Green hails Cowboys’ turnabout resilience

“There is plenty of improvement left in us as a team but while we have that attitude there, and that effort, there is plenty to build on.”

The Cowboys will have a lighter workload on the training paddock this week as the coach puts his focus into recovery after Saturday night’s victory.

The win, which was orchestrated by the boot of captain Michael Morgan, with 470 kicking metres and a crucial 40/20, was the side’s first since their tough effort against the Dragons in Round 1.

It also proved the side’s resiliency after they were forced to come from behind two times in the clash before Morgan sealed the win with a wobbly field goal in the closing stages.

“It’s a step in the right direction; I think (confidence) is what we have been lacking most,” Green said.

“A win like that, whilst the first win we got off the back of what we have been doing was not going to be our best performance, it was really tough and I thought in the tough parts of the game we were really good.

“That is how you build that resiliency, going through games like that and winning like that. We really had to grind it out. They are a big physical side and it takes a bit out of you to go set for set with them, and we did it well so there is plenty to take out of that.”

Mcguire was one of the major drivers behind the Cowboys’ ability to go with the sizeable Warriors pack, with the backrower putting in a Man of the Match performance in his 200th NRL game.

The rest of the Cowboys pack stepped up with Mcguire, with Jordan Mclean (167m), Gavin Cooper (114m) and John Asiata (102m) all making beyond 100m with the football.

Young half Jake Clifford also showed flashes of brilliance in attack when he stepped past three would-be tacklers to send Coen Hess over for the side’s first try, but struggled to contain a rampant Roger Tuivasa-sheck throughout the match.

“There was plenty to like about the performance, and plenty to build upon,” Green said.

the game and again this morning and we agree it should have been penalised,” Annesley said.

“He has to now to determine why it was missed by his officials but whichever way you look at that decision, we believe it was incorrect.”

An irate Cherry-evans demanded a penalty on the field and after the game.

“I have to ask the question because that’s black and white, that is an escort, a player taken off the ball,” Cherry Evans told Munro.