PENALTY DRAGONS - Dragons just winding down the clock now
The Cowboys looked to have scored through Kahu but the last pass has been ruled forward
Drinkwater grubbers and Dufty runs the ball dead. Dragons drop out.
Clifford with a great run, makes almost 50 metres.
Clifford misses the goal
Opacic goes over in the right corner after running onto a good quick catch and pass from Drinkwater.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Hunt with a dropped ball.
Norman, from just to the right of the posts, misses the extras
Host just gets the ball on the line for a try after running into a gap off a nicely held-up pass from Hunt.
Norman, 5m in from the right sideline and he converts.
Dufty on the right side throws a good cut out ball to Aitken, who then ran between the two edge defenders to score out wide.
Norman with a nice grubber forces a Drop out by the Cowboys
Taumalolo with a great run, makes 35 metres.
Dragons with a cheap turnover deep inside the Cowboys half.
PENALTY DRAGONS - Accidental crusher. News that Morgan won't be back either.
Cowboys could've scored in the left corner, but a poor final pass saw Tuala stop and juggle the ball. On the next tackle the play broke down on the other wing. Cowboys attack has lost direction a bit there.
SCRUM COWBOYS - It sets 10m inside the Dragons half.
Norman nails the goal and the Dragons are in front.
Dufty follows through a high kick and takes it cleanly between two Cowboys defenders who weren't even trying to catch the ball. Dufty scores beside the posts.
Morgan comes off to have a HIA, Not sure if he'll be back.
Play stopped as Morgan cops a knock just after he passes from Tariq Sims. Looks like a legal tackle. Morgan looks very dusty.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Hunt's kick finds touch at the end of the Dragons set after Ravalawa tried to bat it back, but didn't get hold of it, deep inside the Cowboys half
SCRUM DRAGONS - 10m from the Cowboys line with 6 seconds left. But they couldn't do anything.
Norman converts from in front.
Hunt on the right side, grubbers early and Ravalawa flies down the touchline, regathers, skips out of a tackle and runs around to score under the posts.
PENALTY DRAGONS - They get a piggy back up to their 40m line.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Tariq Sims penalised for a high tackle.
Handover - Tuala has a narrow line down the wing but Ravalawa smashes him into touch.
Kahu's sideline conversion hits the post and is waved away.
Drinkwater ran on an angled line towards the right wing and then slices through the poor defence to score.
Dufty fielding a kick in his own in-goal and he knocks on.
Hunt almost darts through a half-gap
Dufty on the right side, running out of room, stands up Kahu, gets outside Tuala and got the ball down in the corner, but his trailing foot was found to have touched the sideline before he grounded the ball.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Morgan finds touch with a hard grubber, 10m from the Dragons line.
Kahu from wide on the right side, 10m in from touch, misses the conversion
Morgan on the right side with a stunning flat cut-out pass to Feldt, who then drew the defender before passing back in to Opacic who scored untouched.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Norman skips left and then passes to Maranta, who drops the ball, which was a little high.
SCRUM DRAGONS - Opacic drops the ball as he gets to his feet to play the ball, right on halfway.
Kahu from right in front nails the goal
PENALTY COWBOYS - Dufty drops a bomb and Clifford cleans up, surges towards the tryline but is held up before Ravalawa makes an illegal strip.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Vaughan found to have knocked on as he attempted an offload, 10m from the Cowboys line.
Norman on the last grubbers for the line, but the ball rolls dead in-goal. 7 tackle set for the Cowboys.
Both sides playing tentatively early. One-outs up the middle before a high kick at the end of the set. Neither side dominating yet
And we're underway
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Henry Perenara, Liam Kennedy
Touch Judges: Tim Roby, Belinda Sharpe
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (22)
Tries: Mikaele Ravalawa, Matthew Dufty, Euan Aitken, Jacob Host
Field Goals:
Conversions: Corey Norman (3/4)
Penalty Goals:
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (14)
Tries: Tom Opacic (2), Scott Drinkwater
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jordan Kahu (0/2), Jake Clifford (0/1)
Penalty Goals: Jordan Kahu (1/1)