Bragging rights are up for grabs in the Queensland derby as the Broncos and Cowboys gear up for a tilt at the title in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
The Broncos will finish second on the ladder and enjoy a week off before lining up in a preliminary final while the Cowboys can lock up third spot with a win here.<\/p>\n
For the Titans, the equation is simple\u00a0– win and they’re into the finals, lose and they can start planning for 2026.<\/p>\n
Last week’s narrow loss to the Knights has left the 2023 grand finalists vulnerable to a late swooper and that team is Parramatta, who leapfrogged them with a big win over the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n
The Titans confront a Raiders side that has recovered well after losing their first six matches and boasts the firepower out wide to pile on plenty of points.<\/p>\n
With so much on the line make sure you follow all the Round 11 action on NRL.com’s live blog.<\/p>\n
Broncos v Cowboys at Totally Workwear Stadium<\/p>\n
16 min: The Cowboys go on the attack and almost have a try down the left corner but Krystal Blackall’s pass for Ebony Raftstrand-Smith goes stray.<\/p>\n
13 min: Brisbane go back-to-back out of a scrum set play as Upton shifts the ball left and Mele Hufanga dummies her way over the line. Broncos 12-0.<\/p>\n
9 min: It’s a Tamika Upton special. The star fullback darted her way through the line off a set play involving Gayle Broughton and Jada Ferguson before streaming downfield to score. Broncos 6-0.<\/p>\n
2 min: The Broncos look dangerous early and find their way into the Red Zone but returning centre Julia Robinson fumbles the ball just in front of the goal line.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Late Mail<\/p>\n
Broncos: The Broncos are 1-17 with no late changes. Julia Robinson returns after being rested for last week’s win over the Warriors. Shenae Ciesiolka will shift to the wing, with Hayley Maddick moving to the interchange. Tara McGrath-West was pushing to complete her comeback from a foot injury but was cut from squad when it was trimmed to 19 a day out from the game. Tafito Lafaele is 18th player.<\/p>\n
Cowboys: A late change for Ricky Henry with Essay Banu to start the game and Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell going to the bench. Jakiya Whitfeld’s return from a shoulder injury has been put on ice for another week, with the Cowboys taking a cautious approach with the star outside back. North Queensland need a win to secure a home final in the opening week of the post-season. China Polata is the 18th player.<\/p>\n
Numbers Game<\/p>\n
The Broncos have outscored the Cowboys 78-24 in their two clashes.
\nThe Cowboys have won all four away games this season.
\nBroncos centre Mele Hufanga has scored six tries in two games against the Cowboys.
\nCowboys five-eighth Kirra Dibb has kicked 12 goals from her last 13 attempts.
\nBroncos fullback Tamika Upton has scored 15 tries in her last nine games.<\/p>\n
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Titans v Raiders at Cbus Super Stadium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bragging rights are up for grabs in the Queensland derby as the Broncos and Cowboys gear up for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-139142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}