Val Holmes puts the cherry on top with the conversion
A TRY TO THE COWBOYS THAT IS! The Dragons frantically kept the ball alive and it was scooped up by Murray Taulagi, who streaked 50 metres upfield before linking up with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, who scored the try to secure the Cowboys first win in 10 games
ITS A TRY
Last play now for the Dragons
30 seconds
Cowboys go short but the Dragons take possession. Under a minute to go now
Norman's kick sits up for Taulagi, but the Dragons defence swarm to drag him back in goal
No try confirmed, Dragons will have a 7 tackle set after the bunker rule Feldt went touch in goal
It's very close, Feldt may have gone over the sideline and confirmation the bunker are reviewing it
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow goes left early and Kyle Feldt has been awarded the try, but let's wait and see if the bunker confirm it
Challenge unsuccessful, Cowboys will have the ball in attacking position with not long to go. If they play their cards right, the Dragons don't touch the ball again
Josh Mcguire knocks on for the Dragons but they are chalenging
Corey Norman's chip kick is caught by Murray Taulagi and the Cowboys survive yet again
Tom Dearden's kick is out on the full. Dragons with another huge chance
Jack de Belin's offload goes straight to Mitchell Dunn and the Cowboys hang on again
Penalty to the Dragons for offside
The Cowboys knock on this time, Dragons right back on the attack
Jack Bird came up short of the line and lost the ball. Cowboys hang on
Jayden Sullivan's kick sits up and Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow is caught in goal. Dragons with an opportunity to tie it up here
Cool as ice, Lomax kicks the goal from out wide. Game on
This conversion is a critical one for Lomax
The Dragons spread it left and Mikaele Ravalawa goes over basically untouched. This game isn't over yet
Talatau Amone tries to chip 'n' chase but knocks on. Dragons didn't do a lot with that opportunity
Dearden's grubber goes dead, Dragons with the 7 tackle set now
Mikaele Ravalawa is forced dead by Tom Dearden. Cowboys with a repeat set coming up
Talatau Amone's kick takes several Cowboys bounces and rolls dead, giving away a 7 tackle set
Heilum Luki gets to the ball first but the Dragons keep him out of the in goal and survive
Just as the Dragons were applying some defensive pressure, Josh Mcguire gives away a penalty for a crusher
The Saints have done it. Drinkwater's kick to Feagai means that the Cowboys didn't score in that set. Let's see if any sort of comeback can be mounted here
Val Holmes kick is wide and it stays a 2 score game
The Dragons search for a defensive set where they don't concede a try continues. Tom Dearden's kick sees Kyle Feldt take to the skies and come down with gold, reaching out and planting the ball on the line to make it a 12 point lead.
It doesn't look likely, Freddy Lussick goes high and the Cowboys get a penalty
Lets see if the Dragons can go a set without conceding a try
The demolition continues courtesy of Val Holmes' boot
Heilum Luki breaks the line this time and gets it to Jake Granville, who is pulled up just short of the tryline. The Cowboys then spread it left on the next play and Heilum Luki is the one who finishes what he started, crahsing over to extend the Cowboys lead
Valentine Holmes' kick is good
The Cowboys have made a statement out of the gates in this second half. Tom Dearden put Jeremiah Nanai through a huge hole and was there in support when he came to the fullback. Dearden was then too quick for Jack Bird and the Cowboys will take the lead with the conversion after being down by 10 just 5 minutes ago
Val Holmes kicks it from in front
Well it was always going to happen as soon as this game was announced as being played in Rockhampton. Ben Hampton has taken the intercept and gone the length to put the Cowboys right back in this one.
Ravalawa got over the line but was pushed into touch before he got the ball down. Cowboys survive
Mikaele Ravalawa makes a great catch under pressure and somehow streaks away to make 30 metres and give the Dragons momentum
Back underway, Blake Lawrie takes the first hit up of the half
Zac Lomax makes no mistake
Heartbreak for the Cowboys who were so close up the other end. Talatau Amone put in a deft kick over the top of the Cowboys line that was pounced on by Tyrell Sloan, who scored in the shadows of half time
Tom Dearden broke the line again and linked up with Griffin Neame, who looked to be over for all money but was brought down at the last second. He got a desperate offload to Reece Robson who was pummelled by guess who, Ravalawa. He spilt the ball and the Dragons have possession
Penalty Cowboys for an illegal strip
Amone's grubber is cleaned up by Hampton, who stays in the field of play. Cowboys survive
Challenge is successful, Dragons still on the attack
Billy Burns' offload is called a knock on but the Dragons are challenging
Ben Hampton was in open space after an early shift waiting for a support player, but was hit by a mack truck named Mikaele Ravalawa from the blind side and spilled the ball. Dragons have the scrum feed 5 metres into Cowboy territory
Tom Dearden breaks the line and puts in a hail mary of a kick for Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, but the bounce was no good and the Dragons dive on it
Valentine Holmes drags it to the left
Cowboys put up a bomb and come away with the best possible result. Jeremiah Nanai out-leapt Corey Norman before spreading it to Holmes, who found an open Kyle Feldt, who streaked over to bring the Cowboys within 4.
Talatau Amone's kick goes out on the full, Cowboys will have decent starting field position
Lomax hits the left upright for the 3rd time in a row, this time it bounces away. No goal
Jayden Sullivan powers his way past 3 Cowboys from dummy half and puts the Dragons even further in front.
Set restart for SGI
Tariq Sims is hit high by Drinkwater, Dragons get a piggyback up the field
Zac Lomax makes amends for his earlier miss
And that's exactly what they do! Jack Bird gets a nice offload away that is immediately spread left by Tyrell Fuimaono to Lomax, who bats it on for Mikaele Ravalawa who does well to beat the cover defence and score
Murray Taulagi has a shocker under the high ball. Dragons now in prime position to take their first lead of the day
Drinkwater's kick rolls over the sideline
Cowboys challenge a call of knock on and are unsuccessful. Dragons have the scrum feed and will come out of their own end
Set restart for NQL
No try confirmed, Feagai knocked on and the Cowboys will have a 7 tackle set
Mathew Feagai thinks he's scored, the ref disagrees and sends it up to the bunker
Talatau Amone puts it down, relieving the Cowboys
The Cowboys have kicked off out on the full. Dragons now in position to hit the lead
Lomax can't convert his own try
Just putting the Lomax miss from earlier into the system
A bit of magic from the Dragons. Talatau Amone got the ball inside to Tyrell Sloan, who was in space and passed to Jayden Sullivan who was in support, but not going to get there. He then put a kick in for Zac Lomax, who did extraordinarily well to win the race to the ball and score.
Game has since become much more of an arm wrestle, with both sides going toe to toe
Val Holmes puts it over
Reece Robson takes off from dummy half and goes all the way against the club that cut him loose a couple of years ago. Cowboys on the board first
Tyrell Sloan is tackled in goal, Cowboys force another repeat set
Mikaele Ravalawa steps out of play. Cowboys have the ball
Scott Drinkwater's grubber goes dead. 7 tackles for the Saints coming up
No they don't, the Cowboys force them back into the in goal area and will have another shot
Cowboys run it on the last and come up with a duck egg. Dragons survive
Josh Mcguire hits a man high and the Cowboys have a penalty straight away
Underway and Jason Taumalolo takes the first hit up for the Cowboys
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Super Saturday and to start off with we are at Rockhampton as the Dragons prepare to snap a losing streak of 6 games against a team with a losing streak of 10 games with the Cowboys. The Cows are well and truly out of the race for the finals, sitting in second last on for and against, while the Dragons are a mathematical shot but realistically are already preparing for mad Monday. In team news, the Saints are 1-17 from the side named on Tuesday, while for the Cowboys, Jeremiah Nanai is starting in the back row for Heilum Luki. Kickoff just under 30 minutes away
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Darian Furner, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Referee: Matt Noyen
ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (26)
Tries: Zac Lomax, Mikaele Ravalawa (2), Jayden Sullivan, Tyrell Sloan
Conversions: Zac Lomax (3/5)
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (38)
Tries: Reece Robson, Kyle Feldt (2), Ben Hampton, Tom Dearden, Heilum Luki, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (5/7)