Well that's full time on a clinical Cronulla win. They celebrate their first win in over a month and travel to Melbourne to compete for the minor premiership. Thanks for joining us tonight, match report coming soon.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 37-12
Sharks want more points. They chip kick for the mid field and Ferguson recovers and runs 20m. Roosters are throwing the ball around they want more points too.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 37-12
Andrew Fifita is still running over defenders. On the next play Guerra has been knocked in the head on Paulo's run. Just an accident there but Guerra is down and being attended to by two trainers.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 37-12
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Penalty goal attempt by Michael Ennis successful.
The referee stops play to confront Friend. A serious warning is given to Friend. Sharks will kick a penalty goal and it's ENNIS the man who gets it in his last home game. He nails it from under the posts.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 37-12
Tackle four Ennis is held up. Now Friend is penalised by the referee for disrespect.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
Cronulla work their way down to the Roosters in goal. Ennis grubbers to Ferguson and Ferguson runs out. Goal line drop out four coming up for the Roosters.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
Pearce gets an attacking kick in on fifth that goes high from 20m out. Feki takes it and lands hard and flat on his back. A penalty is given for being tackled in mid air but it's a soft penalty.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Jayson Bukuya makes an unforced error.
An easy pass from Townsend is put down. Game is slowing down now.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
Roosters still give effort to get close to the Sharks line. They do have to kick for Holmes and he secures the ball.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
Ennis kicks long on tackle three. Cronulla were stuck in their half.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Valentine Holmes. Kick to come.
Sharks play to the right. A set play allows Townsend to throw for his winger and a quick 10m dash to the line is clear for Holmes to score in the corner.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 35-12
Dylan Napa puts in a BIG shot on Maloney. There's a bit of a shoulder in it and then once Maloney's on the ground Napa collapses on him. Maloney's winded at least and it's controversial whether it's legal or not. PENALTY SHARKS.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
PENALTY SHARKS. Pearce chips from mid field and Watson gets the ball. Watson's kick is deflected by the Sharks and Watson knocks a Sharks player over illegally to contest the ball.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
Sharks go end to end. On fifth Townsend grubbers and Ferguson collects on the goal line. 100m to go for the Roosters.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
Roosters make it to inside the Cronulla 20m for the second time in the second half. They look somewhat dangerous in attack. On fifth Watson links up with Guerra but is tackled 5m out. Changeover.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
PENALTY ROOSTERS. For pushing the ball carrier after held called.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
Gallen's come from the field. He seems to be fine. Lewis was stripped of the ball on fifth tackle. Roosters get the ball 30m out.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
From the left scrum line it's good.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 31-12
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Jayson Bukuya. Kick to come.
It's a barrage of points now. The Sharks play to the right and nothing was on, so Townsend offloads to Maloney and a pass out to Bukuya on the left edge gets him enough space to run into a gap and score.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 29-12
Maloney grubbers to the in goal before fifth. The ball deflects into the in goal and Ferguson is tackled in goal. Line drop out coming up.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 25-12
Sharks go the length of the field on the set. Roosters are tired. Barba kicks short on the right wing and Tupou takes it. Tupou passes for Copley but Holmes intercepts. Six more for the Sharks.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 25-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
From under the posts Maloney would never miss.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 25-12
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Paul Gallen. Kick to come.
Gallen takes a regular hit up towards the line. He keeps charging his legs and making metres, he falls in the tackle and reaches out to surprisingly score under the posts.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 23-12
PENALTY SHARKS. High shot from Pearce.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
Pearce kicks on fourth to gain metres but it does't get much as Holmes fields it on the full at the 30m line.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
Ennis shuffles a ball from dummy half just 5m out to Lewis on fifth. Lewis is tackled before the line. Changeover.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Blake Ferguson makes an unforced error.
Barba stays on. Ferguson juggles with the ball and falls to the ground knocking on. Tough call it looked like it travelled backwards and Guerra broke the line straight after.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
Taukieaho has a confirmed ACL injured.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
Wade Graham has left the field for a concussion test.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
Barba's copped a few knocks tonight. Play is stopped as when he went to tackle there was a problem with his leg.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
Ferguson has an open hand to offload in a one on one tackle. The offload finds the Sharks.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
PENALTY ROOSTERS. Kane Evans gets a hit up to the 40m line in his half on the first tackle after the penalty.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Chris Heighington makes an unforced error.
Drops the pass cold.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
PENALTY SHARKS. Mitchell on the kick off puts it out on the full.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
From the left sideline he shows his class.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19-12
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Gerard Beale. Kick to come.
Barba gets the ball on the right side on fourth tackle. The kick for Beale and Feki is good as Beale wins the race to the ball and skillfully plants the ball while travelling at pace. Decision confirmed by the bunker.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 17-12
PENALTY SHARKS. Mitchell throws Feki to ground after held is called.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Connor Watson makes an unforced error.
Drops the ball on an attack set at the line. Lewis and Townsend make 50m running in broken play.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
PENALTY ROOSTERS. Townsend flopped and stayed too long in the ruck.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
Just 31m for the Sharks on their set. Ferguson returns the ball with vigor.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
Pearce kicks from inside his own half and Barba deflects the ball on the catch a few times. It travels backwards and play continues for Barba.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
Both teams are ready to play the second half. Roosters to receive.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
That field goal comes after the siren. It's half time.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Field goal attempt by James Maloney successful.
From 40m out Maloney under pressure kicks straight and long. The ball only makes it over the crossbar by one metre.
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13-12
PENALTY SHARKS. Right on half way. There's 8 seconds left for one play.
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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
Too easy.
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TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Ben Barba. Kick to come.
The Sharks got some momentum with forwards running hard and offloading. Gallen offloads and Graham attracts more defenders and offloads for Barba. He accelerates into the broken line and comes out without being touched on the other side and under the posts for a try.
Sydney Roosters 12-10
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Dale Copley makes an unforced error.
Copley dropped a pass from Cordner that was intended for Tupou.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
Townsend kicks from inside the 40m and Ferguson runs hard with space back to the Sharks.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
Roosters try to create more pressure as Friend kick from 10m out for the in goal. Barba gets it and scurries out of the in goal.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
PENALTY ROOSTERS. Gallen tackled Friend who never had the ball. It was out of frustration. Roosters now enter the Sharks half.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Paul Gallen makes an unforced error.
Gallen attempts an offload and it's too difficult to pull off. Play has broken up here. Gallen has started something by tackling Friend without the ball and it causes some niggle between all players. We've had to stop play.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
Maloney kicks to the in goal and forces a line drop out. Sharks looking dangerous now, Roosters are doing well to hold them out.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
PENALTY SHARKS. This seemed a bit soft. But Roosters apparently took too long to get up off the ball player.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
PENALTY SHARKS. From 10m out Sharks get a penalty for a slow play the ball. Seemed intentional from the Roosters to set their defence.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
The defence of the Sharks lifts its intensity. Pearce has to kick form 25m out. The kick goes astray on halfway and changes possession a couple of times. The play ends with Sharks getting a penalty for a 2 on 1 strip 40m out of the Roosters line.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
Encouraging signs for the Sharks. The set after points gets them to within 30m of the Roosters line. Graham grubbers for the third time tonight and this kick goes trickling over the sideline. Roosters get a scrum 10m out.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.
Converts against his former club.
Sydney Roosters 12-6
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Matt Prior. Kick to come.
The Sharks get deep inside the Roosters half. On tackle three Ennis grubbers to the in goal. Watson knocks on before the line and Matt Prior comes through to pick up the loose ball and score uncontested next to the posts.
Sydney Roosters 12-4
PENALTY SHARKS. It goes against Mitchell Pearce in the tackle.
Sydney Roosters 12-0
Guerra makes 25m running on the right edge by going around the Sharks. Pearce continues to boot the ball high and the Sharks get the ball stuck inside their 20m line.
Sydney Roosters 12-0
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell unsuccessful.
From the sideline he doesn't connect well with the ball and misses.
Sydney Roosters 12-0
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.
Grounding is good and there was no obstruction.
Sydney Roosters 12-0
We could have another Roosters try. Mitchell takes a high cross kick short of the line on the right wing and fights through three defenders to plant the ball over the line. On field referee signals try and it goes to the bunker.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
PENALTY ROOSTERS. At 30m Mitchell is awarded a penalty and then palms Gallen in the face intentionally. It sparks some choice words from both teams.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
On tackle two Fifita breaks a couple defenders and offloads. Then they spread the ball to the left. Beale grubbers to the in goal and Feki knocks on attempting a put down. The decision went through the bunker and we got the right result.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Blake Ferguson makes an unforced error.
Graham puts another low kick in about 25m out of the Roosters line. Ferguson knocks on cleaning up 5m out. Scrum for the Sharks.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Jared Waerea-Hargreaves makes an unforced error.
This is a comedy of errors. Three errors inside a minute.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Jack Bird makes an unforced error.
Only 20 seconds after Napa drops it but enough time for an advantage.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Dylan Napa makes an unforced error.
He drops it cold in mid field.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Penalty goal attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
He almost kicked it over the stands at Shark Park.
Sydney Roosters 8-0
It was Gerard Beale with the unforced error and not Valentine Holmes.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
PENALTY ROOSTERS. First of the game. This comes 10m out and in front of the posts. They elect to go for a penalty goal.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Valentine Holmes makes an unforced error.
On a simple hit up the ball spills out. Cronulla don't look engaged.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
Pearce giving Feki an aerial assault with bombs. No pressure on Feki though.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
Just a basic set from the Sharks. They make it to halfway again but haven't passed it with the ball for a long time if at all yet.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
Roosters make 55m on the set and kick high down field to Barba.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Conversion attempt by Latrell Mitchell successful.
From about 20m to the right of the posts his kick knocks the right upright and goes through.
Sydney Roosters 6-0
TRY SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Scored by Connor Watson. Kick to come.
Watson shrugs Ennis at 10m out, runs through the line and shakes off Barba to score.
Sydney Roosters 4-0
Waerea-Hargreaves almost sends Pearce with a pass for a line break. Get the Sharks scrambling. On fifth Watson kicks low and regathers from a deflection, he makes it to the line and appears to score between defenders. Decision referred to the bunker.
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Sharks don't make it over halfway in the set. Ennis kicks down to Mitchell at the fullback position.
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Taukeiaho has a suspected torn ACL. Worst news possible.
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UNFORCED ERROR SYDNEY ROOSTERS: Mitchell Pearce makes an unforced error.
Roosters get a set on the Sharks goal line and the defence is strong. Pearce throws a long cut out ball that travels forward and over the sideline.
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UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Luke Lewis makes an unforced error.
The ball bounced off Lewis' face and hands while attempting to catch. A falcon.
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Pearce kicks high from 40m in the Sharks half. Feki takes it 10m out.
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Graham receives a pass on fifth on the left wing about 15m out. He grubbers through and it's just too strong. Roosters get a seven tackle set.
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Pearce kicks the ball out on the full on fifth. Sharks get a play the ball inside the Roosters half.
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Taukeiaho being assisted from the ground by two men. No chance he comes back tonight.
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We've stopped play. Taukeiaho has fallen awkwardly on his leg and it's looking serious.
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Just one out passes to forwards for the Sharks. Gallen takes a couple of runs. Ennis grubbers low to Tupou at the 10m.
Both teams are out on the field and it'll be the Roosters kicking off.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Dave Munro
Touch Judges: Nick Beashel, Jason Walsh
Video Referee: Luke Patten, Jason Robinson, Bryan Norrie
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (37)
Tries: Matt Prior, Ben Barba, Gerard Beale, Paul Gallen, Jayson Bukuya, Valentine Holmes
Field Goals: James Maloney (1/1)
Conversions: James Maloney (5/5)
Penalty Goals: Michael Ennis (1/1)
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (12)
Tries: Connor Watson, Latrell Mitchell
Field Goals:
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Latrell Mitchell (1/1)