Running repairs for North Queensland Cowboys' attack as they prepare for powerful Roosters James Tamou, left, and Matthew Scott of the North Queensland Cowboys watch on from the bench during the round nine NRL match against South Sydney Rabbitohs. NORTH Queensland's celebrated attack has had running repairs in a desperate bid to click into gear for Saturday's round 10 home clash with the Sydney Roosters. After South Sydney contained Johnathan Thurston's bag of tricks last Friday night, the Cowboys have spent added time working on their attack at training to prepare for the miserly Roosters. The Roosters have conceded four tries, all from kicks, in the past four games. They have held rivals scoreless three times this season. The Cowboys had more possession and more tackles inside the attacking 20m zone than South Sydney last Friday, but could only manage two tries to five in a disappointing loss. "We had more sets down on their tryline against Souths and we couldn't produce anything," prop James Tamou said. Coming to the Roosters this week we're putting more emphasis on attack and we know the Roosters are going to be just about the same (as Souths). We've got to come up with something to break the defence. Maybe something will come off and we will get a couple of tries here and there. Tamou said the forwards needed to provide a stronger platform for Thurston and Matt Bowen to weave their magic by dominating a Roosters pack without suspended prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. He said it was time to "stop kicking stones around and man up." "As a forward we want to get the team on a forward roll, get a bit of momentum and get the defence rolling back," Tamou said. That gives our halves of time to make the play. We can't be going side to side and trying to make something happen without going forward first. That is our priority for this game and that will be our job, hopefully that gives our backs room to move. The clash with the Roosters is not only crucial for the Cowboys' season, it could be one of the defining games for this year's State of Origin series. It features crucial match-ups such as Roosters five-eighth James Maloney clashing with Queensland star Thurston and Roosters prop Marty Kennedy trying to impress Maroons selectors against Test front-rowers Tamou and Matt Scott.