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North Queensland Cowboys
20
South Sydney Rabbitohs
6
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North Queensland Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs
H1
14
0

    North Queensland Cowboys Events

  • 22 mins - Penalty goal, J.Thurston
  • 27 mins - Try, M.Morgan
  • 29 mins - Conversion, J.Thurston
  • 35 mins - Try, G.Gela-Mosby
  • 36 mins - Conversion, J.Thurston

    North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs Events

H2
6
6

    North Queensland Cowboys Events

  • 57 mins - Try, S.Fensom
  • 58 mins - Conversion, J.Thurston

    North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs Events

  • 48 mins - Try, R.Jennings
  • 49 mins - Conversion, A.Reynolds
ET
0
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    North Queensland Cowboys Events

    North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs Events

Scorers

North Queensland Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Goal Scorers North Queensland Cowboys South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tries Morgan (1), Gela-Mosby (1), Fensom (1) Jennings (1)
Conversions Thurston (3/3) Reynolds (1/1)
Penalty Goals Thurston (1/1)
Field Goals

Team Statistics

North Queensland Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs

Statistics

North Queensland Cowboys South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tries 3 1
Conversions 3 1
Penalty Goals 1 0
Field Goals 0 0
North Queensland CowboysGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
J.Asiata 7 81 2 0 1 1 20 0 0 1
S.Bolton 10 85 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
J.Bowen 17 171 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0
G.Cooper 11 88 1 1 0 0 30 2 0 0
L.Coote 7 76 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 4
K.Feldt 13 155 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4
S.Fensom 11 104 0 1 0 0 35 2 0 1
G.Gela-Mosby 19 158 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
J.Granville 4 43 0 0 1 1 33 2 1 1
B.Hampton 1 12 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0
C.Hess 5 58 0 0 0 0 24 2 0 1
P.Kaufusi 6 76 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0
K.Linnett 14 156 0 1 0 0 15 0 1 0
E.Lowe 11 139 0 0 0 0 32 2 0 0
M.Morgan 4 79 0 2 0 6 5 2 0 1
J.Taumalolo 20 218 0 0 0 0 23 2 0 1
J.Thurston 4 25 0 0 0 11 11 1 0 0
South Sydney RabbitohsGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
S.Burgess 13 133 2 0 0 0 38 2 0 1
T.Burgess 12 119 0 0 0 0 24 1 0 0
B.Burns 6 56 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 2
A.Cherrington 7 67 0 0 0 0 16 1 0 0
J.Clark 13 96 2 0 0 0 28 2 0 1
D.Cook 10 85 1 0 0 0 51 4 1 0
A.Crichton 10 97 0 0 0 0 25 5 0 2
R.Farah 1 13 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
B.Goodwin 9 67 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0
R.Jennings 11 112 0 1 0 0 11 2 0 1
A.Johnston 14 136 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1
Z.Musgrove 15 133 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0
A.Reynolds 5 38 0 0 0 18 19 1 2 1
J.Sutton 9 76 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 2
S.Talakai 8 126 1 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
K.Turner 7 69 0 0 0 0 25 3 1 1
C.Walker 4 32 0 0 1 2 18 2 0 0

Match Details

North Queensland Cowboys
South Sydney Rabbitohs
START TIME
8:05PM
VENUE
1300Smiles Stadium
Referees
Gavin Badger, Jared Maxwell, Jon Stone, Luke Patten, Michael Wise, Nick Morel
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North Queensland Cowboys beat sluggish South Sydney Rabbitohs in the Townsville heat

North Queensland's impressive start to the 2017 NRL season continued in Townsville on Friday as a composed Cowboys accounted for South Sydney 20-6.

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Cowboys too strong for Rabbitohs

The North Queensland Cowboys have beaten the South Sydney Rabbitohs 20-6, on the back of a solid defensive effort.

The battle between the 2014 and 2015 premiers never reached any great heights but North Queensland were by far the better side and improved to 4-1 on the season, with a solid performance against a sluggish Rabbitohs.

Damien Cook made a game-high 53 tackles after starting at hooker in place of NSW State of Origin No.9 Robbie Farah, who played just eight minutes after being relegated to the bench.

Souths went toe to toe with the Cowboys in the early exchanges but never seriously threatened after trailing 14-0 at the halfway mark.

Returning fullback Lachlan Coote wasted no time in making his mark on the game as he nailed a 40-20 with his first kick. Although North Queensland were unable to capitalise there was no shortage of action early as both sides attacked at a breakneck pace.

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The Rabbitohs peppered the Cowboys goal line but the hosts went on to open the scoring with a Johnathan Thurston penalty goal after 20 minutes.

Souths second-rower John Sutton was within inches of the game's opening try minutes later before being denied by some desperate Michael Morgan defence and the Cowboys five-eighth made it a double blow when he crashed over for a four-pointer from short range.

The pain continued for Souths when rookie winger Gideon Gela-Mosby finished off a slick backline movement from the home side, with Thurston's conversion sending the Cowboys in to the break 14-0 up.

A spell from the sapping Townsville heat seemed to do the Bunnies the world of good and they hit back soon after half-time when centre Robert Jennings caught the Cowboys left edge napping for a classy try.

Unfortunately for Souths fans, the visitors' revival proved to be short-lived with utility John Asiata hitting Shaun Fensom with a great short ball to allow the former Canberra Raider to power over for his first try in Cowboys colours.

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