{"id":73095,"date":"2025-08-16T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73095\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:36:07","slug":"where-to-watch-cowboys-vs-knights-free-live-stream-free-to-air-channel-start-time-for-nrl-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73095\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch Cowboys vs. Knights: Free live stream, free-to-air channel, start time for NRL match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The North Queensland Cowboys are set to play hosts to the Newcastle Knights\u00a0 in the 2025 National Rugby League (NRL)&#8217;s Indigenous Round 24\u00a0at Queensland Country Bank Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>After a rather lacklustre home-and-away season in 2025, the Cowboys enter Round 24 in 14th place on the ladder. With just seven wins alongside their 13 losses, and one draw going into the third-to-last round of the home-and-away season, North Queensland is already out of the running for the Top Eight.<\/p>\n<p>Despite starting the 2025 home-and-away season with two victories, the Knights had a terrible start overall. They only managed three victories and seven defeats in the first ten games. Their consistency has deteriorated over the past ten games, as they have only managed three wins and are currently in a pitiful 15th place in the standings.<\/p>\n<p>The Sporting News is on hand to bring you all the latest TV, scheduling and live streaming information ahead of this match.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch Cowboys vs. Knights: TV channel, free live stream<\/p>\n<p>TV channel: Fox League<br \/>Free-to-air channel:\u00a0Channel 9<br \/>Live stream: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goto.kayosports.com.au\/c\/1333683\/820337\/8808?subId1=nrl&amp;subId2=site-au-cf154a9cd59a3635a8525675&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fkayosports.com.au%2Fsports%2Fsport%21league%2Fseries-national-rugby-league%211\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kayo<\/a>, Foxtel, 9Now<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys vs. Knights match is available for live TV broadcast on Fox League\u00a0and Channel 9\u00a0in Australia. Streaming options are available on Foxtel, 9Now and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goto.kayosports.com.au\/c\/1333683\/820337\/8808?subId1=nrl&amp;subId2=site-au-cf154a9cd59a3635a8525675&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fkayosports.com.au%2Fsports%2Fsport%21league%2Fseries-national-rugby-league%211\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New users of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goto.kayosports.com.au\/c\/1333683\/820337\/8808?subId1=nrl&amp;subId2=site-au-cf154a9cd59a3635a8525675&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fkayosports.com.au%2Fsports%2Fsport%21league%2Fseries-national-rugby-league%211\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kayo can currently sign up for a FREE trial<\/a>.\u00a0This dedicated streaming service offers affordable, contract-free plans starting at just $25 per month. Plus, it\u2019s a paradise for sports fans, streaming plenty of live action, including cricket, AFL, F1, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Rugby league fans in Australia can catch three matches per week for FREE on Nine Network streaming platform. Typically, these games will air on Thursday nights, the second Friday night slot, and Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys vs. Knights start time<\/p>\n<p>This NRL match takes place at Queensland Country Bank Stadium\u00a0in Townsville, Australia, and kicks off on Sunday, August 17 at 4:05 p.m. AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how that time translates to different Australian time zones:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0DateKickoff timeAustralian Eastern Standard TimeSunday, August 174:05 p.m.Australian Central Standard TimeSunday, August 173:35 p.m.Australian Western Standard TimeSunday, August 172:05 p.m.Cowboys vs. Knights team listCowboys team listKnights team list<\/p>\n<p>1. Scott Drinkwater\u00a0<br \/>2. Semi Valemei\u00a0<br \/>3. Jaxon Purdue<br \/>4. Zac Laybutt\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>5. Braidon Burns\u00a0<br \/>6. Jake Clifford\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>7. Tom Dearden\u00a0<br \/>8. Jordan McLean<br \/>9. Reece Robson\u00a0<br \/>10. Jason Taumalolo\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>11. John Bateman<br \/>12. Jeremiah Nanai\u00a0<br \/>13. Reuben Cotter\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>14. Karl Lawton<br \/>15. Harrison Edwards<br \/>16. Kai O&#8217;Donnell\u00a0<br \/>17. Thomas Mikaele<\/p>\n<p>1. Connor Votano<br \/>2. Dom Young<br \/>3. Dane Gagai<br \/>4. Bradman Best<br \/>5. Greg Marzhew<br \/>6. Jake Arthur\u00a0<br \/>7. Jack Cogger<br \/>8. Jacob Saifiti<br \/>9. Jayden Brailey<br \/>10. Leo Thompson<br \/>11. Jermaine McEwen<br \/>12. Kai Pearce-Paul<br \/>13. Tyson Frizell<\/p>\n<p>14. Matthew Arthur\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>15. Mat Croker<br \/>16. Thomas Cant\u00a0<br \/>17. Brodie Jones<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys schedule<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the schedule for the Cowboys&#8217; next matches of the 2025 NRL season.<\/p>\n<p>DateGameTime (AEST)Sun, Aug. 17vs. Knights4:05 p.m.Sun, Aug. 24at Wests Tigers4:05 p.m.Sat, Aug. 30vs. Broncos7:35 p.m.Knights\u00a0schedule<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the schedule for the Knights&#8217; next matches of the 2025 NRL season.<\/p>\n<p>DateGameTime (AEST)Sun, Aug. 17at Cowboys4:05 p.m.Sun, Aug. 24vs. Broncos2:00 p.m.Sun, Aug. 31at Sharks2:00 p.m.Sun, Sep. 7at Eels4:05 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Queensland Cowboys are set to play hosts to the Newcastle Knights\u00a0 in the 2025 National Rugby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-73095","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\/73095","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=73095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}