Smith has a crack at goal from touch, but also misses.
19 seconds left, and from the back of a scrum, Roosters go right to Josh Morris, who gets his nose through a tackle, offloads around the corner to Ikuvalu who strolls over for a try in the corner.
SCRUM ROOSTERS - Feldt knocks on, 30m from his own line.
Murray Taulagi gets a no chance pass from Granville and is pushed into touch.
Walker converts from almost in front.
Radley makes a big run, picking up 30m. Walkers picks up the ball from dummy half, ran right, switched back to the left and dived over to score beside the posts.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - Drinkwater with the most blatantly obvious example of a double movement.
Off to the Bunker we go, to look at a possible try to Drinkwater
Walker adds the extras
After a great Manu run, the Roosters shift the ball left and Walker hits Sitili Tupouniua with a crisp pass and the back rower strolls through for an easy try. The Cowboys defence were left looking around like first-time Zoom users trying to figure out how to 'turn the camera on'.
Roosters with a kick on the last and Ikuvalu drops it.
Ikuvalu drops the kick. Cowboys clean up and get a full set inside the Roosters 30. On the first tackle Taumalolo pushes a pass which Manu intercepts.
Drinkwater adds the extras from in front.
On the next play, Dearden went left, linked with Dunn who turned the ball back to Dearden who then dished a good ball to Robson in support who dives over to the left of the posts.
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow fields a kick on his own goal line and then ran like he spotted the last toilet roll at Woolworths, getting 90 metres downfield before getting grassed.
Walker from the right sideline misses again with the conversion attempt
Ikuvalu gets the trademark long ball from Walker and dives to score in the corner,
SET RESTART - Roosters - Verrills burrows for the line, no dice.
And the Cpwboys give it back
Walker loses the ball 10m from the Cowboys line
PENALTY ROOSTERS - high tackle. Roosters find touch 25m from the Cowboys line
Medicab taking Bowen away
play stopped as Bowen is lying face down clutching his right knee
End to end action now. Both sides using the same Mitch Moses end to a set - kick to the corner
PENALTY COWBOYS - Walker with a cut-out play but takes advantage of a shepherd in doing so.
Roosters bomb is dropped back by Feldt in his own in-goal, he regathers and as he turns to set sail down the sideline, he steps on the sideline. Cowboys dropout
SCRUM ROOSTERS - Hutchison attempts a 40/20. HTF tries to stop the ball going into touch, but fumbles it over the sideline.
Roosters get the second half underway
Walker again from wide on the left side misses the conversion.
Manu gets the ball on the left side, steps left, shapes to pass to his winger, doesn't and then walks through the defence to score a pretty soft try.
Decision upheld. Refs 2 - NRL Teams 0.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - Cowboys with an illegal strip. Cowboys now challenging.
Walker from wide on the left, nails this one
Random Souths guy spotted after that try.
Smith takes a crash ball on the short side and he barges his way over for a strong try on the left.
6 again for the Roosters 10m from the Cowboys line, after a Cowboys player touched a pass
SET RESTART Cowboys - again on the first tackle and on their own line. Yay.
Taumalolo just hit Baker harder than panic buyers hit the supermarkets
SET RESTART Roosters - 10m shy of the Cowboys line now
SET RESTART Roosters - 10m shy of halfway.
PENALTY COWBOYS - They will take the tap 10m from the Roosters line
Radley drops the ball as he hits Taumalolo at the line, 10m shy of halfway
Walker from out wide on the left, cannot convert.
Well that was easy. Hutchison passes to Crichton who is one-on-one with Lemulelu and easily overpowers the flat-footed centre to score on the left side.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - Wright with an accidental crusher near halfway. They find touch 30m from the Cowboys line.
Roosters with a rather dull set, but they've been able to keep the Cowboys deep in their own half yet again.
Another Roosters set ends with the Cowboys starting their set on their own goal line again.
Dearden dummies and bursts through a gap he created and then slipped over and dropped the ball, basically parodying his former club.
Drinkwater from wide on the left side nails the conversion.
Drinkwater gets the ball at first receiver on the left and on halfway, drifts left and shows the ball twice before getting a ball to the straight and fast running Tabuai-Fidow who hits a gap and races 45 metres to score a great try.
SET RESTART Cowboys - They get another 4 tackles later
SET RESTART Cowboys - on the very first tackle and on their own goal-line. They'll be thankful for that utterly pointless Set Restart. A Penalty would've been welcomed though. Anywho...
Cowboys try to run around the Roosters edge defence but Murray Taulagi steps on the sideline
Refs Challenge - A kick by the Roosters is contested by both sides, with Smith ruled to have knocked on. Roosters challenge and failed. Cowboys play the ball 20m from their own line.
Drinkwater from almost in front, converts the try
Drinkwater goes right out of dummy half then runs back to the left and fires a good ball to Bowen who strolls in for a good try.
Siz again after a Cowboys pass touches a Roosters player on halfway
SET RESTART Cowboys - 10m shy of halfway
Roosters owning field position after just 3 sets in the game
SET RESTART Roosters - After just 53 seconds. Roosters now with a full set inside the Cowboys 40
Feldt kicks off
There's been more changes to the backlines in today's lineups than there has been to NSW's lockdown orders.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Dave Munro, Todd Smith
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (18)
Tries: Javid Bowen, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Reece Robson
Conversions: Scott Drinkwater (3/3)
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (34)
Tries: Angus Crichton, Sam Walker, Billy Smith, Joseph Manu, Matt Ikuvalu (2), Sitili Tupouniua
Conversions: Sam Walker (3/6), Billy Smith (0/1)