The team is set to face Cronulla at Allianz Stadium but has had to take extreme measures to make it to the game as two commercial flights that go direct from Townsville to Sydney are sold out due to sky-high demand from Cowboys supporters.

Speaking with News Corp today, North Queensland head of football Micheal Luck said, "We're still working with the NRL through it.'

'Hopefully we can get it sorted today, we need to know how we are getting down there and getting back.

'There weren't enough seats for us on any commercial flights, so the NRL was working with an agency to sort that out.'

The North Queensland Cowboys will face Penrith in the preliminary final if they can get past the Sharks on Friday night.