North Queensland Cowboys

Read on for the latest NRL club news in Off-season Central. Get all the latest NRL news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. Sign up now!!! Veteran halfback Chad Townsend is anticipating some competition for spots in the 2022 Cowboys side.

Javid Bowen's NRL comeback has been tragically cut short after the Cowboys centre was forced to call time on his career due to complications from a knee injury. Bowen suffered a ruptured MCL and ACL against the Sydney Roosters in July after making nine consecutive appearances for the team.

The Cowboys have re-signed versatile forward and Maroons enforcer Coen Hess until the end of the 2024 season. Hess has made 118 NRL appearances since debuting at the Cowboys as a teenager in 2015. The former second-rower made the transition to a middle forward in 2021,

The Cowboys have confirmed Coen Hess will remain in North Queensland after wrapping up a contract extension with the former Queensland Origin rep just days before he would have sprung onto the open market.

There were high hopes for North Queensland in 2021 with first-year coach Todd Payten confident a new and improved Cowboys outfit would surge back into the finals frame. Payten's return to Townsville as a head coach brought plenty of optimism following Paul Green's departure but produced a mixed season with …

Newly appointed Maroons coach Billy Slater has made his first big move as the man in charge, bringing in respected assistant Josh Hannay. Hannay's appointment comes following two seasons as an interim head coach with the Cowboys and Sharks in the NRL.

Tabuai-Fidow had a breakout year for the Cowboys in 2021, playing across the backline in the centres, wing and finishing the season at fullback. His fine form and scintillating runs scored the Cairns junior a call-up to Queensland's State of Origin side,

Former Cowboys grand final playmaker Te Maire Martin is making a comeback to rugby league and attempting to win a contract with the Brisbane Broncos. Martin retired from the game at just 24 in 2019 following bleeding in the brain and his career looked over when specialists barred him from …

Harry Ramage and I reviewed the teams that finished outside of the eight. Click here to read about the Bulldogs, Cowboys, Broncos and Tigers. And here for the review on the Warriors, Dragons, Raiders and Sharks.

Former North Queensland Cowboys star Jonathon Thurston was involved in an awkward moment ahead of Sunday’s NRL Grand Final. The North Queensland Cowboys legend was given the responsibility of welcoming the players and fans to Yuggera Country ahead of …