Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sat April 1, 2017
Round 5 - Sharks Stadium, Woolooware / Dharawal - Crowd: 12838
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Up Up Cronulla echos through Shark Park! Well done Chris Heighington winning his 300th game!

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Heighington finishes his 300th on the bench. And THATS FULL TIME!

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Or not. Time off, with a few seconds left!

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Hodkinson with a knock-on! That's the game!

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Knights need to make the metres here in any hopes to level the game!

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1min to go!

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Knights scrum! Feki rolls over the touchline.

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Time running out for Knights here. The chants start at Shark Park!

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A short kick-off sees Sharks take the ball, with good field position.

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SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Field goal attempt by James Maloney successful.

Under pressure, remains relaxed. Sharks in front!

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Cronulla in strike zone!

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Both teams only need a field goal to claim this match as their own! it's anyones game with 4min left!

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Ball lost forward by the Sharks! Knights Scrum!

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Bukuya Linebreak!

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Ball goes over the sideline. Sharks Scrum!

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All interchanges used for Knights. One left for Sharks. 7min to go!

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS: Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.

He's far left of the posts. But it's GOOD! Scores are LEVEL!

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TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS: Scored by Jacob Gagan. Kick to come.

Gagan over the top of Valentine Holmes! Great stuff! Newcastle are back!

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A possible try to Jacob Gagan! What is this!

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The knights lifting their game. They have energy! They're running together!

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Possession: Sharks 60 % 40 Knights

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS: Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.

Pshh simple Kick right in front! The Knights are back in the game! There's just over 10min to go!

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TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS: Scored by Brendan Elliott. Kick to come.

He's unstoppable! Runs 90m down the field!

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Brendan Elliott takes off!!!! He's got himself a try!

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Ball ruled forward from Valentine Holmes. Knights Scrum

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Penalty to Sharks. Penalty Count: Sharks 7 - 3 Knights

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Sharks Scrum!

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Mitchell Barnett with a bad pass to Trent Hodkinson. Play on, as ball goes backward. Horrible play by the Knights.

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20m restart for Knights. Ball beats all players over the line. Dane Gagai full of energy.

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Wade Graham taking a fantastic run.

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Brock Lamb loses the ball. Sharks Scrum!

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Jack Bird was short of the line. Loses the ball! Knock-On Sharks. Knights Scrum!

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Jack Stockwell looking like an Easter basket after an earlier headclash with Gallen.

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A knock-on sees the Sharks waste a good opportunity. Knights Scrum!

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Hodkinson kicks the ball out on the full! Sharks with a huge chance here. Restart just before the 40m line!

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A strong run from Sosaia Feki stops short of the try line, Change over!

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Segeyaro is on the field, standing there like the Jamaican Bobsled Team with that haircut!

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney unsuccessful.

Sideline kick. He's 26m out! Maloney in the shade! It's a tricky kick, and too much for Maloney!

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TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Valentine Holmes. Kick to come.

Holmes, to Bird, to Holmes! That's the plays we like to see.

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To Bird, To HOLMES!

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Valentine Holmes with a run!

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Hodkinson with a kick on the 6th, the ball ends up going backwards with a rebound off a player, and Luke Lewis scoops up the loose ball.

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Jamie Buhrer almost a try! But not enough power!

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Knights Scrum!

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Sharks celebrating 50 years tomorrow, from the birth of their club!

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Penalty for Newcastle! Penalty Count: Sharks 6 - 3 Knights

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Valentine Holmes collecting a very high kick. Well executed, confident catch.

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Knights get a scrum from a lose ball by Chad Townsend

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But as I type that, Jacob Gagan has an awkward catch attempt. Ruled Knock-On. Sharks Scrum.

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A bit of park footy so far this half. At least the Knights are gaining possession.

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Knights kick off Second Half!

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Possession: Sharks 63% - 37% Knights

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The players walk back out onto the field!

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The ball finds the touchline in the final tackle before half time!

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A line dropout for Knights.

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Newcastle finally regain possession! It's been nearly half the game since they had possession.

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

A lovely tough kick for Maloney. 24m out. About 50cm in from the sideline. A long kick for him! He nails it!

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TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Sosaia Feki. Kick to come.

Green Light! Long pass to Feki sees him score!

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Possible try to Sosaia Feki! Off to the Bunker for Grounding!

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Penalty Sharks! Penalty Count: Sharks 6 - 2 Knights

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Beautiful run from Heighington from his first touch of the ball. The man of the hour... and 20min.

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Brendan Elliott is tackled in goal! A line dropout from the Knights. They are beginning to look desperate to get out of their half.

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In the Last 5min, the Knights have not had possession of the ball! (apart from Line Dropouts of course)

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Chris Heighington comes on the field!

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Penalty goal attempt by James Maloney successful.

A mass of penalties, and the Sharks not being able to get past the Knights defense, they opt for the Penalty Goal!

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Sharks will take the 2 points.

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And ANOTHER Penalty for Sharks. Penalty Count: Sharks 5 - 2 Knights

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Ball from Fifita comes off and sharks get a full set of 6.

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Another penalty for Sharks. Penalty Count: Sharks 4 - 2 Knights

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Cronulla get a penalty. Penalty Count: Sharks 3 - 2 Knights

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Brendan Elliott forced to clean up the ball in-goal. Another line dropout!

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Line Dropout for Knights

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Gallen with a huge cut on his head from a head clash with Jack Stockwell! Blood everywhere.

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Sharks Penalty! Penalty Count Sharks 2 - 2 Knights

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Knights finishing the set with a tackle within 1m from their line. So close yet so far.

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Penalty Knights! Penalty Count: Sharks 1 - 2 Knights.

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NO TRY. KNOCK-ON.

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A possible try. Off to the Bunker! Possible knock-on.

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Big Tackle from Matt Prior sees Newcastle lose the ball!

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS: Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.

20m out, almost right in front. An easy kick!

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TRY NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS: Scored by Joe Wardle. Kick to come.

Green Light from the Bunker! A beautiful try from a small grubber kick from Brock Lamb

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Possible try to Knights! Off to the Bunker!

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Penalty for Newcastle! Penalty Count: Sharks 1 - 1 Knights

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Andrew Fifita loses the ball. Knights Scrum!

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Completions so far:
Sharks 5/5 100%
Knights 66% 2/3

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Pete Mata'utia throws ball over sideline. Sharks Scrum!

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A beauty of a kick but unfortunately rolls over the dead ball line. 20m restart for Newcastle.

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Conversion attempt by James Maloney successful.

22m out! 5m in from the sideline! Too easy for him!

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TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS: Scored by Gerard Beale. Kick to come.

Running through the Knights defence. A nice kick from Chad Townsend sees Beale score from nowhere! The Knights didn't see him run behind!

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Penalty Sharks! Penalty Count: Sharks 1 - 0 Knights

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Jack Bird knocks the ball out of play with a bad pass. Knights scrum.

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An offload sees Andrew Fifita offload to Jamie Buhrer but Buhrer knocks on. Sharks get a scrum

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Great set of six for the Knights. Sosaia Feki drops the ball backward from the kick from Brock Lamb.

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Sharks kicking off to the Knights

Lovely touching moment with photos of the family up on the big screen as every fan stays silent.

A moment of silence for Sharnie Kimmorley.

A sunny afternoon at Cronulla! Chris Heighington makes it to the 300th club! The 26th player in history! Debut in Round 1 of 2003 against the Wests Tigers!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins, Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Belinda Sleeman, Dave Ryan

Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Bryan Norrie

CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (19)
Tries: Gerard Beale, Sosaia Feki, Valentine Holmes
Field Goals: James Maloney (1/1)
Conversions: James Maloney (2/3)
Penalty Goals: James Maloney (1/1)

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (18)
Tries: Joe Wardle, Brendan Elliott, Jacob Gagan
Field Goals:
Conversions: Trent Hodkinson (3/3)
Penalty Goals: