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NRL; North Queensland Cowboys pre season training at Townsville Football Stadium. Scott Drinkwater. Picture: Alix Sweeney

Cowboys set up to take the game to Broncos

With the electric atmosphere of a packed new stadium pushing them on, North Queensland will unveil their new backline for 2020 in a bid to make the most of every pointscoring opportunity against Brisbane this weekend.

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Patrick Carrigan. The Brisbane Broncos training at Red Hill.  Pic Peter Wallis

New era of leadership for Broncos

Injuries to senior players has opened the door for Brisbane to kickstart their 2020 season with new co-captains and an NRL debutant on the bench to face North Queensland.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 09: Jack Bird in action during a Brisbane Broncos NRL training session at Clive Berghofer Centre on March 09, 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

The ‘elite’ homework to make Bird No.1

Jack Bird’s Brisbane career has hardly been covered in glory so far. But the new No.1 has watching the game’s best fullbacks in a bid to finally give the Broncos what they have been waiting for.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 09: Corey Oates pushes away from the defence of Jack Bird during a Brisbane Broncos NRL training session at Clive Berghofer Centre on March 09, 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)

Oates’ fear after infection scare

After coming out of a stint in hospital in January having lost 6kg and much of his fitness, Broncos winger Corey Oates admits he doubted he’d be ready for the season opener.

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Jack Bird. Brisbane Broncos training at Red Hill.  Pic Peter Wallis

Concerns over Broncos’ likely Round 1 team

The NRL pre-season is over and the players have done all they can to put their names forward for a Round 1 spot. Here’s how Brisbane’s squad rated across the pre-season and our predicted line-up for Round 1.

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