Match 2024 NRL Round 1 New Zealand Warriors v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 7:50 pm Friday 8 March @ Go Media Stadium, Auckland

[Born&bred]

A wins a win. But a lot of work to do.

And the anal rocks up...

 

[MMsharks]

that was a good win to get over there

enjoy it sharks fans

 

[Proud Shark]

That was some unreal defense under a huge weight of possession. If we can do that all year the attack and handling will come.

 

[Sharkyle]

That was some unreal defense under a huge weight of possession. If we can do that all year the attack and handling will come.

This tbh

 

[Proud Shark]

Shame the Wahs aren't a top 8 side.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Man we were looooong odds after that first twenty minutes, but that defence just kept us in it. Big play after big play. I’m absolutely chuffed with that one, fantastic.

Things changed once one of our starting front rowers left the field!

 

[Blue_Eyes84]

F**k the Wah’s. Seriously, though. It was a tough, gritty win. It was a Cronulla win through and through.

 

[CrazyMatt]

Seriously, thats the sort of close, high pressure game we would have blown last season. Great character shown to hold on.

 

[Patrick]

Standard round 1 for us:
- Fall behind early, say 12-0
- Takes us over 30 mins at least to score our first try.
- Brief resurgence in the 2nd half, might even take the lead briefly.
- Lose in the last 5 mins to a try.

It's honestly worth going back through our round 1 games over the years and spotting this trend.

Everything except the last step happened! Happy to be wrong there!
Gutsy win, I thought we'd blow it for sure. That's a real courageous win.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Seriously, thats the sort of close, high pressure game we would have blown last season. Great character shown to hold on.

Good blue print for a finals game…….

 

[Patrick]

F**k the Wah’s. Seriously, though. It was a tough, gritty win. It was a Cronulla win through and through.

Up the sha's

 

[MMsharks]

Seriously, thats the sort of close, high pressure game we would have blown last season. Great character shown to hold on.

100%
need to build of that one

 

[SkullCrusher]

What a win!! Hope that sets the tone for how we are going to play this season.
Grind out the win, play tough

 

[Sir Chadley]

Fantastic win. Against all odds and a huge flow of possession, we’ve come out on top.
Such a huge defensive effort against a seriously hot attacking team and in their own backyard.

So many players stepped up for us tonight, much easier to name those who were a bit below par. It will be a very hard task to choose the 321 for tonight.

Talakai was immense. Nicho was brilliant. Kennedy at the back, marvellous. Tommy played huge minutes, Jesse kept RTS quiet, and our pack just did not give up.

 

[apezza]

Standard round 1 for us:
- Fall behind early, say 12-0
- Takes us over 30 mins at least to score our first try.
- Brief resurgence in the 2nd half, might even take the lead briefly.
- me getting excited, thinking we have changed as a footy side
- Lose in the last 5 mins to a try.
- me cursing myself for thinking we had changed

It's honestly worth going back through our round 1 games over the years and spotting this trend.

Fixed it!

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[apezza]

Credit to Shaun J. Great kicking game

 

[bort]

Imagine that same game but we have AFB instead of Royce out there…

 

[SF]

Great win. Now we just need to learn to shift the ball coming off our line. Made it tougher than it needed to be.

 

[bort]

I said earlier but that warriors rushing defence was elite

I think in the end our quality of scramble defence was just high enough they tired themselves out trying to attack us with their D

Wonder what our tackles inside our 20 and inside their 20 was

 

[Sharkie556]

I love how confident warriors fans were heading into it