Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Cowboys team:
1. Tomas Chester 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Valentine Holmes 4. Gehamat Shibasaki 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Chad Townsend 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Griffin Neame 11. Coen Hess 12. Jeremiah Nanai 13. Jason Taumalolo 14. Jake Granville 15. Heilum Luki 16. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 17. James Tamou 18. Brendan Elliot 19. Riley Price 20. Mitchell Dunn 21. Laitia Moceidreke 22. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki
Mitch Dunn could slot into the starting side after making a successful return via Queensland Cup last week. The middle forward sat out of the 2022 season with an ACL injury.
The North Queensland Cowboys were awful against the Warriors last week, so punters should expect them to come out much better against the Titans.
There should have been a strong message to the players to never assume you’re going to win with a half-effort performance. They have also won twelve of the last fifteen against Gold Coast. Rueben Cotter is out with a knee injury which gives Griffin Neame a start and James Tamou goes on the bench.
Titans team:
1. AJ Brimson 2. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 3. Brian Kelly 4. Aaron Schoupp 5. Phillip Sami 6. Kieran Foran 7. Tanah Boyd 8. Moeaki Fotuaika 9. Chris Randall 10. Tino Fa’asuamaleaui 11. David Fifita 12. Joe Stimson 13. Isaac Liu 14. Jayden Campbell 15. Jo Vuna 16. Erin Clark 17. Iszac Fa’asumaleaui 18. Klese Haas 19. Sam McIntyre 20. Toby Sexton 21. Keano Kini 22. Treymain Spry
The Titans will start with the same side who beat Melbourne Storm last week. They looked good at times but tend to drift in and out of games which is a mental attitude. They need to fix this if they want to stay in touch with the top six.
Prediction.
I think the Cowboys should be to good especially in front of the home crowd, and The bet for me is, Cowboys minus 4.5 points @ $1.65, but I might go for the Titans with a plus 11.5 @ $1.63
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