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And that's full time. Some solid time wasting tactics at the end, and the Sharks have held on to win 30-28.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

The Sharks simply need to run down this set to win the game.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

Milford kicks on the fourth, and Barba cleans it up easily. Poor end to the set.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

The Broncos kick down field, and will have one set of six to win the game. They'll start the set from their own 40 metre line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

Wow! Bukuya is ruled to have shoulder charged Ben Hunt on the last, so the Broncos will get a penalty.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

Tackle 5 and the Broncos are trapped in their own 20 metres. Brilliant defensive set. Absolutely amazing.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

The Sharks defence muscling up now, knowing it's vital to keep the Broncos at this end of the field.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

The Sharks spread the ball left and right, and find themselves within ten of the Broncos line. They attempt to roll it into touch, but its stopped short.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

Blatant forward pass from the Broncos from dummy half. Rookie mistake.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

Townsend kicks low on the last, aiming for the sideline. Clever play, trying to run the clock down.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28

The Broncos only metres out now.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-22

Penalty to the Broncos - Fifita puts a kick in, and then holds Matt Gillett back off the ball.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-22

The Sharks throwing the ball around a lot at the moment. You'd think they were the ones trailing given the way they're playing.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-22

Hunt tries to create something. He throws an offload, but the ball is knocked on. Parker isn't happy about the call.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-22

Barba passes for Holmes down the narrow short side, but the ball goes over the sideline.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-22

The Broncos knock on, and then the Sharks knock on. Sharks will get a scrum feed just inside in their own half. All off the back of a poor pass from Hunt.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-22

Kodi Nikorima has copped a boot in the face and split his cheek open. He's off the field.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-16

They've undone a bit of that hard work though, giving away a penalty.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-16

Maloney grubbers along the ground on the last, but the kick is a poor one. Having said that, they'd just travelled almost 100 metres it that one set.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-16

Jack Reed is ruled offside on his own tryline - very unlucky there. The Sharks opt for a penalty goal.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

The Broncos attempt a quick tap but are bought back.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

Fifita gives away a penalty for falling all over the tackled player, three times.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

The Sharks look to have scored in the left corner, but Sutton calls it back for a forward pass. Unlucky for the Sharks.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

The Sharks are forced to start the set from their own tryline. Big set from the Broncos.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

Gallen loses the ball early in the tackle count.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

Valentine Holmes comes in and hits Corey Oates in a heavy tackle, forces him in goal, and the Sharks get their first opportunity of the second half.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-16

Another possible try to the Broncos - we're going to the bunker again, this time checking on an obstruction. Anyone got a coin to flip?

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-12

Hunt kicks high on the last, and Corey Oates has claimed a try! We're just checking on the grounding, but it looks like a try!

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-6

Ben Hunt kicks on the third, and Barba is trapped in his own 10 metres.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-6

Back into it for the second half. Just in injury news from the break, Sosaia Feki will play no further part in the game with a hamstring injury, and Chris Heighington appears to have a stiff back.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28-6

On the last Maloney kicks through, and Townsend has claimed a try! We're going to the bunker, just confirming the put down.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

Only a minute left in the half, the Sharks spread the ball right, and the Broncos defence is a touch wobbly at the moment.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

The Broncos kick short on the last, but Michael Ennis is there to dive on the football.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

The Broncos with their best opportunity to score for a long time. Metres from the Sharks' line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

James Roberts makes a massive break, purely through using his speed. Great run.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

The Sharks kick high, but are penalised for pushing the defending winger while he was in the air. Penalty to the Broncos.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

Milford making some uncharacteristic errors today. Brisbane have just been shocked out of the game so far.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22-6

The Sharks with their fourth opportunity at the Broncos end of the field. Will they score again?

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-6

On the last the Broncos kick low. The Sharks pick it up and bring it back to well within the Broncos' half.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-6

Gallen hits the ball up, and Josh McGuire is there looking for him.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16-6

Anthony Milford ruled offside, and the Sharks have a team meeting in the middle of the field to work out what set piece is on.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-6

On the last, the Sharks kick high, and Corey Oates knocks the ball on. The Sharks will get a new set deep in the Broncos half.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-6

Bukuya fights his way through the first tackler and steals an extra couple of metres.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-6

Good line speed from the Sharks.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-6

Penalty against Fifita, and the Broncos get a restart of the tackle count.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-2

Chad Townsend knocks the ball on from the kickoff. The wind is causing massive dramas at the moment! The Broncos will get a fresh set only metres from the Sharks line.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10-2

Milford comes out of the tackle pawing at his eye.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4-2

Gallen offloads, and the Sharks make a few extra metres.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4-2

Ben Hunt shanks the dropout, and it goes left to Jayson Bukuya.

Brisbane Broncos 2-0

Bird kicks into the in goal, but Boyd is there to clean up. Lovely stuff from the Sharks.

Brisbane Broncos 2-0

Quick hands from the Sharks and Feki is away down the sideline. Tackled just inside the Broncos 30.

Brisbane Broncos 2-0

The breeze causing havoc with bombs at the moment. That Broncos' bomb in the right hand corner drifts 10m before hitting the deck.

Brisbane Broncos 2-0

The Broncos opt to attempt the penalty from straight in front.

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There's a bit of a scuffle in the middle of the field after a high tackle. Sutton gives Fifita a warning after he cops a bit of a spray.

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The Broncos get a penalty and piggyback themselves out of their danger zone.

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NO TRY.

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We're going to the bunker for a possible try to the Sharks. Gerard Beale kicked the ball and Sosaia Feki chased and planted it down, but it looks to have come down on the line in touch.

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A wayward pass as the Sharks spread the ball right, but it ends up ok with the Sharks retaining possession and working their way downfield.

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Both sides struggling with the boot so far in the first half.

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Forward pass to Milford, and the Sharks get the ball 30m out from their own line.

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The Sharks bring the ball forward to the Broncos' 40m line on the last. Maloney kicks high but its too big and goes out on the full.

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Hunt kicks high on the last, and Barba takes it cleanly just outside his own 20.

We're underway - Maloney kicking off and the Broncos with first use of the football.

The teams are taking the field - we're a minute or so away from kick off.

It's a warm Autumn afternoon here at Cronulla, ahead of this battle between the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and the Brisbane Broncos.

The Broncos have named Travis Waddell at starting hooker, with Kodi Nikorima moving to the bench. Sam Thaiday will start at prop, with Herman Ese'ese added to the bench, replacing the suspended Adam Blair.

For the home side, Ricky Leutele and Sam Tagataese have been benched, with Matt Prior (prop) and Gerard Beale (centre) to start in their places.