NRL 2023: North Queensland Cowboys v Warriors, match report, teams, video, highlights, scores, Scott Drinkwater, Tein Tuauupiki, Charnze Nicole Krokstad, Tom Chester

The upset sent the Warriors to a 13th consecutive defeat in Australia, once again crushing a North Queensland attack that had started strongly.

Cooper Kronk told Fox League: “This is the Warriors’ best performance in Australia.

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Tom Chester replaced the suspended Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater and the young Gunn got off to a dream start by scoring the first try and scoring the team’s second try.

Halfback Chad Townsend stabbed Glover and hit the uprights in the fifth minute, allowing Chester to pounce to score the first NRL try.

The Warriors fought back when Toff Harris smashed through the middle and Wade Egan offloaded to take the fight from 10 meters out.

“It was all cowboys for the first 10 minutes, and Egan wriggled back,” said Greg Alexander.

But Chester threw in another Townsend kick in the 14th minute, this time ahead of Warriors debutant fullback Tein Tuaupiki before Reece Robson scored.

But from there, the Cowboys did not score and slaughtered another. After getting off to a good start, it declined.

In the season opener, they had a shot after 35 minutes against the Raiders to make it 18–0, but only held on to a 75th-minute field goal to hold on to a 19–18 win.

The following week, they led the Broncos 8-0 after 20 minutes before losing 28-16, and the trend continued against the Warriors.

“Their offense got worse the longer the game went on,” Andrew Voss told Fox League.

“Something’s wrong with the Cowboys at the moment. They got off to a great start in their first three games and only won one of them,” replied Greg Alexander.

Without a quick fix, Todd Payten’s men face a 1-3 start to the season next week when they face the high-flying Titans.

The Kiwis scored their second in the 29th minute when a simple overlap saw Marcelo Montoya cross in the corner.

The Warriors scored twice in five minutes when Sean Johnson found Dylan Walker and put Jaz Tebaga through a hole near the line.

“Johnson did a great job keeping everyone tight…and the timing from the other two players was absolutely perfect,” said Alexander.

The Warriors picked up where they left off when Edward Kosi dove into the corner, scoring eight minutes into the second half.

Another simple overlap saw the visitors cross again and Montoya scored their second after scoring in a corner in the 56th minute.

Warriors hooker Egan was knocked out in the 69th minute while attempting to tackle Cowboys captain Jason Taumamarolo.

first published as ‘Best performance in a long time’: Warriors dominate Cowboys, record 13th straight loss in Australia