2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
Appearance
2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season | ||||
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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 | ||||
Stadium | Shark Park | |||
Avg. attendance | 12,685 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Valentine Holmes (22) | |||
Goals | Chad Townsend (62) | |||
Points | Chad Townsend (148) | |||
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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
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Cro. | Opp. | Source |
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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
[edit]Finals Series
[edit]Date | Week | Opponent | Venue | Result | Cro. | Opp. | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Report |
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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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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
[edit]First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 16 July 2018 |
Player movements
[edit]Source:[23]
Losses
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Gains
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Representative honours
[edit]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 |
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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
[edit]Statistics Source:[25] Statistics current as of Round 25
Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
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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 |
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