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FULL TIME at McDonald Jones Stadium and it's a Red & Blue shutout in Newcastle with the Knights taking a 38-0 victory

PENALTY COWBOYS: Kalyn Ponga penalised for leaving the scrum early

Terrible set from the Cowboys with a kick on tackle 4

Dom Young trapped in goal after a makeshift kick from Drinkwater almost created something out of nothing

SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: Murray Tuilagi ruled to have striped the ball in a non try scoring opportunity, therefore it's a Knights penalty

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Hymel Hunt has lost the ball according to Chris Sutton; Knights challenging the decision

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE: Valentine Holmes ruled to have knocked on and challenges the call; One replay for Alan Shortall to stick with Chris Sutton's decision

No luck with the high kicks for the Cowboys with no calls going their way

Tom Dearden's last tackle kick is absolutely awful and Ponga takes it in goal on the full

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow makes everything look slow-mo as he got space on the outside and put boot to ball by the bounce isn't great and goes into touch

Cowboys called held on last tackle despite the kick coming off Newcastle at first

Kalyn Ponga puts put to ball and the Knights kick us off with the Cowboys using the ball first

Bizarre last tackle play from the Cowboys to end the half as the Knights go to HT with a 22-0 lead

So 4 or 5 infringements by the Knights in the space of a minute but nobody goes to the bin

Cowboys only get two tackles inside the Knights 20 and cough the ball up through Francis Molo

PENALTY COWBOYS: Ruck interefence the call yet again from Chris Sutton as this time the Cowboys get the benefit of the whistle

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Cowboys trying to slow down the ruck but Ponga loses it and therefore conceded the penalty. Knights into Cowboys territory again

NO TRY - As expected the bunker very quickly puts up the red lights after Dom Young was tackled before promoting the ball

BUNKER: Dom Young has crossed but looks like a pretty clear cut double movement

Back to back set restarts for the Knights before a flashpoint where Kalyn Ponga was hit hard - Nothing illegal in it despite Newcastle not liking it

Cowboys struggle to make metres out of their end despite 3 six agains

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Cowboys penalised for a strip, the North Queenslanders don't agree but smartly don't challenge

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Murray Taulagi penalised for some high contact and the Knights go into Cowboys half again

Cowboys capitulating, errors at the back, intercept in their own 10 and then conceding a high tackle penalty

Amazing play from Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow to put the afterburners on the outside then kicks it back infield and dives over but his foot is out as he grounds it coming from miles outside the field and coming back inside

STOP HAMMER TIME WOW

Mitch Pearce kick is a beauty it floats and is a difficult one for Val Holmes who makes it look easy

Val Holmes kick on the last running out of dummy half is poor and runs dead

GAME ON - Chris Sutton calls time on and we're underway in Newcastle with a healthy (we hope) COVID-Safe crowd