IT wasn’t a game for defensive purists.
North Queensland winger Murray Taulagi and Cronulla centre KL Iro each post hat-tricks in the highest scoring NRL game of the year, a 46-34 win for the Cowboys at Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Iro completed his hat-trick with four minutes to go, giving the Townsville crowd some anxious moments but the Cowboys went on to level their ledger for the year at 4-4.
NORTH QUEENSLAND 46 (Taulagi 3 Drinkwater Mahoney Burns Luke Dearden Luki tries Clifford 5 goals) beat CRONULLA 28 (Iro 3 Talakai 2 Mahoney tries Hynes 5 goals) at QCB Stadium.
Teams:
NQ: Scott Drinkwater; Braidon Burns, Jaxson Purdue, Tom Chester, Murray Taulagi; Jake Cliffotd, Tom Dearden (c); Coen Hess, Reed Mahoney, Jason Taumalolo, Heilum Luki, Tom Mikaele, Reuben Cotter. Res: Jeremiah Nanai, Soni Luke, Sam McIntryre, Griffin Neame, Matt Lodge, Zac Laybutt.
CRONULLA:William Kennedy; Mawene Hiroti, Siosifa Talakai, KL Iro, Sam Stonestreet; Braydon Trindall, Nicho Hynes; Addin Fonua-Blake, Blayke Brailey, Toby Rudolph, Billy Burns, Teig Wilton, Jesse Colquhoun. Res: Briton Nikora, Cameron McInnes, Oregon Kaufusi, Tom Hazelton, Hihepa Puru, Riley Jones.
Referee: Belinda Sharp.
