Round 14
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 d. New Zealand Warriors 8

2008 NRL Telstra Premiership Index [Table] [Draw] [Player Stats] [Club Headlines]

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Sharks too strong for Warriors
Sun June 15, 2008
Source: www.warriors.co.nz

Cronulla converted a halftime deficit into a 16-point win in its 14th-round NRL clash against the Vodafone Warriors at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night.

With Jerome Ropati scoring his 31st first-grade try, the Vodafone Warriors had a narrow 8-6 advantage at halftime.

They showed marked improvement in their defence after last week's performance against South Sydney.

With an excellent completion rate and just five errors to Cronulla's 12, the Vodafone Warriors missed only eight tackles in the opening half (Cronulla had 23 misses) and didn't concede one line break.

And they also had only 13 missed tackles in the second spell, reducing the Sharks to going about their try-scoring business through kicks.

They had success with it, too, as David Simmons followed up his first half try with another while Luke Covell and Ben Pomeroy also benefited through kicks.

While that helped to give Cronulla a 24-8 victory, the stats showed the home side was able to make just one line break against the Vodafone Warriors who, just a week earlier, had allowed South Sydney eight line breaks.

But on attack the Vodafone Warriors couldn't add to the Ropati try as the Sharks produced 16 unanswered points.

With their spoiling approach, the Sharks consistently stifle opposition attacks and they were on song again this time.

The win was Cronulla's ninth of the season, lifting it to a five-way share of the lead on 20 points but fifth on differential.

While the Vodafone Warriors were left to reflect on their eighth loss of the season, there were encouraging signs.

Not the least was captain Steve Price backing up from Wednesday night's State of Origin appearance with a heavy workload.

After only three games behind him following his long injury lay-off, Price was very much back in the metre-eating mood that drove him to the club's player of the year title last year - and the year before. Carrying the ball 21 times in the 61 minutes he played, Price made 199 metres.

And second rower Ben Matulino also impressed as he became the club's 142nd first-grade player.

Match details:

At Toyota Stadium, Cronulla:
Cronulla Sharks 24 (David Simmons 2, Luke Covell, Ben Pomeroy tries; Luke Covell 3 conversions, penalty).
Vodafone Warriors 8 (Jerome Ropati try; Lance Hohaia conversion, penalty).
Halftime: 8-6 Vodafone Warriors.
Referee: Ben Cummins.
Crowd: 9023.

News Source: www.warriors.co.nz

NRL: Sharks 24 v Warriors 8 Statistics

NYC: Sharks 16 v Warriors 38 Statistics


Sharks NRL and NYC teams for Warriors clash
Tue June 10, 2008
Equal competition leaders Cronulla welcome NSW representative duo Paul Gallen and Greg Bird for Saturday's clash against the Warriors at Toyota Park (5:30pm).

The Sharks edged out Penrith 24-22 in a thrilling match last Sunday and will be boosted by the return of their star back-rowers. Bryan Norrie has also been added to the Sharks squad that defeated the Panthers last week.

TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v New Zealand Warriors
Toyota Park
Saturday 14th June 2008
5:30pm

Sharks (NRL):
1 Mitch Brown
2 Misi Taulapapa
3 Ben Pomeroy
4 David Simmons
5 Luke Covell
6 Brett Seymour
7 Brett Kimmorley
8 Ben Ross
9 Isaac De Gois
10 Luke Douglas
11 Paul Gallen (c)
12 Fraser Anderson
13 Greg Bird

Subs:
14 Danny Nutley
15 Kade Snowden
16 Bryan Norrie
17 Terence Seu Seu
19 Blake Green

Unavailable:
Brett Kearney - ankle - 2 weeks
Kevin Kingston - ankle - 5 weeks
Jacob Selmes - hip - 4 weeks
Adam Peek - knee - 3 weeks
Reece Williams - knee - season
Lance Thompson - retired

TOYOTA CUP
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v New Zealand Warriors
Toyota Park
Saturday 14th June 2008
3:20pm

Sharks (NYC):
1 Ben Orcher
2 Blake Ferguson
3 Nathan Stapleton
4 Jayson Bukuya
5 Stewart Mills
6 Shane Pumipi
7 Daniel Ezekiel
8 Tohi Leha
9 Lancen Joudo
10 John Viiga
11 Karlos Filiga
12 Jack Bosden
13 Jake Denford

Subs:
14 Blake Williamson
15 Ben Taefu
16 James Sharkie
17 Nathan Donnelly
18 Luke Hume
19 Luke Letele
(two to be omitted)

Tue June 10, 2008
• Several changes to Warriors line up to face Cronulla
  

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