Cowboys rope in Burns

North Queensland have signed Manly five-eighth Travis Burns to a three-year deal.

The 22 year-old Sea Eagle will link with Queensland and Australian halfback Johnathan Thurston next year at the Cowboys. Chief executive Peter Parr says Burns is a tenacious competitor whom he can't wait to see play alongside Thurston and Matt Bowen in Cowboy colours.

This come on the back of Tuesday