JT’s reality check for buzzing Cowboys
JOHNATHAN Thurston has quieted talk North Queensland are premiership contenders, declaring the real test will come in the next fortnight.
JOHNATHAN Thurston has quieted talk North Queensland are premiership contenders, declaring the real test will come in the next fortnight.
THE Cowboys will shift their entire camp to the city they used to hate, Sydney, as sheriff Paul Green attempts to lasso a top four spot.
HE scored one of the fastest hat-tricks in NRL history, but North Queensland winger Matthew Wright insists he’s just happy to get a start.
NOT only did the Tigers get absolutely thrashed by the Cowboys, they had to watch Johnathan Thurston rub it in with a left-footed shot at goal.
WESTS Tigers’ week has gone from bad to worse, suffering a humiliating 64-6 demolition by North Queensland in Townsville.
ROBBIE Farah only need rewind to the night he tore apart North Queensland four months ago to realise why Wests Tigers fans are furious.
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CANTERBURY utility back Patrick Templeman is set to be given a chance to win a Cowboys contract as playmaker Robert Lui fights to save his career.
HE will miss the opportunity to be coached by Wayne Bennett but Jake Granville says he has no regrets at quitting the Broncos to join the Cowboys.
TIME hasn’t healed Johnathan Thurston’s wounds. The Cowboys skipper has admitted the 2005 grand final loss to the Tigers still haunts him.
THE ‘JT’ who usually wins all the plaudits from Cowboys NRL fans is a certain halfback who kicks goals and wears distinctive headgear.
THREE months ago, Shaun Nona was playing for the Tully Tigers in far north Queensland. Now he’s about to sign with NRL giants Storm.
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THE man burdened with “the next Sonny Bill Williams” tag, Jason Taumalolo, has been unleashed and given a licence to roam.
COWBOYS assistant coach Terry Matterson has emerged as the biggest threat to Rick Stone reclaiming the Knights coaching job from Wayne Bennett.
ROGER Tuivasa-Sheck has produced a tackle that not only helped the Roosters beat the Dragons but could go down as the play that saves their season.
THE Cowboys moved a step closer to securing a spot in the finals, and possibly a top four spot, with a 28-8 victory over the hapless Gold Coast Titans.
AS a 16-year-old Tautau Moga was the next big star, now after two knee reconstructions he finds himself at the Cowboys rebuilding his career.
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JOHNATHAN Thurston has re-written one of rugby league’s great cliches proving it does actually matter whether you have the No. 7 or 6 on your jersey.
HE has two metal plates reinforcing his cheekbone but Matt Scott says he can withstand a physical barrage from the star-studded Titans pack.
MATT Scott is set to return to the Cowboys team this Saturday and play alongside James Tamou, who has shrugged off concerns about a neck injury.
THE NRL’s congested ladder means only one of three Queensland teams is likely to make the finals series.
THE Cowboys are on tenterhooks as they prepare to run into the match officials who have destroyed their past two finals campaigns.
MATT Scott’s season hangs in the balance after the Maroons prop had surgery on a facial fracture rated one of the worst doctors have seen.
A SHATTERED Brent Tate says there was no way he was going to take a medicab from the field knowing Origin II might have been his last ever game.
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THEY’RE back in action this weekend and you have a chance to rate your favourite NRL players from the Broncos, Titans and Cowboys.
BRENT Tate’s career hangs in the balance with the winger to undergo scans to determine if he requires a fourth knee reconstruction.
BRENT Tate landed this punch on Greg Bird two years ago and NSW are fuming that he has been made the poster boy for player safety in Queensland.
KNOCKED out of the finals controversially in recent season, Cowboys fans are understandably starting to feel a bit frayed around the edges.
BEN Barba is warming to his role at fullback for the Broncos and the fans are starting to warm to him.
IT’S up to the Broncos to lift Queensland’s NRL Round 13 fortunes in a chilly Canberra tonight and you have a chance to rate the players here.
FRUSTRATED Cowboys coach Paul Green has warned players to stop relying on Johnathan Thurston after the club’s latest away debacle against the Eels.
NORTH Queensland and NSW prop James Tamou has added his voice to calls for State of Origin to played as stand-alone fixtures.
FALLING 18-16 to a Jarryd Hayne-inspired Parramatta ensured North Queensland’s awful away form continued on Friday night.
THE Sea Eagles shone in a muddy encounter however lost Daly Cherry-Evans to injury after he was mowed down by Bulldog Sam Kasiano.
PARRAMATTA have sealed their premiership potential with a four-try victory over the North Queensland Cowboys at Pirtek Stadium.
QUEENSLAND’S three NRL clubs are in action this weekend and you, the fans, have a chance to rate your favourite players.
COWBOYS coach Paul Green will have his eyes fixed on the video referees after pleading with officials to ignore a parochial Parramatta crowd.
BRENT Tate says the Cowboys have a mental deficiency on the road, with the club having the worst success rate in Sydney in the past five seasons.
THEY’RE the players their teams turn to when points are needed and Ben Hunt and Johnathan Thurston also are among the fans’ favourites.
NORTH Queensland skipper Johnathan Thurston produced a masterclass performance to keep Melbourne scoreless on Saturday night.
NORTH Queensland rookie John Asiata will make his NRL as coach Paul Green challenges his squad for an immediate response to last week’s Canberra flogging.
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NOW that the distraction of Origin I is out of the way, it’s back to club football and another chance for NRL fans to rate their favourite Queensland players.
COWBOYS enforcer Tariq Sims has been charged for his dangerous throw on Canberra’s Shaun Fensom and is likely to be sidelined for two weeks.
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