North Queensland Toyota Cowboys co-captain Reuben Cotter will return for Sunday’s home-opener against the Gold Coast Titans at Queensland Country Bank Stadium.
Cotter missed the Cowboys Round 2 clash with the Wests Tigers through a family matter, but has been named to return at lock for the XXXX Derby against the Titans.
The remainder of Todd Payten’s 22-man squad is mostly unchanged, with Zac Laybutt’s inclusion in the reserves at the expense of Robert Derby the only alteration from Round 2.
Laybutt has missed the opening two rounds of the season through suspension.
Sunday’s game kicks off at 5.15pm.
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Cowboys team to play Titans:
3. Jaxon Purdue
4. Tom Chester
7. Tom Dearden (c)
8. Coen Hess
9. Reed Mahoney
10. Jason Taumalolo
11. Heilum Luki
12. Sam McIntyre
13. Reuben Cotter (c)
Interchange
14. Soni Luke
15. Kai O’Donnell
16. Griffin Neame
17. Harrison Edwards
18. Zac Laybutt
19. Liam Sutton
20. Kaiden Lahrs
21. Matt Lodge
22. Ethan King
