Full Time
80:00
4:05pm Sun May 5, 2024
Round 9 - Sharks Stadium, Woolooware / Dharawal - Crowd: 9731
80min

FT: Sharks 20 def Dragons 10

79min

Christian Tuipulotu taken and let the voluntary tackles begin!

77min

Dragons playing some hot potato late, in weather that is better suited to cold spaghetti and mashed bananas.

77min

Penalty Goal: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes adds the penalty goal.

Sharks lead Sharks 20 - 10 Dragons
75min

PENALTY SHARKS: Offside

75min

Lomax loses the ball forward.

73min

PENALTY SHARKS: Crusher

73min

Hunt's kick is picked off by Briton Nikora! Sharks hang on

73min

Sharks defence holding firm

72min

PENALTY DRAGONS: Regrip

71min

Wilton taken short!

71min

Sharks need one more I feel

70min

PENALTY SHARKS: Might be a professional foul here.

69min

Liddle is back passing his HIA. Meanwhile... Lomax is down with the orange shirt but is running back to defensive line.

68min

Confirmation Tyrell Sloan was placed on report for that trip.

68min

Ravalawa and Mulitalo engaging in yet another verbal chat.

67min

Fa'amanu Brown has left injured straight down the tunnel.

66min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes converts to extend it beyond two scores.

Sharks lead Sharks 18 - 10 Dragons
65min

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

From another Sharks break, Sione Katoa breaks through up field before another critical tackle from Sloan. On the ensuing play, Hynes combined with BIG BALD TOMMY to crash across!

Sharks lead Sharks 16 - 10 Dragons
64min

Katoa is away and is brought down by Sloan! Might've been a trip there.

63min

Hunt is taken on the last play.

63min

You might suspect a potential two point field goal for Lomax here.

62min

Iro runs up field and he loses it.

61min

Despite there only being four tries and a bit of a dour struggle. Both sides have been big on energy.

59min

Ravalawa puts it down...

59min

Hynes' kick for touch he wass going all or nothing... but that is a definite disaster.

58min

PENALTY SHARKS: Slow peel

58min

Pass was called forward by the touchie.

57min

Iro loses the ball

56min

Dragons look imposing, but they panic and offload it again and again and again... this isn't the Pre Season Challenge LADS! No bonus points

56min

Tom Eisenhuth is dumped by Wilton!

55min

SIX MORE DRAGONS: Flop

55min

Well that was good from the Sharks, offload city but Rudolf taken on the last.

54min

Liddle coming off for a HIA.

53min

Sloan makes a bad decision. Great read by Ronnie Mulitalo.

52min

Wilton got a hospital ball. Pass from Hynes wasn't up to his standard.

51min

Sharks get the ball in great starting field position. It is pretty cold out in the Shire! Brrrrrrrrrrr

50min

CHALLENGE TIME: Sharks challenging the ruling and they won't win that I suspect. Mrs Badger confirms it and we are OUT of challenges.

48min

Rinse and repeat cuz the Sharks set restarts again.

48min

SIX AGAIN SHARKS: Slow ruck

48min

Atkinson puts that down I thought but it looks like it'll be a knock on by RFM.

47min

Nikora's offload is touched and will be six more.

46min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes adds the extras.

Sharks lead Sharks 12 - 10 Dragons
45min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Siosifa Talakai. Kick to come.

After being denied minutes before. Hynes and Talakai combined forces once more to isolate Hunt in defence. The power of the impact bench forward was too much for the opening try of the half.

Tied up at Sharks 10 - 10 Dragons
44min

PENALTY SHARKS: Second effort

43min

The challenge is unsuccessful.

43min

Jack Bird loses it but we are off to the Bunker for the first challenge of the evening.

43min

NO TRY!

43min

VIDEO REF: Todd has no try, confirming Siosifa Talakai is held up!

43min

Hynes splits them... HOW DID HE NOT SCORE

41min

Just the three tries in the opening half, conditions are making the game quality hard to judge just like it was in the early match.

40min

We are back underway for the second half. Dragons with it to start this second 40..

40min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax nails it. 10-6 at the half.

Dragons lead Sharks 6 - 10 Dragons
40min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Mikaele Ravalawa. Kick to come.

Capitalising on the additional field position. The Dragons added a try on the stroke of half-time as they shifted the ball back to the right. Ravalawa again crossed out wide after a defensive mix-up from the Sharks left edge.

Dragons lead Sharks 6 - 8 Dragons
38min

Dragons again will go aerial and I thought it came off Tuipulotu's arm live and it'll be a dropout.

37min

SIX AGAIN DRAGONS: Leg pull

37min

Dragons seemed bunched in the middle

34min

PENALTY SHARKS: Jack Williams slow peel. Sharks fans will be drunk from that being ticked off the drinking game.

33min

Ball put down by Jack Williams.

33min

SIX AGAIN SHARKS: Ruck infringement against Lomax.

32min

SIX AGAIN SHARKS: Slow peel

31min

Dragons are surviving this aerial raid by the Sharks, maybe some kicks along the ground might be a little bit more effective given how the rain is falling.

29min

Mulitalo takes the bomb but then quickly spills possession.

29min

So we're at an interesting point in this game. Sharks looking vulnerable in the middle, so they have brought on Jack Williams to shore up that part of the field.

27min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Zac Lomax.

Lomax hooks the kick

Sharks lead Sharks 6 - 4 Dragons
26min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Mikaele Ravalawa. Kick to come.

It took many sets on the Sharks line but they eventually cracked when Ben Hunt went down the short-side and found Mikaele Ravalawa who went over untouched on the right edge.

Sharks lead Sharks 6 - 4 Dragons
25min

SIX AGAIN DRAGONS: Ruck infringement.

25min

Bit of conjecture on contact, Sharks are upset but that looks okay

24min

Big tackle Atkinson! Saves the day on Sloan. The cross-field kick rattles off the upright, Flanagan scoops it up but can't get an efficient offload and the Sharks recover.

23min

NO TRY - was a penalty against Jesse Ramien so the Dragons have their chance to camp down the Sharks end.

22min

VIDEO REF: Todd has NO TRY on grounding, has an on-field decision of offside on Jesse Ramien.

22min

Liddle with a clean break! Ankle tapped by William Kennedy.

21min

PENALTY DRAGONS: High shot

21min

Atkinson with a clean bit of air. Important try saving tackle.

20min

Hynes takes it and the Sharks get a seven tackle set. Katoa tapped it off the mark and now we get play back underway.

18min

PENALTY DRAGONS: Slow peel against Cam McInnes

18min

Hynes' pass called forward

17min

Dragons put the ball down through Hame Sele. Sharks work back through the middle third.

17min

SIX AGAIN SGI: Slow peel

16min

SIX AGAIN SGI: Slow peel

15min

Conversion: Sharks
Kicked by Nicho Hynes.

Hynes adds the extras. 6-0.

Sharks lead Sharks 6 - 0 Dragons
14min

Try: Sharks
Scored by Oregon Kaufusi. Kick to come.

After letting an early opportunity slip. The Dragons conceded a penalty and a six again which allowed the Sharks to dominate field position. A crafty pass from Blayke Brailey found Oregon Kaufusi who crashed over the top of some soft St George Illawarra defence to cross for the first try of the contest.

Sharks lead Sharks 4 - 0 Dragons
13min

SIX AGAIN CRO: Ruck infringement

12min

PENALTY SHARKS: High shot by Hunt on Mulitalo.

12min

Lomax well handled by Iro and the pass is picked off by Ronaldo Mulitalo.

11min

PENALTY DRAGONS: Regrip by Daniel Atkinson.

10min

Nicho is taken on the last so that will result in a change-over. Cronulla's last tackle play has been a lot to be desired through the opening 10 here.

9min

SIX AGAIN SHARKS: Too slow

9min

PENALTY SHARKS: Inside 10m

8min

Sharks aren't getting to the contest of these high kicks. Sloan has had a lot of time to take the bombs.

6min

Better take from Sloan under pressure.

5min

Just as we say it, Kyle Flanagan puts way too much on it. Rain again continues to fall.

5min

Dragons matching the field position battle. Just need to get back into that scrap with the opposition.

3min

Sharks lose the ball on the last tackle, changeover 10 x 10. So the Dragons now work out of their own end.

2min

PENALTY SHARKS: Looks like Kyle Flanagan is guilty.

1min

Both sides through their opening sets. There is an ominous black cloud to the southern end of Shark Park

UNDERWAY! Sharks to get first use of it at home. The surface is in magnificent condition given how much rain Sydney has copped in the last 48 hours.

Referee this afternoon is Todd Smith in match number 52. Touch judges are Dave Munro and Phil Henderson. Kasey Badger is in the bunker, after the controversy yesterday we hope she is okay and holding up well amid some of the horrific online abuse.

On the team front, the Sharks are unchanged from earlier this week. For the Dragons, Tom Eisenhuth shifts to the back-row. Raymond Faitala-Mariner shifts to the bench, this allows Blake Lawrie to start this afternoon at lock.

Grab your masks, snorkels and fins and welcome to a rain-soaked Shark Park for the local derby between the Sharks and Dragons, the only thing missing is an appearance from Henry the Octopus. Remarkably, the pitch has drained pretty well after its waterlogged state this morning, it was reported that the Sharks CEO had to do an emergency Bunnings run this morning to ensure the pitch drained adequately.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Todd Smith

Touch Judges: David Munro, Phil Henderson

Video Referee: Kasey Badger

CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (20)
Tries: Oregon Kaufusi, Siosifa Talakai, Thomas Hazelton
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Nicho Hynes (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Nicho Hynes (1/1)

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (10)
Tries: Mikaele Ravalawa (2)
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Zac Lomax (1/2)
Penalty Goals: