Roosters get one last chance to attack the line but it comes to nothing - and that's the amount of competition points the Cowboys have in the last three weeks! Fulltime - Roosters by twelve.
Sydney Roosters 22-10
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Lachlan Coote makes an unforced error.
Coote spills a Ray Thompson ball from dummy half on his own 40m. Roosters will get away with this one!
Sydney Roosters 22-10
Cowboys grubber goes nowhere and the Roosters come away with it - now a penalty! That should just about be the game.
Sydney Roosters 22-10
Cowboys throw it wide and earn 6 more after it hit the hand of Latrell Mitchell.
Sydney Roosters 22-10
Cowboys so close... Thurston changes the direction of the play and eventually the kick is put in low from Coote but Pearce comes away with it off his legs!
Sydney Roosters 22-10
NO TRY. SKD won the race to that ball, it's a drop-out Roosters.
Sydney Roosters 22-10
BUNKER! Cowboys another try?
Sydney Roosters 22-10
Cowboys compound that with a penalty. Roosters will play on rather than shoot for a 14 point lead!
Sydney Roosters 22-10
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Lachlan Coote makes an unforced error.
Uh oh. Coote drops it inside his own half. Roosters could put the game to bed here...
Sydney Roosters 22-10
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Margin slims down to 12 points from Thurston's conversion.
Sydney Roosters 22-10
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Kane Linnett. Kick to come.
Try time for the away side, Linnett gets over on the left edge! Game on?
Sydney Roosters 22-8
Bunker for possible Cowboys try to Kane Linnett. Checking potential obstruction but should be ok.
Sydney Roosters 22-4
NO TRY. Cowboys 20m restart.
Sydney Roosters 22-4
BUNKER time. Checking Mitchell Pearce - he's crossed but he may have lost it. Ruling on field was no try.
Sydney Roosters 22-4
Roosters back on the attack after sustaining some Cowboys pressure.
Sydney Roosters 22-4
Mitchell crosses in the corner to put the game beyond doubt... and Belinda Sleeman has called it forward from SKD to Mitchell! Could that come back to haunt them?
Sydney Roosters 22-4
Handy penalty for the Cowboys as they approach the Roosters line... and then JT throws an AWFUL pass out the back, Bowen has to take it into touch. Roosters ball through a scrum.
Sydney Roosters 22-4
Cowboys keen to trap the Roosters deep but they concede a penalty to let the hosts out of trouble.
Sydney Roosters 22-4
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
From out wide, he converts his own try!
Sydney Roosters 22-4
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.
Mitchell finds space on the left and beats Coote to the tryline - WOW!
Sydney Roosters 20-4
Pressure defence near halfway for the Roosters forces the Cowboys to throw the ball back behind them and into touch... full set inside the NQ half!
Sydney Roosters 16-4
A bit of conjecture after it looked like the Roosters forced a drop-out, but it ends up a handover to the Cowboys.
Sydney Roosters 16-4
We're back on, the premiers trailing 16-4 and have the ball first.
Sydney Roosters 16-4
UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Field goal attempt by Mitchell Pearce unsuccessful.
Field goal attempt 15m out beside the posts misses on the siren.
Sydney Roosters 16-4
One last play for the Roosters before the break...
Sydney Roosters 16-4
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
Well, isn't this a boilover...?
Sydney Roosters 16-4
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Boyd Cordner. Kick to come.
Pearce to Cordner and BOOM! Well then...
Sydney Roosters 14-4
NO TRY. Ferguson ruled to have hit Feldt in the head. Penalty Cowboys.
Sydney Roosters 10-4
BUNKER! Feldt loses it in goal, And Ferguson's claiming a try for the Roosters!
Sydney Roosters 10-4
Handy penalty for the Roosters coming out of their own end.
Sydney Roosters 10-4
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell unsuccessful.
Not as lucky this time for Latrell.
Sydney Roosters 10-4
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Shaun Kenny-Dowall. Kick to come.
WOW! SKD steps past three Cowboys and PLANTS IT! Lead. Extended.
Sydney Roosters 10-4
Feldt has to scramble a Pearce cross-field kick dead and the Roosters will get a line drop-out.
Sydney Roosters 6-4
Good rolling set after the try from the Roosters, but Pearce's final tackle bomb is taken easily by the Cowboys' back men and they roll up the field themselves.
Sydney Roosters 6-4
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
Great stuff from Latrell and the Roosters take the lead.
Sydney Roosters 6-4
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Ryan Matterson. Kick to come.
Hitting the line and crossing it! Great stuff from the home team, Matterson goes in off a nice Pearce flat ball before the line. Hits, spins, scores.
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A couple of chances for the Roosters but their last tackle options are leaving a little to be desired.
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Mitchell Pearce makes an unforced error.
Connor Watson tears a path up the middle of the park, offloading to Mitchell Pearce messily, who then coughs it up.
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
Knock on from the Cowboys and it's a Roosters scrum on their own 10m. Big let off for the home side.
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
Well positioned kick by the little master JT, and they put Ferguson under enough pressure in-goal that they're able to push him into touch.
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.
Too much curl from Thurston!
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS: Scored by Ethan Lowe. Kick to come.
No dramas for the visitors early, Lowe crosses out wide and it's time for green lights!
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
BUNKER. Possible TRY to Ethan Lowe. Checking grounding.
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Time off with Dale Copley down having received a heavy knock. He'll be taken off and won't return. No HIA necessary, he's in all sorts.
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Two penalties have the reigning premiers on the attack!
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Daniel Tupou forced into touch for the Roosters after some neat work by Ferguson to get the ball away. Second phase play shut down and the Cowboys get a scrum own 10m.
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Two plays in and the Cowboys have handed it back! Full set here for the hosts on the NQ line.
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Good set from the Roosters has them on the attack early on here. Pearce bombs high to Tupou's corner on the last, but the Cowboys come up with it through Bowen.
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We have game on. Roosters first ball.
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Roosters are 1-17 which sees Guerra drop off the extended bench. Cowboys lose Winterstein, Bowen onto wing. Thompson benched, Kostjasyn starts.
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Jared Maxwell, Gavin Reynolds
Touch Judges: Rohan Best, Belinda Sleeman
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten, Jason Robinson
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (22)
Tries: Ryan Matterson, Latrell Mitchell, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Boyd Cordner
Field Goals: Mitchell Pearce (0/1)
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (3/4)
Penalty Goals:
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (10)
Tries: Ethan Lowe, Kane Linnett
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (1/2)
Penalty Goals: