Friday’s NRL 2018 Round 12 match is between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Melbourne Storm. The opening kick is set to commence at 19:55 local time with the game to be played at 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville. The away team Melbourne Storm are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Melbourne Storm.
When: 19:55 | Friday 25/05/2018
Where: 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville
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Teams:
Nth Queensland Cowboys:
1 Michael Morgan, 2 Kyle Feldt, 3 Justin O’Neill, 4 Ben Hampton, 5 Antonio Winterstein, 6 Te Maire Martin, 7 Johnathan Thurston (c), 8 Matthew Scott (c), 9 Jake Granville, 10 Scott Bolton, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Coen Hess, 13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange: 14 Enari Tuala, 15 Shaun Fensom, 16 Corey Jensen, 17 Francis Molo
Reserves: 18 Ethan Lowe, 19 Lachlan Coote, 20 Sam Hoare, 21 Javid Bowen.
Melbourne Storm: 
1 Billy Slater (c), 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Will Chambers, 4 Young Tonumaipea, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Ryley Jacks, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith, 10 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11 Felise Kaufusi, 12 Joe Stimson, 13 Dale Finucane
Interchange: 14 Brandon Smith, 15 Tim Glasby, 16 Kenny Bromwich, 17 Sam Kasiano
Reserves: 18 Jahrome Hughes, 19 Christian Welch, 20 Patrick Kaufusi, 21 Justin Olam.
NRL News:
Corey Jensen says he’s ready to step up for injured North Queensland co-captain Matt Scott against Melbourne – but he doesn’t think he’ll need to.
Scott was named at prop for Friday’s round 12 Townsville clash with Jensen on the bench, the Test front-rower still to prove his fitness after suffering a knee injury last week.
Jensen however is tipping Scott to take the field and cement Queensland selection while he’s at it.
“I would be happy to put my hand up (to replace Scott). But in saying that … I know what Thumper (Scott) is like – he is a real tough character,” Jensen said.
“He will do everything he can to be there (against Melbourne) and I am sure barring injury he will be out there come Origin time.
“It would be great to have Thumper out there (against Melbourne).
“He’s an inspiration to the club. He is trying everything he can to try and get out on the field and I am sure he will (on Friday).”
Cowboys coach Paul Green admitted he would not know if 22 Origin game veteran Scott was playing until Thursday’s captain’s run.
The North Queensland workhorse limped from the field in last week’s last-minute loss to South Sydney with initial forecasts suggesting a one-to-three week lay-off.
“He hasn’t trained fully (this week). He did a bit of running (on Tuesday) which is a positive sign,” Green said.
“If he gets through the week we will see how he goes but we won’t know until the back end of the week.”
While there is still a question mark over Scott, Jensen was breathing a sigh of relief after fearing the Queensland prop had suffered another ACL injury against the Rabbitohs.
“It’s exactly what I thought, to be honest,” he said.
“I was out there when it happened and it didn’t sound too good when he went down.
“Thankfully it is nothing like that and hopefully he will be out there (on Friday).”