Okay, for starters...
In the five year history of St George Illawarra Limited, twelve games have been played between the merged entity and the Mighty Cronulla Sharks, Pride of the South. Eight times the Sharks have prevailed, with three abberations and a fluked draw in the 80th minute.
From these games, Cronulla have scored 281 points, Frankenstein's Monster 229. A For/Against of +52 on the side of all that is good.
Much has been said by the degenerate ferals from the wrong side of Tom Ugly's about our trophy cabinet, however the JJ Giltinan Shield looked very flash there during 2000. Our prize, of course, for winning the '99 Minor Premiership. Alas, the Dragins were to take nothing away from '99, but pain, misery and frustration after watching their side succumb to their own woeful ineptutude for playing big games, and trademark dirty play. Thuggery, thy name is Jamie Ainscough.
In the three years hence, Cronulla finished 8th, 4th and 5th. The Dragins could manage only 9th, 7th and 7th, each time subjecting their fans to further torture watching the Sharks contest finals matches knowing their team isn't there. No wonder they're so bitter...
Last year Cronulla finished 12th, after the sort of year which comes along once every fifteen years or so. Put simply, everything that could go wrong, did. We even sunk low enough for the Merged Scum to add that third win.
This was their big chance to really rub our noses in it. Establish themselves as contenders, while we're down for the count. Have us watch the Dragins in the finals for a change, instead of the other way around.
Could they do it? Of course not!!
People, this is the sort of mismatch that Anthony Mundine's posse could only dream about. And it's only going to get better
