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Sione Katoa is tackled a metre from the goal line.

William Kennedy saves the game by knocking the ball on - had the pass landed Ponga would have scored.

Neither side has had a shot yet.

Greg Marzhew catches a clearing kick from Atkinson.

William Kennedy is tackeld 15 metres from his line after a great kick by Cogger.

Newcastle have the ball first.

Jack Cogger is tackled and we are going to golden point!

Newcastle lose the challenge - Cronulla get a penalty.

Fletcher Sharpe makes a great run inside the Sharks half.

Atkinson bombs, Ponga allows the ball to bounce dead to give the Knights a seven tackle set.

Greg Marzhew makes a great catch for the Knights.

Tyson Gamble has been replaced by Jack Cogger.

The try is upheld with Mulitalo getting the ball down narrowly inside the dead ball line.

Ronaldo Mulitalo is denied close to the line.

Royce Hunt is held up over the line.

Another six again...

Six again fro Cronulla.

Now Newcastle make an error - both teams can barely get through a set right now.

Kyle McCarthy is hit high. The Sharks give away a penalty.

The Sharks come up with another error.

Phoenix Crossland spills the ball after strong contact from Daniel Atkinson.

The Sharks challenge the ruling and lose.

Daniel Atkinson loses the ball in the play the ball.

Ronaldo Mulitalo is tackled close to his posts.

Kalyn Ponga catches a bomb in-goal to earn a seven tackle set.

Atkinson will kick to narrow the margin to a converted try.

Nikora is collected high on the last tackle.

Atkinson kicks for Mulitalo, the Knights come up with the ball only for Talakai to strip the ball back.

Brodie Jones loses the ball on halfway.

Oregon Kaufusi runs the ball on the last close to the try line.

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Phoenix Crossland loses the ball on halfway.

Fletcher Sharpe almost breaks away with a run through the middle.

Kyle McCarthy produces a brilliant legs tackle to cut Nikora down.

William Kennedy is wrapped up by Kalyn Ponga on his 20 metre line.

Double knock on. Newcastle will get the ball back close to their goal line.

The ball goes over the sideline but the referee rules a knock on against Newcastle in the lead up.

Fletcher Sharpe collects Ronaldo Mulitalo high, resulting in a penalty.

Jayden Berrell is out of the game with an arm injury.

Phoenix Crossland is back on for the Knights.

Six again for Newcastle.

William Kennedy is tackled just over his 20 metre line.

Newcastle get a penalty.

Six again for Newcastle.

Siosifa Talakai is claiming a try...

Great goal line defence from Kalyn Ponga saves a try with Talakai dropping the ball over the line.

Jesse Ramien dances through tackles before being wrapped up close to halfway.

We're back underway - William Kennedy is tackled 10 metres out from his line.

Daniel Atkinson will kick to tie the game up at the break.

Six again for Cronulla.

Kalyn Ponga flies through the air to contest a bomb but knocks on to give the Sharks one last set.

Braden Hamlin-Uele loses the ball.

Sharks penalty.

Cronulla get a penalty inside the Knights half.

Tyson Frizell runs behind his own player and concedes a penalty while in possession.

Adam Elliott earns a penalty for the Knights.

Jesse Ramien loses the ball just over halfway.

Kyle McCarthy comes up with the ball from a cross-field Cronulla kick.

Daniel Saifiti is tackled close to the try line on the last tackle.

Kalyn Ponga comes up with the short drop out.

Blayke Brailey knocks a grubber from Ponga dead - the Knights have worked their way back into the contest.

Fletcher Sharpe streaks down the sideline before getting cut down 20 metres short of the Sharks line.

Braden Hamlin-Uele drops the ball inside the Knights half.

Tyson Gamble hoists up a bomb, Will Kennedy allows the ball to bounce and Fletcher Sharpe almost gets to the ball before it rolls dead for a seven tackle set.

Kai Pearce-Paul is claiming his first NRL try.

Six again for Newcastle...

Daniel Atkinson puts up a bomb that goes out on the full.

Kyle McCarthy comes up with a high tackle on Sione Katoa - it's been a rough start for the debutant.

Newcastle get a penalty.

Briton Nikora tries to get an offload away on the last tackle but loses possession close to the goal-line.

The Sharks get a new set after coming up with the ball from an Atkinson kick.

Dane Gagai is dragged over the sideline by Ronaldo Mulitalo and Siosifa Talakai. Strong defence from the home side.

Six again for Newcastle.

Jesse Ramien tries to swoop on a stray pass but ends up knocking on.

Dane Gagai makes a strong run inside the Sharks half to earn a repeat set for the Knights.

Newcastle get a much-needed penalty.

Royce Hunt knocks on in attempting to clean up an offload by Cameron McInnes close to the try line.

Six again for the Sharks inside the Knights half.

Dane Gagai collects William Kennedy high from the kick-off. Sharks penalty.

Great work by Atkinson to thread the kick through for Nikora - a try and an assist already for the Sharks playmaker.

This is not the start the Knights were hoping for. They will need to aim up in defence here or it could be a long afternoon.

Fletcher Sharpe is driven back by Blayke Brailey and loses the ball inside his half.

The Sharks did a great job to turn defence into attack during that passage of play.

Kyle McCarthy drops the ball and the Sharks respond immediately.

William Kennedy drops a bomb from Tyson Gamble; the Sharks compound the error with a penalty.

Daniel Saifiti takes the first run of the day.

Cameron McInnes takes Cronulla Sharks out - kick-off is only moments away!

Kalyn Ponga leads the Newcastle Knights onto the field.

The Sharks have won six out of eight matches at PointsBet Stadium this season.

The Knights lost their past five matches at Cronulla with their last win at the venue occurring in 2014.

The Knights have won four out of seven matches against the Sharks under Adam O’Brien.

Kyle McCarthy will make his NRL debut in the centres for the Knights.

The Sharks have made a host of changes headlined by the return of Ronaldo Mulitalo.

Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 24 Sunday Afternoon Football between the Cronulla Sharks and Newcastle Knights from PointsBet Stadium.