[9.05pm]
Life Member Paul Bowman is welcomed to the stage to announce this year’s winner of the Paul Bowman Medal.
WINNER: Tom Dearden
PAUL BOWMAN MEDAL FINAL LEADERBOARD: Tom Dearden 25, Scott Drinkwater 13, Murray Taulagi 11, Reuben Cotter 11
[9.01pm]
Now it’s time to find out who will take home the two biggest awards of the night and drive around in a brand new Toyota Hilux for the next 12 months!
Ricky Henry joins Minty back on stage to announce who will be crowned NRLW Cowboy of the Year.
WINNER: Bree Chester
NRLW COWBOY OF THE YEAR FINAL LEADERBOARD: Bree Chester 30, Jakiya Whitfeld 28, Lily Peacock 25, Emma Manzelmann 13
[8.52pm]
Next up, Life Member and two-time Cowboys Players’ Player Johnathan Thurston will announce our 2024 Players’ Player.
NRLW PLAYERS’ PLAYER: Jakiya Whitfeld
NRL PLAYERS’ PLAYER: Tom Dearden
[8.35pm]
NRL Head Coach Todd Payten is welcomed to the stage to talk all things 2024 and a couple of his highlights this season, before announcing the recipient of the NRL Cowboys Way Award.
NRL COWBOYS WAY AWARD: Jake Granville
[8.26pm]
NRLW Head Coach Ricky Henry comes up to talk about the 2024 season, what the team will build on heading into 2025 and announce the NRLW Cowboys Way Award winner.
NRLW COWBOYS WAY AWARD: Alisha Foord
[8.25pm]
We are straight back into it, getting another update on our Paul Bowman Medal leaderboard up to Round 18. Tom Dearden has extended his lead, but fellow Maroons Origin teammates Reuben Cotter and Murray Taulagi have rocketed up the leaderboard.
PBM LEADERBOARD AFTER 18 ROUNDS: Tom Dearden 19, Reuben Cotter 10, Murray Taulagi 10, Scott Drinkwater 10
[7.55pm]
We are off for our second and final break of the night. See you in 20 for our final six awards of the night!
[7.40pm]
Next up, Cowboy No. 252 Jake Granville is welcomed to the stage for the final time to accept his life membership.
[7.30pm]
Micheal Luck goes on to introduce the first of our life members, Kyle Feldt, who will come to the stage in a minute to make a speech.
[7.27pm]
General Manager Football Micheal Luck acknowledges our NRL departing players and makes special mention of Chad Townsend and Valentine Holmes.
[7.24pm]
Head of NRLW and Women’s Elite Pathways Anita Creenaune comes to the stage to talk about the eight NRLW departing players.
[7.23pm]
Minty recognises some Cowboys records that were broken this season, including the club’s all-time leading try scorer (Kyle Feldt) and most points in a season (Valentine Holmes)
[7.22pm]
We return to get our first look at the Paul Bowman Medal leaderboard for the night. After a strong start to the season that included arguably the tackle of the year, Tom Dearden holds a seven-vote lead after nine rounds.
PBM LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 9: Tom Dearden 15, Jordan McLean 8, Griffin Neame 5, Scott Drinkwater 4
[6.44pm]
It’s time for our first break of the evening. We’ll be back in about 30 minutes 😊.
[6.38pm]
Next up, Townsville Bulletin editor Cas Garvey is invited to announce our two Townsville Bulletin Fans Choice Players of the Year.
NRLW TOWNSVILLE BULLETIN FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jakiya Whitfeld
NRL TOWNSVILLE BULLETIN FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tom Dearden
[6.36pm]
Minty acknowledges our seven State of Origin representatives, before inviting JCU Council Anthony Leicht to the stage to introduce the JCU Education Award.
JCU EDUCATION AWARD: Larissa Di Bella
[6.31pm]
Club legend and 2005 Rookie of the Year Matt Scott is welcomed to the stage to announce our NRL and NRLW Rookies of the Year.
NRLW ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Lily Peacock
NRL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jaxon Purdue
[6.30pm]
Minty acknowledges the five NRL and seven NRLW players who made their club debuts this year.
[6.24pm]
NRL Assistant Coach Ben Rauter is next up to talk about our feeder clubs, the Mackay Cutters and Northern Pride, and announce a new award, the Affiliate Club Player of the Year.
AFFILIATE CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tom Duffy
[6.17pm]
NRL and Pathways Football Operations Manager Glenn Hall comes to the stage to talk about all things Young Guns program, highlighting some of the squad members' achievements in 2024, before announcing the winner of the Young Guns Cowboys Way Award.
YOUNG GUNS COWBOYS WAY AWARD: Henry Teutau
[6.09pm]
Cowboys CEO Jeff Reibel thanks our long-term principal partner Toyota before inviting Life Member Barry Buchanan to introduce our first award of the night, the Club Person of the Year.
CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR: Coen Hess
[6.02pm]
Cowboys Chairman Lewis Ramsay comes to the stage to welcome everyone to our 30th annual Presentation Night.
[5.58pm]
Host Glenn “Minty” Mintern welcomes Breanne Saltner to the stage for the Welcome to Country.
Join us from 6.00pm tonight as we announce the winners at the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys' 30th Annual Presentation Night.
Awards to be presented:
- Club Person of the Year
- Cowboys Way (NRL/NRLW/Young Guns)
- Townsville Bulletin Fan Award (NRL/NRLW)
- JCU Education Award
- Rookie of the Year (NRL/NRLW)
- Players' Player (NRL/NRLW)
- NRLW Player of the Year
- Paul Bowman Medal
