The injury-ravaged Brisbane Broncos hosted the North Queensland Cowboys at Lang Park.
The Cowboys have been absolutely dominant.
Almost 60 per cent possession, 22 sets to 17, yet they only lead by six points.
A big crowd in Brisbane enjoyed a genuine thriller.
Cowboys Pressure Tells as Drinkwater Scores
Tom Dearden pumps and then sends Heilum Luki through a gap.
He draws the attention of the Broncos defenders and passes to Scott Drinkwater at full pace.
He drags the ball in and races over to score!
The Cowboys kick the extras and it’s 24-12 to the Cowboys!
Haas Hamstring Injury
Payne Haas is off and footage showed him getting treatment on the sideline.
It is a hamstring injury, according to Fox Sports.
The Broncos say it’s OK, but he only played 25 minutes and is now on the bike.
Broncos Fight Back Briefly
It’s a lovely pass by Ezra Mam down the short side to release Josiah Karapani.
It’s a bit of a miss from the Cowboys defence, who had the numbers but were sucked in to the dummy run by Gehamat Shibasaki.
The kick, from the sideline by Duffy, is superb!
The score is 12-18 to the Cowboys.
The Broncos get a desperately needed penalty to get themselves upfield after a little clip of the head by Thomas Mikaele.
They’ll start things in the Cowboys territory.
Cowboys Extend Their Lead
The pressure was always going to tell, but in the end it was a simple run from dummy half by Luke that earns the Cowboys their third try.
The kick is good and the lead is 18-6.
The Broncos are falling off tackles, it’s been pretty glaring early on during the sets.
The goal line defence has been just as good as it always is though, desperate stuff, Josiah Karapani in particular has made a couple of huge tackles.
But Kotoni Staggs knocks a kick bomb on and there will still be pressure.
Drinkwater, Clifford, Dearden, all the Cowboys big names are stepping up and causing the Broncos all sorts of problems.
The Broncos have a goal line drop out, they go short and win the ball back!
Duffy has been really good in the opening 20 minutes.
Too deep, over the sideline on the full and it puts the Cowboys on the attack inside the Broncos 30.
Big news for the Cowboys, hooker Reed Mahoney will not return.