Their 2007 coach was Matt Parish, replacing
Mick Crawley for the season. They narrowly won the Minor Premiers Trophy by beating the
Dolphins by 2 points in a match in last round of the regular season at Dairy Farmers Stadium on 18 August. The regular season had a tight finish as usual: the teams below the
Dolphins, the
Tweed Heads Seagulls and the
Ipswich Jets all finished 3 points below the Young Guns. After such a great season, the Young Guns went into the finals as favourites. In the finals, the Young Guns were given a bye in the first round. In the 2nd round they faced the 2nd placed
Dolphins but lost 28–18. They still had a 2nd chance, however, and they just needed to beat the
Tweed Heads Seagulls who were in red hot form to make their 2nd
Queensland Cup Grand Final appearance. They didn't, they choked at the last hurdle before the Grand Final and lost by a whopping margin of 24 points to the
Seagulls, the final score was an embarrassing 34–10. This would be the Young Guns final Queensland Cup Match as they were now officially out of the
Cup due to the fact they had been merged/replaced with/by
Northern Pride, based in
Cairns and owned by the
Cairns Taipans Australian NBL Team. The last Young Guns squad (2007) was : • James Andersen •
Brett Anderson •
Daniel Backo • Ryan Bartlett • Steven Beaumont •
Scott Bolton • Brandon Boor • Samuel James Bowie • Greg Byrnes •
Sam Faust •
John Frith • Jamie Frizzo • Obadiah Geia • Luke Hume •
Toshio Laiseni •
Keiron Lander • Ben Lowe • Ryan Mahoney • Shane Muspratt •
Jackson Nicolau • Brady Payne • Dean Payne • Scott Smith •
Ben Vaeau • Colin Wilkie
After 2007 Results • '
1998 (as Townsville Stingers
) ' - 7th •
2002 - 6th •
2003 - 7th •
2004 - 7th •
2005 - Premiers •
2006 - 4th •
2007 - 1st(Minor Premiers) ==See also==