2025 R12 Sat - Sydney 42-16 Cronulla @ Industree Group

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NRL 2025 - Round 12
Sydney Roosters v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Industree Group Stadium, Gosford / Darkinjung (TICKETS)

Saturday 24 May 2025
Kickoff 7:35pm AEST
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. James Tedesco 2. Daniel Tupou 3. Billy Smith 4. Mark Nawaqanitawase 5. Dominic Young 6. Sandon Smith 7. Hugo Savala 8. Makahesi Makatoa 9. Zach Dockar-Clay 10. Salesi Foketi 11. Egan Butcher 12. Siua Wong 13. Victor Radley 14. Benaiah Ioelu 15. Taylor Losalu 16. Blake Steep 17. Nat Butcher 18. Ethan King 19. Xavier Va'a 20. Ethan Roberts 21. Tom Rodwell 22. Toby Rodwell

Out: Robert Toia (centre), Spencer Leniu (front row), Connor Watson (hooker), Naufahu Whyte (front row), Angus Crichton (second row), Lindsay Collins (bench)
In: Dominic Young (wing), Makahesi Makatoa (front row), Salesi Foketi (front row), Benaiah Ioelu (bench), Taylor Losalu (bench), Nat Butcher (bench)
Changes: Mark Nawaqanitawase (wing to centre), Zach Dockar-Clay (bench to hooker), Egan Butcher (bench to second row)

1. William Kennedy 2. Mawene Hiroti 3. Jesse Ramien 4. KL Iro 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Oregon Kaufusi 11. Briton Nikora 12. Billy Burns 13. Cameron McInnes 14. Daniel Atkinson 15. Jesse Colquhoun 16. Siosifa Talakai 17. Braden Hamlin-Uele 18. Hohepa Puru 19. Tuku Hau Tapuha 20. Jayden Berrell 21. Teig Wilton 22. Chris Veaila

Out: Samuel Stonestreet (wing)
In: Mawene Hiroti (wing)

Referee: Grant Atkins
Sideline Officials: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Chris Butler

HEAD TO HEAD - 1967 - 2024​

	TOTAL	SYDNEY	CRONULLA	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	102	64	36	2
INDUSTREE	1	0	1	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2021	Round 5	SYDNEY 26-18	SCG	10736
2022	Round 12	SYDNEY 36-16	Pointsbet	11500
2023	Round 7	CRONULLA 22-12	Pointsbet	11489
2023	Elimination Qualifying Game	SYDNEY 13-12	Pointsbet	12570
2024	Round 11	CRONULLA 38-30	Suncorp	50708

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1991	Round 18	CRONULLA 48-14	Caltex	7071
2013	Round 19	SYDNEY 40-0	Allianz	13706

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 13	Round 14	Round 15	Round 16
SYDNEY	CANBERRA (H)	(BYE)	NEWCASTLE (A)	NORTH QLD (H)
CRONULLA	(BYE)	WARRIORS (H)	ST GEO ILLA (H)	BRISBANE (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 9		Round 10		Round 11
SYDNEY	DOLPHINS	W 36-26	(BYE)		CANTERBURY	L 20-24
CRONULLA	PARRAMATTA	W 28-18	MANLY	W 30-14	MELBOURNE	W 31-26

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
SYDNEY	11th	10	1	4-6-0	224	270
CRONULLA	5th	11	0	7-4-0	276	206

 

[Valheru]

Crighton, Leniu, Watson, Collins and Toia (sensationally) all out for origin.

Sharks have no origin representatives

Whyte and N Butcher injured

This should be a massacre.

That's ok though, we should get a bye or two the final 2 origin weekends. The NRL wouldn't make any team play all 3 games without origin players would they?

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Crighton, Leniu, Watson, Collins and Toia (sensationally) all out for origin.

Sharks have no origin representatives

Whyte and N Butcher injured

This should be a massacre.

That's ok though, we should get a bye or two the final 2 origin weekends. The NRL wouldn't make any team play all 3 games without origin players would they?

This is the first time I’m talking injuries about my Club only because I keep hearing about everyone else’s injury problems or rep player problems.

1. We have the following unavailable for our team at the moment. Katoa, Ramien, Stonestreet, Hiroti, Hazleton, Rudolf and Wilton. Most of them when fit are in our run on 13. We’ve won 5 of our last 6 with our depth and we’ve hardly played at home.

2. If you have a lot of rep players in your team that means you have to accumulate wins before rep season. Hell the Storm and Panthers have had this issue for years. Didn’t stop them finishing in the top 4 for a long time. They either built up wins before rep season and/or had decent back up players for when the time came. If your squad is too top heavy then that’s poor roster management. If you didn’t rack up the wins the team is just inconsistent and shouldn’t be anywhere near the pointy end of the ladder.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Can't see the chooks doing much in this game

 

[Fangs]

You'll never hear a Penrith fan complain about injuries or rep season. Made of tougher stuff out this way.

Sharks by 8.

 

[Valheru]

This is the first time I’m talking injuries about my Club only because I keep hearing about everyone else’s injury problems or rep player problems.

1. We have the following unavailable for our team at the moment. Katoa, Ramien, Stonestreet, Hiroti, Hazleton, Rudolf and Wilton. Most of them when fit are in our run on 13. We’ve won 5 of our last 6 with our depth and we’ve hardly played at home.

2. If you have a lot of rep players in your team that means you have to accumulate wins before rep season. Hell the Storm and Panthers have had this issue for years. Didn’t stop them finishing in the top 4 for a long time. They either built up wins before rep season and/or had decent back up players for when the time came. If your squad is too top heavy then that’s poor roster management. If you didn’t rack up the wins the team is just inconsistent and shouldn’t be anywhere near the pointy end of the ladder.

Fair play on their injury stuff.

The 2nd point is garbage because A) those two clubs you refer to both have 2 byes before origin this season and B) I'm not complaining about playing games without origin players, that's a necessity of the draw with how it currently runs. I'm merely questioning why any team doesn't get at least one bye before an origin game. Don't you find that strange?

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Fair play on their injury stuff.

The 2nd point is garbage because A) those two clubs you refer to both have 2 byes before origin this season and B) I'm not complaining about playing games without origin players, that's a necessity of the draw with how it currently runs. I'm merely questioning why any team doesn't get at least one bye before an origin game. Don't you find that strange?

Yes definitely inequality.

 

[Panther Mike]

I am a Rooster hater usually but feel a bit sorry for them taking on a rampant Sharks who aren’t affected by Origin at all. The draw and scheduling around Origin time really needs revising.

 

[horrie hastings]

Last time the Roosters played Cronulla up in Gosford it was a slaughter 44-12 to the Sharks at a sold out crowd in 2017.

Expecting a Sharks win in this game but hopefully it wont be like the last Gosford game.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Last time the Roosters played Cronulla up in Gosford it was a slaughter 44-12 to the Sharks at a sold out crowd in 2017.

Expecting a Sharks win in this game but hopefully it wont be like the last Gosford game.

I just took a look at your forward pack Horrie.

This will get ugly.

 

[bad boy bubby]

I think it is a bit silly that some teams are not getting a bye during the Origin period, it could be shared around.
But
The whole draw has been a bit buggered up in regards to the byes. From this weekend some teams are having their second bye ( Storm, Dargons, Cowboys and Titans) whilst the Sharks, Raiders and Dolphins haven't had one yet, some teams are getting their first this weekend (Broncos, Rabbittohs and Tigers)

Let's look at where these two teams have travelled this year because of the draw

Sharks: Las Vegas, Townsville, Perth, Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane

Roosters: Auckland and Brisbane with 7 games in Sydney and a bye.

In the end, no sympathy for Easts, wear it and get on with it.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

I think when you don’t get the bye before Origin it depends who you’re up against how bad it will be. If you’re playing another team depleted from origin or a shyte team that you can scrape a win anyway it doesn’t hurt you.

Roosters lucked out facing us. The experienced Storm pack struggled to contain our pack. Men against boys this weekend.

 

[Bazal]

I thought the Knights Smug game would be the worst of the round.

Then I saw Makahesi Makatoa names as an NRL starting prop in 2025 and now I'm not so sure

 

[Valheru]

I think it is a bit silly that some teams are not getting a bye during the Origin period, it could be shared around.
But
The whole draw has been a bit buggered up in regards to the byes. From this weekend some teams are having their second bye ( Storm, Dargons, Cowboys and Titans) whilst the Sharks, Raiders and Dolphins haven't had one yet, some teams are getting their first this weekend (Broncos, Rabbittohs and Tigers)

Let's look at where these two teams have travelled this year because of the draw

Sharks: Las Vegas, Townsville, Perth, Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane

Roosters: Auckland and Brisbane with 7 games in Sydney and a bye.

In the end, no sympathy for Easts, wear it and get on with it.

The club ain't complaining about it, I'm having a whinge as a fan.

That travel schedule is the sharks fault. They volunteered for Vegas and took home games to Perth and Brisbane.

 

[bad boy bubby]

That travel schedule is the sharks fault. They volunteered for Vegas and took home games to Perth and Brisbane

I'm not complaining about that schedule, and neither did the Sharks, you know why? They've known about it ever since the draw was released and have structured accordingly.
The Roosters have also known about their non byes since the draw was released.
You think your team have prepared for it? Youd hope they would have.

 

[Someone2]

Sharks by 18

 

[Rudy]

Roosters will lose by 16.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

if sharks dont win by 50, wrap the season up

 

[speedster]

Souths have won matches this season with more players missing than the Roosters have out tonight. So, no excuses eh?

 

[Belza1]

Sharks by 10.