 March	17	1	0	0	4
18	David Maiden		PR	19 March	2	0	0	0	0
19	Bruce Sinclair		PR	19 March	11	0	0	0	0
20	Paul Morris		SR	19 March	2	0	0	0	0
21	Jamie Mathiou	/	PR	19 March	7	1	0	0	4
22	Glen Murphey		WG	26 March	1	0	0	0	0
23	Steven Holmes		PR	1 April	5	0	2	0	4
24	Justin Loomans		WG	1 April	16	9	0	0	36
25	Jason Erba		HK	1 April	5	0	0	0	0
26	Peter Jones		CE	8 April	12	2	0	0	8
27	Craig Menkins		HK	22 April	4	0	0	0	0
28	Craig Teitzel		PR	30 April	12	0	0	0	0
29	Jonathan Davies		CE	20 May	9	1	19	1	43
30	Jason Martin		HB	4 June	8	3	0	0	12
31	Robert Piva		PR /SR	4 June	9	0	0	0	0
32	Michael Hogue		CE / LK	1 July	4	0	0	0	0
33	Faron Anderson		CE	8 July	2	0	0	0	0
34	Reggie Cressbrook		FE	8 July	8	0	5	0	10
35	Paul Bowman		WG	15 July	7	1	0	0	4
36	Ray Blackman		CE / LK	6 August	3	1	0	0	4
37	Aaron Ketchell		CE	12 August	3	0	0	0	0
38	Noel Slade		FE	27 August	1	0	0	0	0
39	Andrew Meads		CE	27 August	1	0	0	0	0

• All these players captained the team at some point during the season.

Laurie Spina (2), Paul Galea (1), Bruce Sinclair (4), Jason Martin (5), Jonathan Davies (3), Adrian Vowles (3)

Staff

• Chairman: Ron McLean
• Chief Executive Officer: Kerry Boustead
• Football Manager:

Coaching Staff

• Head Coach: Grant Bell
• Reserve Grade Coach:

• Coaching & Development Manager:
• U16 Grade Coach & Development Officer:
• U16 Grade Co-coach:

Statistics

• Won 2; Lost 20
• PF: 269; PA: 660

Club honours

• Player of the Year: Wayne Sing