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With Townsville being the country s largest garrison town, the North Queensland Cowboys have an intrinsic and proud connection to the Australian Defence Force.
The Australian Army even helped with building the club s first stadium before they entered the ARL competition in 1995.
After being unable to host an Anzac Round match last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic - though they created their own Defence Round later in the season - the Cowboys feel privileged to do so on Saturday night when they face the Raiders at QCB Stadium. You look at the population of Townsville – around 200,000 – 13 percent either work directly for the Defence Force or have some sort of connection, whether that be through family or ex-military in the Defence Force, North Queensland CEO Jeff Reibel told NRL.com.
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Skipper Jack Madden is confident the CQ Capras can break through for their first win of the season in the Intrust Super Cup’s Anzac Round this weekend.
They tackle the Ipswich Jets at Ipswich at 2.10pm Saturday, with the game to be livestreamed free on Kayo Freebies.
The Capras have in their first four games had one draw and three close losses to be sitting in 13th place on the ladder, one rung ahead of the winless Jets.
In all but one of those games, the Capras have led at half-time but were unable to close them out.
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