2023 NRL Round 1 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs @ Points Bet Stadium Saturday 4 March @ 7:35pm

[MMsharks]

Easier to not jog to the try line too

Yessss!
simple things. get the job done
just get to the f'n line and put it down. never give the opposition an ounce of opportunity to knock the ball out

sione also, when he got outside the winger had a heap of line space. cover did come I get it, but he had all the space and got it within half a foot of the dead ball line to put it down.

 

[vicsharkfan]

Lead fantasy points for shark players.
His attacking stats surprised me 163m
72 post contact metres 3 tackle busts
remember couple ok runs thought he was man handled for the most part by their defence 6 missed tackles too, seems to get lifted up in the air easy too in fact their gang tackling was next level last night would drag us couple meters along the ground seemed 4 times a set.

 

[Super Impose]

It’s so frustrating when you see dozens of forward passes let go across multiple games - and we get done for 2 of them that were clearly backwards out of the hands ..

Hodgson will throw multiple next week and they will be let go …

 

[Wiz]

We’ve always had trouble when teams rush up, we actually turn to sht.

Last night we faced the same team that destroyed us last year and they rushed up but last night we didn’t get smashed and we were pretty much right in it up until the last 10/15

The only difference was last night was we didn’t go side to side and we had a great kicking game, I’m not saying Moylan was the issue last year in the finals but if we can see that Trindall can adapt and add value in that type of situation for us where we have struggled then that is a very good sign for our team as a whole

 

[Milkshark]

We’ve always had trouble when teams rush up, we actually turn to sht.

Last night we faced the same team that destroyed us last year and they rushed up but last night we didn’t get smashed and we were pretty much right in it up until the last 10/15

The only difference was last night was we didn’t go side to side and we had a great kicking game, I’m not saying Moylan was the issue last year in the finals but if we can see that Trindall can adapt and add value in that type of situation for us where we have struggled then that is a very good sign for our team as a whole

Agree, but I think coach is a loyal coach and will keep picking Moylan until the season is up.

 

[bort]

Lost to raiders game one last year so not panic stations yet

Interestingly that’s another side with a lot of muscle in the middle

 

[MrDravid]

Commentators said they swapped, so have some content creators. Not sure why.

Ronnie did play right last year when Katoa got injured? Doesn't take much to confuse a couple of commentators.

 

[Western Sharkie]

I’m no mathematician, but something doesn’t seem right here

Rounding!

 

[egg]

Lost to raiders game one last year so not panic stations yet

Interestingly that’s another side with a lot of muscle in the middle

Seems to be our Achilles heal .
In these games it feel like we need 3 BIG bench Props .

Feels , we're missing
Royce Hunt

Born	13 August 1995 (age 27) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb)

But going with
Jack Williams

Born	9 September 1996 (age 26) Pambula, New South Wales, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb)

Against BEAST PACKS Maybe something like the below would be better

Full name	Thomas Hazelton
Born	22 January 1999 (age 24) Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height	198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	116 kg (18 st 4 lb)[1]

Full name	Jesse Colquhoun
Born	12 October 2001 (age 21) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	106 kg (16 st 10 lb)

 

[Tiger Shark]

Jesse is injured so atleast name players who can play

 

[bort]

Jesse is injured so atleast name players who can play

Bradbury bout to Bradbury his way into the side

 

[stormshark]

Lack of Leadership highlighted last night imho.Sure mistake afterer mistake but we needed Leadership at crucial times in the game, that seemed absent imho.Very winnable,shouldve been 10 up at HT

 

[HaroldBishop]

Their gameplan was to hit us up the middle, what a surprise. Won't be the only team that does it this year.

 

[BurgoShark]

Their gameplan was to hit us up the middle, what a surprise. Won't be the only team that does it this year.

Pretty smart week 1 footy tbh. Cowboys did the same. The ball rarely got more than 7-8m either side of the goalposts.

 

[Jaz]

Smart footy against Cronulla. Our pack just can't match it with the best of them.

 

[Tightywhitey]

Smart footy against Cronulla. Our pack just can't match it with the best of them.

I think Hazelton should be a regular first grader, even just on the bench. Breaks up the theme of short nuggety type of forwards we have

 

[Western Sharkie]

I think Hazelton should be a regular first grader, even just on the bench. Breaks up the theme of short nuggety type of forwards we have

We definitely need a NAS (200cm 115kg’s) type of FRF for sure and Tom is the closest we have in stature (198cm 116kg’s).
Would also be great if he can replicate NAS‘s playing style and aggression

 

[Sparkles]

Pretty smart week 1 footy tbh. Cowboys did the same. The ball rarely got more than 7-8m either side of the goalposts.

They really didn't need to do much more than defend, work to our end then give it to Graham or Koloamatangi. And they did it well

 

[CHOGM]

Yep our middle is a huge concern.

Yes and no. Souths scored all their points in the same spot last night and they were soft tries. Those tries didn't come from that edge being overun.

 

[CHOGM]

I agree with Hazelton coming onto the bench next round. He's 24, it's time to see if he can cut it.