Cowboys 46-34 Sharks, Round 8 2026 NRL

46 – 34Full time

Round 8 · 24 Apr 2026, 6:00pm AEST · Queensland Country Bank Stadium

Score flow

Scoring sequence

3'Cowboys try · Scott Drinkwater
4'Sharks try · Blayke Brailey
5'Cowboys conversion · Jake Clifford
5'Sharks conversion · Nicho Hynes
9'Sharks try · Siosifa Talakai
10'Sharks conversion · Nicho Hynes
11'Cowboys try · Murray Taulagi
11'Sharks try · Siosifa Talakai
13'Cowboys conversion miss · Jake Clifford
13'Sharks conversion · Nicho Hynes
14'Cowboys try · Murray Taulagi
14'Sharks try · KL Iro
16'Sharks conversion miss · Nicho Hynes
16'Cowboys conversion miss · Jake Clifford
17'Sharks try · KL Iro
18'Sharks conversion · Nicho Hynes
26'Cowboys try · Soni Luke
27'Cowboys conversion · Jake Clifford
27'Cowboys try · Murray Taulagi
29'Cowboys conversion · Jake Clifford
33'Cowboys try · Tom Dearden
33'Cowboys try · Reed Mahoney
34'Cowboys conversion · Jake Clifford
35'Cowboys conversion · Jake Clifford
35'Sharks try · KL Iro
36'Sharks conversion · Nicho Hynes
38'Cowboys try · Braidon Burns
39'Cowboys try · Heilum Luki
39'Cowboys conversion miss · Jake Clifford
39'Cowboys conversion miss · Jake Clifford

Lineups

Cowboys (46)

Sharks (34)

Headline stats

Player	Team	Pos	Tries	Run m	Tackles	Missed	Line breaks	Try assists	Offloads	Errors	Conversions	Points
Scott Drinkwater	Cowboys	Fullback	1	152	2	3	2	3	1	1	0	4
Braidon Burns	Cowboys	Wing	1	125	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	4
Murray Taulagi	Cowboys	Wing	3	136	7	3	3	0	0	1	0	12
Jaxon Purdue	Cowboys	Centre	0	85	8	3	1	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Chester	Cowboys	Centre	0	162	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jake Clifford	Cowboys	Five-Eighth	0	27	16	1	0	1	1	0	5	10
Tom Dearden	Cowboys	Halfback	1	59	22	3	1	1	0	0	0	4
Coen Hess	Cowboys	Prop	0	87	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Taumalolo	Cowboys	Prop	0	112	14	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Reed Mahoney	Cowboys	Hooker	1	40	27	3	1	0	0	2	0	4
Heilum Luki	Cowboys	Second Row	1	117	40	0	0	0	0	2	0	4
Thomas Mikaele	Cowboys	Second Row	0	119	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Reuben Cotter	Cowboys	Lock	0	70	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Nanai	Cowboys	Interchange	0	43	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Soni Luke	Cowboys	Interchange	1	18	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Sam McIntyre	Cowboys	Interchange	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	Cowboys	Interchange	0	101	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Lodge	Cowboys	Interchange	0	85	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Zac Laybutt	Cowboys	Interchange	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	Sharks	Fullback	0	159	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Mawene Hiroti	Sharks	Wing	0	148	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Stonestreet	Sharks	Wing	0	115	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siosifa Talakai	Sharks	Centre	2	181	12	3	1	0	0	1	0	8
KL Iro	Sharks	Centre	3	159	24	5	3	0	0	2	0	12
Braydon Trindall	Sharks	Five-Eighth	0	17	11	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nicho Hynes	Sharks	Halfback	0	54	22	0	2	2	1	0	5	10
Addin Fonua-Blake	Sharks	Prop	0	111	19	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
Toby Rudolf	Sharks	Prop	0	68	20	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Blayke Brailey	Sharks	Hooker	1	48	43	0	1	0	2	1	0	4
Billy Burns	Sharks	Second Row	0	22	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Teig Wilton	Sharks	Second Row	0	58	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Colquhoun	Sharks	Lock	0	82	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Briton Nikora	Sharks	Interchange	0	27	22	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Cameron McInnes	Sharks	Interchange	0	33	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon Kaufusi	Sharks	Interchange	0	32	11	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Hazelton	Sharks	Interchange	0	96	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hohepa Puru	Sharks	Interchange	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	Sharks	Interchange	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Attacking

Player	Tries	Try Assists	Points	Line Breaks	Line Break Assists	Tackle Breaks	Offloads	Possessions	Passes
Scott Drinkwater	1	3	4	2	3	7	1	41	26
Braidon Burns	1	0	4	1	0	2	2	19	3
Murray Taulagi	3	0	12	3	0	1	0	19	1
Jaxon Purdue	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	19	10
Tom Chester	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	16	1
Jake Clifford	0	1	10	0	1	3	1	28	21
Tom Dearden	1	1	4	1	1	4	0	54	45
Coen Hess	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	0
Jason Taumalolo	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	12	1
Reed Mahoney	1	0	4	1	1	2	0	69	60
Heilum Luki	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	18	3
Thomas Mikaele	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14	0
Reuben Cotter	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	5
Jeremiah Nanai	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Soni Luke	1	1	4	1	1	2	0	33	32
Sam McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Matthew Lodge	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12	2
Zac Laybutt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	35	14
Mawene Hiroti	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19	1
Samuel Stonestreet	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	2
Siosifa Talakai	2	0	8	1	1	9	0	19	4
KL Iro	3	0	12	3	0	3	0	18	0
Braydon Trindall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	29
Nicho Hynes	0	2	10	2	2	1	1	36	28
Addin Fonua-Blake	0	1	0	0	1	5	2	17	4
Toby Rudolf	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
Blayke Brailey	1	0	4	1	2	2	2	122	116
Billy Burns	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
Teig Wilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Jesse Colquhoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	4
Briton Nikora	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1
Cameron McInnes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	6
Oregon Kaufusi	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
Tom Hazelton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	1
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Running

Player	Run Metres	Metres Gained	Post-Contact Metres	Kick Metres	Runs	Hit-Up Runs	Hit-Up Metres	Normal Runs	Normal Run Metres	Dummy-Half Runs	Dummy-Half Metres	Kick Returns	Kick Return Metres	Times Tackled
Scott Drinkwater	152	324	50	172	16	0	0	9	91	1	5	6	56	7
Braidon Burns	125	125	40	0	16	0	0	13	101	2	18	1	6	13
Murray Taulagi	136	136	39	0	18	1	4	14	99	0	0	3	32	14
Jaxon Purdue	85	85	48	0	9	0	0	8	83	1	2	0	0	7
Tom Chester	162	173	88	12	14	0	0	12	146	2	16	0	0	13
Jake Clifford	27	235	7	208	4	0	0	3	21	1	6	0	0	2
Tom Dearden	59	195	14	137	9	0	0	7	43	2	16	0	0	4
Coen Hess	87	87	30	0	11	5	40	3	13	0	0	3	34	10
Jason Taumalolo	112	112	58	0	11	4	31	7	81	0	0	0	0	10
Reed Mahoney	40	139	19	99	5	0	0	0	0	5	40	0	0	4
Heilum Luki	117	117	63	0	11	0	0	11	117	0	0	0	0	12
Thomas Mikaele	119	119	54	0	13	5	43	7	62	0	0	1	14	12
Reuben Cotter	70	70	27	0	8	0	0	8	70	0	0	0	0	7
Jeremiah Nanai	43	43	12	0	7	0	0	7	43	0	0	0	0	6
Soni Luke	18	18	3	0	3	0	0	1	5	2	13	0	0	0
Sam McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	101	101	37	0	11	6	55	4	33	0	0	1	12	11
Matthew Lodge	85	85	28	0	10	5	33	2	23	0	0	3	29	9
Zac Laybutt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	159	159	49	0	19	0	0	9	92	2	12	8	55	20
Mawene Hiroti	148	148	45	0	16	0	0	15	137	0	0	1	11	18
Samuel Stonestreet	115	115	37	0	15	0	0	14	109	1	7	0	0	14
Siosifa Talakai	181	181	88	0	16	1	11	15	171	0	0	0	0	12
KL Iro	159	159	50	0	17	0	0	17	159	0	0	0	0	14
Braydon Trindall	17	408	4	391	4	0	0	4	17	0	0	0	0	3
Nicho Hynes	54	249	27	195	5	0	0	5	54	0	0	0	0	1
Addin Fonua-Blake	111	111	52	0	13	6	59	6	41	0	0	1	11	10
Toby Rudolf	68	68	23	0	8	1	10	4	20	0	0	3	39	6
Blayke Brailey	48	48	13	0	5	0	0	2	10	3	38	0	0	2
Billy Burns	22	22	11	0	2	0	0	2	22	0	0	0	0	3
Teig Wilton	58	58	23	0	8	1	5	7	53	0	0	0	0	7
Jesse Colquhoun	82	82	27	0	11	0	0	11	82	0	0	0	0	10
Briton Nikora	27	27	10	0	5	0	0	5	27	0	0	0	0	5
Cameron McInnes	33	33	14	0	4	0	0	4	33	0	0	0	0	4
Oregon Kaufusi	32	32	15	0	5	2	13	3	19	0	0	0	0	4
Tom Hazelton	96	96	28	0	14	5	39	7	39	0	0	2	18	13
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Defence

Player	Try Saves	Try Debits	Tackles	Missed Tackles	Ineffective Tackles
Scott Drinkwater	0	0	2	3	0
Braidon Burns	0	0	3	0	0
Murray Taulagi	0	0	7	3	0
Jaxon Purdue	0	0	8	3	3
Tom Chester	0	0	9	1	1
Jake Clifford	0	0	16	1	0
Tom Dearden	0	0	22	3	0
Coen Hess	0	0	25	0	0
Jason Taumalolo	0	0	14	3	1
Reed Mahoney	0	0	27	3	1
Heilum Luki	0	0	40	0	1
Thomas Mikaele	0	0	28	1	0
Reuben Cotter	0	0	34	6	2
Jeremiah Nanai	0	0	25	2	0
Soni Luke	0	0	19	1	1
Sam McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	0	0	17	1	1
Matthew Lodge	0	0	19	0	0
Zac Laybutt	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	0	0	6	4	0
Mawene Hiroti	0	0	5	3	0
Samuel Stonestreet	0	0	6	2	1
Siosifa Talakai	0	0	12	3	1
KL Iro	0	0	24	5	0
Braydon Trindall	0	0	11	3	2
Nicho Hynes	0	0	22	0	2
Addin Fonua-Blake	0	0	19	1	1
Toby Rudolf	0	0	20	4	1
Blayke Brailey	0	0	43	0	2
Billy Burns	0	0	28	0	0
Teig Wilton	0	0	30	6	0
Jesse Colquhoun	0	0	25	2	4
Briton Nikora	0	0	22	3	2
Cameron McInnes	0	0	14	1	1
Oregon Kaufusi	0	0	11	1	1
Tom Hazelton	0	0	25	2	1
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	Kicks in General Play	Kicks Caught	Bomb Kicks Caught	Goal Line Dropouts	Forty-Twenties
Scott Drinkwater	5	5	2	0	1
Braidon Burns	0	1	1	0	0
Murray Taulagi	0	3	2	0	0
Jaxon Purdue	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Chester	1	0	0	0	0
Jake Clifford	4	0	0	0	0
Tom Dearden	4	0	0	0	0
Coen Hess	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Taumalolo	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Mahoney	2	0	0	0	0
Heilum Luki	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Mikaele	0	0	0	0	0
Reuben Cotter	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Nanai	0	0	0	0	0
Soni Luke	0	0	0	0	0
Sam McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Lodge	0	0	0	0	0
Zac Laybutt	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	0	9	6	0	0
Mawene Hiroti	0	2	1	0	0
Samuel Stonestreet	0	0	0	0	0
Siosifa Talakai	0	0	0	0	0
KL Iro	0	0	0	0	0
Braydon Trindall	10	0	0	0	0
Nicho Hynes	6	0	0	0	0
Addin Fonua-Blake	0	0	0	0	0
Toby Rudolf	0	0	0	0	0
Blayke Brailey	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Burns	0	0	0	0	0
Teig Wilton	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Colquhoun	0	0	0	0	0
Briton Nikora	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron McInnes	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon Kaufusi	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hazelton	0	0	0	0	0
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

Player	Conversion Attempts	Conversions	Conversions Missed	Penalty Goal Attempts	Penalty Goals	Penalty Goals Missed	Field Goal Attempts	Field Goals	Field Goals Missed
Scott Drinkwater	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Braidon Burns	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Taulagi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Purdue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Chester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Clifford	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Dearden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coen Hess	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Taumalolo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Mahoney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heilum Luki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Mikaele	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reuben Cotter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Nanai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soni Luke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Lodge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zac Laybutt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mawene Hiroti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samuel Stonestreet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siosifa Talakai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KL Iro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Braydon Trindall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nicho Hynes	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Addin Fonua-Blake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toby Rudolf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blayke Brailey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Burns	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teig Wilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Colquhoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Briton Nikora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron McInnes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon Kaufusi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hazelton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Errors & Discipline

Player	Errors	Handling Errors	Penalties Conceded	On Reports	Sin Bins	Sent Off
Scott Drinkwater	1	0	1	0	0	0
Braidon Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Taulagi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaxon Purdue	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Chester	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jake Clifford	0	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Dearden	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coen Hess	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Taumalolo	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reed Mahoney	2	0	0	0	0	0
Heilum Luki	2	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Mikaele	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reuben Cotter	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Nanai	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soni Luke	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam McIntyre	0	0	0	0	0	0
Griffin Neame	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Lodge	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zac Laybutt	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mawene Hiroti	0	0	0	1	0	0
Samuel Stonestreet	0	0	0	0	0	0
Siosifa Talakai	1	0	0	1	0	0
KL Iro	2	0	0	0	0	0
Braydon Trindall	2	0	1	0	0	0
Nicho Hynes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Addin Fonua-Blake	1	0	1	0	0	0
Toby Rudolf	1	0	1	0	0	0
Blayke Brailey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Burns	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teig Wilton	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jesse Colquhoun	0	0	0	0	0	0
Briton Nikora	2	0	1	0	0	0
Cameron McInnes	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon Kaufusi	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hazelton	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0

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