Full Time
80:00
7:35pm Sat March 24, 2018
Round 3 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 25106
80min

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.

79min

Josh Dugan limps off the field with 70 seconds left

76min

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

74min

Andrew Fifita looks up before he gets the ball and loses it, Eels with a scrum on the Sharks 10

73min

Penalty Goal: Sharks
Kicked by Chad Townsend.

Chad Townsend nails the conversion and he's taken his lead out to 14

Sharks lead Eels 4 - 14 Sharks
72min

PENALTY EELS: Kenny Edwards penalised for a strip and guess what the Sharks will take the 2

70min

Eels get a penalty and will have a few full set attacking the Sharks line, which has been strong in the 70 minutes played.

68min

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

68min

Trent Hodkinson forces a repeat set with a pinpoint kick, that traps Michael Jennings in the ingoal

56min

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.

56min

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.

54min

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.

52min

Repeat set for the Eels as Dugan smothers the ball after the kick from Moses

50min

Standing ovation at ANZ... not for a great play, not for a returning legend.... Ben Cummins gives Parramatta their first penalty after 50 minutes.

49min

Ricky Leutele dazzles with footwork, the Eels get in and forces the ball free, Eels 20m restart

48min

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

47min

Sharks dominating field position again but can't turn it into points.

42min

Smith drops the high ball and Sharks will get another set of six

40min

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

40min

BACK UNDERWAY - Parramatta have the first use of the football in the second half.

40min

BACK UNDERWAY - Parramatta have the first use of the football in the second half.

37min

Penalty Goal: Sharks
Kicked by Chad Townsend.

Chad Townsend with another penalty goal from close range sails over the black dot.

Sharks lead Eels 4 - 12 Sharks
36min

Sharks get their FIFTH penalty of the game and Chad Townsend will go for penalty goal again

35min

Matt Prior forces a repeat set - just repeating Matt Prior forces the repeat set.

33min

Bevan French gets muscled over the sideline and throws the ball back in but Kasey Badger has her flag up, Sharks scrum

31min

In fact of course that's their 4th of the night

30min

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.

29min

HAYNE IS OFF - A upper leg injury has grounded the Hayne Plane

25min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Chad Townsend.

Townsend converted his earlier try

Sharks lead Eels 4 - 10 Sharks
25min

Penalty Goal: Sharks
Kicked by Chad Townsend.

Chad Townsend knocks the penalty goal over and the Sharks extend their lead

Sharks lead Eels 4 - 8 Sharks
24min

PENALTY SHARKS: Too slow again in the ruck are the Eels according to Peter Gough; Sharks to take the 2 again

24min

Nathan Brown makes an effort for a Dairy Farmers sponsored penalty but Ben Cummins doesn't give in and rules a lost ball

23min

Conversion: Eels
Attempted by Mitchell Moses.

Mitch Moses can't convert the kick from outwide

Sharks lead Eels 4 - 6 Sharks
21min

Try: Eels
Scored by Kirisome Auva'a. Kick to come.

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.

Sharks lead Eels 4 - 6 Sharks
19min

Paul Gallen ruled to have lost the ball by Ben Cummins, replays tell a different story

16min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Chad Townsend. Kick to come.

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

Sharks lead Eels 0 - 6 Sharks
13min

Penalty Goal: Sharks
Kicked by Chad Townsend.

Chad Townsend nails the penalty goal from the right of the uprights

Sharks lead Eels 0 - 2 Sharks
11min

PENALTY SHARKS: First penalty of the night goes to Cronulla, after Ben Cummins rules the ruck is too slow. Sharkies will take the 2

11min

Cronulla get a repeat set after Jarryd Hayne loses the ball of the Hodkinson grubber

8min

Mitch Moses tries crabbing his way across field but loses it

7min

No score in a pretty even start to the battle of the winless sides

3min

Both sides getting through their opening set, but the Sharks can't get through their second

1min

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)