08 :: R4 Sat :: Cowboys 38 Eels 14 @ Dairy Farmers

[Timmah]

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NORTH QUEENSLAND
Matthew Bowen
Ty Williams, Ashley Graham, Ben Harris, Mark Henry
Justin Smith, Johnathan Thurston ©
Ray Cashmere, Aaron Payne (vc), Carl Webb
Steve Southern, Jacob Lillyman
Luke O’Donnell​

Int - Anthony Watts, Sam Faust, Shane Tronc, Dayne Weston​

PARRAMATTA
1. Luke BURT
2. Taulima TAUTAI, 3. Joel REDDY, 4. Jarryd HAYNE, 5. Eric GROTHE
6. Brett FINCH, 7. Tim SMITH
8. Nathan CAYLESS [C], 9. Mark RIDDELL, 10. Fuifui MOIMOI
11. Nathan HINDMARSH, 12. Daniel WAGON
13. Feleti MATEO​

Int - 14. Matthew KEATING, 15. Josh CORDOBA, 16. Todd LOWRIE, 17. Weller HAURAKI​

Referee
BERNARD SUTTON
Sideline Officials: Steve Carrall & Alan Shortall
Video Referee: Tim Mander​

SCHEDULE
6:00pm Gates open
6:05pm Toyota Cup: Cowboys v Eels
8:30pm NRL: Cowboys v Eels​

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[FUIFUI_MOIMOI]

go eels =D

 

[Eelementary]

Cowboys 42
Eels 16

 

[Dutchy]

Cowgirls 2 hit a bit of form

66 nil

 

[dragondad]

Sutton will be wearing white.

Therefore Yellow jersey for Eels.

 

[diab0lik]

who's bernard sutton?

 

[Shorty]

Bloody hell given us a bit too much credit aren't you?
In saying that we have finally named a new coach and we really did hit rock bottom last week.

If our turnaround is going to happen it should probably happen this week.
I'd love us to give a good old fashioned *ss kicking,nothing against parra just want to start making up for that woeful for and against.

But the reality is if we do in fact take it,it'll be by a few points.

 

[elyod138]

Matt Bowen has pulled out of this game.

 

[gong_eagle]

Matt Bowen has pulled out of this game.

Cowboys lose Bowen to injury
By Steve Jancetic
http://nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=50393
When it rains in Townsville it generally pours - and doesn't Cowboys coach Graham Murray know it.
Without a win and up against premiership powerhouse Parramatta on Saturday night, the Cowboys have now lost Matt Bowen to a knee injury.
"I'm not sure of the actual medical terminology, but his knee's sore and he's had a cortisone injection this week," Murray said.
"The specialist doesn't want him to play so we'll give him a week's rest and hopefully it will settle down for the following week.
"He's been carrying a little niggle for few weeks now and it just hasn't settle down like we thought it would.
"He's just gone to the doctor this week and the doctor's advised to give him a week off."
It couldn't have come at a worse time for Murray and the Cowboys, who have struggled to put points on the board over the opening three rounds.
They managed just a solitary penalty goal against Brisbane last Friday night and have averaged just 10 points a game.
Star halfback Johnathan Thurston has struggled to get into the swing of things following off-season shoulder surgery, Murray admitting on Thursday the knee injury Bowen had been carrying over the opening few weeks had also proved a hindrance.
"Matty's been down, he hasn't been happy the way he's playing and that's probably got a bit to do with it," Murray said.
"Matty's one of our most important players but at the same time we don't want to put his knee at risk either."
Murray said either Obe Geia or John Williams would come into the squad at fullback.

 

[eels_fan_01]

If we lose, we are f**ked.

I expect us to win in a close game.

 

[Shorty]

Matty hasn't been that great,he has been injured for quite some time now.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

cowboys proving the be the pretenders they are.

parra parra parra

 

[Big Pete]

Changes for the match:

Matt Bowen out
Ashley Graham goes Fullback
Ty Williams goes into Centre
John Williams onto the wing

 

[juneauquan]

Woeful Parra defence!

 

[HevyDevy]

Five minutes in it's already quite clear that the Eels haven't turned up.

Cowboys to win comfortably

 

[juneauquan]

More absolutely woeful Parra defence

Cowboys 12-0

 

[Bazal]

What is wrong with our players and our coaching staff that they can't get us up for games like this? It's a f**king disgrace

 

[Cletus]

Cowboys 100-nil. Parra look awful!

 

[TheParraboy]

eels will win this, early days, just getting used to those moths floating around the place

 

[HevyDevy]

Hahaha, Reddy is sh*t. Nice falcon.

Anyway, Payne is on fire.

Such an inept performance from Parramatta.