FULL TIME - A controversial game yet again but the Sydney Roosters have taken a 30-16 victory
Sam Walker from 7m in from touch strikes the conversion beautifully and the conversion slides inside the left upright
Daniel Tupou scores his second try of the night as the Roosters spun the ball wide to the left and the mismatch in numbers caught the Cowboys out
Sam Walker tried to get too clever on the play instead of going right flicks back out to the left and finds Jake Clifford on the chest
Ikuvalu looked all sorts trying to get underneath the Clifford bomb but does a great job taking the catch
Adam Keighran converts the penalty goal from close enough to in front
Lachlan Burr is off to the sin bin now for a high tackle in an absolute farcical moment. Tedesco slips and is on his knees and Burr can't avoid contact as he was already committed to the tackle
UNSUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: The Roosters challenged the knock-on call from Ben Cummins but the replays show the call was right
Javid Bowen knocks on after the Cowboys play was poor
Good catch up high from Matt Ikuvalu under pressure
SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE: Scott Drinkwater called for a knock-on but challenges the call claiming a push in the back before he picks up the ball; Replays show there was a push from Lachlan Lam
Joey Manu takes a much needed catch ingoal as the Roosters go to the 20 and get a 7 tackle set
Siosiua Taukeiaho drops the ball after a poor pass came his way
Adam Keighran misses the conversion attempt as it hits the post and bounces away; 1/5 now for the Roosters kickers
TEDESCO MAGIC - James Tedesco beats 5 tackles to get through out of dummy half before putting the ball up to Angus Crichton who scores
Ben Marschke at dummy half knocks the ball on and the try is knocked back; Though Joseph Manu dropped it in trying to ground it so Henry in the bunker would've had two reasons to knock it back
PENALTY ROOSTERS: Play breaks down after a flop from the Cowboys and the Roosters get the penalty
Awful last tackle kick from Scott Drinkwater and Matt Ikavalu runs 35m to well and truly release the pressure on his side
Valentine Holmes penalty goal stays right of the posts and the touch judges wave it away
Valentine Holmes lines up the penalty goal from 13m in from the right touchline and it's no good as it goes to the right
Angus Crichton ON REPORT for a late hit on Mitchell Dunn
Angus Crichton ON REPORT for a late hit on Mitchell Dunn
Matt Ikuvalu can't take the very high bomb and the Cowboys are on the attack
Valentine Holmes converts from close range to close the gap to 2
BANG - The Cowboys have hit top gear instantly with some excellent ball movement as the shifted left and then Holmes got straight over Sam Walker, held the ball up long enough to draw in Tedesco before finding the pass.
SECOND HALF IS GO! Cowboys are using the ball first for the second half
HALF TIME at Suncorp Stadium and the Sydney Roosters were quick out of the blocks but the Cowboys hit back hard to trail 18-10
Brilliant defence from the Roosters as Murray Taulagi is driven into touch as he charges at the line
Repeat set for the Cowboys after Recce Robson created space through the middle
Valentine Holmes converts from in front
Reece Robson has been a threat all night. This time he goes through the middle, throws the dummy draws James Tedesco in and finds Drinkwater who scores under the sticks
PENALTY COWBOYS: No sin bin as the Roosters concede a penalty for a tackle that goes over the horizontal
Valentine Holmes' conversion attempt from out wide was absolutely awful
Javid Bowen crosses out wide after some good work as they have the extra man
SET RESTART x 2 - Roosters called inside the 10m twice by Ben Cummins and could sin bin 12 be coming?
Sitili Tupouniua becomes player number 11 for the Sin bin this weekend after a forceful high contact penalty
Sam Walker's kicking radar is off the mark tonight as another wide conversion attempt is off the mark.
Angus Crichton gets over and it's just too simple as Crichton got the ball close to the line and Kyle Feldt is just a passenger as he tries to tackle Crichton
PENALTY ROOSTERS: Kyle Feldt's kick off is a poor one and is about 2m wide of the field of play
Sam Walker's conversion attempt from the right sideline goes across the face of the posts
The Roosters go left then spread it to the right with some amazing passing out to Matt Ikavalu who had enough to score
Kyle Feldt ruled to have knocked the ball over the dead ball line before Daniel Tupou and replays show Ben Cummins got the call right
BUNKER CHECK: Josh Morris has claimed the try which was awarded by Ben Cummins on the run - Henry Perenara asked to have another look at it and ruled that the ball was initially knocked out of Lachlan Lam's grip by Clifford into Lam who inadvertently knocked it on.
PENALTY ROOSTERS: Cowboys penalised for a strip and fall back under pressure again
Jason Taumalolo loses the ball in a strong tackle as he got close to the line before regathering
Matt Ikavalu trapped ingoal by the Cowboys much to the chagrin of the Roosters who thought Ikavalu was tackled in the field of play
SIX AGAIN - Ben Cummins rules that Matt Ikavalu dropped the high kick from Drinkwater rather than it being a tap back.
James Tedesco takes a great catch above his head on the pass but then gets hit hard by Connelly Lemuelu and loses the ball
Sam Walker converts his own try from just left to the uprights
Sam Walker pulls out the magic yet again - Goes inside after running to the line finding Victor Radley who gets the ball back to Walker to score
Sam Walker's conversion strays to the left of the uprights
Daniel Tupou gets over and plays it cool as he just keeps his feet inside the sideline
OFF THE HOOK - Joey Manu steals the ball first tackle legally according to Ben Cummins and now the Roosters are on the attack
REPEAT SET - The Cowboys force the repeat set after another good kick from Jake Clifford sees Matt Ikavalu do nothing other than get pushed touch ingoal.
SIX AGAIN - Reece Robson goes up the middle and catches the Roosters offside and Ben Cummins calls it
BOOM - Daniel Tupou with the hit-up on tackle 2 and gets driven back into his own ingoal
Good kick from Jake Clifford but it's cleaned up nicely by Tedesco
IN TOUCH - The kick-off from Kyle Feldt takes a poor bounce for the Roosters and goes into touch
GAME ON! Ben Cummins in a record-equalling 393rd NRL game calls time on
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Belinda Sharpe, David Munro
Video Referee: Henry Perenara
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (30)
Tries: Daniel Tupou (2), Sam Walker, Matt Ikuvalu, Angus Crichton (2)
Conversions: Sam Walker (2/5), Adam Keighran (0/1)
Penalty Goals: Adam Keighran (1/1)
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS (16)
Tries: Javid Bowen, Scott Drinkwater (2)
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Valentine Holmes (0/1)