2024 Queensland Reds Season
The 2024 Queensland Reds season is the 28th and current Queensland Reds season in the Super Rugby since entering the professional era in 1996.
In addition to the domestic competition (Super Rugby Pacific) played across the Tasman and the Pacific, the Reds will also host Wales on their tour of Australia following the conclusion of the season.
| 2024 season | |||
| Coach | Les Kiss | ||
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| Chairman | Brett Clark | ||
| Stadium | Lang Park, Brisbane | ||
| Top try scorer | All: Matt Faessler (6) | ||
| Top points scorer | All: Tom Lynagh (35) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 17,782, Round 6 (vs. ACT Brumbies) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 13,000, Round 9 (vs. Highlanders) | ||
| Average home attendance | 15,525 | ||
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Squad and personnel
Coaching personnel
Following the resignation of former Reds coach Brad Thorn at the end of the 2023 season, the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) unveiled Queenslander Les Kiss as coach of the team just 39 days later. It was believed in June that the QRU had interest in a number of coaches with significant experience domestically and internationally. One such coach was The Sydney Morning Herald-endorsed candidate Argentina head coach (2022–2023) and former Australia coach (2014–2019) Michael Cheika. Cheika's duties with Argentina were to end following the 2023 Rugby World Cup, making him available before the 2024 season. Cheika had previously won the Super Rugby with the New South Wales Waratahs in 2014 before becoming coach of Australia. His The other two speculated interests of the QRU were London Irish coach Les Kiss and the former Wallabies Director of Rugby Scott Johnson.
With reporting in early July pointing to Kiss being the favourite candidate, it wasn't until late July that Kiss was confirmed as the new head coach. Kiss was selected over forty-plus prospective coaches, which included former Wallaby and Tonga coach (2016–2023) Toutai Kefu, former New Zealand assistant coach (2020–2022) Brad Mooar, former Australia defence coach and Australia U20 coach Nathan Grey, and Queensland Reds assistant under Thorn Mick Heenan.
Once Kiss assumed the coaching position he brought along much of his coaching staff at London Irish.
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach |  Les Kiss |
| Assistant Coach |  Jonathan Fisher |
| Zane Hilton | |
| Brad Davis | |
| Academy Coach | Dale Roberson |
Squad
Senior squad
The Queensland Reds squad for the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season was announced in November 2023.
| Reds senior squad | ||
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| Props
Hookers
Locks
| Loose forwards Scrum-halves
Fly-halves | Centres
Outside backs
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(cc) denotes team co-captains, Bold denotes internationally capped, DEV denotes a development squad player, ST denotes a short-term signing,  denotes a player ruled out for the season with injury. |
Academy squad
| Reds academy squad | ||
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| Props
Hookers
Locks
| Loose forwards
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
| Centres
Outside backs
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Transfers
In
| Out
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Season results
Pre-season trials
Reds score shown first.
| Date | Venue | Team | Score | Result (Margin) | Ref. |
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| Saturday, 3 February | Ballymore Stadium, Herston (Brisbane) | Western Force | 19–21 | Lost (2 points) | |
| Saturday, 10 February | Gallas Fox Park, Roma | Waratahs | 32–7 | Won (25 points) |
Summary and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Positions show the situation at the end of the corresponding Game Round (GR); not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days
Reds score shown first.
| Rnd. | Date | Venue | Team | Score | Result (Margin) | Attendance | Pos. | Ref. |
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| 1 | Saturday, 24 February | Lang Park, Milton, (Brisbane) | Waratahs | 40–22 | Won (18 points) | 14,593 | 4th | |
| 2 | Sunday, 3 March | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Olympic Park (Melbourne) |  Hurricanes | 33–38 | Lost (5 points) | 10,339 | 4th | |
| 3 | Saturday, 9 March | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | Chiefs | 25–19 | Won (6 points) | 16,725 | 3rd | |
| 4 | Friday, 15 March | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Olympic Park (Melbourne) | Melbourne Rebels | 53–26 | Won (27 points) | — | 2nd | |
| 5 | Saturday, 23 March | Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth | Western Force | 31–40 | Lost (9 points) | 5,462 | 5th | |
| 6 | Saturday, 30 March | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | ACT Brumbies | 19–20 | Lost (1 point) | 17,782 | 5th | |
| 7 | Bye | 6th | ||||||
| 8 | Friday, 12 April | Okara Park, Morningside (Whangārei) | Moana Pasifika | 14–17 | Lost (3 points) | — | 6th | |
| 9 | Friday, 19 April | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | Highlanders | 31–0 | Won (31 points) | 13,000 | 6th | |
| 10 | Saturday, 27 April | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | Blues | — | ||||
| 11 | Saturday, 4 May | Rugby League Park, Addington (Christchurch) | Crusaders | — | ||||
| 12 | Friday, 10 May | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | Melbourne Rebels | — | ||||
| 13 | Saturday, 18 May | HFC Bank Stadium, Laucala Bay (Suva) |  Fijian Drua | — | ||||
| 14 | Saturday, 25 May | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | Western Force | — | ||||
| 15 | Friday, 31 May | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) | Waratahs | — | ||||
Season standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
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| 4 | Rebels | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 249 | 266 | −17 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 24 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Chiefs | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 289 | 201 | +88 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 23 | |
| 6 | Reds | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 246 | 182 | +64 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Drua | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 200 | 257 | −57 | 25 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| 8 | Moana Pasifika | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 163 | 303 | −140 | 20 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
Wales tour
Reds score shown first.
| Date | Venue | Team | Score | Result (Margin) | Ref. |
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| Friday, 19 July | Lang Park, Milton (Brisbane) |  Wales | — | ||
Statistics
As of Round 9; 20 April 2024.
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Notes
References
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