Cronulla Sharks
At 25, Cassie had never played footy. Then came gold medals and grand finals
Sharks winger Cassie Staples didn’t grow up playing rugby league, or any contact sport, but on Sunday she’ll run out for the NRLW grand final.
- by Billie Eder
Latest
‘They taught us a lesson’: Why Sharks won’t make same mistake twice against Roosters
Cronulla’s NRLW coach Tony Herman is confident his team can upset the odds on grand final day against the team that handed them their heaviest defeat of the year.
- by Billie Eder
Hey Ivan, you were right: NRL confirm bunker blunder
The NRL confirmed the Bunker got it wrong denying a try to Penrith’s Sunia Turuva – and why the Roosters were also hurt by a decision on Friday night.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Opinion
NRL grand final
Inside Penrith’s Matrix, Nathan Cleary is in total control
The Panthers wrote the code to their own computer game, where even their errors were merely robotic variations in their own simulated reality.
- by Emma Kemp
Cleary worried ‘terrible’ Bunker decision could decide grand final
Nathan Cleary suffered a shoulder injury, but his father Ivan was unhappy with a decision by the Bunker official.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Penrith 26 Cronulla 6
NRL 2024
Panthers march to fifth straight grand final, Cleary talks down shoulder concern
Cleary hurt himself pulling off a try-saving tackle, and with the result already secured, he made his way to the sidelines. His fitness will be the biggest story of grand final week.
- by Billie Eder
Exclusive
NRL 2024
Mother of Sharks star allegedly assaulted in Dubbo pub
Braydon Trindall’s mother denied leaking a photo of Latrell Mitchell leaning over a white substance in the days before being allegedly struck by another woman.
- by Chris Barrett and Michael Chammas
Analysis
NRL 2024
Enter the Bermuda Triangle: How Sharks reverse a 70-0 record against Penrith
Cronulla have lost their last two games to the champs by a combined 70-0 score line. To spring one of the biggest finals upsets in history, things are going to have to get weird.
- by Dan Walsh
September specialist: Nicho Hynes has spent a tenth of his NRL career playing in finals
The Cronulla halfback is a finals regular, having now played 10 per cent of his 100 career matches in September.
- by Christian Nicolussi
In 2022, Rhiannon had to learn to walk again. Now, she’s playing finals footy
After two back surgeries, Rhiannon Byers had to learn to walk again. On Sunday, she’ll make her NRLW finals debut.
- by Billie Eder
Opinion
NRL 2024
However you slice it, it’s inevitable which teams are going to make the grand final
The Roosters and Sharks have to throw convention out the door if they’re to trouble the two premiership heavyweights.
- by Andrew Johns
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