Full Time
80:00
6:00pm Fri June 28, 2019
Round 15 - WIN Stadium, Wollongong / Dharawal - Crowd: 7008
80min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Dragons just winding down the clock now

79min

The Cowboys looked to have scored through Kahu but the last pass has been ruled forward

77min

Drinkwater grubbers and Dufty runs the ball dead. Dragons drop out.

77min

Clifford with a great run, makes almost 50 metres.

76min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Jake Clifford.

Clifford misses the goal

Dragons lead Dragons 22 - 14 Cowboys
75min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Tom Opacic. Kick to come.

Opacic goes over in the right corner after running onto a good quick catch and pass from Drinkwater.

Dragons lead Dragons 22 - 14 Cowboys
73min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Hunt with a dropped ball.

73min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Corey Norman.

Norman, from just to the right of the posts, misses the extras

Dragons lead Dragons 22 - 10 Cowboys
73min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Jacob Host. Kick to come.

Host just gets the ball on the line for a try after running into a gap off a nicely held-up pass from Hunt.

Dragons lead Dragons 22 - 10 Cowboys
69min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Corey Norman.

Norman, 5m in from the right sideline and he converts.

Dragons lead Dragons 18 - 10 Cowboys
68min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Euan Aitken. Kick to come.

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.

Dragons lead Dragons 16 - 10 Cowboys
61min

Norman with a nice grubber forces a Drop out by the Cowboys

55min

Taumalolo with a great run, makes 35 metres.

55min

Dragons with a cheap turnover deep inside the Cowboys half.

53min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Accidental crusher. News that Morgan won't be back either.

52min

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.

51min

SCRUM COWBOYS - It sets 10m inside the Dragons half.

47min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Corey Norman.

Norman nails the goal and the Dragons are in front.

Dragons lead Dragons 12 - 10 Cowboys
46min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Matthew Dufty. Kick to come.

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.

Tied up at Dragons 10 - 10 Cowboys
44min

Morgan comes off to have a HIA, Not sure if he'll be back.

44min

Play stopped as Morgan cops a knock just after he passes from Tariq Sims. Looks like a legal tackle. Morgan looks very dusty.

41min

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

40min

SCRUM DRAGONS - 10m from the Cowboys line with 6 seconds left. But they couldn't do anything.

38min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Corey Norman.

Norman converts from in front.

Cowboys lead Dragons 6 - 10 Cowboys
37min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Mikaele Ravalawa. Kick to come.

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.

Cowboys lead Dragons 4 - 10 Cowboys
35min

PENALTY DRAGONS - They get a piggy back up to their 40m line.

34min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Tariq Sims penalised for a high tackle.

33min

Handover - Tuala has a narrow line down the wing but Ravalawa smashes him into touch.

30min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu's sideline conversion hits the post and is waved away.

Cowboys lead Dragons 0 - 10 Cowboys
28min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Scott Drinkwater. Kick to come.

Drinkwater ran on an angled line towards the right wing and then slices through the poor defence to score.

Cowboys lead Dragons 0 - 10 Cowboys
27min

Dufty fielding a kick in his own in-goal and he knocks on.

26min

Hunt almost darts through a half-gap

22min

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.

19min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Morgan finds touch with a hard grubber, 10m from the Dragons line.

18min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu from wide on the right side, 10m in from touch, misses the conversion

Cowboys lead Dragons 0 - 6 Cowboys
17min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Tom Opacic. Kick to come.

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.

Cowboys lead Dragons 0 - 6 Cowboys
15min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Norman skips left and then passes to Maranta, who drops the ball, which was a little high.

14min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Opacic drops the ball as he gets to his feet to play the ball, right on halfway.

11min

Penalty Goal: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu from right in front nails the goal

Cowboys lead Dragons 0 - 2 Cowboys
9min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Dufty drops a bomb and Clifford cleans up, surges towards the tryline but is held up before Ravalawa makes an illegal strip.

8min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Vaughan found to have knocked on as he attempted an offload, 10m from the Cowboys line.

6min

Norman on the last grubbers for the line, but the ball rolls dead in-goal. 7 tackle set for the Cowboys.

3min

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)