BACK ROWER Heilum Luki crashed over with two minutes to go to snatch victory for North Queensland in a sizzling derby against Brisbane.
Tom Duffy, a 23-year-old former Cowboy, kicked a long range field goal to seemingly deliver Brisbane a win with five minutes left in regulation time.
But the Cowboys quickly responded, fullback Scott Drinkwater tying it up at the other end with three left.
After a poor start to the season, Todd Payten’s side has now strung together four consecutive wins.
NORTH QUEENSLAND 34 (Purdue Laybutt Luke Drinkwater Chester Luki tries Clifford 5 goals Drinkwater field goal) beat BRISBANE 31 (Staggs Karapani Arthars Mam Talty tries Duffy 5 goals field goal) at Suncorp Stadium. Crowd: 45,582
Teams:
BRISBANE: Jesse Arthars; Josiah Karapani, Kotoni Staggs, Gehamat Shibsaki, Deine Mariner; Ezra Mam, Thomas Duffy; Corey Jensen, Cory Paix, Payne Haas, Brendan Piakura, Jordan Riki, Pat Carrigan (c). Res: Blake Mozer, Xavier Willison, Ben Talty, Ablix Tawha, Hayze Perham, Josh Rogers.
NQ: Scott Drinkwater; Murray Taulagi, Jaxson Purdue, Tom Chester, Zac Laybutt; Jake Clifford, Tom Dearden (c); Coen Hess, Reed Mahoney, Jason Taumalolo, Heilum Luki, Kai O’Donnell, Rueben Cotter. Res: Soni Luke, Griffin Neame, Thomas Mikaele, Matthew Lodge.
Referee: Ashley Klein.
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