2017 was the tenth competitive season for the Cairns based Sea Swift Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club.

[2][3][4] Interim chairman, Terry Mackenroth stood down and was replaced by board member and Cairns real estate agent Tony Williamson.

Feedback from fans convinced the club to return home games to Saturday evenings, as last year's move to 3:00pm on Sunday afternoons was not popular and crowd numbers fell.

The selection panel was Brett Allen, Rhys O'Neill, Pat Bailey, Greg Dowling, Rob White and Bob Fowler.

Fourteen new players made their debut this season; ten were new signings (Brad Lupi, Connor Jones, Darryn Schonig, Jack Brock, Jack Campagnolo, Kienan Grogan-Hayes, Matthew Musumeci, Shawn Bowen, Troy Kapea and Will Bugden), and four were new Cowboys allocation players (Ben Hampton*, Gideon Gela-Mosby*, Marcus Jensen* and Patrick Mago*).

The selection panel was Brett Allen, Rhys O'Neill, Pat Bailey, Greg Dowling, Rob White and Bob Fowler.