NORTH QUEENSLAND COWBOYS

COACH - Tim Sheens
CAPTAIN - John Lomax
HOME GROUND - Dairy Farmers Stadium
ATTENDANCE RECORD - 30,122 v Brisbane - 5/4/97
MAJOR SPONSOR - TBA

PLAYER ROSTER - Geoff Bell, Greg Bourke, Paul Bowman, Brett Boyd, John Buttigieg, Darrien Doherty, John Doyle, Jody Gall, Noel Goldthorpe, Paul Green, Chad Halliday, Josh Hannay, Brett Hetherington, Peter Jones, Martin Locke, John Lomax, Glen Murphy, Noa Nadruku, Paul Pensini, Scott Prince, Ben Rauter, Matt Ryan, Mark Shipway, Damian Smith, Kris Tassell, Kyle Warren, George Wilson
CENTREBET BETTING - To win, $101.00; Top 8, $5.00; Wooden Spoon, $11.00
MICK'S PICK - 14th LAST YEAR - 16th
MICK'S COMMENTS - The Cowboys have been on a buying spree and purchased a very handy player in Paul Green. He will be called upon to call the plays, all the plays. Beside Green, there isn't much in the way of outstanding game breakers, and they will have a hard road ahead of them for that reason. Noel Goldthorpe is consistant, Lomax is gritty, Hethington is handy, and any number of their youngsters are hopeful, but don't expect them to trouble any of the top teams. They have a chance to make the finals if the new players click with the existing players, but I wouldn't bet my house on it.

1999 DRAW
Regular season All times EST
1 Sun 5-6-7/3 Bye  
2 Sun 12-13-14/3 at Penrith Lost 2-30
3 Sun 19-20-21/3 at Balmain Lost 18-26
4 Sun 26-27-28/3 at North Sydney Lost 18-26
5 Sun 2-3-4-5/4 Sydney City Lost 10-34
6 Sun 9-10-11/4 Penrith Lost 10-32
7 Sun 16-17-18/4 at Auckland Won 24-0
8 Sun 24-25/4 Brisbane Drew 20-20
9 Sun 30/4 1-2/5 Balmain Won 20-14
10 Sun 7-8-9/5 at Manly Lost 22-26
11 Sun 14-15-16/5 Parramatta Lost 12-16
12 Sun 21-22-23/5 Bye  
13 Sun 28-29-30/5 South Sydney Lost 12-14
14 Sun 4-5-6/6 Cronulla Lost 8-22
15 Sun 11-12-13/6 at St.George-Illawarra Lost 18-22
16 Sun 18-19-20/6 at Newcastle Lost 8-24
17 Sun 25-26-27/6 at Sydney City Won 32-18
18 Sun 2-3-4/7 Manly Lost 26-28
19 Sun 9-10-11/7 at Parramatta Lost 12-24
20 Sun 16-17-18/7 Canterbury Lost 18-30
21 Sun 23-24-25/7 at Canberra Lost 8-30
22 Sun 30-31/7 1/8 at Cronulla Lost 8-40
23 Sun 6-7-8/8 Melbourne Lost 24-30
24 Sun 13-14-15/8 Auckland Won 40-14
25 Sun 20-21-22/8 at Western Suburbs Won 36-14
26 Sun 27-28-29/8 North Sydney Lost 18-28
THE TOP SQUAD

1. Matt Ryan
2. Josh Hannay
5. Damien Smith
3. Noa Nadruku
4. Geoff Bell
6. Noel Goldthorpe
7. Paul Green
13. Jody Gall
11. Glen Murphy
12. Kyle Warren
8. Brett Hetherington
10. John Lomax
9. Brett Boyd
         

INTERCHANGE : Ian Roberts, Kris Tassell, Mark Shipway, Scott Prince, John Doyle, Greg Bourke