2016 R21 - Cowboys 8-16 Storm @ 1300SMILES Stadium

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NRL 2016 - Round 21
North Queensland Cowboys v Melbourne Storm
1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville (TICKETS)
Saturday 30 July 2016

Gates Open 5pm / U20's 5:15pm / NRL 7:30pm

1. Lachlan Coote 2. Javid Bowen 3. Justin O'Neill 4. Kane Linnett 5. Antonio Winterstein 6. Michael Morgan 7. Ray Thompson 8. Matthew Scott 9. Jake Granville 10. James Tamou 11. Gavin Cooper 12. Ethan Lowe 13. Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14. Rory Kostjasyn 15. John Asiata 16. Scott Bolton 17. Ben Hannant

1. Cameron Munster 2. Suliasi Vunivalu 3. Will Chambers 4. Cheyse Blair 5. Marika Koroibete 6. Blake Green 7. Cooper Cronk 8. Jesse Bromwich 9. Cameron Smith 10. Felise Kaufusi 11. Kevin Proctor 12. Tohu Harris 13. Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14. Kenneath Bromwich 15. Christian Welch 16. Matt White 17. Young Tonumaipea

Referees: Ben Cummins, Dave Munro
Sideline Officials: Brett Suttor, Michael Wise
Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten, Jason Robinson

ISC QLD
Mackay v Townsville @ BB Print Stadium, Fri 7pm
Burleigh v Pride @ Pizzey Park, Sat 4:30pm
Souths Logan v Sunshine Coast @ Davies Park, Sun 1:40pm (Ch 9/SC QLD)
BYE: Easts​

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Hardest game to tip all round. I'll go Melbourne by 1

 

[TheFrog]

The Storm are assured of a top 2 finish, the Cows are still a little vulnerable in terms of the top 4 but it's hard to see them not making it honestly. So this game does have some meaning otherwise it'd be just an exhibition match between two excellent footy teams. Nowhere near the Mt Smart game in terms of bearing on the finals though. The Cows are going for a perfect record at home, this is the toughest match they'll face. I think they'll do it. The Storm are a bit off over the last couple of weeks, even though they've beaten the bottom 2 teams, they haven't done it convincingly.

The Cows were ruthless last week, but that doesn't mean they will be again against tougher opposition.

 

[Clifferd]

Game of the season

If JT plays, Cowboys by 1

If he doesn't, Melbourne by 1

 

[moffla]

We scraped past them at Suncorp earlier this season but Townsville is a whole new kettle of fish. Hoping JT doesn't play. If he does, we will probably be slightly outclassed.

Going to be a cracker in any case

 

[Rhino_NQ]

without JT we are still much, much better than the newcastle team who came close to doing over the storm in their current form. Been doing enough lately but haven't been excellent. Going to be good, just for the love of god greeny don't put ray thompson in the halves!!!

 

[Whino]

Storm.

 

[moffla]

without JT we are still much, much better than the newcastle team who came close to doing over the storm in their current form. Been doing enough lately but haven't been excellent. Going to be good, just for the love of god greeny don't put ray thompson in the halves!!!

Our close games to Newcastle aren't anything new. We haven't had a convincing win against them since...ever

 

[Shorty]

I think a narrow loss or a good win.
I do tend to think JT will miss this one to be safe, we can drop a game...the other games are not going to be as hard as this (going on form).

We definitely have the potential to win without JT but we have get our attack in sync.

 

[Rhyno]

Cows by 2

 

[Rhino_NQ]

7. Ray Thompson

Looks like the points we do score will need to come in tackles 1-4, the last tackle option will be horrendous

 

[Pennies]

No JT little chance of beating the Storm.

 

[Whoosh]

32nd Premiership match between North Qld & Melbourne Storm
Wins: North Qld 10, Melbourne 21
Points For: Melbourne 776. North Qld 564
Biggest Margins: Melbourne 58 - 12, Willows, 2007, Melbourne 58 – 12, AAMI, 2010; North Qld 40 – 8, Willows, 2006

Most Matches: Cameron Smith (21), Johnathan Thurston (20), Cooper Cronk (19), Matthew Bowen (18)
Most Tries: Greg Inglis (10), Matthew Bowen, Steven Bell, Matt Geyer (9)
Most Goals: Cameron Smith (64), Johnathan Thurston (49), Matt Orford (20), Josh Hannay (12)
Most Points: Cameron Smith (133), Johnathan Thurston (112), Matt Orford (52), Greg Inglis (46)

Most Tries per Match: MEL: Greg Inglis (3, 2008), Justin O’Neill (3, 2010) NQ: Julian O’Neill (3, 2001), Matt Sing (3, 2003)

Most Goals per Match: MEL: Cameron Smith (9, 2007) NQ: Johnathan Thurston (8, 2006)

Most Points per Match: MEL: Cameron Smith (18, 2007) NQ: Johnathan Thurston (24, 2006)

Notable One-Gamers: MEL: Paul Sheedy, Ryan Tandy, Chris Walker, Andrew McFadden NQ: Shannon Hegarty, Donald Malone, Jason Smith, Tarin Bradford

 

[Rhino_NQ]

32nd Premiership match between North Qld & Melbourne Storm
Wins: North Qld 10, Melbourne 21
Points For: Melbourne 776. North Qld 564
Biggest Margins: Melbourne 58 - 12, Willows, 2007, Melbourne 58 – 12, AAMI, 2010; North Qld 40 – 8, Willows, 2006

Most Matches: Cameron Smith (21), Johnathan Thurston (20), Cooper Cronk (19), Matthew Bowen (18)
Most Tries: Greg Inglis (10), Matthew Bowen, Steven Bell, Matt Geyer (9)
Most Goals: Cameron Smith (64), Johnathan Thurston (49), Matt Orford (20), Josh Hannay (12)
Most Points: Cameron Smith (133), Johnathan Thurston (112), Matt Orford (52), Greg Inglis (46)

Most Tries per Match: MEL: Greg Inglis (3, 2008), Justin O’Neill (3, 2010) NQ: Julian O’Neill (3, 2001), Matt Sing (3, 2003)

Most Goals per Match: MEL: Cameron Smith (9, 2007) NQ: Johnathan Thurston (8, 2006)

Most Points per Match: MEL: Cameron Smith (18, 2007) NQ: Johnathan Thurston (24, 2006)

Notable One-Gamers: MEL: Paul Sheedy, Ryan Tandy, Chris Walker, Andrew McFadden NQ: Shannon Hegarty, Donald Malone, Jason Smith, Tarin Bradford

who?

 

[GongPanther]

People still don't get it.The Cows are a complete side.It won't matter one bit if JT is there or not,the Cows are playing better overall than anything that will be thrown at them.

Cows by 8.

 

[Droog]

Cowboys by 6

 

[ed-grimley]

One question: Is JT playing?

 

[footy75]

Will be a fantastic game.

Cows will win this and lock up a top 4 spot.

 

[elyod138]

7. Ray Thompson

Looks like the points we do score will need to come in tackles 1-4, the last tackle option will be horrendous

Morgan and Coote will take the last tackle options, the number 7 doesn't mean dominant playmaker.

 

[STORM.99/07]

Storm..
We beat cowboys with JT last time. Storm will tough this game out.