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PENALTY SHARKS - They find touch 35m from the Souths line

Tom Burgess hits a runaway Mulitalo high and hard just shy of halfway

Burgess with a big break up the middle and makes 25 metres into the Sharks half

Cook is ok and playing on

Play stopped as Cook stays down after a legal tackle.

Sharks get the final 5 mins of Golden Point underway

SCRUM SOUTHS - Fifita attempts to play the ball quickly and get a penalty and he fails to get either, ref rules knock on inside the Sharks half.

Souths get Golden Point started

And they do absolutely zero with the ball. The siren sounds. We're off to Golden Point. Means we get more of this great contest and pushes the Tigers game closer to bedtime. Rugby League is the winner now!

Sharks get 3 tackles before fulltime

Ilias very nearly knocks on. Souths keep the ball alive and look to be advancing towards the Sharks line before Cook attempts a grubber but drops it instead.

Set Restart Souths - on the first tackle from the scrum

SCRUM SOUTHS - Sharks with a knock on while effecting a tackle

Koloamatangi with a 1 on 1 strip 20m from the Sharks line

SCRUM SOUTHS - Rudolf runs a hard angled line onto a short ball and drops it on halfway

Ilias gets grassed on the last again. This time 20m from the Sharks line.

Hynes attempts a 20/40

Play stopped now with Mulitalo down. He's back to his feet after a minute and playing on

Play stopped after Fifita went down after a knock to the head. No penalty.

SCRUM SHARKS - Solid defence by the Sharks results in Tass losing the ball, 30m from the Bunnies line.

Souths playing very ill-disciplined footy now with ball in hand

McInnes looked like he scored but the Bunker has found the ball briefly came away from his hand, thus constituting a knock on.

Moylan with a stunning grubber in the line and forces a drop out.

Walker with a pushed pass that is both forward and to the ground. Talakai cleans up.

Sharks defence survives several raids by the Bunnies. Now they're surging upfield

A lovely grubber at the end of the set forces the Sharks to take the ball dead.

Tom now going off for an HIA

Tom Burgess getting some panel beating done to his noggin

Hynes lobs a pass up a bit high and Kennedy snatches at it and drop it, 10m from the Bunnies line.

PENALTY SHARKS - Hynes passes back out and hits the offside Tom Burgess who is ambling back onside

Worth noting, Wade Graham passed his HIA at halftime.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Souths put up a bomb and Mulitalo leaps up knocks it on, 10m from the Sharks line.

Sharks get this intriguing battle resumed

Well what a half. Cody Walker decided to be a grub, Sharks and Bunnies traded brainsnaps, Graham came off for an HIA and NASA helped Mulitalo return safely to Earth so that he could score a try. Sharks up by 6 at the break.

Sharks might be about to score a try. Just waiting for Mulitalo to come back to Earth

SCRUM SHARKS - Cook with a forward pass from dummy half 15m shy of halfway

Sharks spin the ball from the left sideline to the right, before Ramien flicks a pass to Tracey who fumbles it 7m shy of the tryline.

Challenge failedf

PENALTY SHARKS - Walker escort. Souths challenge

Graham coming off for an HIA

PENALTY SHARKS - Graham in a bit of space steps inside and shrugs off some cover defenders before clumsy old Tom Burgess ambles in and tackles Graham around the forehead with his big mit.

Souths with a debacle on the last. Ilias gets the ball but forgets he has to kick and is caught with the ball near halfway.

Sharks have a brain fart. Tolman is at first receiver on the third tackle. hits it up and is tackled just shy of the Bunnies line. Then he makes an absolute banquet of the play the ball.

SCRUM SHARKS - Hynes with a good long kick at the end of the set catches Paulo out of position. The winger runs back to collect the awkwardly bouncing ball and he knocks it on.

Pretty dopey play there by Sharks. Graham drops a short ball to Talakai on his outside, expecting the centre to come back infield, but he stays wide and is pushed into touch

PENALTY SHARKS - Souths offside. Sharks start their set 10m shy of halfway

SET RESTART SHARKS - 5m from halfway and late in the set

Tatola very nearly breaks through the line

PENALTY SOUTHS - Souths get another penalty late in the set. Now they're 10m from the Sharks line with a full set

PENALTY SOUTHS - And this will help them get out of trouble. Finding touch 20m shy of halfway.

Mitchell drops a shallow Sharks kick. Sharks get 6 again but Kennedy doesn't hear the call and kicks again. Paulo fields the ball on the bounce in his own ingoal and is tackled by Kennedy, but just gets back into the field of play

Souths 15m out from the Sharks line, last tackle, Cook passes to Ilias who drops it cold.

Hynes with a rushed bomb that goes about 5 metres forward. Tracey catches it and passes infield to Ramien who is tackled just as he catches the ball and loses it over the sideline.

PENALTY SOUTHS - McInnes holding on too long in the tackle.

SCRUM SOUTHS - Hunt offloads and no Sharks players were expecting it. Brailey then fumbled it backwards as Murray attempts to grab the ball/head of Brailey. Ramien then attempts to clean the ball up and fumbles it forward. Sharks challenge and lose.

Souths with the kick off