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North Queensland have made it a club record eight straight wins with an 8-0 victory over the Wests Tigers in Campbelltown.
For 77 minutes, a first half penalty goal to Ethan Lowe looked to be the difference in a match that was the lowest scoring game since the infamous scoreless draw between Newtown and Canterbury in 1982.
But Cowboys winger Antonio Winterstein sealed the win in the shadows of fulltime, breaking through on a James Tedesco spilt ball close to his own tryline and breaking the hearts of the modest 8,267 crowd.
Both sides struggled mightily without their Origin stars, particularly in a first half where neither team could mount any sort of pressure on the opposition, let alone post points on the scoreboard.
Cowboys fullback Lachlan Coote was a standout, coming up with the goods after being peppered by the Tigers kickers all night as well as directing his own team around the park with his left boot.
Lowe gave the Cowboys a slender 2-0 lead in the 28th minute after the Tigers were penalised for stripping in the tackle.
The hosts looked to have finally broken the drought in the 55th minute when five-eighth Mitchell Moses chased down his own chip and toed ahead for Kevin Naiqama, only for the Tigers winger to fumble the ball over the line.
In his first game back since injuring his ankle playing for Samoa three weeks ago, Tigers centre Tim Simona re-aggravated the injury late in the first half and failed to return after halftime.
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