From write-offs to Finals, an insight into the Cowboys' run to September | Marlee & Me: 2026

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Welcome back to Marlee and Me, storytelling beyond the scoreline. Yaama I’m Marlee Silva and if you’re new here this is a sports podcast unlike the kind you’re used to. These are conversations that get to the heart of your favourite athletes. This year, I’ve had the great pleasure of sitting down with so many of our NRL and NRLW athletes through my role with 100% Footy and other parts of our broadcast with Nine’s WWOS and over the next couple of weeks you’ll get to hear the raw extended version of these chats in compilation style episodes that focus on one club or one theme - today, it’s the North Queensland Cowboys. At the beginning of 2026, not many expected much from the Cowboys' season. Their coach was listed as one of the potential on the chopping block if things went down hill and nobody was talking about them being in sight of the 8. Halfway through this year, they’d well and truly exceeded expectation and I caught up with a couple of their stars up in Townsville around abou

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