Challenge failed. Cowboys find touch 30m from the Broncos line
PENALTY COWBOYS - Reynolds with an illegal steal on full-time. Broncos challenge
Smoothy coming off for an HIA with 17 seconds left in the game
Holmes has a pass thrown at his forehead and the Broncos get the ball back, 10m from their own line
Holmes grubbers and Sailor forces it. Broncos drop out
Reynolds converted
Reynolds goes to the line and then grubbers and Oates following through, regathers and scores.
Set restart Broncos
SCRUM BRONCOS - Drinkwater drops the ball in his kick return, 15m from his own line
Reynolds with a deep chip but it beats everyone into touch, 10m from the Cowboys line
Cowboys with a short restart and Broncos come up with it.
Reynolds converts
Mam at first receiver, changes direction, grubbers into the Cowboys in goal for himself and he plants the rolling ball for a great solo try.
SCRUM BRONCOS - 30m from their own line
Laybutt passes as he gets tackled and the pass goes into touch, 8m from the Broncos line.
Cobbo very nearly gets an intercept, but can't hold the ball and it goes into touch
Drinkwater passes to where Holmes should've been/was.
Set restart Cowboys as they cross halfway
No Interference. Cowboys drop out. They go short and they get the ball back
Reynolds grubbers into the Cowboys in-goal and Dearden cleans up and runs it dead. referee goes to the bunker to see if there was intereference
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 3m inside the Broncos half
Reynolds kicks to the sideline and Drinkwater lets it dribble into touch 15m from the Cowboys line.
Cobbo loses control of the ball as he gets tackled 2m shy of the Cowboys line
SCRUM BRONCOS - Holmes drops it cold at dummy half in his own half.
Reynolds converts
Smoothy at dummy half, 5m from the Cowboys line, stands and turns right and almost throws a dummy that fooled everyone including Smoothy, but he realised he still had the ball and he barged over to score.
SCRUM BRONCOS - 20m from the Cowboys line. Laybutt throws a stupid pass and Drinkwater drops it.
Drinkwater throws a cutout pass, but Cobbo intercepts it and races 95 metres and gets to the line as Dearden tackles him around the legs. The referee awarded the try but the bunker found that Dearden got him into touch at the very last second.
Set restart Cowboys, 5m from the Broncos line
Drinkwater grubbers into the Broncos ingoal and Mariner taps it dead. Broncos drop out
Taulagi attempts to tap back a kick but it goes forward to Townsend, who dived over for what he thought was a try.
Cowboys get the back end of the game started
SCRUM BRONCOS - Another big tackle forces the Cowboys to spill the ball
SCRUM COWBOYS - Reynolds puts up another great kick which the Cowboys again fail to take cleanly, Cobbo looked to have cleaned up the loose ball and scored, but the bunker and on-field ref agreed that he knocked the ball on.
Off to the bunker again, this time to look at a potential Selwyn Cobbo try.
Reynolds kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY BRONCOS - Reynolds taking the shot at goal
SCRUM BRONCOS - Reynolds with another high long kick and Drinkwater spills it, 10m from his own line.
Holmes from the sideline converts perfectly
Drinkwater got put into a gap on the inside and he raced away, stepped Sailor and then dived over to score in the right corner.
Off to the bunker to look at a try for Drinkwater. Ref rules no try.
Cowboys get the ball back from the drop out
Sailor grubbers into the Cowboys ingoal and Feldt bats it dead. Cowboys drop out
SCRUM BRONCOS - Strong Broncos defences for a dropped ball, 30m from the Cowboys line
SCRUM COWBOYS - Riki loses the ball forward into the hands of Sailor who dived over to score, but the ref was on the spot.
Holmes gets crunched by reynolds and Hetherington and loses the ball. broncos clean up and get a full set inside the Cowboys 20m
PENALTY COWBOYS - They start this set 10m shy of halfway
Reynolds shot at goal hits the post
The Broncos march upfield with ease and then on the last Reynolds grubbered behind the Cowboys line and Staggs flying through, dived, regathered and slid in to score all in one motion.
SCRUM BRONCOS - Dearden dummies and gets through the line before passing to Drinkwater, who then flung it out to Taulagi who stepped infield and was then crunched by Mam, knocking the ball loose, 10m shy of the Broncos line.
Holmes converts his own try
Murray Taulagi sent down the sideline, but he then kicked back in field where Valentine Holmes takes it cleanly and is tackled from behind but still gets across the line to score.
Reynolds converts from touch
Reynolds with a bomb, Drinkwater let it bounce, Mam cleaned up, passed to Baker who threw a brilliant long ball out to Staggs who sent Arthars over untouched.
SCRUM BRONCOS - Townsend attempted to put in a low kick but forgot to do the vitally important kick bit.
Set Restart Cowboys - camped on the Broncos line
SCRUM COWBOYS - Cobbo fumbles as he's playing the ball, 12m from his own line
Another Broncos bomb almost results in points as the Broncos claim the ball, but the Cowboys defence shuts down the play and there's a handover
PENALTY BRONCOS - And they start this set 15m shy of halfway.
Reynolds opts to take a shot at 2 more points and he claims them
PENALTY BRONCOS - Taulagi dropped the bomb and Holmes regathered from an offside position.
Reynolds from almost in front adds the extras
Walters at dummy half, 10m from the Cowboys line, goes for a scoot, looks for a support runner and then just decides to keep going himself and he burrows over.
Set restart Broncos
PENALTY BRONCOS - They find touch 5m inside the Cowboys half
Broncos kick off and the rain is steadily coming down
A moment silence for the late Carl Webb who played for both these sides.
Brisbane have scored 24, 22, 26 and 24 in all of their 4 games on March 29. The Cowboys have scored 16 and 14 in their 2 games. So history says Brisbane will win 24-15.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
BRISBANE BRONCOS (38)
Tries: Billy Walters, Jesse Arthars, Kotoni Staggs, Tyson Smoothy, Ezra Mam, Corey Oates
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (5/6)
Penalty Goals: Adam Reynolds (2/2)
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (12)
Tries: Valentine Holmes, Scott Drinkwater
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (2/2)
Penalty Goals: