Match 2024 NRL Round 10 - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Melbourne Storm, 7.35pm Saturday 11 May @ AAMI PARK

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Team of the week. Not sure they watched the game for Cam's write up.

3. Jesse Ramien (Sharks)​

Backed himself to power through multiple defenders for his try in the second half, when it would have been tempting to dance around or offload the ball instead, and it was a four-pointer the Sharks got plenty of emotional energy from. Did the tough stuff too and worked tirelessly coming out of yardage, with 14 carries for 139 metres.

7. Daniel Atkinson (Sharks)​

The late withdrawal of your veteran halves partner ahead of your sixth game at NRL level, at arguably the toughest away venue in the competition, might have shaken some young playmakers, but not this one. Atkinson rose the occasion against his former club in the absence of Nicho Hynes and nailed the big moments on Saturday night which included booting a clutch go-ahead field goal in the dying minutes and converting four from four off the tee. A coming-of-age performance for the 23-year-old.

9. Cam McInnes (Sharks)​

Moved into the hooking role after Hynes’ late withdrawal, McInnes yet again showed why he is valued so highly by Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon. He went full tilt for 80 minutes, coming up with 11 runs for 90 metres and a whopping 50 tackles as the Sharks snared their first win at AAMI Park since late 2018.

15. Siosifa Talakai (Sharks)​

The Sharks’ bench came up big in a pressure cooker atmosphere at AAMI Park, with Talakai leading the charge with 181 run metres from 14 runs and the match-sealing try. Coming off the bench for the fifth successive game, Talakai looked every inch the powerhouse performer who earned two Origin caps for the Blues in 2022.
 
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Not really sure on this final one so dropping it in here.

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To me it looks like two things have happened in the middle. First, Cam has pushed a bit too close to the ruck, forcing Oregan to keep eyes on King. Second Welch runs an awesome lead line that sucks Teig forcing him to turn and chase outside. The damage is already done here, and Munster has 4 on 3 outside him.

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Atkinson collapses the space well, and Munster identifies the huge hole created by Iro not responding.

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Iro tries to make up for it but in pushing hard Wishart just steps around him leaving a 4 on 3. Ronnie should have followed him in here to force the wider pass.

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With not many other options Ronnie goes for the miracle intercept. Bonus points for the Penrith style obstruction on Kennedy that was correctly not called.

This one was just a real mess.
 

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Yeah in your snaps you can see Iro has to chase in so hard he ends up off balance when he needs to correct back the other way.
A few things going wrong but that's a huge gap to leave.

Need some graphs to break things down further!
 
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Yeah in your snaps you can see Iro has to chase in so hard he ends up off balance when he needs to correct back the other way.
A few things going wrong but that's a huge gap to leave.

Need some graphs to break things down further!
Yeah it's easy to see that and blame Iro, but the wheels started coming off well before that. Best case scenario is jamming in hope and forcing them to score at the furthest point.

Definitely no data skills here.
 
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Only finished reading this thread today. Yep about 20 min before kickoff, kearnsy did a one on one with dale bit hard to understand their back and forth but showed lil highlight clips so was nice.
 

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Just watched Cam's interview. The interviewer mentioned Nicho was watching training from the sidelines.

Hopefully it's smoke and mirrors
 
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