Cowboys confirm the departure of five players

But one veteran was not on the list. The North Queensland Cowboys have confirmed the departure of five players during the clTom Gilbert, Connelly Lemuelu, Kane Bradley, Emry Pere and Morgan McWhirter won’t be with the club in 2023 with General Manager of Football Michael Luck wishing the players all the best in their future endeavoursub’s end-of-season awards.Gilbert and Lemuelu had already been confirmed as leaving the club, with the pair signing with the new expansion club the Dolphins.

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The future of Bradley, Pere and McWhirter in the NRL is unclear though. Pere is the only one to have made his NRL debut and played two games for the club off the bench in 2020.

All three players are quite young and still have plenty of time to break through as consitent first-grade players if given a chance.