In Round 12, Wests defeated the Cowboys 66-18 at Leichhardt, and now the Cowboys have hosted the Tigers in Townsville and proceeded to take an eye for an eye, a few nose hairs, all four limbs, their spleens, and buried them alive in concrete.

74-0.

The greatest winning margin of the NRL era.

The greatest shutout victory in the history of First Grade, surpassing Canberra’s 68-0 win against Parramatta in 1993.

The 3rd-greatest winning margin of all time, only beaten by Canterbury losing 91-6 to St George and 87-7 to Easts in consecutive weeks in 1935.

The equal 3rd-greatest score by a team in First Grade, matching Parramatta’s 74-4 win against Cronulla in 2003, and Canberra’s 74-12 win against Penrith in 2008.

The greatest score and winning margin in a First Grade match in Queensland, surpassing Brisbane’s 71-6 win against Newcastle in 2007.

Valentine Holmes’ 30 points (2 tries & 11 goals) are the most in a game by a Cowboys player, overtaking Jonathan Thurston and Josh Hannay, who both had personal bests of 24.

The 122-point swing from Round 12 is also the biggest in-season form reversal between two teams since St George-Illawarra produced a 106-point turnaround on the Melbourne Storm in 2000, losing 10-70 in Round 5, then winning 50-4 in Round 18.

It’s absolutely beautiful that we’ve got Sportsbet donating $1000 per try during Beanies for Brain Cancer Round, because this weekend the Sharks and Cowboys have single-handedly scored enough tries to eradicate the damned disease.

Well, I think we better finish this post off with an appropriate song.