Live: Cowboys look to rebound from 70-point thrashing

Round 23 of the NRL season will kick off on Thursday night with Gold Coast hosting North Queensland. The Cowboys will be out to make amends after last week's humiliating loss to the Roosters where they conceded the third-most points in a single game of any team in history. The Titans will be playing for pride but have made progress in recent weeks and will fancy their chances of adding another win to their tally.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:12pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:12pm19' Titans can't strikeTaulagi gets a hand to a pass and knocks it on, Titans have a fresh set on the attacking 40.A high tackle helps them build some pressure. Brimson dinks a kick through on the last, Ieremia has a shot at the ball but it's a very difficult chance and he can't get it down.Cowboys restart from the 20.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:06pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:06pm13' Cowboys get anotherA set restart puts the Cowboys back in the red zone, Purdue jumps out of dummy half and he's got Clifford running a good, hard line to score an easy try.That was soft and that was ominous. Drinkwater converts and it's 12-0 in quick time.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:02pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:02pm9' Titans can't replyTaumalolo loses it as he brings the ball back from the kick off to put the Titans right on the attack.It's not much of a set and they knock it on late in the count. Cowboys hang on.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:00pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 8:00pm7' Taumalolo breaks four-year tryscoring droughtDrinkwater nails a 40/20 to put the Cowboys on the attack.Just a few plays later Luke drops Taumalolo over and he powers his way in for a try! I can't believe it! That's his first try in four years!Drinkwater converts and it's 6-0 Cowboys.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:53pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:53pmAnd away we go!Cowboys kick us off, running right to left.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:46pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:46pmTipsI'm going the Cowboys for this one but given the week they've had, who knows what could happen?They're trying to rebound from the kind of loss that happens once a century.Let's say Cowboys by ten with Jason Taumalolo to score first, just because.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:32pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:32pmFinal teams: Titans vs CowboysA couple of changes for Gold Coast - Lachlan Ilias has been benched with AJ Brimson moving from centre to halfback and Jaylen de Groot lining up out wide.Sam Verrills will start at hooker with Oliver Pascoe moving to the bench and Josh Patson will start at second row with Arama Hau riding the pine.Only change for the Cowboys is John Bateman joining the bench and Kaiden Lahrs dropping off.Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:28pmThu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:28pmHello and welcome to the ABC's live blog for Titans-Cowboys.Yes, we're back at it again - another Thursday night, another live blog for your footballing pleasure.It's an all-Queensland affair tonight with Gold Coast hosting North Queensland.Should be an interesting one given the Cowboys are trying to come back after conceding 82 - yes, 82 - points last week against the Roosters.Intriguing stuff! Let's see what happens next.