Full Time
91:00
4:10pm Sun September 10, 2017
Finals Week 1 - Sydney Football Stadium (1988-2018), Moore Park / Gadigal - Crowd: 16115
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All over, the Cowboys have hung on to stage a last gasp victory 15-14

North Queensland Cowboys 15-14

89

Fifita attempts an offload and loses the ball and that will be the ball game.

North Queensland Cowboys 15-14

88

Morgan grubbers the ball into touch with 90 seconds remaining. Sharks have 70 metres to travel and need at least one point to stay in the game.

North Queensland Cowboys 15-14

85

SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Field goal attempt by Michael Morgan successful.

Morgan kicks a field goal right on the buzzer at the end of the first 5 minutes of extra time.

North Queensland Cowboys 15-14

83

Holmes with a great kick return but the attempted tackle of Coote inadvertently knocks the ball loose. Cowboys SCRUM 40 metres from the Sharks line.

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82

Sharks get into good attacking position but Lewis is found to lost the ball despite what appeared to be an intentional play at the ball by Taumalolo.

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80

Extra time is underway!

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80

Cowboys have one play but are shut down as the siren sounds. And we're off to extra time.

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79

Gallen has a crack at the try but loses the ball. A scrum is called but the clock expires. PENALTY COWBOYS:

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78

Maloney's field goal attempt is charged down. Sharks retain and get 6 again.

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77

SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Penalty goal attempt by Ethan Lowe successful.

Lowe kicks the penalty goal to level the scores with 3 minutes left.

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76

PENALTY COWBOYS: Cowboys get a penalty deep in the Sharks half after Prior was ruled to stripped the ball illegally.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

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Fifita tries to pick up a grubber and is ruled to have knocked on.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

74

PENALTY COWBOYS: Lewis nabbed for a high tackle. Cowboys get another easy walk upfield into Sharks territory

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

69

Great tackle by Granville on Bird forces the ball loose in the tackle. Cowboys win the scrum 40 metres from the Sharks line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

67

Sharks kick it dead. Cowboys with a 7 tackle set.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

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Wade Graham with a great bust on the fourth after the Cowboys dominant defence again contained the Sharks inside their own 20 metres

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

62

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Ethan Lowe successful.

Lowe nails the easy conversion

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-12

62

TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Jason Taumalolo. Kick to come.

Taumalolo scores despite all of the Shire trying to deny him.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-10

61

Cowboys work their way downfield. Bird attempts an intercept but knocks on. Cowboys 6 more, 30 metres out from the Sharks line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-6

60

Townsend finds touch 2 metres from the Cowboys line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-6

56

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

Maloney with a great kick from touch.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14-6

55

TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Jack Bird. Kick to come.

Bird chases through a Townsend grubber, gets a friendly bounce to score.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12-6

54

PENALTY SHARKS: On the last tackle, Sharks had been kept inside their own 20. Coach killer.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-6

52

Feki makes a half break down the short side but is forced over the sideline.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-6

49

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Ethan Lowe unsuccessful.

Lowe from touch pushes his kick across the face of the goal.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-6

48

TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Kyle Feldt. Kick to come.

Feldt gets outside Feki to score right in the corner.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-6

47

PENALTY COWBOYS: Sharks pinged for an illegal strip.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-2

45

Brailey with a great break and run, brought down 20 metres out. Sharks kick on the next play right to Coote.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-2

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Wade Graham is found to have knocked on. First play from the scrum and Winterstein turns the ball over cheaply.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-2

40

SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Penalty goal attempt by Ethan Lowe successful.

Ethan Lowe kicks the penalty goal right on halftime.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-2

39

SIN BIN: James Maloney is sent to the sin bin.

Maloney holds Lowe back enough which prevented him a chance to score.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

38

PENALTY COWBOYS: Holmes pinged for holding Morgan at marker back.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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Sharks pressures Morgan's kick and Brailey gets a hand on the ball as the kick goes out on the full. Cowboys with the scrum 30 metres from the Sharks line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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Latimore drops a poor pass from Maloney and the Cowboys are off the hook.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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Winterstein has been found to have lost the ball. Sharks are back on the attack.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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Gallen spills a tricky inside ball play from Brailey close to the line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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PENALTY SHARKS: Asiata holds on too long and the Sharks now on the attack.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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PENALTY COWBOYS: Sharks again too keen and the Cowboys again move into the Sharks half.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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Cowboys send the ball through the hands quickly to Feldt who then kicks it out on the full.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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And the Cowboys spill the ball on the first play.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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PENALTY COWBOYS: Sharks offside. Cowboys another set of 6 from 10 metres out.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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PENALTY COWBOYS: Prior all over the play-the-ball

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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Holmes spills the awkwardly bouncing ball from the kick. Cowboys with the scrum win 20 metres from the Sharks line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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PENALTY SHARKS: Fifita loses the ball but the ref rules there was a hand on it.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Penalty goal attempt by James Maloney successful.

Maloney kicks the penalty.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8-0

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PENALTY SHARKS: And they choose to take a shot at goal.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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Bolton intercepts a Holmes flick pass and Brailey strips it off him.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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PENALTY COWBOYS: Fifita off-side. Cowboys getting looked after by the Sharks.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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PENALTY COWBOYS: On the second tackle. 6 more for the Cowboys in prime attack position.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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SCRUM COWBOYS: Bird drops the ball fielding a kick. Cowboys now get a fresh set of six inside the Sharks 20.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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Feki receives a pass from Holmes that put him into space but is called back for being forward.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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PENALTY SHARKS - Cronulla get an easy out from deep inside their own half

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

Maloney converts

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

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TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Chad Townsend. Kick to come.

Winterstein takes the kick, gets barrelled by the Sharks defence and loses the ball in his own in-goal. Townsend plants the loose ball for an early try

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4-0

And we're underway in this elimination final!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ashley Klein, Gavin Badger

Touch Judges: Michael Wise, Clayton Sharpe

Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten

CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (14)
Tries: Chad Townsend, Jack Bird
Field Goals:
Conversions: James Maloney (2/2)
Penalty Goals: James Maloney (1/1)

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (15)
Tries: Kyle Feldt, Jason Taumalolo
Field Goals: Michael Morgan (1/1)
Conversions: Ethan Lowe (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Ethan Lowe (2/2)