{"id":97703,"date":"2021-07-09T22:40:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=97703"},"modified":"2021-07-09T22:58:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:58:58","slug":"cowboys-coach-hits-out-at-immature-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=97703","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys coach hits out at &#039;immature&#039; stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys coach Todd Payten admits he&#x27;s feeling &quot;frustrated&quot; after North Queensland suffered their fourth straight defeat at the hands of South Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Despite scoring the opening two tries of the match, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-south-sydney-rabbitohs-north-queensland-cowboys-start-time-results-news-round-17\/308fb525-f799-4673-a5cb-e655a7d69fb8\" title=\"North Queensland tonight were blown off the park by South Sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Queensland were last night blown off the park by South Sydney<\/a>, who responded with eight consecutive tries to run away with a 46-18 defeat in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>A win would&#x27;ve moved North Queensland level on points with eighth on the NRL ladder, although they would still be sitting outside the playoff positions on differential.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yeah I&#x27;m very frustrated,&quot; Payten told reporters after the match.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There are different parts to that frustration. It seems to be the same people consistently over 15 to 16 rounds.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6263007777001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/07\/369151\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Controversy as Liam Knight avoids sin bin over high shot\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckqwbgw9r003k0hpokgq0aazn\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We don&#x27;t reconnect and get together as a team. We sort of just disintegrate and don&#x27;t talk and yeah it&#x27;s not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re an immature team at the moment. Just not willing to pay the price in the tough parts of the game for long enough.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Payten conceded the current playing group is lacking leadership out on the field.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It would help with some more experience absolutely,&quot; Payten added.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have got a few older guys and they are talking and leading. I thought Jason Taumalolo and Macca were pretty strong today.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;But they need some assistance by some key players around them and some more experienced guys.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6263002401001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/07\/369147\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Burgess breaks a tackle and goes under the posts\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckqw98wf2002o0hp8lb20950z\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Cowboys coach Todd Payten admits he&#x27;s feeling &quot;frustrated&quot; after North Queensland suffered their fourth straight defeat at the hands of South Sydney. 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