Full Time
80:00
7:35pm Sat July 5, 2025
Round 18 - Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville / Wulgurukaba - Crowd: 20383
79min

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)

78min

Penalty Goal: Cowboys
Kicked by Scott Drinkwater.

Drinkwater quickly pots the goal

Storm lead Cowboys 20 - 26 Storm
77min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Storm took too long to take the drop out.

76min

Set Restart Cowboys - 7m from the Storm line now

76min

Set restart Cowboys - 15m from the Storm line

75min

PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 10m inside the Storm half

72min

Craig Bellamy is shouting so loud that the people of Liechtenstein got a fright

69min

SCRUM STORM - Purdue gets past Chan again, but Chan tackles him and the ball comes loose again.

68min

Another sloppy p[lay the ball by the Storm. Cowboys off the hook and on the attack

65min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney converts

Storm lead Cowboys 18 - 26 Storm
64min

Try: Storm
Scored by Nick Meaney. Kick to come.

Blore with a strong run and a brilliant offload close to the Cowboys line and Meaney slices through and scores.

Storm lead Cowboys 18 - 24 Storm
62min

SCRUM STORM - 10m from the Cowboys line

61min

Penalty Goal: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney kicks a penalty goal

Storm lead Cowboys 18 - 20 Storm
59min

PENALTY STORM - Coen Hess going on an illegal stripping rampage.

56min

PENALTY STORM - Illegal strip by the Cowboys. Storm find touch 10m shy of halfway

56min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney converts

Tied up at Cowboys 18 - 18 Storm
55min

Try: Storm
Scored by Nick Meaney. Kick to come.

Meaney wrapping around, gets the pass out the back, breaks through the line and then races 25 metres to score.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 18 - 16 Storm
52min

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.

50min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Scott Drinkwater.

Drinkwater converts

Cowboys lead Cowboys 18 - 12 Storm
49min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Scott Drinkwater. Kick to come.

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.

Cowboys lead Cowboys 16 - 12 Storm
47min

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.

47min

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.

46min

Hughes puts the kick up for Anderson, but he drops it in the Cowboys ingoal.

44min

Hughes drops the ball on the 4th tackle, 10m from the Cowboys line

43min

Clifford with a phenomenal try saving tackle on Blore

41min

SCRUM STORM - Vaalepu makes a good break through the middle, but his ball to his support is poor and dropped.

37min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Jake Clifford.

Clifford from the left sideline launches it and nails it

Tied up at Cowboys 12 - 12 Storm
35min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Jaxon Purdue. Kick to come.

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.

Storm lead Cowboys 10 - 12 Storm
32min

Bateman throws a pass that was so half-hearted, even the people of Djibouti couldn't believe he threw it.

31min

PENALTY COWBOYS - Cowboys find touch 7m shy of halfway.

30min

Cowboys get it back from the drop out

30min

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.

29min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney converts

Storm lead Cowboys 6 - 12 Storm
29min

Try: Storm
Scored by Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Kick to come.

Nelson takes a crash ball and barges over for a try.

Storm lead Cowboys 6 - 10 Storm
27min

A rather sloppy exchange by both sides trying to regain the bouncing ball. Storm eventually get it back, 20m from the Cowboys line.

24min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Nelson with a bad play the ball. His foot was closer to Latvia then it was to the ball there.

23min

Hess wins.

23min

Ref rules COen Hess made an absolute banquet out of the play the ball. Cowboys challenging.

20min

Set restart Storm - 10m inside the Cowboys half

18min

Conversion: Cowboys
Kicked by Scott Drinkwater.

Drinkwater nails the sideline conversion

Tied up at Cowboys 6 - 6 Storm
16min

Try: Cowboys
Scored by Robert Derby. Kick to come.

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.

Storm lead Cowboys 4 - 6 Storm
15min

PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 15m inside the Storm half. This will be the first set the Cowboys have had in Melbourne's half.

14min

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.

10min

Conversion: Storm
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney on the left side converts

Storm lead Cowboys 0 - 6 Storm
8min

Try: Storm
Scored by Eliesa Katoa. Kick to come.

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.

Storm lead Cowboys 0 - 4 Storm
6min

SCRUM COWBOYS - Katoa drops the ball attempting a very bold offload. 10m from the Cowboys line.

5min

PENALTY STORM - Cowboys offside. Another Storm set inside the Cowboys 10

5min

Set Restart for the Storm as they're camped on the Cowboys line

4min

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)