The Cowboys and Broncos have both confirmed their final 17 ahead of their Round 11 NRL Telstra Premiership clash at 1300SMILES Stadium on Friday night.
For the home side, John Asiata returns to the squad replacing Rory Kostjasyn on the bench.
Sam Thaiday starts for the Broncos, with Alex Glenn dropping back to the bench.
North Queensland Cowboys
1 Lachlan Coote
2 Kyle Feldt
3 Justin O'Neill
4 Kane Linnett
5 Antonio Winterstein
6 Michael Morgan
7 Johnathan Thurston (c)
8 Matt Scott (c)
9 Jake Granville
10 James Tamou
11 Gavin Cooper
12 Ethan Lowe
13 Jason Taumalolo
Interchange
15 Patrick Kaufusi
16 Scott Bolton
17 Ben Hannant
18 John Asiata
Brisbane Broncos
1 Darius Boyd
2 Corey Oates
3 Jack Reed
4 James Roberts
5 Jordan Kahu
6 Anthony Milford
7 Ben Hunt
8 Josh McGuire
9 Andrew McCullough
10 Adam Blair
15 Sam Thaiday
12 Matt Gillett
13 Corey Parker (c)
Interchange
11 Alex Glenn
14 Jarrod Wallace
16 Joe Ofahengaue
17 Kodi Nikorima