North Queensland Cowboys

It took a while for them to get going, but the Panthers eventually turned on the style to record a thumping win over the Roosters after the Sharks held on against the Cowboys.

The Sharks made it four wins on the trot by hanging on to beat the Cowboys at Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Friday night.

The NRL has once again come under scrutiny for the implementation of its crackdown on head-high contact after an incident that was described as an “absolute travesty” on Friday night. It came when Aiden Tolman took the ball up in the 77th minute and was collected high by Reece Robson.

Cronulla have won four games in a row for the first time since 2018, ending North Queensland's five-match win streak in Townsville.

Top eight spots are on the line tonight as the seventh-placed Cowboys take on the ninth-placed Sharks in Townsville. A win for the Cowboys tonight will keep them in seventh spot on the NRL ladder, while a loss could see them fall out of the top eight by the end …

The team School at 5pm in Round 3 of Queensland’s premier schoolboys competition – and you can watch the action live on this website. The same schools will play in the Cowboys Challenge at 4pm, with that game also being livestreamed.

Valentine Holmes is free to play in State of Origin II after escaping sanction from the NRL's match review committee. The North Queensland fullback was put on report for a suspected shoulder charge in the Cowboys' 50-18 loss to Manly on Friday night.

Queensland’s hopes of squaring the Origin series could be dealt a massive blow with star fullback Valentine Holmes in hot water for a shoulder charge against the Sea Eagles. In the 40th minute of the Cowboys’ clash with Manly Holmes attempted a tackle on try-scorer Haumole Olakau’atu,

A Shaun Johnson field goal in the 78th minute gives Cronulla a 19-18 win over Penrith, while Manly shows it can win without Tom Trbojevic via a 50-18 thrashing of North Queensland.

Sea Eagles skipper Daly Cherry-Evans needed just 48 hours to bury the demons of Origin I as he led his side to an emphatic 50-18 win over North Queensland at 4 Pines Park on Friday night.