...five straight sets of six. "It was great considering they were throwing a lot at us at the back end and we weathered a pretty big storm in the first half there when they were attacking our line," O'Donnell said. "It takes a lot of petrol out of the tank. "It was great, everyone hung in and stuck to our defensive rules that we always talk about." For coach Graham Murray the effort was an...

...form and Jordan Atkins making a remarkable debut it was not enough as the home team ran away with a 36-18 triumph. The night was made even worse for North Queensland when fellow injury returnee Luke O'Donnell was placed on report for a high tackle on Josh Graham. Thurston scored two tries in his return from two off-season shoulder surgeries,had a hand in another and kicked three sideline conversions...

There were 3 players from the NQ Cowboys selected to represent their respective countries in the ANZAC Test - Australia Vs New Zealand, 5 May 2006, where Australia were the victors 50 - 12. Johnathon Thruston & Luke O'Donnell played for the Kangaroos David Faiumu played for the Kiwis