The Weekend Post

Classy Cowboys ready to make charge in 2019

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THE COWBOYS WOULD ADMIT THEY WERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINT­MENTS IN THE NRL LAST SEASON. A FREEFALL FROM GRAND FINALISTS IN 2017 TO 13TH IN JOHNATHAN THURSTON’S SWAN SONG SEASON TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE. PLENTY OF INTRIGUE SURROUNDS THE SQUAD THIS YEAR WITH SOME CELEBRATED PREMIERSHI­P HEROES MOVING ON, AND REPLACED BY EXCITING NEW FACES. HOW THE SPINE PERFORMS WITHOUT ‘JT’, AND BEN BARBA SLOTTING INTO FULLBACK, WILL ATTRACT PLENTY OF FOCUS AS THE COWBOYS LOOK TO PUT THE DESPAIR OF 2018 BEHIND THEM. NEWS CORP LEAGUE WRITER JON TUXWORTH PUTS FORWARD THE MAIN QUESTIONS SURROUNDIN­G THE COWBOYS’ 2019 CAMPAIGN.

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