Match Centre

PENALTY SOUTHS - with 4 seconds left and 10m from the Cowboys line. Granville is offside as Reynolds attempted a field goal

Souths with the short drop out. Feldt drops it backwards and Walker cleans up and sets downfield. Souths now deep inside the Cowboys half with half a set to go.

DROP OUT SOUTHS - Granville's shady grubber is fallen on by George Burgess inside the Souths ingoal.

Feldt with a stunning intercept, with great fingertip control, shuts down a Souths attacking raid and gets the Cowboys back inside the Bunnies half.

SCRUM SOUTHS - They have 80m to travel

Reynolds attempts a field goal but no dice.

On the second tackle, Jensen leaves the pass behind and Souths clean up. They're still in it.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Reynolds restart goes over the dead ball line on the full. Cowboys will kick for touch from halfway.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Souths holding down in the tackle. Cowboys take the tap this time

SCRUM SOUTHS - Morgan gets a slow pass and he butchers his attempt to get the ball to Hunt.

Thurston's grubber can't get through the Bunnies defence, but the Cowboys get it back and the tackle count restarts.

PENALTY COWBOYS - A high tackle by Souths on Taumalolo, who didn't even notice it. Cowboys back inside the Bunnies half.

SCRUM COWBOYS - Inglis touches a pass not meant for him and a knock on is called.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Cowboys immediately give away a penalty

Scott has been bent back in a tackle and looks to have hurt his knee again. He comes off the field on his own, even jogged a bit, so hoping its nothing serious.

Cowboys with a 17 on 1. That 1 happened to be Inglis. Some slick passing saw Tuala make a break before attempting to kick past Inglis. Inglis though took the catch.

PENALTY COWBOYS - And Thurston decides to add another goal, despite being down by 8.

SCRUM COWBOYS - AN ordinary set ends with an ordinary kick, which Inglis is ruled to have knocked forward. Cowboys with a fresh set inside the Bunnies 10m

PENALTY COWBOYS - Morgan leaps to take the high ball and is tackled while in the air.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Feldt drops the ball and demands to get a penalty. That didn't go well.

Cowboys put in a kick but again it goes dead in goal and Souths get another 7 tackle set.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Souths inside the 10.

SCRUM COWBOYS - Morgan with a nice little chip is eventually cleaned up by Graham. Gagai spills the pass from dummy half and the Cowboys will have a full set inside the Bunnies 15m

Inglis cuts through the Cowboys right side defence and then passes to Tuala, but the young debutant is taken into touch 30m from the Cowboys line.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Good opening set of the second half ends with Hampton finding touch 5m from the Bunnies line.

Another nice grubber by the Cowboys is rushed dead by Souths and that will do us for the opening 40.

DROP OUT SOUTHS - Cooper put in a rushed grubber and Inglis takes it dead.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Souths holding down in the tackle. Cowboys taking a shot at the 2.

Sam Burgess also off with a hamstring issue. He and Johnston are not expected to return tonight.

Martin puts in an attacking kick, but it is too deep and Hunt again takes it easily in his own ingoal. Souths with a 7 tackle set.

SCRUM COWBOYS - Sutton grubbers and the ball goes into touch.

SCRUM COWBOYS - Cook was lightning fast out of dummy hald and sent a good ball to Crichton, but the big fella couldn't hold onto it.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Thurston performs a strip but there were 2 in the tackle.

Walker sends Hunt on a 20m run down the left sideline.

Johnston coming off with a hamstring twinge

SCRUM SOUTHS - From the scrum, Souths go left, but Johnston's pass is intercepted and knocked on by Feldt.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Reynolds grubbers 10m from the Cowboys line, and is then tackled by Scott, preventing him from chasing the ball.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Granville goes for a scoot from dummy half, but forgets to pick the ball up properly.

Thurston puts in a kick for his winger, but instead kicks it straight down Hunt's throat. 7 tackle set for Souths. Aaaand they lose the ball on tackle 0.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Hess pulls out the ball after held was called.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Cowboys pinged again off the restart.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Granville penalised for having his hand on the ball.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Cowboys off the line too fast after turning the ball over and the Bunnies waltz up to halfway.

Morgan lost the ball backwards after it was knocked out by the Souths defence. Thurston regathered, got a fresh set and then Hess turned the ball over straight away.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Souths offside

SCRUM COWBOYS - Crichton gets an arm free and throws a stinker of a pass forward from on his own 30m line.

PENALTY SOUTHS - Graham makes a half break down the right side before being held down too long in the tackle. Souths with a full set inside the Cowboys 35m

Cowboys with a near identical opening set.

SOuths with a conservative first set. Stand in fullback Martin handled the high ball well.

You can have your Prince Harry's, we've got King JT! And we're underway!