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North Queensland Cowboys
 Matt Sing [WG] 12 Pts; 3t
Josh Hannay [CT] 10 Pts; 1t, 3/6g
Ashley Graham [WG] 4 Pts; 1t
Brisbane Broncos
Darren Lockyer [F8] 6 Pts; 1t, 1/2g
Brad Thorn [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
Sun July 23, 2006
 Cowboys most impressive victory
2006 NRL Telstra Premiership - Round 20 North Queensland have recorded one of their most impressive and important victories disposing of Queensland rivals Brisbane 26-10 in front of a full house at Townsville last night. 19:19
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Fri July 21 2006, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Fri: Storm 28 d. Sharks 12 at Olympic Park, Melbourne (VIC)Crowd: 11,486 Sat July 22 2006, 5:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: Bulldogs 25 d. Roosters 0 at Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 14,020 Sat July 22 2006, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: Cowboys 26 d. Broncos 10 at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Kirwan, Townsville (QLD)Crowd: 24,658 Sat July 22 2006, 7:30PM AEST GMT+10Sat: Knights 24 d. Rabbitohs 18 at Energy Australia Stadium, New Lambton, Newcastle (NSW)Crowd: 14,599 Sun July 23 2006, 2:30PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Tigers 6 l. Eels 34 at Telstra Stadium, Homebush Bay, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 21,456 Sun July 23 2006, 3:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Raiders 31 d. Dragons 12 at Canberra Stadium, Bruce, Canberra (ACT)Crowd: 13,504 Sun July 23 2006, 3:00PM AEST GMT+10Sun: Sea Eagles 32 d. Panthers 30 at Brookvale Oval, Brookvale, Sydney (NSW)Crowd: 15,177  Warriors bye
Sun July 23, 2006 North Queensland have recorded one of their most impressive and important victories disposing of Queensland rivals Brisbane 26-10 in front of a full house at Townsville last night. The Cowboys have been a club in trouble on and off the field since winning their opening five matches of the season desperately needed a big effort against the Broncos to get their season back on track and put to sleep many of their critics. It wasn't the best start for North Queensland with Darren Lockyer scoring an early try from a Cowboys mistake and then losing halfback Johnathan Thurston in the 5th minute due to a knee medial ligament injury. Thurston will be out of action for around 4-5 weeks. Despite Thurston being off the field, the Cowboys scored three tries in nine minutes with Matt Bowen finally finding the form that has won him representative honours in the past. Ashley Graham scored in the 21st minute followed by Josh Hannay and Matt Sing for the home side to lead 14-4 with Hannay only successful with one goal. The second half was all North Queensland with Sing crossing for two tries to complete his hat-trick. Brad Thorn scored in the final stages to bring the Broncos score into double figures following Lockyer's conversion. North Queensland was reduced to a squad of 15 just after half-time with prop Rob Tanielu coming off the field due to concussion with fears of a serious neck injury. There were a many host of fine performers for the Cowboys with forwards Aaron Payne, Carl Webb and Mitchell Sargent all outstanding. Bowen and Sing in the backs both found their best form and the Cowboys will need that if they want to finish in the top six for the September Football. One good win doesn't make a season and the Cowboys have to back up the performance against Brisbane with a good win against the Roosters. Brisbane are back at home next Sunday against the out of form Wests Tigers at Suncorp Stadium where they'll be without Benji Marshall and most probably Brett Hodgson. |
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