Full Time
82:00
5:30pm Sat March 16, 2024
Round 2 - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 18986
82min

Field Goal: Cowboys
Kicked by Chad Townsend.

Townsend slots the field goal and the Cowboys win

Cowboys lead Cowboys 21 - 20 Knights
81min

They followed it up with a good set and march downfield

81min

Good opening defensive set by the Cowboys

80min

Cowboys kick off Golden Point

80min

Did you say you wanted more of this? No? Well good news...we're off to Golden Point!

79min

2 Point Field Goal: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes has a crack at field goal from 45 metres out and it had the legs but it was just right of the mark

Tied up at Cowboys 20 - 20 Knights
78min

Robson executes a strip on Marzhew 15m inside the Cowboys half

78min

Dearden went to the line and attempted to kick the ball but forgot to do the kick bit and just dropped it. Knights start their set on halfway

77min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from almost in front, to give the Cowboys the lead for the first time today, and he missed it.

Tied up at Cowboys 20 - 20 Knights
76min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Jeremiah Nanai. Kick to come.

Townsend finally puts in a useful kick, a little grubber and Nanai cleans it up and scores with not a solitary Knights player in sight.

Tied up at Cowboys 20 - 20 Knights
74min

Cowboys get a fresh set 10m shy of halfway

73min

Dearden's kick is poor and Gamble takes it on the full in his own ingoal.

72min

Holmes cuts inside and very nearly gets to the Knights line

69min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They find touch 20m from their own line

69min

Off to the Bunker. Holmes has scored but ref wants to check for obstruction.

69min

Set restart Cowboys

69min

Fresh set for the Cowboys

68min

First play from the scrum, the Cowboys go to the left and Holmes' pass for Taulagi is batted into touch by Jenkins

68min

SCRUM COWBOYS - 30m from the Knights line

67min

Valentine Ponga coughs it up cold

66min

Gagai with a line break

61min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from out wide and converts

Knights lead Cowboys 16 - 20 Knights
60min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Tom Dearden. Kick to come.

Dearden close to the line, runs onto a crash ball at first receiver, 5m from the Knights line and he gets a try.

Knights lead Cowboys 14 - 20 Knights
59min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Townsend puts this one into touch, for a change.

59min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Ponga pinged for a knock-on. Knights challenge and it fails. 25m from the Cowboys line

58min

Kulikefu Finefeuiaki gets crunched and spills the ball 10m shy of halfway

57min

Another ineffective kick at the end of the set by the Cowboys, this time by Robson. Ponga cleans up.

56min

Ponga with a short drop-out but it travels about 6 metres

56min

Off to the bunker. Gagai offloads back into his own ingoal as he's being pushed into touch. Cogger falls on the loose ball and grounds it just before the Cowboys scored

56min

Townsend puts in a grubber close to the Knights line for no -one and Ponga cleans up

55min

Penalty Goal: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga with a shot at Penalty goal, and he collects 2 more points

Knights lead Cowboys 10 - 20 Knights
55min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Challenge inconclusive. Cowboys keep their challenge.

54min

Cowboys with a drop out - they go short and its ruled that Nanai caught it before it travelled 10m. Cowboys challenging

53min

Holmes with ANOTHER knock on.

51min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga from the left sideline nails the conversion

Knights lead Cowboys 10 - 18 Knights
50min

Try: Knights
Scored by Greg Marzhew. Kick to come.

Elliot on the last kicks 5m from the Cowboys line but it is blocked by the Cowboys defence and pops back up and into the hands of Hastings who then delicately grubbers out to Marzhew who cleans up the loose ball and dives over to score in the corner

Knights lead Cowboys 10 - 16 Knights
48min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Daniel Saifiti comes in and put a big hit on some old small bloke and forces a turnover.

47min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes fails to convert from the sideline

Knights lead Cowboys 10 - 12 Knights
46min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Kyle Feldt. Kick to come.

Kyle Feldt receives a beautiful cut out pass from Drinkwater and he scores untouched in the corner

Knights lead Cowboys 10 - 12 Knights
45min

Set Restart Cowboys

44min

PENALTY COWBOYS - after the restart

43min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from the sideline nails the conversion

Knights lead Cowboys 6 - 12 Knights
42min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Chad Townsend. Kick to come.

A Cowboys bomb is dropped by Marzhew and cleaned up by Feldt, who passes to the unmarked Townsend who dives over to score

Knights lead Cowboys 4 - 12 Knights
40min

Cowboys get their nightmare back underway

40min

2 Point Field Goal: Knights
Attempted by Jackson Hastings.

Hastings has a crack at a hurried 2 point field goal but its well off

Knights lead Cowboys 0 - 12 Knights
39min

PENALTY COWBOYS - And Townsend fails to put it into touch AGAIN!

39min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga converts

Knights lead Cowboys 0 - 12 Knights
39min

Try: Knights
Scored by Adam Elliott. Kick to come.

A lovely short ball by Hetherington at dummy half to the lead running Elliot who hits a gap on the Cowboys line and he scores under the posts

Knights lead Cowboys 0 - 10 Knights
37min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - 10m from the Cowboys line

35min

Set restart Knights, 25m from the Cowboys line

34min

Knights get the ball back from the drop out

33min

A Cowboys kick into the Knights in goal, 17 blokes stand around watching it like it a firework. Hasting grounds the ball. Knights drop out

32min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Ponga spots a huge gap and runs throw it then stops to get tackled because he realises that he took advantage of an obstruction.

32min

Set Restart Knights

32min

Holmes drops the ball cold again. Knights get the ball 35m out from the Cowboys line

31min

Gamble with a grubber that goes dead in the Cowboys ingoal but nothing...

31min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Dearden off-side. No try.

31min

Dearden has gone over for a try but there's plenty to look at here because, as you could imagine, this is a mess.

29min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Drinkwater sends a long ball out to Feldt but it's forward.

28min

Set Restart Cowboys 40m from the Knights line

28min

PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 25m from their own line

27min

Elliott attempts an offload but somehow loses it forward over his head.

27min

Frizell gets across the line but he's held up

27min

Set restart Knights - on the last tackle and 2m from the Cowboys line

26min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They find touch 10m inside the Cowboys half

25min

And on the first tackle Marzhew with a good tackle, forces a Cowboys knock-on

25min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Taumalolo on the second tackle has the ball illegally stripped. They find touch 30m from the Knights line

24min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Knights offside. They find touch 9m shy of halfway

23min

Tyson Fumble. SCRUM COWBOYS - 20m from their own line

22min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Cowboys with a forward pass, 10m inside the Knights half

19min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga from in front adds the extras

Knights lead Cowboys 0 - 6 Knights
18min

Try: Knights
Scored by Adam Elliott. Kick to come.

Adam Elliott breaks out of a tackle, fends off a cover defender and then races 25 metres to score under the posts

Knights lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Knights
16min

Set restart Knights

15min

Knights with a short drop out, the Cowboys touch it as it goes dead. Knights get the ball back 20m from their own line

13min

Penalty Goal: Cowboys
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes fails to kick the penalty goal from the difficult angle of almost in front.

Tied up at Cowboys 0 - 0 Knights
11min

PENALTY COWBOYS - sloppy high tackle

9min

Taulagi took a clean intercept but then he lost the ball over the sideline as soon as Ponga got a hand on him.

8min

Ponga almost sneaks through on the left, but then he sent a pass out to Marzhew, but it bounced. Marzhew almost got through the defence but offloaded and his pass was touched by the Cowboys and went into touch

7min

Set Restart Knights - late in the set and 10m from the Cowboys line

7min

Holmes drops it cold on halfway and the Knights are in good areas now

5min

Gamble looks at Townsend and says, hold my beer. He kicks down field and the ball bounces into touch, also achieving nothing.

3min

Townsend puts in a kick that is designed to achieve nothing and it delivers as it bounces into touch 5m from the Knights line

1min

PENALTY COWBOYS - but they fail to find touch because Kalyn Ponga did some Houdini stuff to bat the ball back into the field of play

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They find touch on halfway

Knights kick off

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Adam Gee

Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Michael Wise

Video Referee: Liam Kennedy

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (21)
Tries: Kyle Feldt, Chad Townsend, Tom Dearden, Jeremiah Nanai
Field Goals: Chad Townsend (1/1)
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (2/4)
Penalty Goals: Valentine Holmes (0/1)

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (20)
Tries: Adam Elliott (2), Greg Marzhew
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Kalyn Ponga (1/1)