News about Michael Morgan

The Cowboys faced Wayne Bennett's Broncos in a heartbreaking loss at ANZ Stadium, looking for their first ever premiership triumph. Michael Morgan found Kyle Feldt on the wing, who raced across the line to score and level the scores with three minutes remaining. Thurston lost the game to a golden point after the conversion had failed. Nevertheless, Thurston grasped the premiership for the second time, kicking a field goal to give Paul Green's side a huge victory.

North Queensland is a fiercely parochial rugby league region. As the current crop of men from the north prepare to face Parramatta for a place in the NRL grand final, the work establishing that passion and DNA can be revealed - including the work the Cowboys players themselves did to build their own stadium just to compete

As grand as it was, NRL legend Brad Fittler (inset) believes Paul Green's historic 2015 grand final victory, which saw him lead the North Queensland Cowboys to their first and only premiership, came second, compared to another spectacular effort by the footy legend (pictured above with Johnathan Thurston, left), who died on Thursday aged 49.

Green was discovered dead at his Brisbane home on Thursday, bringing the footy world into disarray. The ex-Cowboys coach says he had no signs he was sick, and he was in Sydney for a Cronulla Sharks reunion last weekend. After a stellar career in which he played for and taught Queensland, Green left his wife Amanda and children Jed and Emerson to lead the North Queensland Cowboys to their first premiership in 2015.