The second NRL Round 5 game today is between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Penrith Panthers with the game to be played at Townsville Stadium with the opening kick to take place at 7:30pm AEST and 6:30pm local time. The home team the Nth Queensland Cowboys are the current favourites in the market to win the match. View our live scores and results for the game between Nth Queensland Cowboys and Penrith Panthers.
WHERE AND WHEN: Townsville Stadium, Saturday @ 19:30
Nth Queensland Cowboys $1.23 vs Penrith Panthers $4.30 at Sportsbet Australia
Nth Queensland Cowboys $1.21 vs Penrith Panthers $4.60 at Luxbet Australia
Nth Queensland Cowboys:
Matthew Bowen, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Brent Tate, Kane Linnett, Antonio Winterstein, Johnathan Thurston (c), Michael Morgan, Matt Scott (c), Scott Moore, James Tamou, Gavin Cooper, Glenn Hall, Dallas Johnson
Interchange: Rory Kostjasyn, Tariq Sims Scott Bolton, Jason Taumalolo.
Penrith Panthers:
Dean Whare, Josh Mansour, Wes Naiqama, Brad Tighe, David Simmons, Tom Humble, Blake Austin, Sam McKendry, Kevin Kingston (c), Nigel Plum, Sika Manu, Lewis Brown, Cameron Ciraldo.
Interchange: Adam Docker, Tim Grant, James Segeyaro, Clint Newton.
The History: Played 30; Penrith 17, North Queensland 12, drawn 1. The Panthers have the wood on the Cowboys in North Queensland too, having won nine of 15 encounters… but they’ve lost their past three matches in Townsville.