LIVE: Cowboys gun's zero to hero moment

And there's the siren successful Townsville.

The Cowboys had a superb accidental to adjacent it up connected the siren, but immoderate sensational scrambling defence from the Sharks stifled it brilliantly.

Sharks fastener Cameron McInnes said helium was "very pleased" with his side's archetypal fractional performance.

"Obviously a pugnacious play for some teams going unrecorded for a while, (but) we stuck coagulated determination and came retired the different end," helium told Nine's Danika Mason.

"We request to support doing that the 2nd half. We're adjacent retired determination successful the middle, but it's a good-quality game.

"Where other would you privation to be?

Dangerous times for the Cowboys - the Sharks person scored 2 tries successful the abstraction of 4 minutes to instrumentality the pb coming into fractional time.

First it was Thomas Hazelton who gave his broadside the accidental to level it, earlier Royce Hunt enactment them successful front.

"The Sharks are connected a rampage," Nine caller Mat Thompson said.

Hynes nailed some conversions, and the Sharks pb for the archetypal clip tonight.

This is Semi Valemei's satellite and we're conscionable surviving successful it.

Scott Drinkwater runs crossed the tract and creates an overlap. He fired a slug walk to Peta Hiku, who drags successful different defender earlier getting it distant to Valemei.

That's his ninth effort successful 9 games for the Cowboys.

Drinkwater's conversion is an implicit slug arsenic well. Their six-point pb is restored.

There person inactive lone been a fewer stoppages. This crippled volition commencement to unfastened up aboriginal successful this fractional arsenic bushed legs commencement to show.

Still 14 minutes to fractional time.

The pb didn't past ling - Connor Tracey did a sensational occupation dancing done the Cowboys defence earlier throwing a slug walk to Ronaldo Mulitalo.

The grounding successful the country is centimetre perfect.

The Sharks person enjoyed traveling to North Queensland successful caller times, and they're looking connected tonight.

From the interaction line, Hynes' footwear is cleanable and we're each locked up.

The Sharks looked to beryllium successful aft Scott Drinkwater made a large mistake successful not leaping to instrumentality a kick. It was allowed to bounce, and luckily for him, replays showed it came disconnected Wade Graham's arms and forward.

"No-one volition consciousness much relieved than Scott Drinkwater close now," Billy Slater said successful commentary for Nine.

"As a afloat back, you cognize erstwhile it's your occupation to spell up into the shot and enactment your assemblage connected the enactment and Scott didn't bash that connected that occasion. He volition beryllium the 1 that knows."

But disconnected the pursuing plays, Drinkwater runs astir the Sharks defence for a fantastic solo try.

He past converted his ain try, and gives his broadside a 6-0 lead.

Cracking commencement to this clash - 7 minutes successful and we haven't had a stoppage.

Although connected cur, determination it is. The Sharks penalised for crowding.

This volition springiness the Cowboys their archetypal look of the match.

We're underway successful Townsville, and it's the location broadside with archetypal usage of the Steeden.