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Match report

NRL / Round 7

Thu 16 Apr · 7:50pm · Queensland Country Bank Stadium · Crowd 17,476 Full time · HT 6-22
Cowboys 6
vs
Sea Eagles 38
Our tip Cowboys Coin flip 60% ✕ Missed

Sea Eagles run riot

The Sea Eagles thrashed the Cowboys 38–6 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in front of 17,476 in Round 7. They led 22–6 at half-time and never looked back. It was their 3rd straight win. It ended the Cowboys' 4-game winning run.

Lehi Hopoate scored 2 tries. Jamal Fogarty (Sea Eagles) was the standout with 73 fantasy points. The Sea Eagles won the metres battle 1,962 to 1,665 and made fewer errors (11 to 17).

Our Final Tip had the Cowboys at 60% (a coin flip) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.

Form before this game · most recent first
Cowboys WWWWL
Sea Eagles WWLLL

Game flow

Cowboys · above Sea Eagles · below
Score 6-38 Line breaks 3·5 Errors 17·11 Penalties 4·6 Six-agains 3·2 0'10'20'30'HT50'60'70'80' 0-4 4' Try 0-10 16' Try + goal 6-10 21' Try + goal 6-16 27' Try + goal 6-22 36' Try + goal 6-24 60' Pen goal 6-30 64' Try + goal 6-36 66' Try + goal 6-38 78' Pen goal
Show scoring as a table
MinTeamPlayerEventScore
4'Sea EaglesLehi Hopoate Try0–4
16'Sea EaglesLehi Hopoate Try0–8
17'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Conversion0–10
21'CowboysCoen Hess Try4–10
22'CowboysJake Clifford Conversion6–10
27'Sea EaglesBen Trbojevic Try6–14
29'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Conversion6–16
36'Sea EaglesBrandon Wakeham Try6–20
37'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Conversion6–22
60'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Penalty goal6–24
64'Sea EaglesTaniela Paseka Try6–28
66'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Conversion6–30
66'Sea EaglesLuke Brooks Try6–34
68'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Conversion6–36
78'Sea EaglesJamal Fogarty Penalty goal6–38

Team stats

Better on the day
CowboysSea Eagles
45% Possession 55%
58% Completion rate 77%
1,665 Run metres 1,962
488 Post-contact metres 700
3 Line breaks 5
31 Tackle breaks 32
10 Offloads 7
322 Kick metres 708
90.0% Effective tackle % 86.5%
33 Missed tackles 31
17 Errors 11
4 Penalties conceded 6
DisciplinePenalties + six-agains
NQLMAN
Six-again (ruck)
Dangerous Tackle
Obstruction
Offside inside 10m
Escorts
Hand in the Ruck
Offside Downtown
Total 7 8

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

NQL 37-6
Drinkwater Trbojevic
164 Run metres 49
61 Kick return metres 20
2 Tackle breaks 0
0 Line breaks 0

Halves

MAN 125-81
Clifford, Dearden Brooks, Fogarty
1 Try assists 3
2 Line-break assists 1
247 Kick metres 693
3 Errors 0

Hookers

NQL 34-26
Luke Wakeham
38 Tackles 20
63 Run metres 9
89 Passes 48
0 Errors 0

Middles

NQL 143-119
Hess, Taumalolo, Cotter Paseka, Hetherington, Trbojevic
217 Run metres 353
66 Post-contact metres 115
106 Tackles 56
5 Missed tackles 2

Back row

MAN 96-54
Luki, O'Donnell Olakau'atu, Trbojevic
125 Run metres 290
0 Tackle breaks 6
51 Tackles 53
3 Missed tackles 5

Outside backs

MAN 168-148
Burns, Purdue, Chester, Laybutt Saab, Koula, Garrick, Hopoate
601 Run metres 661
2 Line breaks 3
0 Tries 2
11 Errors 7

Best performers

Fantasy points
MAN Jamal Fogarty 73
MAN Lehi Hopoate 63
MAN Tolutau Koula 61
MAN Taniela Paseka 60
NQL Coen Hess 56
MAN Luke Brooks 52
NQL Tom Dearden 50
MAN Ben Trbojevic 49
Show performers as a table
PlayerTeamFantasyRun m Tackle breaksLine breaksTries Try assistsTackles
Jamal FogartySea Eagles73 802 00 221
Lehi HopoateSea Eagles63 1652 22 111
Tolutau KoulaSea Eagles61 2384 10 07
Taniela PasekaSea Eagles60 1457 11 016
Coen HessCowboys56 593 11 034
Luke BrooksSea Eagles52 610 01 121
Tom DeardenCowboys50 1003 00 124
Ben TrbojevicSea Eagles49 1131 01 030

Head-to-head

Last 5 before this one · Cowboys 2 - 3 Sea Eagles
2025 R11Cowboys home NQL 6 24 MAN Sea Eagles by 18
2025 R1Sea Eagles home NQL 12 42 MAN Sea Eagles by 30
2024 R18Cowboys home NQL 20 21 MAN Sea Eagles by 1
2023 R20Sea Eagles home NQL 19 8 MAN Cowboys by 11
2022 R15Sea Eagles home NQL 28 26 MAN Cowboys by 2

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Sea Eagles · right of 50% = tipped the winner

← Tipped the loser Tipped the winner → Season Final Tip 25/49 (51%) Bookies 26/49 (53%) Hot Scoring 26/49 (53%) Ladder 23/49 (47%) Power Rating 27/49 (55%) Quality Form 27/49 (55%) Recent Form 25/49 (51%) Scoring 27/49 (55%) Stat Blend 24/49 (49%) 0%25%50%75%100%

Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:13 UTC