St. George Illawarra Dragons
24
Match Complete
North Queensland Cowboys
46
| Z. Lomax |  | 69 | ||
| Z. Lomax |  | 69 | ||
| 65 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 64 | | C. Townsend | ||
| 62 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 61 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 54 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 53 | | T. Dearden | ||
| 50 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 49 | | K. Finefeuiaki | ||
| 38 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 37 | | S. Drinkwater | ||
| 33 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 32 | | G. Neame | ||
| 26 | | V. Holmes | ||
| 24 | | S. McIntyre | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 20 | ||
| K. Flanagan | | 19 | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 16 | ||
| T. Sloan | | 14 | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 12 | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 10 | ||
| 4 | | M. Taulagi |
| 4 | Tries | 8 | ||
| 4 | Conversions | 7 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
The St George Illawarra Dragons host the North Queensland Cowboys in Round 3 action at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium. Join The Roar for live scores from 5.30pm AEDT.
Shane Flanagan has rejigged his Dragons pack following his side’s 38-0 humbling at Redcliffe. Jack de Belin goes to prop to replace Francis Molo, who is suspended and Viliame Fifita is the new man on the bench. Luciano Leilua starts and Jesse Marschke gets an NRL debut at hooker.
Cowboys forward Heilum Luki’s ankle injury means Kulikefu Finefeuiaki starts in the second row with Jack Gosiewski called up to the interchange.
Prediction
The Dragons were great in Round 1, terrible the week after. The Cowboys were lucky to beat Newcastle last Saturday. Cowboys by 14
Game information
Venue: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium
Kickoff: 5.30pm AEST
TV: Fox League
Stream: Kayo Sports
Odds: Dragons $2.75, Cowboys $1.45 – odds via PlayUp
Dragons: 1. Tyrell Sloan 2. Zac Lomax 3. Moses Suli 4. Jack Bird 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Ben Hunt 8. Jack de Belin 9. Jesse Marschke 10. Blake Lawrie 11. Luciano Leilua 12. Jaydn Su’A 13. Tom Eisenhuth10. Blake Lawrie 14. Connor Muhleisen 15. Michael Molo 16. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 17. Viliame Fifita 18. Christian Tuipulotu 19. Ben Murdoch-Masila 20. Mat Feagai 21. Ryan Couchman 22. Alex Tuitavake
Cowboys: 1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Zac Laybutt 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Chad Townsend 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Jason Taumalolo 11. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Reuben Cotter 14. Jake Granville 15. Griffin Neame 16. Sam McIntyre 17. Jack Gosiewski 18. Tom Chester 19. Thomas Mikaele 20. Semi Valemei 21. Marly Bitungane 22. Jake Clifford
James 7
Roar Rookie
Big turning point when saints could have been up 24 nil .. could have been a different story. The reality is that saints bombed tries but 8 against us though not the best.
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
Zac Lomax should stay wing. He's a threat out there, is a good carry on early tackles and can cross the stripe. And tell him to stick his request for a release in his bad haircut.
NQR
Roar Rookie
Cowboys on form will get dusted first team that plays some decent football. To 3-0 at this point is a massive bonus.
Tony
Roar Guru
:laughing:
Dodgy Dragons
Roar Rookie
Very soft defensively Nat, but RFM fluffing his lines was super costly. But the good teams defend that and don’t drop their bundle.
andyfnq
Roar Rookie
Half the Broncos team is missing, you should be fine
steveng
Roar Rookie
To all the Dragons fans, be happy that you had 46 against and scored 24 points, which is 18 points more than the Bunnies did :laughing:
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
Congrats Andy. Winning ugly is still winning. I have seen those two, but the Dragons are in their own division for mind boggling ineptitude to the power of Sharon Woods
Dodgy Dragons
Roar Rookie
Well done Cows, deserved winners there. Both teams are paper thin defensively. Dragons can rue their missed chances and there were plenty of them. RFM scores and it’s a different ball game, but that exposes our lack of resilience, constantly giving 12 point turn arounds and wondering why we lose footy games. Flanno has lots to work with defensively and me thinks Bird is too slow to stay out I n the centres, for me it’s back to bench as a 14 to cover the backs for injury and play forwards in the interchanges. Looking a lot better than last year, but 9-12 will be our landing spot this season.
Panthers
Roar Rookie
It was 24 points missed in opportunities. Plus the disallowed try. So Cowboys can be happy to win & by that much, but..
NQR
Roar Rookie
Cowboys won’t have Hess, Luki, maybe Cotter and Laybutt. Taumalolo hasn’t really played this season either.
andyfnq
Roar Rookie
Let through enough points to lose even more games. Cows scored at will in the second half. A harsh look and a stern talking to would have provided more defence
Panthers
Roar Rookie
They still have a chance!
NQR
Roar Rookie
18points easily missed by the Dragons. Throw in a Townsend try that should never have been scored and a Sloan miss grounding it’s a very different score. Honestly the Cowboys are working their way to a loss and we have the Broncos next week? I hate losing to the Broncos.
Panthers
Roar Rookie
Next week the Cowboys get to play against the Broncos. Without Reynolds, Walsh & Haas.
andyfnq
Roar Rookie
Have you ever seen the Tigers or the Titans :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
Duncan Smith
Roar Guru
April 1st is still a week away.
Nat
Roar Guru
Well done NQ. Dragons, what do you say, one bad bounce turns into 40pts.
Hard Yards
Roar Rookie
They just can’t catch a break. Poor bloody supporters.
Bert Eagle
Roar Rookie
the Dragons have scored enough points to win most games. Add to that the bombed tries .....