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The penalty try is not awarded, it's ruled that Ponga wasn't within try scoring proximity. Scott Drinkwater will be sent to the bin

Possible penalty try here, Ponga was taken without the ball and would've surely scored

Hoy dummies and runs and picks up 15 odd metres

Cowboys kick it into touch

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow with an easy catch, he's been flawless under the high ball apart from that early mishap

Knights get a set restart on the 2nd tackle

No try, Scott Drinkwater ruled to have interfered with the Newcastle kick-chasers

Going upstairs for a Cowboys try, Justin O'Neill went the length after collecting another average Pearce kick

Beautiful outside inside play from Pearce and Ponga sees the latter go straight through but he slips over.

Josh Mcguire knocks it on into a Newcastle player

A 30 metre run from Jason Taumalolo. Simply incredible.

David Klemmer tries way too hard to get the offload and ends up dropping the ball

Kalyn Ponga takes it in goal and gives his side a 7 tackle set

Terrible challenge - it was a clear dropped ball

Knights are challenging the decision

The big man Daniel Saifiti makes a line break and like a true front rower drops the ball at the end of it

The ball is toed dead by Tom Opacic and the Knights have a 7 tackle set coming up

Jake Clifford takes the line on but is just stopped by Kalyn Ponga

Esan Marsters has come agonisingly close. The grubber was perfect from Scott Drinkwater but the bounce was WAY too high for him. It'll be a repeat set regardless

The Cowboys have made 80 odd metres this set. They re-gather off the last tackle kick with a fresh set

David Klemmer with a late offload and Ponga puts a kick in on the 3rd but it's got too much on it - wrong call from the star fullback

No try ruling will stand and the Knights will get a penalty. Robson stopped in the line and prevented Lachlan Fitzgibbon from having a fair shot at defending him

Going upstairs for a possible Cowboys try, checking for obstruction. On field call is no try

Coen Hess runs straight through Mitchell Pearce and gets a set restart at the end of it all

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow makes good metres on the kick return

Gehamat Shibasaki is there to gather the Clifford grubber, Knights have the ball

Kalyn Ponga again with the kicking duties and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow makes no mistake

Herman Ese'ese stumbles while taking the pass off the kickoff

Herman Ese'ese goes close but as usual the Cowboys defence is up to the task

Penalty to the Knights quite late in the count after Pearce was hit late after passing

Jacob Saifiti takes the first hit up for Newcastle

Going upstairs for a Newcastle try, just confirming the grounding and touchline by Hymel Hunt

Tex Hoy regathers a Ponga grubber and it was played at by the Cowboys. Fresh set for Newcastle on the Cowboys line coming up

Newastle's set play is well read by Tom Opacic who wraps Ponga up nice and early

There's been 5 set restarts in the last 6 minutes

Scott Drinkwater knocks on for the Cowboys and Newcastle survive an attacking raid by the Cowboys for a change

Another set restart for the Knight but Herman Ese'ese comes up with an absolute bludger of a ball straight away

Gavin Cooper gives Saifiti a cheeky wedgie

Set restart for the Knights quite late in the count

Brilliant catch by Kalyn Ponga under the high ball, and his side gets a penalty shortly after

Francis Molo plays it and makes good metres off the first run

Mitchell Pearce's kick is charged down but Jacob Saifiti wasn't aware the count had restarted and tried to flick it away, resulting in the Cowboys coming up with possession

Jacob Saifiti brings out a deep Feldt kickoff

Clifford again ends the set by putting it into touch. As a result, Ponga hasn't been able to get himself involved as much as he'd have liked

Francis Molo first to bring it back for the Cowboys

Knights are back on the field. They couldn't, could they?

Scott Drinkwater just kicks it out on the full to end the half. Annihilation would be an understatement

Absolute hospital pass from Mitchell Pearce to his halves partner Kurt Mann on the last, the poor bloke stood no chance and was easily wrapped up by the defence. The siren can't come quick enough for the Novocastrians

Jake Clifford's kick is just too deep, Newcastle with 7 tackles coming up

Enari Tuala dives on a loose ball and Newcastle have possession

Repeat set for the Knights. Justin O'Neill is more than happy to take Kalyn Ponga's grubber dead

Enari Tuala is just pulled down short of the line

Esan Marsters just strolls through some lazy Knights defence but loses the ball at the end. Knights have an opportunity

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow easily accounts for Ponga's bomb

For the first time in recent memory the Cowboys make a mistake. Tom Opacic's pass just misses the mark and goes over the sideline

Gehamat Shibasaki cleans up an early kick but the Cowboys are everywhere, he gets dragged in goal. The Knights would probably take a half time deficit of 20 right now

Pearce's kick is average and Reece Robson easily takes it in goal. 7 tackle set and the momentum is right back with the Cowboys

Kurt Mann takes the line on but the scramble is good

Another penalty, this time for offside

the Knights have completed at 60% so far. They finally have some luck go their way, they've received a penalty

Scott Drinkwater puts it into touch again. If it goes to script, Newcastle will cough it up on the 3rd and the Cowboys will score

Justin O'Neill takes the first hit up this time

Wow. Jake Clifford went straight through the frontline and made light work of Kalyn Ponga at the back. Going upstairs

Kalyn Ponga tries to put a kick in but makes a mess of it. Cowboys in good field position again

Cowboys kick from inside enemy territory and find touch again

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow makes no mistake under this high ball

Jake Clifford punts the ball into touch

Jason Taumalolo takes the first hit up

Penalty to the Cowboys in front of the uprights for an infringement in the play the ball and they'll go for the 2 points

Esan Marsters gets a grubber in but Enari Tuala is there and takes it dead. Repeat set for the Cows coming up

North Queensland receive a set restart and then a penalty on the next tackle

Edrick Lee is driven back by some strong Cowboy defence

Kalyn Ponga restarts play

Knights put it down early in the set, giving the Cowboys their first attacking opportunity

Jake Clifford does well to pull down big Edrick Lee within 10 metres of his own line

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow easily cleans up a Mitchell Pearce grubber and makes 15 or so metres before being pulled down

Lachlan Fitzgibbon bursts through a hole but Jason Taumalolo just keeps him short. Andrew McCullough then tries to burst over but is easily held up.

Another set restart - this time on the 4th in good field position!

Newcastle rolling upfield with ease

Kalyn Ponga makes a strong kick return and is rewarded with a call of 6 to go

Lachlan Fitzgibbon goes very close to scoring

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow knocks on his first challenge uncontested under the high ball, gift early opportunity for Newcastle early on here.

We're underway, a bit of confusion from the Knights over who would take the ball but Hymel Hunt ends up bringing it out

The Knights are wearing their orange mining jerseys - thankfully not against the Tigers this time!

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited’s coverage of Super Saturday and first up we are north of the tweed at QCB Stadium where the Cowboys will look to turn it around against the in-form Knights. For the Cowboys, Tom Opacic comes onto the wing in place of Connelly Lemuelu, while Jordan McLean is in the starting side pushing Francis Molo back to the bench. Shane Wright replaces Mitch Dunn, while Reuben Cotter drops out. The Knights are 1-17.