North Queensland Cowboys 10–0 Brisbane Broncos — Semi-Final, 2004 NRL Finals Series
18 Sep 2004 · Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, QLD · Attendance: 24,989
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2004 NRL finals series: North Queensland Cowboys 10–0 Brisbane Broncos, at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, QLD on 18 Sep 2004.
Sourcing caveat: Josh Hannay's goal tally is recorded by the source as "3/3 goals" without itemising the conversion/penalty-goal split (1 try [4] + 3 successful kicks [6] = 10 exactly) — shown here as conversions for reconciliation purposes; the true mix may include a penalty goal. No try-scoring minute was found. Brisbane's bench included Neville Costigan with a jersey number matching starting hooker Ben Ikin's #9 in the source — likely a data duplication rather than confirmed flexible numbering; recorded as sourced with this caveat rather than corrected by guesswork.
Scorers
| North Queensland Cowboys | Tries: Myles Goals: Hannay (3/3 conversions) |
| Brisbane Broncos | No scorers recorded. |
Team sheets
| North Queensland Cowboys | Brisbane Broncos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Bowen | Fullback | Karmichael Hunt | 1 |
| 2 | Ty Williams | Wing | Tame Tupou | 2 |
| 3 | Josh Hannay | Centre | Brent Tate | 3 |
| 4 | Paul Bowman | Centre | Shaun Berrigan | 4 |
| 5 | Matt Sing | Wing | Stuart Kelly | 5 |
| 6 | David Myles | Five-Eighth | Darren Lockyer | 6 |
| 7 | Nathan Fien | Halfback | Casey McGuire | 7 |
| 8 | Paul Rauhihi | Prop | Shane Webcke | 8 |
| 9 | Aaron Payne | Hooker | Ben Ikin | 9 |
| 10 | Shane Tronc | Prop | Petero Civoniceva | 10 |
| 11 | Luke O'Donnell | Second Row | Corey Parker | 14 |
| 12 | Travis Norton (c) | Second Row | Dane Carlaw | 12 |
| 13 | Steve Southern | Lock | Tonie Carroll | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Rod Jensen | Neville Costigan | 9 | |
| 15 | Glenn Morrison | Gorden Tallis (c) | 11 | |
| 16 | Leigh McWilliams | Sam Thaiday | 18 | |
| 17 | Mitchell Sargent | David Stagg | 19 | |
| Graham Murray | Coach | Wayne Bennett | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tim Mander |
Match report
In one of the most famous results in Cowboys history, North Queensland shut out Brisbane 10-0 at a sold-out Dairy Farmers Stadium to record their first-ever win over the Broncos, en route to their maiden preliminary final. A tense, low-scoring arm-wrestle was settled by a single David Myles try and Josh Hannay's accurate boot. Matt Bowen was outstanding at fullback.