The 2018 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 52nd in the club's history. Coached by Shane Flanagan and captained by Paul Gallen and Wade Graham, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership.
Fixtures
Pre-season Date Round Opponent Venue Result Cro. Opp. Source17 February Trial Match Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Southern Cross Group Stadium, Sydney Win301424 FebruaryTrial Match Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Win2412
Regular season
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Cro. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report9 March1 1300SMILES Stadium, TownsvilleLoss1420Dugan, SegeyaroTownsend 3/3 15 March2 St George Illawarra Dragons Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyLoss1620Bukuya, FekiTownsend 4/4 24 March3 Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, SydneyWin144TownsendTownsend 5/530 March4 Melbourne StormSouthern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin144LeeTownsend 5/56 April5 Sydney Roosters Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyLoss1028Holmes (2)Townsend 1/313 April6 St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, SydneyLoss2040Brailey, Lee, Holmes, LeuteleTownsend 2/422 April7 Penrith PanthersSouthern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin2622Ramien (2), Holmes, SorensenTownsend 5/628 April8 Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium, Gold CoastWin109Holmes, LeeTownsend 0/2Townsend 2/25 May9 Parramatta Eels Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin2220Feki (2), Townsend, LeeTownsend 3/513 May10 Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium, CanberraWin2416Holmes (2), Williams, FekiTownsend 4/520 May11 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin2216Lee, Holmes, Ramien, Matt PriorTownsend 3/427 May12 Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium, NewcastleWin4810Holmes (3), Ramien (2), Brailey, Dugan, Lee, LewisTownsend 6/10 1 June13 South Sydney RabbitohsANZ Stadium, SydneyLoss1422Ramien, KatoaTownsend 3/3 10 June14 Wests TigersSouthern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin2416Gallen, Holmes, Lee, RamienTownsend 4/5 16 June15 Brisbane Broncos Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyLoss1620Ramien, Leutele, GrahamTownsend 2/3 29 June16 New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, AucklandWin1815Lee (2), RamienTownsend 3/517Bye13 July18 Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium, SydneyWin2412Holmes (2), Katoa, MoylanTownsend 4/420 July19 Canberra RaidersSouthern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin2824Fifita, Leutele, Holmes, Graham, KatoaTownsend 4/626 July20 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium, BrisbaneLoss1012Holmes(2)Townsend 1/25 August21 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyLoss3233Graham, Holmes, Moylan, Ramien, WoodsHolmes 6/722 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, MelbourneWin1714Brailey, Holmes, DuganHolmes 2/3Townsend 1/1 23 North Queensland Cowboys Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin2816Lewis, Townsend, Fifita, Dugan, BukuyaHolmes 4/5 24 Newcastle Knights Southern Cross Group Stadium, SydneyWin3812Lee(2), Dugan, Feki, Holmes, TownsendHolmes4/5, Lee 1/125 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, SydneyWin3018Feki(2), Capewell, Fifita, Dugan, HolmesHolmes 3/6
Finals Series
Date Week Opponent Venue Result Cro. Opp. Tries Goals Field Goals Report8 September1 Allianz Stadium, SydneyLoss1221Feki, LeeHolmes 2/314 September2 Penrith Panthers Allianz Stadium, SydneyWin2120Townsend, Holmes, LewisHolmes 4/5Townsend 1/114 September2 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, MelbourneLoss622LewisHolmes 1/1
Ladder
Squad
Player movements Source:
Losses Gerard Beale to New Zealand Warriors Jack Bird to Brisbane Broncos Fa'amanu Brown to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Manaia Cherrington to New Zealand Warriors (mid-season) Jordan Drew to Townsville Blackhawks (mid-season) Chris Heighington to Newcastle Knights Malakai Houma to Newtown Jets Jaimin Jolliffe to Newtown Jets Jeremy Latimore to St George Illawarra Dragons James Maloney to Penrith Panthers Jayden McDonogh to Newtown Jets Daniel Mortimer to Leigh Centurions (mid season) Sam Tagataese to Brisbane Broncos Jayden Walker to Penrith Panthers Tony Williams to Parramatta Eels
Gains
Josh Dugan from St George Illawarra Dragons Aaron Gray from South Sydney Rabbitohs Trent Hodkinson from Newcastle Knights Matt Moylan from Penrith Panthers James Segeyaro from Leeds Rhinos (mid-season) Ava Seumanufagai from Wests Tigers Scott Sorensen from Canberra Raiders Braden Uele from North Queensland Cowboys
Representative honours The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2018. (C) = Captain
Player State of Origin 1 2018 Pacific Rugby League Tests State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 International Rugby League tests Valentine Holmes Queensland - Queensland Queensland Australia James Segeyaro - Papua New Guinea (C) — — — Joseph Paulo - Samoa — — — Andrew Fifita - Tonga — — Tonga Matt Prior - - New South Wales — — Aaron Woods - - - - Australia
Squad statistics Statistics Source: Statistics current as of Round 25
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