2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

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2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
NRL Rank4th
2018 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 519; against: 423
Team information
CEOBarry Russell
CoachShane Flanagan
Assistant coachJim Dymock
Captain
StadiumShark Park
Avg. attendance12,685
Top scorers
TriesValentine Holmes (22)
GoalsChad Townsend (62)
PointsChad 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
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]

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[edit]

Date Week Opponent Venue Result Cro. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report
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]

2018 NRL season
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[edit]

Cronulla Sharks 2018 Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Injured

Updated: 16 July 2018
Source(s): Sharks 2018 Squad


Player movements[edit]

Source:[23]

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
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

Further information: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks records
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[edit]

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