FULL TIME at Remondis Stadium - Nth Qld Cowboys have scored a 36-18 win over the Cronulla Sharks
North Queensland Cowboys 36-18
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Jonathan Wright makes an unforced error.
Jono Wright does a magic act, tiptoes the sideline whilst juggling the ball but it ends up going out
North Queensland Cowboys 36-18
PENALTY SHARKS: Sharks get a penalty for a ruck infringement - Penalty count out to 11-8
North Queensland Cowboys 36-18
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Conversion attempt by Michael Gordon successful.
Michael Gordon converts his own try
North Queensland Cowboys 36-18
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Scored by Michael Gordon. Kick to come.
Michael Lichaa dashes from dummy half then some good hands from Lichaa to Robson to Michael Gordon gives the Sharks their third of the night
North Queensland Cowboys 36-16
PENALTY SHARKS: Sharks get their 10th penalty of the night, 18th overall
North Queensland Cowboys 36-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
JT converts his own try
North Queensland Cowboys 36-12
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Johnathan Thurston. Kick to come.
Well the decision was overturned - not sure how it was but it was and JT gets the try
North Queensland Cowboys 34-12
VIDEO REFEREE: Despite Gavin Morris wanting to give a try, the touch judge Anthony Elliott has a no try & it will be checked on a no try
North Queensland Cowboys 30-12
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Anthony Tupou makes an unforced error.
Anthony Tupou burst through some average defence but a strong tackle from Ashton Sims forces the error
North Queensland Cowboys 30-12
PENALTY SHARKS: Its been a while since a penalty, and the Sharks get the 17th of the match & their 9th
North Queensland Cowboys 30-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
No surprises JT converts it from in front
North Queensland Cowboys 30-12
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Glenn Hall. Kick to come.
The Sharks defence stretches to breaking point & its a short ball from dummy half by Ray Thompson to Glenn Hall that puts him in under the sticks
North Queensland Cowboys 28-12
Sharks go high on the kick and some good work by the Cowboys and they go 60m downfield
North Queensland Cowboys 24-12
A good kick from the Sharks forces Michael Morgan to take a catch on an awkward bounce then gets out of the ingoal in the face of 3 defenders
North Queensland Cowboys 24-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Johnathan Thurston has no problems from in front to extend the lead out to 12
North Queensland Cowboys 24-12
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Michael Morgan. Kick to come.
That comes from nowhere, Michael Morgan on his hands and knees keeps pushing to the live and "the plasticine man" stretches out to score
North Queensland Cowboys 22-12
Michael Morgan is tackled short..... wait he may have got this down for a try, upstairs we go
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
Michael Morgan puts a kick through and gets a repeat set for the Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
Cowboys come away with the ball after Robert Lui somehow comes up with it
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
Well that didn't go well for the Cowboys - Possible obstruction in the lead up, Forward Pass & the ball ended up in touch, Sharks with a 10m scrum
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
PENALTY COWBOYS: Another penalty to the Cowboys bring the count all square to 8-8
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
PENALTY COWBOYS: Strips don't come as obvious as that & there's the third penalty of the half to the Cowboys, Penalty count now up to 8-7
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Penalty goal attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
JT takes an easy shot at penalty goal & converts from close range
North Queensland Cowboys 18-12
PENALTY COWBOYS: Tim Robinson penalised for a second effort in the ruck & the Cowboys will go for 2
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
Amazing defence from the Sharks, Robert Lui looks certain to score and Wade Graham turtles him on his back and holds him up
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
Cowboys force a repeat set through a JT kick, dropout goes 45m on the full
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
PENALTY COWBOYS: Cowboys get the first penalty of the second half & their fifth of the match, Sharks ruled to be offside
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
Siosaia Vave gets himself over the try line - Gavin Morris in good position to rule that Vave is held up
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Johnathan Thurston makes an unforced error.
Johnathan Thurston strips Anthony Tupou 1 on 1 but it goes forward according to Gavin Morris
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Antonio Winterstein makes an unforced error.
Antonio Winterstein ruled to have knocked on in a tackle, with replays showing a Sharks hand helping it out
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
Second half underway at Remondis Stadium - Sharks with the breeze behind their backs defending the Southern end of the ground
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Conversion attempt by Michael Gordon successful.
Michael Gordon has no problems converting the try & with that kick he brings up the 1000 career points
North Queensland Cowboys 16-12
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Scored by Luke Lewis. Kick to come.
Momentum shift well in favour of the Sharks with a great run setting up Luke Lewis
North Queensland Cowboys 16-10
ANOTHER PENALTY - this time for the Sharks their EIGHTH of the game
North Queensland Cowboys 16-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Conversion attempt by Michael Gordon successful.
Michael Gordon converts the try from out wide to close the gap to 10
North Queensland Cowboys 16-6
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Scored by Jonathan Wright. Kick to come.
Jonathan Wright gets the green lights from the Video Referees off the kick from Nu Brown
North Queensland Cowboys 16-4
Sosaia Feki takes a good catch ingoal and goes out to the 20m to get some relief for the Sharks defence
North Queensland Cowboys 16-0
Well its been 5 minutes since Gavin Morris has blown a penalty and thats obviously too long with the tenth (fourth for the cowboys) penalty of the half
North Queensland Cowboys 16-0
Johnathan Thurston puts in a good kick then Luke Lewis plucks it out of the air magically
North Queensland Cowboys 16-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Johnathan Thurston with a fade that most golfers would love at the British Open
North Queensland Cowboys 16-0
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Antonio Winterstein. Kick to come.
Repeat pressure from the penalties - is too much for the Sharks and an excellent Jason Taumalolo decoy creates a 3 on 2 overlap and Antonio Winterstein scores out in the corner
North Queensland Cowboys 14-0
Make that 9 penalties tonight - Cowboys get their third of the night
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
PENALTY COWBOYS: The EIGHTH penalty of the night
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
Another penalty to the Sharks their sixth - A second warning to Johnathan Thurston
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
Andrew Fifita down injured - Possible high tackle
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
Ashton Sims ON REPORT for a nasty looking (though contact is around the shoulders) high tackle
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
PENALTY COWBOYS: Cowboys get their first penalty of the night with the Sharks penalised for not leaving the ruck
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
PENALTY SHARKS: A third penalty for the Sharks this time against Kane Linnett for having a hand on the ball
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Tautau Moga makes an unforced error.
Tautau Moga ruled to have knocked down an offload in what appears to be a 50/50 call
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
PENALTY SHARKS: Sharks get the penalty just short of halfway to put them back on the attack, Penalty count 2-0 in favour of the Sharks
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
A ring of cheers goes round Shark Park when Michael Gordon managed to cleanly take a kick
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
Sharks force a line dropout but then end up conceding 75m when the ball bounces badly for them
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
Cowboys get six again after Andrew Fifita regathered a stripped ball
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
Michael Lichaa dives over BUT Gavin Morris calls it back saying that held was called when Luke Lewis offloaded
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
PENALTY SHARKS: Sharks get the first penalty inside the Cowboys 10m, they tap and go
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
James Tamou makes an unforced error.
James Tamou loses the ball on the ground though replays show it was a Luke Lewis hand that forced it free
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston unsuccessful.
Johnathan Thurston banana's it off the tee and comes back too much and hits the post
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Johnathan Thurston. Kick to come.
Johnathan Thurston mesmerizes the Sharks defence with a dummy and goes through the hole to score out wide
North Queensland Cowboys 10-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Michael Gordon makes an unforced error.
Michael Gordon having a shocker at the back - two kicks two mistakes
North Queensland Cowboys 6-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Off to the colonel we go again at Remondis, Checking a possible Rory Kostjasyn try - referee says TRY
North Queensland Cowboys 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Conversion attempt by Johnathan Thurston successful.
Johnathan Thurston converts the goal from in front
North Queensland Cowboys 6-0
TRY NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS
Scored by Tariq Sims. Kick to come.
Tariq Sims gets the green lights from the Video Refs after Michael Gordon lost the ball off a Robert Lui bomb
North Queensland Cowboys 4-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Early call for the Colonel by Gavin Morris, we have a try, for a possible Tariq Sims try
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Gavin Morris calls time on and Michael Gordon kicks us off, Cowboys have first possession defending the Southern end of Remondis Stadium
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Players entering Remondis Stadium side by side as fans rise for Alex
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Just to clarify the Cowboys are as named on Tuesday, Johnathan Thurston wears jersey 16, Bench numbers are 14,15,17,18
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TEAM CHANGES: Sharks are 1-13, As expected no Paul Gallen - Sam Tagatese drops off the bench with Tim Robinson replacing him in jersey 19, Cowboys are 1-17
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gavin Morris, Alan Shortall
Touch Judges: Steve Carrall, Anthony Elliott
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Phillips
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (18)
Tries: Jonathan Wright, Michael Gordon, Luke Lewis
Field Goals:
Conversions: Michael Gordon (3/3)
Penalty Goals:
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (36)
Tries: Tariq Sims, Johnathan Thurston (2), Antonio Winterstein, Michael Morgan, Glenn Hall
Field Goals:
Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (5/6)
Penalty Goals: Johnathan Thurston (1/1)