Round 20 Preview Cowboys v Knights

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North Queensland Cowboys v Newcastle Knights
Venue: 1300 Smiles Stadium
Date: Friday 27th July
Time: 6:00pm AEST 

Cowboys:
  1. Te Marie Martin
  2. Kyle Feldt
  3. Enari Tuala 
  4. Kane Linnett
  5. Justin O’Neill
  6. Jake Clifford
  7. Johnathan Thurston
  8. John Asiata
  9. Jake Granville
  10. Scott Bolton
  11. Gavin Cooper
  12. Coen Hess
  13. Jason Taumalolo 
  14. Ben Hampton
  15. Shaun Fensom
  16. Mitchell Dunn
  17. Corey Jensen
  18. Matt Scott
  19. Ethan Lowe
  20. Francis Lowe
  21. Jordan McLean 

Knights:
  1. Kalyn Ponga 
  2. Ken Sio
  3. Sione Mata’utia 
  4. Nathan Ross
  5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
  6. Connor Watson
  7. Mitchell Pearce
  8. Jacob Lillyman
  9. Danny Levi
  10. Daniel Saifiti 
  11. Lachlan Fitzgibbon
  12. Mitchell Barnett
  13. Aidan Guerra 
  14. Jamie Buhrer
  15. Chris Heighington
  16. Josh King
  17. Herman Ese’Ese 
  18. Nick Meaney
  19. Cory Denniss
  20. Jack Cogger
  21. JJ Felise

Game Preview:
The Knights have had a much improved season while Cowboys have been one of the biggest underachievers in 2018. Round 20 comes around and who’d think both these sides would be out of finals contention let alone just the Knights. 

The Cowboys biggest problem has been their ageing forwards while the Knights biggest strength has been the performances of their young forwards like the Saifiti brothers and the likes of Lachlan Fitzgibbon. 

Both sides will be wanting a win this week, Cowboys to try and avoid a wooden spoon and the Knights just to continue the improvement they have seen so far this year. 

Key Match Up: The halves
Thurston v Pearce. Usually when these 2 come up against each other and they’re the key match up it was for State of Origin but this time Thurston needs to lift his failing Cowboys to a win while Pearce back in his third game after injury is steering his Knights around perfectly and is looking at 3 wins from 3 games after his injury.

Nath’s Prediction: Knights by 12
I see the Knights continuing the Cowboys woes this week. 

With Kalyn Ponga returning, the Knights have that x-factor to sink the Cowboys. 


Nath

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