North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Head Coach Todd Payten had reduced his squad to 19 ahead of Saturday's clash with the St George Illawarra Dragons in Sydney.
Semi Valemei, Emarly Bitungane and Jake Clifford are the three players to drop out of the 22-man squad named on Tuesday.
Saturday’s game kicks off at 4.30pm (QLD).
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Cowboys team to play Dragons:
2. Kyle Feldt
4. Zac Laybutt
6. Tom Dearden (c)
9. Reece Robson
10. Jason Taumalolo
12. Jeremiah Nanai
13. Reuben Cotter (c)
Interchange
14. Jake Granville
15. Griffin Neame
16. Sam McIntyre
17. Jack Gosiewski
Reserves
18. Tom Chester
19. Tom Mikaele