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Sharks even tried to turn it over in the last second.

Set restart Panthers - 10m from the Sharks line

Panthers with a turnover

SCRUM PANTHERS - Another Sharks turnover.

SCRUM PANTHERS - 20m from their own line

And they turn it over a tackle later.

Set Restart Sharks, 30m from the Panthers line

PENALTY SHARKS - They start their set 10m shy of halfway

Edwards looks to have rolled his ankle. Play stopped as he gets his boot taped to his sock. Modern medicine is a marvel.

Set restart Panthers - 15m from the Sharks line

PENALTY PANTHERS - Very next tackle and Graham with a high shot

PENALTY PANTHERS - Hamlin-Uele with some heavy contact and he's put on report. Crowd aren't happy. He's no chance of getting any Crispy Creme donuts from Panther's Leagues later tonight.

PENALTY PANTHERS - McInnes loosely grabs Edwards around the throat.

And McInnes turns it over, most likely so that he can go back to padding his tackle count stats.

Set Restart Sharks. Camped on the Panthers line.

Katoa makes a break down the sideline, passes inside to Williams, who is then hit with a swinging arm into the chops by Peachey, which forces Williams into touch.

Hunt turns it over.

Set restart Sharks, 35m from the Panthers line

PENALTY PANTHERS - Trindall obstruction, 10m from the Sharks line

McInnes is not happy because he's not getting a chance to pad his tackle count stats.

Cleary's kick forces a Sharks drop out

SCRUM PANTHERS - 15m from the Sharks line

Sharks turnover. Penrith turnover. You say tomato, I say tomato, lets something something PIZZA

PENALTY PENRITH - Sharks were actually near the Panthers line. Hynes kicked for Katoa who collided with Turuva mid-air.

Here's a stat to keep Sharks fans tuned in - 4 of the last 13 times that Penrith have scored 18+ points in a game and lost, were against Cronulla (since 2018)

Brailey gets the second half going

SCRUM PANTHERS - on halfway

And the Sharks turn it over.

SCRUM SHARKS -Trindall with a good tackle on Martin forces a turnover 30m from the Sharks line

Hynes with a chip and chase near halfway but the Panthers clean up. Cronulla completed a set

Penrith have the turned the ball over, 5m from the Sharks line. Sharks now with one last chance to turn it over before halftime

Sharks with a drop out. They go short and Penrith have the ball.

Coach killer #1 - Tracey cleans up the Cleary grubber in the Sharks in-goal - then throws a pass to the unsuspecting Katoa who drops the ball and Luai plants it. The referee awards the try. Katoa immediately claimed he planted the ball first. Now the Bunker is intervening and award NO TRY.

Penrith didn't get a set restart in that set, so Cleary grubbers into Hynes' foot and regathers to get one

PENALTY PANTHERS - Penrith find touch on halfway

SCRUM SHARKS - Sharks desperately tried to turn the ball over there, again deep inside their own half. Referee ruled a Panthers knock on. Penrith challenge. Challenge fails. Cronulla get another chance to turn the ball over inside their own half now.

Sharks with the Under 7's backline movement there. Next tackle see's Tracey kick it straight to Edwards who then cops an accidental high shot

Set restart Pan....woops, Sharks - 20m from the Panthers line

PENALTY SHARKS - Because one of the Panthers players kicked the ball away after it went dead.

Cleary kicks early but the ball goes dead in the Sharks in-goal.

Hynes with a grubber early in the set, while 10m shy of halfway, hoping to find Katoa, but Turuva gets there first

Been a pretty long time since the Panthers had a set restart. Must be due soon

Katoa is back after getting his finger returned to it's origins. Tracey is now at fullback

Sharks somehow survive all of that

Sharks now have more players out-of-position than a Tim Sheens team list on Tuesday afternoon.

Tracey fields the Panthers kick beautifully, evades some tackles and gets a good ball away, but the Sharks decide they'd rather defend and turn it over immediately, 15m from their own line.

Panthers with another set restart - if this keeps up everyone in attendance will be going home thinking they have tinnitus

SCRUM PANTHERS - Rudolf did a dogs breakfast where his play-the-ball should've been.

SCRUM SHARKS - Panthers with a knock on - Penrith challenging the decision. Challenge inconclusive. Sharks survive

Another set restart for the Panthers

Set restart Panthers - still camped inside the Sharks red zone

SCRUM PANTHERS - Penrith with a full set 25m from the Sharks line

Katoa has hurt his finger. Your 9 year old daughter might say that he should use some of his millions in income to make him feel better.

Panthers get a fresh set

Kennedy turned and chased a Panthers kick - which eventually went dead in the Sharks ingoal as he took it out - and he's in some grief, clutching at his lower leg. Sharks drop out. Kennedy stays on the field

SCRUM PANTHERS - Brailey with a forward pass inside the Panthers half. Sharks giving the Panthers a chance early.

Penright get this shindig started

Elastoplast Round is about to go to another level in this clash!