Easts, who finished the regular season in third, qualified for their third Grand Final after upsetting the second-placed
Mackay in Week 1 and the first-placed
Northern Pride in the major semi final. Mackay, after losing to Easts, defeated
Ipswich in the minor semi final and upset the Pride 20–6 in the preliminary final to qualify for their first Grand Final.
First half Easts were the first team to get on the board in the decided when centre
Junior Sa'u scored in the 9th minute. In the 25th minute, they extended their lead to eight when Mackay put a dropout out on the full, kicking a penalty goal from right in front. The Cutters finally cracked the Tigers when winger
Bureta Faraimo crossed in the right corner in the 29th minute. They took the lead for the first time when Faraimo scored his second in the 32nd minute, sprinting 50 metres down the sideline after a pass from his centre
Michael Morgan. The lead didn't last long, as Easts scored in the 38th minute, when Sa'u latched onto a kick that the Cutters let bounce to score his second try.
Second half Mackay levelled the scores at 14-all seven minutes into the second half when winger
David Milne scored in the left corner. In the 64th minute, Mackay captured their second lead of the contest when Morgan picked up a loose ball and ran 50 metres to score in the right corner. Again, the lead did not last long, as Easts' prop
Mitch Garbutt muscled over to score in the 69th minute. The Cutters took a one-point lead when halfback
Matt Minto slotted a field goal from 20 metres out with six minutes left in the game. Mackay sealed the win in the 79th minute when hooker
Anthony Mitchell darted from dummy half to score and secure the club's first Queensland Cup premiership. Mitchell was awarded the Duncan Hall Medal for Man of Match. A
North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, the Cutters' side featured
Michael Morgan and
Jason Taumalolo, who would both go on to become
NRL regulars for the Cowboys and play in the club's
2015 NRL Grand Final win over the
Brisbane Broncos. ==End-of-season awards==