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2026 NRL Telstra Premiership

Round 4

North Queensland Cowboys 28 def. Melbourne Storm 24

NRL 2026
Round 4
North Queensland
Cowboys
28
24 Melbourne
Storm
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/120457
Status Completed
Date Saturday, 28th March, 2026
Kick Off 6:35pm (local time)
Referee Gerard Sutton (Coonabarabran)
Touch Judges Belinda Sharpe, Damian Brady
Sr. Review Chris Butler
Venue QLD C. Bank (Townsville)
Crowd 20,931
Match Stats
Halftime Score 10 16
Penalties 5 5
North Qld Scoresheet Melbourne
Braidon BURNS 2 T 4 Will WARBRICK
Jake CLIFFORD   Sualauvi FA'ALOGO
Heilum LUKI      
Sam McINTYRE      
Murray TAULAGI      
 
Jake CLIFFORD 1/4 G 2/5 Harry GRANT
Scott DRINKWATER 1/2      
North Qld Teams Melbourne
Scott DRINKWATER 1 FB 1 Sualauvi FA'ALOGO
Braidon BURNS 2 W 2 Will WARBRICK
Jaxon PURDUE 3 C 3 Jack HOWARTH
Zac LAYBUTT 4 C 4 Moses LEO
Murray TAULAGI 5 W 19 Siulagi TUIMALATU-BROWN
 
Jake CLIFFORD 6 FE 6 Cameron MUNSTER
Tom DEARDEN (c) 7 HB 7 Jahrome HUGHES
 
Coen HESS 8 FR 8 Stefano UTOIKAMANU
Reed MAHONEY 9 HK 9 Harry GRANT
Jason TAUMALOLO 10 FR 10 Josh KING
Heilum LUKI 11 2R 11 Joe CHAN
Sam McINTYRE 12 2R 12 Alec MacDONALD
Reuben COTTER 13 L 13 Trent LOIERO
 
Soni LUKE 14 B 14 Tyran WISHART
Griffin NEAME 16 B 15 Cooper CLARKE
Thomas MIKAELE 18 B 16 Tui KAMIKAMICA
Matt LODGE 21 B 21 Manaia WAITERE
 
Todd PAYTEN   HC   Craig BELLAMY
   
 

Team Info

North Qld

Previous Game:
Round 3 - Multicultural Round vs. Gold Coast
Next Game:
Round 5 vs. St Geo Illa
Out:
Tom Chester (centre), Kaiden Lahrs (bench)
In:
Zac Laybutt (centre), Thomas Mikaele (bench)
Changes:
Griffin Neame (front row to bench), Coen Hess (bench to front row)

Melbourne

Previous Game:
Round 3 - Multicultural Round vs. Brisbane
Next Game:
Round 5 vs. Penrith
Out:
Nick Meaney (wing)
In:
Manaia Waitere (bench)
Changes:
Tui Kamikamica (lock to bench), Trent Loiero (bench to lock), Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown (bench to wing)

This match is a part of the following:

Your Say

  • Shawn Dollin
    30 Mar 2026 5:37am

    Will Warbrick's 4th try came from a Harry Grant pass out of dummy half that will be long remembered. Grant threw it off the ground from 5m out of the tryline and probably 20m in from touch. The pass was left to right, and it cut out 4 North QLD defenders as well as 3 Melbourne players to hit Warbrick right on the chest.

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Contributions: AJ Lucantonio, Tim Costello, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin

Sources: Official NRL Website