North Queensland Toyota Cowboys Head Coach Todd Payten has reduced his squad to 19 for Friday night's clash with the St George Illawarra Dragons.
Tom Dearden returns and will start at five-eighth, with Ben Hampton dropping out of the squad alongside Jeremiah Nanai, Kane Bradley, Reuben Cotter and Brendan Frei.
Cowboys team to play Dragons:
4. Peta Hiku
19. Tom Dearden
7. Chad Townsend (c)
9. Reece Robson
10. Coen Hess
11. Tom Gilbert
12. Heilum Luki
13. Jason Taumalolo (c)
Interchange
14. Jake Granville
15. Connelly Lemuelu
17. Griffin Neame
Reserves
18. Ben Condon
23. Valentine Holmes