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Round 25 2010: Sharks 30 - Titans 16 @ Toyota Stadium
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it was not leutele in the 18, he was standing with alber kelly on the hill.
the 18th man (dont take this racially) was white anfy
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Sharks Look To Atkins To Replace Ferguson
BY BRAD FORREST
31 Aug, 2010 04:00 AM
BIG Gold Coast winger/centre Jordan Atkins has been earmarked to fill the shoes of outgoing winger Blake Ferguson at the Cronulla Sharks.
With consecutive wins over the Roosters and Titans at home, Sharks’ coach Shane Flanagan has reinvigoriated enthusiasm about the future for the Sharks in 2011.
The Sharks gave retiring captain Trent Barrett and goalkicking winger Luke Covell an enormous sendoff in the team’s last home game of the season by ending the Titans’ five-game winning streak at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night with a 30-16 victory.
Lock Paul Gallen produced arguably his best of a long series of five-star performances, leading the forwards, and Barrett and half Tim Smith combined brilliantly to set the Sharks’ back line alight.
Afterwards coach Flanagan said the win was ‘‘particularly important’’ for the team, its supporters and sponsors, going in to off-season preparations for 2011.
‘‘We knew we had a good team, and in the past six weeks we’ve beaten two of the form sides and probably should have beaten both the Raiders and Wests Tigers, and with our new players we can go into 2011 with confidence and make a big statement,’’ Flanagan said.
The Sharks hope to add Atkins to their list of recruits this week, headed by Dragons’ Kiwi international Jeremy Smith, boom Panthers’ five-eighth Wade Graham and Souths and former Sharks’ outside back, Colin Best.
After talking to Titans’ star and former Shark Mat Rogers, who is also retiring, Flanagan said he was convinced the 100-kilogram Atkins, 26, who scored four tries on debut two years ago, would be the ‘‘right fit’’.
‘‘He is no kid, he’s big and strong and the sort of winger you need to get you going,’’ Flanagan said.
Atkins has had a topsy-turvy career since his brilliant debut, with injuries limiting his opportunites. He scored a try late in the game against the Sharks on Saturday.
Barrett, who with Covell took his children onto the ground before and after the game, was thrilled with the team’s performance.
"We couldn’t have asked for a better last home game,’’ said Barrett, who will work with Tim Smith, Wade Graham and other Sharks’ halves in the off season, and also for the Country Rugby League out of his home town of Temora.
Covell, who produced a trademark fend to score an intercept try, the first of the game, also kicked five from five, as the Sharks again gave the home crowd of about 10,000 reason to think ‘‘what might have been’’.
‘‘Yes, they just might make me captain coach of Murwillumbah,’’ Covell said with a laugh.
Covell is also moving back to his old home, in the state’s north.
Source: http://www.theleader.com.au/news/lo...k-to-atkins-to-replace-ferguson/1927156.aspx?
BY BRAD FORREST
31 Aug, 2010 04:00 AM
BIG Gold Coast winger/centre Jordan Atkins has been earmarked to fill the shoes of outgoing winger Blake Ferguson at the Cronulla Sharks.
With consecutive wins over the Roosters and Titans at home, Sharks’ coach Shane Flanagan has reinvigoriated enthusiasm about the future for the Sharks in 2011.
The Sharks gave retiring captain Trent Barrett and goalkicking winger Luke Covell an enormous sendoff in the team’s last home game of the season by ending the Titans’ five-game winning streak at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night with a 30-16 victory.
Lock Paul Gallen produced arguably his best of a long series of five-star performances, leading the forwards, and Barrett and half Tim Smith combined brilliantly to set the Sharks’ back line alight.
Afterwards coach Flanagan said the win was ‘‘particularly important’’ for the team, its supporters and sponsors, going in to off-season preparations for 2011.
‘‘We knew we had a good team, and in the past six weeks we’ve beaten two of the form sides and probably should have beaten both the Raiders and Wests Tigers, and with our new players we can go into 2011 with confidence and make a big statement,’’ Flanagan said.
The Sharks hope to add Atkins to their list of recruits this week, headed by Dragons’ Kiwi international Jeremy Smith, boom Panthers’ five-eighth Wade Graham and Souths and former Sharks’ outside back, Colin Best.
After talking to Titans’ star and former Shark Mat Rogers, who is also retiring, Flanagan said he was convinced the 100-kilogram Atkins, 26, who scored four tries on debut two years ago, would be the ‘‘right fit’’.
‘‘He is no kid, he’s big and strong and the sort of winger you need to get you going,’’ Flanagan said.
Atkins has had a topsy-turvy career since his brilliant debut, with injuries limiting his opportunites. He scored a try late in the game against the Sharks on Saturday.
Barrett, who with Covell took his children onto the ground before and after the game, was thrilled with the team’s performance.
"We couldn’t have asked for a better last home game,’’ said Barrett, who will work with Tim Smith, Wade Graham and other Sharks’ halves in the off season, and also for the Country Rugby League out of his home town of Temora.
Covell, who produced a trademark fend to score an intercept try, the first of the game, also kicked five from five, as the Sharks again gave the home crowd of about 10,000 reason to think ‘‘what might have been’’.
‘‘Yes, they just might make me captain coach of Murwillumbah,’’ Covell said with a laugh.
Covell is also moving back to his old home, in the state’s north.
Source: http://www.theleader.com.au/news/lo...k-to-atkins-to-replace-ferguson/1927156.aspx?