'10 | R26 | Sat | Cowboys 8-18 Roosters | Dairy Farmers

[Timmah]

1. Matthew Bowen 2. Michael Bani 3. Ty Williams 4. Ashley Graham 5. John Williams 6. Grant Rovelli 7. Aaron Payne
8. Matt Scott 9. Clint Amos 10. Willie Mason 11. Scott Bolton 12. Leeson Ah Mau 13. Ben Harris

Interchange: 14. Anthony Watts 15. Nick Slyney 16. Carl Webb 17. James Tamou

1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Phil Graham 3. Joseph 'BJ' Leilua 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Sam Perrett 6. Todd Carney 7. Mitchell Pearce
8. Jason Ryles 9. Jake Friend 10. Nate Myles 11. Frank-Paul Nuuausala 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Braith Anasta

Interchange: 14. Martin Kennedy 15. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 16. Mose Masoe 17. Nick Kouparitsas
Reserves: 18. Lopini Paea

Referees
Steve Lyons and Brett Suttor
Sideline Officials: Luke Potter and David Munro
Video Referee: Chris Ward


Toyota Cup Round 26
Cowboys v Roosters @ Dairy Farmers, Sat 5:15pm

QRL Intrust Super Cup Finals Series - Week One
Sunshine Coast (3rd, MAN) v Mackay (6th, NQL)
Stockland Park, Sat 2:00pm

Northern (4th, NQL) v Wynnum Manly (5th, BRI)
Barlow Park, Sun 3:30pm

NSW Cup Round 26
Newtown (SYD) v Cronulla (CRO) @ Henson Pk, Sat 3:00pm

 

[kia ora storm]

Roosters by 10..

 

[adamkungl]

Danger game

What should happen: Roosters by 40
What will happen: ??????????

 

[CMUX]

Had we of lost to Manly yesterday I would pick the Cowboys in an upset.

I believe the manly game is a real season turner and we will have too much to play for (possible top 4 finish or at worst 5/6th) against a cowboys side that can not wait for mad Monday.

Roosters by 24

 

[Godz Illa]

Roosters need to avoid being the only team to lose twice against both Cronulla and Nth Qld in 2010

 

[Rovelli]

Cowboys got their only away win of the season against the Roosters, losing the other 11.

I just don't see the Cowboys winning. At the absolute worst, it's a carbon copy of the Cowboys/Bulldogs match. It'll only take a burst from the Roosters where they control possession for them to break the game open. Roosters win.

 

[Chook Norris]

Really.. anything can happen here, we can blow them off the park and regain that massive roll on we had earlier in the year.. or flop and screw ourselves over

 

[TheDalek079]

look for another MoM performance from Koops. He's going great guns in the last few weeks.

 

[adamkungl]

look for another MoM performance from Koops. He's going great guns in the last few weeks.

Bolter for the Dally M for sure. Imagine if we had 17 players like Koups...

 

[JT_]

We haven't really beaten the teams that we 'should have' this year so it's going not going to be as straight forward as people think. I'm tipping us because the Cows have been terrible but it's their last game at home and they will want to end off on a good note so i'm not that convinced...

 

[adamkungl]

It's a sad indication of our consistency that we're actually worried about this game.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Agree with Adam and Jt. It's time the team showed they were fair dinkum and do the job against weaker sides.

 

[JT_]

I can barely remember the last of the weaker sides we've beaten this year.... ummmmm the Storm at their ground would probably be it.

 

[adamkungl]

Bulldogs

 

[Tommy Smith]

We'll crush them.

Now i thought we had absolutely no hope vs th Sharks a few weeks back because of how we've faired against the lesser teams this year but this time around there will be far too much to play for.

The guys know its a simple case of win and finish 4th-6th or lose and finish 7th. They'll also be desperate to get the ball firmly rolling after Sundays win.

Roosters by 22.

 

[JT_]

Bulldogs

Fair call. I don't know, but the Bulldogs have really underachieved this year. They haven't been that bad overall, they have probably lacked some ball running forwards and creativity. They did towel us up which didn't say much about them, more us but i haven't pinned them into the 'weaker' category this year, not from what i've seen.

Anywho Conn is facing a 1 week ban if he pleads guilty and Masoe should rest up his knee for the finals, so in that case i'd like to see Kennedy and Symonds come in. Symonds i'm a big fan of and reckon he should be given a shot back in FG, even in a pretty crucial match i don't think it's much of a gamble to bring him in.

 

[adamkungl]

Symonds hasn't been able to find consistency this year due to injury. I'd leave him to finish the year and try win a comp with Newtown.

 

[Cowboys woo]

We tend to have a decent ending to the year (won in the last round in 2004,2005,2006,2007,2009, which is 5 of our last 6) but even with that record I would not even get close to tipping us... the only way we can win is if we actually defend which seems very unlikely and we rely on the Roosters to play a shocker of a game.

Just can't wait for this year to be over lol

 

[to_ddeath]

Rorters by 40. Have to prove why they are playing finals footy, & this should be nothing more than a trackwork hitout for them...



T.

 

[Timmah]

North Queensland Cowboys v Sydney Roosters
Saturday 4 September 2010, 7:30pm AEST - Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville
Referees: Steve Lyons and Brett Suttor; Sideline Officials: Luke Potter and David Munro; Video Referee: Chris Ward

Cowboys: 1. Matthew Bowen 2. Michael Bani 3. Ty Williams 4. Ashley Graham 5. John Williams 6. Grant Rovelli 7. Aaron Payne 8. Matt Scott 9. Clint Amos 10. Willie Mason 11. Scott Bolton 12. Leeson Ah Mau 13. Ben Harris
Interchange: 14. Anthony Watts 15. Nick Slyney 16. Carl Webb 17. James Tamou
Roosters: 1. Anthony Minichiello 2. Phil Graham 3. Joseph 'BJ' Leilua 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Sam Perrett 6. Todd Carney 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jason Ryles 9. Jake Friend 10. Nate Myles 11. Frank-Paul Nuuausala 12. Mitchell Aubusson 13. Braith Anasta
Interchange: 14. Martin Kennedy 15. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 16. Mose Masoe 17. Nick Kouparitsas 18. Lopini Paea

http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=19908

Both Cowboys feeder clubs - Northern Pride and Mackay Cutters - will feature in this weekends finals in QLD Cup... while the Newtown Jets NSW Cup side (Roosters feeder) need a win to have a shot at the minor premiership. Teams - http://www.leagueunlimited.com/article.php?newsid=19913