Dragons
18
Match Complete
Sharks
32
| 77 |  | C. Townsend | ||
| 76 |  | A. Woods | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 74 | ||
| M. Ravalawa | | 72 | ||
| 67 | | C. Townsend | ||
| 65 | | W. Kennedy | ||
| 64 | | C. Townsend | ||
| 62 | | R. Mulitalo | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 55 | ||
| M. Dufty | | 53 | ||
| Z. Lomax | | 48 | ||
| A. Clune | | 47 | ||
| 22 |  | C. Townsend | ||
| 15 | | C. Townsend | ||
| 14 | | W. Kennedy | ||
| 5 | | C. Townsend | ||
| 3 | | J. Dugan |
| 3 | Tries | 5 | ||
| 3 | Conversions | 5 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
Round 1 of the 2021 NRL season wraps up with a derby as the arch rival St George Illawarra Dragons and Cronulla Sharks do battle at Kogarah. Stay up to date with their NRL clash with live scores on The Roar from 6:15pm (AEDT).
The Dragons didn’t finish all that low on last year’s ladder, but they’re still looking for huge improvement after what’s been a disastrous few seasons. New coach Anthony Griffin looks to have his work cut out for him though, with St George Illawarra a popular wooden spoon pick. They’ll be looking to start their season off with a statement win against their local rivals.
Cronulla did manage to play finals football last year – and were far from embarrassed in their elimination final loss – but a lack of consistency across the last two seasons means they’re also a popular pick to tumble down the ladder. They’ll be on a similar hunt for early success to silence the doubters.
These sides split their meetings a season ago, with the Dragons getting up 30-16 in Campbelltown and the Sharks getting revenge, 28-24, at Kogarah. These sides have split their last ten meetings at five apiece and a win for Cronulla would level the all-time series between these sides (since the joint venture) at 23-23-1.
Game information
Kick-off: 6:15pm (AEDT)
Venue: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
TV: Fox League
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Sharks $1.68, Dragons $2.18 (odds via PlayUp)
Teams
Dragons
1. Matt Dufty, 2. Cody Ramsey, 3. Jack Bird, 4. Zac Lomax, 5. Mikaele Ravalawa, 6. Adam Clune, 7. Ben Hunt, 8. Blake Lawrie, 9. Andrew McCullough, 10. Paul Vaughan, 11. Josh Kerr, 12. Tariq Sims, 13. Tyrell Fuimaono
Bench/Reserves: 14. Poasa Faamausili, 15. Trent Merrin, 16. Daniel Alvaro, 17. Brayden Williame, 18. Jackson Ford, 19. Kaide Ellis, 20. Jordan Pereira, 21. Max Feagai
Sharks
1. Will Kennedy, 2. Sione Katoa, 3.Josh Dugan, 4. Jesse Ramien, 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo, 6. Matt Moylan, 7. Chad Townsend, 8. Braden Hamlin-Uele, 9. Blayke Brailey, 10. Aaron Woods, 11. Briton Nikora, 12. Wade Graham, 13. Toby Rudolf
Bench/Reserves: 14. Connor Tracey, 15. Aiden Tolman, 16. Jack Williams, 17. Billy Magoulias, 18. Mawene Hiroti, 19. Teig Wilton, 20. Andrew Fifita, 21. Braydon Trindall
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
But if he wasn’t there someone else lets in the two and doesn’t score the one… ANd two tries is very harsh, that first botch up was all Captain Hunt… (almost wrote something else..) and there were others to cover the second.
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
:laughing:
Retro Rabbit
Roar Rookie
"ure" Rob? If you don't like my comments then why read them Rob? You read them because you want to read them Rob. I'll help you with that though. Sorry Rob (aka "Snow") but you are banned from reading my comments or replying to me for the next 2 weeks. DON'T make me make it a month! :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
JGK
Roar Guru
Ugh. Just got back from the match. Poor by the Dragons against a poor Sharks side. And to make it worse I was sitting not far from a gloating Scott Morrison.
Rob
Guest
Retro rabbit you have no idea
Anthony Grady
Guest
Big turning point in the game it was huge,however Saints were their own worse enemies
Emcie
Roar Guru
What’s the dragons rotation policy? Can he defend from the bench?
Renegade
Roar Guru
Didn’t go on with it in the second half but still a win and good start to the season for the Sharks - considering they have an opposite record to the storm for round 1, a win is good. Very good signs in the first half that another pre-season for the youngsters in the team has improved defence and handling errors... but will reserve judgement on that seeing how they get through the next two weeks facing better opposition in the raiders and eels. Anyways for a team that genuinely start the season slow, will take the win ???? Up Up!
Soda
Roar Rookie
Yeah, that’s one way to do it but I feel he will be a liability there as well. Once the ball goes up, it’s a lucky dip
Stormy
Roar Rookie
Bad luck DP, Soda, Scott & all the other Dragons, not the greatest game, but, more good signs this time than I saw last Season. Congrats Sharks, a win; not top 8 standard though.
Retro Rabbit
Roar Rookie
Commiserations champ. Next week the Dragons play the Cowboys in Townsville. It could be a lot worse.
Emcie
Roar Guru
This last minute has gone for half an hour...
Phil
Roar Rookie
What can you say about Saints?? Year after year they fail on the field yet continue to fail off it as well. One old boy said some decades ago that winning starts in the front office. Buggared if I know what the solution is.
Emcie
Roar Guru
Gonna have to get him defending on the wing
souvalis
Roar Rookie
Doogs was good getting in Lomax's ear all night.. and winning the battle
Soda
Roar Rookie
Yeah, I can't see any other team wanting him either. Perhaps he is destined for superleague. He'd carve that up
souvalis
Roar Rookie
The 7 year itch has been dabbed with calamine lotion.
SharkMan
Guest
Hes not, only from the hacks at fox sports
Rob
Guest
Retro rabbit ure such a boring man
SharkMan
Guest
I don't get the hate for Woods, his stats last year of 130m per game and 32 tackles a game at 95% effectiveness means he's still one of the better props in the NRL