JT converts
Matt Scott gets the green lights despite replays showing that he was short of the line
JT rushes the conversion and misses and that's full time
The Eels are penalised for being offside at the kick off and a great kick fro touch from JT finds great distance, They attack down the right and get the try down the right sideline with Enari Tuala
BUNKER: Matt Scott thinks he has a rare try BUT it looked like he was short which is the live decision of Peter Gough
Awful awful awful... The Cowboys throw a poor pass that goes into touch to chalk up error 19
Time off as we have some another break for an injury inside the final 5
Poor pass out to Lowe and that sums up the night for the Cowboys
JT puts in a poor kick but Clint Gutherson loses the ball and the Cowboys get a scrum 10m out
**SHORT KICK OFF KLAXON** The Cowboys try a shot kick off and get the ball back
Clint Gutherson has nailed the conversion from right in front
Lachlan Coote flies high to take a kick drops it and his ex-Panthers teammate Michael Jennings is on the scene and he scores the try.
Brad Takairangi doesn't get to his feet trying to play it and the knock is ruled... much to Takairangi's displeasure that it wasn't a penalty
BUNKER: Kyle Feldt flies high and tries to take a catch and put it down all in one motion but loses it; The Badge says NO TRY and that's what the bunker calls
TR.... FORWARD PASS - Again a good ball to set up points from the Cowboys is called forward and again the replays show it's not a very good call
Some scrappy play as both sides struggle to complete their sets
Clint Gutherson kicks the conversion from right next to the uprights
Well the Try is given but the grounding looked less than convincing just like Feldt's earlier...
BUNKER: Jarryd Hayne chases through and takes a great take above his head and gets to the ingoal... live decision TRY
Thurston's kicking game is poor again as it doesn't get through the line and now the Cowboys compound it with a penalty
Too much fade from Clint Gutherson on the conversion and it's waved away
Just 80 seconds into the second half and the Eels have first points after Lachlan Coote put a high kick down and then next play a great ball from Gutherson out to George Jennings sees the Eels winger get the ball down in the corner.
Kyle Feldt's towering boot gets us underway in the second half, Eels using the ball first
HT in Darwin and the scores are locked up at 4 all in a game that has gone from end to end but interrupted with errors
Coen Hess makes a meal of his play the ball THEN backs it up by throwing the ball away and Peter Gough doesn't like that and blows the penalty
BIG TACKLE from Mahoney and Nathan Brown on Justin O'Niell BUT the whistle comes and referees rule that it went above the horizontal
PENALTY COWBOYS: "Who who" yells Jarryd Hayne as Peter Gough explains that the Parra defensive line was offside
JT hooks the ball too far across the posts and the touch judges wave it away
The bunker rules that Kyle Feldt kept his fingers on the ball and grounded it... the live decision was NO TRY and replays showing that it wasn't an awful call fro Peter Gough onfield
BUNKER: Kyle Feldt has crossed for a try and celebrates but Peter Gough rules NO TRY live decision
PENALTY COWBOYS: Peter Gough not happy with the Parramatta tacklers ruling they were too slow and blows the penalty
Cowboys back into the attacking position after the Eels tried to spread the ball deep in their own 30 and lost it
Coote kicks with a cross field chip but Gavin Cooper ends up with it on the last and it's a changeover
Lachlan Coote makes really good ground cleaning up a kick despite it looking like an obstruction
PENALTY EELS: The Eels get a relieving penalty after the Cowboys stay too long in the tackle; Both sides get a breather
A bit of hecticness there as TMM gets through but his basketball offload goes straight to an Eels player and then French is stripped but called a knock on by the Cowboys
T... FORWARD PASS - Kyle Feldt gets on the outside of Bevan French off a good long ball from Te Maire Martin but it's called forward
First tackle and the Eels hand the ball back to the Cowboys - Cowboys getting their best chance in quite a while
The Cowboys struggling to get out of their own half and Ethan Lowe loses the ball in a strong tackle on his own 40
Clint Gutherson from close range pushes the conversion from very close range.
THE HAYNE PLANE HAS LANDED IN DARWIN - Cowboys concede a penalty and Jarryd Hayne takes the quick tap runs straight at a gap in the defence and gets down low and gets the try
Another good kick in behind from the Eels and again the Cowboys kill the ball and will drop the ball out for the third time in the first 12 mins
BUNKER: Good little kick in behind from the Eels creates a little bit of danger for the Cowboys but Coote grounds; Peter Gough goes to the bunker just to make sure Coote did ground it
PENALTY EELS: Corey Norman kicking out on the full hasn't the Eels too much because play 2 of the next set, Shaun Fensom penalised for an incorrect PTB
Johnathan Thurston sweeping around to the right but it's well read by Corey Norman who ultimately forces an error from JT
PENALTY COWBOYS: A leg pull call from Peter Gough gives the Cowboys the first penalty of the game, they're inside the Eels 10
Kyle Feldt has changed the momentum big time in the past 40 seconds - He put the dropout in that went 80 then a great tackle and run
Massive dropout from the Cowboys that goes 60m on the full before bouncing another 20m, Eels have to start the set in their own end
A steady set for the Eels but they do force a repeat set with Bevan French's kick forced dead
Early error on tackle 4 from Shaun Fensom and the Eels start their first set 45m from the Cowboys line
Debut head referee Peter Gough calls time on and we are underway in Darwin; Cowboys using the ball first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough, Gavin Badger
Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Rohan Best
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie
PARRAMATTA EELS (20)
Tries: Jarryd Hayne (2), George Jennings, Michael Jennings
Field Goals:
Conversions: Clint Gutherson (2/4)
Penalty Goals:
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (14)
Tries: Kyle Feldt, Enari Tuala, Matthew Scott
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (1/3)
Penalty Goals: