2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
NRL Rank	4th
2018 record	Wins: 16; Draws: 0; Losses: 8
Points scored	For: 519; Against: 423
Team information
CEO	Barry Russell
Coach	Shane Flanagan
Assistant coach	Jim Dymock
Captain	Paul Gallen, Wade Graham;
Stadium	Shark Park
Avg. attendance	12,685
Top scorers
Tries	Valentine Holmes (22)
Goals	Chad Townsend (62)
Points	Chad Townsend (148)

The 2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 52nd in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen and Wade Graham, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership.

Fixtures[]

Pre-season[]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cro.	Opp.	Source
17 February	Trial Match	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	30	14	^[1]
24 February	Trial Match	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney	Win	24	12	^[2]

Regular season[]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cro.	Opp.	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Report
9 March	1	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville	Loss	14	20	Dugan, Segeyaro	Townsend 3/3		^[3]
15 March	2	St George Illawarra Dragons	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	16	20	Bukuya, Feki	Townsend 4/4		^[4]
24 March	3	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Win	14	4	Townsend	Townsend 5/5		^[5]
30 March	4	Melbourne Storm	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	14	4	Lee	Townsend 5/5		^[6]
6 April	5	Sydney Roosters	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	10	28	Holmes (2)	Townsend 1/3		^[7]
13 April	6	St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium, Sydney	Loss	20	40	Brailey, Lee, Holmes, Leutele	Townsend 2/4		^[8]
22 April	7	Penrith Panthers	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	26	22	Ramien (2), Holmes, Sorensen	Townsend 5/6		^[9]
28 April	8	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast	Win	10	9	Holmes, Lee	Townsend 0/2	Townsend 2/2	^[10]
5 May	9	Parramatta Eels	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	22	20	Feki (2), Townsend, Lee	Townsend 3/5		^[11]
13 May	10	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium, Canberra	Win	24	16	Holmes (2), Williams, Feki	Townsend 4/5		^[12]
20 May	11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	22	16	Lee, Holmes, Ramien, Matt Prior	Townsend 3/4		^[13]
27 May	12	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle	Win	48	10	Holmes (3), Ramien (2), Brailey, Dugan, Lee, Lewis	Townsend 6/10		^[14]
1 June	13	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Loss	14	22	Ramien, Katoa	Townsend 3/3		^[15]
10 June	14	Wests Tigers	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	24	16	Gallen, Holmes, Lee, Ramien	Townsend 4/5		^[16]
16 June	15	Brisbane Broncos	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	16	20	Ramien, Leutele, Graham	Townsend 2/3		^[17]
29 June	16	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland	Win	18	15	Lee (2), Ramien	Townsend 3/5		^[18]
	17	Bye
13 July	18	Penrith Panthers	Panthers Stadium, Sydney	Win	24	12	Holmes (2), Katoa, Moylan	Townsend 4/4		^[19]
20 July	19	Canberra Raiders	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	28	24	Fifita, Leutele, Holmes, Graham, Katoa	Townsend 4/6		^[20]
26 July	20	Brisbane Broncos	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	Loss	10	12	Holmes(2)	Townsend 1/2		^[21]
5 August	21	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Loss	32	33	Graham, Holmes, Moylan, Ramien, Woods	Holmes 6/7		^[22]
12 August	22	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Win	17	14	Brailey, Holmes, Dugan	Holmes 2/3	Townsend 1/1
18 August	23	North Queensland Cowboys	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	28	16	Lewis, Townsend, Fifita, Dugan, Bukuya	Holmes 4/5
26 August	24	Newcastle Knights	Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney	Win	38	12	Lee(2), Dugan, Feki, Holmes, Townsend	Holmes4/5, Lee 1/1
2 September	25	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	Win	30	18	Feki(2), Capewell, Fifita, Dugan, Holmes	Holmes 3/6

Finals Series[]

Date	Week	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cro.	Opp.	Tries	Goals	Field Goals
8 September	1	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Loss	12	21	Feki, Lee	Holmes 2/3
14 September	2	Penrith Panthers	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Win	21	20	Townsend, Holmes, Lewis	Holmes 4/5	Townsend 1/1
14 September	2	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park, Melbourne	Loss	6	22	Lewis	Holmes 1/1

Ladder[]

2018 NRL season v t
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	1	542	361	+181	34
2	Melbourne Storm	24	16	0	8	1	536	363	+173	34
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	582	437	+145	34
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	16	0	8	1	519	423	+96	34
5	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	1	517	461	+56	32
6	Brisbane Broncos	24	15	0	9	1	556	500	+56	32
7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	15	0	9	1	519	472	+47	32
8	New Zealand Warriors	24	15	0	9	1	472	447	+25	32
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	1	377	460	−83	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	1	563	540	+23	22
11	Newcastle Knights	24	9	0	15	1	414	607	−193	20
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	8	0	16	1	428	474	−46	18
13	North Queensland Cowboys	24	8	0	16	1	449	521	−72	18
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	8	0	16	1	472	582	−110	18
15	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	7	0	17	1	500	622	−122	16
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	1	374	550	−176	14

Squad[]

Cronulla Sharks 2018 Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
Blayke Brailey – HK Jayden Brailey – HK Jayson Bukuya – SR, LK Kurt Capewell – SR, CE Kurt Dillon – PR Josh Dugan – FB, CE Sosaia Feki – WG Andrew Fifita (vc) – PR Kyle Flanagan – HB, FE Paul Gallen (c) – LK, PR Wade Graham (c) – SR, LK		Aaron Gray – CE, WG Valentine Holmes – WG, FB (gk) Sione Katoa – WG William Kennedy – FB Edrick Lee – WG Ricky Leutele – CE Luke Lewis – SR Billy Magoulias – LK, SR Matt Moylan – FE, FB Briton Nikora – SR		Joseph Paulo – LK, SR Matt Prior – PR, LK Jesse Ramien – CE James Segeyaro – HK Ava Seumanufagai – PR Scott Sorensen – SR Chad Townsend – HB, FE (gk) Braden Uele – PR Jack Williams – SR, LK Aaron Woods – PR				Head coach Shane Flanagan Assistant coaches Jim Dymock John Morris Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Injured Updated: 16 July 2018 Source(s): Sharks 2018 Squad

Player movements[]

Source:^[23]

Losses

Gerard Beale to New Zealand Warriors
Jack Bird to Brisbane Broncos
Fa'amanu Brown to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Manaia Cherrington to New Zealand Warriors (mid-season)
Jordan Drew to Townsville Blackhawks (mid-season)
Chris Heighington to Newcastle Knights
to Newtown Jets
Jaimin Jolliffe to Newtown Jets
Jeremy Latimore to St George Illawarra Dragons
James Maloney to Penrith Panthers
to Newtown Jets
Daniel Mortimer to Leigh Centurions (mid season)
Sam Tagataese to Brisbane Broncos
Jayden Walker to Penrith Panthers
Tony Williams to Parramatta Eels

Gains

Josh Dugan from St George Illawarra Dragons
Aaron Gray from South Sydney Rabbitohs
Trent Hodkinson from Newcastle Knights
Matt Moylan from Penrith Panthers
James Segeyaro from Leeds Rhinos (mid-season)
Ava Seumanufagai from Wests Tigers
Scott Sorensen from Canberra Raiders
Braden Uele from North Queensland Cowboys

Representative honours[]

The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2018. (C) = Captain ^[24]

Player	State of Origin 1	2018 Pacific Rugby League Tests	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	International Rugby League tests
Valentine Holmes	Queensland	-	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
James Segeyaro	-	Papua New Guinea (C)	—	—	—
Joseph Paulo	-	Samoa	—	—	—
Andrew Fifita	-	Tonga	—	—	Tonga
Matt Prior	-	-	New South Wales	—	—
Aaron Woods	-	-	-	-	Australia

Squad statistics[]

Statistics Source:^[25] Statistics current as of Round 25

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Jayden Brailey	23	3	0	0	12
Jayson Bukuya	18	2	0	0	8
Kurt Capewell	17	1	0	0	4
Kurt Dillon	5	0	0	0	0
Josh Dugan	13	6	0	0	24
Sosaia Feki	13	7	0	0	28
Andrew Fifita	23	3	0	0	12
Paul Gallen	20	1	0	0	4
Wade Graham	17	3	0	0	12
Aaron Gray	1	0	0	0	0
Trent Hodkinson	4	0	0	0	0
Valentine Holmes	23	21	21	0	126
Sione Katoa	9	3	0	0	12
Edrick Lee	16	11	1	0	46
Ricky Leutele	23	3	0	0	12
Luke Lewis	13	2	0	0	8
Matt Moylan	21	2	0	0	8
Joseph Paulo	20	0	0	0	0
Matt Prior	24	1	0	0	4
Jesse Ramien	18	10	0	0	40
James Segeyaro	23	1	0	0	4
Ava Seumanufagai	13	0	0	0	0
Scott Sorensen	12	1	0	0	4
Chad Townsend	24	4	62	3	143
Braden Uele	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Williams	4	1	0	0	4
Aaron Woods	9	1	0	0	4
Kyle Flanagan	1	0	0	0	0
28 Players used	—	87	84	3	519

References[]

^ "Moylan shines as Sharks bite Sea Eagles". sharks.com.au. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ "Sharks enjoy strong pre-season win over Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Dylan Morris. "Cowboys mark JT's 300th with win over Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Chris Kennedy (15 March 2018). "Sharks errors prove their undoing". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ "Hayne hurt as Sharks earn first win". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Margie McDonald (30 March 2018). "Sharks score hard-earned win over Storm". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
^ nrl.com (6 April 2018). "Cronk, Keary steer Roosters to win over Sharks". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^ Margie McDonald (13 April 2018). "Dragons have all the answers for injury-ravaged Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ Brad Walter (22 April 2018). "Moylan gets last laugh as Sharks beat Panthers". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ NRL (28 April 2018). "Gritty Sharks edge Titans by a point". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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^ Alicia Newton (20 July 2018). "Raiders suffer painful loss to Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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[1] "Moylan shines as Sharks bite Sea Eagles". sharks.com.au. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[2] "Sharks enjoy strong pre-season win over Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[3] Dylan Morris. "Cowboys mark JT's 300th with win over Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[4] Chris Kennedy (15 March 2018). "Sharks errors prove their undoing". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[5] "Hayne hurt as Sharks earn first win". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[6] Margie McDonald (30 March 2018). "Sharks score hard-earned win over Storm". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-30.

[7] rl.com (6 April 2018). "Cronk, Keary steer Roosters to win over Sharks". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

[8] Margie McDonald (13 April 2018). "Dragons have all the answers for injury-ravaged Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[9] Brad Walter (22 April 2018). "Moylan gets last laugh as Sharks beat Panthers". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[10] NRL (28 April 2018). "Gritty Sharks edge Titans by a point". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[11] NRL (5 May 2018). "Fifita stars as Sharks hang on against Eels". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[12] NRL (13 May 2018). "Fifita inspires Sharks to four-game streak with win over Raiders". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[13] NRL (20 May 2018). "Sharks vs Bulldogs". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[14] NRL (27 May 2018). "Moylan masterclass leads Sharks to huge win over Knights". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[15] NRL (13 June 2018). "'Real deal' Rabbitohs run riot over Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[16] NRL (10 June 2018). "Gallen and Holmes steer Sharks to win over Wests Tigers". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[17] NRL (16 June 2018). "Sharks vs Broncos". Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[18] "Lee the hero for Sharks in last-gasp win over Warriors". 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[19] Alicia Newton (13 July 2018). "Moylan enjoys winning return as Sharks beat Panthers". Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[20] Alicia Newton (20 July 2018). "Raiders suffer painful loss to Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[21] Joel Gould (26 July 2018). "Gritty Broncos hold off Sharks in tense thriller". Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[22] Dan Walsh (5 August 2018). "DCE field goal gives Manly golden-point win over Sharks". Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

[23] "2018 Player Transfers". Archived from the original on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

[24] "TV deal: State of Origin game two to be played on Sunday from 2018". foxsports.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[25] "NRL 2018 - Players". Rugby League Project. Archived from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

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v t Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Est. 1967 in Cronulla, New South Wales
The club	History Records Players Coaches Supplements saga
Home ground	Endeavour Field Sutherland Oval
Culture	Johnny Mannah Cup Sharkies Leagues Club
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (1)	2016
Seasons (54)	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Other competitions	Current NRL Under-20s NRL Auckland Nines S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup Jersey Flegg Cup New South Wales Cup
Affiliations	Cronulla-Sutherland Cobras Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League Newtown Jets