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6:00pm Fri May 29, 2020
Round 3 - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville / Wulgurukaba
80min

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79min

Correction a 30-point win for the Cowboys.

79min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

A straight and true kick from the right touchline ends play tonight. A 28-point win for the Cowboys.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 36 - 6 Titans
79min

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

There's points on both sides for the Cowboys, and it's from a glorious touch on pass from Valentine Holmes to set Feldt on his way to an easy try. Glorious play.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 34 - 6 Titans
78min

For the Titans Jamal Fogarty reached out and got the ball to the tryline, but the play is reviewed by The Bunker which has ruled Boyd ran an obstruction.

77min

The second sin bin for the night for the Cowboys, this time it's Coen Hess. Moeaki Fotuaika made an explosive line break through the middle and Sam Lisone in support gains some more metres and is held down too long by Hess within 10 metres of the Cowboys line.

76min

As I wrap Clifford he's just put a cross-field kick in about 5m short of the tryline and closer to the sideline. Feldt's collected it and pushed into touch.

75min

Jake Clifford and Scott Drinkwater have combined nicely tonight. Clifford's guided the team and helped build the pressure. Drinkwater's been the playmaker. Clifford's forced another goal-line dropout with a close range kick.

74min

Friendly fire for Arrow, Proctor drills him while making a tackle and Arrow is leaving the field for a HIA. His night is over.

74min

Play is stopped for Jai Arrow as he's in pain and needs the trainer. Possibly a neck issue.

72min

Moeaki Fotuaika gets an offload away to Lisone, but Lisone only gets one hand on it and it's dropped forward.

71min

The Cowboys are favouring the left for their attack tonight and once again Drinkwater tried to find Hampton but the ball goes straight into touch.

70min

PENALTY. Dale Copley's raked the ball in a multiplayer tackle, challenge unsuccessful.

70min

Captain's Challenge - Titans. An illegal strip has been ruled on the Titans and they're trying to get it overturned.

69min

Marsters shuts down an attacking Titans kick 10m out from his line.

68min

PENALTY. Pearson goes high to defuse the bomb and contact is made with him in the air.

65min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

The toughest kick of the night for Holmes, this time from the left touchline it strays to the right.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 30 - 6 Titans
65min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Ben Hampton. Kick to come.

That's the try of thenight. After Taumalolo goes inches from scoring. Geat hands from Robson, Drinkwater and Holmes sets Hampton over for his second try of the night and fourth of the season.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 30 - 6 Titans
64min

PENALTY. Clifford tries a grubber behind the line on tackle four. A scramble for the footy, Hipgrave takes out Clifford. Not a professional foul.

63min

A right ankle for Sami but he's playing on. Pearson looks groggy but will continue for now it seems. Goal-line dropout to come from the Titans.

63min

Holmes tries to beat Taylor one-on-one but it's a solid one-on-one tackle. Pearson and Sami collide trying to defuse a last tackle chip and both look in a bad state.

61min

Robson on tackle three almost breaks the line again. On the following play Coen Hess makes the charge and he's held up in goal, spilled and forced down by the Titans for a goal-line dropout.

60min

PENALTY. Tyrone Peachy's guilty of a high tackle and at halfway this will boost the Cowboys right back to the Gold Coast line.

60min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes gets another easy kick from in-front to convert Robson's double.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 26 - 6 Titans
60min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Reece Robson. Kick to come.

That's the benefit of he six again penalty in full effect. Robson looked right from dummy-half, changed his mind and a dash to his left from within 10 metres out allows him to dive over almost untouched.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 24 - 6 Titans
57min

SIX AGAIN PENALTY. Holmes makes a half break and it brings about the penalty. McLean makes a big dent in the line. Trouble for Gold Coast.

55min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Close enough to the posts, too easy.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 20 - 6 Titans
55min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Reece Robson. Kick to come.

Just a couple of plays after the set restart and it's Reece Robson who has scored his first NRL try, darting from dummy-half from a few metres out to barge over Proctor and Sami.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 18 - 6 Titans
54min

On tackle three Taumalolo's made a line break straight down the field and is stopped by Sami around the legs. SIX AGAIN PENALTY. The Titans were offside on the following play and the pressure is really strong now.

53min

A high and deep kick was needed for the Cowboys and Sami had to go to ground to securely take the ball. The Titans are back to being stuck in their half.

52min

Jason Taumalolo's back on the field to finish out the match.

51min

INTERCEPT. Jonus Pearson is not backing down from closing Drinkwater's passing lanes, this time he's collected the pass and the Cowboys get to him to avoid a runaway try.

50min

PENALTY. Clearly upset at his mistake, Peats was too aggressive with this tackle and collects a player high.

50min

A forward pass from Nathan Peats brings undone all the good work from the past few minutes.

49min

PENALTY. Gold Coast now has a roll on.

48min

With his team on the tryline Nathan Peats has intercepted a Reece Robson pass from dummy-half to turn the momentum.

47min

On the first tackle from the scrum Drinkwater's attempted a long pass out to Hampton but once again Pearson's knocked it away to avoid the danger.

46min

Clifford attempts a quick grubber kick on the last close to the tryline and play-the-ball, Taylor gets a foot to it and it's over the sideline. Another set coming for North Queensland.

45min

They'd made progress past the halfway line and Ash Taylor's thrown a hospital pass to Keegan Hipgrave who knocks it on as soon as contact is made with the defence.

44min

The Cowboys marched up the field and Marsters didn't get the line right for Drinkwaters low cross-field kick and it's a knock-on.

43min

North Queensland turned up the defence and limited Gold Coast to a 30m set with a shaky kick away.

42min

An identical set in return for the Cowboys, with their kick of choice a high one for Phillip Sami without much pressure for the fullback.

41min

49m on the first set and Fogarty's last tackle kick is taken by a flying Val Holmes centre-field.

40min

We're back for the second half and it's Shannon Boyd with the first hit-up.

40min

Coen Hess breaks the line but is quickly taken down. Then the last play before the siren is shifted down the right touchline but Gold Coast rallies to force the ball into touch.

40min

PENALTY. The Cowboys will get one last crack at a try before half-time.

39min

Why, why does Gold Coast give Shannon Boyd the ball on the last tackle? He gets a pass away and a kick is in but this is tough to watch.

38min

Asiata lost the ball while tackled on the ground. Shannon Boyd checks in for the Titans for his first NRL game in a long time. This speed of play might be too fast for the big bopper to last long.

37min

Mitch Dunn is back on the field for North Queensland.

36min

Clifford puts in another pinpoint kick, this time it's cross-field on the last and he gets clobbered by the defence. The kick is too much for the Titans and it's battered dead. Goal-line dropout coming up.

35min

SIX AGAIN PENALTY. Mid-way through the first set after points and the Cowboys get a fresh set.

34min

Penalty Goal: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

From 11 metres out and right in front the Cowboys extend their lead to eight points while Mitch Dunn still has time to serve in the sin bin.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 14 - 6 Titans
33min

PENALTY. Ash Taylor loses his focus on the goal-line dropout and this attempt at a drop-kick goes out on the full over the right sideline.

32min

Jake Clifford puts in a chip kick over the defensive line and it lands perfectly to force a goal-line dropout.

32min

NO TRY. Feldt showed incredible patience to leave this slow rolling ball go dead. It was a very fine margin from this play being a Gold Coast try.

32min

Taylor combines with Hipgrave twice in the set to cause some problems for the Cowboys. Now we're off to The Bunker as a chase on a ball in goal from two Titans chasers may have got them a try.

31min

PENALTY. The Titans will get out of their own half thanks to this penalty.

30min

Robson's on for Granville. Holmes tries a difficult pass over the Gold Coast defence for Hampton, it's ruled forward. If he gets that pass right it's another four pointer.

29min

PENALTY. A careless high tackle from Peachy and it'll take the Cowboys right up to the Titans line.

28min

A bad end to the set for the Titans and quickly we're going the other way.

27min

Copley's run put too much pressure on the Cowboys to deal with and Mitch Dunn committed a professional foul for holding too long in the Copley tackle.

26min

There's some really tired legs out there now. The Titans shift left early in the set and Copley's made a smart 60m run.

25min

Attacking kicking has been a real let down for Gold Coast so far. Another one to end the set at close range is comfortably returned by Holmes.

24min

A decent set after points for the Cowboys but a strong kick return from Pearson should set Gold Coast up for a strong set.

23min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes is a confident kicker tonight.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 12 - 6 Titans
22min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Justin O'Neill. Kick to come.

Kyle Feldt set it up and Scott Drinkwater finishes it off a few tackles later. Quick service from Granville at dummy-half to Drinkwater allows the five-eighth to isolate the defence and put O'Neill into a gap metres from the line.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 10 - 6 Titans
21min

Ash Taylor uses last tackle to grubber near Feldt, but a couple of bodies go down on the chase, Feldt picks it up and goes 60 metres before being taken down. Danger signs for the Titans.

20min

Captain's Challenge - Originally ruled an illegal strip on Holmes from the Titans, the review overturns the call and gives Gold Coast possession 40m out from the Cowboys' tryline.

20min

Clearly a tactic here for the Titans on the last to kick high towards Brian Kelly/Kyle Feldt. They've tried it again and it's easily taken by Feldt. A disappointing finish to the set, that was a good chance to build pressure.

19min

A long kick out of their own half for the Cowboys and it is a really chance for Gold Coast to win some field position.

18min

Kyle Feldt gets the better of Kelly on the last this time while contesting the cross-field kick. The North Queensland forwards are blowing from that fast run of play.

18min

SIX AGAIN. The Titans now get a roll on with the benefit of the penalty rule change.

17min

Holmes chases a kick to the in-goal on the last and is half a metre away from scoring under the posts. Kelly returns the ball into play for Gold Coast.

15min

That's a knock-on from one of Gold Coast's best, that'll shift momentum back to North Queensland.

15min

Conversion: Titans
Kicked by Ashley Taylor.

Taylor converts from an almost identical spot to Holmes' earlier conversion.

Tied up at Cowboys 6 - 6 Titans
14min

Try: Titans
Scored by Brian Kelly. Kick to come.

The Titans got to the last and shifted left, it looked like it came to an end with Brian Kelly seemingly trapped by three Cowboys, but a spin toward the sideline beats Feldt and gets him over for a four pointer.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 6 - 4 Titans
12min

64m gained on the set and an attacking grubber from Taylor is stopped by the defence. Ruled played at by the Cowboys and regathered by the Titans, here's a repeat set for Gold Coast.

11min

A solid platform from the Cowboys forwards to get the game going again. The Titans start deep in their half for their second set of the match.

9min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

As easy as a kick from three quarters in from the left sideline can get.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 6 - 0 Titans
9min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Ben Hampton. Kick to come.

The weight of possession became too much by tackle four as a shift left to Holmes allowed the fullback to throw out the back to Hampton where there was a two-man overlap for the winger to stroll through.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 4 - 0 Titans
7min

Seven minutes in and Gold Coast is yet to get use of the footy. Another full set successfully defended but a goal-line dropout's been forced.

5min

It was good defence for another full Cowboys set, but on the last when diffusing the kick Fogarty's knocked it into another Titan and play is stopped to give the Cowboys another set.

3min

On the last the Cowboys shift left and the pass out for Feldt is stopped by Pearson, nearly an interception, and it's a new set for the home side.

2min

Couldn't see at live speed where the error came from in the tackle, but it hasn't been challenged and it's great field position for the Cowboys.

1min

Solid and unspectacular set to get North Queensland going. Hipgrave lucky not to be penalised for contact on the kicker.

We have kickoff and it's first use of the footy for the Cowboys!

Hello and welcome back to a Friday night with rugby league! Thanks for joining our coverage of the Cowboys hosting the Titans from Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Expecting kickoff around 6:05pm. The Cowboys will take the field as they were named 1-17 on Tuesday. The Titans have made more changes since Tuesday as an injury for Tyrone Roberts has forced him out and Phillip Sami back to fullback. See our late mail article for the full list of changes. For North Queensland, if Scott Drinkwater can return to the form he started the year with then there could be a lot of points scored in some football friendly conditions at the ground tonight. Following comments from Titans coach Justin Holbrook earlier in the week, we’re expecting to see Jamal Fogarty take on a full halfback’s workload in his third NRL game and first since 2017. Ash Taylor will look to get his hands on the ball about ‘once per set’. The Titans have not won in Townsville since 2012.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Henry Perenara

Touch Judges: Tim Alouani-Roby, Drew Oultram

Video Referee: Steve Clark, Ben Galea

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (36)
Tries: Ben Hampton (2), Justin O'Neill, Reece Robson (2), Kyle Feldt
Field Goals:
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (5/6)
Penalty Goals: Valentine Holmes (1/1)

GOLD COAST TITANS (6)
Tries: Brian Kelly
Field Goals:
Conversions: Ashley Taylor (1/1)
Penalty Goals: