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Match report: Trindall tricks earn stirring Cronulla win

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By Nick Campton

Cronulla have blown the NRL's top-four race wide open with a courageous and epic 10-8 victory over the high-flying Warriors in Auckland.

A miracle defensive play from fullback Will Kennedy allowed in-form playmaker Braydon Trindall to slot the Sharks' match-winning two-point field goal two minutes from fulltime on Saturday night.

Warriors centre Adam Pompey had the chance to send the match into golden point, but pushed a last-second penalty attempt wide to the despair of home fans at Go Media Stadium.

Seconds before Trindall's sealer, Kennedy rushed desperately out of the line to charge down a Te Maire Martin field-goal attempt to put the Warriors in front in the lowest-scoring match of the season.

Instead, Kennedy pulled off an Ashes-like slips catch to steal possession in one of the plays of the season.

The upshot was Cronulla bursting from the pack to surge from eighth on the ladder to fifth, above the Sydney Roosters and behind only the Dolphins and Manly on points differential.

Even without State of Origin reps Addin Fonua-Blake and injured stars Nicho Hynes and Blues hooker Brayden Bailey, the Sharks dug deep to inflict only the second defeat of the season on the second-placed Warriors.

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Halftime: Eels 9 lead Raiders 0

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By Nick Campton

Volkman bangs over a field goal as the siren sounds and Parramatta take an unusual lead into halftime.

38’ Raiders attack can’t file a shot

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By Nick Campton

Taulagi gets Horsburgh in a crusher to get the Raiders out of their own end. The Raiders are coming up on two hours without scoring a point, can they crack them here?

Weekes forces a drop out with a grubber that Iongi cleans up.

And they get another set following an error from Kelly.

Sanders goes for an early kick but Savage doesn’t know it’s coming and the ball trickles dead.

32’ Raiders can’t close the chance

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By Nick Campton

Da Silva loses the ball inside his own 20 and the Raiders are on the attack again.

Canberra swing it right, Timoko might have put Stuart over!

But he lost it as he went to put it down. Eels ball.

27’ Eels awards controversial try

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By Nick Campton

Taualagi hits a hole off Papalii and reaches out to score, it looks like he lost it but the referee awards a try.

Bunker will have a look at this - to me it looks like his hands were coming away from it but the referee has given it!

An absolutely shocking decision! Volkman misses the kick and it’s 8-0 Eels.

24’ Sanders sent to the sin bin

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By Nick Campton

Kelly kicks for himself on the last, Weekes puts it dead but the Eels are looking for a professional foul.

Sanders did take him out after the kick, I think he’ll go here - and the referee agrees.

Canberra have looked awful all night and they keep getting worse.

23’ Eels can’t add another

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By Nick Campton

Stuart loses the ball after a bomb and the Eels are on the attack in the 20.

Volkman forces a drop out with a nice grubber. But when he goes for the same on the next set Weekes cleans it up and Canberra hang on.

18’ Raiders attack fails again

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By Nick Campton

Kautoga loses the ball in the tackle and Canberra have another chance.

Laurie forces a drop out with a good kick. But the Eels go short and it trickles over the sideline. Parra hold the line for the third time.

15’ Raiders denied again

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By Nick Campton

An error from Williams gives Canberra a chance to reply. A set restart helps them build pressure.

But Snaders goes for a pressure pass to Timoko and he knocks it on. Eels hold their line.

13’ Parra open the scoring

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By Nick Campton

An offside penalty gets the Eels out of their own end.

Savage knocks on a bomb on the ensuing set and Parra will have a full set on Canberra’s line.

They spread right, Iongi tries to put Kelly away but Stuart knocks down the pass.

No matter though, on the very next tackle Samrani runs over from dummy half. Easy stuff for the Eels.

Volkman misses but it’s 4-0 Eels.

7’ Eels hold fast

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By Nick Campton

Iongi knocks on an offload from Kautonga and a set restart gives Canberra the first chance of the night.

Another restart, on the last, gives the Raiders a great chance to open the scoring.

Sanders forces a drop out with a grubber. But Parra hold on the ensuing set. Canberra. Bit too sideways from the Raiders.

And away we go in Parramatta!

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By Nick Campton

Raiders kick us off, running right to left.

Fulltime: Sharks 10 def Warriors 8

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By Nick Campton

Harris-Tavita gets taken off the ball and Pompey will have a shot to send us to golden point.

It’s a tough kick. Thirty metres out and on the scrum line.

Can he do it? He lines it up…..IT’S WIDE!

CRONULLA WIN 10-8!

78’ Trindall from 45 takes the lead!

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By Nick Campton

BRAYDON TRINDALL!

From 45 metres out he has hit an absolute screamer! It goes over, a two-point field goal!

Sharks 10-8 with seconds remaining but the Warriors get the short kick off back!

78’ Warriors miss the field goal

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By Nick Campton

The Warriors run it on the last from around the 40, Martin and Harris-Tavita engineer a break down the left and Katoa knocks down the pass, fresh set Warriors.

Martin goes for it but Kennedy was on him before he even kicked it and the Sharks shut it down!

76’ Sharks can’t close

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By Nick Campton

Harris-Tavita makes a big tackle on Berrell, the ball flies backwards and the ref rules a fresh set for the Sharks. A fortunate call, I thought CHT was just making the tackle.

Ford charges down the field goal from the ensuing set off Trindall but the Sharks clean it up.

Talakai beats a defender and tries to offload to Puru but he knocks it on and it goes over the dead-ball line! Warriors ball and a seven tackle set.

72’ Sharks can’t nail the field goal

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By Nick Campton

Trindalls kick slams into Laban and the Sharks recover - they get six again and it’s a great result for them, they were flat out getting it past the 30.

Ieremia-Toeva smacks Rudolf and forces the ball free but he got him high. Sharks will have a fresh set that starts inside the Warriors red zone.

They spend the whole set getting ready for the field goal but then Berrell goes blind on the last, Puru kicks it and the Warriors get the ball.

68’ Both teams fight for the lead

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By Nick Campton

Puru gets on report for a hip drop on Tuaupiki and they’re on the attack looking to take the lead.

There’s a scramble on the last, it gets out to Nicoll-Klokstad and he fangs it back in field, the Warriors come up with it but Leiataua’s pass to Watene-Zelezniak is a shocker and he knocks it on.