Full Time
80:00
4:05pm Sun June 18, 2023
Round 16 - PointsBet Stadium, Woolooware / Dharawal - Crowd: 11901
80min

That's full time, Sharks with a big win in this one and the Dogs go from bad to worse

78min

Pangai's offload hits the ground, Sharks have it

76min

Katoa drops it, Dogs have a full attacking set coming

73min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan kicks the goal

Sharks lead Sharks 48 - 10 Bulldogs
72min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Kurtis Morrin. Kick to come.

The Dogs get one back, Kurtis Morrin going over for his first of the year

Sharks lead Sharks 48 - 8 Bulldogs
72min

Penalty Bulldogs, Morrin knocked over in support by Oregon Kaufusi

71min

Challenge is successful, Bulldogs scrum feed

71min

Jacob Kiraz loses the ball but the Dogs are challenging

70min

Hayze Perham makes a good run back to halfway on the kick return

68min

Nicho Hynes throws a terrible pass to Sione Katoa, who ends up over the sideline after losing 30 metres

68min

Mahoney kicks off his own goal line on tackle 3. That about sums it all up

67min

Nicho Hynes tries an early kick but Braidon Burns is there to cut it off

63min

Bulldogs get a penalty coming out of their own end

63min

Teig Wilton is caught on the last. Changeover

62min

Sione Katoa goes straight through, Sharks on the attack again

61min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Nicho Hynes kicks the goal. It was Kyle Flanagan who threw the intercept for Ramien

Sharks lead Sharks 48 - 4 Bulldogs
60min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Jesse Ramien. Kick to come.

Jesse Ramien takes an intercept and goes the length to score for the Sharks

Sharks lead Sharks 46 - 4 Bulldogs
59min

Jacob Preston tries a kick and it is taken well in the slips cordon by Thomas Hazelton

58min

Siosifa Talakai throws a forward pass to Mulitalo

56min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Nicho Hynes kicks the goal

Sharks lead Sharks 42 - 4 Bulldogs
55min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Briton Nikora. Kick to come.

Briton Nikora gets over in his 100th game

Sharks lead Sharks 40 - 4 Bulldogs
54min

Dogs win the challenge but end up behind, as the call is changed from a knock on to a stirp. Sharks on the attack

54min

Talakai has dropped it again but ref rules the Dogs slapped it out. They are challenging though

50min

Sharks make another break but Talakai drops the ball and the Dogs hang on

49min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Nicho Hynes adds to his points tally

Sharks lead Sharks 36 - 4 Bulldogs
48min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Thomas Hazelton. Kick to come.

Another incredibly soft try up the middle conceded by the Bulldogs, Thomas Hazelton bumping off Reed Mahoney with ease and scoring the try

Sharks lead Sharks 34 - 4 Bulldogs
47min

Braidon Burns tries a miracle offload and it is dived on by Jesse Ramien, who is illegally dragged into touch. Sharks on the attack

45min

Set restart for CBY

43min

Matt Moylan passes it forward

43min

Khaled Rajab's kick is too deep, 7 tackle set for the Sharks coming up

42min

Jake Averillo makes a good catch at fullback

41min

Sharks first use of the pill to start the 40

40min

Players back out on the field ahead of the second half

40min

That's half time. Sharks good, Dogs trash

39min

The Sharks play some ad-lib footy on the last but it ends as Nicho Hynes throws a forward pass

38min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Nicho Hynes converts from in front

Sharks lead Sharks 30 - 4 Bulldogs
38min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Jack Williams. Kick to come.

Jack Williams this time scores under the posts courtesy of a nice run from Blayke Brailey. This is just embarrassing for the Dogs

Sharks lead Sharks 28 - 4 Bulldogs
37min

Sharks get a penalty and will look to add one more before the break

36min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes knocks it over from in front

Sharks lead Sharks 24 - 4 Bulldogs
35min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Cameron McInnes. Kick to come.

Cameron McInnes crashes over under the posts this time. The middle defence of the Bulldogs has been terribly soft so far, even by their standards

Sharks lead Sharks 22 - 4 Bulldogs
34min

Jayden Okunbor makes a mess of the play the ball, Sharks can hit right back here

33min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Attempted by Kyle Flanagan.

Kyle Flanagan misses the conversion

Sharks lead Sharks 18 - 4 Bulldogs
31min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Kyle Flanagan. Kick to come.

Kyle Flanagan sense an opportunity down the shortside from dummy half and dives over to get the Dogs on the board. He lets the crowd know about it with a post try celebration

Sharks lead Sharks 18 - 4 Bulldogs
30min

Set restart for CBY

29min

Cameron McInnes drops the ball

28min

Bulldogs survive, Perham coming up with possession on the bounce

27min

Sharks are away again, 10 metres past halfway on the third. Dogs in big trouble

27min

Conversion: Sharks
Attempted by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes shanks the conversion attempt, score remains 18-0

Sharks lead Sharks 18 - 0 Bulldogs
26min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Ronaldo Mulitalo. Kick to come.

The Sharks easily find space down the left with William Kennedy doing some nice work to beat Jacob Kiraz and then put Ronaldo Mulitalo over in the corner

Sharks lead Sharks 18 - 0 Bulldogs
25min

Karl Oloapu puts it down and Ronaldo Mulitalo picks it up and puts the Sharks on the attack

24min

Canterbury get a penalty to help them come out of their own end

23min

Karl Oloapu kicks it way too long on the last and Ronaldo Mulitalo catches it on the full in goal. 7 tackle set for Sharks coming up

21min

Braden Hamlin-Uele drops it in the set after points. Dogs now attacking

20min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes knocks the conversion over

Sharks lead Sharks 14 - 0 Bulldogs
19min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Braden Hamlin-Uele. Kick to come.

Braden Hamlin-Uele crashes past some poor Bulldogs defence to plant the ball down under the sticks. This could get ugly

Sharks lead Sharks 12 - 0 Bulldogs
18min

Sharks get a penalty and Perham knocks on and the ball is picked up by a man in an offside position

16min

Nicho Hynes has his kick deflected by Flanagan this time and he runs about 20 metres before passing out to Jacob Kiraz, who tries to turn Siosifa Talakai inside out but tries a flick to Averillo which goes forward. Sharks will be on the attack again

14min

Hynes' kick is bizarrely allowed to bounce by Hayze Perham and he pays the price by getting trapped in goal

13min

Penalty Goal: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Nicho Hynes makes no mistake

Sharks lead Sharks 8 - 0 Bulldogs
12min

Bulldogs strip the ball illegally, Sharks going for goal

12min

Set restart for CRO who are looking good

11min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Nicho Hynes adds the extras

Sharks lead Sharks 6 - 0 Bulldogs
9min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Teig Wilton. Kick to come.

Kyle Flanagan's kick hits the legs of the Sharks defenders and Hynes picks it up and runs 90 metres before being reeled in by Jake Averillo, but Cronulla still capitalise with a spread to the left to Teig Wilton, who gets the scoring underway

Sharks lead Sharks 4 - 0 Bulldogs
8min

Hynes compounds his error from earlier with a terrible forward pass. He is proving the doubters right so far

7min

Not a lot going on out there as the game settles back into the arm wrestle from before

5min

Bulldogs with an uninspired play on the last, Reed Mahoney getting caught and then sending a panicked flick out to Jayden Okunbor, who punts it straight to William Kennedy

4min

Sharks winning the battle although Hynes gives the momentum back with a terrible kick out on the full

3min

Sharks complete their set as the game becomes an arm wrestle

2min

Bulldogs complete their first set, Sharks working it away now

1min

Underway and the Bulldogs have first use of the ball here this afternoon

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Sunday Football and to finish off Round 16 we are at Pointsbet Stadium as the Sharks look to bounce back from a putrid performance against the Dogs, who are trying to do the same. Cronulla are 1-17 from the side named on Tuesday, while Kyle Flanagan starts at halfback against his old club for Matt Burton, bringing Franklin Pele into the side. Kickoff very shortly

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Adam Gee

Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Matt Noyen

Video Referee: Chris Butler

CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (48)
Tries: Teig Wilton, Braden Hamlin-Uele, Ronaldo Mulitalo, Cameron McInnes, Jack Williams, Thomas Hazelton, Briton Nikora, Jesse Ramien
Conversions: Nicho Hynes (7/8)
Penalty Goals: Nicho Hynes (1/1)

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (10)
Tries: Kyle Flanagan, Kurtis Morrin
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (1/2)