Drinky from in front, knocks the Titans out of the competition!
Derby gets a penalty try.
Bunker now for the Cowboys. It goes up no try but we're checking a potential penalty try due to obstruction.
Bunker time, the Titans haven't scored but Badger is being called upon to check what's happened anyway. Looks like a Sami knock on and the Cowboys will get a 20m restart with just under two minutes left.
Titans look to have scored through Sami, the last pass is forward but the overarching offence is a Cowboys 10m offside infringement. Gold Coast have a penalty and another stab at the line.
Small victories - the Titans win a late captains challenge that almost seemed like a sympathy vote from Bunker official Kasey Badger. They go on the attack.
Taulagi takes the tee for this one... and from out wide he CONVERTS HIS OWN TRY!
Taulagi scores in the corner and now we're looking at the Titans being eliminated from the title race if the Cowboys stretch this to a half-century...
Drinky with another and this is just a romp.
Just a party for the hosts now. They surge up field and take advantage of the numbers out wide, Derby scoring in the corner.
Drinkwater makes the lead 14 and puts the result beyond reasonable doubt with twelve to go.
Game over now. Robson dummies about 15m out and fools everyone, surging to the line and scoring next to the sticks.
Charged twice and binned last week, and now he's binned again tonight. Brock Gray is making it very hard for the visitors to get back into the contest.
Drinkwater misses that one. Eight points the gap for now.
Nanai gets his second and now the hosts look to be dominating the contest!
Penalty gold Coast and maybe a momentum swing here? A flop from Neame could prove costly as now the visitors have some ball near halfway.
Drinkwater pushes it wide.
The hosts have put the foot down to entertain their fans, and Taulagi, Dearden combine and it's Jaxon Purdue who scores the four pointer.
Cowboys pick up a penalty for a high tackle inside the Titans' 30m. Not sure about the penalty but it keeps the hosts' momentum up. We're about to see Jolliffe return from the bin.
Drinky converts Derby's try and scores are level!
An exciting opening to the half and finally the Cowboys, who've dominated much of it with the extra man, get over the line with Derby about 10m to the right of the goalposts.
The Cowboys look almost certain to score in the corner after some great play getting Jaxon Purdue into space... but Jaylan De Groot speeds across and drags him into touch JUST in the nick of time!
Back underway. Titans first use.
HALFTIME at QCBS. Titans by six in an intriguing contest.
Jolliffe is binned for high contact right before the break.
Drinky nails this one and it's back to just a converted try the difference.
A man short but the Cowboys get across with Nanai, just a simple hands to the left play and sliding through the poor defence.
Weaver bangs over the subsequent penalty goal, stretching the visitors' lead to 12 points.
Jake Clifford is sitting down after a professional foul. He held back Weaver after the grubber through the line.
Beau Fermor looked to have scored, but the Bunker determined two Titans players were offside. NO TRY... but...
After sustaining some pressure from the hosts, the Titans are now on the attack...
NO TRY. Error, Titans ball with a new set on their own 10m.
We're off to Kasey Badger in the Bunker. Coen Hess is over but he looks to have been held up. Checking a potential error.
Momentum shifting back to the Cowboys a bit, a 20m restart given away then a penalty coming out. Test of their mettle now.
Weaver knocks it over once more and it's a ten-point lead.
Oh boy. Fermor sets one up a minute or two ago but he's the scorer this time. Tino Fa'asuamaleaui sent him through a gap with a questionable pass but the Bunker can't rule on that.
It's all falling apart for the home team at the moment. Purdue pinged for a high shot and the Titans on the attack once more...
Weaver with a much easier kick, nails it from close range.
Gold Coast go BANG BANG! Weaver starts the play out to Brimson, then Fermor and eventually Kelly who tries to correct the position and nearly loses it, but scores!
HIA: Murray Taulagi is off after a head clash in the contest for that last try.
Weaver pushes the attempt wide from near the sideline.
Phil Sami takes a Weaver cross-field kick, comes down with it and with his loose arm flicks it to Jojo Fifita who turns back inside to score - just.
And at the end of the ensuring set, Dearden loses it, handover Titans
Three tackles in and the Titans throw a ball that is taken by the Cowboys. Dear oh dear.
Mid field error from the Cowboys gifts the Titans a set inside the home team's half.
Drinky doesn't miss from there.
A full set at the Titans line for the hosts... and eventually a superb short ball to Clifford sends the Cowboys half in to open the scoring.
Not too much happening. Both teams have had a crack at the opposition line but both have been forced into errors.
You'll notice prop Jordan McLean is wearing jersey 22 for the Cowboys - apparently a jersey production issue meant the #8 he was named in earlier this week was not available.
If you missed team news - just one change across the two squads, with Kai O'Donnell making way for Harrison Edwards on the Cowboys bench.
We are underway at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Chris Butler blows time on and the home team has first use of the football.
All in readiness in Townsville with the ANZAC pre-game ceremony having concluded and the teams doing some final warm-ups as the field clears.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Butler
Touch Judges: Chris Sutton, Drew Oultram
Video Referee: Kasey Badger
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (50)
Tries: Jake Clifford, Jeremiah Nanai (2), Robert Derby (3), Jaxon Purdue, Reece Robson, Murray Taulagi
Conversions: Scott Drinkwater (6/8), Murray Taulagi (1/1)
GOLD COAST TITANS (18)
Tries: Jojo Fifita, Brian Kelly, Beau Fermor
Conversions: Tom Weaver (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Tom Weaver (1/1)