Newcastle Knights vs North Queensland Cowboys
5:30PM Saturday August 22, 2009 - Energy Australia Stadium
Newcastle Knights
1 Kurt Gidley [c], 2 Keith Lulia, 3 Junior Sau, 4 Adam MacDougall, 5 Cooper Vuna, 6 Ben Rogers, 7 Jarrod Mullen, 8 Mark Taufua, 9 Isaac DeGois, 10 Chris Houston, 11 Steve Simpson, 12 Zeb Taia, 13 Matt Hilder.
Subs: 14 Wes Naiqama, 15 Marvin Karawana, 16 Richie Fa'aoso, 17 Danny Wicks, 18 Cory Paterson (one to be omitted).
North Queensland Cowboys
1 Matthew Bowen, 2 Ty Williams, 3 Ashley Graham, 4 Willie Tonga, 5 Michael Bani, 6 Grant Rovelli, 7 Johnathan Thurston [c], 8 Shane Tronc, 9 Anthony Watts, 10 Matthew Scott, 11 Carl Webb, 12 Scott Bolton, 13 Luke O'Donnell.
Subs: 14 Travis Burns, 15 Steve Southern, 16 Antonio Kaufusi, 17 Manase Manuokafoa, 18 Ben Harris, 19 Steve Rapira (two to be omitted).
Referee: Jason Robinson, Ashley Klein