List of North Queensland Cowboys representatives
The following list includes players from the North Queensland Cowboys that have represented state and national sides while at the club and the years that they achieved their honours. Representatives are included if they were contracted to the Cowboys at the time of their representation. This includes the Cowboys under-20 team or contracted players who were playing for the Mackay Cutters, Northern Pride, Townsville Blackhawks or North Queensland Young Guns, as they are/were feeder clubs.
International
Australia
- Steve Walters (1997, Super League)
- Matt Sing (2003–05)
- Matthew Bowen (2004)
- Luke O'Donnell (2005–06)
- Johnathan Thurston (2006–09, 2011–17)
- Carl Webb (2008)
- Matthew Scott (2010–16)
- Willie Tonga (2010–11)
- James Tamou (2012–16)
- Brent Tate (2013)
- Michael Morgan (2016–17)
- Justin O'Neill (2016)
- Jordan McLean (2018)
- Reuben Cotter (2022–24)
- Valentine Holmes (2022–23)
- Jeremiah Nanai (2022)
- Murray Taulagi (2022)
- Tom Dearden (2024)
Australia (W)
- Emma Manzelmann (2023)
- Jakiya Whitfeld (2024)
Cook Islands (W)
- Jazmon Tupou-Witchman (2024)
Fiji
- Noa Nadruku (1998–99)
- Ashton Sims (2013)
- Tariq Sims (2013)
- Viliame Kikau (2015)
- Taniela Sadrugu (2022)
- Semi Valemei (2024)
Fiji (W)
- Vitalina Naikore (2023–24)
France
- Clint Greenshields (2013)
Greece
- George Gatis (2005)
Ireland
- Rory Kostjasyn (2013)
Italy
- Paul Pensini (1999)
- Paul Dezolt (2003)
- Daniel Sorbello (2004)
- Joel Riethmuller (2011, 2013)
New Zealand
- John Lomax (1997–98)
- Tyran Smith (1997)
- Brian Jellick (1999–00)
- Paul Rauhihi (2003–05)
- David Faiumu (2005–07)
- Kalifa Faifai Loa (2011)
- Jason Taumalolo (2014, 2016–17)
- Te Maire Martin (2017–18)
- Peta Hiku (2022)
- Griffin Neame (2023–24)
Papua New Guinea
- Bruce Mamando (2000)
- Tyson Martin (2009)
- Ray Thompson (2013, 2015)
- Kurt Baptiste (2019)
- Daniel Russell (2019)
- Robert Derby (2022–24)
- Zac Laybutt (2023)
Papua New Guinea (W)
- Essay Banu (2023–24)
- Sera Koroi (2023)
- Shellie Long (2023)
- Sareka Mooka (2023–24)
- Jessikah Reeves (2023)
Samoa
- Robert Piva (1995)
- Malo Solomona (2006)
- Alex Elisala (2013)
- Kalifa Faifai Loa (2013)
- Antonio Winterstein (2013–14, 2016)
- Tautau Moga (2014–15)
- John Asiata (2016–17)
- Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2022)
- Luciano Leilua (2023)
- Murray Taulagi (2023)
- Heilum Luki (2023)
- Jeremiah Nanai (2024)
Samoa (W)
- Jetaya Faifua (2024)
Scotland
- Geoff Bell (2000)
- Kane Linnett (2013, 2016)
- Lachlan Coote (2016)
Tonga
- Jason Taumalolo (2013, 2017–19, 2022, 2024)
- Patrick Kaufusi (2016–17)
- John Asiata (2019)
Tonga (W)
- China Polata (2023)
- Ana Malupo (2024)
Wales
- Jonathan Davies (1995)
- Kevin Ellis (1995)
International 9s
Australia
- Kyle Feldt (2019)
Lebanon
- Jacob Kiraz (2019)
Papua New Guinea
- Daniel Russell (2019)
Tonga
- John Asiata (2019)
- Jason Taumalolo (2019)
State of Origin
Queensland
- Owen Cunningham (1997, Super League)
- Steve Walters (1997, Super League)
- Paul Green (1999–00)
- Paul Bowman (2000–01, 2003–05)
- Julian O'Neill (2000)
- John Buttigieg (2001–02)
- John Doyle (2001–02)
- Nathan Fien (2001)
- Matthew Bowen (2003–07)
- Matt Sing (2003–05)
- Josh Hannay (2003, 2006)
- Travis Norton (2004)
- Johnathan Thurston (2005–17)
- Carl Webb (2005–08)
- Ty Williams (2005)
- Jacob Lillyman (2006–08)
- Matthew Scott (2006, 2009–16)
- Willie Tonga (2009–11)
- Brent Tate (2012–13)
- Michael Morgan (2015–19)
- Justin O'Neill (2016–17)
- Gavin Cooper (2016–18)
- Coen Hess (2017–18, 2020)
- Josh McGuire (2019)
- Valentine Holmes (2020–24)
- Kyle Feldt (2021)
- Francis Molo (2021)
- Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2021)
- Reuben Cotter (2022–24)
- Jeremiah Nanai (2022–24)
- Murray Taulagi (2022–24)
- Tom Dearden (2022, 2024)
- Tom Gilbert (2022)
Queensland (W)
- Emma Manzelmann (2023–24)
- China Polata (2023)
- Shaniah Power (2023)
- Makenzie Weale (2024)
New South Wales
- Ian Roberts (1997, Super League)
- Tim Brasher (2000)
- Luke O'Donnell (2006, 2009–10)
- James Tamou (2012–16)
- Reece Robson (2023–24)
All Stars Game
Indigenous All Stars
- Johnathan Thurston (2010–13, 2015, 2017)
- Carl Webb (2010)
- Ty Williams (2010)
- Matthew Bowen (2011–2012)
- Cory Paterson (2012)
- Ray Thompson (2015)
- Reuben Cotter (2021)
- Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (2022)
- Jamayne Taunoa-Brown (2022–23)
Indigenous All Stars (W)
- Essay Banu (2023)
- Bree Chester (2023)
- Kirra Dibb (2023–24)
- Tallisha Harden (2024)
- Mia Middleton (2023)
- Sareka Mooka (2023)
- Shaniah Power (2023)
- Tahlulah Tillett (2023)
- Jasmine Peters (2024)
Maori All Stars
- Daejarn Asi (2021)
- Wiremu Greig (2021)
- Esan Marsters (2020–2021)
- Emry Pere (2021)
Maori All Stars (W)
- Tiana Raftstrand-Smith (2024)
NRL/World All Stars
- Luke O'Donnell (2010)
- Matthew Scott (2011)
- Aaron Payne (2012)
- James Tamou (2013)
- Jason Taumalolo (2015)
- Antonio Winterstein (2015)
- Matthew Wright (2016)
- Gavin Cooper (2017)
City vs Country Origin
NSW Country
- Glenn Morrison (2001, 2003–04)
- Mitchell Sargent (2006)
- Ray Cashmere (2008)
- Ben Harris (2008)
- Willie Mason (2010)
- Tariq Sims (2012–14)
- Rory Kostjasyn (2016)
- Kane Linnett (2016)
NSW City
- Luke O'Donnell (2005, 2009–10)
Other honours
Prime Minister's XIII
- Matthew Bowen (2005, 2011)
- Johnathan Thurston (2006, 2009)
- Luke O'Donnell (2006, 2008–09)
- Shane Tronc (2006)
- Carl Webb (2008)
- Matthew Scott (2009)
- Gavin Cooper (2013)
- Michael Morgan (2014)
- Jake Clifford (2018)
- Jordan McLean (2018)
- Enari Tuala (2018)
- Kyle Feldt (2019)
- Reuben Cotter (2023)
- Tom Dearden (2023)
- Reece Robson (2023)
- Murray Taulagi (2023)
- Sam McIntyre (2024)
Prime Minister's XIII (W)
- Tallisha Harden (2023)
- Emma Manzelmann (2023–24)
- China Polata (2023)
- Tiana Raftstrand-Smith (2023)
- Krystal Blackwell (2024)
- Bree Chester (2024)
- Kirra Dibb (2024)
- Lily Peacock (2024)
PNG Prime Minister's XIII
- Tyson Martin (2009)
- James Segeyaro (2011)
- Ray Thompson (2011)
- Kyle Laybutt (2018)
- Robert Derby (2023)
- Zac Laybutt (2023)
PNG Prime Minister's XIII (W)
- Essay Banu (2023–24)
- Sera Koroi (2023)
- Shellie Long (2023)
- Sareka Mooka (2024)
- Jessikah Reeves (2023)
Indigenous Dreamtime Team
- Carl Webb (2008)
- Ty Williams (2008)
Aborigines
- John Buttigieg (1999)
- John Doyle (1999)
New Zealand Māori
- James Tamou (2010)
- Arana Taumata (2010)
Queensland Residents
- Jason Barsley (2005–06)
- Scott Bolton (2006, 2008)
- Mark Dalle Cort (2006)
- Shane Muspratt (2006–07)
- Dayne Weston (2009)
- Clint Amos (2010)
- Donald Malone (2010)
- Joel Riethmuller (2011)
- Sam Hoare (2013)
- Curtis Rona (2013)
- Javid Bowen (2014–15)
- Kyle Feldt (2015)
- Patrick Kaufusi (2015)
- Hezron Murgha (2015)
- Ben Spina (2015)
- Jahrome Hughes (2016)
- Corey Jensen (2017)
- Kyle Laybutt (2017)
- Tom Gilbert (2019)
Junior Representatives
- Kyle Feldt (2011)
- Mosese Pangai (2011)
- Chris Grevsmuhl (2012)
- Coen Hess (2015–16)
- Enari Tuala (2017–18)
- Jake Clifford (2018)
- Murray Taulagi (2018)
- Jason Taumalolo (2010–12)
- Michael Parker-Walshe (2011)
- Wayne Ulugia (2011)
- Braden Uele (2015)
- Brandon Smith (2016)
- Peter Hola (2018)
- Sean Mullany (2018)
- Emry Pere (2018)
- Griffin Neame (2019)
- Alex Elisala (2012)
- Chris Grevsmuhl (2012–13)
- Patrick Kaufusi (2013)
- Zac Santo (2013)
- Coen Hess (2015)
- Conor Carey (2015)
- Gideon Gela-Mosby (2015–16)
- Cooper Bambling (2016)
- Marcus Jensen (2016)
- Bacho Salam (2016)
- Darryn Schonig (2016)
- Mitchell Dunn (2017)
- Corey Horsburgh (2017)
- Hiale Slade-Roycroft (2017)
- Jake Clifford (2018)
- Murray Taulagi (2018-19)
- Kurt Wiltshire (2018)
- Elijah Anderson (2019)
- Nathan Barrett (2019)
- Logan Bayliss-Brow (2019)
- Ben Condon (2019)
- Tom Gilbert (2019)
Queensland U19 Origin
- Tom Duffy (2022)
- Kulikefu Finefeuiaki (2022)
- Luke Jack (2022)
- Jacob Mene (2022)
- Mutua Brown (2023–24)
- Zack Lamont (2023)
- Jamal Shibasaki (2023–24)
- Wil Sullivan (2023)
- Mason Kira (2024)
- Jaxon Purdue (2024)
New South Wales U19 Origin
- Kaiden Lahrs (2024)
Representative Coaching Staff
International
Greece
- Steve Georgallis (Head Coach – 2022)
Papua New Guinea Women
- Ben Jeffries (Head Coach – 2022)
Tonga
- Murray Hurst (Head Coach – 1998–00)
- Dean Young (Assistant Coach – 2022)
United States
- Terry Matterson (Head Coach – 2013)
State Of Origin
Queensland
- Neil Henry (Assistant Coach – 2006, 2009)
New South Wales
- Graham Murray (Head Coach – 2006–07)
All Stars Game
Indigenous All Stars
- Neil Henry (Head Coach – 2010)
City-Country Origin
NSW Country
- Graham Murray (Head Coach – 2002)
NSW City
- Graham Murray (Coach – 2003–05)