Moses from touch strikes it well and it goes across the face and misses. Sharks hold on.
Moeroa keeps the ball alive and throws a flick pass out the back, Moses catches it, dummies and shrugs off a tackle to score in the right corner. to reduce the margin to 2 as the Siren sounds!
Moses has the extras and we have a grandstand finish coming up!
Surely not... Jennings is in now and the Eels draw closer with just a handful of minutes left.
Moses converts to narrow the margin to two converted tries.
Gower gets the first ball off the rusk and just pushes through the two middle defenders to score under the posts.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks try is disallowed, Eels now with the fresh set inside the Sharks 30m area.
Moses puts up a bomb but no one contests it. Holmes then drifts across the field and then busts through the line, puts on a great step and an even better dummy to run away and score. However it gets called back as Moylan is ruled to have obstructed Moreoa.
Edrick Lee with an horrendous defensive read has rushed up and in a loooong way. Gutherson threw a long ball to French who dived for the corner, but he just drops the ball.
SCRUM EELS - Takairangi offloads and Ramien gets a finger on it before Lee scoops it up.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks caught offside.
Townsend bangs over the deuce.
PENALTY SHARKS - Eels rush up too quickly again. Sharks set to have a crack at the extra 2
Townsend gets six again after he cleans up a lost ball that had been touched by the Eels. Sharks with a full set 10m from the Eels line.
DROP OUT EELS - Sharks with another grubber and this time Michael Jennings accidentally knocks it dead as he tries to shield it over the dead-ball line.
DROP OUT EELS - Segeyaro makes a break, gets it to Paulo who grubbers into the Eels in-goal. The ball is cleaned up by Gutherson, who is then forced dead.
Moses runs across field and then puts in a grubber for the touchjudge, before blowing up. Clueless play.
French very nearly crosses in the corner, but the woeful pass he receives is forward.
DROP OUT EELS - Townsend's grubber is cleaned up by Norman, who is then pushed dead by Holmes chasing through.
PENALTY SHARKS - Eels were inside the ten after putting in a kick.
Mannah cops a Feki big headknock and comes off the field.
Townsend's sideline conversion decides to go for a swim instead. Missed by a long way.
Sharks with a lovely play started by Townsend, who sent the ball out the back to Moylan who had to just draw and pass to Lee, who slides over for an easy pie.
PENALTY SHARKS - Gower pinged for improper massage practices.
Both sides trading strong sets followed by sad kicks.
SCRUM SHARKS - Will Smith at dummy half knocks on. Not very jiggy.
Norman puts up a bomb, everyone watches it like it's a shooting star. Moses collects it, gets caught, he throws a flick pass to Row C. Change over.
Moses puts in a wobbly grubber as the siren sounds, but it's cleaned up by the Sharks. Time for party pies.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks continue with a tackle after Held was called. Eels inside the Sharks 20m with another set.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks holding down too long in the tackle. Eels with a full set inside the Sharks 30m
Eels looked confused with the ball in the hand. Lots of offloads to lots of flat footed players. The set ends with a kick to the right corner, but George Jennings knocks on.
PENALTY EELS - The ball is stripped in a 2 man tackle. They'll get to travel into Sharks territory for the first time in a long time.
Townsend throws the conversion over from right in front.
Holmes cuts through the middle defence after receiving a nice quick inside ball, he then finds Townsend backing up and he runs away to score under the posts.
Wade Graham looks to be gone for the night with a hamstring injury
Townsend from the same blade of grass as his last attempt, but this time he pushes it wide.
Sharks catch the Eels left edge napping again. Townsend runs to the line, shapes to kick and then passes out the back to Leutele who then gets it onto Feki who crosses for his second.
PENALTY SHARKS - Feki taken high as he approaches the sideline late in the tackle count and just 10m from the Eels line.
Graham with a lovely grubber that holds up inside the Eels in-goal and forces a drop out.
SCRUM SHARKS - Pritchard throws a forward pass to Mannah from dummy half.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks holding down too long in the tackle.
SCRUM EELS - First play off the scrum and Moylan knocks on as he plays the ball.
SCRUM SHARKS - Eels knock on inside their own half early in their set
Takairangi returns serve, rushes up on Moylan and He spills the ball cold.
Sharks strong defence produces a turn over inside the Eels half.
Moses unable to convert from touch.
Eels go left with some sharp and fast passing draws Lee in off his wing and French scores despite being knocked off balance by the cover defence.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks inside the ten again. Eels to walk up to the Sharks 30m line.
Eels spread the ball left but Takairangi can't hang onto the hospital ball close to the line. Turnover.
PENALTY EELS - Sharks players offside.
Eels finally get a set and get close to the Sharks line, but Norman's grubber is too weak and Townsend cleans up comfortably.
Townsend with a lovely conversion from touch.
Sharks swing the ball left and Leutele with a nice draw and pass puts Feki on a clear run down the wing and he scores.
Prior held up in goal on the second.
PENALTY SHARKS - Fifita barges through the Eels defence and carries half of Parramatta almost over the Eels line. The ball is illegally ripped out.
PENALTY SHARKS - Eels a bit too keen off their line.
The Sharks take a minute to remember the life of club icon Cliff Watson. And Parra gets us underway!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Rohan Best
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (22)
Tries: Sosaia Feki (2), Chad Townsend, Edrick Lee
Field Goals:
Conversions: Chad Townsend (2/4)
Penalty Goals: Chad Townsend (1/1)
PARRAMATTA EELS (20)
Tries: Bevan French, Mitchell Moses, David Gower, Michael Jennings
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mitchell Moses (2/4)
Penalty Goals: