An epic defensive display and a hat-trick to Kyle Feldt have steered the Cowboys to a slashing 35-4 win over the Eels in Darwin on Saturday night.
We wanted to play the game the right way and control the ball and be good with our discipline but we didn't do it and we had to work really hard defensively because of it." Todd Payten's men are 2-2 at home this season and face the Knights, Storm and Dragons in their next three home games. With half-time approaching the Cowboys extended their lead after Townsend put in a pinpoint kick for Feldt to leap high and complete his double. teams are coming after us and we have to be prepared to match that level of intensity every week. All three of Kyle Feldt's tries featured great skill from the prolific winger and his team-mates, most notably fullback Scott Drinkwater and halfback Chad Townsend. It was Drinkwater's ball that set up the first try but Feldt still had plenty of work to do to reel in the pass one-handed. "At no stage did we talk about making a statement [in this game]. We just said we had an opportunity against a really good team to prove to ourselves that we are heading in the right direction.
The Cowboys have upset the Eels 35-4 on the back of starring displays from Kyle Feldt and Scott Drinkwater at TIO Stadium in Darwin.
“It didn’t look great but he just nailed it straight through the middle. We spoke about it and addressed it and all of our losses have come from that.” They went down the other end and the pass from Drinkwater was a great over the top pass. “It was a half built on defence. “He then scores another in the back end of that half. It was almost a no-looker. “The Cowboys are flying. And he knew he was in trouble Perham. “Feldt scored a double. “Again Perham the target caught in-field. “To finish off the half it was Valentine Holmes who slotted a field goal and he is one of the best in the business,” Marshall said. “He landed it straight on the head of Feldt and Hayze Perham doesn’t spend a lot of time on the wing and that time he got caught out.”
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North Queensland was the NRL's worst defensive side by a long way last year, and the improvement in their defence especially tonight has been incredible to see and so good for the game of rugby league. It only got worse, the next set of 6, Drinkwater put a chip over the top and won the race to the ball to make the final scoreline a convincing 35-4. Then Mitch Moses was ruled to have knocked on in the lead up denying a four-pointer for rookie centre Will Penisini. North Queensland immediately made the Eels pay for their lack of execution with a well-worked scrum play from Man of the Match Scott Drinkwater who found Kyle Feldt and the winger grabbed his fourth career hat trick to lead 19-0.
North Queensland have routed Parramatta 35-4 in Darwin to move above them to third on the NRL ladder.
The favour was reciprocated in the final minute as the Cowboys shifted right from the kick-off and Tabuai-Fidow and Drinkwater combined, with the latter kicking for himself to score and cap off the best 80 minutes of North Queensland's season. Their triple delight in the final minutes heaved misery on the exhausted Eels, as Tom Dearden found the line before the Tabuai-Fidow linked up with Drinkwater to cross. Three tries in the final five minutes put the icing on North Queensland's six-try night, with the returning Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow instrumental in his 15-minute return from injury.
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North Queensland have routed Parramatta 35-4 in Darwin to move above them to third on the NRL ladder.
The favour was reciprocated in the final minute as the Cowboys shifted right from the kick-off and Tabuai-Fidow and Drinkwater combined, with the latter kicking for himself to score and cap off the best 80 minutes of North Queensland's season. Their triple delight in the final minutes heaved misery on the exhausted Eels, as Tom Dearden found the line before Tabuai-Fidow linked up with Drinkwater to cross. Three tries in the final five minutes put the icing on North Queensland's six-try night, with the returning Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow instrumental in his 15-minute return from injury.