Full-time: Sharks 13 Cowboys 10
Last chance for the Cowboys. Thurston tries to spark something, Taumalolo offloads, but Morgan throws a bad pass that comes off a boot and the Sharks regain possession. Game over. The Sharks keep marching on.
The penalty sucked up some time and now the Sharks with the ball, winding down the clock. Ennis finds touch with a grubber deep in Cowboys' territory.
Thurston up in arms after he tries to strip the ball off Holmes. He wanted a knock-on call. Fifita then takes exception to Kyle Feldt's tackle, and Feldt has a swipe at the big man to give the Sharks a penalty. Maloney puts it over. Sharks 13 Cowboys 10
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Maloney drop goal!
Jason Taumalolo with a bollocking run - sheer terror in flight! He bumps off Barba but then Holmes catches him off balance on the fly and puts him to ground. Morgan makes the mistake just when the Sharks looked vulnerable.
Back to topThe Cowboys fighting to get out of their own half, with the Sharks getting up in defence very quickly. Thurston's kick on the last is tired-looking. The momentum is all with the Sharks but the score is still tied. Jack Bird grubbers dead.
Scott judged to have lost the ball, with Wade Graham doing well to get under Scott's body. Bit of justice there. The call on the Barba 'knock-on' was sketchy at best.
They are going to the bunker for a decision on Tamou getting over the line. He's tackled just short. Quick decision. Now Matt Scott's over the line! Another bunker referral.
Barba ruled to have knocked on from a Thurston kick when the ball appeared to go backwards off his boot. Now the Cowboys have a chance.
Wade Graham gets Thurston high! This doesn't look good but Thurston, in mitigation, appeared to slip. Penalty for the Cowboys with Thurston, now off the deck, lining up the kick. No issue for Thurston, so it's a tied game. Sharks 10 Cowboys 10
Back to topFifita, running straight off an Ennis pass, is over the line but he's held up. No kick on the last tackle and it's a tame turnover - is that a mistake by the Sharks?
Thurston forced to dive on the ball in the in-goal after Linnett failed to take the bomb off Maloney.
Finally the Cowboys have a bit of ball and on the cusp of the halfway line, Ethan Lowe drops it cold. The Sharks' pressure just building and building.
Gerard Beale has a chance to take a clean catch off a Maloney bomb inside the Cowboys' 10. He had more time than he realised. Puts it down.
Maloney has a chance to put things right. Michael Morgan slaps the ball down off Maloney and he's penalised. This time it's to the left of the posts, and he gives the Sharks the lead. Sharks 10 Cowboys 8
Back to topGraham just grabbed from behind by O'Neill in a try-saver. The Cowboys push the Sharks back in defence and then a penalty. Thurston not getting in front of the tackled Bird. The Sharks opt for a penalty. And Maloney misses!
Cowboys kicked it dead, the final decision. So Sharks with another set. Will they make this pressure count? Gallen barges forward off the kick.
Sheer weight of possession here. Townsend bombs and the bunker has a look at what happens next. Maloney knocks the ball backwards ... and tick tick tick. Lots of replays here.
Coote relieves the pressure with a massive clearance but here come the Sharks. Ennis grubbers in-goal and Bird forces the drop-out. Another set.
Barba ankle-tapped on the left when he was shaping to throw an inside ball for a possible try. Sharks putting huge pressure on the Cowboys, consistently forcing them to run it out from their own 10 metres. Playing a great field possession game.
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