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Live updates: Trial v Storm

8:40pm: 

8:28pm:

73' - Hampton extends the Cowboys lead. Kahu unable to convert. Cowboys lead 14-6.

8:04pm:

50' - TRY! Some quick hands Michael Morgan and Gavin Cooper sees Justin O'Neill score 5m in from touch. The wind gets a hold of Kahu's conversion. Cowboys lead 10-6.

7:56pm: 

Back underway at BB Print Stadium.

7:40pm: 

7:35pm: 

37' - Drinkwater jumps on a grubber kick for the Storms' first points. Smith converts. 6-all.

7:30pm:

32' - TRY! Gavin Cooper scores the first points of the match. He can find the try line! Kahu converts his first kick as a Cowboy. NQ lead 6-0. 

7:14pm: 

15' - The score remains 0-0.

7:01pm:

1' - We are underway! Melbourne getting first use of the football. 

5:58pm:

FT: Blackhawks run out 26-18 winners in Mackay. 

5:48pm:

5:45pm:

68' - A try by the Cutters reduces the margin to 8 points, setting up an exciting last 12 minutes. 

5:35pm:

57' - The Blackhawks lead 26-14. 

5:30pm:

5:01pm: 

34' - Levi Dodd scores out wide to regain the lead for the Blackhawks. Converted. Townsville lead 12-8. 

4:56pm:

28' - The Cutters add to their lead. Try unconverted. They lead the Blackhawks 8-6 with 12 minutes remaining before the break.

4:42pm: 

14' - The Cutters hit back out wide. The conversion is waved away. Blackhawks lead 6-4. 

4:32pm: 

2' - The Blackhawks take an early 6-0 lead.

4:27pm

4:16pm 

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4:10pm: 

Only 20 minutes away from the Queensland Cup pre-season clash between the Mackay Cutters and the Townsville Blackhawks, with plenty of Cowboys talent on show. 

The Cutters will have Shane Wright, Reuben Cotter, Emry Pere, Dan Russell, Carlin Anderson and Logan Bayliss-Brow, while Tom Gilbert has been named to start at lock for the Blackhawks. 

We'll keep you updated with scores throughout the game. 

3:32pm: 

Acknowledgement of Country

North Queensland Cowboys respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on.