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Brent Tate ... of the Cowboys is wrapped up by the Sharks defence. Source: Ian Hitchcock / News Limited
North Queensland moved within two points of the NRL top eight on Sunday night with a 24-4 win over Cronulla.
| 4 Tries 1 | |
|---|---|
| Kane Linnett 5' | Luke Lewis 26' |
| Gavin Cooper 46' | |
| Antonio Winterstein 73' | |
| Kane Linnett 76' | |
| 3 Conversions0 | |
| Johnathan Thurston 47' | |
| Johnathan Thurston 74' | |
| Johnathan Thurston 77' | |
| 1 Penalties0 | |
| Johnathan Thurston 71' | |
Cowboys co-captain Johnathan Thurston set up two tries in the final 10 minutes to bring what had been a low-scoring affair to life and secure North Queensland's first home win in more than two months.
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Sharks captain Paul Gallen was ruled out during the week with a foot injury from Wednesday's State of Origin II but fullback Michael Gordon (calf) and Beau Ryan (knee) withdrew from the side on game day.
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The Cowboys started strongest on their home ground and centre Kane Linnett put them up with just their third set of the game in the fifth minute.
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Linnett received an offload from back-rower Tariq Sims and had to beat three defenders to put the ball on the line.
Luke Lewis evened the score for the visitors after taking a Todd Carney pass with a well-timed run to cross for a try as the teams went into halftime at 4-4.
Gavin Cooper restored the Cowboys' lead five minutes after the re-start and the teams were unable to breach each other's defence for the next 25 minutes.
Thurston was the difference in the final 10 minutes, laying on tries for Linnett and Antonio Winterstein while kicking a penalty goal to put his side up to 13th on the NRL ladder.
North Queensland prop Ashton Sims might have a date with the judiciary this week after being put on report for a 23rd-minute knee to the head of Sharks fullback Nathan Stapleton.
North Queensland's under-pressure coach Neil Henry said his side come out of the half-time break looking for a lift in intensity and the players responded.
"Obviously the second half was good, we had a fair bit of possession there and got some nice tries," Henry said.
"(It was a) tough game really, I thought the first 60 minutes had a bit of end-to-end stuff there at times but I'm very pleased with our defensive effort as well to only concede four points."
Henry added that the win, the Cowboys' 100th in Townsville and following their last-start victory over St George-Illawarra, had come at a perfect time for a side hit hard by a busy State of Origin period.
Sharks coach Shane Flanagan said his team had simply given up too much of the ball in the second half and that defensive workload hurt them in the final quarter.
"We had 13 errors with the ball and you just can't do it and the Cowboys capitalised," Flanagan said.
"We had probably six or seven drop-outs in that time and it took too much petrol out of them and some poor execution and it wasn't our night.
"We weren't very good at all."
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