Match Centre

Fulltime at Pepper Stadium and the Cowboys have proven too good for the Panthers with a 30-10 win.

North Queensland Cowboys 30-10

PENALTY Cowboys. Yeo penalised for the push which sparked the melee.

North Queensland Cowboys 30-10

The boys get a bit restless after Yeo took exception to something that happened in the tackle.

North Queensland Cowboys 30-10

Thurston kicks into the Panthers defence and grabs the rebound with his side on the attack again.

North Queensland Cowboys 30-10

PENALTY Panthers. Two men in the tackle and the ball comes free.

North Queensland Cowboys 24-10

PENALTY Cowboys. Wallace the man guilty of slowing the play-the-ball down.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

DWZ is pushed back in a three-man tackle with, you guessed it, Thurston leading the way. Panthers dropout.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

Moylan appears to have been taken out contesting the ball, but the refs rule play on.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

No try. Despite having 20 looks at replay, the video referees have ruled Mansour has lost the ball. Cowboys in possession.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Panthers try.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

PENALTY Panthers. Play-the-ball too slow for referee Cecchin's liking.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

Somehow the Panthers get six again after some really scrappy play. Big chance here.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

PENALTY Panthers. Watene-Zelezniak has the ball stripped in a two-man tackle.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-10

PENALTY Panthers. Lowe the man ruled to have broken the rules by grabbing the players leg.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-6

Wallace chips to the corner and although Blake comes up with the catch he can't get the ball down. Cowboys ball.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-6

Plum tries to charge across the line, but the Cowboys hold him up.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-6

PENALTY Panthers. Scott takes too long to get off the tackled player.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-6

Scott drops the ball working it up field. A rare chance here for the home side.

North Queensland Cowboys 22-6

Lowe trickles a kick in behind the defence and Moylan scoops up the ball before Scott with the help of Granville swing him back into the in-goal. Panthers dropout.

North Queensland Cowboys 16-6

Moylan offloads to Watene Zelezniak who comes up with the error with the nearest Cowboys player 30 metres away. Cowboys scrum.

North Queensland Cowboys 16-6

Koroisau goes to the air and Wright comes up with a good catch before Blake smashes him.

North Queensland Cowboys 16-6

Second 40 underway!

North Queensland Cowboys 16-6

Both sides back out onto Pepper Stadium. Cowboys to kick off, Panthers with first use.

North Queensland Cowboys 16-6

Halftime at Pepper Stadium and the Cowboys lead the Panthers 16-6.

North Queensland Cowboys 16-6

Kick charged down before JT runs backwards pleading for a call and then taking off downfield.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

Moylan is ruled to have been held up in a tremendous trysaving tackle from Winterstein and Coote.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Panthers try.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

PENALTY Panthers. Granville takes too long to get off the tackled player.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

Some more great defence from the Cowboys again forces an error.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

Thurston comes up with a one-on-one trysaving tackle on Peachey and forces the ball loose. Cowboys scrum.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

The Panthers kick in behind the defence through Koroisau before the Cowboys are accidentally offside. Panthers scrum.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

The ball nearly doesn't find touch, but Moylan is lucky Winterstein had his foot on the sideline before he batted the ball back.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

PENALTY Panthers. Ball stripped from the grasp of Blake in a two-man tackle.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

The Cowboys run the ball on the last and Thurston's pass is ruled forward. Panthers ball.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

PENALTY Cowboys. Play-the-ball slowed down too much.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

Thurston plugs a kick into the corner and the ball rolls over the sideline. Panthers scrum 15m from their own line.

North Queensland Cowboys 12-6

VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Cowboys try.

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First tackle the Panthers lose the ball through Mansour. Cowboys back on the attack.

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Forward pass from Granville to Taumalolo. Panthers scrum.

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PENALTY Cowboys. Waqa Blake goes very close to scoring off a Peter Wallace kick, but he's ruled offside.

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PENALTY Panthers. Tamou taking too long to get off the tackled player.

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Coote puts boot to ball and it again sails over the dead-ball line. Panthers restart.

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Wallace kicks early in the tackle count and sends DWZ on a chase after the ball sits in the corner. Luckily for the Cowboys, Coote beat DWZ who was there in a hurry.

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The Cowboys kick on the last and it trickles dead. 20m restart.

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PENALTY Cowboys. Idris the man over-wrestling with the tackled player.

Penrith Panthers 6-0

Thurston goes to the air and Moylan defuses the situation for the home side.

Penrith Panthers 6-0

Wallace gets boot to ball and it deflects into the arms of Coote. Panthers defence strong.

Penrith Panthers 6-0

PENALTY Panthers. Tacklers taking too long to get off the player.

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Thurston puts a kick in on the last and it finds touch 30m from the Panthers line. Penrith scrum.

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Second-man play from the Panthers sees the ball go loose. Winterstein scoops it up and is pushed back by Idris.

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Great play from the Panthers sees Matt Wright swamped by the chasers after Moylan put boot to ball after a first kick and some razzle dazzle. Cowboys dropout.

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Lachlan Coote hit by Segeyaro as he puts boot to ball. Panthers now in possession on their 30.

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We're underway!

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JT takes the Cowboys onto Pepper Stadium and they head to the southern end of the ground where they will receive first use. They're now joined by the home side. Kick-off imminent!

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We are just minutes away from kickoff here at Pepper Stadium. The rain appears to have gone and we're all set for the final game of a massive Easter Monday of footy!

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