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Warriors regain the ball with a short kick off and the Sharks aren't guaranteed 8th spot yet

Braden Hamlin-Uele's offload goes to ground and is dived on by Blake Green

It doesn't come off, they make a mistake on play 3

Warriors will have to work it out of their own end and they are throwing caution to the wind and playing some outlandish footy

Classic Warriors yet again. Kodi Nikorima went straight through and got away an amazing flick pass to Eliesa Katoa, who got it back inside to Nikorima but he couldn't hold on to it

The Sharks only need one more point to go ahead of Souths into the top 8

Blake Green is back out there for the Warriors

David Fusitu'a was a decent chance to go over but couldn't hang on to the poor pass from Karl Lawton.

Chad Townsend's pass is about 3 metres forward and the Warriors hold on

Adam Blair's offload goes wayward and the Sharks end up with the ball

Chad Townsend is taking no chances and bats the ball dead, giving NZ a repeat set

Toby Rudolf went straight through and made 40 odd metres but all his hard work is undone as he makes a mess of the play the ball

Sharks receive another set restart, this time on the last play

Checking*

Checkin for a penalty try but it doesn't look likely

Sharks force a repeat set

Sharks receive a set restart - there haven't been many of those today

Toby Rudolf puts it down and the Warriors have it in good position

Sharks are out to the 30 on their 1st courtesy of an offload

Bunker time, Jesse Ramien looks to have finished off a slick Sharks backline movement

Penalty against the Warriors for tackling Wade Graham without the ball. Sharks will be in good field position

Connor Tracey has replaced Blayke Brailey in the dummy half position

Warriors get caught on the last while attacking the Sharks line and it'll be a handover

Royce Hunt is now out there for the Sharks, replacing Aaron Woods

Challenge unsuccessful, Sharks will still have possession

Warriors are now challenging this, standby

Eliesa Katoa can't hang on to the crash ball, Sharks survive

Kodi Nikorima batted it on to Ken Maumalo, but the Sharks defence was able to wrap him up in time

Challenge unsuccessful, Warriors will still get a penalty

Penalty to the Warriors for an accidental offside from Shaun Johnson. They're challenging it though

Ronaldo Mulitalo loses it straight away

Jack Hetherington loses the ball in trying to offload and Cronulla have it

Ken Maumalo beats Aaron Woods' tackle and a few more to give the Warriors some kind of momentum

Blayke Brailey rolls a grubber in but it's too big and the Warriors will get a 7 tackle set early in this second half

Siosifa Talakai with a huge run from the kick off, almost getting it to the 30

Teams are back out there, 2nd half imminent

Never mind, Peta Hiku knocks on and that should be half time

Ken Maumalo receives a pass that runs along the ground and bobbles it in trying to pick it up. Sharks survive

Blayke Brailey makes a loose carry and hands possession to the Warriors

Blake Green puts a nothing grubber in but Briton Nikora is taken back into the in goal. The ref rules he was held however, and the Sharks will get a penalty

Another penalty to the Warriors

Now the Warriors get a penalty for a Wade Graham high shot. Apparently the previous penalty was for a crusher

That's a weird penalty, looked to be awarded for getting tackled too hard

HUGE hit by Agnatius Paasi on Toby Rudolf, and it starts a bit of a push and shove. Cronulla will get a penalty

Challenge successful, "Wayde Egan has eyes for the football and slaps it out." Penalty Sharks

Cronulla are challenging this

Kodi Nikorima puts up a bomb that is toed ahead on the bounce by Jazz Tevaga. It goes dead and the Sharks have 7 tackles

Siosifa Talakai makes his presence felt with a strong run off the kickoff

Going to the bunker, Shaun Johnson looks to have scored and the on field call is try

Ronaldo Mulitalo makes a line break and is only stopped by Tuivasa-Sheck

Wayde Egan has passed his HIA and will be back this afternoon

Just as I rap them, Jamayne Taunoa-Brown knocks on on play 1 letting Cronulla off the hook

Will Kennedy is trapped in goal and the Warriors are building some pressure and looking dangerous.

Karl Lawton makes a mess of the play the ball and again receives a penalty. Warriors with a good opportunity to claw their way back into this one

Aaron Woods makes a line break and gets it off to Chad Townsend who is pulled down. The Sharks get wrapped up on the last and the Warriors survive

Jazz Tevaga with a very damaging run upfield to get his side on the front foot

Will Kennedy steams onto a kick from the Warriors but loses it and the Warriors receive a set restart

Jazz Tevaga is on the field for the Warriors

Ronaldo Mulitalo knocks on and the Warriors with another attacking opportunity

Sorensen is coming off and Toby Rudolf comes on for his first stint on the field

Scott Sorensen is down and receiving treatment but it doesn't look too serious. Stay tuned

Jack Hetherington is on report for the late hit on Blayke Brailey. Sharks will kick for touch and look for another 4 pointer

Sharks are rolling upfield, they are over halfway on the 4th and they'll get a penalty a tackle later

Blake Green throws a bullet pass that bounces right off Karl Lawton, handing the Sharks possession. Straight after they give away a penalty. Shaun Johnson and the Sharks can breathe easy

Karl Lawton makes a mess of the play the ball but it's ruled to have happened due to a Cronulla infringement. Penalty to the Warriors

Good result for NZ, Blake Green has forced a goal line dropout. They need to make the most of this opportunity

Braden Hamlin-Uele again with the hit up to restart play

Knock on against the Warriors, the Sharks were playing hot potato on the last and the ref has found a mistake from NZ. Sharks with a golden opportunity to extend their lead

After all that, Sharks get a 7 tackle set

NO TRY! Unbelievable! Ronaldo Mulitalo made a mess of the high ball while unnecessarily interfering with Will Kennedy's attempt. David Fusitu'a did very well to stay in and get the ball inside, all Herbert had to do was put it down and he DROPPED IT! Classic Warriors!

Going upstairs but looks like the Warriors have hit back with a brilliant try

Sharks doing it easily, they've made more than 60 metres in the set after points. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck makes no mistake with the take of the bomb

Braden Hamlin-Uele backs up his try scoring effort with the hit up from the kick off

Sharks are winning the early field position battle, forcing Green to kick from behind his own 30 metre line

Warriors make just over 40 metres on their first set and Ronaldo Mulitalo brings it back and is greeted with a big hit from Adam Blair

Underway, Warriors with first use of it and Wayde Egan takes the opening hit up

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimied's coverage of the first Sunday 2pm game of the year and it's the Warriors taking on the Sharks from Central Coast Stadium. The Warriors haven't made any changes to the playing 17 however have reshuffled their forward pack. Eliesa Katoa will make his return from the bench with Jack Hetherington getting his first start in the NRL, pushing Karl Lawton to the second row. John Morris has brought in Will Kennedy to start at fullback, pushing Dugan to the centres. Scott Sorensen will start, pushing Toby Rudolf to the bench. Kickoff veryyy close.