Late in the 2017 season North Queensland centre Jaxon Purdue was a 12-year-old fan riding the Cowboys home to an unlikely NRL grand final appearance, and he is confident he can do it again as a player this year despite the team being written off.
No one gives the inconsistent Cowboys a hope in hell of repeating that remarkable 2017 run, when they scraped into the top eight and won three games on the road before colliding with red-hot Melbourne in the decider, one of the great teams of the modern era.
