Match Centre

Dearden fires a forward pass to bring the match to a close.

McLean pulls off a strip.

Feldt kicks the ball dead as the Rabbitohs get a seven tackle set.

Blake Taaffe comes up with a mistake.

The Cowboys make a break and almost get a consolation try, but the Rabbitohs are able to clean up the danger.

Marshall puts an attacking kick in, but Drinkwater has it covered.

Benji Marshall delivered a superb cut-out pass to give Johnston his third.

South Sydney penalty.

Alex Johnston kicks in-field, but Dearden is able to wrap up the ball in-goal.

Cody Walker is off the field for the final 11 minutes.

Great work from Walker with an audacious bat on to send Milne over for his third.

Asi attempts a second kick, but Mark Nicholls gets to the young half first.

Murray Taulagi is met 10 metres out from his goal line.

Walker is met with strong pressure and produces a dud kick.

Connelly Lemuelu attempts an intercept, but can't latch onto the ball.

Scott Drinkwater comes up with an error after good pressure from Benji Marshall and Jacob Host.

Another strong set after points from the Rabbitohs.

Taumalolo is put on his back by Knight and Sele.

Burns forces a pass over the sideline.

Walker kicks for Johnston, but Feldt is able to bat the ball dead first.

The contest has gotten away from the Cowboys.

Lemuelu attempts an intercept only to lose the ball inside his own half.

Taaffe almost exposes the left edge again.

Dearden catches a bomb from his opposite number.

Great work from Reynolds and Burns to set that one up for Johnston.

Daejarn Asi eyes a 40/20, but Taaffe is on the spot for the Bunnies.

Scott Drinkwater does well to field a high ball.

Kyle Feldt makes strong contact on Braidon Burns.

Burns tries to set up Johnston only to put the ball over the sideline.

Benji Marshall is on for Mamouzelos.

Liam Knight has been placed on report for an earlier challenge on Tom Dearden.

Mamouzelos takes a scurry and collects a hit around the head from Heilum Luki.

Mamouzelos gets away with a forward pass from dummy half.

Drinkwater is collected by two South Sydney defenders.

Both teams are back out for the second half.

Keaon Koloamatangi is tackled as the halftime siren sounds.

Six again for the Rabbitohs.

Six again for the 'home' side.

Kyle Feldt loses the ball 10 metres out from his own line.

Drinkwater and Lemuelu have produced two terrible passes to put the Cowboys on the back foot.

The Cowboys put a bomb up, get the bounce before giving the ball back to Souths on their goal line

Robson fires a forward pass close to the try line to release the pressure on the Rabbitohs.

Keaon Koloamatangi loses the ball in his own half.

Taafe fields a high ball from Asi on his 30 metre line.

Jason Taumalolo break into the backfield.

The Cowboys will kick to level the scores.

Daejarn Asi puts a kick in and draws a penalty.

Burns is deemed to have lost the ball - Souths are without a challenge for the remainder of the game.

The Rabbitohs dispute the call and use their captain's challenge.

Braidon Burns comes up with an error inside his own half.

Drinkwater takes another bomb from Reynolds.

Drinkwater does well to defuse a mammoth high ball from Reynolds.

Drinkwater's drop out goes over the sideline - Reynolds will kick from in front for first points.

Cody Walker rolls a kick in-goal and gets a line drop out.

South Sydney penalty.

Tom Dearden shanks a kick over the sideline out on the full.

The Cowboys go short with the drop out and get the ball back.

Adam Reynolds manages to trap Scott Drinkwater in-goal with a superb chip kick.

Blake Taaffe returns the ball up to the 30 metre line.

Six again for the visitors.

Adam Reynolds is taken over the sideline as the Rabbitohs opt to run the ball on the last tackle.

Alex Johnston is tackled just short of his 40 metre line.

Coen Hess takes the first carry of the night.

Adam Reynolds takes the Rabbitohs out - kick-off is only moments away.

Jason Taumalolo leads the Cowboys onto McDonald Jones Stadium (for the second time in as many weeks!)

South Sydney have won their past four matches in Newcastle.

South Sydney have won 6/22 matches in Newcastle; North Queensland hold a 6/21 record at the same venue.

Three of the past five clashes between these two sides have been decided by a single point.

South Sydney have won the past five clashes against North Queensland in succession.

North Queensland will line up 1-17, however there is speculation Daejarn Asi and Scott Drinkwater could switch positions.

South Sydney have made a positional change with Peter Mamouzelos starting ahead of Benji Marshall.

This is the third time a premiership match not featuring the Knights has been played in Newcastle; St George and Canberra faced off in 1985, while Sydney and Melbourne clashed last week.

Tonight’s fixture was originally scheduled to be played at Stadium Australia, however due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney the match has been relocated to Newcastle.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 17 Friday Night Football between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the North Queensland Cowboys from McDonald Jones Stadium.