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Gold Coast Titans
18
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
18
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Match Tracker

Gold Coast Titans
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
H1
6
12

    Gold Coast Titans Events

  • 36 mins - Try, C.McQueen
  • 37 mins - Conversion, T.Roberts

    Gold Coast Titans and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Events

  • 7 mins - Try, V.Holmes
  • 9 mins - Conversion, J.Maloney
  • 27 mins - Penalty goal, J.Maloney
  • 31 mins - Try, J.Bird
H2
12
6

    Gold Coast Titans Events

  • 48 mins - Try, D.Mead
  • 49 mins - Conversion, T.Roberts
  • 55 mins - Try, A.Don
  • 57 mins - Conversion, T.Roberts

    Gold Coast Titans and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Events

  • 73 mins - Try, A.Fifita
  • 74 mins - Conversion, J.Maloney
ET
0
0

    Gold Coast Titans Events

    Gold Coast Titans and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Events

Scorers

Gold Coast Titans
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Goal Scorers Gold Coast Titans Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tries McQueen (1), Mead (1), Don (1) Holmes (1), Bird (1), Fifita (1)
Conversions Roberts (3/3) Maloney (2/3)
Penalty Goals Maloney (1/1)
Field Goals

Team Statistics

Gold Coast Titans
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Statistics

Gold Coast Titans Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tries 3 3
Conversions 3 2
Penalty Goals 0 1
Field Goals 0 0
Gold Coast TitansGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
G.Bird 27 272 1 0 0 0 35 2 2 1
C.Cullen 3 30 0 0 0 1 18 3 1 0
A.Don 11 83 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0
L.Douglas 10 94 1 0 0 0 31 2 2 1
J.Hoffman 12 97 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 0
K.Hurrell 16 200 2 1 1 0 19 1 0 0
R.James 14 114 1 0 0 0 55 0 2 1
N.Macdonald 12 118 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
C.McQueen 4 40 0 0 0 0 38 5 0 2
D.Mead 9 81 0 1 0 0 12 0 2 0
A.Paasi 9 131 2 0 0 0 32 5 0 1
E.Pettybourne 3 27 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0
L.Pulu 11 97 1 0 0 0 24 0 1 0
T.Roberts 4 51 0 0 1 12 19 1 0 2
R.Simpkins 2 24 0 0 0 0 33 2 0 0
Z.Taia 23 223 2 0 0 0 20 6 0 0
A.Taylor 7 61 1 0 1 6 20 2 0 0
Cronulla-Sutherland SharksGoal Scorers
Players R RM OF LB TA K T MT PC ER
B.Barba 9 55 0 0 2 2 8 1 0 0
G.Beale 15 113 1 0 0 0 15 2 0 0
J.Bird 11 87 0 1 0 0 21 2 0 1
J.Bukuya 5 41 0 0 0 1 28 1 0 0
M.Ennis 3 11 0 0 0 4 54 3 1 1
S.Feki 11 122 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2
A.Fifita 20 167 3 1 0 0 35 2 2 1
P.Gallen 21 187 3 0 0 0 33 3 0 0
W.Graham 26 255 1 0 0 0 31 2 1 1
C.Heighington 8 74 0 0 0 0 12 1 0 0
V.Holmes 13 168 1 2 0 1 4 0 0 1
L.Lewis 10 67 3 0 1 1 27 0 1 2
J.Maloney 9 88 0 0 0 8 20 1 0 0
J.Paulo 2 24 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
M.Prior 11 105 0 0 0 0 36 3 0 0
S.Tagataese 9 95 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0
C.Townsend 7 66 1 0 0 3 34 5 1 0

Match Details

Gold Coast Titans
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
START TIME
7:00PM
WEATHER
Clear
VENUE
Cbus Super Stadium
Referees
Adam Gee, Alan Shortall, Belinda Sleeman, Bernard Sutton, Gerard Sutton, Jason Robinson, Luke Patten

Cronulla Sharks and Gold Coast Titans all square after NRL thriller

Cronulla's remarkable NRL winning streak has come to an end after a remarkable 18-18 draw with Gold Coast at Robina on Monday night.

Neither team could find a winning point in two halves of extra time, despite both having opportunities to secure the win with several field goal attempts being charged down.

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Sharks winning streak over after pulsating draw

Golden point couldn't separate the sides who had to share the spoils on the Gold Coast.

The Sharks, chasing a 16th consecutive victory, had the best opportunities with five-eighth James Maloney missing three field goal attempts, including one shot which hit a post in the first half of extra time. Titans rookie Ash Taylor also missed a trio of field goal shots while wrecking-ball centre Konrad Hurrell was held up over the line in the dying seconds of an enthralling contest.

The Sharks nearly scored on the very last play of the match but centre Josh Hoffman desperately dived to gather a loose kick and ensure the clash ended all square.

Flying high: Cronulla winger Sosaia Feki leaps to defuse a bomb.
Flying high: Cronulla winger Sosaia Feki leaps to defuse a bomb. Photo: Jason O'Brien

The result leaves the Sharks on top of the NRL ladder, just one point clear of Melbourne.

Gold Coast are seventh on 23 points, one behind Queensland rivals Brisbane.

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Sharks coach Shane Flanagan said the result was a hollow one and only enhanced his belief that the game should do away with golden point.

"It's an absolute lottery isn't it?," Flanagan said. "They were all offside. We were offside. There was chargedowns. Penalties should have been given. It's a joke golden point. It's an absolute joke."

Well held: Titans veteran forward Greg Bird is wrapped up by Cronulla hooker Michael Ennis.
Well held: Titans veteran forward Greg Bird is wrapped up by Cronulla hooker Michael Ennis. Photo: Jason O'Brien

The Titans endured the extra periods without Tyrone Roberts after the five-eighth hurt his knee but coach Neil Henry expects the playmaker to be fit to face the Warriors on Sunday.

Stand-in Titans captain Ryan James claimed Wade Graham, filling in for the benched Paul Gallen, had "lied" about his call at the coin toss before the start of extra time.

Tense struggle: Sharks forward Luke Lewis and Titans centre Konrad Hurrell lock horns.
Tense struggle: Sharks forward Luke Lewis and Titans centre Konrad Hurrell lock horns. Photo: Jason O'Brien

James said Graham had told the referees he'd called heads when he'd originally called tails, forcing the toss to be redone and handing the Sharks a potentially decisive edge when they subsequently won the right to receive the first kick-off in golden point.

"It should have been us receiving but we had to kick-off and we would have had that extra set," he said. "I was frustrated about that."

The Sharks began brightly in front of 14,981 fans at Cbus Super Stadium with winger Valentine Holmes crashing over in the seventh minute after a slick backline move. They then opened up a 12-point lead when Jack Bird scored in the 30th minute in the following set after Titans fullback David Mead was sent to the sin bin for a professional foul on Sharks  hooker Michael Ennis.

Despite being a man down, the Titans hit back before half-time with back-rower Chris McQueen scoring his fourth try in the past three weeks when Sharks winger Sosaia Feki spilt a bomb into his hands. Mead levelled scores just after the break when he held onto a sharp pass from Tyrone Roberts to crash over before Hurrell's inspired flick pass in the 55th minute sent Anthony Don flying into the corner for a six-point Titans lead.

Sharks front-rower Andrew Fifita barrelled over from short range with seven minutes left to lock up the scores at 18-18, but neither team could find the decisive breakthrough.

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