Full Time
80:00
7:30pm Sat August 9, 2014
Round 22 - 1300SMILES Stadium, Kirwan / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 12317
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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.

Thurston tries a left footed goalkick but it's faded away to the right.

North Queensland Cowboys 64-6

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Tautau Moga. Kick to come.

Twelfth try. Moga scores again. It's officially a procession.

North Queensland Cowboys 64-6

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Cowboys surge up the park again, they'll want at least two more tries out of this surely...

North Queensland Cowboys 60-6

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

Thurston nails it to take us to SIXTY.

North Queensland Cowboys 60-6

70

TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Jason Taumalolo. Kick to come.

Tigers intercept... then lose it into Taumalolo's hands... he crosses despite the attention of a Tigers' defender. Just... no words.

North Queensland Cowboys 58-6

70

Time off here, Tim Simona's put a shoulder charge on Tautau Moga. Cowboys penalty with ten left.

North Queensland Cowboys 54-6

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

Thurston curls it into the left upright and it bounces through neatly.

North Queensland Cowboys 54-6

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Kane Linnett. Kick to come.

Linnett forces his way across... and the hosts pass by the fifty mark.

North Queensland Cowboys 52-6

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.

Thurston misses out on converting the Cowboys to fifty.

North Queensland Cowboys 48-6

60

TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Tautau Moga. Kick to come.

Moga forces his way over for a powerful try on the right edge.

North Queensland Cowboys 48-6

60

Tigers lose it from the kickoff... Cowboys scrum 10m out.

North Queensland Cowboys 44-6

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION WESTS TIGERS
Conversion attempt by Cory Paterson successful.

Paterson makes it six.

North Queensland Cowboys 44-6

58

TRY WESTS TIGERS
Scored by Aaron Woods. Kick to come.

And nearly an hour into proceedings, the Tigers use a repeat set and Woods pushes his way to the tryline and slams it down. They break the duck!

North Queensland Cowboys 44-4

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VIDEO REFEREE possible Tigers try with Aaron Woods scoring under the posts. Checking obstruction and grounding.

North Queensland Cowboys 44-0

58

UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Matthew Wright makes an unforced error.

Tigers on the attack... Wright pounces on a loose pass... but drops it.

North Queensland Cowboys 44-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

No problems here, Thurston pushes it to 44.

North Queensland Cowboys 44-0

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Michael Morgan. Kick to come.

Morgan's run an inside line off Thurston and gone in under the posts.

North Queensland Cowboys 42-0

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VIDEO REFEREE possible Cowboys TRY to Michael Morgan. We're checking obstruction.

North Queensland Cowboys 38-0

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And just like that the Tigers hand it over and it moves on to the Cowboys advancing up the park. They force a drop-out too.

North Queensland Cowboys 38-0

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Tigers take advantage of a Cowboys error and now will attack the Cowboys' line.

North Queensland Cowboys 38-0

46

Tigers looked likely down the left but Lawrence's last pass to Paterson was woeful and Cory inadvertently kicked it dead. Cowboys 20m restart.

North Queensland Cowboys 38-0

45

INJURY UPDATE: Keith Lulia won't be returning. We have a CROWD figure of 12,317.

North Queensland Cowboys 38-0

44

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

Thurston from the near touchline, good curve, between the posts.

North Queensland Cowboys 38-0

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Antonio Winterstein. Kick to come.

Antonio has a double - and the Cowboys pick up from where they left off in the first half in opening up the second half.

North Queensland Cowboys 36-0

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Well... you can only imagine that short of a miracle comeback, the Tigers will be under more media pressure over the coming week. It's been like shelling peas really, for the Cowboys - easy tries for the first half hour. If the Tigers don't come out with a better defensive attitude, the game is done... and the futures of some of their leaders might be too.

North Queensland Cowboys 32-0

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Pretty slow finish to this first half, both sides just pushing end to end and driving kicks into touch.

North Queensland Cowboys 32-0

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UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERS
Mitchell Moses makes an unforced error.

Dear me. Moses pushes it wide... behind Lawrence and Paterson... and into touch. It's almost comical.

North Queensland Cowboys 32-0

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BREAKING: The Wests Tigers are on the attack.

North Queensland Cowboys 32-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

Thurston from the far touchline... nails it, just!

North Queensland Cowboys 32-0

30

TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Antonio Winterstein. Kick to come.

Wow. No words.

North Queensland Cowboys 30-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

Easy done. Five tries, three goals. This could get ugly.

North Queensland Cowboys 26-0

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Jason Taumalolo. Kick to come.

Taumalolo bursts through, puts on a sidestep and opens his scoring account for 2014. No nudie run for Jason!

North Queensland Cowboys 24-0

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Tigers not looking like having anything doing. Concede a penalty which gives the Cowboys the ball on halfway.

North Queensland Cowboys 20-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

No issue for JT from in front... scary form from the Cowboys so far.

North Queensland Cowboys 20-0

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Tariq Sims. Kick to come.

Oh they've carved up the middle. Morgan through a yawning gap and Tariq backs up on the inside... under the sticks is where it's scored.

North Queensland Cowboys 18-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.

Third time's the charm! Thurston gets this one on the right track and the lead is fourteen.

North Queensland Cowboys 14-0

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Matthew Wright. Kick to come.

Hat trick awarded! How quick was that! Tigers capitulating. Wright's scored in the corner.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-0

15

Cowboys absolutely hammering the Tigers' line, unrelenting pressure... and it's VIDEO REFEREE time - possible try to Matt Wright... a hat trick inside 15 minutes?

North Queensland Cowboys 8-0

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.

Low and ugly, this one misses as well.

North Queensland Cowboys 8-0

12

TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Matthew Wright. Kick to come.

Wright gets another double! Moga held the ball up perfectly for him, great try in the corner.

North Queensland Cowboys 8-0

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UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERS
Chris Lawrence makes an unforced error.

Simple errors cruelling the Tigers here, Lawrence spills a swirling Mitchell Moses pass on his own 40m. Cowboys scrum.

North Queensland Cowboys 4-0

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.

Thurston hooks his first attempt.

North Queensland Cowboys 4-0

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TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Matthew Wright. Kick to come.

And it's awarded. Good numbers to the right, quick hands and BAM - home side capitalises early. Wright scores.

North Queensland Cowboys 4-0

3

Possible TRY to the Cowboys for Matthew Wright... looks good, just checking grounding.

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Michael Morgan offloads as he runs for the line - Blair intercepts it but he's tackled in goal. Another drop-out.

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UNFORCED ERROR WESTS TIGERS
Mitchell Moses makes an unforced error.

Awwkward..... Mitchell Moses lets it go dead from the kickoff. Tigers line drop-out.

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And we have game time. The Tigers are out on the park in their orange kit, while the Cowboys are celebrating members week and have the names of their members across their navy coloured home jersey. Let's go!

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LATE MAIL | Mick Potter's been busy with the white-out and pen today. Bodene Thompson (suspended), Pat Richards, Luke Brooks and Keith Galloway (injuries) are all out. The backs are simple - Chris Lawrence replaces Thompson, Kurtis Rowe comes in on the wing for Richards.
Here's where it gets fun. Blake Austin moves to halfback, Curtis Sironen comes from the second row to play five-eighth. Adam Blair takes the vacant second row slot which brings Sauaso Sue into lock off the bench. Ava Seumanufagai replaces Galloway at prop, and there are two new faces on the bench with Cory Paterson and Jack Buchanan. Got that? Good. Hit the "Teams and Info" tab to clear up any confusion.

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LATE MAIL | Cowboys fans there's not much to report - John Asiata drops off the five-man bench meaning the home side is 1-17.

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The battle for spots in the eight continues in Townsville tonight - the Tigers are teetering on the brink of falling out of contention while the Cowboys have recently risen into the eight and will be keen to keep their spot. Can the Tigers put the leadership drama behind them and upset the Cowboys newfound rich vein of form... or are the hosts on a run to their second NRL grand final appearance?

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Referees & scorers:

Referee: Shayne Hayne, Dave Munro

Touch Judges: Nick Beashel, David Ryan

Video Referee: Chris Ward, Luke Phillips

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (64)
Tries: Matthew Wright (3), Tariq Sims, Jason Taumalolo (2), Antonio Winterstein (2), Michael Morgan, Tautau Moga (2), Kane Linnett
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (8/12)
Penalty Goals:

WESTS TIGERS (6)
Tries: Aaron Woods
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cory Paterson (1/1)
Penalty Goals: