The 2021 Townsville Blackhawks season was the seventh in the club's history. Coached by Aaron Payne and captained by Sam Hoare, they competed in the Intrust Super Cup.

The 2021 season marked the return of the Blackhawks after the 2020 season was cancelled after just one round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Season summary

Milestones

• Round 1: Tom Hancock, Patrick Kaufusi, Cameron King and Griffin Neame made their debuts for the club.
• Round 1: Griffin Neame scored his first try for the club.
• Round 3: Esan Marsters and Riley Price made their debuts for the club.
• Round 3: Josh Hoffman and Esan Marsters scored their first tries for the club.
• Round 7: Benn Campagnolo made his debut for the club.
• Round 7: Benn Campagnolo scored his first try for the club.
• Round 9: Luke Geary, Jordan Lipp, Cody Maughan and Aaron Moore made their debuts for the club.
• Round 9: Luke Geary and Moses Meninga scored their first tries for the club.
• Round 10: Patrick Kaufusi scored his first try for the club.
• Round 13: Nick Brown made his debut for the club.
• Round 13: Sam Murphy scored his first try for the club.

2021 squad

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Michael Bell	North Queensland Cowboys (mid-season)	2022
Nick Brown	Redcliffe Dolphins	2021	[1]
Luke Geary	St Marys Saints (mid-season)	2021	[2]
Jordan Kenworthy	Mackay Cutters	2021	[3]
Cameron King	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2021	[4]
Shaun Nona	Limoux Grizzlies	2021	[5]

Losses

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 27 February	Trial 1	Northern Pride	Jack Manski Oval	6 – 34	Quabba	Asi (1)
Saturday, 6 March	Trial 2	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	24 – 18	Hancock, Kenworthy, Laybutt, Murphy, Salam	Asi (2)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Regular season

Due COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions in Queensland throughout the season, Round 12 was postponed and played after Rounds 13 and 14. Rounds 15 and 18 were cancelled and Rounds 16 and 17 were postponed and played after Round 19. ^[8]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 20 March	Round 1	Ipswich Jets	North Ipswich Reserve	46 – 12	Chudleigh (3), Boyce, Hoare, Laybutt, Neame, Salam	Asi (7)
Sunday, 28 March	Round 2	Brisbane Tigers	Jack Manski Oval	30 – 0	Anderson (2), Faifai Loa (2), Boyce	Nona (4), Anderson (1)
Saturday, 10 April	Round 3	Norths Devils	Bishop Park	22 – 30	Marsters (2), Anderson, Hoffman	Nona (2), Anderson (1)
Saturday, 17 April	Round 4	Northern Pride	Jack Manski Oval	26 – 30	Marsters (2), Chudleigh, Faifai Loa, Nona	Nona (2), Anderson (1)
Sunday, 25 April	Round 5	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Jack Manski Oval	16 – 24	Barrett (2), Anderson	Nona (2)
Sunday, 9 May	Round 6	Redcliffe Dolphins	Moreton Daily Stadium	24 – 26	Faifai Loa (2), Anderson, Caroll, Neame	Nona (2)
Sunday, 16 May	Round 7	Mackay Cutters	Jack Manski Oval	24 – 18	Faifai Loa (2), Barrett, Campagnolo, Laybutt	Anderson (2)
Saturday, 29 May	Round 8	Burleigh Bears	Pizzey Park	18 – 22	Barrett (2), Carroll	Nona (3)
Saturday, 5 June	Round 9	PNG Hunters	Bycroft Oval	38 – 28	Geary (3), Barrett, Carroll, Feeney, Meninga	Nona (5)
Saturday, 12 June	Round 10	CQ Capras	Jack Manski Oval	48 – 16	Kaufusi (3), Carroll (2), Jensen (2), Faifai Loa, Martin-Savage	Nona (6)
Saturday, 19 June	Round 11	Sunshine Coast Falcons	Sunshine Coast Stadium	18 – 16	Feeney (2), Carroll, Salam	Nona (1)
Saturday, 10 July	Round 13	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	30 – 26	Hoare, Kaufusi, Kenworthy, Murphy, Salam	Nona (5)
Saturday, 17 July	Round 14	Souths Logan Magpies	Charlie Wehlow Oval	28 – 18	Anderson, Faifai Loa, Hoffman, Laybutt, Nona, Salam	Nona (2)
Sunday, 25 July	Round 12	Norths Devils	Jack Manski Oval	22 – 29	Anderson, Kaufusi, Lousi, Martin-Savage	Faifai-Loa (1), Laybutt (1), Nona (1)
Saturday, 31 July	Round 15	Ipswich Jets	Jack Manski Oval		Cancelled
Saturday, 21 August	Round 18	Redcliffe Dolphins	Jack Manski Oval		Cancelled
Saturday, 28 August	Round 19	Mackay Cutters	BB Print Stadium	28 – 10	Bell, Faifai-Loa, Feeney, Hoffman, Laybutt	Nona (4)
Saturday, 4 September	Round 16	Tweed Heads Seagulls	Piggabeen Sports Complex	26 – 26	Feeney, Hoffman, Price, Salam	Nona (5)
Saturday, 11 September	Round 17	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	Jack Manski Oval	24 – 30	Carroll, Chudleigh, Faifai-Loa, Price	Anderson (2), Nona (2)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Sunday, 19 September	Elimination Final	Souths Logan Magpies	Marsden State High School	24 – 30	Chudleigh, Faifai-Loa, Feeney, Laybutt	Nona (4)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

Honours

Club

• Player of the Year: Josh Chudleigh^[9]
• Players' Player: Josh Chudleigh
• Back of the Year: Jaelen Feeney
• Forward of the Year: Josh Chudleigh
• Under 20 Player of the Year: Jake Bourke
• Under 19 Player of the Year: Jordii-Rae Mahendrarajah
• Under 18 Player of the Year: Will Latu
• Under 16 Player of the Year: Jamal Shibasaki