{"id":872608,"date":"2026-08-29T11:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872608\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T11:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:32:16","slug":"nrl-2026-live-north-queensland-cowboys-vs-wests-tigers-score-latest-updates-and-news-finals-race-top-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872608\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026 LIVE: North Queensland Cowboys vs Wests Tigers score, latest updates and news, finals race, top eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cowboys can lock in a top-eight berth with a win on Saturday night but it won\u2019t come easy against a Tigers team coming off a shock victory over the Roosters last week.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MATCH CENTRE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20262606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Cowboys vs Tigers score, stats and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788003136_421_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>North Queensland sits two points ahead of the Sea Eagles and Bulldogs, meaning Todd Payten\u2019s team simply needs to win one more game to secure a spot in the finals. <\/p>\n<p>Conventional wisdom would suggest that to be not too tough a task against the lowly Tigers, but Benji Marshall\u2019s side produce the upset of the season last week to stun the Roosters. <\/p>\n<p>It makes for an intriguing clash to close out a huge Saturday of rugby league. <\/p>\n<p>LIVE BLOG<\/p>\n<p>Follow along for the latest updates from the game! Can\u2019t see the blog? <a href=\"https:\/\/go.arena.im\/live\/fox-sports-australia\/8uteiJW?v=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cowboys can lock in a top-eight berth with a win on Saturday night but it won\u2019t come&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-872608","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\/872608","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=872608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}