Cowboys go 80 metres from the restart and on the last Drinkwater kicks the living hell out of that ball and it ended up in St. Kitts and Nevis (at last report)
Drinkwater quickly pots the goal
PENALTY COWBOYS - Storm took too long to take the drop out.
Set Restart Cowboys - 7m from the Storm line now
Set restart Cowboys - 15m from the Storm line
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 10m inside the Storm half
Craig Bellamy is shouting so loud that the people of Liechtenstein got a fright
SCRUM STORM - Purdue gets past Chan again, but Chan tackles him and the ball comes loose again.
Another sloppy p[lay the ball by the Storm. Cowboys off the hook and on the attack
Meaney converts
Blore with a strong run and a brilliant offload close to the Cowboys line and Meaney slices through and scores.
SCRUM STORM - 10m from the Cowboys line
Meaney kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY STORM - Coen Hess going on an illegal stripping rampage.
PENALTY STORM - Illegal strip by the Cowboys. Storm find touch 10m shy of halfway
Meaney converts
Meaney wrapping around, gets the pass out the back, breaks through the line and then races 25 metres to score.
SCRUM COWBOYS - An offload by the Storm to Garlick, who looked like he was casually strolling along the beach at Tuvalu and the ball hit his elbow.
Drinkwater converts
Bateman with an offload in the line to Clifford who stormed onto the pass and busted through the Storm line, drew Meaney and then passed cleanly to Drinkwater who raced away to score under the posts.
SCRUM STORM - 25m from the Storm line. Purdue gets outside Chan again, but this time he doesn't get far, then Purdue loses the ball. Cowboys challenge to no avail.
PENALTY COWBOYS - NAS didn't clear the ruck in time. A bit of a rough penalty, there's a lot of him he needs to get out of the way.
Hughes puts the kick up for Anderson, but he drops it in the Cowboys ingoal.
Hughes drops the ball on the 4th tackle, 10m from the Cowboys line
Clifford with a phenomenal try saving tackle on Blore
SCRUM STORM - Vaalepu makes a good break through the middle, but his ball to his support is poor and dropped.
Clifford from the left sideline launches it and nails it
Cowboys send the ball left to Purdue, who gets outside his defender and then outruns him and the cover defence to score out wide. Fantastic play.
Bateman throws a pass that was so half-hearted, even the people of Djibouti couldn't believe he threw it.
PENALTY COWBOYS - Cowboys find touch 7m shy of halfway.
Cowboys get it back from the drop out
Derby trying to field a rolling ball that got past him, then it bounces into his shin and goes dead in the Cowboys in-goal.
Meaney converts
Nelson takes a crash ball and barges over for a try.
A rather sloppy exchange by both sides trying to regain the bouncing ball. Storm eventually get it back, 20m from the Cowboys line.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Nelson with a bad play the ball. His foot was closer to Latvia then it was to the ball there.
Hess wins.
Ref rules COen Hess made an absolute banquet out of the play the ball. Cowboys challenging.
Set restart Storm - 10m inside the Cowboys half
Drinkwater nails the sideline conversion
Drinkwater on the right sees Anderson so far out of position, he may as well have been in Lesotho and Derby dives and scores in the corner.
PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 15m inside the Storm half. This will be the first set the Cowboys have had in Melbourne's half.
PENALTY STORM - Ill-discipline by the Cowboys defence, helping the ball out of the Storm players hand. Storm find touch 10m inside the Cowboys half.
Meaney on the left side converts
Replay from last week. Storm put up a shallow bomb and Katoa takes it cleanly in the contest, spins and slams the ball down for a try in a two man tackle.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Katoa drops the ball attempting a very bold offload. 10m from the Cowboys line.
PENALTY STORM - Cowboys offside. Another Storm set inside the Cowboys 10
Set Restart for the Storm as they're camped on the Cowboys line
SCRUM STORM - Cowboys with a forward pass coming out of their own half. 22m from the Cowboys line
Cowboys get us going here
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Liam Kennedy
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Chris Butler
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (20)
Tries: Robert Derby, Scott Drinkwater, Jaxon Purdue
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Scott Drinkwater (2/2), Jake Clifford (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Scott Drinkwater (1/1)
MELBOURNE STORM (26)
Tries: Eliesa Katoa, Nick Meaney (2), Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Nick Meaney (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Nick Meaney (1/1)