LIVE: NRL star's 'ambitious' Blues prediction

Sunia Turuva near the tract for a caput wounded appraisal but is inactive a accidental to instrumentality contiguous aft being classified arsenic a class 2 concussion.

Turuva could instrumentality successful the adjacent 15 minutes if helium passes each the indispensable test.

North Queensland equalise done Scott Drinkwater - the play starting and finishing with the fullback.

Upon receiving the ball, Tom Dearden zig-zagged past Jack Cogger earlier uncovering Drinkwater with a centreing pass.

Chad Townsend follows up with the conversion.

Scores are tied, 6-6.

Izack Tago scores wrong the opening 3 minutes!

Five-eighth Jack Cogger positions the shot cleanable connected the effort line, allowing Tago to cod the crumbs and dive over.

In the lack of Nathan Cleary, Cogger steps up to instrumentality the conversion and kicks truly.

Panthers pb 6-0.

We are underway successful Townsville!

Penrith with the first tally of the ball.

North Queensland Cowboys:

1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Zac Laybutt 4. Peta Hiku 5. Semi Valemei 6. Tom Dearden 7. Chad Townsend 8. Jordan McLean 9. Jake Granville 10. Coen Hess 11. Luciano Leilua 12. Heilum Luki 16. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 13. Jason Taumalolo 14. Sam McIntyre 15. Griffin Neame 17. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 18. Brendan Elliot

Penrith Panthers:

1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Tyrone Peachey 5. Thomas Jenkins 6. Jaeman Salmon 7. Jack Cogger 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Zac Hosking 13. Matt Eisenhuth 14. Soni Luke 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Luke Garner 19. Liam Henry 18. Jack Cole

Darren Lockyer has predicted a choky contention betwixt the Cowboys and the Panthers.

"Penrith volition support well. They cognize however to bent successful there, they've been doing it for years truthful they'll get successful the arm-wrestle tonight, they'll beryllium physical," helium told Nine's coverage.

"But successful attack, they did good with nary [Nathan] Clearly past week but there's nary Isaah Yeo contiguous and I truly deliberation that volition alteration the mode they onslaught and I deliberation that volition springiness the vantage to the Cowboys due to the fact that the Cowboys for mine, with Chad Townsend there, the crippled is an arm-wrestle and it comes down to large moments.

"I spell with the acquisition No.7 for the Cowboys to get them home."

Jason Taumalolo is acceptable to spell successful his instrumentality game.

The star fastener has missed the Cowboys' past 7 games aft undergoing genu surgery.

"A small spot tense earlier the game. This is astir apt my longest stint connected the sidelines truthful it feels similar my archetypal ever crippled again tonight," helium told Nine's coverage.

"I'm looking guardant to going retired determination and conscionable being portion of the squad situation again.

Taumalolo admitted helium was not definite however manager Todd Payten would usage him against the Panthers.

"I person nary thought astatine the moment," helium grinned.

"I'll travel connected [from the bench] and spot however the crippled pans out, and past Toddy [Payten] volition spell from there."