UP NRLW

A try with less than two minutes remaining by centre Jasmine Peters, after a pass from Tahlulah Tillett, helped lead the Cowboys ladies to a 16-12 win over the West Tigers in round four of the NRLW on Saturday.

Tigers had led 10-4 at halftime in the game at

Brisbane’s Totally Work Wear Stadium, and the Cowboys finished strongly to record their second win in four matches.

Five eighth Tahlulah was making her Cowboys debut after being injured and was crafty during general play with many clever tactical kicks.

Jasmine had limited opportunities earlier but gleefully caught a precision pass from Tahlulah at the 68th minute to give the

Cowboys a 14-12 lead.

The conversion by Kirra Dibb gave the Cowboys the hard earned win.

Early on at the 10th minute, Tahlulah showed her class with a radar like pass to China Polata who crossed for a try.

Jasmine and Tahlulah lined up together for the Indigenous Allstars and the North Queensland Goldstars in the Queensland Women’s Cup in previous years.

Co-captain Tallisha

Harden and fellow forward Essay Banu had strong games, making lots of metre grabbing runs.

Inspirational Tallisha had to leave the field midway through the second half with a knee injury.

Essay was powerful up the centre of the ruck and it mostly took more than one Tigers defender to tackle her.

Previously the Cowboys had beaten the NRLW premiers Newcastle Knights 31-20, and lost 16-6 to the Titans, and 40-12 to the Brisbane Broncos.

On Saturday, at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium, the Cowboys ladies take on the Cronulla Sharks for round five of the competition.