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Corey Norman has sliced through, but has no support from his outside men. On the last, the Eels force a repeat set, and will get the ball back from the line dropout.

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Paul Gallen has thrown a terrible offload while practically laying on the ground, and its been knocked on. Poor play.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-16

The Sharks are sliding well in defence at the moment, but the Eels really aren't testing them to much with angle running...

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-16

Great call from the referee. Reece Robinson attempts to leave a Sharks' grubber to go dead,but touches it just before it goes out. The ref orders the drop out, and rightly ignores protests from the Eels.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-16

The Eels are ruled to have knocked the ball on, Pauli Pauli dropping the ball on attack. The Sharks get the ball 20 metres out from their own line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-16

We're checking with the video referee yet again for a possible try to Daniel Alvaro, and we're just checking if it's a double movement. To my eyes, it looks like Jayson Bukuya has knocked himself out making the tackle, and Alvaro is entitled to keep running.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

Faraimo and Reece Robinson look like they'll bump into each other trying to catch the Corey Norman bomb, but manage to take it cleanly.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

On the last, Isaac De Gois fumbles the ball at dummy half, and the Sharks breathe a sigh of relief.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

On tackle three, Ryan Morgan sprints for the left corner, but is held up in goal. The Eels take the ball back ten metres to try again.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

The Sharks have had two sets since the start of this half, and have failed to complete both of them.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

Ricky Leutele leaves the field, just as Tepai Moeroa gets to his feet and heads to the sideline as well.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

Tepai Moeroa and Ricky Leutele have just come together in a strong tackle and clashed heads, and both are on the ground obviously concussed.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

The Sharks have made an early mistake, knocking the ball on during their first set of the game.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

Back underway in the second half. The Eels have a ten point deficit to overcome if they are to make this game a contest.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

The Sharks run the ball down the left sideline with only 30 seconds left, but they're pushed out over the sideline and that's half time. The Sharks go to the break with a handy 10 point lead, but the Eels have definitely picked themselves up after a lackluster start to the game.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20-10

But now they've lost the ball. Robson scoops it up and offloads to Gordon, who sprints down field, being dragged down just inside the Eels' half.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-10

Momentum starts to be swinging the way of the Eels in the last few minutes. They're making metres off almost every tackle.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-10

The Sharks kick high on the last, but Radradra does well under the high ball. The Eels then get helped out of their end thanks to some offline Sharks players.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-10

Unfortunately they ruin it two plays later, losing the ball in the tackle and gifting it to Paul Gallen.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-10

A late offload from the Eels sees them effectively gain an extra tackle coming out of their own line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-10

We're checking with the video referee once again! The Eels run 50 metres on that set, before Norman kicks high for Gordon. Gordon has a miss at the ball, and it eventually finds itself in the hands of Radradra, who scampers for the line. We're just checking on the contest after the kick.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-6

Graham kicks downfield but it goes straight down Faraimo's throat.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-6

We're going to the video referee again! This time, it's a possible try to the Eels. We're just looking at the grounding, but it looks like a Corey Norman kick for the left edge looks to have proved fruitful.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12-0

It's NO TRY. The video referee has ruled a knock on.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12-0

And now Graham has gone straight through another gap and thrown a long pass to the winger for a possible try. We're just going to the video referee for a possible knock on.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12-0

Manu Ma'u is leaving the field for the Eels. He's looked to be struggling for a while, and has finally gone to get some attention. The Eels are battling to even get out of their own end at the moment - the last 3 sets they haven't even got into the opposition half.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

The Eels looking rattled early on - their defence a little bit lost, and giving away a few penalties.

As I speak, Sutton cops a bit of a spray from the Eels, and marches the Sharks another 10 metres down field.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6-0

NO TRY - it's a knock on, and now Parramatta have given away a penalty.

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We're just going to the video referee for a possible try to the Eels. Moeroa runs through on a Luke Kelly kick, but gets a poor bounce and knocks the ball on over the line.

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A quick play the ball and De Gois goes himself, being stopped just short.

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We have the first penalty of the game against Luke Lewis, offside at the play the ball. The Eels are only 20 metres from the try line early in the tackle count.

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We're underway here at Pirtek. The Eels get first use of the football, and kick from the halfway line. A strong start.

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Welcome to Pirtek Stadium in Parramatta this afternoon for the clash between the Eels and the Sharks.

Both sides have made a single change from their teams named on Tuesday afternoon. For the Eels, Darcy Lussick moves into the starting side at lock, with David Gower moving to the interchange bench. The Sharks have Anthony Tupou dropping off the interchange bench, with Blake Ayshford taking his spot.

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