FULL TIME at ANZ Stadium - Not the flashiest game you will ever see but the Sharks get their first win of the season taking it out 14-4.
Josh Dugan limps off the field with 70 seconds left
Kirisome Auva'a slides across with the ball and tries to get the ball to Hoffman but can only find the chest of Touch Judge Brett Suttor, Eels throw nothing at the Sharks yet again
Andrew Fifita looks up before he gets the ball and loses it, Eels with a scrum on the Sharks 10
Chad Townsend nails the conversion and he's taken his lead out to 14
PENALTY EELS: Kenny Edwards penalised for a strip and guess what the Sharks will take the 2
Eels get a penalty and will have a few full set attacking the Sharks line, which has been strong in the 70 minutes played.
AH WHAT? From the dropout Chad Townsend throws the ball straight forward to Andrew Fifita and the Eels get a scrum out of it all
Trent Hodkinson forces a repeat set with a pinpoint kick, that traps Michael Jennings in the ingoal
Again we go to the Bunker this time for the Sharks - Ben Cummins again says NO TRY and yet again Jared Maxwell upholds the live call of Cummins. Jayden Brailey thought to be offside and replays show it's the case.
BUNKER TIME - Bevan French absolutely motors like Winx to get to the ball but he goes over the top of it but it's a knock on by French.
No danger at all in that set of six from Parramatta on the Sharks line, A nothing kick from Moses and Townsend takes the ball without it even getting into the ingoal.
Repeat set for the Eels as Dugan smothers the ball after the kick from Moses
Standing ovation at ANZ... not for a great play, not for a returning legend.... Ben Cummins gives Parramatta their first penalty after 50 minutes.
Ricky Leutele dazzles with footwork, the Eels get in and forces the ball free, Eels 20m restart
A repeat set for the Sharks as boos ring out from the Parra fans with the kick chasers being offside but not called by Ben Cummins
Sharks dominating field position again but can't turn it into points.
Smith drops the high ball and Sharks will get another set of six
Solid set for the Eels to begin the second half, they completed at just 67% and were on the wrong end of a 6-0 penalty count at HT
BACK UNDERWAY - Parramatta have the first use of the football in the second half.
BACK UNDERWAY - Parramatta have the first use of the football in the second half.
Chad Townsend with another penalty goal from close range sails over the black dot.
Sharks get their FIFTH penalty of the game and Chad Townsend will go for penalty goal again
Matt Prior forces a repeat set - just repeating Matt Prior forces the repeat set.
Bevan French gets muscled over the sideline and throws the ball back in but Kasey Badger has her flag up, Sharks scrum
In fact of course that's their 4th of the night
Inside the final 10 minutes and the Sharks get their third penalty of the night - Ben Cummins rules a Sharks player was taken without the ball.
HAYNE IS OFF - A upper leg injury has grounded the Hayne Plane
Townsend converted his earlier try
Chad Townsend knocks the penalty goal over and the Sharks extend their lead
PENALTY SHARKS: Too slow again in the ruck are the Eels according to Peter Gough; Sharks to take the 2 again
Nathan Brown makes an effort for a Dairy Farmers sponsored penalty but Ben Cummins doesn't give in and rules a lost ball
Mitch Moses can't convert the kick from outwide
Kirisome Auva'a gets the Eels first pointer in 153 minutes, a good shift left wasn't going anywhere but Ramien missed a tackle and opened up the gap.
Paul Gallen ruled to have lost the ball by Ben Cummins, replays tell a different story
Paul Gallen draws a defender, gets it on to Jayson Bukuya who paces upfield and bam gets the offload to Townsend who gets brought down short but slides on the greasy field into the ingoal
Chad Townsend nails the penalty goal from the right of the uprights
PENALTY SHARKS: First penalty of the night goes to Cronulla, after Ben Cummins rules the ruck is too slow. Sharkies will take the 2
Cronulla get a repeat set after Jarryd Hayne loses the ball of the Hodkinson grubber
Mitch Moses tries crabbing his way across field but loses it
No score in a pretty even start to the battle of the winless sides
Both sides getting through their opening set, but the Sharks can't get through their second
Ben Cummins calls time on and we're underway at ANZ Stadium - Sharks using the ball first
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins, Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Brett Suttor, Kasey Badger
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea
PARRAMATTA EELS (4)
Tries: Kirisome Auva'a
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (0/1)
Penalty Goals:
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (14)
Tries: Chad Townsend
Field Goals:
Conversions: Chad Townsend (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Chad Townsend (4/4)