Full Time
80:00
6:00pm Fri August 23, 2019
Round 23 - 1300SMILES Stadium, Kirwan / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 10523
75min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Morgan's grubber finds touch 15m from the Panthers line.

74min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Panthers swing it left to Naden who draws and passes to Crichton, whose knee hits the sideline just before he gets the ball down.

73min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Cowboys slowing down the play the ball.

73min

Panthers with short restart and Naden comes up with the ball.

72min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu from just to the right of the posts, adds the extras.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 24 - 10 Panthers
72min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Jason Taumalolo. Kick to come.

Granville plays direct from dummy half before passing quickly to Taumalolo close to the line and the big forward powers over and gets the ball down.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 22 - 10 Panthers
71min

PENALTY COWBOYS - 20m from the Panthers line and with a full set.

70min

Crafty play by the Cowboys, an outside-inside-outside play which saw Drinkwater break through on the left side. His pass goes to ground, however a Cowboys play was held back.

68min

Play stopped after Opacic got in a bad position attempting a low tackle and got knocked out. He's walking off now.

67min

PENALTY COWBOYS - SLoppy play by Penrith. Cowboys find touch 30m from the Panthers side.

63min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary converts from right in front.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 18 - 10 Panthers
62min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Isaah Yeo. Kick to come.

Maloney's grubber into the Cowboys ingoal is pounced on by Yeo, who scores under the posts.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 18 - 8 Panthers
60min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu Converts from right in front.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 18 - 4 Panthers
59min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Kyle Feldt. Kick to come.

Opacic takes the 20m tap and then passes to Feldt who breaks through the middle of the Panthers broken defensive line and goes the length of the field to score under the posts.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 16 - 4 Panthers
58min

Cleary kicks back in towards the posts and the ball goes dead.

57min

PENALTY PANTHERS - After the Naden run the Panthers get a penalty and find touch 10m from the Cowboys line.

56min

Drinkwater grubbers and Naden regathers before making a 50m run downfield before the defence gets him

55min

Cowboys get a tackle count restart, 10m from the Panthers line.

54min

Drinkwater with a nice grubber, forces a drop out.

54min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Naden with an ugly coat hanger. Lucky to not be binned.

49min

Kenny runs a strong line back in towards the posts and looked to score under the crossbar, but RCG is ruled to have impeded the defence.

49min

PENALTY COWBOYS - dumb penalty given away by Penrith close to their own line.

45min

SCRUM PENRITH - Panthers start their set 10m shy of halfway

40min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Morgan takes a quick tap and snares a brilliant 25 metres.

40min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu from wide on the left side, adds another 2 points

Cowboys lead Cowboys 12 - 4 Panthers
39min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Murray Taulagi. Kick to come.

Asiata with a tidy grubber, Kahu takes a brilliant catch at pace and sends a magnificent offload out to Taulagi who falls over the line for an easy, yet brilliant team try.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 10 - 4 Panthers
38min

Maloney with another kick out on the full.

36min

PENALTY COWBOYS - THey get a piggy back into the Panthers half.

35min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Feldt's restart goes out on the full. Panthers find touch 30m from the Cowboys line.

34min

Conversion: Panthers
Attempted by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary fails to convert from touch

Cowboys lead Cowboys 6 - 4 Panthers
33min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Brian To'o. Kick to come.

To'o gets the ball with space on the right side, goes on an angled run towards the right corner and then launches a now trademark leap to score.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 6 - 4 Panthers
31min

PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch 20m inside the Cowboys half.

29min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Leota drops the crash ball close to the try line.

28min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Cowboys defence offside

28min

Play stopped as Bolton looks to have picked up a shoulder injury. He's walking off the ground with his left arm hanging limply

26min

Taumalolo makes a break and a good 20 metres. On the next play, Morgan grubbers but it goes dead. Panthers with a 7 tackle set

24min

Campbell-Gillard makes a break before getting wrapped up by the fullback. The Panthers cannot capitalise on the momentum as Maloney's grubber is too heavy and goes dead-in goal. Cowboys with a 7 tackle set.

23min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Asiata grubbers behind the line, Kahu bats it along, but it's travelled forward.

22min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Crichton drops the ball in the play-the-ball deep inside the Panthers half.

22min

Play stopped as Kyle Feldt gets a head cut attended to.

21min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Obstruction by Kikau. Cowboys find touch 10m short of halfway

20min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Maloney with the shortside play down the left and Opacic attempts an intercept but can't hang onto it, right on halfway.

18min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Morgan with a long kick, finds touch 10m from the Panthers line.

14min

SCRUM COWBOYS - JFH drops the ball in the tackle, 20m from the Cowboys line

12min

The kick back infield by Naden bounces horribly for the Cowboys. Drinkwater cleans up brilliantly in goal, but the Panthers defence trap him. Cowboys drop out.

11min

Asiata on the last puts in a shallow kick but it just goes out on the full.

9min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jordan Kahu.

Kahu from the right touchline threads the needle.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 6 - 0 Panthers
9min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Kyle Feldt. Kick to come.

From the scrum, the Cowboys go right where Opacic gets a stunning flick offload away to Feldt, who spins out of a tackle and strolls in to score.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 4 - 0 Panthers
7min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Crossfield kick by Morgan is batted back by the Cowboys, To'o tries to clean up but knocks on, 10m from the his own line.

6min

Maloney attempts a 40/20 but kicks it out on the full.

4min

Morgan gets out of a tackle and pops up a ball for Wright, but the backrower drops the ball.

3min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Tamou in front of the kicker after a second Panthers kick ricochet's off a Cowboys defender. Cowboys start their set 5m inside the Panthers half.

2min

Both sides with steady opening sets

Cowboys get us underway

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Matt Cecchin, Phil Henderson

Touch Judges: Tim Alouani-Roby, Dave Munro

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (24)
Tries: Kyle Feldt (2), Murray Taulagi, Jason Taumalolo
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jordan Kahu (4/4)
Penalty Goals:

PENRITH PANTHERS (10)
Tries: Brian To'o, Isaah Yeo
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (1/2)
Penalty Goals: