North Queensland Cowboys
Captain: Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Coach: Paul Green
Round 1: v Roosters, Saturday 7 March, 1300Smiles Stadium
Attack: 94
Defence: 91
Prediction: 2nd
Strongest 17
1 Lachlan Coote
2 Antonio Winterstein
3 Tautau Moga
4 Kane Linnett
5 Justin O’Neill
6 Michael Morgan
7 Johnathan Thurston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPRAaGD4Ms
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8 James Tamou
9 Jake Granville
10 Matt Scott
11 Gavin Cooper
12 Ethan Lowe
13 Jason Taumalolo
14 Ben Hannant
15 Cameron King
16 Glenn Hall
17 Scott Bolton
Highlight: The Cowboys in only their second ever grand final?
Lowlight: North Queensland losing one (or two) of their big name forwards in James Tamou and Jason Taumalolo.
It’s now or never for Johnathan Thurston and the Cowboys who are still chasing their maiden premiership. Thurston will never be as good as he is this year and has an arsenal of attacking weapons around him at his disposal. They boast two Australian props, the returning Lachlan Coote and one of the unsung heroes of 2014 in Michael Morgan. And that’s not even mentioning the irresistible force we call Jason Taumalolo.
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