Cowboys vs Eels

On the next play, Scott Drinkwater chips ahead with the Eels still backpedalling, and after the ball isn't cleaned up by anyone, he's there to dive on the ...

The Cowboys have proved they are legitimate finals contenders by thrashing Parramatta but for coach Todd Payten, it only reinforced a belief that he's had ...

Tabuai-Fidow celebrated his return from injury when he backed up Drinkwater to speed past Gutherson to the line in the 77th minute. As they continue to offload and ask questions, the Cowboys just continue to turn up,” Fox League analyst Michael Ennis said in commentary. “How ruthless we were against a top-four team. “We haven’t faced any injury challenges as yet and want and desire and keep working hard for your teammates, which ws great to watch.” We just needed to add a bit of leadership and some good people into our environment.” “There were some tough moments last year and we made some really long-term decisions at the back end of last year that are starting to bear fruit now.

North Queensland have delivered their best performance of the NRL season to romp to a 35-4 win over Parramatta in Darwin.

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.

Clinton Gutherson 2. Hayze Perham 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Dylan Brown 5. Bailey Simonsson 6. Jakob Arthur 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Reagan Campbell-Gillard 9. Reed ...

Tom Gilbert 12. Tom Dearden 7. Nathan Brown 14. Dylan Brown 5. Tabuai-Fidow is a surprise inclusion on the bench in jumper #19 with Jake Granville being the 18th man. 1. Clinton Gutherson 2.

In the pre-game press conference in Darwin, a local journalist asked Brad Arthur if the decision to book a red-eye flight straight after the game was made ...

Payten’s men were one of the favourites for the spoon but appear likely to finish closer to the other end of the ladder. We dropped our heads a little bit, we just need to get back into the next job. The first was from a wonderful pass from Scott Drinkwater, who has done enough to retain the No.1 jersey despite the return of Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow from injury. But after all three matches on Saturday resulted in upsets, nothing is a given. When the winger touched down for a third time midway through the second half, the match was effectively over. It was achieved on the back of tremendous goal-line defence.