Full Time
80:00
7:35pm Sat June 14, 2025
Round 15 - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 18343
80min

SCRUM COWBOYS - 10m from their own line

79min

Averillo with a great draw and pass that would've seen Bostock score another try, but Bostock dropped a sitter.

77min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 58 Dolphins
76min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Kodi Nikorima. Kick to come.

Nikorima with a good ball puts Molo into the Cowboys goal-line defence, but the big forward gets a sublime offload away and Nikorima takes it and he scores a good try.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 56 Dolphins
74min

PENALTY DOLPHINS - They find touch 30m from the Cowboys line

73min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converted.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 52 Dolphins
71min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Ray Stone. Kick to come.

Dolphins make a break down the left edge thanks to Nikorima, Bostock looked likely to cross again, but the defence cut him off. He offloaded the ball which went to ground, but Ray Stone cleaned it up immediately and dived over to score.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 50 Dolphins
70min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converted

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 46 Dolphins
69min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Jack Bostock. Kick to come.

Cowboys spread it right and attempt an over-the-top cut-out pass but Bostock gets a hand to it, then catches the ball and races 90m to score under the posts.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 44 Dolphins
68min

Set restart Cowboys - 5m from the Dolphins line

68min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Dolphins drop out doesn't go 10m

67min

SCRUM COWBOIYS - 35m from the Dolphins line

66min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts another.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 40 Dolphins
66min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Herbie Farnworth. Kick to come.

From the scrum, Dolphins go left to Lemuelu who gets an offload away in the tackle to Nikorima in support and he races 50m into the Cowboys ingoal and the gives the ball to Farnworth to score.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 38 Dolphins
64min

SCRUM DOLPHINS - Cowboys put the ball down on halfway.

62min

Set Restart Dolphins - 35m from the Cowboys line

60min

Another miserable end of a set by the Cowboys.

58min

And Stone turns it over on the second tackle.

57min

Set Restart Dolphins - 10m from the Cowboys line

55min

SCRUM COWBOYS - DOlphins with some sloppy passing outwide and a pass goes to ground, 15m from the Cowboys line

54min

PENALTY DOLPHINS - They try a short kick-off but it doesn't travel 10 metres. Dolphins start their set 30m from the Cowboys line.

52min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 34 Dolphins
52min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Jake Averillo. Kick to come.

Marshall-King out of dummy half, runs to the line, chips over the top and Averillo almost over-runs it, but takes the ball clenly and falls over the line for a try.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 32 Dolphins
48min

PENALTY COWBOYS - They start their set on halfway

46min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts from the sideline

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 28 Dolphins
45min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Jack Bostock. Kick to come.

A pass by the Dolphins is knocked upwards by the tackle attempt of Purdue. It gets batted back to the Dolphins and they spread it out wide to Bostock who scores another.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 26 Dolphins
43min

PENALTY DOLPHINS - Drinkwater plays the ball 90 degrees askew. He needs some recalibration now.

40min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts from in front.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 22 Dolphins
40min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Kurt Donoghoe. Kick to come.

Donoghoe figures its better if he just holds the ball, barges over from dummy half as the siren sounds

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 20 Dolphins
39min

Set Restart Dolphins - 35m from the Cowboys line

38min

Now the Cowboys turn it over with sloppy play. These sides are very keep to get into the sheds and cop a spray from their coaches.

38min

SCRUM COWBOYS - 10m from their own line

38min

Donoghoe's hand-eye co-ordination needs some slight recalibration.

36min

Donoghoe at dummy half throws a pass to nobody. Kaufusi tries to pick it up and he drops it.

35min

Donoghoe close to the line, throws a crash ball but it goes forward.

34min

SCRUM DOLPHINS - 5m inside the Cowboys half. More clueless Cowboys play. Ends with a loose pass that Taulagi knocks on.

32min

Farnworth runs here, Farnworth runs there, Farnworth runs everywhere, He offloads and Donoghoe drops it.

31min

PENALTY DOLPHINS - Bostock fell into Burns' forearm. High tackle. Dolphins find touch just shy of halfway

28min

Conversion: Cowboys
Attempted by Scott Drinkwater.

Drinkwater fails to convert from the sideline

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 16 Dolphins
27min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Murray Taulagi. Kick to come.

Cowboys go down the very short side to Taulagi who has zero room to move. He takes one step and leaps and gets the ball down in the corner

Dolphins lead Cowboys 4 - 16 Dolphins
26min

Set restart Cowboys, 10m from the Dolphins line

24min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Farnworth makes a 1-on-1 strip but can't hang onto it.

23min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts

Dolphins lead Cowboys 0 - 16 Dolphins
21min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Oryn Keeley. Kick to come.

Katoa sneaks through the line, then sends a cracking ball inside to Keeley in support who strolls in to score

Dolphins lead Cowboys 0 - 14 Dolphins
19min

The Cowboys defence looks about as interested as a 9 year old watching Question Time.

18min

Dolphins with the kick return, spread it and Isaako makes big metres, gets through the line but is ankle tapped and eventually falls over and is tackled 10m inside the Cowboys half.

16min

Conversion: Dolphins
Kicked by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako converts from the sideline

Dolphins lead Cowboys 0 - 10 Dolphins
16min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Jack Bostock. Kick to come.

Nikorima with a dummy, then a great pass as he hits the line, puts Farnworth into space and Herbie draws the final defender before passing to Bostock in the clear and the winger scores again.

Dolphins lead Cowboys 0 - 8 Dolphins
13min

Bostock with a great run through the middle and gets the Dolphins out of their own half.

12min

That set by the Cowboys was akin to a cup of hot sick

12min

Duffy, who came on to replace Drinkwater who had to get a HIA, is now going off for an HIA after being on the field for about 2 minutes after the knock from Kaufusi

12min

Kaufusi sent to the naughty corner to think about his actions

11min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Kaufusi with a shoulder charge. Sloppy and stupid. Not his first time though.

10min

Set restart Cowboys

10min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Drinkwater hit high in a tackle. He's off for an HIA. Cowboys with a fell set inside the Dolphins 20m

8min

PENALTY COWBOYS - They needed that like a Cowboy needs a cow...

8min

Marshall-King tries to barge over but the Cowboys defence keep him out. Just. Bunker had to have a look though.

8min

Nikorima gets into the clear and tries to send a ball out to Bostock, but Derby intercepts it and knocks it down. Dolphins get the ball back though

6min

Conversion: Dolphins
Attempted by Jamayne Isaako.

Isaako just misses the sideline conversion

Dolphins lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Dolphins
5min

Try: Dolphins
Scored by Jack Bostock. Kick to come.

Nikorima with a lovely ball to Bostock on the wing, who pirouette's with an inch to move in and plants the ball down in the corner. Swan Lake's got nothing on the NRL

Dolphins lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Dolphins
3min

Set Restart Dolphins

Dolphins err, fin off?

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Todd Smith

Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Liam Kennedy

Video Referee: Chris Butler

NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (4)
Tries: Murray Taulagi
Conversions: Scott Drinkwater (0/1)

DOLPHINS (58)
Tries: Jack Bostock (4), Oryn Keeley, Kurt Donoghoe, Jake Averillo, Herbie Farnworth, Ray Stone, Kodi Nikorima
Conversions: Jamayne Isaako (9/10)