{"id":21729,"date":"2025-07-25T18:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/21729\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T18:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:23:14","slug":"north-queensland-cowboys-press-conference-reuben-cotter-todd-payten-rugby-league-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/21729\/","title":{"rendered":"North Queensland Cowboys press conference, Reuben Cotter, Todd Payten, rugby league news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys coach Todd Payten has delivered a hilarious response after Reuben Cotter asked about some time off following the birth of his third child.<\/p>\n<p>Cotter\u2019s wife Mackenzie gave birth to a daughter named Pippi on Thursday, one day before playing a leading role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-north-queensland-cowboys-v-st-georgeillawarra-dragons-stats-scores-live-blog-where-to-watch-start-time-rugby-league-scores\/news-story\/fdbb6638e6d78a6a3397147318d1e6e8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">North Queensland\u2019s 38-32 victory over the Dragons. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Limited-time offer &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When a reporter asked Cotter if he was expecting to have a couple of days off to be with his newborn, Payten smiled and shook his head, leading to laughter from the press gallery. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. Straight into it again?\u201d Cotter asked Payten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo mate. See you in the morning,\u201d the Cowboys coach quipped in response. <\/p>\n<p>Flanno rues &#8216;soft tries&#8217; in narrow loss | 03:05<\/p>\n<p>MORE NRL NEWS<\/p>\n<p>EPIC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-brisbane-broncos-vs-parramatta-eels-live-scores-teams-videos-blog-stream-reece-walsh-mitchell-moses-round-21\/news-story\/97859458cc60e262df8d1f5b0bffe0fc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Walsh fumes in last-ditch madness as star spared howler, Eels rock Broncos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I FELT SICK\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-broncos-game-winning-try-denied-reece-walsh-offside-joash-papalii-eels-defeat-broncos-rugby-league-news\/news-story\/a279bb9171b644453a26d3a99fa28844\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Broncos denied miracle last-gasp win as Bunker call saves Eels gun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018WORLD CLASS\u2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2025-north-queensland-cowboys-v-st-georgeillawarra-dragons-stats-scores-live-blog-where-to-watch-start-time-rugby-league-scores\/news-story\/fdbb6638e6d78a6a3397147318d1e6e8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dearden stuns again as Cowboys finals hopes still alive after thriller<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cotter was asked whether it was difficult to play so soon after such a momentous occasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try not to think about it too much I just try and focus on my job for the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously enjoyed yesterday but we had a job to do today and we obviously needed the win so I locked in on my role for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys kept their season alive with the win, but realistically, will need to win their remaining five games to make the top eight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowboys coach Todd Payten has delivered a hilarious response after Reuben Cotter asked about some time off following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-21729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21729","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=21729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}