Live: Cowboys look to rebound from 70-point thrashing

live NRL live updates: Gold Coast Titans vs North Queensland Cowboys Round 23 of the NRL season will kick off on Thursday night with Gold Coast hosting North Queensland. The Cowboys will be out to make amends after last week's humiliating loss to the Roosters where they conceded the third-most points in a single game of any team in history. The Titans will be playing for pride but have made progress in recent weeks and will fancy their chances of adding another win to their tally. Follow the live blog below, keep up to date with all the latest stats in our ScoreCentre, and tune in to our live radio coverage. Submit a comment or question Live updates Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:32pm Final teams: Titans vs Cowboys A couple of changes for Gold Coast - Lachlan Ilias has been benched with AJ Brimson moving from centre to halfback and Jaylen de Groot lining up out wide. Sam Verrills will start at hooker with Oliver Pascoe moving to the bench and Josh Patson will start at second row with Arama Hau riding the pine. Only change for the Cowboys is John Bateman joining the bench and Kaiden Lahrs dropping off. Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 7:28pm Hello and welcome to the ABC's live blog for Titans-Cowboys. Yes, we're back at it again - another Thursday night, another live blog for your footballing pleasure. It's an all-Queensland affair tonight with Gold Coast hosting North Queensland. Should be an interesting one given the Cowboys are trying to come back after conceding 82 - yes, 82 - points last week against the Roosters. Intriguing stuff! Let's see what happens next. Loading [Image text:] YET OYOTA TOYOT XXX TOYC XA IOYOTA