2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season

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2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
NRL Rank11th
2007 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 463 (77 tries, 77 goals, 1 field goal); against: 403 (71 tries, 57 goals, 5 field goals)
Team information
Coach Ricky Stuart
Captain
Stadium Toyota Stadium
Avg. attendance10,689
Top scorers
Tries Ben Pomeroy (12)
Goals Luke Covell (68)
Points Luke Covell (176)
  2006 2008  

The 2007 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 41st in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2007 Telstra Premiership and finished 11th (out of 16).

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Season summary

The Sharks began the 2007 season afresh following Stuart Raper's dismissal from the club following its poor 2006 season. The Sharks signed former Brisbane Broncos bad boy Brett Seymour who was sacked by that club last year.

2007 was a season of near misses for the largely inexperienced Sharks side with a large number of games lost by 4 points or less. This was highlighted with their points difference of +60; if any of those narrow losses had been won, they would have finished in the top eight, even the top four. Notable wins included a first round shutout of the 2003 premiers Penrith 18–0 (indeed, Penrith went on to win the wooden spoon), a round nine win over the struggling premiers Brisbane at home which pitted NSW hopeful Greg Bird against Queensland captain Darren Lockyer, a golden point win over the Parramatta Eels at Parramatta, the venue of their infamous 74–4 loss just four years earlier and finally a 22–12 win over the Canberra Raiders in Canberra.

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2421031627277+35044
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2418061597377+22038
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2415091547618−7132
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24131101593434+15929
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24130111573481+9228
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24120121575528+4726
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24120121408399+926
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110131511476+3524
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110131541561−2024
10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24101131445610−16523
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24100141463403+6022
12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100141409559−15022
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2490151431509−7820
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490151522652−13020
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151418708−29020
16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480161539607−6818

Players

Current to Round 19, 2007
PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsF GoalsPoints
Isaac De Gois 2480032
Craig Stapleton 240000
Luke Douglas 240000
Ben Pomeroy 23120048
Luke Covell 2310680176
Reece Williams 2340016
Kevin Kingston 221004
Greg Bird 2092040
Paul Gallen 192008
Fraser Anderson 1860024
Ben Ross 180000
David Simmons 1890036
Lance Thompson 140000
Adam Dykes 131004
Brett Kimmorley 130000
Mitch Brown 1340016
Jacob Selmes 100000
Phillip Leuluai 101004
Dayne Weston 100000
Brett Seymour 1007115
Misi Taulapapa 92008
Henry Perenara 92008
Brett Kearney 850020
Cameron Ciraldo 70000
Eddie Sua 60000
Paul Stephenson 61004
Anthony Watts 50000
Josh Hannay 30000
Bryson Goodwin 20000
Dane Nielson 10000
Dustin Cooper 10000

Club Awards

Player movements

Gains

2007 Signings/Transfers
PlayerPrevious ClubYears SignedUntil the End of

Losses

Losses
PlayerNotes

Re-Signings

Re-Signings

References