Kahu converts the try.
O'Neill breaks through some feeble middle defence and runs 30m to score to the right side.
Taylor with a chip and chase, but Morgan cleans up and makes 15m
SCRUM TITANS - Forward pass from Asiata 20m from the Titans line
SCRUM COWBOYS - Brimson with a knock-on as the Titans were again on the attack. They are looking very threatening.
PENALTY TITANS - They start their set 10m shy of halfway
Titans looked threatening on the right side, but Hipgrave's pass goes to ground and the Cowboys clean up.
Taylor kicks for Don on the right wing, but its way too big.
Kahu converts
Cowboys with a stonking great try! Asiata grubbers to the left wing, Hampton regathers a tough bounce and then passes back in-field to Asiata who runs 20m to score
SCRUM COWBOYS - Roberts finds touch, very nearly gets a 40/20.
Taylor from the right sideline. But he pushes the kick across the face.
Titans move the ball right and Brimson attracts the two edge defenders before getting a nice ball to Don unmarked and he runs around to score untouched.
Roberts with a nice grubber and forces another Cowboys drop out.
PENALTY TITANS - From the first tackle off the scrum, they find touch 10m shy of halfway.
SCRUM TITANS - First tackle off the scrum and the Cowboys drop the ball.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Kelly with another knock on, this time on his own line.
SCRUM COWBOYS - No try. Kelly fumbled then Tuala has just knocked it on ever so slightly, denying Hess a try.
Going to the bunker again, looking at a Cowboys try.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Titans working the tackled player too much. Cowboys find touch 10m inside the Titans half.
Sami has a very bad limp but remaining on the field.
PENALTY TITANS - Play is called back and Cooper is ruled to be in front of the kicker.
Titans with a cross kick and Kelly drops it before regathering the ball on his own line.
Cowboys run it on the last and are easily contained, turnover 10m from the Titans line.
Titans with another kick out on the full
Taylor converts
Proctor gets through a gap in two defenders and crashes over the line.
Off to the video, looking at a try for Proctor.
Kelly's pass attempt is knocked down by the Cowboys defence and Cartwright cleans up. Tackle count restarted, Titans 20m from the Cowboys line.
Roberts with a big kick downfield. O'Neill and Kahu let the ball bounce, it rolls into the Cowboys in-goal, but the bounce evades Hipgrave and Kahu grounds it in-goal. Cowboys Drop out.
Both sides playing a little more conservative and looking better.
TITANS on the attack, the ball gets to Kelly who is unable to offload and he then gets put into touch and that ends the half.
Rein with a good grubber to the right corner but the Cowboys run the ball dead-in-goal. Cowboys drop out.
SCRUM TITANS - And the Cowboys spill the ball this time, near halfway.
Kahu adds Kah2
PENALTY COWBOYS - Titans giving away Penalties, like Santa giving away presents.
McGuire apparently has a calf injury.
Cartwright loses the ball in the tackle, O'Neill cleans it up and runs 40m before being tackled just shy of halfway.
Taylor with a nice grubber and Kahu is forced to knock it dead. Cowboys drop out.
PENALTY TITANS - Cowboys giving the Titans a piggy-back into their half
Kahu kicks a penalty goal.
McGuire comes off the field with a hint of a limp, he seemed unhappy. Goes straight up the tunnel.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Hess prevented from playing-the-ball, 15m from the Titans line.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Try disallowed. Sami has pushed Granville who was chasing Peachey and it has denied him an opportunity make a tackle. Brimson fielded a kick near his own goal line, beat two chasers, set down the left wing, made a great offload in a heavy tackle to Peachey and he ran 50m to score, only for it to be called back.
Could have a scintillating length of the field try here for the Titans
Kahu adds the extras.
Granville from dummy half runs right and then dumps the ball back inside to Taumalolo running a great line and he smashes his way through the gap to score
PENALTY COWBOYS - Brimson pinged for hanging on too long
Tuala with a good draw and pass puts O'Neill into open space and the winger is tackled 10m shy of the Titans line
Roberts puts up a big kick and it's too big for the field. Turnover on halfway.
Mitch Rein with a dummy run and almost sneaks through a gap.
Mick Gordon won't be back after failing his HIA
Roberts from the left sideline misses by a long way
Titans shift the ball left and Roberts gets a nice offload away to Brimson and he dives over in the corner
NO TRY: Titans on the far right side of the field, Don grubbers back infield and Taylor juggles the ball, but Granville also gets a hand on it, making it a knock on against the Titans.
Off to the tape, to look at a potential Titans try
Kahu from out wide on the left side, nails the conversion.
Second tackle after the scrum, Granville scoops the ball up from dummy hald on the left side, he goes left, a little dummy and then he falls over the line for a very very soft try.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Brimson drops a simple bomb from Morgan, 10m from the Titans line.
Taylor attempts a 40/20 but O'Neill cleans it up just in time.
McGuire drops the ball, 5m from the Titans line
PENALTY COWBOYS - Titans give the home side a repeat set on their own line.. Gordon is off for an HIA
Morgan takes a quick tap and Gordon gets a head knock when he gets in a bad position to effect a tackle.
PENALTY COWBOYS - A Cowboys kick is spilled by the Titans, Cowboys clean up and the Titans defence hold down in the tackle too long.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Titans also turn it over close to the Cowboys line, in their very first set
Cowboys spill the ball in the first set of the match and the Titans are right on the attack!
Friday night footy is all go!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee, Gavin Badger
Touch Judges: Clayton Sharpe, Todd Smith
Video Referee: Henry Perenara, Steve Clark
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (28)
Tries: Jake Granville, Jason Taumalolo, John Asiata, Justin O'Neill
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jordan Kahu (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Jordan Kahu (2/2)
GOLD COAST TITANS (14)
Tries: Alexander Brimson, Kevin Proctor, Anthony Don
Field Goals:
Conversions: Tyrone Roberts (0/1), Ash Taylor (1/2)
Penalty Goals: