Ponga tackled and that's full time. Next week the Sharks have a layup against the Wests Tigers, while the Knights will look to bounce back against the Sea Eagles
Blayke Brailey's been sent to the bin with about 10 seconds on the clock for holding on too long
Challenge unsuccessful, Sharks ball
Knights knock on but they're challenging
Knights recover the short kickoff
Hynes is off the mark with the boot
Talakai again dominates Gagai and in doing so creates room for Ronaldo Mulitalo, who with only Ponga to beat puts in a kick for Will Kennedy, who makes no mistake with the finish. Sharks start the year 3-1 and look to be a contender
Bit harsh on Leo Thompson, the ball from Ponga was atrocious
Leo Thompson puts it down for the Knights
Hynes' kick goes out on the full thanks to some crafty work by Tuala
Teig Wilton gets caught on the last for the Sharks
Matt Moylan makes a good catch from the kickoff
Nicho Hynes is now 0/3 with the boot so far today
The Sharks find some space courtesy of a beautiful cutout pass from Hynes to Mulitalo. He finds Talakai on his inside, who is able to fend off Kurt Mann in cover and cross to most likely put this game beyond doubt.
Ponga's kick was a good one, but in trying to keep the play alive the Knights outside back throws an intercept. Sharks survive
Clune is able to force a repeat set. Leo Thompson was the Knights player hammered by Braden Hamlin-Uele earlier
Braden Hamlin-Uele has pulled off an early contender for hit of the year on a Knights player, I didn't quite see which one though
Challenge is successful as it's ruled Toby Rudolf stripped the ball. Knights will get a penalty and a fresh set on the Sharks line
Chris Randall knocks on while trying a scoot to the line from dummy half, but the ref says knock on. Knights are challenging
Six more tackles for NEW
Dale Finucane is penalised and put on report for a high shot on Dane Gagai
Toby Rudolf drops it cold
Dominic Young is off to the sin bin for putting Ronaldo Mulitalo in a dangerous position
Siosifa Talakai makes a catch that a 300 game veteran outside back would be proud of. The Sharks then get a penalty for a lifting tackle
Challenge unsuccessful, the bunker deems Ronaldo Mulitalo tried to play the ball too early. Knights with a prime opportunity to get themselves back in this
Ronaldo Mulitalo makes a mess of the play the ball but the Sharks are challenging
Teig Wilton overruns Moylan's kick and Dominic Young ends up with the ball. Knights survive
Sharks get a penalty on play 5. They'll take the tap
Clifford does exactly what Hynes did in the first half and sends a midfield bomb out on the full. Sharks have it in good field position once again
Kennedy comes very close to scoring off his own grubber but he can't quite finish it as he knocks on. Knights survive
Penalty Sharks as Frizell is pinged for a crusher on Ronaldo Mulitalo
Aiden Tolman's pass to McInnes is called forward
Underway and the Sharks have first use of it in the second half
Players back out on the field ahead of the second 40
Hynes' kick hits the upright and misses.
And the Sharks get one right on half time as Sione Katoa more than redeems himself! Ramien did a great job to get on the outside of Bradman Best before getting the ball away to Sione Katoa, who scores with a magnificent acrobatic putdown.
Tolman gets tackled high on the 4th. Sharks will have one last opportunity at the end of the half
Cameron McInnes gives away a penalty to the Knights, who will start the set on their own 40
Another penalty to the Sharks
Clifford collects Ronaldo Mulitalo high as he's coming out of his own end. Mulitalo is fine and there's no bad blood between them, but Clifford will go on report. Penalty Sharks, but the kick for touch goes about 5 metres
Bunker has overturned this, ruling Saifiti was obstructed in the lead-up. Penalty Knights
Absolutely beautiful play from the Sharks. Matt Moylan finds himself with the ball in a chaotic situation, he sums it up well to poke his head through the line and then get the offload to a hard running Siosifa Talakai, who scores the try. Bunker is checking for an obstruction however
Ponga knocks on again
No try confirmed, the high ball was allowed to bounce on the last and Katoa found himself with only Ponga to beat. He put a kick in for himself, Ponga didn't kick it dead for some reason and Katoa messed up the easy part, bouncing the ball in the in goal. 7 tackle set for the Knights coming up
Going upstairs for a possible Sharks try, but Ben Cummins thinks Katoa bounced the ball in the in goal
Hynes' kick is wide of the uprights
Well what about that! Aiden Tolman attempts the 872317823487236th crash ball on the last and scores doing just that in his 300th! I'd say there'd be some omen bets that have cashed thanks to that - how good! Sharks lead 4-0
The 300 game man Aiden Tolman is about to come onto the field
Jake Clifford's kick from inside the 30 almost hits the back fence. 7 tackle set coming up for Cronulla
The Knights defend the Sharks right-side shift very well as Sione Katoa is bundled into touch about 3 metres from the tryline
Jacob Saifiti puts it down courtesy of a big hit from Finucane and Ramien
Nicho Hynes' kick is marginally too deep as it rolls dead. 7 tackle set for Newy coming up
Daniel Saifiti's pass to his brother is forward - and Jacob puts it down anyway. Sharks hold on
Penalty to the Knights on the last as the Sharks are pinged for being offside
Nicho Hynes' bomb gets carried way across field - so much so it goes out on the full. Knights start their set on their own 40
Ronaldo Mulitalo now drops it on the end of a left side shift
Kalyn Ponga puts the ball down
Knights get another penalty after a period of back and forth
Siosifa Talakai makes half a break but forces a pass that wasn't there and it lands in the arms of Dominic Young. Knights then get a relieving penalty
Daniel Saifiti knocks on while trying to get a quick play the ball. Sharks scrum-feed on halfway
Sharks running into the wind this half, evident in the opening kickoff and the midfield bomb from Hynes that went about 5 metres downfield just then
Jake Clifford kicks on the third and it's fielded well by Will Kennedy amidst the 65km/hr winds at the ground
The Sharks don't fire much of a shot, with Jesse Ramien caught with the ball on the last
Underway and the Sharks go short on the kickoff, not sure if it was deliberate or not, and Kalyn Ponga ends up knocking on, giving the Sharks a golden opportunity straight away
Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Friday Night Football and to start off we are at Shark Park for a top eight matchup between the Sharks and Knights. The Sharks are unchanged from the side named by Craig Fitzgibbon on Tuesday, while for the Knights, Jacob Saifiti drops back to the bench for Leo Thompson in an otherwise unchanged side. Kickoff in roughly 5 minutes
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Darian Furner, Nick Beashel
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (18)
Tries: Aiden Tolman, Sione Katoa, Siosifa Talakai, Will Kennedy
Conversions: Nicho Hynes (1/4)
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (0)