2016 R25 - Sharks 37-12 Roosters @ Southern Cross Group Stadium

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NRL 2016 - Round 25
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Sydney Roosters
Southern Cross Group Stadium, Woolooware (TICKETS)
Saturday 27 August 2016

Gates Open 4:45pm / U20s NYC 5pm / Womens 9's CRO v SGI 6:35pm / NRL 7:30pm

1. Ben Barba 2. Sosaia Feki 3. Jack Bird 4. Ricky Leutele 5. Valentine Holmes 6. James Maloney 7. Chad Townsend 8. Andrew Fifita 9. Michael Ennis 10. Matt Prior 11. Luke Lewis 12. Wade Graham 13. Paul Gallen
Interchange: 14. Joseph Paulo 15. Chris Heighington 16. Jesse Sene-Lefao 17. Jayson Bukuya

1. Blake Ferguson 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Mitchell Aubusson 4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall 5. Latrell Mitchell 6. Connor Watson 7. Mitchell Pearce 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Jake Friend 10. Dylan Napa 11. Boyd Cordner 12. Aidan Guerra 13. Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Interchange: 14. Sam Moa 15. Isaac Liu 16. Ryan Matterson 17. Kane Evans

Referees: Matt Cecchin, Dave Munro
Sideline Officials: Nick Beashel, Jason Walsh
Video Referees: Luke Patten, Jason Robinson, Bryan Norrie

ISP NSW
Newtown v Manly @ Henson Park, Sat 3pm
Wyong v Illawarra @ Morry Breen Oval, Sat 3pm

Head to Head
Overall 96 - Sharks 36 Roosters 58 Drawn 2
At Southern Cross Group 45 - Sharks 18 Roosters 25 Drawn 2
Last 5 - Sharks 4 Roosters 1

Last meeting
2016 Round 19 - Sharks 32 Roosters 20 at Allianz Stadium

Biggest wins
1991 - Sharks 48 Roosters 14 at Southern Cross Group Stadium (34 points)
2013 - Roosters 40 Sharks 0 at Allianz Stadium (40 points)​

 

[Hawkins]

Didn't these team play four weeks ago? Can't we just watch the replay and save the sharks the effort?

 

[Card Shark]

Yeh, it wasn't too long ago.

However they've got better & we've retreated a bit.

Will be a tough game.

 

[ed-grimley]

Roosters have turned their season around.

 

[Walt Flanigan]

I'm not sure what's going on with the Sharks but they'll need to turn it around quickly, the Roosters are one of the form teams at the moment despite their position on the ladder.

 

[GongPanther]

Roosters to show more improvement by giving the Sharks a fistbeating.

Really don't know what has happened to the Sharkies.

 

[TheFrog]

Really don't know what has happened to the Sharkies.

"Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him. "Well I guess you must've known it would someday."

Bob Dylan "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"

 

[txta2]

We will only have a five day turnaround and a few injuries wont help. That'll be Flannos excuse anyhow..

 

[Meapro Ham]

Far from ideal for the Sharks to be running into the Roosters now. I think the Roosters probably win this pretty comfortably. $2.50 available for the Roosters looks generous.

 

[Valheru]

People are talking up the chooks for this one but I smell an ambush.

If Cronulla have any hope whatsoever of winning the comp they must win this game. If they don't, they may as well forfeit the year because they won't be winning down in Melbourne in R26, nor will they be winning a finals game off the back of 5 straight losses and that 15 game winning streak will seem a lifetime ago.

 

[Captain Apollo]

James Maloney free to play after taking the early guilty plea - http://www.nrl.com/maloney-takes-early-guilty-plea/tabid/10874/newsid/100540/default.aspx

 

[Rhino_NQ]

any news on holmes yet?

 

[Whino]

Chooks on current form. But.......

 

[Rhyno]

Roosters by 4

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

I said this about Souffs, but if the Sharks wanna get their shit together in time to make a run, they need to do it now. For the second week running this is low hanging fruit.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Chooks match up very well in this one.
For the last time this season.......
Go those chickens.
They'll win by 8

 

[ed-grimley]

Sharks lose this and their year means SFA.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Sharks showed enough in the second half to suggest they will take it to the Roosters. If they play like that and set the platform, I think they can go on with it. Guys like Barba need to get more involved though.

 

[Nice Beaver]

Expecting the Sharks to win this and reasonably well.

Barba and Maloney to have pretty big games.

 

[roostersrule2]

We've already won.