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Joel Gould

Dearden gets new No.7 partner as Cowboys rope young gun

North Queensland co-captain Tom Dearden will have a new halves partner in the Melbourne trial. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Tom Dearden's halves partner for round one is still to be decided with Townsville product Thomas Duffy about to get the perfect audition for North Queensland.

The 21-year-old former Australian Schoolboys representative has been named at No.7 to partner Test five-eighth Dearden in the away trial clash with Melbourne on Sunday.

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