The Warriors were top eight regulars and won six of their next nine games against the Cowboys. The Warriors grinded out an win in the final round of to leapfrog the Cowboys on the ladder into sixth spot. It would prove crucial in the context of the last season the McIntyre Finals System was used — both teams lost in week one, but while seventh-placed Cowboys were eliminated, the Warriors got another bite at the cherry and went all the way to the grand final.
The Cowboys fought back from 14 points down with 10 minutes left to level the scores on fulltime, but Kyle Feldt missed a title-winning conversion after the siren. Jordan Meads snapped a golden point field goal to give the Warriors their second straight Unders premiership. The Cowboys racked up their biggest-ever win over the Warriors — who were in the midst of a late-season collapse — in , with Ashley Graham scoring three tries and Johnathan Thurston kicking eight goals in a rout.
But the Warriors pulled off twin upsets of the heavyweight Cowboys early in and , the latter their first win in Townsville for 12 years.
Glen Fisiiahi notched a double and Konrad Hurrell played a crucial role off the bench with a second-half try in a nail-biter. The eventual champion Cowboys upset the hot favourite Warriors in the semi-finals of the inaugural NRL Auckland Nines, avenging a pool game defeat with an shutout that silenced the Eden Park crowd.
The Warriors restored their point lead with tries either side of halftime to Solomone Kata and Manu Vatuvei, and were still in front with 10 minutes to go. With the injury-ravaged Warriors limping towards the end of , the Cowboys overcame an early deficit to romp to a victory at Mt Smart in their Round 24 clash. Kyle Feldt scorched over for a hat-trick and Coen Hess scored on debut for the eventual premiers. The Warriors — despite missing linchpin Shaun Johnson — showed more fight during the back-end of , holding their hosts to a all halftime scoreline and staying in the contest until the final 30 seconds, when Javid Bowen ran the length to seal a victory for the Cowboys.
The Warriors claimed just their second win in their last 12 visits to Townsville — and chalked up two wins over the Cowboys in the same season for the first time since — with a gritty victory in Round RTS at his blistering and evasive best!
The Cowboys regained bragging rights in , outlasting a disappointing Warriors outfit at Mt Smart early in the season. Kodi Nikorima and Eliesa Katoa were also outstanding in the see-sawing encounter. Willie Poching: A highly-rated former Junior Kiwi, dynamic back-rower Poching played two first grade games for the fledgling Auckland Warriors in , scoring one try. He moved to North Queensland in , playing four times for the Cowboys.
He played a total of games for seven different NRL clubs from , beginning with South Sydney before appearing for Super League-aligned North Queensland nine games and Hunter two games in When the game came back together, Smith spent with the Warriors 10 games followed by stints with Balmain, Wests Tigers and Canberra.
He is now a player agent. The NFL uses a system that rotates around with a few wild-cards thrown in. But, as we all know, some teams get better and some teams get worse every offseason. We were a good example of getting worse this year. The regular season begins we hope!
The four teams from another division within its conference on a rotating three-year cycle 4 games. The four teams from a division in the other conference on a rotating four-year cycle 4 games. These games match a first-place team against the first-place teams in the two same-conference divisions the team is not scheduled to play that season.
Born in Murgon, the North Queensland product debuted for the Cowboys in and returned to the club in after short spells at Gold Coast and Penrith. Cooper formed a vaunted try-scoring partnership with Cowboys great Johnathan Thurston, three times scoring over 10 tries in a season. He also captained the club during their run to the grand final with Thurston and Matt Scott both injured.
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