Cowboys try valiantly to work it up field but the Roosters have their measure in defence. Game over - Roosters win!
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Pearce drills it low and into touch with 70 seconds left. Cowboys have a scrum 15m out from their own line.
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Good chance now for the Roosters to put this away, they have the ball on the attack with two tackles remaining.
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Tupou picks up a loose Cowboys ball and it *seems* like the Roosters might just hold on! They get a penalty as well, the hosts!
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Cowboys pick up a useful penalty and Morgan taps, goes and makes 30m! They have a full attacking set here from the Roosters' 30m!
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Cowboys with a solid set, but the last tackle sees a kick go up and Gavin Cooper unable to grab the ball. Handover Roosters.
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Asiata loses the ball and the Cowboys chance on this occasion has evaporated.
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Cowboys make a huge break down the park and spread to the left next tackle... grubber to Ferguson is fielded but the referees nail the Roosters for offside!
Sydney Roosters 22-16
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Penalty goal attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
Latrell adds the two and the margin is out to six for the Tricolours.
Sydney Roosters 22-16
Penalty Roosters just under the sticks. They opt for the two!
Sydney Roosters 20-16
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Kyle Feldt makes an unforced error.
Feldt drops a high one. Even bigger chance for the Cowboys here.
Sydney Roosters 20-16
Roosters with a good chance here, deep inside Cowboys territory.
Sydney Roosters 20-16
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Sio Siua Taukeiaho unsuccessful.
No luck from the wide position this time. Roosters ahead by four inside the final twenty!
Sydney Roosters 20-16
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Luke Keary. Kick to come.
Keary takes the line on and steams through a hole! They're back in front!
Sydney Roosters 20-16
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Sio Siua Taukeiaho successful.
Converts his own try after taking over kicking duties from Mitchell - and scores are level!
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TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Kick to come.
Big SST crashes over and the game is alight!
North Queensland Cowboys 16-14
Time off with Lachlan Coote looking a bit ginger. Cowboys forced into a drop out.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell unsuccessful.
Shanked it.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-10
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Daniel Tupou. Kick to come.
Some poor edge defence from the Cowboys and Tupou benefits from some clever play by Mitchell. Feldt the culprit there.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-10
We're back underway with the Cowboys leading the contest.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-6
HALFTIME. Cowboys with a big lead given the Roosters haven't trailed by this many at the break all season!
North Queensland Cowboys 16-6
High tackle on Coote by Tetevano and the Roosters are penalised on the Cowboys' line. Big call and it gets the visitors out of their own danger zone.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Ethan Lowe successful.
Lowe moves the margin out to ten. This game just got very interesting.
North Queensland Cowboys 16-6
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Coen Hess. Kick to come.
Hess is tackled by about 400 Roosters defenders. Atkins has sent this up as a try... and the insufficient evidence to overturn means it comes back that way!
North Queensland Cowboys 14-6
Bunker - possible Cowboys try for Coen Hess. Checking grounding.
North Queensland Cowboys 10-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Ethan Lowe successful.
Much better from the other side. Lowe makes the lead four.
North Queensland Cowboys 10-6
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Kyle Feldt. Kick to come.
Coote does it again - this time on the other flank and Feldt finds space down the right and scores nearly untouched!
North Queensland Cowboys 8-6
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Ethan Lowe unsuccessful.
No JT-style hook on that one from Lowe.
Sydney Roosters 6-4
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Kane Linnett. Kick to come.
Linnett gets the opener after a superb short ball from Coote!
Sydney Roosters 6-4
Cowboys get a scrum on halfway and a penalty on the back of it. Good chance to hit back here.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Jared Waerea-Hargreaves makes an unforced error.
JWH spills it off a poor Mitchell Pearce pass and the Roosters' attacking foray is over for now.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
Roosters with a chance off the back of a scrum just 20m out.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
Roosters go close but there's a forward pass and the Cowboys escape here.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
Mitchell converts his own four pointer. Six nil!
Sydney Roosters 6-0
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.
Down the left touchline and the Cowboys edge defenders can't deal! Fifty metres! Try time early!
Sydney Roosters 4-0
We are UNDERWAY. Roosters have it first up.
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Nothing to discuss for the Roosters in the late mail. They're 1-17. Only one change for the visitors with Shaun Fensom dropping out and Braden Uele handed his first NRL cap off the bench. Kickoff in a few minutes at the SFS.
Allianz the venue for the final instalment of the 21st Super Saturday in 2017! This will be a cracker - an inform Cowboys side who are 4-straight despite not having Johnathan Thurston on hand... while the Roosters continue to fly high, keeping the pressure on the Melbourne Storm, sitting just two points behind the competition leaders going into this round.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton
Touch Judges: Michael Wise, Dave Ryan
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Bernard Sutton
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (22)
Tries: Latrell Mitchell, Daniel Tupou, Sio Siua Taukeiaho, Luke Keary
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (1/2), Sio Siua Taukeiaho (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (1/1)
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (16)
Tries: Kane Linnett, Kyle Feldt, Coen Hess
Field Goals:
Conversions: Ethan Lowe (2/3)
Penalty Goals: