Match Centre

Cronulla have run out 33-20 victors over Canterbury-Bankstown on Saturday evening.

The Sharks get a penalty.

The Sharks get the ball from the short re-start.

Cronulla will kick a penalty goal to wind down the clock.

Cronulla penalty.

The Bulldogs are challenging a knock on.

Declan Casey makes an error.

NO TRY. Mulitalo butchers a try by putting his hand on the dead ball line before grounding.

Mulitalo gets over to secure the result for Cronulla.

The Sharks force a line drop out.

Reed Mahoney comes up with a poor error to give the Sharks possession on halfway.

Will Kennedy manages to stay in the field of play while fielding a towering bomb from Burton.

Hayze Perham cleans up for the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs get a penalty and find touch 35 metres out from the Sharks line.

Josh Reynolds dives on an offload from Cameron McInnes.

Oregon Kaufusi is back on for the visitors.

Nicho Hynes tackles Declan Casey over the sideline - great defence from the Cronulla halfback.

Josh Reynolds is on the field.

The Sharks lose their challenge.

The Sharks are challenging the ruling.

Tom Hazelton comes up with an error.

The Bulldogs have kicked out on the full - this has gone from bad to worse.

The Bulldogs come up with an error on the 10 metre line.

Mulitalo gets into space but has to force a pass before running over the sideline.

Matt Burton attempts a 40/20 but doesn't have the angle to pull it off.

Thomas Hazelton makes a tackle with his first involvement of the night.

Hynes kicks for Katoa, but the Cronulla winger can't hold onto the ball on the last tackle.

Okunbor comes up with an error for the Bulldogs.

Will Kennedy is trapped in goal. The Bulldogs will get the ball back from a line drop out.

Jacob Preston makes a great run and the Bulldogs are on the attack.

Cronulla come up with a forward pass on the last tackle.

The Sharks are on the attack.

No Try. The bunker rules the referee blew his whistle for held up prior to Hunt getting the ball on the ground.

Andrew Davey may have done a remarkable job to hold up Hunt over the line.

Royce Hunt is claiming a try.

We're back underway.

Cronulla hold a slender lead at the break.

The halftime siren sounds before Burton can get a shot at field goal in.

Matt Moylan knocks on.

Will Kennedy cleans up an early kick from Mahoney.

Somehow the Bulldogs only trail by four at the break.

Burton takes on the line and is pulled down short of the line.

Matt Moylan does well to knock a kick from Reed Mahoney dead.

Jake Averillo is pulled down a metre out from the try line.

The Bulldogs get a penalty.

Averillo comes up with great tackle to dislodge the ball from Mulitalo with the try line in sight.

Ryan Sutton comes up with another dropped ball.

The Bulldogs get a much-needed penalty coming out of trouble.

Max King does well to dive on an attacking kick from Hynes.

Ryan Sutton comes up with an error inside the Bulldogs half.

The Bulldogs get the ball back from the line drop out.

The Sharks force a line drop out.

Moylan and Nikora combine to make a break through the Bulldogs defence.

The Sharks get a seven tackle set.

Teig Wilton times his tackle well to wrap up Hayze Perham as he was catching a bomb.

The Bulldogs spill the ball - it's not their night so far...

The Bulldogs get a penalty inside the Sharks half.

The Sharks come up with an error.

The decision of try is upheld despite protestations from the Bulldogs.

The bunker is checking for an obstruction.

Cronulla get a penalty coming out of their end.

Burton puts up a towering bomb that Katoa does well to defuse.

The Bulldogs were able to take advantage of multiple seven tackle sets and got a result with a right side shift to Burns.

Hynes puts up an attacking kick; the ball bounces over the dead ball line.

The Bulldogs come up with another error.

Moylan puts in a kick intended for Mulitalo, but the ball bounces over the dead ball line to give the Bulldogs a seven tackle set.

Pangai Jr comes up with a dropped ball on halfway.

Mulitalo comes up with a good catch under pressure.

Brandon Burns gets a touch in his first match of the season.

The Sharks have gone the length of the field after points...

Briton Nikora throws a dummy and gets into space...

The Bulldogs will elect to take the points on offer.

Bulldogs penalty.

Bulldogs penalty.

Perham is wrapped up on his 10 metre line.

Burton, wearing the #7 jersey for the first time, gets a kick away.

We have kick-off at a rain-soaked Accor Stadium.

Both teams are on the field with the pre-match commemoration ceremony underway.

The Sharks haven’t won at Accor Stadium since 2018 - that was against the Bulldogs in the final game of the regular season.

Cronulla have dominated recent clashes against Canterbury-Bankstown with nine wins from 11 contests since 2011.

Both teams will line up as per program, 1-17, for the ANZAC Round clash.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 8 Saturday Night Football between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Cronulla Sharks from Accor Stadium.