Match Centre

And that’s full time! The Cowboys get it done without their stars again!

Luron Patea knocks on which is a pretty fitting way for this game to conclude

Knock on Izack Tago and it’s hard to see the Panthers coming back here

Dropout goes into touch on the bounce without a touch - Panthers ball

Cowboys force a dropout

Daine Laurie mistake under the high ball!

Kulikefu Finefeuiaki drops a short ball and the Panthers survive

Scott Sorensen is ruled to have knocked on in a strong tackle - Panthers challenge and it is unsuccessful - Cowboys have a great chance to seal the win here

Heilum Luki has passed his HIA - very surprised it was deemed a category 2

Games stopped with concern for Heilum Luki after he reeled away from a hit

This time the Cowboys do recover the short dropout - and get a penalty to boot

Braidon Burns struggles to field a Brad Schneider kick and has to concede a dropout

The Cowboys went short and it was well taken by the Panthers - but Paul Alamoti drops it in the tackle

Panthers force a dropout

Kyle Feldt makes an error in his own half, and finally one of the sides breaks

Back underway

And that will be half time. Some gritty defence by the Cowboys have kept them in front at the break despite spending 18 minutes down to 12 men

Another penalty on the goal line with Chad Townsend offside

ANOTHER Panthers penalty - this time Chad Townsend hits Scott Sorensen high on the last tackle

Cowboys do a great job stopping Daine Laurie from scoring - but Jake Clifford tackled him in the air and the Panthers get another penalty

Cowboys penalised for offside on their goal line

A great try saver by the Cowboys and Sunia Turuva knocks on over the goal line

Jaxon Purdue makes a mistake under the high ball and the Panthers will have a full set inside the 20

Poor error by Izack Tago and the Cowboys are back on the attack

We have an early no try with Kyle Feldt going over but Heilum Luki is ruled to have obstructed Jack Cole

We’re underway! Cowboys get first use and the kick has gone out on the full from Paul Alamoti

Made a mistake in the earlier post - Isaah Yeo is the only Origin star backing up

For the Cows it’s a second NRL appearance for Jaxon Purdue with some Cup regulars like Harrison Edwards and Braidon Burns also getting runs in the side

Both sides have chosen to rest their Origin stars - for the Panthers this means NRL debuts for Casey McLean and Luron Patea while Trent Toelau is also called onto the bench

Good afternoon everyone! Hope you’re ready for some Sunday afternoon footy between a pair of depleted sides!