JT misses from out wide and the losing margin at FULLTIME is 17 points.
Hampton goes over late out wide.
Canterbury just winding this one down with a slow, methodical set rolling up the park. A great win for the Belmore boys after an ordinary performance last week.
Woods knocks it on trying to pick up a loose Cowboys pass on his own 10m line. NQ scrum on the attack.
Mbye lands his fourth penalty goal and his seventh two-pointer overall to extend the Dogs' lead to 21 points.
Consecutive line breaks from Taumalolo then Scott reap no rewards with Gavin Cooper spilling it on the line.
NO TRY for Canterbury, Fualalo crashes over but he took advantage of a Woods obstruction, rules Patten. Cowboys penalty on their own line, they find touch 25m out.
For a team that needs 20 points in 15 minutes, the Cowboys don't seem to be playing with much urgency here. Canterbury now making easy metres in reply.
Thurston with a classy conversion from out wide.
Finally, the hosts are on the board. They go wide, Brett Morris slips and Feldt goes over out wide.
The Cowboys are applying some pressure but they're running out of time for any kind of serious comeback. Canterbury are conceding a few penalties... another binning surely is imminent.
Canterbury earn a repeat set. Could've been a penalty there after Jackson's run was checked chasing the kick which Morgan eventually batted dead.
Well then. 25-0 with half an hour left. What is DOING with the Cowboys?
Elliott goes over, after a quick check with the Bunker it's evident the ball is grounded. Big try for the Dogs, they go to 23 in front.
Cowboys lose it, Dogs are awarded a scrum... then get penalised for dissent. Canterbury have it on halfway.
...and then a play later, Lowe gives it straight back.
Not looking in the right spot Elliott and he's spilled it!
A bit more enterprising from the hosts, JT's cross-field kick finds the Dogs short on the opposite side but the tap back is covered well by the visitors. Canterbury get the ball via a handover as Fine waits to return from his binning.
An early line break from the Cowboys has them within Canterbury's 20m on tackle four.
We're back underway with the Cowboys getting first use after halftime.
Why not, says Kieran Foran! 19-point lead and it's halftime.
The Cowboys look to make a promising break with Morgan getting on the outside of the Morris twins, but Brett manages to get his arms on him and drive him straight over the sideline.
Five from five from Mbye, and this is not good for the home side.
Hits a perfect hole and goes over untouched. Soft stuff from the Cowboys as Eastwood delivers the second rower Canterbury's second four-pointer.
Taumalolo goes over... we're off to the Bunker! Perenara says TRY, but replays show the 'other JT' loses it and it's a 20m restart for Canterbury. NO TRY.
Taumalolo loses the footy - but Canterbury are offside, notably Fine. Perenara's patience is done - Fine is binned.
The Bulldogs escape unscathed briefly but now we're seeing the Cowboys with another penalty 30m out.
Cowboys with repeat penalties end up on the Canterbury line, with some attacking footy.
Another penalty conceded by the Cowboys near the sticks and Mbye makes it four from four after just more than a quarter of the contest.
Mbye adds two more for a ten-point lead.
Mbye's last tackle kick falcons JT! Jackson plucks it from the air, finds Hopoate who flicks it onto Montoya and the Dogs have the first try of the game.
Neither team offering anything particularly special at the moment.
Mbye adds another two and it's four-nil.
Coote and Foran both seem to be struggling after an aerial contest. Canterbury have another penalty 10m out in front...
Mbye picks up the first points of the evening in Townsville, giving Canterbury a lead.
Canterbury with another shot at the Cowboys line. Attacking potency still looks to be an issue, although they pick up another penalty here.
Just a few plays later and Hampton can't take a Thurston pass.
Canterbury get the first penalty but a few plays in Klemmer has dropped it inside the Cowboys' 10m. A let off for the home side early.
Two desperate teams needing a win here... can JT lift the home team to a rousing victory or will the Dogs of War stand up?
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Henry Perenara, Jon Stone
Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Jarrod Cole
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Steve Chiddy
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (10)
Tries: Kyle Feldt, Ben Hampton
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (27)
Tries: Marcelo Montoya, Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Adam Elliot
Field Goals: Kieran Foran (1/1)
Conversions: Moses Mbye (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Moses Mbye (4/4)