The Sharks turned dragons vs sharks around fast, beating the Dragons 34-12 after trailing 12-6 at halftime at Ocean Protect Stadium. Cronulla completed just 61 per cent of its sets in the first half, then flipped the game with two tries in as many minutes after the break.
Mulitalo Keeps Rolling
Ronaldo Mulitalo scored another double for the Sharks, and Will Kennedy added a diving try as Cronulla seized control. A Dragons error from a scrum opened the door for Sam Stonestreet to score, giving the home side the edge it had lacked before halftime.
That second-half burst came after a clumsy opening spell. Will Kennedy’s hospital pass led to a Stonestreet error and a Dragons try, and the Sharks also made life harder for themselves with their low completion rate before the interval.
Sharks Fix The Second Half
Cronulla’s cleaner attack showed up in the numbers. The Sharks finished with 6 line-breaks while the Dragons had none, a clear split from a first half where the home side struggled to build pressure and fell behind 12-6.
Addin Fonua-Blake played a huge stint for the Sharks, helping steady the middle while the backs finished the job. The Dragons, by contrast, had six errors in the opening 20 minutes and later lost Jaydn Su’A after he came off with a pec injury.
Ocean Protect Stadium And Beyond
The result gave Cronulla a win at Ocean Protect Stadium despite missing Nicho Hynes and Blayke Brailey. That mattered because the Sharks were able to recover without half their spine, and the margin grew once the second-half tempo lifted.
Next week sends them to New Zealand to face the Warriors, with the Shark Park side carrying a 34-12 win and a sharper second-half model into that trip.
