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It may only be February, but the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys’ preparations for the 2019 season are already underway, with the club kicking off-preseason training this morning – with a splash!
John Asiata, Scott Bolton, Te Maire Martin and Coen Hess were seen running high-knees drills in the waterlogged back ovals behind 1300 Smile Stadium – while Taumalolo and Matty Scott were seen playing Marco Polo in the suburban streets of Idalia.
This comes as authorities begin assessing hundreds of damaged homes across flood-ravaged Townsville and surrounds, after a severe weather event that has temporarily shut down businesses right across the city.
But not our Cowboys! Rain hail or flood.
Roads into Giru are now open after the town was cut off for a week
Repairs to essential infrastructure in Townsville is expected to take weeks
It will take authorities days to assess the damage to properties. But one thing that is for certain, The North Will Rise Again!
Of the 1,500 homes assessed so far, 738 are severely damaged and 252 are completely uninhabitable.
While a large portion of both the NRL and Development squads returned for their first hit-out of the pre-season at the Townsville Sports Reserve in November, today marks the first day all players were seen in the same place outside the Mad Cow.
