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Updated Cowboys team list: Round 18 v Sharks

North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Head Coach Todd Payten will rest Tom Dearden for Friday night's clash against the Cronulla Sharks at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. 

Ben Hampton will now start at five-eighth, with 21-year-old local junior Tom Chester named to make his NRL debut off the bench. 

Emry Pere and Ben Condon are the other two players to drop out of the 22-man squad named on Tuesday. 

Friday’s game kicks off at 6pm.

Cowboys team to play Sharks:

1.    Scott Drinkwater

2.    Kyle Feldt

3.    Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow

4.    Peta Hiku

5.    Brendan Elliot

16.  Ben Hampton

7.    Chad Townsend (c)

8.    Jamayne Taunoa-Brown

9.    Reece Robson

10.  Coen Hess

11.  Tom Gilbert

12.  Connelly Lemuelu

13.  Jason Taumalolo (c)

Interchange

14.  Jake Granville

15.  Luciano Leilua

17.  Griffin Neame

18.  Tom Chester

Reserves

20.  Kane Bradley

22.  Riley Price

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.