2018 NRL Telstra Premiership

Round 24

Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 38 def. Newcastle Knights 12

2018 NRL Telstra Premiership
Round 24
Cronulla Sutherland
Sharks
38
12 Newcastle
Knights
Match Info
Match URL www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/36704
Status Completed
Date Sunday, 26th August, 2018
Kick Off 2:00 PM (local time)
Referees Jon Stone, Zbignew Przeklasa-Adamski
Venue Southern Cross (Sydney)
Crowd 11,836
Match Stats
Halftime Score 14 6
Cronulla Scoresheet Newcastle
Edrick LEE 2 T Nick MEANEY
Josh DUGAN   Daniel SAIFITI
Sosaia FEKI      
Valentine HOLMES      
Chad TOWNSEND      
 
Valentine HOLMES 6/7 G 2/2 Ken SIO
Edrick LEE 1/1      
 
    BIN Aidan GUERRA
Cronulla Teams Newcastle
Valentine HOLMES 1 FB 1 Nick MEANEY
Sosaia FEKI 2 W 2 Ken SIO
Josh DUGAN 3 C 3 Sione MATA'UTIA
Kurt CAPEWELL 4 C 4 Cory DENNISS
Edrick LEE 5 W 5 Shaun KENNY-DOWALL
 
Kyle FLANAGAN 21 FE 20 Connor WATSON
Chad TOWNSEND 7 HB 7 Mitchell PEARCE (c)
 
Andrew FIFITA 8 FR 8 Herman ESE'ESE
Jayden BRAILEY 9 HK 9 Danny LEVI
Matt PRIOR 10 FR 10 Daniel SAIFITI
Luke LEWIS 11 2R 11 Lachlan FITZGIBBON
Wade GRAHAM (c) 23 2R 12 Mitchell BARNETT
Paul GALLEN (c) 13 L 13 Aidan GUERRA
 
Scott SORENSEN 14 B 14 Jamie BUHRER
James SEGEYARO 15 B 15 Chris HEIGHINGTON
Aaron WOODS 16 B 17 Josh KING
Jayson BUKUYA 17 B 21 Luke YATES
 
Shane FLANAGAN   HC   Nathan BROWN
   
 

Team Info

Cronulla

Previous Game:
Round 23 vs. North Qld
Next Game:
Round 25 vs. Canterbury
Out:
Jesse Ramien (centre), Ricky Leutele (centre), Matt Moylan (five-eighth), Joseph Paulo (bench)
In:
Edrick Lee (wing), Kyle Flanagan (five-eighth), Jayden Brailey (hooker), Wade Graham (second row)
Changes:
Josh Dugan (wing to centre), James Segeyaro (hooker to bench), Scott Sorensen (second row to bench), Kurt Capewell (bench to centre)

Newcastle

Previous Game:
Round 23 vs. Penrith
Next Game:
Round 25 vs. St George Illawarra
Out:
Kalyn Ponga (five-eighth), Pasami Saulo (bench)
In:
Connor Watson (five-eighth), Chris Heighington (bench)

Match Notes

Cronulla retired the #12 jumper for this game as a tribute to former player Lance Thompson, who passed away during the week.

This match is a part of the following:

Contributions: Andrew Ferguson