Sea Eagles swoop over brave Sharks

The Cronulla Sharks have come within a whisker of pulling off one of their greatest ever wins this afternoon, narrowly falling to the Manly Sea Eagles 18-16 at Brookvale Oval.

Brave, valiant, strong and fearless, these are all words we could use today but not to describe the winners of this contest. The Cronulla Sharks came into this match in last position and were written off before the game even started with many punters looking at the form of their Toyota Cup side who were trounced 64-10 minutes earlier.

They chose to ignore the form guide though and duly made their intentions to rattle the reigning premiers known. Luke Covell opened his team