The Dolphins have continued their climb up the NRL ladder, stamping themselves as a genuine premiership contenders with a 40-14 demolition of the Cowboys.
In an entertaining battle played in front of a full house at the Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville on Saturday, the Cowboys were fired up for prop Coen Hess' 200th NRL game.
But the Dolphins were just a class above, scoring seven tries to three to give Kristian Woolf's men five wins on the trot and moving them into fifth place ahead of a bye next week before back-to-back games against the Warriors and Panthers.
