2m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:52am<\/p>\n
40′ Tutuva has a corked thigh<\/p>\n
I think that’s a cork at least – he was collected hard by Siosifa Talakai as he slipped into a tackle.<\/p>\n
He’s limping about in backfield.<\/p>\n
3m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:51am<\/p>\n
39′ Penalty Sharks<\/p>\n
There is a battle for the ball off another towering kick.<\/p>\n
The Tigers knock the ball on and then Sharks knock the ball on too.<\/p>\n
But the Tigers, unhappy with the call of knock on, kick the ball away and give away a penalty for dissent.<\/p>\n
That’s poor.<\/p>\n
The Sharks will have a chance,<\/p>\n
6m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:48am<\/p>\n
38′ Tom Hazleton is on report<\/p>\n
I must admit, I don’t know why.<\/p>\n
6m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:48am<\/p>\n
37′ Madden breaks, but then gets intercepted!<\/p>\n
That is really, really good from Jock Madden.<\/p>\n
He has looked up on the last, raced through the splintered line and raced through into open space.<\/p>\n
The Tigers feel like they have a chance here and flood forward, but his looping pass out wide, a speculator, is intercepted.<\/p>\n
9m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:46am<\/p>\n
35′ Easy for the Sharks!<\/p>\n
That was very simple in the end.<\/p>\n
Off the back of a couple of set restarts, Jesse Colquhoun burrowed over from very close range to score.<\/p>\n
Easy as you like.<\/p>\n
Hynes adds the extras and it’s 18-10 to the hosts.<\/p>\n
12m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:42am<\/p>\n
31′ Sharks challenge<\/p>\n
Siosifa Talakai has been pinged for playing at a grubber and deflecting it out of play as the Tigers came forward.<\/p>\n
However, he’s challenged this and – incredibly – he’s going to get away with it.<\/p>\n
Footwork that a ballroom dancer would be pleased with sees Talakai shuffle across, not looking up or making any major movements with his feet so it’s going to be overturned as a turnover.<\/p>\n
That’s brilliant footwork from Talakai – stick a bat in his hand and make him open. Lovely stuff.<\/p>\n
17m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:37am<\/p>\n
27′ Penalty Tigers<\/p>\n
Tom Hazleton (198 cm) is a bit high on Sunia Turuva (181 cm).<\/p>\n
He accepts that this is the natural way of things, the big Sharks forward.<\/p>\n
And the Tigers have a chance inside the Sharks half.<\/p>\n
22m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:32am<\/p>\n
22′ Really, Rudolf?<\/p>\n
I’d have backed the red nosed reindeer to catch the ball off a short pass out of his own 10 – but that was a skill beyond Toby Rudolf at that kick off.<\/p>\n
A poor mistake immediately after scoring and the Wests Tigers have ideal field position with a scrum on the Sharks 10.<\/p>\n
25m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:29am<\/p>\n
21′ Sharks score!<\/p>\n
My goodness, that was desperately simple stuff off the back of the scrum.<\/p>\n
The Tigers defence on the right side looks woeful.<\/p>\n
KL Iro just scooted through after a poor miss by Starford To’a.<\/p>\n
He just got himself out of position in the line and allowed Iro to just breeze through.<\/p>\n
The right edge will be targeted.<\/p>\n
The kick is good, 12-10 the score.<\/p>\n
25m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:29am<\/p>\n
20′ Faaletino Tavana with another error<\/p>\n
I make that three in the opening 20 minutes for the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n
This one was the worst though – dropping the ball as he takes a run out of his own 10 metre line.<\/p>\n
30m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:24am<\/p>\n
26′ MAGICAL TIGERS!<\/p>\n
That’s really nice from the Tigers.<\/p>\n
They move the ball really well after some lovely interplay between Jock Madden and Jarome Luai.<\/p>\n
It’s Luai’s pass that releases Samuela Fainu for a linebreak. He passes to Taylan May who scoots away to score.<\/p>\n
Very, very good from the Tigers.<\/p>\n
And the big Shark Park crowd is silenced.<\/p>\n
31m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:23am<\/p>\n
14′ Turuva gets lucky<\/p>\n
Sunia Turuva was very, very lucky there.<\/p>\n
The Sharks put a grubber through off the boot of Braydon Trindall.<\/p>\n
It sat up ever so temptingly for the Sharks chasers, with Turuva just waiting and waiting and not really scooping it away.<\/p>\n
But it’s a penalty for a push in the back by Teig Wilton.<\/p>\n
38m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:16am<\/p>\n
9′ Sharks knock on!<\/p>\n
Starford To’a
\ndid just enough to distract Braydon Trindall to catch a high ball.<\/p>\n
That sunny area is tough for the outside backs.<\/p>\n
39m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:15am<\/p>\n
8′ Tavana makes another hash out of catching a high ball<\/p>\n
I reckon the Sharks might just pepper the young winger with the high ball all day if this continues.<\/p>\n
He comes off his wing to try and catch another high bomb and once again drops it.<\/p>\n
Luckily for him, Briton Nikora knocks on.<\/p>\n
42m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:13am<\/p>\n
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Or do they?<\/p>\n
Teig Wilton scores in the corner after the Tigers can’t deal with a bomb into that sunny corner of the field.<\/p>\n
Faaletino
\nTavana just couldn’t see the ball in the sun I don’t think.<\/p>\n
KL Iro gathered and just about got the ball away as he was bashed out of play, inside to Wilton who scores.<\/p>\n
The Bunker is looking at it a lot…<\/p>\n
BUT IT’S CLEARED! That’s brilliant!<\/p>\n
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Hynes scores the extras and it’s an early 6-0 lead for the hosts.<\/p>\n
49m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:05am<\/p>\n
1′ We’re underway at Shark Park<\/p>\n
Sharks kick off in the sunshine, the Tigers run it back in the shade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2m agoSun 3 May 2026 at 6:52am 40′ Tutuva has a corked thigh I think that’s a cork…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4964,4292,3945,798,4966,4960,1406,4965,796,4963,3770,1981,4961,4962,247,725],"class_list":{"0":"post-3733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sydney","8":"tag-cronulla-sutherland","9":"tag-live-blog","10":"tag-live-updates","11":"tag-manly-sea-eagles","12":"tag-manly-warringah","13":"tag-newcastle-knighrs","14":"tag-nrl","15":"tag-penrith","16":"tag-penrith-panthers","17":"tag-rabbitohs","18":"tag-rugby-league","19":"tag-sharks","20":"tag-south-sydney","21":"tag-souths","22":"tag-sydney","23":"tag-wests-tigers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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