Holmes with an immensely long kick on the last sends it dead. Warriors with a gift 7 tackle set
PENALTY WARRIORS - Lemuelu with a second effort after the tackle was completed
SCRUM WARRIORS - Taumalolo loses the ball at the play the ball, 10m from the Warriors line. Cowboys challenge and lose
Warriors with yet another mistake at the play the ball, this time by Sironen.
Holmes produces a skill he picked up from his time in NFL there, throwing a pass forward by about 10 metres
Maumalo all cleaned up and play resumes
Play stopped as Maumalo gets treated for a nasal injury after he copped an accidental stray boot
PENALTY WARRIORS - Pompey offside
Cowboys with a fast moving short side play, finishing with a grubber into the Warriors in-goal, but RTS is there and bats the ball dead. Warriors drop out.
Holmes from the left sideline is close but not close enough
Cowboys send the ball left where Holmes holds up a nice ball for Taulagi who scores untouched in the corner
BMM coming off for an HIA. Taumalolo stayed by his side the whole time.
Play stopped after Murdoch-Masila tried to tackle Taumalolo
Walsh receives a lovely offload and breaks through the Warriors line, then he slips over before arriving to Holmes, he gets up and then loses the ball.
Walsh puts up a high ball and he kicks the living bejesus out of the ball, as it goes over Holmes' head, bounces one and goes dead ingoal. 7 tackle set for the Cowboys.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Harris drops the ball in the play the ball, 35m from their own line.
And on the next tackle, Walsh drops the ball.
PENALTY WARRIORS - They take a quick tap and get a fresh set inside the Cowboys 30m
PENALTY WARRIORS - Walsh is picked up and carried in-goal. Cowboys challenge and are successful...HOWEVER, the bunker finds a high tackle from the Cowboys. SO - it's still a Warriors penalty, just for something different and the Cowboys keep their challenge. Great viewing! Cowboys reviewed that with glorious skill and power.
Walsh with a glimpse of his magic. On the last play, Walsh runs a short-side play, he received a pass that came off Curran's shoulder and landed at Walsh's feet. Walsh made a magnificent regather off his toes, moving at pace and then ran 40 metres before send Mauamalo over for a try. The Bunker then found that the ball went forward off Curran's shoulder.
Holmes from a better angle nails the extras.
Cowboys swing the ball left hitting trailing runners before Taulagi gets into space, positions his inside man nicely and times a lovely ball back inside to Drinkwater who then runs 30 metres to score.
The Cowboys have found the "ON' switch
Holmes from wide on the left side nails the conversion
Drinkwater grubbers to the left corner and Taulagi gets a nice bounce and he plants the ball just before the dead ball line.
SCRUM COWBOYS - Warriors somehow survive. A Cowboys grubber hits the feet of Pompey and stops near the dead ball line with Cowboys players everywhere. Warriors knock it on in the scramble. Cowboys with a full set inside the Warriors 10m
aaand Afoa drops the ball on the first tackle.
PENALTY WARRIORS - Drinkwater with an infringement in the tackle. Warriors find touch 15m inside the Cowboys half
Warriors get the second half underway
Nikorima converts right on halftime
Nikorima links with Walsh and then hits Curran with a short ball who then passes on quickly to Pompey who hits the gap at speed and breaks through the line to run away and score under the posts
SCRUM WARRIORS - Poor handling again from the Cowboys, just 10m inside the Warriors half.
PENALTY WARRIORS - Kosi taken high in a sloppy lazy tackle effort by Burr. Warriors find touch 30m from the Cowboys line
Holmes from wide out on the left side but he misses
Robson at dummy half, close to the Warriors line, steps back, dummies, counts to 37 and then runs into the gap made by the defence still looking for the pass and dives over to score a soft try.
Warriors turn the ball over on halfway
Hampton runs it on the last and gets tackled. That level of imagination belongs to accountants Ben.
Kick on the last by Warriors is taken cleanly in goal by Holmes. 7 tackle set for the Cowboys. Warriors are challenging, suggesting a player was taken out. The bunker disagrees.
Warriors performing more ball tricks than the dolphins at SeaWorld
SCRUM WARRIORS - 20m from the Cowboys line
Walsh puts up a bomb, 3 Warriors rush up and then stop to watch Feldt drop it cold
2 tackles later and the Cowboys knock it on properly as Kosi puts a rock solid tackle into the ribs of O'Neill.
Challenge successful. Play continues.
Cowboys pinged for a knock-on. They are challenging the decision.
Nikorima converts
Walsh gets caught on the last, tries to dance, gets caught, offloads to no one, but the ball is picked up by Harris, who dishes it back to Nikorima, who then makes a break ever so easily, finds Walsh in support who gets held 3m shy of the line, but he flicks an offload to BMM and he scores under the posts.
Nikorima slots the penalty goal
Walsh is on his feet, with some tufts of his gorgeous locks unstylishly protruding from his headgear, the only concern
PENALTY WARRIORS - Walsh gets hit late and high after kicking the ball by Coen Hess. He's on report.
Nikorima from wide on the right side hits the upright and its waved away
Smoooth play by the Warriors. Nikorima takes the ball to the line on the right side and hits RTS at pace, who heads to the sideline before turning the ball back inside to Berry who scores untouched.
Pompey is held by the entire populace of Townsville on the last. Hand over.
Val Holmes hands possession right back to NZ with a knock on
Kosi knocks on in the play the ball
Nikorima converts the try
RTS changes direction, 30m from the Cowboys line, running from the left edge to the middle. He then passed to Nikorima, who drifted right, shaped to send out a long ball and then slipped into a gap in the Cowboys line, like grandma slips into a pair of slippers, and he races over to score on the right edge
Poor kick at the end of that Cowboys set by Drinkwater, results in a 7 tackle set for the Warriors.
Hampton's kick is well defused one again my Ken Maumalo
Warriors very nearly get on the board. Cowboys end up with a 7 tackle set though
Confirmation of the no try, Cowboys will have a 7 tackle set from the 20
Going upstairs for a possible Warriors try but it looks like Josh Curran knocked on over the line
Set restart for WAR and Ben Murdoch-Masila makes a break to get the Warriors on the attack.
Ken Maumalo makes a good first up catch and both sides are settling into an arm wrestle so far
Warriors complete the set and Val Holmes returns the kick
We're underway and Kane Evans takes the first hit up for the Warriors
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Sunday Football and first up we are at Central Coast Stadium for the Warriors versus the Cowboys. The winner of this one will be in the top eight at the conclusion of the round while the loser will be left with a minor rebuild job required to get their season back on track. In team news, David Fusitu'a is a late out for NZ with Edward Kosi coming in for his nrl debut on the wing. The Cowboys are 1-17. Kickoff is less than 5 minutes away
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Butler
Touch Judges: Todd Smith, Wyatt Raymond
Video Referee: Alan Shortall
WARRIORS (24)
Tries: Kodi Nikorima, Rocco Berry, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Adam Pompey
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Kodi Nikorima (3/4)
Penalty Goals: Kodi Nikorima (1/1)
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (20)
Tries: Reece Robson, Murray Taulagi (2), Scott Drinkwater
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (2/4)
Penalty Goals: