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With friends like Brisbane, North Queensland sure dont need enemies.The Broncos insist respect - not revenge - will be the motivating factor in Friday nights NRL grand final re-match in Townsville.But Brisbane fullback Darius Boyd on Monday wasted little time messing with the Cowboys minds, saying all the pressure was on North Queensland in their sudden death semi-final.This week we are the underdogs and the Cowboys have everything to lose playing in their hometown, Boyd said.They are playing at home in front of all their fans and we dont want our season to end.On paper Brisbane dont look like underdogs.They are on a six-game winning run.Defending champions North Queensland have lost four of their last seven.Still, Boyd insisted the Cowboys would be the ones feeling the heat on Friday night - a sensation he admitted Brisbane were all too familiar with.Boyd said Brisbane had been expected to brush everyone aside in the fortnight since their shock round 25 win in Melbourne.Instead they faltered.The Broncos still somehow hung on to clinch wins in those two weeks against the Sydney Roosters and the Gold Coast in last weeks qualifying final.Its hard when you are expected to win games, Boyd said.Against Melbourne we were up for it and did a good job.But against the Roosters and Titans we were expected to win and it was tough.The last three Queensland derbies have been decided by one point - including the Cowboys famous 17-16 premiership-deciding triumph last year.And another classic looms on Friday night, according to Boyd.The Brisbane custodian insisted friendships forged in State of Origin were the reason why no derby was dull.It will be a case of mate against mate when a Brisbane side boasting six Queensland State of Origin stars line up against four Maroons teammates in Cowboys colours in the sudden-death semi-final.It brings the best out of you. When you play your mates you want to get one up on them, Boyd said of the close derbies.Its the respect between the two teams.Asked if ending the Cowboys title defence would provide a measure of revenge after last years grand final heartache, Boyd said: I dont know about revenge but it would be nice.Any time you beat a quality side at their home ground its great to get one up on them.Weve had some classic clashes the last 12 months with the Cowboys and I expect this to be no different. LaTroy Hawkins Jersey Cubs . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive. Kyle Hendricks Jersey Cubs . Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. 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St George Illawarra star Tyson Frizell will serve a one-match suspension after being found guilty at the NRL judiciary on Tuesday night of making contact with a referee.Frizell was charged with grade-one contrary conduct - contact with match official, for touching referee Chris James in St George Illawarras Friday night loss to Canterbury.The NSW State of Origin back-rower will miss Thursday nights round-22 opener against Brisbane at WIN Stadium.The judiciary panel of Chris McKenna, Mal Cochrane and Sean Garlick took just five minutes to reach their verdict after a hearing that lasted half an hour.Im pretty disappointed about the outcome, Frizell said immediately after the hearing at Rugby League Central.Something we tried to put forward was that it was an accident.I guess they see it as black and white, and say contact with the referee will give you a week on the sideline.Judiciary prosecutor Peter McGrath argued the contact Frizell made in the fourth minute oof the round-21 Bulldogs clash was neither incidental or accidental.ddddddddddddHe had that special duty all players do to avoid contact with the referee, and he had plenty of time to do that, McGrath said.The contact was avoidable and unnecessary.Frizells defence counsel Nick Ghabar argued that his client did not initiate contact with James.The referee made the initial contact with player Frizell, he said.The reflex nature of (Frizells) action was accidental.Neither person appreciated how close they were in proximity to each other.It was a slight tap or a brush against the referee. He gently or politely touched him after he was confronted with the referee blocking his path.However, the panel saw the incident differently.Frizell will return on Saturday week for the Dragons round-23 match against arch-rivals Cronulla at Kogarah Oval. ' ' '