Raiders kick for the right wing but they knock it on. 7 tackle set for the Cowboys and they wind the clock down.
PENALTY RAIDERS - A great offload from Papalii finds Croker who runs 35m before being tackled 2m from the Cowboys line. The defence lies all over him.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Feldt's grubber is too heavy and goes dead. Asiata follows through and boots the ball away and is penalised for time wasting.
Kahu adds another 2
PENALTY COWBOYS - Raiders marker was offside. Cowboys will take a shot at 2.
Taumalolo loses the ball as he reaches out to attempt to score.
An offload to Croker is a bit high and he can't hang onto the ball.
SCRUM RAIDERS - Asiata grubbers into touch, 5m from the Raiders line
Cowboys run on the last and get halted 5m before the Raiders line. Handover.
Poor set by the Raiders, Wighton gets a bad pass on the last and rushes a grubber, which goes dead in-goal.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Another ruck infringement, 10m out from the Cowboys line
PENALTY RAIDERS - Cooper with the second effort in the tackle.
SCRUM RAIDERS - Morgan's kick finds touch 2m from the Raiders line
SCRUM RAIDERS - Asiata on the left side with a short ball to Opacic, but the pass is into his shoulder and gets knocked on, 10m inside the Raiders half.
Crokers adds the extras from right in front
Havilia goes himself from dummy half close to the line, reaches out and only just gets the ball on the line, under the sticks.
PENALTY RAIDERS -0 first tackle off the scrum and Canberra get a penalty and take the tap.
SCRUM RAIDERS - Gela-Mosby loses the ball in a one-on-one strip and then loses it forward. Raiders with a full set 30m from the Cowboys line.
Kahu kicks a penalty goal from right in front.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Holding down too long in the tackle. Cowboys take a shot at goal.
Croker with a flick pass offload, 20m from the Cowboys line and O'Neill intercepts, runs 20m and flicks a pass to Feldt who is tackled by Simonsson 30m shy of the Raiders line.
Raiders get a tackle count reset as they get into the Cowboys half.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Horsburgh with a knock-on in the play the ball on halfway.
PENALTY RAIDERS - They're starting their set 15m shy of halfway
Hodgson off with a suspected broken thumb
SCRUM RAIDERS - Cowboys with a raid down the left wing and Gela-Mosby tries to kick infield, but he barely strikes the ball and it goes into touch after accidentally coming off a Raiders defender. Ball not played at by the defence.
Kahu failed to convert from touch
Morgan kicks to Feldt on the right, who is unmarked. The ball bounces awkwardly as Feldt over-runs the ball. He stops and turns, grabs the ball as he falls and grounds it for a try.
Raiders get us back underway
Siren sounds and that's halftime.
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 30m from the Raiders line
SCRUM COWBOYS - Raiders play breaks down in an ugly slop, 10m from the Cowboys line on the last tackle.
Kahu converts from wide on the right side.
Morgan with a quick run on the last on the short-side and then passes to O'Neill who had clear space in front of him. He dived over for a frightfully easy try close to the line.
CNK loses the ball in a tackle 3m from the Cowboys line. Gela-Mosby cleans up.
SCRUM RAIDERS - O'Neill's pass to Feldt near halfway is ruled to have gone forward.
Croker from wide on the right side nails the conversion.
Williams grubbers to the right side and the Cowboys players just watch it roll pat. Oldfield plants the ball just inside the dead ball line to score.
Croker's sideline conversion misses to the left
Simonsson gets a good ball on the right wing and dives over to score an acrobatic try in the corner
PENALTY CANBERRA - They start their set 30m from the Cowboys line.
Wighton kicks early and gets a 40/20
Morgan's bomb is dropped in a contest between Nicoll-Klokstad and Kahu. Kahu knocks on. Handover on the Raiders 10m line
Scott has come off with an injury and gone up the tunnell. Doesn't look serious at this stage.
Kahu converts the try
Granville splits the markers in a great dummy half run, draws the defender and passes to Opacic who scores untouched.
A kick from Wighton on the left side back towards the posts is pounced on by Nicoll-Klokstad, however he is found to have knocked on. 7 tackle set for the Cowboys
Raiders kick to the right edge, but the Cowboys diffuse it, before being trapped in-goal. Cowboys drop out.
PENALTY RAIDERS - Cooper took too long to get off the tackled player. Raiders start their set 5m inside the Cowboys half
Kyle Feldt very nearly scores a stunning try in the corner, but the ball comes loose just inches from being grounded.
Raiders defender knocks the ball loose in a tackle and the Cowboys regather. 6 again.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Hodgson with an illegal strip. Cowboys again start a set inside the Raiders half.
Kahu from right in front, throws this over.
PENALTY COWBOYs - Raiders again pinged, this time for being too slow to peel off the tackle. Cowboys will take a shot at the gift 2
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 35m from the Raiders line.
And on the first tackle after the penalty, they drop the ball and the Raiders clean up
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 20m from the Raiders line.
Cowboys with a reprieve. Their woeful set got a tackle count restart on the 4th, while they were still inside their own 30m
SCRUM COWBOYS - Oldfield finds space down the right wing and then throws a pass back inside to Williams, who over-run the ball and knocked it on, with only the tryline in front of him.
Cowboys kick off
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Henry Perenara, Jon Stone
Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Drew Oultram
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea
CANBERRA RAIDERS (16)
Tries: Bailey Simonsson, Michael Oldfield, Siliva Havili
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (2/3)
Penalty Goals:
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (22)
Tries: Tom Opacic, Justin O'Neill, Kyle Feldt
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jordan Kahu (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Jordan Kahu (3/3)