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
CEO Barry Russell
Coach Shane Flanagan
Assistant coach Jim Dymock
Captain
Stadium Shark Park
Avg. attendance12,685
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.

Contents

Fixtures

Pre-season

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultCro.Opp.Source
17 FebruaryTrial Match Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win3014 [1]
24 FebruaryTrial Match Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Win2412 [2]

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultCro.Opp.TriesGoalsField GoalsReport
9 March1 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville Loss1420 Dugan, Segeyaro Townsend 3/3 [3]
15 March2 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Loss1620 Bukuya, Feki Townsend 4/4 [4]
24 March3 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney Win144 Townsend Townsend 5/5 [5]
30 March4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win144 Lee Townsend 5/5 [6]
6 April5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Loss1028 Holmes (2) Townsend 1/3 [7]
13 April6 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Sydney Loss2040 Brailey, Lee, Holmes, Leutele Townsend 2/4 [8]
22 April7 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win2622 Ramien (2), Holmes, Sorensen Townsend 5/6 [9]
28 April8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold Coast Win109 Holmes, Lee Townsend 0/2 Townsend 2/2 [10]
5 May9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win2220 Feki (2), Townsend, Lee Townsend 3/5 [11]
13 May10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, Canberra Win2416 Holmes (2), Williams, Feki Townsend 4/5 [12]
20 May11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win2216 Lee, Holmes, Ramien, Matt Prior Townsend 3/4 [13]
27 May12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle Win4810 Holmes (3), Ramien (2), Brailey, Dugan, Lee, Lewis Townsend 6/10 [14]
1 June13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Loss1422 Ramien, Katoa Townsend 3/3 [15]
10 June14 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win2416 Gallen, Holmes, Lee, Ramien Townsend 4/5 [16]
16 June15 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Loss1620 Ramien, Leutele, Graham Townsend 2/3 [17]
29 June16 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Win1815 Lee (2), Ramien Townsend 3/5 [18]
17 Bye
13 July18 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium, Sydney Win2412 Holmes (2), Katoa, Moylan Townsend 4/4 [19]
20 July19 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win2824 Fifita, Leutele, Holmes, Graham, Katoa Townsend 4/6 [20]
26 July20 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane Loss1012 Holmes(2) Townsend 1/2 [21]
5 August21 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Loss3233 Graham, Holmes, Moylan, Ramien, Woods Holmes 6/7 [22]
12 August22 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne Win1714 Brailey, Holmes, Dugan Holmes 2/3 Townsend 1/1
18 August23 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win2816 Lewis, Townsend, Fifita, Dugan, Bukuya Holmes 4/5
26 August24 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win3812 Lee(2), Dugan, Feki, Holmes, Townsend Holmes4/5, Lee 1/1
2 September25 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Win3018 Feki(2), Capewell, Fifita, Dugan, Holmes Holmes 3/6

Finals Series

DateWeekOpponentVenueResultCro.Opp.TriesGoalsField GoalsReport
8 September1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney Loss1221 Feki, Lee Holmes 2/3
14 September2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Allianz Stadium, Sydney Win2120 Townsend, Holmes, Lewis Holmes 4/5 Townsend 1/1
14 September2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne Loss622 Lewis Holmes 1/1

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Squad

Cronulla Sharks 2018 Squad
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

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

Player movements

Source: [23]

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 2330012
Jayson Bukuya 182008
Kurt Capewell 171004
Kurt Dillon 50000
Josh Dugan 1360024
Sosaia Feki 1370028
Andrew Fifita 2330012
Paul Gallen 201004
Wade Graham 1730012
Aaron Gray 10000
Trent Hodkinson 40000
Valentine Holmes 2321210126
Sione Katoa 930012
Edrick Lee 16111046
Ricky Leutele 2330012
Luke Lewis 132008
Matt Moylan 212008
Joseph Paulo 200000
Matt Prior 241004
Jesse Ramien 18100040
James Segeyaro 231004
Ava Seumanufagai 130000
Scott Sorensen 121004
Chad Townsend 244623143
Braden Uele 10000
Jack Williams 41004
Aaron Woods 91004
Kyle Flanagan 10000
28 Players used—87843519

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The 2015 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season is the 49th in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. Starting the season as the previous season's wooden spooners, the Sharks finished the regular season in 6th place to reach the finals, winning their first play-off match but losing their second to eventual premiers North Queensland Cowboys and being knocked out of contention.

The 2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season is the 50th in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen, they competed in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd to make the finals.

The 2017 NRL season is the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match. Round 1 commenced on 2 March with 2016 premiers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks playing Brisbane Broncos.

The 2017 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 51st in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership.

The 2017 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 83rd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership after finishing the 2016 season in 7th place.

The 2018 Newcastle Knights season was the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Nathan Brown and co-captained by Jamie Buhrer and Mitchell Pearce, they competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 11th place.

The 2018 Brisbane Broncos season is the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they completed the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership regular season in the number six position, qualifying for the finals. They were defeated in the 2nd Elimination Final by St George-Illawarra and did not progress further.

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The 2018 St. George Illawarra Dragons season was the 20th in the joint venture club's history. The Dragons competed in the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership season.

The 2019 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 53rd in the club's history. The team was coached by John Morris, who replaced Shane Flanagan after he resigned in January. The Cronulla Sharks were captained by Paul Gallen and Wade Graham and competed in the National Rugby League's 2019 Telstra Premiership.

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