Roosters rack up 48 first-half points in incredible Townsville blitz

The Cowboys are in! Or are they?

A bomb goes up, with Mark Nawaqanitawase being challenged by a leaping Zac Laybutt, the ball hits some hands and bounces free for Murray Taulagi to run across the tryline.

But the play is referred to the bunker and replays show Laybutt knocked the ball on.

And the Roosters punish the Cowboys almost immediately, splitting them up the middle on tackle four when Sam Walker sends second-rower Salesi Foketi through a yawning gap. Foketi fools Scott Drinkwater with a dummy and runs himself, going round to score behind the posts.

Walker converts to take the Roosters to 30 points in as many minutes.

Roosters 30, Cowboys 6 after 30 minutes