
North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Head Coach Todd Payten has reduced his squad to 19 ahead of Saturday's clash with the Wests Tigers.
Tom Duffy, Karl Lawton, Tom Mikaele, Braidon Burns and Jamal Shibasaki are the five players to drop out of the 24-man squad named on Tuesday.
Saturday’s game kicks off at 5.30pm.
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Cowboys team to play Wests Tigers:
2. Rob Derby
3. Zac Laybutt
5. Jaxson Paulo
6. Jaxon Purdue
7. Tom Dearden (C)
9. Reece Robson
10. Sam McIntyre
11. John Bateman
12. Jeremiah Nanai
13. Reuben Cotter (C)
Interchange
14. Harrison Edwards
15. Kai O’Donnell
16. Griffin Neame
17. Coen Hess
Reserves
18. Jake Clifford
23. Kaiden Lahrs