Nth Queensland Cowboys vs Sydney Roosters live scores – NRL 2013 Round 10

Saturday’s third NRL Round 10 match is between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Sydney Roosters with the opening kick to commence at 7:30pm local time. The game is to be played at 1300SMILES Stadium although we see away team Sydney Roosters hold favouritism in the market. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Sydney Roosters.

WHERE AND WHEN: 1300SMILES Stadium, Saturday 18th May, 7:30pm

 

Preview:

The last Saturday match is between the North Queensland Cowboys and the Sydney Roosters, kicking off at 7.30pm at 1300SMILES Stadium. The Cowboys have been far from inspiring this season, and even at home they are a hard team to back. The Roosters will be hoping the likes of Sonny Bill Williams, James Maloney, and Michael Jennings can get them a win, and with four on the trot going into this game, only the brave would disagree. Make no mistake however, this will be a closely fought match and both teams have the potential to take home the points.

Teams:

Nth Queensland Cowboys:
Matthew Bowen, Ashley Graham, Brent Tate, Kane Linnett, Antonio Winterstein, Johnathan Thurston (c), Ray Thompson, Matthew Scott (c), Rory Kostjasyn, James Tamou, Tariq Sims, Gavin Cooper, Dallas Johnson. Interchange: Scott Moore, Glenn Hall, Ashton Sims, Scott Bolton, Jason Taumalolo

Sydney Roosters: 
Anthony Minichiello (c), Daniel Tupou, Michael Jennings, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, James Maloney, Mitchell Pearce, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Jake Friend, Martin Kennedy, Mitchell Aubusson, Sonny Bill Williams, Boyd Cordner. Interchange: Daniel Mortimer, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Aidan Guerra, Luke O’Donnell.

No more excuses for Cowboys: Henry

North Queensland coach Neil Henry may have taken advice from wife Kath before declaring it was time for the Cowboys to draw a line in the sand against NRL powerhouse Sydney Roosters in Townsville on Saturday night.

“She (Kath) is a footy tragic and she certainly has some advice for me sometimes on how we’re going or not going,” said Henry before this week’s NRL round dedicated to women in league.

Kath Henry, like most Cowboys fans, might say he’s not travelling too well with the 10th-placed team under the pump to live up to pre-season predictions they were a definite top-four club and premiership contenders.

North Queensland’s halfback woes – with injuries to Robert Lui, Ray Thompson and Michael Morgan – have made it difficult to create playmaking cohesion with star five-eighth Johnathan Thurston and fullback Matt Bowen.

Henry will be hoping the likely return from a knee injury of Lui – who just needs to pull up well from Friday’s training run – will ease that headache in his battle against NSW Origin halfback Mitchell Pearce.

Henry said the lack of continuity in the halves was nobody’s fault with Thompson, Lui and Morgan all going down with injuries at various stages.

“It’s been part of the problem there’s no doubt about that, but really we have to take ownership of our performances,” he said.

“We’re up against a powerful side (Roosters) going well and motoring along near the top of the competition, we know we’re up for a tough game of footy.

“We’re at the stage where we need to draw a line in the sand and say `listen, we need to kick start our season’.”

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