Live updates: Cowboys vs Raiders and NRL wrap

Live updates: Cowboys vs Raiders

By Simon Smale

He looks OK, doesn't he!

WOW!!! Coby Black has some talent.

- KB

16' WHAT A TRY!

The Raiders are on one here!

Canberra shifts the ball to the right side and Xavier Savage gets on the outside of his man.

Savage races down the line and, with one Cowboy hanging of his shorts and another sliding in low towards his socks, he kicks ahead inside to a whole pack of his teammates.

The ball falls to the debutant Coby Black, who toes it ahead to his own advantage, he gets the bounce and dots the ball down.

Amazing.

He converts his own try and it's 18-0!

13' The Raiders have another one!

Kaeo Weekes started it, passing flat and short to Matty Nicholson, who runs a clever line to draw Drinkwater forward.

Weekes then finished it, in support on Nicholson's left shoulder and he goes over to score untouched.

That's lovely football.

The Raiders have played some great football this year, it's a bit of a surprise that they've missed finals for me.

Coby Black slots the kick from the other sideline now and it's 12-0!

The crowd in Townsville is a bit quiet...

11' Papalii passes his HIA

Josh Papalii ran off the field for the HIA, so you felt he was always a good chance to come back on - and he will, having passed the assessment.

11' Try Raiders!

Xavier Savage does it all himself!

That's remarkable.

A lovely ball out to the right side, Savage gets it on the sideline, grubbers the ball to himself, runs out of the field of play, regathers after getting back into the field of play, and dots down.

That's a lovely-looking try.

The sideline conversion is a great one from Coby Black and it's 6-0 to the Raiders!

10' Penalty Cowboys, and Jason Taumalolo on report

Jason Taumalolo has been put on report for a high shot.

There have been that many interventions from the referee so far this game that it's developed something of a frantic feet.

5' Noah Martin on report for the Raiders

He went sliding in with his knees to a tackle there and that could have been very nasty.

4' Penalty Cowboys!

The Raiders score after bursting through a massive gap, but it's not going to count.

Ethan Strange was holding the tackler and it's a pretty clear penalty for mine.

A big let off there.

3' Penalty Raiders

Scott Drinkwater loses the ball just in the field of play after a good bomb by Coby Black.

Jaxon Purdue is offside so we'll have a scrum.

And another penalty, Simi Sasagi this time.

The referee warns of a sin binning next penalty.

1' Reuben Cotter is sent to the sin bin!

Disaster for the Cowboys!

Reckless contact according to the referee and Reuben Cotter has a nervous wait!

If he's charged with anything by the judiciary, then he could face a ban that rules him out of finals!

1' Josh Papalii is down!

He has lost the ball in the tackle off the first hit up and has stayed down.

Reed Mahoney was there.

But it was Reuben Cotter who made high contact.

Was it high?

The Bunker is having a long look at this!

1' We're underway in Townsville

Josh Papalii leads out the Raiders

And he looks a little bit emotional too.

This will be his 342nd and final NRL match.

And I think that fact has just about dawned on him.

Double trouble for double-barrelled Daly

Interesting that DCE kicked two field goals in Manly's 2017 one point win in Auckland

- Mike

So, Shaun Johnson kicked a field goal to make it 21-14 in favour of the Warriors with 7 minutes remaining.

Then, after Tom Trbojevic scored a try two minutes later, DCE levelled things with a field goal of his own with two-and-a-half minutes remaining.

Then, in the fourth minute of golden point, DCE slotted another one.

DCE actually missed one earlier in golden point, and Johnson missed one in the final minute of normal time.

It was a field goal frenzy.

NRLW: Roosters maul Cowboys

The Cowboys fans will hope their men perform better than their women's team did earlier this afternoon, as the Roosters ran rampant in scoring 10 tries to one in a 56-6 thrashing.

Corbin Baxter scored the first try in the opening minute for the Roosters, who never looked back.

Jess Sergis scored a double, as did Keeley Nizza in a superb all round performance for the top of the ladder Roosters, who remain unbeaten this season with a perfect 10 out of 10 record.

Team news: Cowboys vs Raiders

Here's how the teams line up in Townsville today.

Cowboys

No changes for the Cowboys, who are 1-19.

Prop Griffin Neame is rested after it was revealed he had been dealing with turf toe pretty much all year.

Jeremiah Nanai has a slight medial ligament issue so is also given the week off, but he'll be back for next week we're assured by Todd Payten.

Zac Laybutt is out with concussion.

Raiders

Ricky Stuart is looking to blood some youngsters, with two-time Maroons Under 19s halfback Coby Black making his first start.

That was confirmed on Tuesday and, like the Cowboys, the Raiders are 1-19 heading into their final game of the year,

If you're looking for Corey Horsburgh, then stop, he is done for the year after undergoing shoulder surgery.

No rain in New Zealand or Queensland

Arvo Simon. I’ve raced home to beat the storm blowing in from the North. Love the Warriors and hope they can hang on. Going to follow you tonight mate and can you arrange for Shark Park to dry out in time for the game against the Storm from the South.

- KB

We had stunning skies in Auckland, and now we've turned our attention north to Townsville, the weather is once again perfect, as you'd expect from the Sunshine State.

I am hoping for three-from-three for you, KB, and that the Sydney storms move on.

FT: Warriors win a thriller!

The Warriors have handed the Panthers the advantage in the race for the NRL minor premiership with a thrilling 31-30 victory over the Manly Sea Eagles.

The Warriors now have a two-point differential advantage over the Panthers, so if Penrith can beat Wests Tigers on Sunday by more than two points, Ivan Cleary's team will finish top of the ladder by season's end.

It took a last-gasp field goal from Chanel Harris-Tavita to give the Warriors the win, with Taine Tuaupiki's wayward kicking off the tee costly for the hosts, who will play in Auckland in the first week of the finals regardless what happens in other matches across the rest of the weekend.

Reuben Garrick scored a double, becoming the fifth Sea Eagle to score 100 NRL tries for the club, as Manly raced into an early lead.

It was Garrick's second try that put the visitors ahead 30-24 with time running out.

However, Tuaupiki atoned for his poor place kicking with a hat-trick, his final try and conversion the leveller with 10 minutes remaining in the game.

Both sides exchanged field goal attempts, both of which were blocked, until Harris-Tavita chipped over with three minutes remaining in the game.