Updated Cowboys NRL team list: Round 9 v Bulldogs

North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Head Coach Todd Payten has reduced his squad to 20 ahead of Friday's clash with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Kai O'Donnell and Mason Barber are the two players to drop out of the 22-man squad named on Tuesday.

Friday’s game kicks off at 6pm.

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Cowboys team to play Bulldogs:

1. Scott Drinkwater

2. Braidon Burns

3. Jaxon Purdue

4. Tom Chester

5. Zac Laybutt

6. Jake Clifford

7. Tom Dearden (c)

8. Coen Hess

9. Reed Mahoney

10. Jason Taumalolo

11. Heilum Luki

12. Jeremiah Nanai

13. Reuben Cotter (c)

Interchange

14. Soni Luke

15. Sam McIntyre

16. Tom Mikaele

17. Griffin Neame

18. Matt Lodge

21. Kaiden Lahrs

22. Robert Derby