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There will be no miracle play for North Queensland, who will travel to Kogarah next week to play against the Sharks, while the Titans will host the Canberra Raiders on Saturday night

Cowboys regather the short kick off and there is 10 seconds to go

Try has been awarded to Corey Thompson but I am going to wait until the bunker approve it to put it into the system

Valentine Holmes showed what he's capable of with a tremendous linebreak where he burned two Titans defenders, but Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow couldn't hold on to the pass. Titans get another penalty for an illegal Cowboys steal

Brimson looked to have put Thompson over but the pass has been called forward. Cowboys survive

Penalty Titans, Cowboys stripped the ball while there was still 2 in the tackle

Challenge unsuccessful, still Cowboys ball

Titans are challenging this one, they think the tackle was complete

Corey Thompson takes possession of the short kickoff but is dragged over the sideline. Cowboys scrum in good field position

The locals aren't happy as it is ruled Corey Thompson was obstructed in the lead-up. No try, penalty Titans this time

Bunker are having a look at this, could be a no try

Tanah Boyd went right through the defensive line for a try but the ref has ruled Holmes was obstructed in the lead-up. Penalty Cowboys

Scott Drinkwater's pass goes to ground and Val Holmes has to retreat some 10 metres back to retain possession, but he still knocks on. Titans ball in attacking position

Titans had the overlap but Tanah Boyd's pass was off the mark and he wore a huge hit for his troubles. Cowboys will get the ball back

Corey Thompson is in some discomfort and the Titans will get a penalty for a crusher tackle. Jake Granville is on report

Cowboys with an expansive set that finishes with Coen Hess knocking on a contest for a high ball

Penalty to the Cowboys

Titans complete the set after points

Kevin Proctor outleaps everyone to come down with the ball. Titans now tasked with working it out from their own end

Titans kick fielded by Murray Taulagi, who advances over his own 20 metre line

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow isn't allowed to make any kick return metres by Kevin Proctor, who wraps him up 5 out from the tryline

Valentine Holmes is tackled on the last. Changeover

Horror drop out for the Titans, the ball was allowed to bounce and regathered by Jake Granville

Titans still look innovative in attack. Fifita is proving worth the money, easily beating Murray Taulagi from a standing start before getting past another 2 and linking up with Sami, who put in a kick that was batted dead by Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

Cowboys complete a decent set after points, they get up to halfway before Clifford grubbers into touch

Corey Thompson puts the ball down and the Cowboys will have the first attacking set of the half. Critical they score here if they are any hope of a comeback

Set restart for NQL

Jaimin Jolliffe has the first carry of the half

Teams are back out there ahead of the second 40. Titans biggest ever win was by 38 points against the Eels in 2013. That could be under threat tonight

Valentine Holmes knocks it on and the ball is picked up by a Cowboys player in an offside position. The Titans will take the gift 2 points on offer

David Fifita has been a machine so far today

Reuben Cotter has failed his HIA and will not return tonight

Going to the bunker for a possible Titans try. The ref thinks Fotuaika was held up but I don't agree

Titans looked on song with the attack, rolling down field easily, but Jaimin Jolliffe's pass was a shocker. It went right to Reece Robson, but he knocked on. Fresh set coming up for the Titans

Sam Lisone drops it but it's ruled the Cowboys played at it. 6 more for GC

AJ Brimson drops the high ball backwards. Titans are in good attacking position

Tyrone Peachey with a complete mixed bag. He made a brilliant line break but his pass to AJ Brimson landed right in the lap of a Cowboys player.

NO TRY! Jake Clifford is ruled to have lost possession of the ball over the line and the score will remain 12-0. Titans will have a 7 tackle set starting from the 20

Confirmation the bunker are reviewing it

Unclear whether this one will be coming back

Jake Clifford comes through and wins the contest for the high ball over AJ Brimson and is strong enough to get to the try-line. The try is awarded, but the bunker may have something to say about it.

Reece Robson's kick out of dummy half is right down the throat of Corey Thompson. Titans up to their own 20 on tackle 2

Titans run it on the last and Patrick Herbert is forced to toe it along. The ball goes out in the field of play, Cowboys will play the ball

Reuben Cotter is down after his head collided with the shoulder of a rampaging Sam Lisone. Doesn't look like he'll be staying on the field, Lachlan Burr will come on to replace him

Scott Drinkwater kicks on the 4th and it's fielded on the full by Anthony Don, who plays it about 15 metres out

Titans complete their set. Up to the Cowboys to get something going now

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui makes up for it with a try saver on Reuben Cotter, and the Cowboys field position is squandered with a kick over the dead ball line on the next play. 7 tackle set coming up for the GC

Jake Clifford's kick finds touch about 5 metres out from the tryline

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow takes the high ball easily. Looks like the Hammer is playing on the wing and not in the centres as was named

Cowboys try an outside inside play on the last but the titans defence reads it easily. Still 6-0

Alexander Brimson knocks on after the kick return. Cowboys with an opportunity now to hit back

The Cowboys kickoff does not go out on the full

Titans get 6 more on the first play - does that really benefit them more than a penalty would?

Jamal Fogarty's 2nd cross-field kick is knocked on by Murray Taulagi and the Titans will have 6 more plays in enemy territory

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow lets the bounce and it almost ends catastrophically, but he ends up collecting it and staying in the field of play

Corey Thompson reads the grubber perfectly and beats 2 defenders to get the Titans on the front foot

Titans complete the set however it is the Cowboys winning the field position battle early here, they are 20 metres away from the Titans goal line on the 4th

The crash play on the last doesn't work, with Francis Molo stopped short of the line by some determined Titans defence. Changeover

Jake Clifford grubbered into the leg of Mitch Rein and came up with it. The ref ruled played at, 6 more coming up for the Cows

Cowboys are in great attacking position

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of the final match of Round 3 and we are in Townsville where we will see if the Cowboys can get their first win of the season against the Gold Coast Titans. Valentine Holmes will start at fullback for the first time this year, with Justin O'Neill coming into the side on the wing and Scott Drinkwater pushing to five-eighth to cover the loss of the injured Michael Morgan. For the Titans, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui will move to prop to accomodate Tyrone Peachey's move to starting lock, while Moeaki Fotuaika will come off the bench. Kickoff in about 3 minutes or so