After months of flooding in north Queensland locals are hanging out for clear skies and a Cowboy victory. The win-less club is facing dire prospects for the 2025 NRL season. The same year they are supposed to be celebrating three decades in the competition.
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00:00In Cowboys country, times are tough.
00:06Flood ravaged North Queenslanders can't catch a break, neither can the region's NRL team.
00:12Haven't won this year and it's been a tough start.
00:17The club's 30th season is strangely reminiscent of its first.
00:21The early years were pretty tough, we only won two games in the first year.
00:27The Cowboys' first ever captain, Laurie Spina, has been flood affected.
00:32He lost sugar cane when a wall of water hit in the February emergency.
00:37We'll have to build ourselves up, but yeah, certainly we've been affected pretty badly.
00:42When disaster strikes, the Cowboys can be a source of inspiration.
00:47It's like an escape from what they're going through in their lives, whether it's floods, cyclones, drought,
00:53whatever our people of the north are facing.
00:56The 2015 trophy tour coincided with a lengthy period of drought.
01:01I remember we were out west and someone came and said to me,
01:05that's the first time I've seen my dad smile properly in the last four or five years, so thank you.
01:13A win over the Raiders would certainly lift sodden spirits here, but it'd also be a relief to the Cowboys.
01:20The club knows its coach and players are under pressure,
01:24but there's still plenty of time to rewrite the narrative of its 30th NRL season.
01:30Hopefully we can get the win and put a smile back on us North Queenslanders' face again.
01:34Win, lose or draw, the Cowboys have earned some of the league's most dedicated fans over 30 years.
01:41Crocky Murphy attends almost every home game, despite the 1800 kilometre round trip.
01:48A lot of money, a lot of time, but I think they're worth it. I love my boys.