That was a grand final preview right there.
Tremendous second half by both sides. Sharks just kept attacking, but we kept resisting. Most importantly the refs stayed the f**k out of it and let the chips fall where they may. Would have been very easy for them to jump in with some soft penalty to let us off the hook when the Sharks had us penned in our own 30 for most of the second half.
In the end, the game is decided by a desperation tackle by Mitchell on Lewis, giving Cronk the chance to ice the game.
Sharks will shred the panthers next week, and set up an epic prelim in Melbourne. Can see the sharks getting up in that one to be honest.
Souths should also run through whoever wins tomorrow, setting up another epic prelim.... which I am also very confident we’ll win.