TODAY'S story is brought to you by the
letters M, C & G, for that's where most North Queensland fans
keep up-to-date with their team's progress.
That's a lie of course: I'm willing to
wager more on me being the only Cowboys fan at the Melbourne-St Kilda
game Saturday night than I would on the Demons being able to beat any
team that wasn't formed in the last five years.
Like North Queensland, St Kilda tend to
seriously frustrate their fans. None were more frustrated than the
dreadlocked man that materialised in the seat in front of me during a
bathroom break. He apparently expected an easy win against the
winless Demons, repeatedly banging the seat in front of him; every
time the umpires made a call against the Saints he seemed to take it
more personally than had he found the umpire engaging in a menage
a trois with his mother and
wife.
Any thoughts on
keeping fully up-to-date with the NRL score was blown away the first
time we checked. Both the Cowboys and Rabbitohs are capable of
racking – and conceding - some big scores in quick time; this time
the Rabbitohs put their foot to the floor to take an early 20-0 lead.
Not the greatest news in the world, although once again this was the
game you'd expect some big scoring streaks from either side.
So it proved –
the Cowboys scored the game's remaining points, eventually ending up
four points short. Ashley Graham scored a double and James Segeyaro
one, but unlike the Saints, the Cowboys couldn't come away with a
win. If North Queensland are to advance in the finals - and the talent's definitely there - these are the games they need to win more often than not. While scoring 16 straight is something to applaud, letting in 20 in the first 20 minutes is all too typical.
Typical, and like my mate at the MCG, all too frustrating.
NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS 16 (Graham 2, Segeyaro tries; Thurston 2/3 goals) lost to South Sydney Rabbitohs 20
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