Full Time
80:00
5:30pm Sat April 6, 2019
Round 4 - 1300SMILES Stadium, Kirwan / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 11750
79min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Raiders kick for touch.

77min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker converts

Raiders lead Cowboys 12 - 30 Raiders
77min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jordan Rapana. Kick to come.

Rapana seals it. He took the ball into the goal line defence and burrows over to score his second.

Raiders lead Cowboys 12 - 28 Raiders
76min

Whitehead charges down the kick, regathers and runs 40m before being tackled on halfway.

75min

Raiders drop the ball 30m from their own line and the Cowboys clean it up.

75min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Clifford very nearly nails a 40/20 but his foot is just outside the 40.

74min

Cowboys with the short kick-off and they manage to tap it back, but Young cleans up.

74min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker adds a conversion

Raiders lead Cowboys 12 - 24 Raiders
73min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jarrod Croker. Kick to come.

Wighton cleans up the loose ball, sends it to Croker, who links with Cotric before receiving the ball again back on the inside and the Raiders captain scores.

Raiders lead Cowboys 12 - 22 Raiders
72min

After the Raiders cough the ball up the Cowboys follow suit.

71min

Cowboys swing it right and Clifford drops it stone cold, with not a person in sight.

70min

SCRUM COWBOYS - From the scrum, the Raiders send a long ball right and they knock it on, 10m from their own line.

69min

SCRUM RAIDERS - McLean with a flat ball to Dunn and the bench player drops it.

68min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Hands on the ball. Cowboys find touch 10m from halfway.

67min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Hodgson with a grubber from dummy half finds touch 10m from the Cowboys line.

65min

Hodgson with a 1-on-1 strip on Macdonald as the Cowboys were making big metres upfield. Hodgson is down getting treated. Looks to have some mild shoulder complaint. He's playing on

64min

Morgan kicks to Bown on the left side, but Rapana takes a stunning catch to dash their hopes of scoring.

62min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Papalii offloads to Cotric, and the young winger knocks it on, 20m from his own line.

62min

Cowboys run it on the last and Morgan links with Martin, but Leilua made a great tackle to shut the play down 5m from the Raiders line.

61min

Cowboys looking more threatening now. Both sides making easy metres each set.

57min

On the last and Leilua takes a dummy half run down the short side and is tackled comfortably 5m short of the line.

55min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu Konverts

Raiders lead Cowboys 12 - 18 Raiders
53min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by John Asiata. Kick to come.

Morgan received the ball on the left side, stepped back in towards the posts twice and then passed to Asiata, who reached out and slammed the ball down next to the posts.

Raiders lead Cowboys 10 - 18 Raiders
52min

CNK takes the kick on the full just in the field of the play, but the Cowboys defence force him back in goal. Raiders drop out.

51min

Cowboys just hanging on by the hairs of their Jack Chin here. They need to score next.

51min

Play stopped after a clash of knees between Granville and Leilua. Leilua hobbling off the field.

51min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Morgan tried to get too his feet to play the ball but the tackle wasn't completed. Morgan lost the ball. 5m from the Raiders line and another chance goes begging.

50min

Cowboys now 10m from the Raiders line

49min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Croker has a few select words with the ref. The ref didn't like those selected and penalised the Raiders.

47min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Havili breaks stright through the lazy marker defence and makes 25m before getting tackled 10m shy of the line. On the next play, the Raiders shifted left and Cotric drops a poor pass.

46min

Great run by Horsburgh, making 15m running backwards in a tackle before getting an offload away.

44min

Penalty Goal: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker lands another penalty goal.

Raiders lead Cowboys 6 - 18 Raiders
43min

PENALTY RAIDERS - Hess gives away a penalty and the Raiders will have another crack at 2.

43min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Raiders kick is fumbled by Martin 10m from his own line. Raiders on the attack.

41min

Ricky Stuart at halftime was very Lukas Kristof at his team in the first half.

40min

Back underway

40min

Field Goal: Raiders
Attempted by Sam Williams.

Williams has a crack at field goal from 30 odd out and pushes it just wide of the posts.

Raiders lead Cowboys 6 - 16 Raiders
38min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Crokers nails the 2 pointer from right in front.

Raiders lead Cowboys 6 - 16 Raiders
37min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Joseph Leilua. Kick to come.

Rapana gets put into space down the right touchline, kicks it back in-field and Leilua fields the bouncing ball in front of the posts and scores under the black dot.

Raiders lead Cowboys 6 - 14 Raiders
36min

PENALTY RAIDERS - They find touch 15m short of halfway.

33min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Raiders give away a penalty and Ricky Stuart was seen mentioning Mark Off (erdahl)

32min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu adds the extras.

Raiders lead Cowboys 6 - 10 Raiders
31min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Gavin Cooper. Kick to come.

Morgan takes on the line, gets his arms free and offloads to Cooper in space and strolls over the line to score to the left of the posts.

Raiders lead Cowboys 4 - 10 Raiders
30min

Raiders spill the ball now. Cowboys back on the attack.

29min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Clifford takes on the line and Barry Stumbles the ball

29min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Wighton interferes with the play-the-ball. Cowboys take the tap 10m out.

28min

Cowboys get the tackle count restarted, 15m from the Raiders line.

26min

Hogdson's kick on the last goes out on the full.

25min

Penalty Goal: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker nails the goal from right in front.

Raiders lead Cowboys 0 - 10 Raiders
25min

PENALTY RAIDERS - Cowboys holding down and the Raiders eventually decide to have a crack at the 2.

24min

Rapana with a *dunno* moment from dummy half, kicks the ball but regathers and the tackle count restarts again.

23min

Whitehead loses the ball backwards in a tackle, but regathers and the tackle count restarts. Raiders 10m away from the Cowboys line.

22min

Williams with a tidy grubber and Martin taps it dead. Cowboys drop out.

21min

Morgan takes an age to get a rushed kick away and it goes out on the full.

19min

PENALTY RAIDERS - Cowboys trying to slow down the play-the-ball.

18min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Matt Scott drops a Frederic Zitter. Raiders will get the ball 10m shy of halfway.

16min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Cowboys knock it on. Raiders will work it off their own 10m line.

15min

PENALTY COWBOYS - second tackle after the last tackle and the Raiders are off-side and nabbed again.

14min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Raiders pinged for a bit of wrestle. Morgan takes a quick tap.

14min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Cowboys find touch 30m from the Raiders line.

13min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Hodgson from dummy half looks to go left, then goes right and tries to pass, but he bumps into the back of his team mate at the play-the-ball and drops the ball forward.

12min

Cowboys end their set with a poor kick, which Nicoll-Klokstad takes comfortably in his own in-goal. Cowboys having a real Adam Docker of a game so far.

9min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Sutton drops the ball on the first tackle.

9min

PENALTY RAIDERS - Cowboys give away another penalty on the second tackle, 10m from their own line.

8min

PENALTY RAIDERS - Cowboys kick restart goes over the sideline on the full. Raiders find touch 25m from the Cowboys line.

7min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jarrod Croker.

Croker from the other touchline is again unable to convert

Raiders lead Cowboys 0 - 8 Raiders
6min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jordan Rapana. Kick to come.

Raiders in their first set after the restart and march downfield with ease. On the last a grubber by Williams towards the left corner was helped along off Leilua's shin. Rapana cleaned up and dived over to score in the corner.

Raiders lead Cowboys 0 - 8 Raiders
4min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jarrod Croker.

Croker unable to convert from the sideline

Raiders lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Raiders
3min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Nick Cotric. Kick to come.

Raiders spread the ball left and Croker draws and passes to Cotric who just manages to get the ball down on the line and just before going into touch.

Raiders lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Raiders
2min

SCRUM RAIDERS - Bowen knocks on, 10m from the Cowboys line

2min

Raiders on the last opt to go down the short side and Rapana very nearly gets a ball away but he's tackled 5m shy of the Cowboys line

Raiders kick-off and we're underway!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Dave Munro, Gavin Badger

Touch Judges: Mark Bohan, Michael Wise

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (12)
Tries: Gavin Cooper, John Asiata
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jordan Kahu (2/2)
Penalty Goals:

CANBERRA RAIDERS (30)
Tries: Nick Cotric, Jarrod Croker, Jordan Rapana (2), Joseph Leilua
Field Goals: Sam Williams (0/1)
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (3/5)
Penalty Goals: Jarrod Croker (2/2)