The 2018 Townsville Blackhawks season was the fourth in the club's history. Coached by Kristian Woolf and captained by Andrew Niemoeller, they competed in the Intrust Super Cup. The club finished the regular season in 3rd position and qualified for the finals but were eliminated in the first week by the Ipswich Jets.
Season summary
Milestones
- Round 1: Joe Boyce, Michael Carroll, Zach Dockar-Clay, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Jaelen Feeney, Krys Freeman, Rod Griffin, Shaun Hudson and Jake Marketo made their debuts for the club.
- Round 1: Michael Carroll, Zach Dockar-Clay, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Jaelen Feeney, Krys Freeman and Jake Marketo scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 2: Francis Molo scored his first try for the club.
- Round 3: Brent Woolf made his debut for the club.
- Round 4: Andrew Davey made his debut for the club.
- Round 5: Cade Maloney made his debut for the club.
- Round 5: Brent Woolf scored his first try for the club.
- Round 6: Levi Dodd made his debut for the club.
- Round 7: Levi Dodd scored his first try for the club.
- Round 8: Shaun Hudson and Cade Maloney scored their first tries for the club.
- Round 13: Sam Martin-Savage made his debut for the club.
- Round 16: Justin O'Neill made his debut for the club.
- Round 16: Rod Griffin scored his first try for the club.
- Round 19: Andrew Davey scored his first try for the club.
- Round 24: Bacho Salam made his debut for the club.
- Round 24: Bacho Salam scored his first try for the club.
2018 squad
Squad movement
Gains
Losses
Fixtures
Pre-season
Regular season
Finals
Statistics
Honours
Club
- Player of the Year: Kalifa Faifai Loa
- Players' Player: Temone Power
- Back of the Year: Jaelen Feeney
- Forward of the Year: Jake Marketo
- Under 20 Player of the Year: Sam Martin-Savage
- Under 18 Player of the Year: Isaac Locke
League
- Winger of the Year: Kalifa Faifai Loa
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