North Queensland Cowboys 49–12 New Zealand Warriors — Semi-Final, 2007 NRL Finals Series
16 Sep 2007 · Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, QLD · Attendance: 21,847
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2007 NRL finals series: North Queensland Cowboys 49–12 New Zealand Warriors, at Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville, QLD on 16 Sep 2007.
Sourcing caveat: Attendance has two conflicting values across sources found (21,847 vs 21,487); 21,847 is used as primary since it comes directly from the match report, but this is an unresolved minor discrepancy. Rugby League Project's own extraction only surfaced Ben Farrar's 2 tries; the full 8-try list and minutes were cross-checked against a club rivalry retrospective and a contemporaneous minute-by-minute blog, both agreeing with each other and with RLP's stated kicking tallies.
Scoring timeline
| 6′ | New Zealand Warriors — try, Crockett |
| 13′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Henry |
| 16′ | New Zealand Warriors — try, Martin |
| 21′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Farrar |
| 38′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Williams |
| 49′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Graham |
| 62′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Bowen |
| 69′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Smith |
| 74′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Farrar |
| 77′ | North Queensland Cowboys — try, Cashmere |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| North Queensland Cowboys | Tries: Henry 13'; Farrar 21'; Williams 38'; Graham 49'; Bowen 62'; Smith 69'; Farrar 74'; Cashmere 77' Goals: Thurston (7/7 conversions); Bowman (1/1 conversion) Drop goals: Bowen 60' |
| New Zealand Warriors | Tries: Crockett 6'; Martin 16' Goals: Witt (2/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| North Queensland Cowboys | New Zealand Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Bowen | Fullback | Wade McKinnon | 1 |
| 2 | Ty Williams | Wing | Todd Byrne | 2 |
| 3 | Ashley Graham | Centre | Tony Martin | 3 |
| 5 | Ben Farrar | Centre | Simon Mannering | 4 |
| 13 | Mark Henry | Wing | Michael Crockett | 5 |
| 6 | Justin Smith | Five-Eighth | Michael Witt | 6 |
| 7 | Johnathan Thurston (c) | Halfback | Grant Rovelli | 7 |
| 8 | Matthew Scott | Prop | Sam Rapira | 8 |
| 9 | Aaron Payne | Hooker | George Gatis | 9 |
| 19 | Ben Vaeau | Prop | Steve Price (c) | 10 |
| 11 | Sam Faust | Second Row | Ruben Wiki | 11 |
| 12 | Matthew Bartlett | Second Row | Wairangi Koopu | 12 |
| 4 | Paul Bowman | Lock | Micheal Luck | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | David Faiumu | Logan Swann | 14 | |
| 15 | Jason Smith | Evarn Tuimavave | 15 | |
| 16 | Jacob Lillyman | Epalahame Lauaki | 16 | |
| 17 | Ray Cashmere | Nathan Fien | 18 | |
| Graham Murray | Coach | Ivan Cleary | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tony Archer |
Match report
A blistering opening quarter saw tries flow from both sides, with the Warriors' Michael Crockett and Tony Martin giving the visitors an early lead before Johnathan Thurston's cross-field ball sent Ty Williams over right on halftime. North Queensland then ran away with it after the break, adding five more tries including a Matt Bowen field goal and brace, to book a home preliminary final against Manly.