2015 was the eighth competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club.
[3] Former Pride player Rod Jensen was appointed Chief Executive, replacing Brock Schaefer who left to take up a senior administrative role at NRL premiers South Sydney.
[4] 'Rocket' Rod had previously played wing and centre for the Adelaide Rams, Canberra Raiders and North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Telstra Premiership, and for the Huddersfield Giants in the English Super League.
The following week the Rabbitohs travelled to England for the World Club Challenge where they beat Super League premiers St Helens R.F.C.
Last year's home game against the Hunters attracted a record crowd, earning the club around $50,000 in gate receipts and sponsorship.
Twelve new players made their debut this season; eleven were new signings (Bradley Stephen, Codey Kennedy, David Murphy, Dean Mcgilvray, Denzel King, Graham Clark, Keelan White, Luke George, Nathan Wales, Regan Verney and Vaipuna Tia-Kilifi), and one was a new Cowboys allocation player (Lachlan Coote*).
Hezron Murgha signed to the Cowboys, but was allocated to the Pride and made 19 appearances in QCup this season.
Brett Anderson (co-captain) Jason Roos (co-captain) Alex Starmer Bradley Stephen Brent Oosen Codey Kennedy David Murphy Dean McGilvray Denzel King Graham Clark Jack Svendsen Jordan Biondi-Odo Justin Castellaro Keelan White Linc Port Luke George Nathan Wales PJ Webb Patrick Kaufusi Regan Verney Ryan Ghietti Sam Obst Semi Tadulala Sheldon Powe-Hobbs Tom Hancock Vaipuna Tia Kilifi Eddie Daniel Jared Allen Jared Verney Menmuny Murgha Maddie Oosen Sam Pau Travis Peeters Broski Emery Hunia (Cairns Brothers) Lachlan Parmenter (Cairns Brothers) Peter Tognolini (Cairns Brothers) Nathan Curcio (Atherton Roosters) Jayden Gil Joseph Forrester Josh Mene Jamie Kerwick Ben Spina* Cameron King* Hezron Murgha* Javid Bowen* Lachlan Coote* Scott Bolton* Trial match: James Tamou Allocated but did not play for the Pride in 2015: Antonio Winterstein Kyle McConnell Allocated to Pride but played for the Blackhawks: Dan Beasley
Tom Hancock – LK In August 2012 as part of the historic $1 billion five-year broadcasting agreement with Nine and Fox Sports, the Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed that Intrust Super Cup matches would be televised by Channel 9 until 2018.
In 2015 the Pride appeared in three televised games: The Round 3 match against the Townsville Blackhawks from Barlow Park, Cairns was scheduled to be broadcast, but Channel Nine was concerned about the impacts of Cyclone Nathan and so the match between Tweed Heads Seagulls and Norths Devils was shown instead.