2026 R5 Sun - Cronulla 36-22 Warriors @ Ocean Protect

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2026 - Round 5
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Warriors
Ocean Protect Stadium, Woolooware / Dharawal (TICKETS)

Sunday 5 April 2026
Kickoff 2:00pm AEST
(note - daylight savings ends 2am Sunday in NSW/ACT/VIC/NZ)
Live on Fox League, Kayo Sports, Sky Sport NZ

1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. KL Iro 5. Samuel Stonestreet 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Toby Rudolf 11. Billy Burns 12. Teig Wilton 13. Jesse Colquhoun 14. Siosifa Talakai 15. Thomas Hazelton 16. Oregon Kaufusi 17. Braden Hamlin-Uele 18. Mawene Hiroti 19. Hohepa Puru 20. Jayden Berrell 21. Michael Gabrael 22. Briton Nikora

Changes from last match:
In: Mawene Hiroti (bench), Hohepa Puru (bench)

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 4. Adam Pompey 5. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck 6. Luke Metcalf 7. Tanah Boyd 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Jackson Ford 11. Leka Halasima 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark 14. Samuel Healey 15. Marata Niukore 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Tanner Stowers-Smith 18. Chanel Harris-Tavita 20. Eddie Ieremia-Toeava 21. Morgan Gannon 22. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 23. Ali Leiataua

Changes from last match:
Out: Mitchell Barnett (bench)
In: Demitric Vaimauga (bench), Chanel Harris-Tavita (bench), Eddie Ieremia-Toeava (bench)

Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Sideline Officials: Daniel Schwass, Nick Pelgrave
Video Referee: Grant Atkins

HEAD TO HEAD - 1995 - 2025​

	TOTAL	CRONULLA	WARRIORS	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	51	29	22	0
OCEAN PROTECT	22	14	8	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 5	WARRIORS 32-30	Pointsbet	10878
2023	Round 20	WARRIORS 44-12	Go Media	24012
2024	Round 1	CRONULLA 16-12	Go Media	24076
2024	Round 26	WARRIORS 30-28	Sharks	12637
2025	Round 14	WARRIORS 40-10	Sharks	13727

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9
CRONULLA	SYDNEY (H)	(BYE)	NORTH QLD (A)	WESTS TIGERS (H)
WARRIORS	MELBOURNE (A)	GOLD COAST (H)	DOLPHINS (H)	PARRAMATTA (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 2		Round 3		Round 4
CRONULLA	PENRITH	L 6-26	DOLPHINS	L 10-38	CANBERRA	W 34-22
WARRIORS	CANBERRA	W 40-6	NEWCASTLE	W 38-12	WESTS TIGERS	L 14-32

STATE OF PLAY: 2026 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
CRONULLA	9th	4	0	2-2-0	100	96
WARRIORS	2nd	4	0	3-1-0	134	68

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Always an entertaining matchup.

Warriors deserve to go in favourites.

How the f**k are they $2.40 outsiders???

 

[Evil_Mush]

Always an entertaining matchup.

Warriors deserve to go in favourites.

How the f**k are they $2.40 outsiders???

Regardless of how well we play beforehand, the moment a Warriors team lose a game everyone goes into "Classic Woeful Worriers"/"always knew they'd eventually choke" mode

To be fair that includes us fans, the PTSD from horrible seasons gone by runs deep!

 

[Valheru]

We will see if warriors bounce back or go back to old habits

Sharks by 10

 

[Someone2]

Warriors by 8

 

[Rudy]

Up the Wahs. Will have a healthy lead at half time but in the end win by 4.

 

[Bookie]

$100 on warriors. Looking forward to the half tank of petrol I get out of this.

 

[grozzy]

The weather is starting to change. May get another "Bermuda triangle"

 

[Meth]

Good test for us. What kind of team are we? The team that showed up in the first 3 weeks or the rabble that showed up last week? If we lose tonight, we may be in for a rough ride next week and potentially 3 losses in a row.

 

[Diesel]

Up the Wahs. Will have a healthy lead at half time but in the end win by 4.

I’ll take that

 

[Diesel]

Come on Wahs

 

[Nealo 12]

Huge crowd, sellout ? Lols

 

[skeepe]

Statistically, the Raiders should have beaten the Sharks last week, but we ended up beating ourselves. I fully expect the Wahs to succeed where we failed.

 

[Meth]

Sharks blink first

 

[Diesel]

Nice try from the right

 

[Wb1234]

Too easy

 

[Meth]

Nice. Well worked

 

[Diesel]

AFB has slimmed down

 

[Wb1234]

That stache on the ref is giving porn vibes

 

[Bazal]

Booooo go for the try