Good evening and welcome to tonight’s game to complete Round 5 of the NRL.

Shane Brady here with you as the Knights travel to Townsville looking to go back-to-back for the first time this season after their rousing breakthrough win over the Sharks, the week after the tragic events in Melbourne.

After two derby defeats, the Cowboys will be equally desperate to notch their second win of the season at home, and are slight favourites for this one, not that the form book is any use this season.

This might be a bottom of the table clash but these teams' respective points differentials tell a different story (-6 and -3) ie they might not have been winning but they haven't been getting spanked either.

It’s only round five so no true indicator of where teams are at just yet, especially with the Titans on top with a negative points difference (-9)!

The Knights' and all of our thoughts are with Alex McKinnon with the positive news today that he has been moved to Sydney and become engaged to his girlfriend Teigan. His goal of walking her down the aisle is a great motivation for his recovery, and we wish them both all the best in the long, hard road ahead.

Here come the sides now. A lot of talent on display so we should expect a nice open game in the warm dry but slightly dewy conditions. Not long to kick-off now.

1 min: Cowboys kick off deep and big Willie Mason takes the first hit-up. The knights work it out of their quarter through Snowden. Roberts kicks flat and low but Green fields it well.

3 min: Tamou and Scott work in into the Knights' half and put a kick into the corner but Uate is cut down by Lui before he hit the after burners. 0-0

4 min: Mason makes another big run. Roberts puts it on the boot, bombing it high and Morgan can't take it but skews off the pointy end into touch. Well left. The Cows gets the feed and work it out from deep. JT lucky not to be pinged for creeping off the mark but gets away with a warning and a back up from the ref. 0-0