North Queensland's Las Vegas hangover will extend well beyond their shock loss as Braidon Burns receives a two-match ban, while Tyson Frizell escapes suspension for the shot that injured Cowboys forward Thomas Mikaele.
After full-time in his side's 28-18 defeat, Cowboys coach Todd Payten was frustrated Newcastle veteran Frizell was not sin-binned for belatedly entering a tackle to hit Mikaele, who is set to miss six weeks with a medial cruciate ligament injury.
