Cowboys coach Todd Payten has given his players an ultimatum after the club's embarrassing start to the season against Manly. The North Queensland side was thoroughly outplayed at Brookvale ...

Todd Payten is one of the NRL’s more interesting coaches but that won’t save his skin if the Cowboys keep tossing up embarrassing defensive drivel. North Queensland have been downright ...

Todd Payten has admitted the Cowboys feel "under pressure" as a club. North Queensland have begun the 2025 NRL season with three consecutive losses, with Friday night's 26-16 result against the ...

North Queensland Cowboys coach, Todd Payten, is a 180-degree straight guy. One incident defines him as the opposite of the fixer. It was a 2020 interview on Fox Sports where he revealed he had ...

Focusing on North Queensland's mental preparation as well as physical, Cowboys coach Todd Payten knows Canberra will look to steam-roll his team in Townsville. The Cowboys are hoping to snap a ...

"Morale is pretty good but confidence is low," Todd Payten revealed last week ahead of North Queensland’s loss to Brisbane. "There are a bit of nerves around, at the moment." The Cowboys have ...

Cowboys coach Todd Payten has taken aim at the officials following his side’s Round 4 win over Canberra at Queensland Country Bank Stadium. Speaking post-game, Payten questioned whether the ...

After Manly belted his Cowboys in Round 1, I said that Payten could not afford another flogging in coming weeks, given the pressure under which he had entered this season. But Round 2 was more of ...

Despite the elation of a third consecutive victory, North Queensland Cowboys coach Todd Payten has identified a worrying trend from his side. Find out what the coach thought of Saturday night’s ...

Payten was then asked his thoughts on the incident and sided with his rivals. “I thought they were unlucky, to be completely honest,” Payten said. “Those calls have been going against us for ...

Picture: Getty Images Jeremiah Nanai made an immediate impact when he entered the contest about half an hour in and Cowboys coach Todd Payten needs to find a way to include the Maroons backrower ...